Wow. I’m in China! When I first got here, I couldn’t even really believe it. It seemed like a dream or something. But it’s really real! I flew to Seattle early...very very early on the 21st, I was there for a few hours before the big group flew in from Salt Lake City, then once they arrived I was able to meet the girls I’m with here in Nanlang and visit with them and the other teachers who will be near us in Zhongshan. The flight to Seoul was long but uneventful. I slept for a few hours right away (we left at 12pm Seattle time which was 5am Korea time), then woke up and ate and watched movies till we landed in Seoul. Getting 51 people organized with everyone’s luggage isn’t easy, but we made it to our hotel, and checked in. We had supper (I was able to have kimchi in Korea!), then went to bed. We had to wake up early to get our luggage downstairs, then ate breakfast (last chance for BACON),then headed off for our flight to Guangzhou.
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| Korea has bacon...why can't China?! |
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| Korean sunrise |
I found myself unable to stop smiling once we landed. I was home! I got through immigration and got my luggage, and then I got to see my Mary! Mary was my coordinator in Guzhen last year, and I love her. She was there to pick up the girls going to Guzhen and take them, while the rest of us all got on a bus together. We dropped the Xiaolan girls off, then the rest of us got dropped off at the Kaiyin school.
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| MARY! |
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| BENNY!!!! <3 |
The Kaiyin group and Shiqi group took their luggage to their apartments, while us Nanlang girls as well as the Dachong group and our coordinators hung out waiting for the other truck to come with the rest of our luggage. We were there for only a few minutes, when I look over, and see my BENNY!!!
His mom was pointing at me to him, then he started running to me and I ran and hugged him. Oh man. I thought I was gonna explode with happiness. I almost couldn’t take it. I asked him how he was, and instead of answering with “I’m fine thank you, and you?” like how every other Chinese student will answer, he told me he was happy. He knew I was coming back to China, and his mom had said she wanted to go out to dinner with me sometime, but seeing him that day, and that soon after getting back to China was totally unexpected! I was sad to have to say goodbye to him after only a couple minutes, but I should be seeing him again sometime.
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| mmmmm |
We went and ate jiaozi soon afterwards too, since our luggage was going to be
awhile. And I looooove jiaozi (dumplings), so it was pretty much the best day
ever...seeing Mary, seeing Benny, and eating jiaozi. Doesn’t get any better
than that! Wo ai ZhongGuo!
