Bert in Uthai Thani
Who is Bert? Bert and I met in high school. When I was 15 years old he flunk out a year and ended up with me in class. We got along great and became best friends. We were inseparable. We called each other every day after school. I can’t even imagine what we could possibly talk about. After high school we each went our separate ways. We both got in a longterm relationship and didn’t really see each other any more.
Bert and me when I was 15 years old.
12 years later I called him up again. I hadn’t seen him for years, but I never had this bound with any other guy I ever met, so for me it was very easy to pick up where we left off.
A few months after I married my husband and I moved to Thailand. Whenever I went on holiday in Belgium Bert and I met for some drinks to catch up. While I lived in Thailand we kept in touch by texting each other from time to time. I thought a teaching job in Thailand would be something he’d enjoy and I shared that thought with him a few times.
Last year I received great news. Bert was going to travel to Thailand with his family. I kept asking (read nagging) him to visit me in Uthai Thani and so he did at the end of December. The first night he was in Uthai Thani my husband, Bert and I went to a local bar. At some point he started talking about a girl he saw sitting a few tables from us. Time past by and the girl left. After closing time we went to another bar which closed later. Around closing time people were starting to go home and at the complete other side of the bar there we saw that same girl again. We went over to talk to her. She then made it clear she saw Bert at the previous bar too and right then and there it all started.
Bert and his girlfriend. 7 months together in this picture.
They saw each other almost everyday while he was in Uthai Thani. When she had to go back to Sattahip where she works as a teacher, he went with her. After he rejoined his family (they were in Koh Kood) he started thinking about staying in Thailand. When I found out he was seriously considering staying here, I helped him find a job. He got a teaching job in Chainat. During the weekends he commuted to Sattahip or his girlfriend visited him.
Life in Chainat was alright Bert was happy working there, but he wanted to move to Uthai Thani. Bert applied for a job in Uthai Thani and got the job. What are the odds for us to end up in the same small rural town in Thailand?
Celebrating Christmas 2015 and New year 2016 together
After living and teaching in Chainat, Uthai Thani and Rayong Bert has returned to Belgium.