{"id":121,"date":"2018-01-07T09:56:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-07T14:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/?p=121"},"modified":"2018-01-07T09:56:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-07T14:56:03","slug":"day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/journals_by_asst25\/day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-122 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/2018-01-07-05.05.08-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/2018-01-07-05.05.08-1.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/2018-01-07-05.05.08-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/2018-01-07-05.05.08-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/>1\/7\/18:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As the group did not have any scheduled activities today, I decided to spend my day doing some good old fashioned tourism. Trading the sophistication of modernity for a more &#8220;genuine&#8221; cultural experience, I explored the streets and alleyways of Mong Kok. Taking advantage of the break from learning, I ate, drank, and bargained for 7 hours, recharging for the academic journeys that lie ahead. What I had not expected was that while this experience did not involve me sitting down and consciously trying to absorb information, it was a kind of experiential education. Through fiercely discussing prices with the nice lady trying to sell me a well-crafted tea set, I was able to hone my Cantonese skills. Immersing myself in the shopping culture and interacting with locals actually gave me a better idea of Hong Kong&#8217;s culture, in a way that would be hard to emulate in the classroom. With that being said, I am starting to miss class and can&#8217;t wait to learn about the socio-demographics of Hong Kong tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1\/7\/18: As the group did not have any scheduled activities today, I decided to spend my day doing some good old fashioned tourism. Trading the sophistication of modernity for a more &#8220;genuine&#8221; cultural experience, I explored the streets and alleyways &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/journals_by_asst25\/day-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1840,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journals_by_asst25"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1840"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}