After coming to Hong Kong for eight years, I experienced a Hong Kong different from TV series.

Hong Kong has never been a stranger. Children who grew up watching Hong Kong opera and listening to Cantonese songs are just another city, and they never feel mysterious.

But after coming here eight years ago, I found that Hong Kong, which I thought I was familiar with, was very different from what I remembered, including living habits, attitude towards things, work habits and so on. In the first six months, I spent all my time thinking about how to leave my child husband, escape from Hong Kong and return to the small town where my mother lived.

"Studying in Hong Kong"

First of all, we must choose a good kindergarten, because each kindergarten has different resources, different courses and different requirements. In addition, parents in Hong Kong are now very demanding. They all educate their children according to the requirements of Benlasha, Peipai and Hennessy junior high schools. They all need to master 18 kinds of martial arts, and interview classes are everywhere. Some time ago, a Hong Kong mother at Emerald Taiwan said that she should "win before ejaculation", which means that she should be born on a good day, and not be a sperm B, which will be worse than others.

Because each kindergarten has a different level, some are directly affiliated to primary schools and some are directly affiliated to middle schools. Therefore, if you want to go to the directly affiliated technical secondary school, you have to start from the kindergarten, and all kindergartens below the technical secondary school can enter. Basically, getting into that middle school is not a problem.

Of course, the ideal is always perfect, but the reality is cruel. Whether the ideal can be realized depends on nature. He also said that children are smart and it makes no difference where they study. However, having said that, when your child reaches the fourth and fifth grades and has to take an exam, and you know that a good middle school accepts the top 40 of a primary school, but only the top few children's primary schools, you will regret why you chose that primary school.

BADNING exists not only in middle schools but also in primary schools, but it may be different every few years. What is this to distinguish?

Because the level of students in each primary school is different, A primary school has a deeper level and G primary school has a shallower level. Maybe the 20th place in a primary school is even better than the 1st place in G primary school. What should I do if I enter middle school? In order to distinguish the level of each school fairly, the Education Bureau has set a TSA straight line for the third and sixth grades, so that everyone can take the same test paper, so that the level of each school can be known through evaluation (I don't know if I understand it correctly, please come out and correct me if you understand it). Therefore, in the past, TSA schools practiced examination papers crazily every year to ensure a large number of people who met the standards. Only a few schools are still invited to participate in TSA because too many parents are opposed to increasing the workload.

How should I fill out the form when I enter primary school? If you can't enter the first round of independent enrollment, you must participate in the second round of lottery. First, put them in order.

A/B/C/D primary school is good, which is called BAND 1. Choose one of these primary schools and put Part B first; E/F/G is good or bad, choose one and put Part B in the second place; H/I/J/K belongs to general, so choose one and put it in the third place; The rest is basically filled out.

So every June, TV news reports how many volunteers there are. I am hehe. . . If you can't get into the top three, you will get into the tenth. Don't mislead others like this.

Primary schools are also divided into private, direct subsidy and subsidy. There are also affiliated middle schools in government-funded primary schools. Those with good grades can jump out and generally choose to contact middle schools.

Therefore, choosing a primary school is a university question. Sisters who continue to study in secondary schools in Hong Kong are advised to help your children take the first step.

Middle schools choose more knowledge. I won't say any more.

"Hong Kong Working Paper"

Let's talk about work.

I used to be an administrator in Shenzhen, but it seems a little difficult to find an office when I am old. I always use the information of the employment service center of the labor department, because the information inside is relatively complete, and the salary, place and working hours are very clear. I got my first job in the Ministry of Labor.

It may be difficult for people over 25 to find an ordinary administrative post in Shenzhen, but people aged 30-50 can do this kind of work here. As long as you are healthy and not illiterate. Although every job requires a good command of English, according to my working experience here, it is not necessary, as long as I can understand English mail. I often write a sentence: "Please find the attachment for your reference." Haha ~ ~ just look at it clearly.

Small Hong Kong companies with factories in the Mainland prefer to find people with mainland experience, because they think that mainlanders are troublesome to manage, unlike Hong Kong people who are always in charge, so it is best to find people with mainland experience, so that we can communicate with workers easily and at least understand what workers are thinking.

My first boss in Hong Kong was a woman in her fifties. She always said that the channels of Hong Kong people were different from those of mainlanders, and she didn't understand what was going on in their minds. Some things don't mean that they can only be solved by raising wages. I worked in the first company for more than a year. The boss is very nice and has no discrimination.

However, I didn't adapt to the way of working in Hong Kong at first. For example, I have prepared a document or information, and all the information involved should be submitted one by one, so that the boss will know the basis when he checks it. So when I want to prepare materials for her, I have to be fully prepared, or I will be k.

Colleagues get along very well, and everyone knows how to keep a superficial courtesy. If you talk loudly in the office, people will look at you differently. Colleagues don't talk about themselves very much. When they come home from work, they don't find a group of colleagues to play with, as they did in Shenzhen. What's more, when I left, I couldn't remember the Chinese names of many colleagues, because everyone only called them by English names. This is something I was very unaccustomed to when I first came here.

