It was a high school quiz bee in the province, we are representing two different towns.

It became a yearly event, each time trying to surpass one another in different competitions.

Then, we qualified in the same scholarship in the country’s most prestigious university.

Imagine two small-town kids in the big city, we became best friends.

Now I am a geologist working in Laos, he is an architect working in the Philippines.

We have been together for 11 years and we are getting married next year.

Though we see each other only every two months, we are closer than ever.