Saturday 6 June 2015

Sending Flowers towards the Philippines


I was able to save greater than two hundred dollars in my recent travel to Kuala Lumpur from the Philippines. As opposed to boarding up for the week in a low-priced hotel, I discovered the week before my leave that an old friend had migrated and taken an expatriate status inside the Bangsar area of Kuala Lumpur, among the better-looking districts of Malaysia's capital. We weren't genuinely close to go out of our methods to see one particular another outside function but we have been close adequate to share several rounds of alcohol.

So she told me to give her a ring when I arrived in Malaysia. In the send gifts to Philippines I took a flight to Singapore to get a conference and took the bus to Kuala Lumpur, a superb 5 hour drive down the lengthy highway connecting Singapore to KL. She had supplied me her spot to stay for the week long vacation I decided to take this opportunity to extend my escape in the Philippines, as I still fondly bear in mind. As it turns out she could be leaving (for Singapore, also for a conference) and definitely didn't mind entrusting her spot to me for the time being. I'd jokingly call myself "her kept man." This was probably the kindest gesture an individual ever did for me and there I was, in certainly one of the nicest condominiums in KL for an entire week.

And it took days for me to figure out what to provide her in return. You see the catch was that my flight for the Philippines and her flight back did not coincide. I would be left leaving an empty condominium, dropping the crucial in to the drop box inside the administrator's office for her to pick up per day after I left.



I ordinarily spent afternoons inside the coffee shop a fantastic 5 minutes away in the condo and suitable beside it a grocery shop where I'd get my cereals for the day and wine for the evening. A part of my "returning household gift" for her incorporated me restocking her pantry with cereals, cheese, bread in addition to a bottle of property wine. But there was nonetheless a thing missing. Seeking around the furnished condo I knew I was missing that particular touch. Then it dawned on me as I glanced in the counter close to the tv. I ran back to the grocer and picked up a fresh batch of assorted flowers. Back in the condo, I emptied the vase of old water with withered flowers and replaced them. Good as new, her location now had that specific touch.

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Days later she leaves me a message around the pc saying she was extremely thankful for the pantry gesture - and especially gleeful in regards to the floral arrangement in the living room. It is a fantastic feeling to understand that you can make an individual so pleased even if you are so far away. Since she moved in, this was the initial time that vase's contents had been replaced.

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