I didn't think I would be able to, but my friend Noah contacted me just in time. Otherwise, I would've gone to Hong Kong with Brenda, which would've been fine, except I really wanted to go to Yunnan. I wish it were a safe world, cuz I would've just gone by my self and gone where I wanted. Oh, well. But yay! I fly out in a couple hours. So I've been packing all day. I got so lucky in getting my ticket. Since it is Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year, China's biggest holiday, there will be millions of people traveling and it is insane, and the prices all go up 30%. We thought this was because of money, you know... like every body jacks up their prices cuz there are so many people traveling. But we found out yesterday that the individual companies are not the ones that raise their prices, but it is the government raising the prices for crowd control. Since China has SOO many people they have to limit the number of travelers by raising the prices so fewer people will choose to travel and cause stampedes and insane mobs of people going to a fro. Even with the prices high there are still masses of people on the go. I actually got a pretty good deal on my plane ticket. I met Maggie at 830am yesterday and we went to the travel agent. I might have gotten the ticket before the Holiday prices kicked in! Cause that same night Martin and Arthur's plans to go to Beijing fell through so they went to a travel agent at almost 10pm and the tickets were amazingly overpriced. They're original plans were to fly really cheap on a military aircraft that friend's hooked them up with. They'd been planning this for weeks, but the day before they were supposed to leave they were told that foreigners were not allowed! So now they might not be able to travel. But PTL I got tickets just in time for a good price!! I don't think I will have access to internet for the next couple of weeks. I'm not sure how long I will be away. But school starts Feb 11, so I must be back before then. If you need to contact me in emergency I will have my cell phone on me. 13610391546. I might be away for my birthday too!
Last night the four of us foreign teachers here at No. 2 Middle School went out for the last time. Arthur, Martin, Brenda and Me. We had dinner at the Brazilian BBQ place, yum. Then went bowling. I scored my highest ever. 105, go me. Brenda's been sick so she skipped out early. So Martin's going bye bye to teach in Beijing next term. Brenda and Arthur will still be here, and possibly some new teachers.
Spring Festival is approaching and all the streets are lined with vendors selling Festival decorations. They are so pretty. Each of them has a special meaning, but I'm not sure exactly what. I know that the color red means lucky. But the shapes, the animals, the objects, all the things mean something.
I probably wont be blogging for the next couple weeks, so please don't forget me! I will be traveling, and could use some prayers for that. Thank you!! Happy Chinese New Year!
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