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| Life is a journey! |
When I was a University student, I didn’t plan much of my life
after graduation, what I would like to be or what kind of work I would love to
do.
I tried to be a trainee in a famous hotel and a domestic
travel agency but it didn’t work out because I didn’t enjoy the nature of the job.
My major is in French language and minor in English, so was
not too difficult to find a job and, actually, at that time, one of my
professors invited me to work with her a research project, so I didn’t had to
struggled to find a job.
Most of my friends who couldn’t find a job before graduation or
did not want to work right away after it usually continued to their
Master studies either in Thailand or abroad.
One day, during the last semester, one of
my close friends who likes to go and check her fortune at the fortune
teller, asked me to go with her to the fortune teller near the university.
It’s similar to the western style palm readers.
My University is located near one of the major tourist attractions
in Bangkok, The Grand Palace, where there’s celebrations and fairs all
year round.
Personally I don’t believe in fortune tellers because
who will know my life better than me, however, since my friend insisted I went
along.
When the fortune teller started to tell my friend about her life, her
family problems or even what kind of illness her father had without my friend
giving any sign of accurate information, I started to become curious about
how the guy knew so well about my friend’s life and decided to give it a
try also!
When was my turn, she told me that the boyfriend (or man) I
date at that time was not my soul mate and that my real soul mate was far
away. Of course I didn’t believed and didn’t took her word
seriously. Then, when she hold my hand and checked my palm told me that
I would travel a lot. “A lot like I won’t be able to stop”! Curious, I
asked her if the travel would be in the form of leisure, study, work
or for what purpose. She didn’t made it clear, just said that lines in my palm only
show that I will be a traveler.
It made me laugh and even fell amused just thinking on how could I
afford to travel at all time?
After that day I didn’t thought about it anymore and kept living
my life normally.
After some years I went to work to an architectural
company belonging to a group that also has a design magazine. The same friend who
dragged me to the palm reader years before also worked there, together with some
other friends from the years of University.
After a while all of them were sent to Hong Kong to attend a design
fair for one week. I took the opportunity, since our university group never traveled together, and applied for my leave. It was my first time flying out
of the country and travel alone to meet my friends, who were already in Hong
Kong.
Was not easy for me to understand the airport announcements in
English, with a “foreigner” accent! My flight was delayed,
my hotel “limousine” didn’t wait for me and I didn’t know how to dial
a international call!
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| Our wedding reception in Thailand, both in traditional Thai wedding dress |
In this first time travelling I met the man who would become my
husband. He helped me to deal with all my problems, since he was used
to deal with the Chinese way of working. Since then we kept a long
distance relationship, travelling to meet each other whenever we have time
and money, then we decided to get married and to live together.
I have to say that I use to stress I didn’t like Westerns but I
end up married with one. From single travelers to partners travelling, moving
to live in a foreign country, work abroad and finally to plan “Sail
Around The World”.
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| You hold the helm to control the direction and I look forward to guide it. That’s a couple life! |
When I look back, I couldn’t believe that
I came so far away and keep going even further.
My destiny path is already written but still unknown. Even I
want to change my destiny, to fight for what I want, to
build all I need and to choose whose I want to meet, I now
believe we can’t change anything.
Everything has a reason to start and to finish itself.
What you can do is do good deeds to gather merit until the day you
will receive back all the good results of what you have done, what
we call “Karma”.
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| A trip is always good if we have a good companions |
Life Reflections from October 2013
after graduation, what I would like to be or what kind of work I would love to
do.
travel agency but it didn’t work out because I didn’t enjoy the nature of the job.
not too difficult to find a job and, actually, at that time, one of my
professors invited me to work with her a research project, so I didn’t had to
struggled to find a job.
did not want to work right away after it usually continued to their
Master studies either in Thailand or abroad.
my close friends who likes to go and check her fortune at the fortune
teller, asked me to go with her to the fortune teller near the university.
It’s similar to the western style palm readers.
in Bangkok, The Grand Palace, where there’s celebrations and fairs all
year round.
who will know my life better than me, however, since my friend insisted I went
along.
family problems or even what kind of illness her father had without my friend
giving any sign of accurate information, I started to become curious about
how the guy knew so well about my friend’s life and decided to give it a
try also!
date at that time was not my soul mate and that my real soul mate was far
away. Of course I didn’t believed and didn’t took her word
seriously. Then, when she hold my hand and checked my palm told me that
I would travel a lot. “A lot like I won’t be able to stop”! Curious, I
asked her if the travel would be in the form of leisure, study, work
or for what purpose. She didn’t made it clear, just said that lines in my palm only
show that I will be a traveler.
afford to travel at all time?
my life normally.
company belonging to a group that also has a design magazine. The same friend who
dragged me to the palm reader years before also worked there, together with some
other friends from the years of University.
fair for one week. I took the opportunity, since our university group never traveled together, and applied for my leave. It was my first time flying out
of the country and travel alone to meet my friends, who were already in Hong
Kong.
English, with a “foreigner” accent! My flight was delayed,
my hotel “limousine” didn’t wait for me and I didn’t know how to dial
a international call!
husband. He helped me to deal with all my problems, since he was used
to deal with the Chinese way of working. Since then we kept a long
distance relationship, travelling to meet each other whenever we have time
and money, then we decided to get married and to live together.
end up married with one. From single travelers to partners travelling, moving
to live in a foreign country, work abroad and finally to plan “Sail
Around The World”.
I came so far away and keep going even further.
want to change my destiny, to fight for what I want, to
build all I need and to choose whose I want to meet, I now
believe we can’t change anything.
will receive back all the good results of what you have done, what
we call “Karma”.