-He - the German press; She - call girls in Cambodia, HIV infection. Their lives each day shook all. A heart touching love story can only be written by the real life!
Lightning hit prostitutes
September 2003, a dance floor edge was described as "jubilantly from midnight onwards, and can have good music" in Phnom Penh, Benjamin Prufer Sreykeo familiar with.
Sreykeo son not happy, is not sexy like the other girls in nightclubs. Her hands are rough, wrinkled, full of scars - a person's hands working the fields, but the nails are so long, in red, each horizontal streaks nails painted a glittering silver lightning, all prices $ 2. And that's their excuse to start the first story.
Lightning hit prostitutes
September 2003, a dance floor edge was described as "jubilantly from midnight onwards, and can have good music" in Phnom Penh, Benjamin Prufer Sreykeo familiar with.
Sreykeo son not happy, is not sexy like the other girls in nightclubs. Her hands are rough, wrinkled, full of scars - a person's hands working the fields, but the nails are so long, in red, each horizontal streaks nails painted a glittering silver lightning, all prices $ 2. And that's their excuse to start the first story.
Meanwhile 22-year-old Benjamin, who is the editor of a newspaper in Hamburg. However, his work is quite boring and at a standstill. He believed in a friend's opinion that tourism [the beginning] we turn into a better, happier. While the cup, he had registered online to buy airplane tickets to Thailand. Outbreaks and attacks that brought him to Thailand, via Laos, and Cambodia from Laos.
The genuine affection of the float waving Sreykeo emotion is what makes Benjamin. After one night, her long black hair as nuo clear, cool and smells of land, long eyelashes, high cheeks, dark lips open an obstinate little he has left in Ben attachment. Although initially, he still regards as her encounter with a missed step foot in the night vividly yeast.
England still have time to go, but real people, not little show - a rare expression in the world as backpackers Sreykeo made him want to meet again. For several moments, seems true not show her that made her forget Benjamin prostitutes, and he thought "might as well forget her." Benjamin began Sreykeo charm, when he saw with all the true feelings and images in light of a Khmer girl Sreykeo place.
The Phnom Penh on record, Benjamin has the same Sreykeo shopping, medical, home ... bring him out Sreykeo family - in a huge apartment, and the ruins of old, where 80% of her girls into prostitution. Sreykeo lived with his mother, sister, sister, brother and sister adopted a new 1 year old. Her sister called and she also has HIV. The house surrounded by a colored depressed, but still clung to a place not sunk in misery, it is Rottana, she was an old incense that Sreykeo nhit love and protection. Ben has lived with this family and to observe and understand life from suffering the same simple dream amazingly, got married and two children born of Sreykeo, conquered him. Benjamin wanted to put out Sreykeo prostitution.
HIV, HIV ...
Benjamin returned to Germany and they often communicate by email, phone, SMS. But on a cloudy day, was soon out of the abyss: Sreykeo wrote in her email that was recently discovered HIV.
Although possible, but Benjamin did not want to abandon Sreykeo. In his thinking, "Love is not nothing but dream of a common future, common property, common children, those living on. But if either of you have no future anymore? ... "
From there, from friends, from relief organizations, Benjamin found knowledge, to find drugs, ... find ways to reverse the death of Sreykeo.
While the book Benjamin up HIV treatment, the Sreykeo create a book "Book lovers of Prufer Sreykeo and Benjamin," in which she notes will clean all of Benjamin's message, pasted pictures of two families and Benjamin's own.
It is time they meet again after Ben said Sreykeo HIV, Benjamin Sreykeo hand, and thought: "I know every scratch, every wrinkle on it. Yet everything else changed, not her hands again. From now on it is not just a pair, never alone again, and one who joined him Tuesday that it not be ignored. "
He started saving time and money flying all over the aircraft between Germany and Cambodia to give away Sreykeo treatment.
The genuine affection of the float waving Sreykeo emotion is what makes Benjamin. After one night, her long black hair as nuo clear, cool and smells of land, long eyelashes, high cheeks, dark lips open an obstinate little he has left in Ben attachment. Although initially, he still regards as her encounter with a missed step foot in the night vividly yeast.
England still have time to go, but real people, not little show - a rare expression in the world as backpackers Sreykeo made him want to meet again. For several moments, seems true not show her that made her forget Benjamin prostitutes, and he thought "might as well forget her." Benjamin began Sreykeo charm, when he saw with all the true feelings and images in light of a Khmer girl Sreykeo place.
The Phnom Penh on record, Benjamin has the same Sreykeo shopping, medical, home ... bring him out Sreykeo family - in a huge apartment, and the ruins of old, where 80% of her girls into prostitution. Sreykeo lived with his mother, sister, sister, brother and sister adopted a new 1 year old. Her sister called and she also has HIV. The house surrounded by a colored depressed, but still clung to a place not sunk in misery, it is Rottana, she was an old incense that Sreykeo nhit love and protection. Ben has lived with this family and to observe and understand life from suffering the same simple dream amazingly, got married and two children born of Sreykeo, conquered him. Benjamin wanted to put out Sreykeo prostitution.
