planes, trains and automobiles

after completing the delightful trans-continental journey from the US of A to Asia, I have finally arrived in Beijing! It may have been one of the longest flights of my life; in addition to being stuck in a window seat at the back of a plane for a long and arduous trip, I sat alone in the dark for 13 hours, mind racing regarding the insanity of the life-step I was in the midst of taking. Needless to say, not my brightest hour(s).

BUT, I am officially here! I've been in Beijing for over 48 hours, and the transition (thus far) has been less intense than anticipated (but of course I'm still missing my loved ones). The time has been spent catching up with old friends, meeting many new ones, and anticipating the exciting ways in which life will change over the next...undetermined amount of time.

Hopefully this will be the lamest post on this blog. I just woke up from a jet-lag ridden midday nap, and still can't decide if the wild cats that were just attacking me actually exist. More details of life to come. In the meantime, please e-mail me! I truly do miss my lived ones, and look forward to catching up on your lives!
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Deja Vu

For some reason, some reason I can't quite put my finger on, I feel as though I've been here before...creating a blog, reflecting on life before I embark to Asia, informing friends and family of my life via an online journal. Here I am packing up my life, enduring painful and tearful goodbyes, and wondering if I have, yet again, gone insane (because one MUST be insane to leave a great life and move to a crazy foreign country). Wait a minute... oh yes, now I've got it. I indeed have been here before, and it wasn't long ago that I was going through the same motions.

For the many of you that have endured the adventure, excitement, trials and tribulations of my previous Asian blog, I am proudly announcing the Asian Adventure Blog, version 2.0.

Once again, I will try (hopefully semi-consistently) to keep in touch with you about life in a crazy little country we foreigners call China, giving you my slightly biased, occasionally jaded, and hopefully semi-entertaining version of living in an Asian country.

I must preface my entries with this: as you may know, the Blogger site doesn't always work in China. Something about internet censorship? I will try my best to update my site, but know that any quirks may potentially be blamed on a "poor internet connection" (or...well, you know).

Please, please, PLEASE keep in touch with me! Living in Asia isn't always easy, and I truly love each and every one of you so dearly, and look forward to keeping in touch regarding your lives as well. My e-mail address is still katelynnrae@gmail.com, Skype is katelynn.rae, and obviously I'm always on facebook...so please, don't be a stranger.

Love you, and get back to you from Beijing!