100 days Apart

This is my 3rd time coming over to SG. I learned to love the place. I learned to be familiar with sights and people.

I brought with me, a can of bagoong, laing, mangoes and several Filipino grocery items like: Sinigang flavor mix, paksiw mix, Mang Tomas Sarsa, Chocolate tablet, fish bagoong and whatever you can think that is Filipino.

I saw her after almost 100 days of being apart. Our relationship literally became a virtual relationship. We only see each other through webcams and chat online and made many phone calls. For us, and like many other virtual relationships, the internet is heaven-sent innovation. Webcams is the meeting place, and phone calls is the regular chatbox. Being separated is difficult.

I really planned my trip several months before my expected arrival. After my first visit last December, I promised myself to return...and I did. The long wait is over. I am coming over and would be staying. I hope to stay for good but our dreams won't permit me as of this time.

Seeing SG for the 3rd time is not new, the Terminal 1 is impressive. My thoughts run wild, and I have to see her. See her and embrace her. And when the moment I gazed my eyes on her and saw her waiting outside the airport doors...I suddenly felt, I was home, I suddenly felt complete.

My home is in Singapore now. My heart is here...my life is here...and I will always return so long as my other part remains here. Singapore had a new meaning to me. It means new life, new beginnings and new future for me.