Catch The Sun

 

Day before I left London, I had a check list of things to get. Namely, the fridge magnets, which for me was one of the most important things to pick up. Whilst at Victoria, I thought this be a good chance to pick up some tea. Mainly because, it's joked about that the British love to drink tea! And no it doesn't rain as much as you thin- Okay it's raining right now... I stand corrected, it does rain a lot here. When I looked at the various flavours, there was one tea set that stood out the most. Containing 6 different teas with pictures of London, this made me decide, this is the best choice to go with!

This lead me to pack the suitcase again but this didn't bother me too much. I wanted to make sure everything was inside and secure, nothing left behind! Famous last words! Before I could go to Victoria, I had to go do my voice recording for a radio drama. I felt disappointed with the voice recording because I didn't feel I was doing enough or getting it correctly done. But knowing I would spoke to Ashley that night, helped me a ton and made me focus on the journey of finally meeting her in person! The excitement, the fact that I'm finally doing this and able to hold her at long last... It's everything I been waiting for! At this point, the song The Final Countdown was playing in my head.

When it closer to for me needing to leave, mum wanted to do a final check on the suitcase and carry on bag. This was to make sure everything was inside and packed away safely. Checking the clock again, I wanted to make sure I got to the airport without any major issues. Soon as an Uber driver accepted my request, I got my jacket on and made my way downstairs. Mum wanted to come with me and decided to hold the suitcase. This worried me a bit because mum always said about how she has issues with her arm. Despite this, she lifted up the suitcase with one arm and kept going forward.

The Uber driver was really nice and we joked about various things. One thing that did stand out for me, was when he was saying about his wife's family realizing the taste of cleaning the meat and how much better it was. As I said to him, imagine saying to them, how much better it taste by just washing their hands... Mind blowing! As he dropped me off, he wished me well and hope it all goes well on my new journey. I gave him a hug because I really appreciate him. He got me a trolley for the suitcase and just been a nice person in general. Nice people still exist, just rare to see them.

Once inside the airport, I was hit with something shocking... Lady at the desk perform some crazy Street Fighter combo move that I never seen before! "Sir have you downloaded the Philippines Government app?" ...The what now? Yep... The App. Not only this, but you need to have this done 3 days BEFORE you fly out! *Cue Mortal Kombat : FINISH HIM!* Well crap! If my eyes wasn't popping out with fear and worry, it finally was! Now I'm worried and thinking well I best to download it now! Unfortunately, the area I was in, the WiFi wouldn't let me download anything at all. In my mind, it felt that I was in a queue, waiting to pick up my delivery, only for the door to close on me. Rage...

Even if I disconnected from the WiFi, the signal there was awful, so I was limited on getting anywhere. Once I was moved to a different section, I finally got it downloaded. However, my phone had developer mode on so I was unable to continue. Not only this, but I also couldn't see the screen due to it been on an background that I couldn't read. Just give me a break now please! When I asked for help, no wanted to or was around to. Yep... There goes those tumbleweeds with the strong winds pushing them along... Sigh.

I bought something to eat, and in one bite, the actual item was stall as hell. Even Costa coffee wasn't happy with me today! Honestly, it was starting to feel like the dream was turning into a nightmare. I didn't get a chance to complain because by then, we was going to be wheeled in a different area, which was getting closer to the plane. Sitting by me was an Arabic guy who didn't speak any English at all. He started asking me questions and I kept saying I'm sorry I really don't know what you're saying. Eventually I said yeah sure they can help you at the desk!

I started to notice people were getting picked up and moved on to the flight with me just left. It was at this moment, I started to worry more. The assistant who helped me at the start, came to me and asked what flight I was on, while making sure assistance came by to get me on the flight. When I was finally board on the plane, I looked out the window, took a couple of pictures and said to myself... To my new beginnings and the next step in my new relationship.

Eddie

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Miss Na Kita

 

When I first wrote the lyrics to this song, it was a case of me missing Ashley. Ashley couldn't understand how to deal with my CPTSD nor have the ability to understand it in full. But it wasn't just her I was missing, it was more me missing us.

Unfortunately, the darkness in me was overwhelming me at night time due to a very traumatic situation I went through nearly my age. More on that in another post later down the line.

I looked deep down inside of myself and the memories I had and remembered the first time we kissed and how much I wanted to keep going!

Having your first kiss with your love one should always be special and I wanted to capture that by taking a picture of us in front of a mirror. Regret to say, the picture is blurry so it isn't the best one to see!

We chose to keep the picture between us and not show our family and friends it! Either way... I miss her. Not been by her... Holding her hand, kissing, hugging... All those little things were missing. Truth is, it will all be worth it knowing that we will see each other again soon!

But no matter how far away I am from her, I always look at my phone and see her face our picture together with me holding her, kissing her forehead. And it's memories like that, that makes you realize that the whole journey is worthwhile.

Don't give up on each other, especially if you know your other half is worth it! There will always be struggles because that's now relationships work! It's to build you up and take on the next challenge! But always remember, support each other and take time for you. If you feel overwhelmed, don't feel bad but try to say it in a gentle way so it doesn't feel bad. As I said, no relationship is easy but working together, you can get through it all.

Eddie

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