The One with All the Drama

Drama, drama, drama. I guess if there wasn’t any drama, then it’s wouldn’t be me.

I arrived at the airport at 7pm, thinking the baggage limit was 30kgs, as did my father. My bag was 31.5kg, whilst my dad was 27kg. Why was my bag so heavy? No, I did not bring my whole wardrobe, for some reason Asians love to bring abalone, Nougat lollies, and those sheep cream thingy that I have never used, overseas as gifts. They weigh a tonne! So when I got to the airport to check-in and I saw the 20kg baggage limit sign, I started to panic. What was I going to do? It’s embarrassing opening my suitcase and digging out stuff in front of everyone. But thank god, my suitcase when through fine, without any extra charges, just an orange sticker indicating it was heavy.

My flight left at 9pm, so after checking in, my family decided to look around duty-free, as you do in the airport. 8pm was coming up, and so my dad and I decided to part ways from my uncle, brother and mummy. Whilst we were lining up to go through the security check, there was a huge argument between a lady and the security guard in front of me and another between a man and another security guard behind me. I giggled my way through until I got through the metal detector, but my dad was stopped by the security and pulled aside. I had no idea what was going on, Border Security had already made me nervous enough, and now my dad was given a document for him to read. I was like ... what the hell? I thought he was being read he’s rights and going to be arrested. LOL! It turned out to be a random frisk search, but I swear, they pick out my dad because he looks like a threat. If I was working there, I’d probably pick him out too. LOL!

After we went through the security, we headed for the TRS (Tax Refund S..Service?) to get 10% back from my camera and then I looked at the time, it was 8:53pm! I was nowhere near my gate! 7 minutes til the plane takes off, my dad and I was sprinting through the airport to the gate which was so very far away. We got told off by the guards so bad! T^T. He was like “I was about to take your bags off the plane and won’t let you board the flight!” =OO Scared me! I didn’t bring my phone, so I don’t have the time. Which reminds me, do not send dirty text or call my number- you’ll get my brother.

When we boarded the plane, the walk way was so narrow that my carry on kept hitting everybody on the head. I think they hate me. T^T But lucky when I finally found my seat, which was all the way at the back of the plane, I saw the girl sitting next to me with the book “New Moon”. So I asked her if she watch the movie that was released yesterday, which she replied she had in the morning. We started talking about everything. Her name is Iris and she goes to USYD at the Lidcombe Campus. Hopefully I get to see her again. ... one day. I didn’t get her details because we got separated through customs.

She told me that during my stay in China, I wouldn’t be able to access sites such as Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. =OOOO I was so shocked. I didn’t really care much for either of those sites, but I can’t log into my blogsite! I was like WTF?! So hopefully Alysse will be kind enough to update it for me.

I’m currently staying in the West International Trade Hotel, Beijing, China. It’s actually very pretty and I’m very impressed. =D!

So jealous much, Cynthia?