time is running short

wow. today is monday. i leave thursday. so hard to believe.i spent this past thurs,fri,sat and part of sun guessing wot id be doing on those days next week. and i knew my predictions wud b fairly right...thursday: flying, friday:with ben, saturday:with tyrone, sunday morning:church...but after church on sunday morning i have no idea whats next!

but then, will what ive generally predicted b right? will i spend saturday night crying? or will i stay up all night talking to fi? or will someone convince to go out and have a big night? who knows. im not scared. im excited. im a lil nervous i guess. about work mostly. this is a new chapter for me. will be interesting to see how it all unfolds thats for sure.

and ive started to realise that my goodbye will not just be for my family and friends that are here physically in china, but also the few good friends ive made online. there are some ppl that i chat to on msn every day and ive come very accustomed to chatting with them. being there for each other when we're happy or sad. will be weird not being able to talk to them. but some of us have exchanged numbers etc so we can sms/call. so not everything is lost :-)

i know that saying bye to my family is gonna b so tough and that im not planning on wearing ANY eye makeup cos im gonna bawl my eyes out. its even gonna b hard to leave behind Kai Fai Qu and down town Dalian. yesterday i was down town doing some shopping and i knew it wud b the last time id b in there b4 i leave and i felt such a sadness leaving the city centre. i have some good memories there - mostly involving dan.

im so excited!