At the Airport, a misunderstanding .... and to the airport again!

Yesterdaymorning I was waking up early in the morning and I could not sleep anymore, a little bit like now, hehe... because I had to drive to the airport to collect Kik from his China Airlways flight CI65 from Bangkok to Amsterdam.
Being probably too excited about his arrival I could not get back to sleep anymore and so I was running about the house pretty early., again same like this morning :-)
I monitored the arrival of CI65 from Bangkok via the arrivalservice of Schiphol Airport and drove to Schiphol around 8.30, so I would be there if Kik arrived and be there in time in case of any hick-ups at pasport control and/or Customs. Remembring all too well what happened last August, that looked like the right way to do. I knew that if the plane would arrive at the right time, 09.10 am, it would be at least another 30/45 minutes before the first passengers would get trough to the waiting arria where all the other people waiting for arrivals were waiting to collect these 'new' arrivals.
And, I had no idear what happened, but the 12th seemed to be looking like the day everybody was out there to collect someone, so busy it was.
I bought two balloons, one with "Welcome back" on it and one in the shape of a big flower with a yellow smiley....and so my waitinggame of that morning started.... ofcourse first with a "koffie verkeerd" or as one says in English , Italian, etc "Caffe Latte" and from around 9.20 I started to keep check on both sliding doors at arrivalhall no 3... standing on my toes, then looking between all these other people and looking, looking, looking.... and passsengers comming out..... chinese looking, thai looking finally passed trough the slidingdoors, then the crew of China Airlines came out, themn more passengers, but no Kik.
I thought, O No, not again!..... Getting pretty tired, remember I had a short night after several other short nights (one can get excited about something I believe) ... also getting a little bit annoyed not knowing what was wrong, and see all thse happy reunions taking place all around me, the enthousiastic welcoming of all these loved ones by their loved ones....
And there I was, in the middle of that all, with my two balloons, still waiting.
at 10.30 I walked over to the airport informationdesk to inquire, were the guy told me that CI65 would be off the luggage in 7 minutes so give my friend another 15/20 minutes and then the last passengers should have left the area of the luggage arrivals into the arrivalzone... Okay, so I waited till 10.50, No Kik!!
Walked back to tha airport information desk, told them I was waiting for my friend and fiancee to arrive from Thailand and that something must be terribly wrong and if they could ask at pasportcontrol, customs etc, to find out if they were holding a thai nationality with the the name Chaladkid. Very understanding they made , I believe 5 phonecalls to all different stations, but at none of them they were holding a thai nationality, ergo, no Kik. Okay, I thought, up to the departurehall to check with China Airlines... nobody there, grrrrr. A, I saw aphonenumber, I dialed and asked if there had been a Chaladkid on the passsengerlist...after checking twice the answer was rather surprising: No, none!
Not knowing what happend I walked downstairs again contemplating what to do next.
Down the stairs, not far from were I had my cofffee several hours before I saw Wil sitting and just receiving her drink. Wil is one of the two people I meet allmost every saterdaymoring for coffee, tea, hot chocolate in Delft, and we often then also enjoy a small lunch together. She had told me, when I announced that the 12th I could not be present due to Kiks arrival, that she would be at the airport as well, waiitng for her daughter to arrive from South Africa.
She saw me, and quickly asked the waiter to hold and offered me coffee, which by that time I could really need, hehe.
We started chatting, thought I keep her company till she meets up with her daughter, then I say: what the heck, I call him on his mobile in Bangkok, from my mobile here straightaway.
Ring ring ring ring...and a very sleepy voice, unclear answers. "is this Kik?" I ask, a muffeled respons, again I ask "Is this KIk??!!" "Yes, this is Kik, who is this ?" (clearly he didn't look at his screen when answering) I say Rob, waiting for hours at airport for him... but also relieved to know that at least he was okay.
Ofocurse he said I was stupid, because he would arrrive on the 13th not the 12th. But I told him he had said to me he would leave on the 12th, and so I expected him to arrive on the 12th as well..... then some Thai logic: Well, in Thailand you call it the 12th still (no idear when but clearly much later in he night then we are used to here) when you leave at 2.30 am in the morning, though officially its the 13th.
I told him I would talk to him later and hang up, but also relieved that all was inded well, and nothing had happened!
Wil and I had to laugh about this . lets say misunderstanding. Then her daughter appeared in front of her and they were reunited as well...at least one thing that went pretty okay that morning!
We both left for the exit....walking back to my car with those balloons without companion..... lonely for sure but my heart was still excited about Kiks arrrival, though now I had to drive there again and who knows what would be awaiting me then......
well in a couple of hours I know, because again I am up early, unable to get back to sleep again aand in an anticipating mood.
I check my comp, indeed, it is the 13th, hehe, so today all should go perfectly okay ... lets see how okay all will turn out to be!

O, and the balloons, they will await Kiks arrival now at home in Delft. And I will bring only a simple little bunch of sunflowers with me to the airport :-)))))))))