In fact, it is easy to find an office job in Hong Kong, unless you have to go to the big office building in Admiralty, Central (that is, the Hong Kong elite in the TV series). For example, my goal is to have a factory in the mainland and an office in Hong Kong. Colleagues usually graduate from high school, but this does not prevent them from becoming excellent and competent employees. In small and medium-sized enterprises, the knowledge of graduating from middle school is enough, not a high degree. Of course, it's just a small corner of the Hong Kong company I saw, which only represents me.

Of course there are exceptions.

A friend of mine, a certified public accountant in the mainland, is also very popular in Hong Kong, so JMS with a professional license can give up the junior position in the labor department and boldly go to jobdb and the job market to find a job. Although there are many English messages, you will understand them after reading them.

Being a factory clerk will pay less. 65438+20,000 almost topped, but the sales earned a lot more. When there are many free trips, even the sales of fashion shops can earn 20 thousand a month at any time, let alone the sales of gold shops.

Another popular job in Hong Kong is insurance, because Hong Kong people have a strong sense of buying insurance. Basically, parents buy insurance for their children at birth, and the market is saturated. Because new immigrants have mainland resources, it is relatively easy to do it.

I don't want to do or can't do any of the above jobs, and there are some women who just want to earn some pocket money to work as waiters and waitresses in restaurants and banquets at 50-60 yuan per hour. At the end of the year, the wedding banquet and company reception may be higher and more relaxed. My neighbor once held a similar wedding reception at the Wan Chai Convention and Exhibition. I watched a table by myself, and it is said that I often saw stars.

"Hong Kong medical supplies"

Although public hospitals have free medical care, most people don't use it. People who go to public hospitals are parents-in-law or some long-term patients. We have a slight illness, and the public will not treat you immediately, so we will let you arrange it in minutes, one year, two years, three years and four years. Some people don't want to wait. Without medical insurance, they can't afford to live in a private house and can only go back to the mainland for medical treatment.

"Living in Hong Kong"

Because the transportation in Hong Kong is very convenient, it is not a problem to go anywhere. I live in the East District. It's half an hour's drive. When I turn to the mountain on Hong Kong Island, there is Stanley or Shek O Beach, which is another world. I can arrange such activities in half a day's free time. You can go to outlying islands, Cheung Chau, South Y Island and Saigon by boat all day, or you can go to Tai Po Seaside Park by bike. The gym under LCSD in Hong Kong is also very convenient. Indoor squash, badminton and table tennis rooms are open all year round. The more popular badminton court is the most difficult to book, so you have to grab it online at 7 am. The others are basically available one week in advance. The cost is still very cheap, and you can play for an hour for ten to dozens of dollars.

With low-cost airlines, hundreds of air tickets are flying all over the sky, and Hong Kong people are even more crazy to travel. Even online, a one-day trip to Japan is very popular, with morning and evening shifts. Off-season air tickets to Taiwan Province Province are generally more than 1000 round-trip tax. So by the end of the year, colleagues in the office will start counting the number of trips next year around next year's calendar. "I have three days off and can travel to Korea" and "I can go to Osaka and Kyoto in four days". . . Canada, the United States and Britain will have a one-year holiday, which is usually a welfare enjoyed by old employees. Therefore, there are often personal letters from colleagues who travel abroad in the office. Of course, the ones who eat the most are South Korea and Japan.

"Political Hong Kong"

This is a heavy topic, and I don't know where to start.

Hong Kong has been really noisy in recent years. I used to listen to the beacon program of Radio Television Hong Kong, 88 1, and I also like to watch the current affairs commentary program of RTHK. However, since I think that TV news and radio programs have their own inherent political positions, and I like to edit the scenes that conform to their positions and present them in everyone's sight and ears, I gradually stop watching and listening.

For example, the last time there was a questionnaire about interviewing a middle school student, whether students should discuss a political issue freely. The TV station chose a sixth-grade student, and he said, of course, because middle school students have the right to express themselves, and parents can't visit the parents of a third-grade student anymore, because the child is still young (only in the first grade, that is, the first grade). In this way, viewers watching TV will think that there are two schools of opinion, namely parents and students. But in fact, if you interview students from Form One, you may disagree. . . It may not be a good example, but I have been deeply impressed recently. There used to be many, I have forgotten. If you follow the news on TV, it's easy to find it.

Viewers watch TV by broadcasting facts, and they can judge who is right and who is wrong. But are edited facts still facts? How to judge?

