Sep 7 - Hot Family Guy Who Cooks

You know about a popular TV show in Asia, Hot Guys Who Cook. The furthest they can go is finding a hot guy.... who cooks. And that is exciting already.

So let's see if you can stand this.

Sep 6 - Old Friends

One thing about our relationship, we can always talk about the projection in the long run without feeling awkward or lovey-dovey. We are realistic, yes, but we also like each other that much. I find myself to be at peace discussing my long-term plans with him, even modifying it if we stay for a long time. It feels natural, although sometimes after the talk we would be like, "We've only been dating for 2 weeks and we've talked about these deep stuffs? Wow."

This happens when we're on the phone too. I feel comfortable and if I could, I would stay talking for hours. He feels like someone I've known forever. Someone I don't need to hide things from. Someone I will call home.

Sep 4 - Acceptance

Later that night, we decided to be on the phone. Unlike the first and second time, the connection was really fucked up. I was so frustrated although I didn't show it. It was the closest I've been to crying, even worse than my guilty feeling when I raged him by coming clean how I'd been sort of two-timing him with M. It's just so hard, you know. First you don't get to see each other in person, and now you can't even make calls?

But then I was reminded that we've talked about this. Even he, who's used to physical activities, has decided to pursue this because he knows I'm worth it. I feel stupid and embarrassed, this is a long-distance relationship. I shouldn't have gotten upset over failed phone calls when I have his heart already. It's just one tiny thing that doesn't matter that much. That night, I changed my status from "Back at One", refer to Brian McKnight's song with the lyrics of "One, you're like a dream-come-true." to "I'll fight for you, WBB", World's Best Boyfriend.

He's worth the suffer. We're worth the effort.

Sep 3 - It's On

Today was his first day back to school. With me being back to school too since yesterday, here we welcomed a new challenge: inability to text each other for hours. This ain't gonna be pretty, but I hope we're gonna make it.

Anyway, while he was at school, I decided it was time to get to know his sister Ana. He gave me her number two days back but I hadn't made a move until now. I was sick to my stomach for being so nervous about her reaction towards my approach. This is soooo weird, introducing yourself to your beau's sister via texts! He told me Ana knows about me already, but how the hell should it help me!

I can't express my relief when I found out that Ana is a total sweetheart. She was at school but she made time to hold a decent, relaxed conversation with me. She even gave out a secret behind him being sweet to her, including when he would go to the supermarket and get her a croissant and fresh juices while she was still asleep, hahaha. At the end of the chat we agreed to be friends on Facebook. I am really happy she accepts my presence. And to know that, according to her, he talks about me all the time. I blushed.

All Hail September

The international conference I was organizing was held on September 25-28, it's the Asia Pacific Student Forum 2013 by my organization Universal Youth Alliance. Being a Director of Delegates Relations, I was in charge to make sure all the participants' needs were accommodated, so imagine how crazy it was about a week prior to the event that people were starting to come hence the coordination with the Liaison Officers, treasurer, and accommodation/transportation staffs. During the very same week, I found out that the competition my friends and I were aiming for, Investment Research Challenge by CFA Institute, had kicked off and we only had not more than one week to make an investment analysis that was, guess what, due on September 25. 

I admit the past weeks had been hell for Luis and I. One day we could not even text each other in the same time: I left him messages, he left me messages, but not in one frame of time. Most of the days were depressing as I missed him so much and I know he did too, then I felt even worse cause it felt really guilty not making him my top priority. Hats off to the most amazing boyfriend who stayed with me and never ceased to treat me like a princess. Never once did he complain about my lack of attention, my lack of reply to his always thoughful messages, and my lack of ability to tell him how great he is. 

The conference was definitely the highlight of my year (to date) and our team made it to the top 10 national, ready to compete in Indonesia level. I couldn't have done it without his support, regardless of how meaningless he thinks it was to me.

Managed to have scrolled the WhatsApp chats to the very top of September, I planned on catching up with everything today. Several things might be biased for now my feelings towards him have got much stronger, but I will try my best to position myself at where I was back then. Prepare for a serious amount of posts! :)