June 2, 2006

Two nights ago, i got an e-mail from Liang saying that him, Amy, and Kathy were going to fly into Beijing on the next day. so they got in around 11 pm last night. it was AWESOME to see them again. after shanghai, they went to another city nearby... i believe it was on an island... initially, they were going to go to chongdu and some other places before beijing, but they surprised us and flew there first. it was great to catch up and talk... we stayed up till 3am talking in the bar at the hostel.

I arrived at the airport about 3 hours earlier than my flight. it got delayed by an hour, so i didn't end up leaving until about 5 pm. I arrived in Kunming at 8, and Kat was waiting for me outside of the baggage claim gates. it was great to see her again. i'm staying at the principal's house (Lawrence is his name... Sally is his wife... and they have a son and a daughter). It's a really nice place, and they're really nice too. I"m staying in a really small room on the top bunk of a bunk bed.. but it's fine by me. Sally wanted me to stay over at their friend's place because she thought it would be too small for me... i told her that i wanted to stay because i wanted to stay with Kat... at least until i get comfortable. so, yeah it's great. i played around with Lili, their daughter. she's so funny. she reminds me of Greg's youngest sister a bit..Janelle.. actually, in a lot of ways... she was showing me her yearbooks, her pictures, her awards, her projects.... played tag with her, she gave me a massage.. haha. it was fun. so tomorrow kat and I are going to explore downtown Kunming.