Vietnam and Me #3/3
- Sella Lametta
- Dec 19, 2018
- 3 min read
I am horribly sorry. As much as I desired to make it short for everyone to enjoy, I just typed all minds-talk and for the common’s good, I should really split it again into the third part. Hope you still have the same curiosity or even more for digging to my relationship with Vietnam!
In the end, I did not make it to Hanoi that was supposed to take a place on December 2017 due to financial reason, one of a very common kind of my issues.
It did appear very promising originally before I received a piece of bigger and more shocking news in my mail-inbox, a few moments after Hanoi’s request. An invitation letter to join the biggest youth festival in the world and located at Russia with free accommodation was there calling my name!
Not that hard to decide even I still had a glimpse of disappointment not to visit Vietnam for the second time because Russia then seizied that priority (still I needed to purchase my own ticket which was surely expensive, -you-know-how-far-Indonesia-and-Russia).
And hey, I have another version of my love-hate relationship with this country (doesn’t accurately refer to hate the country yet, just a feeeling of displeased of being unable to make great use of a chance to go).
At the middle (or earlier) of 2018, Chi Tra (Cole’s sister, mentioned during my DNC visit) surprised me by a DM on Instagram. That's true, since the meeting we had in DNC in 2016, we made into a good friend 😊 Thanks to Cole! Hahaha
She planned her wedding in December 2018 and I was astonished as she wanted me to be her bridesmaid:’) who wouldn’t feel touched, huh? I was on cloud nine.
Well, it might seem too much to hitch my wagon to a star, but it was my dream to attend another country’s traditional wedding or my best friend wedding, but now I got two at the same time? I involved.
The writing is on the wall, I got all passion and so keen on this scheme. Checking on the travel website has been part of my daily activities during office hours (sorry to my previous company;”)). I even had a vision of what I should wear and how I would modify an Islamic version of Ao Dai (Traditional Vietnamese dress I have been dying to wear). Afraid to fall into the same issues, I have arranged my financial strategy and quite less worried because hey not to mention, I work now! LOL Say bye to drive a hard bargain to my campus or parent for my travel this time:’)
But it was just a temporary fun. Allah has His own decision and it sure always is the best and absolute. He said “no” again this time. I sadly could not make it because my new company had asked me to stand-by in my current location now (Malaysia) to start my new job, in the same boat I plan to fly to Vietnam.
Having said that, as a human, I felt troublesome a little bit because it's so hard to see someone I loved got disappointed at me. Now, all things considered, I am renewing my promise and plan, although 2017 and 2018 were not about me meeting my Vietnam again, may Allah grant and reunite us on 2020 or on the best timing, Vietnam! No more missing the boat, In Sha Allah! I hold my feet to the fire!
Online Gallery related:
(Da Nang, Central part of Vietnam)
(Ho Chi Minh, Southern part of Vietnam)
Finally made this while having time on my hands,
Malaysia, 19 of December 2018.
Thank you!
Sella Lametta ♡
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