On the last week of June I welcomed to Beijing one of my best friends from college, Aileen a.k.a. Dubai Girl a.k.a. the one with the gold bars. :) She had a business trip to Shanghai and swung by Beijing to experience the real China see her good friend Teng (haha that Shanghai diss right there was spoken like a true Beijinger!). Anyway after the airport incident things were pretty much okay. We of course we made the normal tourist rounds, and more. Ai met the (almost) famous Boy Chekwa - the first of my Pinoy friends to do so. Her reaction to him? I better leave that information for Ai to volunteer. ;)
Having Ai over was the best. We could not stop imagining how much more fun it would be to have all the lolas over. Super laugh trip -- from the first moment she landed, when I suggested that she wait for me at KFC in the airport. (Ai is allergic to chicken, hence hates KFC with a passion! Hahaha.) Of course we just ended up meeting at Starbucks. We also had that afternoon just watching old Bubble Gang episodes on YouTube, watching the "pa-cheeseburger ka naman" commercials (sorry naman out of touch kami ni Ai sa mga yun e! hehe) and of course the best ones were Roderick Paulate's jokes from 'That's My Doc.' (I-paunch kita sa fez mo e!)
The best thing about having a good friend with you is that everything just flows so naturally. I didn't have to explain anything to her; she knows my history, she knows my stories, she knows me. I didn't have to justify my statements or decisions, since she knows exactly why I've said or made them, and she knows where I'm coming from. And honestly, these are the things you really miss when you are far away from home. Add to that the fact that Ai has had the same experiences as me, living alone in a foreign land, and that makes it so much easier to relate to and understand each other.
I really hope Ai had a good time coz I sure did enjoy having her over! And I am sooo looking forward to that Dubai trip she promised me for next year. :) Love you lolers!
