The Mermaid Wanderer

For some people, all they ever dream was to work in a high rising company with a good pay, promised with an extensive career growth. For others, they dream of a simpler life, to be able to live happily with their family, to be able to go places they want, to be able to work remotely for the rest of their lives. And my dream was the latter. I spent almost 4 years in a country far away from home. Although the things that I had experienced was extraordinary, deep inside me is a woman crying in pain every-single-fucking-day! I never thought I’d despise corporate world so much! I thought that was my dream! And when I proved to myself that I can do it, the job that I was looking up to for an extensive time, became my nightmare! The first year was amazing, I was doing really good on my job (at least as per my manager). The 2 nd year was the starting point of all my struggles. Waking up in the morning became dreadful. The cycle of 8-5 was horrible! There are days where there’s a lot of jo...

I met this guy at a club in Dubai, we locked eyes and from there it was just magical. We weren’t a thing; he has his own life I have mine. But every weekends I go to the same club and he’s there, standing at the bar table, dashing as ever, with a smile that always melt my heart. I’ll let you in on a little secret, I easily catch feelings! He left Dubai for good and went back to his home country. And as a solo traveler, I now found a reason to fly to a place I know nothing about, and haven’t heard until recently. I flew in on Thursday and flew back to Dubai on a Saturday. A quick break to reality. I met him on my first night and had planned a trip on my second day, but he didn’t show up. Well he did, 6 hours after! I cancelled my paid tours just to be with him but he came so late that my whole day was spent for nothing. I sat at a park, and I contemplated as to why I cancelled my tours. See before I always depend my happiness to somebody else, being alone is amazing and all but it c...