Life Of Mai

I am Mai. Yeah, that +anagram! Twenty-four and “expecting”. There you go! How my being preggo brought me here? Maybe it is my only answer to boredom. Oh, please don’t get me wrong, buddy! 

Writing was my other passion next to teaching. Not all teachers write, and vice versa. It’s just that, I was a desperate one. It’s been years since I laid my hands to put my thoughts into words. I used to write when I was in high school but I wasn’t prolific. I may have already forgotten how to write, but it doesn’t matter now. I will still try to pen down my thoughts and you are free to share yours. 

My life has changed a lot since I finished college in 2009. I took BA English minor in Instructional Arts, in one of the largest and known state universities in my country, PUP. Not a prestige Uni, but if you were from there, that is an excellent distinction,( if you know what I mean) I also got my license to teach in that same year. My being a “sonsaeng nim” (teacher) helped me make both ends meet when I was in uni. I continued my online teaching career (from Koreans to Chinese to Japanese) for four years, until I got a job offer from my boss’s friend in +Mongolia. Mongolia? Where in the map is Mongolia? Don’t bother looking my friend. Yes, it does exist and I never thought my fate would bring me there. It is actually a +Landlocked country in East and Central Asia, it borders Russia to the north and China to the south. Capital city is Ulaanbaatar. I will write about that soon enough. 

I came to Mongolia in September 11, 2011. From then on, my entire life has changed. After 3 months, I broke up with my almost fiancé, definitely I’m not fit for Long Distance Relationships (+LDR). Apparently, I fell in love with my “Mongolian Romeo” after a few months of getting-to-know and dating. I didn’t see it coming; I thought it was just for fun until the love was growing, it was getting serious. He wanted more than just friendship and the feeling was mutual. There the story of Juliet begun. How mushy! We are now planning to +Tie the knot, unexpectedly, the soonest possible time before my bun gets so obvious. We originally planned to get married in summer 2014, but the baby of course, can’t wait until then. My teaching career was one of the hardest things I could ever give up. It is very difficult to give up the life I have been used to. Hence, I am not alone anymore. This God-given gift is more precious than anything else. I have once suffered the +Consequences of being a mom without a child. The loss was unbearable. At first it was more than a just +dilemma. Teaching was my life but this is our second chance to have a baby, and I wish not to +Compromise the life within me. And I would definitely choose to+Sacrifice my career, than lose another child. 

Right now, I think I just made the right +choice. And now, I think, I’m back to writing! ^^