Day 27 - Sun Aug 31 (The End)

SUN AUG 31 (Day 27)

So Sunday morning came by quickly as my wake-up call was at 430. In and out of the shower and picked up some pre-packaged breakfast and got into the shuttle. Back at Air China's desk around 515am and they got me sorted out. Then I had an escort from Air China who took me to Terminal 2 to meet with Northwest. The two officials discussed/confirmed everything and I got handed my boarding pass. So through security I went and checked-in. I got to the gate around 645am and my flight didn't board till after 8. It took off as scheduled at 855am from Beijing and arrived in Tokyo (which is 1hr ahead) at 130pm local time (1230pm Beijing time). My next flight from Tokyo was at 335pm so I had some time to spare. I went to the McD which took US$ and bought myself some lunch. I walked around trying to get wireless internet access but everything was a charge service. The flight had 3-transfers in 1 so it was absolutely full. It took off a few minutes late from Tokyo enroute to Seattle around 4pm. I ended up sitting beside a guy from Port Moody (about 20min from my home) so we talked for quite a bit. The flight was fast as we had a tailwind and the 8 1/2 hours went by rather quickly; 2 meals, 2 movies, 2 naps and we're there! In Seattle it took a while to get my luggage as there were hundreds of pieces but everything did go smoothly. I finally sat down to relax around 945am (Sun Aug 31) local time in Seattle ( = 1245am Mon Sept 1 in Beijing). The Quick Shuttle picked me up at SeaTac at 1030 and dropped me off in South Surrey at around 135pm. My parents met me at 2 and it was nice to see them again. We went out to a restaurant to eat a light healthy meal and got home around 330. I unpacked a little and talked a lot but I couldn't stay for long. I got a ride to the skytrain and went downtown for the NikePlus HumanRace 10km Run. (25 cities across the world, 1 million runners, 8/31/2008; 10million km run for charity - http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/humanrace/map.jsp) Then afterwards I was a free 15-min massage, got to dip my feet/calves in a hot tub, got some free healthy snacks and drinks. Then there was a concert put on including Theory of a Deadman. And I had met up with some badminton friends from Richmond and talked; finally left there around 1115 and came home. By then it was almost 1230 and I sat down and talk to my parents about my trip and slept at around 2am (which was my first time in a bed in over 36 hours!).

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