Aug 22 - Fine China

Before we went to dinner, he showed me the neatly wrapped presents he got for my family. The following picture is only 1/3 of my presents, which is 'only' a bunch of chocolates and snacks. 

I have an obsession with chocolates, but he clearly has an obsession with buying me chocolates.

The other two categories are sentimental items and a huge, ginormous doll family. The sentimental ones are his creations and bought gifts either for monthversaries or random letters and drawings. This category includes a beautiful designer handbag and the cutest PJ's ever known to (wo)man. Finally, the last one can be seen in this example. Example, cause it's only a half of all the dolls he gifted me.

Anyway! I was really feeling Chinese food today, so we opted for a classic Chinese restaurant with arguably the best xiao long bao. The dinner was lovely, it was romantic, it was relaxed, it was exactly what we wanted for that night to turn out.

I was ecstatic for Luis that he finally got the real opportunity to call me his fine China, haha! What a perfect first date night.

Aug 21 - Double Date with Eric and Ariel

The ceremony was uneventful, luckily it was also quick. I spent the first hour doing photoshoots with my family and once it's done, I met up with Uty, waiting for Ega and Dimas who picked up Luis at his apartment. Given that Ega and Dimas live in Bekasi................ yeah, it was nuts that they didn't mind facing the weekday morning traffic entering Jakarta only to fetch Luis at his apartment and drove all the way to Depok. I swear I have the best circles of friends in the world.

I treated them to lunch and we left school. But not before we took this magical photo.

Dimas unfortunately had to bolt, but the rest of us went to a museum we wanted to go to last year but was closed. This time........... the same luck. The museum was still closed! How long does it take for a museum to be fully renovated!? Geez. Near the place was a homeware shop and Ega had been looking for a few furnitures, so we figured we'd check it out instead.

And look what I found! 

Ariel was the first ever Disney Princess I wanted to be when I was little. I remember collecting just most random things that have Little Mermaid on it, from the watch I wore all through primary school, all the way to 2D and 3D stickers I used to decorate my, guess what, Ariel notebooks. How lucky that I've found my prince! ;)

Uty's house was our next destination. It was good relaxing for a bit there, we also watched a little bit of Heath Ledger's 10 Things I Hate About You while trying out her parents' awesome feet massage device before heading out to dinner near my house. Just an overall nice chill moment with my two best friends and my boyfriend, the three people who made me feel like a princess that day.

Aug 20 - Gone Are The Lonely Days

I talk a lot in general. I talk even more when I'm nervous. I don't think I've ever been that talkative in front of Ega, my best friend who obviously spends so much time with me. She was taking me to the airport to pick up Luis, and the traffic was proving Jakarta to be even more f***-ed up that it had already been. The thrill was too intense: we were just getting onto the highway when his plane landed. When we finally parked the car, we literally couldn't decide whether we should wait in the arrival gate or look for him since it was possible he already got through security and all and was clueless of our whereabouts.

But then he came out of the door looking handsome and all. As always. We saw each other and he walked to me with a smile plastered on his face. And for some reason my trembling and wobbly feet managed to take over my frozen brain's task to make me approach him too. He hugged me, caressed my hair as he did that, and I honestly could not remember the first thing he said to me cause I was basically possessed by the butterflies in my stomach.

Hahahahahahaha, I seriously almost threw up rereading the first two paragraphs I have just written, but that's more of less what I was feeling that moment (less is more likely since I was acting more than just a fool the first few minutes we were together).

Brownie's turn after Butterfly (arrival 2014) and Bunberry (departure 2014)

It was almost dinnertime so we decided to grab some food on the way to his apartment. He was unimaginably tired I'm sure, but it's not Luis to let his feelings ruin the moment. Sweet as always, just like the way I remembered him treating me last summer when we were together. 

Ega was definitely the MVP of the day. She was so sweet, I didn't even ask for anything!

Initially we were going to find him a pair of black shoes to wear to my faculty graduation tomorrow, but the shoes he was wearing apparently aren't that bad to go underneath his black suit pants, so we ended up heading to his apartment right after we finished yummy coconut ice cream desserts at Kelasi, such a nice refreshment after a ramen feast.

After a year of being separated, after all the FaceTime video and voice calls, after the lengthy WhatsApp chats (that I, of course, record), we are back to normalcy; so ready to welcome a month of charging phones only once in every two days, since we basically would need it way less than when we are apart. :)

Oh! Just in case you're wondering what's inside his suitcase this time.......

Yup! He has gotten worse since last year. :'D How he managed to fit THOSE THINGS into a suitcase and a backpack? Beats me too.

Oct 06 - Pre-Confusion Explanation

The next 29 posts are going to be flashback stories of how each and every day went during the time he was here last summer, hence the date Aug 20 and up for the next entry going forward.

I cannot promise a detailed daily story, but there will be photos and lists of places visited that day.

Hope you enjoy! :)

Sep 29 - The Back of His Hand

Yup, that's how you know he knows you better than anyone else in your life.