Today was adventure day, I took the bus from Guangzhou east railway station to Jiangmen, and the start was a bit hard. I told the taxi that took me there that I wanted to go to the bus station. He drops me off and I go in and queue for a ticket. No English anywhere
I realize there are at least 3 different types of waiting lines and pull my trusted Besta to interrogate my queue neighbor. He tells me after 2 or 3 tries that the line I am in is for phone pre-orders only, I need to change lines. Standing there waiting, I look around and see a train schedule on the wall, not only wrong queue but wrong building too, so I exit and ask a policeman after Ted's advice. He points me to the opposite direction of the complex and I roll my case for about 250m and arrive ... in the local bus network hall. Again with the help of my Besta, I interrogate successively 2 people and I walk about 500m to the real long distance bus station, confirmed by a lonely sign in English. I get chatted up by a youngish man who speaks some English, and he goes all the way with me (does he want my money?). Turns out he's a college student and works as security there, he just wants to practice his English and does all the finding and ticket buying for me, a real nice guy, we exchanged QQ details and I'll coach him in English a bit.
The bus ride to Jiangmen took about 2 hours, comfy bus with AC for which I was grateful, it was warm today and very humid (90%), I was sweating like a pig after the trek around the station with my big and heavy case. The view on the road was splendid, I think I'll do this more often to discover the quieter and less developed areas some more.
Jiangmen is a smallish town by Chinese standards, I didn't see much yet but the center is nice, and I would guess about 1 million people. I must be the only Laowai here and get many many looks, but much friendlier than in the large cities, people smile, say hello, ... I didn't feel strange one minute. I'm staying in a nice hotel 5 taxi minutes from the center, neat room 4 star standard for 300 RMB, and a bathtub, finally! The reception staff have bits of English and are very friendly, I'm popular with the ladies and think I could have made easy contact, but that's not why I'm here.
I am here to meet lady number 1, the one I booted after 2 EMFs thinking it would not work out and being more attracted by a couple of other ladies, of which number 2 on which I reported before. I had QQ contact with #1 and even explained to her that I was more attracted by someone else, I think she did not understand fully but invited me to continue writing anyway. I discovered on out exchanges that she is really sweet and nice, we have many things in common and I started to look forward to every session with her, I even took my mobile with QQ out to be reachable for her, and of course absolutely had to meet her.
We were supposed to meet at 6pm for dinner and a movie. I told her to SMS an address in Chinese so I could show the taxi where to take me, she texts me 25 minutes late and says sorry but I should wait some more. At 6:45 I decide to go down to reception and maybe drink something, and as I get out of the lift I get another text asking me to come to reception. Hehe I was there and walk towards the lounge area. I only see one girl, her profile and look around thinking can't be her, she's not that pretty on her Chnlove photos, but she turns her head and smiles at me, it is her. She is gorgeous, my god, my chin drops to the floor ... wow. I ask her if she wants to keep distance, shake hands, ... and she grabs my hand with a big friendly smile, she seems happy to see me to, or still happy after having seen me:icon_cheesygrin: I tell her she's gorgeous, she accepts without blushing, thinks it might be a joke, but I tell her again. And my god she is, she's 32 but looks 20, she is a simple and pure beauty ... haha ok I'll stop drooling now.:p
We had dinner in a small but nice place and talked as good as we could, using the Besta when a blocking point appeared, and after a while she tells me to stop talking and start eating, and to stop smiling all the time. I can't, I'm in awe, and she is smiling too, but I eat obediently as I'm starving having skipped lunch.
We half walk and half taxi to the movie theater, drink something, I'm enjoying a relaxed and friendly conversation with her the whole time, she is exactly like on QQ, so sweet and such an angel. She does notice that other girls notice me and might have been a tiny bit jealous but I think I said the right things to make her feel better. Then it's movie time, Avatar in 3D (I had seen it in 2D and on DVD, not in 3D yet, haha Jiangmen is the place!). After 30 minutes of movie I can't take it anymore, I feel pheromones flying both ways, grab her hand and ask her if she minds, she doesn't :heart:. From then on we never let go of each other, her head on my shoulder for the rest of the movie, and then walking hand in hand to get a cab. Again, people notice but are really friendly, quite amazing. They all just seem happy to see me. The taxi dropped her off at her place and I moved on to my hotel, I did not get a kiss but was told "next time", and we met again on QQ, she knows I'm happy, I know she's happy.
I'm leaving Jiangmen tomorrow, I can't believe that ... but that's the plan, I'll be back in Jiangmen Thursday or Friday for most of the rest of my stay, I can't wait to get that kiss and give her a hug. I'm trying hard not to fall in love but I think I've struck gold, it's hard to resist.
So cancel all the other ladies, I think I'm crazy saying this but I think she's the one I was looking for.She's just like I thought from our extensive QQ sessions, namely wonderful, she is exactly my type and I don't expect any surprises. :angel:
So haha, wow, hurray !!!
