Necklace

I wear a necklace given by friend couple years ago. That necklace has three Chinese words. First Chinese words means “privacy”, the second “man/guy” and the third “sea”. Saying those three Chinese words will sound like “I love you” in Korean – that’s intentional. But the funny coincidence is that the second word sounds almost like Chinese word “wolf”. Those Chinese words brought up couple of random memories about the sea.

At first memory I was 16 or 17 and was in Spain with my parents and my brother. It was my first time abroad. We were staying at Fuengirola which is at south coast. There I went to shop to buy bottle of gin and remember being very happy that they sold it to me. Then I went to sit on the deserted beach and planned to drink there. For some reason, after watching the waves for a while, I just poured down the alcohol. Later on this same trip I went to jewellery store and bought a ring for girl of my dreams.

In the second memory I was in Dahab, Egypt. I had just made a long walk in desert and found my way back to the town. It was already early morning and I was sitting by the sea. Watching into horizon and thinking same kind of things I thought in Spain. I remember feeling very relieved before I got up.

In my third memory I was at Tioman island. That’s popular destination in Asia as island has been named as one of the most beautiful islands in the world. However almost everyone stays on the west coast of the island. Of course that’s why I wanted to stay at the east coast, at village of Juara. There was a nice jungle path which went through the island. I had a friend with me, same person who gave me that necklace. We spent days without doing anything, just read books, walked by the sea and ate at the same restaurant. There were practically no other travelers around, just one hippie guy who always winked an eye to me whenever I saw him. Hippie guy and my friend left on the same day, after that it was just me and the sea.