Sorry For Not Being There

A farewell to my beloved Toon...

Only if I didn't insist on staying...

Only if I didn't linger...

Only if my return was 10 days earlier...

I could be there to say good bye.

Every single moment with you was truly precious...

Thanks for being my best friend always.

I am sorry for not being with you in the last moment.

I hope you would always have me in your memory...

just as I will always have you in mine.

Rest in peace.

With Love,

Mod

Chronicles of Mod : Eleven Truths I Found Out About Norway

Here we go...

1. The Spaniards prove to be unconditionally noisy regardless of their location. While I was quietly enjoying the evening spring sun in the City Hall Square, a loud chattering group of Spanish tourists suddenly caught my attention. They were across the square but I could still hear their conversation as if they were sitting next beside me.

2. Norwegians seem like albinos. Pretty, beautiful and elegantly tall but bloodlessly pale (No offense!).

3. EVERYTHING is costly. A bottle of mineral water costs 3 euros and a pack of Doritos 4 euros, isn’t that nuts?

4. Too many Thais living there. Why? More investigations need to be fully done to satisfy my curiosity.

5. Contrary to the number of Asian immigrants, this country has fewer Chinese restaurants than I expected! Not that I was desperately finding one, but it surprised me.

6. Norwegian tulips are as visually appealing and beautiful as Dutch.

7. Norway doesn’t boast the architectural grandiosity as most European countries.

8. Norwegians in general can surprisingly speak English! Well, I got this low expectation based on the experience from where I’m currently living, Spain.

9. Oslo, Stavanger, Bergen (and hopefully any other cities) are sprinkled with sculptures. They are extremely obsessed with statues (Well, perhaps not “they” but “some artists”).

10. The weather in spring isn’t as freezing as I was told. In Bergen, it’s kind of wet though. Too fucking rainy.

11. Norway has sparrows and pigeons just like any other cities in the world! Furrier and a bit plumper though.

Chronicles of Mod : Dreaming of You

Last night I dreamt about you. It has been such a long time since I last saw you in my slumber. You were there waiting to pick me up at the arrival gate but somehow didn’t speak a word to me. I saw you saying good-bye to someone I didn’t know and whom you didn’t even bother to introduce to me. There was something between you two that had me disconcerted but, as always, I dared not ask. Fear grew inside me; things would never be the same between us, or at least that was what I thought it would turn out to be.

16:00, May 5th, 2007
Stavanger, Norway

Chronicles of Mod : Invading Norway, Part I (Live)

Stavanger
May 4th, 2007
22:51

Here is the first online note I've been able to made about Norway, simply becuz I'm stucked in the lodge, not knowing exactly what to do.

Stavanger is very small, so tiny that you can finish off the outdoor sightseeing within one day. I was supposed to take a stroll in the city centre in the evening, but since I overslept a great deal, I'll have to come to term with my drowsiness before deciding what next will be done.

Gay scene is off the list, as far as I know. I haven't seen any places particularly established for gays yet. Couldn't find a proper list of them on the Net either :( This is truly sad... But then again, in Oslo I may have a better luck.

I wasn't able to get to the top of The Pulpit Rock since no bus would run there till next week (Good timing!) but, nevertheless, I wouldn't let the chance to get a glimpse of it go easily. I took a fjord tour to the base of the Rock this afternoon and it was indeed impressive. Seeing the majestic Pulpit Rock covered in mist from down below was like paying homage to one of the most wonderful grand creations that Nature itself had ever made.

For now, I'll have to figure out what to do for the night... perhaps a short walk to the lake.