Love Story of Dee and Dang
I still remember when we first met.
I still remember every joke we kidding.
I still remember how warm your arms.
I still remember how good you take care of me.
I still remember how fun to watch movie with you.
I still remember how much you like shopping with me.
I still remember……
And I smile every time I think of us. You are the best man in my world.
===HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEE AND DANG===
Dang
Ps. Love yourself like you love me, ok? ok?
It was one year ago today that I and my wife first came face-to-face. One year ago today, I left my home and my family to find my wife, my life.
It has been one of the most eventful years of my life- exciting, distressing, peaceful, longing, fulfilling, lonely, accompanied, sensible, nonsensical. There were times when I was teacher, times when I was student. There were times I wondered if I were going to make it, times when I felt as if I could conquer the world.
Sure, times have been hard, but I wouldn’t trade one experience. I wouldn’t trade a single tear shed in lonliness for a month of tear-free days. I wouldn’t trade a single night feeling lost for a hundred in my warm bed in Tennessee. I wouldn’t trade or change a thing, for, though it was hard, every experience of every day has made me a better, stronger man. And, more importantly, the lonely nights and tears brought my wife and I togehter. We had to fight for our life together.
When I think of the past year, the sufferings, I can’t forget that those led to the greatest peace I’ve ever known, the happiness of my life, the most fulfilling aspect of my life- my wife, Dang.
I’m a man full of love and purpose. I have a real reason to live. Every day now, I awaken full of hope for the day. I awaken to my sleeping wife in my arms and the tears seem like a distant star who died a long time ago who is but a memory.
We have a good life together, full of excitement and simple pleasures. From where I stand now, I can say…. it has been a good year.
I’m a married man, now; it’s not just me, anymore. I’ve grown accustomed to it being only me, myself, and I, and to my roommates always agreeing with me. Because of that I’ve learned to be selfish.
Dang and I come from very different places, but when we disagree, it is because of, simply, being different people. A lot of it has to do with me. I know that I can be very difficult, at times… very selfish.
When I think about what Dang needs, what comes to mind is simply love, and love is:
Selfless. One does not go into life with a complete and utter disregard for one’s self, but he thinks of others first. “What are their needs? What’s their point-of-view?” he asks.
Quiet. Sure, love can be shouted from the rooftops, and it should be sometimes, but more often than not, it’s quiet. Love does for others without them even knowing about it; it has no regard for recognition.
Enduring. Love can make life blissful, but not a s blissful as one imagines. In the moments when love isn’t enough for bliss, it can be enough to help us endure, Patience can help us do that, but love helps us to endure gracefully, peacefully.
Fearless. Love makes you believe, “Yes, we can do this.” Let’s face it, life is hard. A marriage is an agreement between tow people to face the world hand-in-hand. With all that the two have against them a coming, love must surely be fearless- not afraid, never expecting failure.
Fulfillment. We can never forget that love is fulling. Let love fill you. Don’t focus so much on the “hard knocks” aspects of love that you forget to enjoy it because it is exciting, joyful, fun, and, yes, fulfilling.
On November the 11th, we celebrated one month of bliss, a month of Dang being with me in Korea.
Over the past month, I wouldn’t say that time has stood still, for life has kept on moving at a furious pase; Dang and I have found ourselves busy with work and life. We aren’t living in some magical land, but life is, indeed, enchanted.
Yes, this past month has left me enchanted. The presence of the one I have waited so long for has brought bliss into the daily routine. When I wake, she is there, and I’m at peace. Simply seeing her lying there, a sleeping beauty, my love increases- not just for her, but for the world as a whole. While at work, I maintain a smile, and toward the end of my week, in very tired days, that smile is as strong as the first day. At the end of those long days, I get to go home with my wife. (She is working with me too, but that is an entirely different blog entry.) We walk home together and talk about our days, and her warm hand in mine draws me to a world parallel to this one. We may use the same streets as everyone else, but the world we are walking in is entirely ours alone. We spend the rest of the night talking and going about the business of life, but I am blessed to get to do those things with her, my angel. When I lay down at night, I am in a state of bliss.
