I’ve been in Helsinki airport for an hour and a half now. The majority of flights departing from here seem to be for China and Japan. The place is full of Chinese and Japanese people! It makes the Finnish look like minorities. But there is a hell of a lot of pretty looking girls, heh. Makes me think of my own girl in Beijing. God, I hope she will meet me at the airport tomorrow. I’ve been waiting for her to email me after she came back from her parents but I have nothing. I’m in two minds about this. One half of me trusts her completely and knows she will be there to meet me, but the other half of me thinks she will not show up. I’m so confused. I really don’t know what to think. God, somebody help me!
My flight from Helsinki departs at 20:10, so I have 3 hours to wait. I’m out of euros and I don’t want to change more Chinese money back into Euros – I’m skint enough as it is. I’ve got 800 RMB to last me until I get paid, which I’m expecting to be on Monday as it’s the 28th. I found out quite late that I have to pay the hotel 200RMB as a deposit for the door key. At least I get it back, but I could have done with not spending that right now. God only knows how I get to the hotel anyway. It’s in some random back street close the the Beijing Train Station, and I’ve been warned that it’s a bit hard to get to.
I should talk about Sunnie actually. She is a girl that I have known since 2005 and we have had quite an interesting friendship since then. Like most people, we have had ups and downs and in recent years it led to romance blossoming. Way back in 2006 I was going to leave my entire life to go to Beijing, work and be with this girl. But as usual I didn’t follow through with my plan and I never went to Beijing. That put an enormous strain on the relationship to the point that we very nearly split up. I gave her a pretty good reason not to trust me because of that!
So in early 2008, I made plans to go to Beijing to spend time with Sunnie. I was going to travel earlier but work made this impossible, so I had to go when I could get the time which ended up being July.. ie now. 2 months of preperation, several hundred pounds and a load of travelling, I’m finally at the half way point. The point of no return (well, unless I fancy spending 10 days in Helsinki airport). I’m finally keeping a promise I kept, and I am finally on my way to Beijing to see Sunnie. I should have done this so long ago.
Beijing is a city I have never been to before. Some of you may know that in 2005 I visited China. However due to the fact that I was staying with my Chinese friend 24/7, I only got the chance to spend time in Shanghai and Zhengzhou. But I have no regrets – it was a wonderful holiday and it cemented my love and passion for this wonderful country. I did regret that I did not visit Beijing, so 3 years later I am back to follow my heart, follow my dream and do the things I have always wanted to do, but have been to lazy to do. Call me chicken shit, ha.I have a lot of plans for Beijing. I want to do all the touristy things: Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Ti’anamen Square, The Great Wall, etc. But I also want to experience this city as a non-tourist. I was to venture off the beaten track and experience this wonderful and vibrant city as a Beijinger would day-to-day. I did the same thing in Zhengzhou and Shanghai. Tourist traps are OK for the short term, but I feel that you only truly know a country when you have stepped away from the tourist trail and dived straight into the real world where people live. It’s breathtaking, it’s amazing, and it’s very very real. I’m looking forward to making some new friends also. I found myself discovering just how warm and inviting the Chinese people are. I love them all.
I’m still writing crap down. I don’t know why I’m writing so much right now. Boredom? Maybe. I’m still waiting for this damn flight. Lucky old me is going to spend a glorious 12 hours stuck on a McDonnell Douglas MD-11. It’s old, noisey and has a lack of anything that you could call entertainment. I hope the food is good though. I was quite upset with the food on the first flight from Manchester to Helsinki. Mash and meatballs. WTF? It was pretty disgusting, I must admit. And the bread thing was pretty stale and not at all nice. Oh well. I’ve got high hopes for the next flight. I’m wishing for some top quality Chinese nosh! Please, God! Provide this food!
News flash- Pretty hot Chinese airport worker woman was spotted at 12 O’clock.Another news flash. I’m becoming surrounded by tiny beautiful girls. Help me!Just spotted the plane I will be on in a few hours. Yep, it’s an MD-11 (booo) but it’s for frikin Moomin characters on the side of the plane!!!Mad stuff!
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