Finally!

So, I'm finally back in Beijing - sorry for being such a super lazy blogger - the thing is that yesterday was J's birthday - and I have been planning (together with Jordan, Kathryn, Christina & Becci) a surprise visit for like a month and a half now - and it has just preoccupied my mind completely. J REALLY was surprised, though. Almost a month ago - I went back to Norway to work - and you know - hang out with my friends and family and so on. And J & I talked about how sad it was gonna be that I was not gonna be in Beijing for his birthday.... But little did HE know - that I had already bought a ticket!

The surprise went down like this; Jordan (bless his soul) had arranged to have a lunch with J. It was obviously fake, cause I was gonna be there instead! So when J finished work, I called him and was like all chatty. In Norway it was morning. I asked him what he was doing and so on...

J: I'm gonna go have lunch with Jordan at this place called Bocata, just by 3.3 mall. And you?
Me: Well, I have to go see the doctor* but I'm gonna hit the shower first - when exactly are you meeting Jordan?
J: I'll be there in about 15 minutes, I think
M: Ok - listen, I have to shower, but can I call you back in 10 minutes? There is something we need to talk about.
J: Hm - why can't you just tell me now?
M: I really have to have a shower first, but I'll call you back in ten, ok?
J: Well, ok.

What J doesn't know by now - is that I have been sitting at Bocata for an hour already, getting all nervous and excited about surprising him. I mean - who EVER expects to get a surprise visit from 7800 km away? I wait for ten minutes, and when I can finally see him at the end of the street - I call him back.

Me: Hi.
J: Hi (He is walking towards Bocata)
M: So... You know when we promised we'd always tell each other the truth no matter what?
J: .... Yes....
M: Well, I kinda didn't.
J: Oh, my God, what have you done? (He stops - I can see him, but he cannot see me, as I am behind some bushes)
M: Well - you know yesterday when you asked me where I was - and I said I was on my way to go see my parents...?
J:.... Yes..... (He really doesn't look all that happy right now)
M: Well, I wasn't. (I jump out from the bush, approx ten meters in front of him) I WAS AT THE AIRPORT! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

I ran up to him, and he was just IN SHOCK. He looks at his phone and then at me and then at his phone and says; But... But you are not here?

Haha, it was perfect and we celebrated his birthday last night and it was amazing. First we had breakfast at Element Fresh, then we wandered about HoHai for a couple of hours, and then home - J went to get a haircut and I started cooking. We had pink champagne, and amazing wine (Gigondas, one of my faaaavourites), reindeer, brusslesprouts, the works. I even brought Norwegian brown goats cheese for the sauce... We were gonna go out dancing, but we had so much fun staying in and just getting drunk together, we just did that!

So, now - I'm back in my dear Beijing with my dear J. Yey!!! We're all going out to celebrate his birthday again tomorrow - I'll try to see if my camera works again! For now! Take caaare! (And surprise your loved ones more often. It is FUNFUNFUN!)Lovers reunited....

*I got an ear infection when I first arrived in Norway, and it progressively got worse, so my doctor almost made me stay at home, because flying could cause my eardrum to explode!! My flight for Beijing left Oslo at 9:50 local time on Tuesday morning, and my final doctors appointment was 07:25 that very day. If my ear hadn't gotten better I would have had to stay at home... When he finally said; Well, miss - don't you have a plane to catch? I thought I was gonna DIE of joy! And I couldn't even tell J what was at stake, because of the surprise... But! All is well that ends well!