- Published: September 13, 2022
- Updated: September 13, 2022
- University / College: University of Kansas
- Language: English
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I love the quote by William W. Purkey, “ You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody’s watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.” I love dancing and singing, and am very passionate about it. At the same time I’m passionate about my relationship with my girlfriend Pratishruti, whom I call Pratzie lovingly.
I am travelling back to Korea especially to be with my beloved on her birthday and also to celebrate one year of our relationship. I am so filled with excitement, eagerness and joy that this journey feels too long and I want it to get over as soon as possible. Pratzie is from India but moved to Korea with her family about three years back, owing to her father’s job transfer. She was studying in high school when we met a year back and is now preparing for college.
How we met is very interesting and purely co-incidental. I was out at a coffee shop on a weekend with my friends who shared the same interest of singing and dancing as me. At a farther corner of the coffee shop there was a birthday party going on for a girl who looked so radiant and beautiful. She was wearing a light blue dress with a white pearl necklace round her slender neck. My friends and I were quite distracted by and attracted towards this group of girls who were joking, laughing and talking rather loudly. They were teasing each other, taking one another’s pictures and enjoying making all sorts of poses to get clicked, so it was pretty amusing for us.
After a while our group ordered some coffee and snacks and started playing the guitar and singing, like we always do, whenever we meet. My friends and I are a talented group of singers, dancers and performers so it didn’t take a long time for the people in the coffee shop to notice us and enjoy our singing. The girls were now attracted to our singing and gathered round our table to listen to us. Initially I was a bit intimidated by them surrounding us and felt uncomfortable. One of them requested us to sing a birthday song for the birthday girl Pratzie, who went quite red from blushing and felt pretty shy. A few minutes later her group and my group of friends decided to sit together to chat and we started talking. Pratzie and I also had a short conversation but didn’t like each other very much as she seemed to be quite arrogant. However, my friends and her friends seemed to get along well and started hanging out together. I used to talk very less to the girls as I felt shy, but once I helped out Pratzie with one of her writing assignments and we started to know each other better.
About two months after we met I proposed to her and thankfully she said ‘ yes’. She accompanied me to my practice sessions and always complimented me on my dancing. When I joined K-POP she was one person who stood by me and really motivated me. I owe my success to her, however it’s sad to admit that for the last few months I havn’t even seen her due to my busy schedule. I have to travel a lot now for concerts and interviews, and miss seeing her.
So finally I could plan out to visit her again and that too on her birthday, a day I can never forget, because that’s the day I first met her and was instantly attracted towards her. It’s time for me to land and am so excited to see her at the airport. (JongUp gets down the plane and walks out from the airport only to see a huge crowd of reporters, paparazzi and fans waiting to meet him. He looks for Pratzie and soon spots her in the crowd. He runs towards her, hugs her and keeps holding her tight for a few minutes. This creates more excitement and curiosity in the fans and paparazzi, which run to take their photographs. JongUp introduces his girlfriend to everyone with great pride and gets pictures clicked with her, which tells the whole world about their relationship and love). JongUp: “ I love you Pratzie and I’m so thankful to you for being a part of my life.”