Prelude to 2nd Eps

I promised myself that by the time I decided to write again, it would be about the continuation of "Leiden Life Story." I have abandoned the series far too long than I had initially intended. I thought writing would come naturally to me again once I relocated from home. Leaving home to move back to Makassar was one, if not, of the few wisest decisions I have taken this year. As much as I love my family (read my nieces) I need to disentangle myself momentarily and see what the real world has stored for me. As a mature human being, if age here acts as a determinant factor, I need to play my role as a functioning member of society. To live is to contribute. But sometimes when you are too engrossed in living life, sometimes you were only doing that not because you are aware of what you are doing but because it was done by default. You are like a playing puppet, letting the invisible puppet master dictate the very moves of you. I should've been offended to be calling myself a playing puppet. Yet, strangely I am really not. It would be an outright lie to say that I do not have plenty of time to think for myself. In fact, an abundance of times sprawls in front of me. During these past seven months, the time I decided to pick up a book (fiction) again, I have at least devoured fifty romance fiction. Am I ashamed of what I am doing? Not really. Some may take an infatuation in movies, but few would enjoy being drowned in books. I am of course the latter category. As an inveterate reader, it strikes me as interesting that I am able to feel the joy of taking part in different roles. Having lives I have minuscule chances to have. What I read, in fact, refracts what kind of person I am. As a hopeless romantic, I adore the idea of having a romantic relationship. But, here instead of opening myself to the world, I rather have to have myself drowned in a romantic sea of fictional characters. I enjoy my solitude a little too much that sometimes it disturbs me if I should act nonchalant about it. 

Anyhow, I think I have found my element again. Hopefully, I can, if not, be a little bit reflective in a piece I will write afterwards. Till then, doei!

KopiHub, Makassar 17 Desember 2021