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The Rings of Despair:
With my wife craddled in my arms I would like to say I carried her down the 3 flights of stairs, but having no flights of fantasy, we took the elevator down and I had her standing whilst alone in the elevator. Once the door opened I again lifted her in my arms and carried her out the building - oops she is on line - I will post this so far and ammended later.
Okay back from my commercial break: Oh and Yan says hello to all the gents here :heart:
By the time I carried her out the building, my arms were faitiguing so I placed her down with the premise of her using her new class slippers to walk to the horse powered Carriage. We headed to the reception hall directly in a drawn out, round about route that made the 15 minute commute last 1 hour. I dawned on a new realization that since the horn is used so often in China, contrasted to our North American tradition for weddings, they do not toot the horns for celebration of marriage. During the trip the one car carring Cecil B Demille kept creeping in front and drifting behind as the camera man filimed us in our car waving to his cue. This is how the Queen must feel when out and about being viewed by the Commoners - Yes....Indeed. Say..What?
During the prolong Car trip Yan asked, " The Rings you have?' .........................................................................................................................long period of silence.............................................! :huh:
FLASH BACK to day before, just before leaving for the Hotel for my one night of being a Bachelor.
Ron you have the Rings?
Yes Yan the pair are here in my carry on bag in the jewerly box
.. as I open my travel bag showing the small jewerly box containg my wedding ring and her's - One Ring to wed me, One Ring to find me,
One Ring to bring me all and in the lightness bind me
In the Land of Cathay where my new life lie.
( my token acknowledgement to J.R.R.)
I was feeling very relaxed on my wedding day. To relaxed...thus I was not being frantic about the day's proceedings. So inturn I was not so worried that I forgot to double check my readiness for today's events. I told her that the rings were still in the hotel room in my travelling bag. We were to head for an informal luncheon at 1:00pm for all the wedding planners, Car drivers, Photographer, and camera man before the main ceremony at 5:00pm. The council of elders decided that Gandalf...oops Guan Han could go back to the Hotel and gather the rings while Yan and I hoisted the luncheon.
At the luncheon I was introduced to a long time friend of Yan's. Her friend (I forgot her name) and Yan had never met in person but had a friendship from QQ. Her friend was on vacation with an American that the two had just meet online a month before. Kevin was his name and he came over for a week to meet her. It seems that, even though not through Chnlove, I had a fellow bretheren attracted by the siren call of the Orient. They were in town just to meet us and be at the luncheon before catching a plane to Guilin. We told them that we planned on travelling to Guilin a day later. He was curious about China and we spent part of the afternoon exchanging stories. From being total strangers, I felt quit honored that he gave us a Red Evelope as a wedding gift :angel:
At 3:00 pm Guan Han phoned from the Hotel :s "Okay I have your bag, where in the bag is the rings?
Now my travel bag is regular carry on size. The rings were in a small box. It should have been easily found in the bag. But he could not find them. I had switched rooms from a double bed room to a new Kingsize bed room for our wedding night. I was sure that I never left anything in the 1st hotel room. It must be in my travel bag but Guan Han said he could not find it. I franticaly thought back all of yesterday and this morning. Since that time before leaving Yan's apartment when I double checked for the ring box, I never recalled seeing, or feeling the box in my travel bag. I tried to remember if either her or I went back into my bag before leaving the apartment. My gut instinct said that it was in her apartment at 301B.
The new plan was for us to split up the fellowship with Guan Han and I to travel back to Moria...oops 301B and search for the rings. By the time he got back to the reception hall from the hotel, it was 3:15pm. He actually brought back my travel bag with him for me to confirm his search. Yan phoned the Hotel front desk to enquire if anything was found in my last night hotel room and Guan Han and I dashed back to 301B. We had a little over an hour and a half to find the rings and return before the 5:00 celebration :huh:
As all good cliff hangers...I will end this episode with some new pictures
Stay Tuned for the next Installment entitled Judgment Day
or Terminator - which will happen to me if I don't find the rings:huh: am I Sara Conners?
