The Wing On department store by our house received a huge shipment of dehumidifiers today. We have been in the market for another one of those since we've been here. For a while, it was peak season and everywhere we went to find them they were sold out.

We just happened to be walking by today while they were stocking and so we picked one up. Woohoo. One dehumidifier was totally not enough to keep up with our 1100 square feet in this apartment. Or flat. Or whatever you want to call it.

With an additional dehumidifier, now we'll be able to start hang drying some clothes which will speed up our laundry. This thrills me way more than it should. B thinks we could even use a third one. Doesn't that just blow your mind? Three dehumidifiers in 1100 square feet?

I thought I had a good idea about the humidity and what to expect. We lived in Florida for 3 years. I have lived in NYC in the summer with no air conditioning for goodness sake. I went to Catholic School in the midwest. But I was wrong. It is completely something else. If Phoenix feels like walking through an oven, then this is like living inside an aquatic center. No. Inside the locker room of an aquatic center because it kind of smells moldy.

Every morning when I throw open my curtains and shout "Good morning, World!" (OK I don't really do that. Only B does.) ...but every morning my first thought is always "Oh wow it rained last night." Ummm I am finally wrapping my mind around the idea that it doesn't really rain every night. It's just that morning dew is more like morning drenched.

I met a group of girls for coffee a week or two ago. Most of the people there that day have been in Hong Kong for a while. Just me and one other girl were so new. So they were offering advice about all kinds of random things. Then the topic turned to beauty regimens and everyone began talking about how your skin and hair just change when you live in this climate. And that the products you have sworn by for years suddenly don't really work for you anymore. Great.

B is home all week so we are each taking a day for ourselves. I get tomorrow. I have to stop by Immigration to pick up my Hong Kong ID card so I will be super official now. My picture is so hilarious on it. The lady made me take of my glasses for it and I am completely blind with out them so when she asked if the picture was ok I just said yes. And then I put my glasses back on and was like oh wow that is really a funny picture. It's not bad per se... it just really doesn't look much like me. B did a double take when I showed him the paper copy photo on my temporary id. He was like "whoa that really doesn't look like you at all." Hilarious. I will have to post it to facebook. Why can't I wear contacts or be a Lasik candidate like a normal person?

And I am super excited because tomorrow I am attending my first cooking class in Hong Kong. The topic is Vietnamese cuisine. I can't wait to learn about Pho. Pho sho.