Recently

He came back to me.

I don't know what to say. He came back to me.

Chris, the Korean man whom I met last spring and dated on and off throughout the year, came back to me. Chris, the man who broke up with me last summer in a heated and drunken argument, came back to me. Then we got back together when he didn't move to Canada as according to his plan. Only to discover that he was planning to move to Singapore after the new year. And he did.

I'm sitting in my kitchen deciphering his recent text message. Over the year that I've known him, we've folded a language exchange into our relationship. I help him improve his English, which is quite good by the way, and he teaches me how to speak Korean. This one says: 자기여 난운동했어^^ 이제집에가는중.. 저녁은? (Baby I worked out ^^ I'm on my way home.. what are you doing tonight?) I enjoy the language exchange aspect of our relationship. Learning Korean is kind of like cracking a code. It's not so difficult, really, because it's comprised of an alphabet of 30 characters. Memorize the 30 character code and you're in. So it's nothing like learning Chinese which has thousands of characters within its language. Korean characters are simple to write, although the grammar and sentence structure are difficult to grasp because they're completely different from English. Sometimes it's simple; house is 집, houses is still 집. At least I think so... maybe?

I'm sitting in my kitchen wondering... what am I doing? What am I doing? He lives in Singapore. I'm leaving Korea in six weeks time and moving to Boston. We will be on other sides of the world. It sounds crazy, right? The fact that he's my boyfriend. And he lives... on the other side of the world. What am I doing?

It's easy to text. Every day we send our manner messages to say good morning and good night. We keep in touch throughout the day with messages such as 자기뭐해? (What are you doing, honey?) And answers are always simple. I ate lunch. I will work out tonight. I'm on my way home. I miss you.

I miss you.

It's the same routine everyday. And I kid you not on the simplicity of our messages to each other. English and Korean are two very different languages. I think what brings us together is our kindness towards one other. I care about his feelings. I think that's important in any relationship.

So.. when will I see him again? I've already booked my plane ticket to visit Singapore at the end of June. Soon.