A Forbidden Truth: Part I

A Forbidden Truth

Part I

This is the only venue where I can share my story. I guess only three knew about the complications of my life perfectly well—me, the pilot, and God. Now, I am sharing this to you to vent things out. I hope this will inspire you to be the best of yourself. And for those who are free as a bird, cherish the freedom that not all of mankind has. Blessed be!

This is my story now--- a web of complicated lies. I am now living in a world that I seldom understand. Until the year 2005, things used to be simple in my simple little world. It revolved around home, university, my girl friend’s house, and the places my girl friend and I go for a date. It all started in 2005, after graduation from college that my world vastly expanded even beyond the horizons I can barely fathom.

I am a graduate of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. Back then, I was a geek. A nerd. I am the typical student most parents would want to have. I graduated college being at the top of the class. My teachers, friends (I only have two, by the way), and most especially my parents expect nothing less from me. To illustrate that, when I tell my mom and my dad that I won first place in a national quiz bee, I solicit no reaction except, “We expect you to be the first.” But one day, when I presented a research study in a national convention and won the second prize for best research, my mom and dad was so worried and asked, “Why second?” Trust me, that comment was not very comforting.

I have a girl friend since my 2nd year in college. She is well loved by my family and me by her family--- a perfect couple, indeed. We never really had any serious fights; only mere verbal wranglings on petty issues. But most of the time, we were able to solve each hurdle at the end of the day.

2005. Graduation Day. I was so scared then. What happens after graduation? I really don’t have plans after graduation. I have many work offers; but none of them I really liked. My dad suggested that I take master’s abroad. I welcomed that idea. Here goes the first ever big problem my girl friend and I would face--- distance. Then came fear. Will our relationship withstand the test of time and distance?

---Prince Henry