sorbetes na siling labuyo

Long distance relationships are like yoyo diets. Alternate cycles of feast and famine. Binge and starve, binge and starve.

There are short, blissful hours, days, (if you’re lucky, weeks) that overflow with sweet words and kisses, movie dates and leisurely walks; when you cuddle and giggle and hold hands as if the world might end tomorrow. And end it does, with a drought that leaves your heart barren and desolate as you struggle to survive on occasional phone calls and text messages. Never quite enough. But certainly better than nothing.

Thank goodness for ICT. The world gets smaller. Distances get shorter. It’s like you’re almost there. But not really. The tinny voice on the receiver, the blurry picture on the LCD screen: these are mere dextrose IVs and tube-feeds. They don’t tickle your tastebuds or satisfy your sweet tooth. But they do keep you alive. Sort of. At least until the next feast comes around and your heart can binge again.

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