In a world where everything is fast pacing, hectic, and sometimes disconnected to our humanity while continuously connected to the internet, we may need a reminder about something that is not materialistic, such as love.
Recently there are three love stories went viral from the country known for its yummy sticky rice mango. Please enjoy what I called Thailand's modern true love stories that will warm your heart in three parts.
Even when death do us part...
While a love story is usually a happy one, coming from the highest peak in Thailand, there is Sakchai Supanthamat who just completed his 1,500km journey on foot, as he fulfilled his pledge to take her late girlfriend.
Around the third week of August, the story of the 39-year-old went viral after reporters in Chiang Mai spotted and told the story behind the unusual view of a man pulling a cart on the roadside, and two loyal stray dogs and just a tiny black kitten as his newest family accompanying him.
Sakchai carried an urn containing his girlfriend's ashes with him to Doi Inthanon. The native of Udon Thani province had never been there, but after finding out about the attraction famous for its view and dubbed "The Roof of Thailand", he promised to take his girlfriend there. Unfortunately, he didn't have money, and even until she passed away in October 2016, he couldn't make his promise.
Even as more than a year and a half passed, he was still mourning. His tears flowed when he talked about her.
“My girlfriend and I were never apart,” Sakchai said as quoted in Coconuts Bangkok. “We worked together and even took a break at the same time. One day I’ll probably stop crying.
“I don’t know if love can be measured. I keep on thinking about it as I walk. Maybe it’s my way of making merit for her.
“All I know is, I want to do this for the person I love.”
He then started a 20-month journey from southern Trang province, which ended on Saturday (25/8), when Sakchai arrived at Doi Inthanon mountain to a warm welcome by national park officials.
However, he was not allowed to spread her ashes inside the national park as it was against the regulation, which stated that visitors are prohibited from "dumping rubbish or other things outside designated areas," Thairath reported and cited by Coconuts Bangkok.
He obeyed it. In the end, as he reached the top of Doi Inthanon, he held the urn in his arms and simply said, "We're here now."
Be still sobbing heart, because pure and true love does exist! Two upcoming love stories will prove it.