No Ceilings

HELLO from Hong Kong! I am officially off my 16 hour flight and am in the airport right now, waiting for my 50min flight to Guangzhou! I don't even know when I'll be able to use my laptop since I do not have a THREE PRONG adapter :( And I thought I was super duper prepared. Anyway, the flight was not bad at all. I slept a lot, mostly due to the fact that on Friday I slept around 4hours and same with Saturday. Rachel, her roomie and I went out in Manhattan (which was amazing). NY might officially be my favorite city in the US...As soon as I walked onto the Subway, you could tell everyone is fashionable...Not trying to be fashionable, but they actually have style. The guys dress like Kanye/Drake... and the girls have an eccentric taste too. The reason I say it's different, is because NY style is not the same as Chicago style. I also found out why Jay-Z has that name (the subway lines where he grew up are the J and the Z lines!!!) Oh and I'm really proud of this one--I took the subway from 86th Street all the way to JFK by myself! YAYYYY! Quite an experience (wouldn't have done it without Rachel's directions though)

But, let's start the Chinese adventures with my baggage. I had 70lbs in one suitcase and probably 80 in the other (and I thought I was packing light). Wellllllll, thanks to Masha setting me straight on Saturday morning, by the time I left ot the aiport I had exactly 50.0lbs in each suitcase. And out the door went all the great planning and lists that I made, considering I took about 1/5 of what I wanted to take. I know I have a lot more to write about, but I think people are waiting for computers, so I'm going to be courteous and get off this thing...plus my flight leaves in an hour and a half! Lastly, no one has been really staring at me, but I'm prepared for it when I get to Guangzhou, since it's smaller and less "diverse". Also, if my blog posts are TOO LONG and you guys don't want to read them all...I might organize them and make a little "Table of Contents" before I start writing a post. And if I have something I want to say to specific people, I'll just say (for example)...

1. To Katie and Wifey
I actually do have something to say just for you 2! Thanks to all those magazines, I was not really bored on the plane (but my carry-on was 20lbs too heavy for me to lift. My shoulders/back are killing me!). And guess what? I only had to get up one time from my window seat to pee! Aren't you guys proud? I haven't eaten the spicy cheetos yet, but Ash I'm reading that softcover book you lent me and KT- those granola bars def came in handy!


This post is titled No Ceilings because there will be no limit to what I'm gonna do in China!...And one other reason...not necessary to write here, if you don't know, you aren't cool enough ;)