I have make a good group of local friends on the HKUST track team, and they gave me the Chinese name Yan once they found out my last name is Young. Yan means happy.
This is really the only place I have made good friends with the locals. They don't seem to like to talk to the exchange students because they think we are lazy when it comes to schoolwork. So I haven't met too many locals in my classes.
But track has been going great here. The coach is fantastic and he coaches both the men's and women's teams. At our last meet he yelled at me every time I tried to talk to him and told me that I was wasting his time. So when I needed to ask him a question about my race, he would just ask if I was going to continue wasting his time. I stood up to him (perhaps sassed) and the rest of the team got a great kick out of watching it.
At the meet I learned that to cheer the runners on you have to yell "Gai yau Sarah!" which literally translates to "add oil" .... so get moving!! The locals think it is hilarious when I start yelling this to people during their races. :)
Our 4x4 team!
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