Things we can’t replace

Gosh … it’s been four months since I posted my last story!
I wrapped up my scuba diving course on Sunday (14/7) morning … after three “real” dives at Gapang beach in Pulau Weh, Indonesia. Learning scuba diving is like going from the starting point zero to infinity. I get some theoretical and lots of practical knowledge, something that [...]

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The ring

It’s almost 3 a.m. on Monday (3/3) but my eyes do not want to close. I am totally overwhelmed by surprise, joy and disbelief. These feelings will not go so soon so I decided to freeze this moment in a writing. 
“Dear, I did something special for both of us,” he said last night over the phone after a brief introduction about dinner that [...]

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Loneliness (part I)

My day starts out as a teary beginning. He leaves me again for home — our home. I purposely stay at the current place for a while to take care of other matters.
“Dear”, as he calls me. “You are always in my heart,” he says. No farewell, just a temporary good-bye. He’s right on [...]

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Valentine’s Day

 Why do I write about Valentine’s Day on the V-Day?
They say this is the day when we celebrate love, but should we celebrate love every second of our life? They say it is the day when we show our love, but should we show our love in every other day too?
I stop believing in Love on [...]

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What’s in a kiss?

Last night (7/2), I witnessed the most beautiful and courageous act of love: a mother kissed her son.
True, it is an ordinary show of love between a mother and her child. But it made me reflecting on such thing that I have done on natural instinct to love and to show it to my lover. The mother [...]

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The palm prints

We were lying naked in this big, dimly lit bedroom. No window was spotted around, just an extra king-size bed and some non-descript wall paintings. The room was surrounded by wooden wall and floor that felt warm and cozy. He told me he wanted to show me something. He sat on the floor in the lotus position and asked me to [...]

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The morning bliss

I open my eyes slowly. The first light of the day peeps into the room from the dark-blue long curtain besides the bed. Your arms wrap tightly around me. You breath gently on to my ear, whispering warmth and affection while filling my senses with the joy that only love can bring.

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