My First Day in Beijing

After I landed and met Xu Le and her best friend Wang Bing, we hopped on a bus for about a 15 to 20 minute bus ride. It dropped us off God knows where, and hailed a taxi and we were off to my hotel. During the bus ride, Wang Bing and I had some what of a conversation. She spoke a little English. Xu Le and I were unable to talk to much on the ride. But I was just happy to finally be with her. We had a good time taking pictures.

Jo-Ma's first update .

Hello everyone it is time to get caught up. Well I am really not sure where to start today. I will tell you a little about my flights. From Kansas City to The Twin Cities I flew Northwest. The flight was short and easy. The Flight from the Twin cities to Los Angeles is another story. I sat in row 22 the last row in this particular aircraft, in front of me sat a large man. I thought the last row was very uncomfortable in the first place. Then this guy 400 lbs. leans his seat back and it went at least an extra four inches. The guy was on my knees for three hours. It was the worst. Lax airport is a hole. I walked out of the domestic terminal and walk what felt like three blocks to the international terminal. When I walked in I thought I was going to see chickens and other barnyard animals running around like a third world country. No kidding! The Flight to Seoul S. Korea was very rough and not very enjoyable. About the fourth hour there was an emergency. The girl Comes over the intercom and announces that if there is any medical personnel to come forward to help. I had my EMT training So I decided to try to help. Some of the girls on Korean air spoke decent English so it helped. The girl I helped was suffering from dehydration. No medical equipment on board for that situation. So we got her to were she was feeling better. Big deal for the first international flight. I was unable to sleep through the 15 hour flight. I guess I am not a good traveler. By the way the girls of Korean Air are all beautiful. I watched a few movies none in English haha. Listened to the ipod in English, haha. So landed in Seoul 4am in the morning on the 17th. I lost a whole day of my life, crazy. The Seoul International airport is beautiful. It really is amazing. While I was in Seoul had a Korean coke, and a snickers bar. Not as good as home. I tried to get a little sleep while I was in Seoul but I was to excited and anxious. So my flight left at 9:30 am. Landed In Beijing at 10:30 am on the 17th It was rainy and foggy. I was really worried about my breathing. So we had to fill out a health declaration to the country no big deal I don't have the N1H1 haha. Well I went and retrieved my luggage minus one that was lost @ Kansas City. It was my luggage with my gifts. No matter I was happy I was in China. I am only a few feet away from my woman. Had some money exchanged at the airport and got raped there. So I finally made it to my exit. The way they have it set up you walked out the door and turn right. I was looking to my left looking for Xu Le but I didn't see her. So I keep walking and I hear this familiar voice laughing and yelling. I turn around and there she was so beautiful she ran up and gave me a big hug and kiss. It was amazing to see her. I am happy I am here and it was well worth the wait. I do have pictures but I forgot my cord grrr. JOSH

My Flights So Far.

Well here I am sitting at Seoul International airport. This Journey has been long and rough so far. From Kansas City to the Twin Cities not a bad flight. Not to much of a lay over either. I love inernational airports and all the different languages you hear its amazing. The second leg of the trip was a little bit harder. I had an old man sitting in front of me. I understand if you wanna rest and set your seat back but this guy weight at least 400 lbs. So the seat came way back. I was sitting in the last isle so I couldnt lay my seat back. It was a very uncomfortable ride. So I thought Lax was a crap hole of an airport. When you get into the international terminal there is one or two places to get a beer. And count it two outlet it just didnt cut it for me. It is Los Angeles right not small town america.

Meeting w/ Arnold @ LAX

While I was at LAX I had a meeting with a friend that I had met at the chnlove.info forum. We had a few beers and a nice conversation. It was a great meeting.

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My Itinerary

Well I leave my home Wednesday morning 10 a.m. I planned to take this trip this week since April. I just purchased my flights. I spent days and days pulling my hair out. I have always been a last minute guy. I am surprised I got as good of a deal as I did.
I purchased a one way ticket to Los Angeles, CA (LAX). I leave Kansas City, MO (MCI) at 12:20 p.m. I land in Minneapolis, MN (MSP) at 1:45 p.m. I have a one hour lay over and land in Los Angeles, CA(LAX) at 4:23 p.m. I purchased this one way flight on cheapoair.com for $144.20. I will be flying Delta. I will leave Lax July 15th at 11:30 p.m. I will be landing in Seoul South Korea (ICN) at 3:50 a.m. I have a six hour lay over in Seoul. I leave for Beijing, China (PEK) July 17th at 9:30 a.m. I arrive in Beijing, China (PEK) at 10:35 a.m.

The Beginning

In 2005 I may have mad the biggest mistake of my life. I ended things with a girl that was perfect for me. (her and I are still good friends) She did everything for me. I broke things off with her because I met a girl at the gym I was running. Well needless to say things did not work out between this girl and I. So I saw an ad for Chnlove.com I said what the hell. I had always been attracted to asian women. So I signed up. At first it was fun and new, I sent some admiration letters and received some. Nothing ever really panned out though. My Profile sat dormant for years. I would go in and play refresh my profile but never spent more than two or three days at a time on there.

I had dated numerous women between 2005 and 2009. Some girls I was really into. We all know how that works out. The girl I was into wasnt that into me. Im not going to sit here and try to speculate why. At the beginning dating was fun and exciting. But around 2008 i was ready for something more substantial.

I had been dating this great girl. We met in october, 2008. She was a korean girl, born in Seoul and adopted and raised in Iowa she was a super down to earth girl and we had good times together. There were a few reasons she called it off. She was used to dating older men with money, I had lost my job hell who knows what else. What had set me off though was the lies she told me. She didn't really have to lie to me. The truth would have worked and wouldn't have hurt me as bad. But you know that's life and you move on. So a couple days later I checked out my chnlove account. There it was a admiration letter from a beautiful woman named Xu Le. It was about 5 days old. it was a really flattering letter and was going to post it but i must have deleted it for some dumb reason. I checked out her profile and liked everything that was written about her.

I waited about two weeks before i wrote her back. I was really thinking if there was actually someone that perfect and nice. I print out her letter and read it everyday. I also would log in and look at her photos. Man I thought she was beautiful. I was just thinking why is she interested in me, besides all the obvious things she listed from my profile. So I sucked it up and sent her an EMF message. I used all 6000 words or characters we could use. The Emfs went on till April when we decided to take the next and begin chatting on web cam.(thanks to all the guys who helped me with this.) I decided in April I would go to see her.

I started to fall in love with this girl. The words she wrote to me were so honest and sincere. She was so kind and caring. Then seeing her facial expression via web cam made me smile. She has always told me that she has never known love. She would tell me it was hard for her to tell me how she felt about me. But one day on web cam she told me she was in love with me. It was an amazing feeling.

So here I am starting this blog. I am three days from jumping on a plane and heading to China. I am not a writer so please don't judge.