Stuart and I just came back from a short trip to the awesomely beautiful Lake Toba at Medan, Indonesia. We were looking around for a nice place to relax and recharge with a reasonable budget, and his colleage recommended this place to us. With a bit of research, I was counting down the days to our departure with great enthusiasm, eagerly anticipating.

The lake didn’t disappoint us. It is so breathtaking that one can just do nothing and simply sit there breathing in the tranquility of the atmosphere, taking in the picturesque view and listening to the sound of waves lapping against the shore.

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Stuart and I were walking to the coffee shop for lunch.

“Oh I forgot to bring my umbrella! How can I forget to bring my umbrella? The sun is sooo hottt!!” I cried out in horror.

“Come, I help you block,” hubby enthusiastically held out his jacket over my head.

“It’s ok, nevermind nevermind (I have the habit of repeating my words, don’t ask me why thank you). We’ll just walk faster,” I kindly rejected his sweet intention.

Barely a second later (I swear I thought I was under the sun for one minute) as we stepped out into the sun, I changed my mind.

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