There are several Legislative Councillors in Hong Kong who receive more than 100,000 people a month, that is, they are responsible for jumping up and down in the parliament, pulling cloth and shouting slogans. Many people's livelihood issues have been put off again and again, and those who choose them don't know what's going on in their heads. Or some people say that this is democracy. There are more people like this, so you can choose someone you like to represent yourself. Hong Kong is such a society. If you have the votes, you can choose your own people to speak for you. However, it is this democracy and the existence of these people that makes many projects in Hong Kong impossible and stuck in the noise. I can't help it Who called this a democratic society ~ ~ ~ Thousands of troops rushed over ~ ~

"The contradiction between Hongkong and China"

Or provoke some people's nerves, please don't spray here, I'm just saying my own feelings. I am not a dime. Please don't define a person at will.

What is the contradiction between China and Hongkong? It's just that some mainland tourists still keep the habit of talking loudly (mainly this, spitting is basically invisible) and don't queue up. And Hong Kong people, because there are many people and few people, are prone to chaos if they don't queue up, and they are more disciplined. They didn't catch the traffic jam, knowing that even if it wasn't their turn, as long as the team was still moving, there was hope of arrival. Moreover, Hong Kong people want to try not to disturb others, and they don't want others to disturb themselves. You can say that they are more complacent.

Mainland tourists have completely broken this calm, and Hong Kong people have been hit hard by this, so they have such a mood. The so-called contradiction between China and Hong Kong comes from this. The last time I went to the toilet at Luohu Pass, it was usually the women's toilet that lined up. Most people line up quietly. Suddenly, a middle-aged woman with a local accent in Mandarin stood next to a girl. The girl said, please line up. She said, I'm just waiting in line. The girl said, please stand behind me and line up. The woman said, I'm just waiting in line. I can stand next to you in line! I'm not in front of you, and I'm not an asshole. Who says I can't stand next to you?

I just think it's ridiculous. I can only say it's cultural differences. Let's be more tolerant and don't look at others with colored glasses yet.

I have been in this company for almost three years, and my colleagues have never known that I am from the mainland. It's not that I don't want to talk about it, but that everyone is not interested in knowing. My boss said, don't tell them that you are from the mainland, of course I won't discriminate against you. I rolled his eyes and said, what if I'm from the mainland? What do I have to discriminate against me? !

In fact, it is not easy to break into the circle of Hong Kong people, but it will not be difficult. The simplest and easiest thing is to join various societies and enthusiastically participate in various activities organized by them. Don't think it is difficult for you to speak with an accent. As long as you are not that rude person, they will welcome you. Will gradually integrate into their circle, and it is easier for children to go to kindergarten, primary school and middle school. Attend more parent-teacher conferences in schools and volunteer more, and you will naturally become familiar with them.

Gourmet hong kong

Don't even think about it. What kind of millian is it? Not as good as the streets of Shenzhen. Apart from hygiene, the taste is really bad.

I never expected to come to this gourmet paradise, and all the slightly famous people lined up to die. I tried, but I didn't.

I miss Shenzhen's delicious food, spicy crab, hot pot, small fried meat and Guilin rice noodles. Which one doesn't kill Michelin? Except for high-end places, the food is more beautiful, the scenery is better and the food is more hygienic. What is more delicious than the food in Shenzhen?

"Investing in Hong Kong"

I have been buying mainland stocks before I came to Hong Kong, and the result is often quilt. It is nonsense to say that I will win anything if I invest for a long time. The banker is the biggest. The banker eats fish and shrimp for a living like us and can't play with others.

Stocks in Hong Kong are much more interesting than those in the Mainland. One stock that Hong Kong people like very much is the "Big Dumb Elephant" HSBC, which pays dividends every year and still has 7% interest. Other high-interest stocks include trust funds such as ICBC, China Construction Bank, Bank of China Agricultural Bank, Bank of China Hong Kong and LinkedIn. It is most suitable for some retirees to buy. Earn dividends steadily every year and be responsible to shareholders.

Also, I summed it up, there is still a rule to buy stocks. Which boss (company) do you hate most? If you think he is unscrupulous (such as Changhe Department in Li Ka-shing, LinkedIn, Subway), buy shares in these companies. Because they do whatever it takes, you can make money. As his shareholder, he can get a piece of the action ~ ~ ~

If you have enough money to buy a house, buy a small apartment. No matter how small the place is, people want to rent it, and Tang Lou is not afraid. If you are lucky one day, you may even be acquired and make a windfall.

"Shopping in Hong Kong"

To tell the truth, I seldom buy things in Hong Kong except daily necessities.

Besides food, I will also find some unimportant consumables from Taobao.

Clothes and skin care products are generally bought in official website, such as POLO T-shirts and Lancome. And the freight is much cheaper than buying it here. Interested JMS can visit official website by themselves, and generally there are discounts. Big brands such as LV\BURBERR can also be bought online, and the prices in different countries are not the same. It is very convenient to find a local container company to transport them back to Hong Kong. It is also convenient to find a reliable purchasing service in Europe and America on FB, and I often do it. I once bought a snow show suit, the kind with balanced water and milk. The gift I gave you scared you to death.

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