A three months hiatus - and lots had happened Part I

1. Too much flying killing my body
2. Stranded because of the endless snowstorm
3. First Time in a Chinese Jiao festival

1 Too much flying bit -
It's more than three months since I wrote my blog. The constant flying in and out is killing my body. I have been best known for being tough and indefatigable. But then I noticed I was getting joint pain and sore back and I thought it's because I am getting old. So, one day, I sat down and thought about how busy I have been and discovered that I have been flying in and out for 23 times and about 13 times are long haul (flights that took more than 10 hours). Then I realize that this is nothing to do with my age, but more a historic busy year. To me, it's very reassuring.

2. I got so pissed off when I was stranded in Glasgow and couldn't make it to the wedding of the village chief's son.
I had rescheduled my flight to return earlier to Hong Kong because of the wedding. I was really looking forward to it because the wedding is supposed to be very Hakka (a very exciting piece of news as I am still working on my research) and I could really witness how a Hakka wedding really goes.
I was rubbing my hands and anticipating my first real hakka wedding. It's not like I have never been to a wedding since I moved into the village. But they are no longer the traditional type of Hakka wedding. Instead, a lot of them are now adopting the new city dwellers type of wedding style. So, I thought I was really in luck.
Then, two days before I left for Hong Kong, snow just came out of nowhere. I was so anguished on Sat night. The night before I left for Hong Kong. A friend of my niece's was predicting that I could be in trouble. It turned out to be true. The snow kept falling heavily the following day and I was hoping that someone could shuffle the snow quickly. Well, I am from Hong Kong. And I shouldn't believe that anywhere else in the world operates like my hometown. Upon my arrival to the airport, despite making a change to another flight, I was stranded at the Glasgow airport and I needed to rebook another flight to London in order to go back to Hong Kong. I went home, in distraught. I had to pull the 23 kg luggage all the way home, on a snow ground of at least 5 inches thick. How exciting can it be? And how frustrating!
I then rebooked it to Thursday, after checking with the Observatory. With my track record of bad luck, I was texted on Wed night (while I was sleeping) that my flight got cancelled again!!!! I was so anxious and depressed!! Well, I know that a lot of people are in my situation but at that point all you can think of is just yourself. I then decided that I booked another flight a week away from now so that I don't have to pay HKD 1000 each time I change my flight. And then I change the domestic flight to Sunday, a few days ahead of flight leaving for Hong Kong.
Well, finally, I got to leave on schedule and so I quickly changed my flight to Hong Kong and flying on the same night.
Well, I guess it's not easy to be peripatetic and I have no envy for those who live on a plane. And certainly I hope I won't get a job that requires me to be like this. I have enough and I need a break!!
3) First time in the Jiao festival
well, that's a nice bit that I will put it up with photos, next time when I am blogging. Hope it won't take another 6 months. :P