I spent the day with Francis and Miki, two friends of my father, who are now my friends.  Francis started, worked in and sold a number of companies in Silicon Valley for close to 20 years and retired early.  Miki went to school with my father and they've both been super kind to me, helping me figure out what cell phone to use out here, where to look for apartments online and where to meet other young people like me... lost and looking for inspiration.  They're people who have a lot to give, and give as much as they can (and share everything they have.  they're the type of people I aspire to be). We started in the morning in Sham Shui Po, walking through the enormous computer complex which had an insane number of stores selling video games, electronics of all kinds, and LCD monitors in every size and brightness.  I was amazed at how the sub-notebooks have gotten so pocket size, there really is no reason to travel with a laptop anymore.  Francis and I had difficulty walking through, and both agreed, there were just oo many options.  Anyways, after picking up a keyboard and a mouse (both of which I need terribly as my back is now suffering from too much hunched over programming work), we decided to head back to their place. We took the MTR out along the Tung Chung line (which runs along the same track as the super fast airport express) and switched to a bus that took us out to Discover Bay.  And... all I have to say is... wow!  Discovery Bay, what a place.  It's like stepping into a resort.  Everything was clean, foreigners were everywhere, there were all kinds of restaurants.  Everyone spoke english, literally everyone.  I was absolutely amazed, it was like going to some exotic part of the United States, only you could still see the Hong Kong skyline. I totally wanted to live there immediately upon seeing it.  Turns out, the amenities I was working so hard to get in Shau Kei Wan, were immediately available here.  It was a quiet, uncrowded environment perfect for reflection and work.  It was cooler, cleaner and less polluted than just about all of Hong Kong Island minus the peak and had a vast array of ethnicities and was full of nature and scenary and plenty of places to go jogging and hiking.  A gym and super market were very close by and there was also full service laundry.  It was quite literally, perfect.  A 20 minute ferry ride to Central, and access to the city also via MTR... it wasn't in the most convenient location, but that was the only real downside.  Other than, I suppose, that there would be the feeling that I'm missing out on true Hong Kong life and my chance to learn Cantonese would now be severely hindered.  Despite all this though, having found that the prices in this area are about the same as what I'm paying for here in Shau Kei Wan (around 8,000 HKD a month for a 1 br), I've committed to moving.  As Hiren says correctly, there will be other challenges to overcome.  I'll start looking for an apartment on the DB forums tomorrow morning and setting it all up.  It'll be a perfect last 4 months out here in Asia. Finally, after eating Korean food with Francis and Miki, I finally took the Ferry back and spent the evening at an "upstairs" cafe with Suzanna and her friends.  This conversation was the first one where I actually wondered out loud why people don't follow their dreams as much out here.  At first, they politely agreed, but then I could start to see them thinking about their dreams out loud, and I got really inspired.  Inspired because I felt for the first time that connection I miss when I was back in the states, back where there wasn't the language barrier.  It was the connection to a person's inner child, that wants to see what is out there in the world, wants to experience and taste it all and worries not of the pressures and responsibilities of daily life.  I felt that today, and so today, I rest easy, because I know I've made progress.