Land of Kia's & Hyundai's

Time: 9:00am
Mood: Hungry.. gotta eat breakfast!
Song of the moment: Coldplay - Fix You

I finally have time to sit down and blog! Rita's @ school right now so I'm home alone *AHHHH!* haha! Korea's been fun so far but I've been spending most of my time just realxing and chilling.. havn't gone out too too much.. feel kinda like a homebody right now.. and it's a good thing Rita's like that too. I think I'm still exhausted from school and the travelling!

So I flew out of Toronto Friday night. It was hard saying bye to Jimmy.. I'm not going to see him for a month! :( I miss him so much already! I was on the plane for 21 hours... it was a flight to HK with a stop-over in Anchorage, Alaska to refuel. our stopover was only supposed to be an hour but it ended up being 2 b/c an exit sign on the plane wasn't working :S The plane ride was just brutal. But I met some pretty interesting people on the plane. The person sitting beside me was a Montrealer that owns a business manufacturing bras. He was travelling to China, and apparently he travels there quite often. Behind me was a retired Fillipino couple that, I found out, used to go to the same church as me. They were sweet :) In the row side me was a Vietnamese family with a little boy that came over at one point during the flight because he wanted to look out the window (I had a window seat). Oh he was adorable! We landed in HK around 7am (surprisingly ontime considering we were delayed in Anchorage) and the moment I got off the plane I began to sweat like you wouldn't believe.. it was just hot and humid. I guess it didn't help I had my sweatshirt on! haha! I gave my mom a call to let her know I've landed. She was supposed to come meet me at the airport and keep me company, but when I called her she told me that my Aunt Fanny was on her way to come get me.. she was gonna come take me out to HK Island to have lunch w/ my relatives.

Oh I'm so glad I left! It was definitely a good break from travelling.. and a heck of a lot more fun than sitting in or around an airport for 9 hours :S My Aunt Fanny took me back to my Pau Pau's place, where my mom was staying. So good b/c I got to relax and take a shower (which I was incredibly grateful for! I just felt nasty!). After making phonecalls to my dad and Jimmy to tell them I arrived safe and sound into HK, my mom, Pau Pau, Aunt Fanny and Uncle Daniel headed out for lunch. My Gung Gung even joined us for lunch (my Uncle had to go pick him up at the old age home he was staying at). My Aunt Fanny brought along her son (my cousin) Justin, who I havn't seen in 7 years. He's so big now! He's quite the spunky kid.. but he didn't talk to me that much cuz I think he was afraid of me (cuz i spoke english! hahaa). Anyway, the big thing was I got to see my Gung Gung... and when I saw him I felt a little sad. He looked so different.. he was in a wheelchair.. his cheeks sunken in because he can no longer wear his dentures... and he was so thin. He doesn't remember me at all. But the good thing is he's still here :) I'm glad I got to see him :) After lunch, I headed back to the airport.

My flight to Seoul was a bit delayed.. which wasn't good news for me. Originally my flight was to land at 8:50pm, and then I was supposed to catch the last bus going to Daejeon at 10:10pm. I thought it was going to be a bit tight b/c I had to go through customs, grab my luggage, exchange money, buy a bus ticket and call Rita to tell her I was ok. A lot to do, but I figured an hour and a bit would be sufficient. But my plane landed late, and we arrived at the gate at 9:20pm. The whole entire flight I was in a panic. I was absolutely exhausted from travelling (I had gotten a total of 2h of sleep over a 48h period) and I just didnt' want to deal w/ what I would have to do if I missed that bus to Daejeon. So I just kept praying for a miracle. So I got off the plane at 9:25.. sped walk past the ppl in business class that got off first, made my way to to customs. I got past customs at 9:35, sped walk to get my luggage. Unfortunately for me, because I arrived in the HK airport quite early, my luggage was probably one of the first pieces to be put in, therefore it would be one of the last to come out. I finally got my luggage at 9:45, exchanged money, then ran to the bus ticketing booth, paid for my ticket, and called Rita.. and I had 10 min to spare! WHEW! When I got on the bus I was incredibly relieved!

So far I've been enjoying Korea, and spending time with Rita. We're best friends and everything, but this is the first time we've actually kinda travelled together. It's strange. But It's been fun! I've taken a few pics.. I'll upload some once I download them from the camera. :D