Flight to Shanghai was supposed to be February 23 (yesterday) at 8:20PM. We were gonna meet up at 4:30 coz we're a big group. As usual, and needless to say, I was late! I arrived at 5:15! But take note please, somebody arrived later than that!!
Check-in was no easy thing since we were 22!! So many people had excess baggage! It was just a matter of how many the excess was. So we were called.. the EB babes! Get it?? And in the search for the winner.. Who would've thought that yours truly emerged as one of the top EB babes with a baggage of 29.7kg!! We were only allowed to bring 20kg and so I had to pay excess. With discount and stuff, I paid 3,400 all in all. That's 200 pesos less than what you'd ordinarily pay. More on my baggage problem in my next blog perhaps!
So next step was immigration. I was already starting to think that this is definitely, by far, the longest time I spent in long lines and what-nots! Definitely a "rehearsal" for China. Immigration was fast. But the line was long!! and so that took so much of our time!
Done with immigration, we went to grab a quick dinner as Cebu Pacific doesn't really provide food on board. So while I was eating with Sol, Christine, Sigh, and Celcius, we kinda talked about going to Walmart the next day while waiting for the second batch to arrive since we had to buy stuff. Yes, with my 29.7kg baggage, I still had so much stuff to buy in the grocery. So we talked and planned to go sometime after dinner? Perhaps.
It was almost 7:50, boarding time. While waiting to board, I was also texting up people, thanking them for the surprises and well-wishes as well as my new number. I was also preparing to change into my rubber shoes coz it's cold in the plane and in Shanghai. And then a girl on the microphone announced something. But since I was putting on my shoe, I didn't mind. That was, until Sol said (as well as the airport dudes sitting nearby) THAT THE FLIGHT TO SHANGHAI WAS CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS! READ: IT WAS ZERO VISIBILITY IN SHANGHAI!!
Oh life, you must be kidding me!! Now my body aches like crazy!! And my head is so confused already with thinking about the stuff I can still remove from my uber big luggage! MR. WEATHER, YOU ARE ONE TRICKY DUDE!!
And so there goes my first Shanghai encounter friends! One big "dress rehearsal" at the airport! But it's okay. coz now I can watch JLC!! That is, once I manage to drag myself out of this house!!
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