2011: The new chapter began; another big decision made [Part 2]

Hi Everyone!

        My last blog (which can be read here) was posted 5 months ago. I remember that I wrote at the end of my blog that I would write the second part the week after. That didn't happen until now. I'm sorry. I will probably never gonna promise anything like that again xD

          So back to the story, I finished my first blog that all packing was done and I was ready to go. It was my first time in Scandinavia. I actually wanted to travel there many years ago and it finally happened. I flew directly to Copenhagen, Denmark with SAS. The weather was a bit cold for me. It was spring at that time I think. I really enjoyed the fresh air I breathed. I spent first 4 days walking around CPH and catching up with old friends. At first, I only planned to go to visit some friends in Oslo, Norway for a few days. I didn't plan to visit Stockholm, Sweden as I didn't have much time but I made it at the end of my trip and stayed there for 72 hours. Thanks to Niels for getting me a plane ticket from Oslo to Stockholm as my birthday gift.

All packed and ready to go!

This is me at Christiania in Copenhagen, Denmark

Me at Vigelandsparken in Oslo, Norway

I met up with some friends in Stockholm, Sweden. I love this photo of us! ♥

          What I didn't know was that this trip would change my life forever. I didn't even plan to meet and fall in love with someone but I did. I've known and talked this person online. We've talked for months. I planned my trip even before I met him but it turned out I'd be meeting him when I came to Oslo. He was a nice gentlemen who took care of me for the whole trip I was in Oslo. I couldn't imagine how difference it would be if i had met him in Bangkok when he was there as a tourist. 

        After I came back to Bangkok, we were still keeping in touch and talking to each other. I know it would be hard to have a long distance relationship. So all we did was having a faith in each other. We have still talked to each other everyday from the first day we started talking. Then, one day he asked, 'why shouldn't we try to live together and see how it goes'. It was definitely something like that. My heart raised so fast with a big smile on my face. Without hesitation, I said, 'Sure, why not', even though I didn't know whether it would work out for us or not. I just thought, 'What the hell, life is about taking risk to get what you want, and if you really want it, you go and get it no matter what. At the end of the day, you will always learn something from your decision'.

       During that time, I had done a lot of thinking, 'What would I be doing there? How am I gonna live without work for a few months?' etc. I mean this is huge for me. I'm gonna be moving to see if the love is real. I couldn't help being worried too but with his fully support, I felt so calm enough to believe that we would make it through. Without any knownledge of Norwegian language and culture, I was still in hope that there would be something for me, if I kept trying. 

         This time, I asked for a visiting 3 months schengen visa. Little did I know, I should've tried to apply for a work permit or other type of permit instead of this one so I could stay longer. I thought that I could extend my visa or apply for other type of visa while I was there. I was wrong. I had to fly back to Thailand after my visa expiration to apply for another type of visa. This is actually what they write on UDI website. I heard that some people could apply for another type of visa and not leave the country but still, it was not so legit. I didn't wanna break any rule before I actually moved there. 

         The reason why I mentioned about the visa is because our relationship had been blossomed beautifully. We'd been so in love and wanted to live together. However, there are so many rules concerning about the visas. I've never known that people have been going through a lot of process and waiting time until they can move to another country. We decided to apply for a fiance visa at the end of January and we finally got a 6-month temporary resident permit granted in March 2012. I have been living in Oslo, Norway for almost 4 months as we're speaking now. This is a story of how I made my decision to move from Thailand to another side of the world in Europe -- or the country we all know where the cold comes from ;)

Thanks again for reading until the end, I wish you another lovely wonderful summer!

ps. I'll try to post some photos from my trips but there are so many. I hope I could find some time to write more also! xD

Wonderful Wonder

Photo by Moon_y

"Wonderful Wonder"

by May S. Sittikraisorn

It's a funny feeling

When you can't stop

Thinking about 

A certain someone;

It's even funnier

'Cos that someone

Is the only person 

You've been talking to

All day and Everyday.

It's hard to explain 

How this person 

Did this to you;

And why is this person

Always on your mind,

Following you 

Into your sleep.

It's a wonderful wonder

waiting to be seen

Only by heart,

Just one simple wish

May this feeling

Never go away.

♥

In my memory

"In my memory"

by May S. Sittikraisorn

I like you now.
But I don’t know about tomorrow.
Still hurt from my mistakes.
And I don’t know
If it will ever be the same.
Maybe it will
Maybe it won't,
Yet it doesn't change
The fact that you've been
So important to me,
My obvious position
Has brought up to my intention
One tough situation
But no matter what,
You will always be
In my most vividly wonderful
Thought of you
And one of these days,
Baby,
I'm going miss you so.

ps. This is an old poem I composed back in Feb 2011 (with a bit of edition as of today haha)


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Walking through life

"Walking through life"
by May S. Sittikraisorn

Like a world traveler,

Been walking all his life,

With no perfect direction to guide,

Nor the right path to walk on.

And throughout those years,

Embraced with pleasurable joy,

Every stop he deployed,

Like a kid with his new toy.

And he's kept on walking,

Knowing one day he'd stop,

Today is not the day.

When there’re still more things,

He wants to see.

And I wonder,

If he’s ever got lonely,

From walking alone,

With no one beside him,

To share those wonderful thoughts,

On such memorable trips,

They may cherish

Together, now and then.

Maybe someday he realizes,

Happiness is to share.

There’s nothing else to compare,

When you find that someone who cares.

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Butterfly Effect

Picture by Dr Freezo


"Butterfly Effect"
by May S. Sittikraisorn

She was a cute little girl,

Chasing around one butterfly she found,

How fascinating she thought.

Asked her mama if she could keep

Mama said, Dear little girl

Butterflies are not meant to be caught

Let them fly, fly high to the blue sky

The butterfly overheard and said,

Dear Lil Girl, Life is short,

Don't waste you times trying to catch me,

'Cos I will fly, fly away from you,

The lil girl smiled and said, “But I like you”

Little times with you is all I'm asking for,

Know I might cry the sooner you fly away

So can I have a little more times with you?

Just a little more times...

Life goes on

Picture by Emre Ucar

"Life goes on"

by May S. Sittikraisorn

The answer is right in front of me.

How could I have not seen?

Felt like a fool, once was a master,

Lesson learned, yet forgot as times went by,

A question WHY repeated numerously,

Nowhere to run and hide,

Drown in the sea of running tears,

Again and again,

The sun was shining,

Found no light but a cold wind.

As days went by,

Visits from my own nightmares,

Heard the voice saying

It’s time to stop,

Memories meant to remember,

Sweet or Bitter,

Like it or not,

Yes life goes on, and so should you.

Look around and tell me what you see?

The answer is laying in you,

Laying in you...