Pacaran

Joined my ex for breakfast at her villa this morning. Happy to find that she and her partner are very happy these days and seem to have successfully navigated the rough seas encountered in relationships early on. They would seem to be moving forward with a united purpose and will, taking all the proper steps, wrapping up irritants and stumbling blocks from the past and moving irrepressibly into their future, free from former impediments, which always come in the form of troublesome people. They had a wonderful time together in Myanmar, and it was interesting for me to hear about the place. With the general 'bad press' that Myanmar gets in the west, one naturally develops a negative picture in his mind; but it appears that Myanmar is not much like what we read. It's always a matter of getting in among the common folks, isn't it--seeing that they are simply human in the same way that we are simply human--and rather delightfully so, too, evincing an uncommon openness and friendliness, an enthusiasm for interacting with newcomers, much like what I often see here among the Indonesians. If I were in better health and had more energy, it would sound like a place I would like to experience.