on the way home

so…a lot of people have posted their “so now i’m home” stories. i’m a little bit behind, because this is just about what happened on the way.

so, all the while I thought my flight from kunming to hongkong was at 2pm. i checked my ticket the night before i left banna, and then changed my story to 3:45pm. that’s why i went to the airport with Hua Xia, whose flight was at 4. it was only when we arrived at the airport that i looked at the paper again that i found out that my flight actually leaves 20minutes earlier than what i’ve been telling everyone! (*this is the kind of thing that irritates my parents. i can almost hear my mom saying “what were you thinking?!”) so, i wasnt late, but i was i was one of the last few people to check in. and when i got to the counter, the airline person didnt attend to me right away because…..(drumroll here) there were no more seats left!!! and all i could say was “how is that possible?” and no, i didnt have a tone, and i didnt have a look either. i want to say that im proud of how i didnt go “rawr” on her, that i was very composed and mature in handling the situation. but i really didnt handle it at all. i didnt even react to it. i think a lot, i worry about the small things, i even worry about nothing. so i was surprised at how non-reactive i was about the whole situation.

here i was, in a foreign country, i dont speak the local language, i might not get on this plane, i have a connecting flight that i might also miss, my phone didnt have any credit left (which wouldnt have mattered anyway because the battery is dead and the charger is buried somewhere in my luggage (*again, “what were you thinking?!”).

it was a good 5minutes before she finally spoke to me and told me that i was upgraded to business class. yahoo!!! i’ve never flown business before. i wasnt used to the “fanciness.” the attendant knew my name, and i wasnt using plastic utensils. haha.

the flight was delayed for more than an hour because of some H1N1 case, i suppose. they had to quarantine some people, and disinfect the plane before finally letting us in. but i didnt mind waiting. i slept through the entire thing. that dangerous card game we played the night before kept me up really late, so i welcomed the opportunity to rest, even in the cold uncomfortable seats of the airport.

that’s it. everything after was pretty much normal, nothing out of the ordinary that’s worth telling a story about. well there was my seatmate on the plane who contemplated on taking home the earphones. whaaaaaattt? but this is too long already.

welcome home everyone!!! til the next time we see each other.
im looking forward to hearing about “what’s next” in your lives