Archive - Oct 26, 2008

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I'm now writing this in my house in Hefei. There are few kind of site blocking, my site is just DNS filtering and redirection. I changed the DNS to OpenDNS so I can access my site freely :)
This trip is actually a bit scary.
After leaving the Shanghai Pudong International Airport after 14 intense hours of flight. I need to catch a coach bus to Hefei.
My mom(now, I will call her my aunt so there will be no confusion of her and my biological mom in China) give me 3 baggage(All over 20kg), and I wear a backpack + a computer laptop bag. Total of 5 things is too much to bring to a train(which get me to Hefei in 3 hours)
We gone to one of the traveling places and found the soonest bus is at 10am(at that time, it was 5:40 am)
That's where the entire scary trip begins. We got out and a random guy convinced my aunt that I will just go to his friend's coach bus. It is ok except that random guy lied about where I would get off because he doesn't know at all.

I dare not to sleep on the bus. Someone yells "We are at [location name]" and if I'm asleep, I would be miss Hefei. With only 30 Yuan in my hands, I didn't have lunch, the money should be used for emergency.

After 6 hours of intensive trip. I was dropped off at west of Hefei around 20 km from the city with 30 Yuan in hand, 5 baggage, hungry, thirsty and tired. How am I going to go home when I have no cell phone and this is literally middle of no where. At the same time, my parents are running around in different possible locations I could be. No one expected I would arrive here.

Been a smart person I am, I used up all 30 Yuan to get a cab to drop me off at the edge of the city.

In the city, I have gone around and ask people if I can borrow their cell phone to make a call. No one did. Later I know this is because there are too many swindler ask people for their cell phone and then do w/e trickery they have to PROFIT.
For sometime I thought there is no trust in China. Sad...
Luckly, some girl(seems like high school girl) gave me an IC card(Smart card) with 0.5 Yuan deposit. I get a chance to make a call to my mom. She waits in front of the apartment with money, so I can take a taxi to go home.
I really should ask which school she is in, so I could write an letter to the school to thank what she have done also tell her how significant she have helped. But she was waiting for a bus so she was gone soon after giving me the IC card and I'm to stupid to think of asking.
I have to move around 100m to get to the nearest place that is allowed for taxi to pick up passengers.
I look stupid. moving those heavy baggage one by one...
I eventually got home.
Slept.
Woke up just now. Refreshed, blogged, slightly food poisoned and preparing for a intense day.

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