Ni Hao Fellow Mandarin Students!

Hi everyone--seems like there are a growing number of members in this user group, but no conversations yet--so I thought I'd start it off.

I'm from the US--a New York native.  I've been living in Hong Kong for almost 4 years now, first in Central, and now on the Kowloon side. Although I've studied some Mandarin in the past, I find living in Hong Kong has me bouncing back and forth between Cantonese and Mandarin.

I'm curious about the rest of you--are you ex-pats interested in Mandarin, or  native Hong Kong Cantonese speakers studying Mandarin?

Cheers, --Brian