Life is so weird, the moment you think “This is it! This is my Life now”, you are thrown a curve ball and everything changes. Sometimes these changes are instant…one moment you are going your merry way and *smack* before you know it you are no longer the same person. Like when our dog’s tests came back and we were told it was terminal. I was no longer the person that I was a second ago!
Then there are other changes that take a while…they are slow to come and it is the journey that makes you who you are. After our dog’s passing, I slowly went back to normal routine. Got a job that I loved and we started planning for a future…getting a house…starting a family..all that jazz. So, you can say, we were pretty settled.
Then one fine day during lunch, the husband calls. He has been given an opportunity to work for a client at Jakarta! The catch? It will be a 3- 4 month project, and he will be staying there for 3 weeks and come back for one week. It was Wednesday, and if he said yes…he would have to leave the next Tuesday! Well…since we didn’t have any responsibilities, we figured then and there to try it..after all…it was just three months, right?
Well…when did life behave like it was supposed to?
That phone call happened last October….and as I write this, the husband is in Jakarata. He was able to convince his bosses to go alternate weeks at a later date…but then, living alone for such an extended period of time has taught me things. I re-connected with the person that I was. I started painting and crafting again… I had stopped that years ago in order to pursue the “adulthood”.
And now!
After almost a year…. Last night we finally booked 2 one way tickets to Singapore! We will be there for two years. I am not sure when I would get a job..but I do intend to travel Asia and make the most of these days…before life throws another curve ball.
1st October is the day we leave the place we have called a home for close to three years. Yes..it is scary.. but to be honest… it is way more exiting than it is scary! It may sound weird, but last December when we were holidaying in Singapore, I felt a weird energy. Like this was were I was “supposed” to live. While walking down the streets, I felt these are the streets that would mean a lot to me in future. I and the husband laughed it off… as while it was a distant and minute possibility..what with his working in the market.. we knew it would be one of those dreams that don’t really come true! How Eerie…
46 days to go!
Between all the confusions of what to take and what to sell…. coupled with the weird butterflies.. here’s hoping for the good times!
Here’s sharing a pic from our last trip. It was taken in the Sun Pavilion of the Gardens by the bay. It is so apt..I do feel a lot like Alice right now…navigating to what seems like a wonderland. Somebody pinch me…PLEASE!
A Bumblebee in the Universe 