This has been the best month of my life. Yes, the month I got to spend with my love in Thailand before Korea was good, but there are no “goodbyes” that follow this one.
As I review what I have just written, I feel a bit disappointed, for I don’t feel that I captured the true poetry inspired by Dang. I haven’t communicated to you what bliss really is, and for that, I do apologize.
Mama, thank you for coming home to me. I hope that you haven’t now regretted, or ever do, your choice.
After we are were married on July 29, 2008 (actually, just married registration in Thailand), my husband, Dee, had to go back to Korea because he could only stay in Thailand one week on his vacation.
About six weeks after Dee flew back to Korea, I resigned from my work in Thailand and prepared to move to Korea to be with my husband. I was working in a government organization. I took time for my resignation and moved my stuff from Bangkok to my home in the south. I had been in Bangkok about nine years (Sure, it was a lot of stuff to move).
I prepared all needed documents and went to Korean Consulate to get my F-3 visa. It took about 3 days for my visa to go through.
During my time in the south, I spent time with my family, especially my little niece (Bam) and nephews (Game and Binn). Bam needed lots of kisses from her aunt, and Game needed lots of khanome from me (hehehe).
I flew to Korea on October the 11th, 2008, leaving Bangkok @ 8:25 a.m. and arrived in Seoul @ 9:27 p.m. The flight was long, having laid-over in Taiwan. The lay-over was approximately three hours. But, no worries! I killed the time by viewing the photo exhibition that was in the airport.
This wasn’t my first time to fly internationally. It was my second, actually, so, by now, I’m an “old pro.” This time, I knew exactly what I was doing. This time, just to prove how much I’ve matured as a world traveler, I wasn’t afraid to go to the bath room on the plane (all by myself). Hah!
I should mention, as a quick note, that I flew with China Air, and they impressed me much, for I was taken very good care of. I can still remember the hostess’ smile. For a Thai, this is very important.
And then…
And then…
And then…
O.k, I can tell, it’s time to bring this to a climax….
And then, I arrive in Korea (my home for the next year or so). Immigration was no problem. This time, there were no worries, for I had my husband and my visa this time.
I was feeling a little nervous, however, because they said that we were to exit at door C, but the luggage was to be claimed next to B. There were very few people walking with me to B (I imagine because they were Koreans with very little luggage); this is what was making me nervous. Even though I was “pro” by then, I was still a little unsure of myself. So, I walked very fast. If I had walked any faster, I would have been running. Fortunately, I was right, and I exited at B.
After exiting, lo and behold, my husband was right too, for he was at B waiting for me! This is the moment I had been waiting for. We were just married, and we had to say goodbye for ten weeks. Even though it was just ten weeks, the distance of time and space felt great. It felt like ten years and ten million kilometers.
I was home!
January 24, 2005.
I was working at Golf and Sport club in Thailand as a technician support. My duty is support all computer problems and users sometimes. How ever still have a lot of free time. Almost customer at our golf club is a foreigner, that make me want to try to better English language.
As you know, I have a lot of free time each day. But I have to work 6 days a week and I have to standby at office, I can’t go to study in school. My favorite hobby in my free time is access to the Internet.
One of all websites that I always access is http://www.pantip.com I have fun with it a lot.
Actually, I love to study English since I still in school. If any topic talking about English, I will click and read it. And one of Pantip’s member suggest that “if you want to better English, you should have some friends to talk/write in English (pen friend); if westerner it would be good”. They leave some links for me.
I sign up for service in some link in that day. My service is for free, so I can send two massages a day. I sent one to Dee and one to other one (I can remember yet). I got a reply from Dee immediately. Then I replied him immediately too. And we keep talking from that day.
January 24. is our Anniversary.
Dee and Dang forever!~
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