My story started on a Friday afternoon of November 15, 1998 when I received a phone call from my college friend who asked me what was keeping me busy. Like usual its my 8-5 job that always eats my time from Monday to Saturday. I don't even have time to go out and relax on Saturday because I am always occupied.

She told me that she was busy chatting on the net and she invited me one day to drop by in her place on a Saturday night and she would teach me chatting. In December after Christmas, sure it was still a holiday here in the Philippines, I stayed in her place for 4 days just to learn everything on line. She created an account for me in ICQ and started chatting last December 27, 1998. I used to do random seeking and suddenly a nick "skunk" appeared like magic on the screen, not knowing that this would someone I would love unconditionally one day. We introduced each other and started chatting. He is from Indonesia, a moslem and 4 years younger than me. I am from Philippines, a christian and 25 years old during that time. We didn't think of that differences during our first meeting because we didn't know that all this online thing will be real.

After that night me and skunk talked on the net for hours every Saturday night for the last 6 months. We told each other secrets that we have never shared with anyone before. We already heard each others voice on the phone and it was really great. Our feelings came pouring out, we officially became a couple and ended our night with an I love you. A feeling that was true for both of us. So our relationship went only online. We made our plans to see each other and agreed that I would come first since he was still studying and it was one of my dreams to travel outside the Philippines. We ended up talking for sometime, sharing many things about one another. We love each other so much.

If anything good has come to us being so far apart is that we built a strong form of communication and that is what will get us through the trials that lied ahead of us. The distance can be overwhelming at times, and that's the reason most internet couples don't last. I will admit it gets very difficult at times, it got to be the point where we should cry at the mere thought that we may never actually be together though we already planned it.

Time come and we started arguing about most stupid things and seems that were believing that all our sacrifices will come into waste. Our relationship was too special to be left alone. Even as "just friends" we would still e-mail each other a lot and tell one another that we really love each other. We got through it and everything turned out great. Now all we can do is keep reminding each other that there is so much love between us. We are made for on another and we will be together someday. We know that there will be times we will surely give up but if we can keep each other strong we know that our love is enough to last till the end of our days.

Finally the day came when we met. It was April 11, 2001. I travelled 10 hours by train from Jakarta to Yogyakarta in the place where he lived. I arrived at around 6 am and he was already waiting at the train station since 5 am. We ran into each others arms and hug each other so tight. We spent the best 5 days together, both tasted each other's warm lips and it was the best kiss i have ever had in my life. My visit was really great, they treated me like a member of their family. We went to a lot of beautiful places in his province as seen in the pic and when we are together, its like there's a lot of love around us but when I left it was so difficult for both of us. He went back with me in Jakarta and spent almost 24 hours together for the last time. Our only consultation was that we would see each other again.  I love you was the last word we said when we parted in the train station in Jakarta. I'm back in my country and we are still emailing each other.

Im looking forward to see my story on you site. Thank you sooo much and more power.
Best regards,
Eloy