I always enjoy surprise, give me a birthday gift, leave a paper in the fridge or stick on the fridge, take roses home when back from outside or off work, take me to a nice restaurant to have dinner with, ask some friends of mine and show up in front of me….I do enjoy it!
However, I got a huge surprise last night, it should be the best one ever, Andy called me at 5 pm yesterday afternoon when he was in Shanghai, he said, I am going to have dinner with my clients, and I will call you around 7 before dinner or at 10 after dinner, I said, well, you can just call me when you on your way to your hotel after dinner, he said ok. And he said he has to get up so early tomorrow morning, since he will see off his clients.
I didn’t feel like cooking last night, I went to one of the Chinese restaurant downstairs, dinner was good, ate a little too much, and back home read some emails, watch tv, and played games on line… I didn’t realize it was 10 until Andy send me message, his message said : I am on the way to hotel, have conference call at 11, I will call you in 10 or 15 minutes. I replied: oh, ok. 11? He replied: Yeah, 11, conferences call. I was reading while I sent message to Andy. About 10 minutes later, Qiu bi barked, and I thought our neighbor came back, and my door bell was ringing, I thought the management people came up, I got a little pissed because it was 10:20, and I looked from the people, it was Andy! I couldn’t believe my eyes, and I looked again, yes, it was Andy, and I opened the door with my mouth open, I couldn’t shut my mouth for about one minute, he was just like: what?….what? with satisfied facial expression….it was such an amazing surprise! The best one ever!
Now it’s very clear, he called me at five, actually he was going to leave the hotel, and he said he will call me before 7, because he is going to boarding, he said he will give me a call after 10, because he just landed Shenzhen, when he said he is on the way to his hotel, actually he was heading our home!!!
Surprise comes with sweet lie, I don’t mind, I love it. Thanks Andy, such an awesome surprise!
Am glad you are blogging again, we both have been so busy it has not been high on the list of things to do. And to clarify, I never lied as I said I was “headed back” which you took to mean my hotel in Shanghai and I which I meant to be home! Yes, I know a “word game”…
AHHHH! You guys are so sweet! I guess I’ll have to try that with Pedro.
Very nice suprise, well done! But…please stop raising the bar, you are making it difficult for the rest of us.
Just checking out your blog guys, very nice. Pei Lin- come Hashing if you can. Andy see you when you get back.
Best,
Ed H.