Happy 4th Meetup Anniversary in Phuket, Thailand!

"Happy 1st Anniversary from the day we first met. It has been a long story. We took our time to get to know each other, seeing the good and bad sides of our personalities. You decided to fly from FR to Bali to see me again, as you promised after 3 months, and flew together to SG and PH. Spending a total of 3 months together. Tough times now, I know it's difficult but we will get through this. Thanks for being patient with me when I am stubborn most of the time. Also, thanks for treating me like a princess, and for doing all the cooking and home chores when we're together. All I do is sleep, eat and travel. And for making me fat.  #HabaNgHair #GebatigKaanyag #LDR"

I wrote this on Facebook in October 2019 as it was the first anniversary of our meetup in Phuket, Thailand. Yes, we met while traveling. I was with a Filipina friend to have a meetup with a Thai girl we met in a hostel. So, during our vacant days, I used a dating app and matched with him. And the rest is history! LOL. Maybe I should write our love story here soon.

While writing that anniversary event on Facebook, I was pregnant already with our firstborn child. We had a long-distance relationship for quite a while as I was working on my Schengen visa for Europe. During that time, I was in Cebu and I had to fly to Manila for a visa application, only got rejected on the first application but got a visa on my second application.

Here are some photos I shared on my Facebook timeline.

Spending Christmas time in Phuket, Thailand

We went to a shopping mall in Phuket and they had several Christmas decorations around. And we saw this gigantic Christmas tree and decided to have our couple photo.

Chasing sea turtles at Gili Trawangan in Lombok, Indonesia

This is actually a screenshot of our diving video in Gili Trawangan. It was one of the best moments we had. After meeting in Phuket, we went back to our respective countries. After my mom's passing, he booked me a flight to Bali, Indonesia. Supposedly, he should meet my mother but my mom died in February 2019. We met in Bali in April 2019.

We waited to lay eggs in Bali, Indonesia

Bali is famous for this instagrammable nest. Since my doctor said I had PCOS, I told him not to expect us to get pregnant. I captioned this photo that we were just waiting to lay eggs. It was some sort of a joke but lo and behold, I became pregnant.

Kayak adventures in El Nido, Palawan

After Bali, we flew to Singapore and stayed for 2 days. After Singapore, we flew to Puerto Princesa, Palawan with a layover in Cebu. I promised myself to bring my special someone to Palawan. We went to El Nido where we found out that we were actually pregnant.

There should be Singapore photos but I was keeping them somewhere that I don't have easy access to. So, that's just a summary of our travels together.