Laman 13 – Slowly

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Although I am an introvert, being alone all the time was very hard.

Without realizing, I got the “Serious writer” stamp for achieving 100 sent out letters…

Unforeseen encounter in the midst of a global pandemic: A story on how I met my best friend twice.

Aku ‘senang’ bicara dengan Nick karena aku bisa menulis apapun yang aku mau tanpa merasa tertekan.

I’ve read all our letters again and again several times but every time they gave me the same kind of happiness.

Tanpa mendapat pertanda apapun, saya tiba-tiba menemukan orang special yang menyenangkan hatiku dan membuatku tersenyum dan tertawa berkali-kali.

Last chapter: A transnational friendship

While I was feeling stuck on the traffic of instant messages, SLOWLY showed me clearly another vibrant dimension of networking with people.

When someone replied, I could always tell they were happy I wrote them a letter.

Everytime she used to say that she couldn’t imagine waking up one day and not seeing that a letter was arriving from me, she’d feel upset about it…

…aku tidak berpikir bahwa aku akan berhubungan dengan orang di seluruh dunia tanpa penilaian tentang penampilan.

It may be hard to find someone who wants to share and talk about stuff, but once you find them you know that they could be your lifetime friend…