It's 5:40 am Monday in Beijing. I arrived at the hotel late last night - close to midnight after my 14-hour flight from Houston to Narita was delayed.
When I arrived at Narita, the passengers disembarked and either you go through immigrations or you proceed to your connecting flight. The names of people who were arriving from late connections were posted. I guess I was the only person from the Houston flight (Continental Airlines) who was going to Beijing as I saw only one name listed on the board - mine.
I go through another security check and made my way to the Northwest flight, which by this time was already delayed. The Houston flight landed at 5:10 pm, the Beijing flight was supposed to board at 5:15 pm and as of 5:17 pm, I was still going through the security line.
The good thing is that when I arrived at the hotel, I was informed that I was getting an upgrade room. During my previous stay, the room was already great, the hotel being rated 5-star. The major difference, I guess, is that this upgraded room has a bigger seating area than my previous one. It has a couch, a coffee table and another chair on one end. The work desk looks the same.
I'm looking forward to breakfast. I was hungry when I arrived but I was too tired even to order room service. I have to shower now and get ready. I'm taking a cab to get to work but I'll take the hotel shuttle on the way back.
I'm on Skype but my family's offline. I called the cellphone but no one's answering.
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