Old Hong Kong Desciption

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Old Hong Kong It was early before dawn; a comforting sea breeze woke me up. I sat up, slowly opening my eyes. A small ray of light shone from the unreachable horizon. The rocking of the boat came to a stop when I heard the sound of screeching sand. The piece of paper in my pocket is the only identification of myself for coming to this land. I lay back down feeling relieved from being freed from the hell in Vietnam. Listening to faint sound in the bay of Hong Kong; rattling chains of the fishermen boats, shouting of Chinese words across the harbour. Then I slowly stood up and took all my belongings with me and carefully walked onto the shore. The fresh air of Hong Kong and freedom fill up my body with satisfaction. For the first time in my life I saw buildings as tall as the sky around the harbour with mountains surrounding them. I realised the ground I was walking seemed really nostalgic and the streets I walked passed seemed familiar and yet foreign. The white concrete buildings with special Chinese styled signs hanging out the windows. It seems like the night stars glittering in the dark. Stealthily the sun creeps up from the back of the mountains and the alarms simultaneously scream out triggering the turn on button of the whole city. Sparkles of light started shining out of the buildings, lighting up the whole city. The sudden changed from death to life seemed unreal like the revival of a dead person. Everything came to life and people with yellow faces started popping out from the windows and shops. Shops opening, signs lighting up, people walk in and out of the shops. The familiar faces of Chinese people and the traditional shop appeared as if they were dream like. Being alone in this foreign country without any place to return or stay gave me hallucination of my hometown in this distant place. Wandering aimlessly in city, I was slowly guided

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