She didn’t know for how long she slept, but when Nina looked around,
she could tell it’s long past lunch time. The unmistakable growl of her
stomach told her she should have taken her lunch earlier. She tarried
on her comfortable bed a bit longer, enjoying the lull of the breeze
blowing through her open cottage window. For a while, she wished she
were to stay in this paradise forever. She wished she could simply just
cast everything aside and start her life over. Not that she is filled
with regrets. It’s just that she has fallen in love with the
simplicity and the relaxed manner through which the islanders lived
their lives. They didn’t have to go rushing through the day. Yes,
they had jobs, but she observed that they aren’t driving themselves too
much. They had time to enjoy their work and to live their lives in
such a relaxed phase. Summing it up in her mind, she realized she
envied the unhurried lives of these people.
Oh well, she may have taken in too much of her surroundings the past few days to realize she may have missed all the best things life had to offer. She may have been driving herself too much to the point of not realizing that she merely exists to fulfill her professional duties to her students.
She may have missed so much of life while trying to live her life to the fullest… ironic indeed!
Nina let out a self-conscious chuckle to entertain and distract herself from her wayward thoughts and dragged herself out of bed. She rummaged through the contents of her backpack took a comfortable pair of shorts and spaghetti-strapped blouse, grabbed her toiletries satchel and let herself into the small cubicle of her cottage bathroom.
Music from her portable mini speakers can be softly heard through the splash of the cascading shower. How nice it would be if she were as carefree as this everyday of her life! She closed her eyes and danced by herself under the shower imagining she was Juliet in some fancy dance floor swept off her feet by her dashing Romeo. She let out a wishful sigh and turned the shower off. She reached for a towel from the rack and wiped herself dry. She stepped out of the bathroom cubicle and headed for the bedroom.
Unwrapping the towel from her still damp body, she turned her mobile music player off. She reached for the a bottle of scented lotion, and massaged the liquid onto her skin. Now feeling so much better and so much refreshed, she headed out to the resort restaurant. She chose the table overlooking the panoramic view of the beach and ordered for herself rice and seafood. While waiting, she took in once again the sheer beauty of her surroundings: the clear blue of both sea and sky, white-sand beaches that seemed to stretch for miles, swaying palm trees that seemed to dance in rhythm with the blowing of the island breeze --- and of course, the amiable island people!
The palatable taste of the food laid in front of her was more than satisfying. She was even more enamored with this place, she thought to herself. There’s something about the place that makes her want to stay. Well if not to stay for good, she’s going to make it a point to unwind every once in a while in this island paradise. For the nth time since arriving at the resort, she congratulated herself for not having listened to the Geneva’s negation.
She smiled to herself as thoughts of her sister came to mind. Geneva, the certified party girl who seemed to thrive in the night life and who enjoyed the hustle and the bustle of the city - she would probably have fainted of boredom had she been the one to come here. Jenny wouldn’t love it here despite the relaxing and captivating scenery. Jenny would prefer to be among the throng of people and lost in the noise that is the city. No wonder why she objected so vehemently when Nina told her she was going to go on vacation at some remote island down south - that she was going on vacation at Buli Island.
“Rrrr ---ii-nnn---gggg!”
For a while, she wondered where the ringing came from. It didn’t occur to her that she set her mobile phone alarm to come off at two-thirty today. She toggled on her phone’s settings, turned the alarm off and placed the gadget back inside her sling bag. Doing so, she remembered why she set the alarm… Matt.
In less than an hour, she’ll be seeing the intruder who made the first day of her stay at Buli Island a little bit heart-warming. She wondered what he looked like in broad daylight.
“You are acting like a teenager, Nina”, something inside her seemed to taunt, “you’re too old to even think of an island romance.”
Brushing the taunting inner voice aside, she put her plate aside and stood up. She headed up to her cottage and found the most captivating man she ever saw standing at her door.
(chapter unfinished, to be continued)
Oh well, she may have taken in too much of her surroundings the past few days to realize she may have missed all the best things life had to offer. She may have been driving herself too much to the point of not realizing that she merely exists to fulfill her professional duties to her students.
She may have missed so much of life while trying to live her life to the fullest… ironic indeed!
Nina let out a self-conscious chuckle to entertain and distract herself from her wayward thoughts and dragged herself out of bed. She rummaged through the contents of her backpack took a comfortable pair of shorts and spaghetti-strapped blouse, grabbed her toiletries satchel and let herself into the small cubicle of her cottage bathroom.
Music from her portable mini speakers can be softly heard through the splash of the cascading shower. How nice it would be if she were as carefree as this everyday of her life! She closed her eyes and danced by herself under the shower imagining she was Juliet in some fancy dance floor swept off her feet by her dashing Romeo. She let out a wishful sigh and turned the shower off. She reached for a towel from the rack and wiped herself dry. She stepped out of the bathroom cubicle and headed for the bedroom.
Unwrapping the towel from her still damp body, she turned her mobile music player off. She reached for the a bottle of scented lotion, and massaged the liquid onto her skin. Now feeling so much better and so much refreshed, she headed out to the resort restaurant. She chose the table overlooking the panoramic view of the beach and ordered for herself rice and seafood. While waiting, she took in once again the sheer beauty of her surroundings: the clear blue of both sea and sky, white-sand beaches that seemed to stretch for miles, swaying palm trees that seemed to dance in rhythm with the blowing of the island breeze --- and of course, the amiable island people!
The palatable taste of the food laid in front of her was more than satisfying. She was even more enamored with this place, she thought to herself. There’s something about the place that makes her want to stay. Well if not to stay for good, she’s going to make it a point to unwind every once in a while in this island paradise. For the nth time since arriving at the resort, she congratulated herself for not having listened to the Geneva’s negation.
She smiled to herself as thoughts of her sister came to mind. Geneva, the certified party girl who seemed to thrive in the night life and who enjoyed the hustle and the bustle of the city - she would probably have fainted of boredom had she been the one to come here. Jenny wouldn’t love it here despite the relaxing and captivating scenery. Jenny would prefer to be among the throng of people and lost in the noise that is the city. No wonder why she objected so vehemently when Nina told her she was going to go on vacation at some remote island down south - that she was going on vacation at Buli Island.
“Rrrr ---ii-nnn---gggg!”
For a while, she wondered where the ringing came from. It didn’t occur to her that she set her mobile phone alarm to come off at two-thirty today. She toggled on her phone’s settings, turned the alarm off and placed the gadget back inside her sling bag. Doing so, she remembered why she set the alarm… Matt.
In less than an hour, she’ll be seeing the intruder who made the first day of her stay at Buli Island a little bit heart-warming. She wondered what he looked like in broad daylight.
“You are acting like a teenager, Nina”, something inside her seemed to taunt, “you’re too old to even think of an island romance.”
Brushing the taunting inner voice aside, she put her plate aside and stood up. She headed up to her cottage and found the most captivating man she ever saw standing at her door.
(chapter unfinished, to be continued)
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