HIV, HIV ...
Benjamin returned to Germany and they often communicate by email, phone, SMS. But on a cloudy day, was soon out of the abyss: Sreykeo wrote in her email that was recently discovered HIV.
Although possible, but Benjamin did not want to abandon Sreykeo. In his thinking, "Love is not nothing but dream of a common future, common property, common children, those living on. But if either of you have no future anymore? ... "
From there, from friends, from relief organizations, Benjamin found knowledge, to find drugs, ... find ways to reverse the death of Sreykeo.
While the book Benjamin up HIV treatment, the Sreykeo create a book "Book lovers of Prufer Sreykeo and Benjamin," in which she notes will clean all of Benjamin's message, pasted pictures of two families and Benjamin's own.
It is time they meet again after Ben said Sreykeo HIV, Benjamin Sreykeo hand, and thought: "I know every scratch, every wrinkle on it. Yet everything else changed, not her hands again. From now on it is not just a pair, never alone again, and one who joined him Tuesday that it not be ignored. "
He started saving time and money flying all over the aircraft between Germany and Cambodia to give away Sreykeo treatment.
It is in this time of despair, the dreams of re-emergence Sreykeo than ever. She wants the "world's No. 1 girl." She wants to go to school, learn English, French, Chinese, she wanted to know everything. Particularly, the said Benjamin, Sreykeo - a girl with AIDS make money out of school, survival may be - to achieve all these things because she wants to keep pictures of their playful vivacious with her back to him .
She always referred to Ben as "Mr. Social", she wants everyone to know that they are not paired with tourist cave, which they are a married couple. But Ben is not to call her wife. Serial depression depression. Forgotten by them in private life constantly changes, go swimming and watching movies ... But this forgotten to pay in cash. And they fell exhausted.
In a time together, Benjamin condom broke, and now, both are faced with real challenges. Benjamin lived in fear of HIV and guilt for some time. He feared becoming a burden to others and shall keep a normal appearance so no one seen him or know his intestines liver how poor. Benjamin spent all but do not complain. His only goal now is to find a direction to HIV treatment. He struggled all the materials studied basic HIV treatment, drawing out the map of potential measures such as school and learn new words.
She always referred to Ben as "Mr. Social", she wants everyone to know that they are not paired with tourist cave, which they are a married couple. But Ben is not to call her wife. Serial depression depression. Forgotten by them in private life constantly changes, go swimming and watching movies ... But this forgotten to pay in cash. And they fell exhausted.
In a time together, Benjamin condom broke, and now, both are faced with real challenges. Benjamin lived in fear of HIV and guilt for some time. He feared becoming a burden to others and shall keep a normal appearance so no one seen him or know his intestines liver how poor. Benjamin spent all but do not complain. His only goal now is to find a direction to HIV treatment. He struggled all the materials studied basic HIV treatment, drawing out the map of potential measures such as school and learn new words.
Luckily for Benjamin, his tests showed negative for HIV, those hopes have been extended. But imagine single infection has radically changed the way Benjamin's conduct. He deeply understood what that meant AIDS, isolation and despair mean.
And this is the last drops of water, he decided that living with Sreykeo. The fight for love soon turns into struggle for life from the claws of death ...
"Love does not necessarily have to be challenged in the height of the spirit, but below this, in our reality. Where are sometimes filled with bitterness. "Benjamin says.
Come and stay with Sreykeo, when they stayed with her family in the apartment of old, was in the shabby apartment to rent narrow - as in Phnom Penh, was at home, then to Thailand with the doctor, Benjamin have experience reluctantly but subtle cultural differences between where he was born and where I choose to live. He found that the Khmer distinguish between women "white" and "black" in a simple way. Women's "White is white until the wedding night. Black women are married but who have not lost virginity, meaning no loss of dignity and place in society. Unable to marriage, unless the wife - no husband can not have a family, and no family is all: no face, no worry for the elderly when taken to the doctor or when ill.
To save Sreykeo and live happily with her, Benjamin Khmer language, bought land in the countryside Sreykeo do for their families, interested in what Sreykeo family are important.
For the money, Benjamin told his story to the press long term, online exchanges with the audience ... The couple had been considered a "whore and crazy guy", but after the articles, they were a half crown Lots of love. Later, a publisher asked Benjamin wrote books about his life.
Weddings. Weddings.
Benjamin calm parents receive everything. They also agreed to marry Benjamin Sreykeo. A wedding under the Khmer ceremonies were held. From fly to Germany with his parents and brother Benjamin with a friend. With Benjamin, suddenly, from the past what became non-food, dancing like a crazy, too crazy to believe is true. No separation anymore, never have a moment to let go of hands to another. Never a melancholy eyes through the window plane again. Never heard the "Call me when to place" anymore. Gravelly not hear the phone anymore. No discussion of money and then more mistrust. We no longer always precarious situation comes apart again.
After the wedding, Sreykeo more confident. And now, in the eyes of Benjamin, "Love is not a permanent arms smoothly, but on the contrary, love is a duel over the right, and nobody wins - the loser if the relationship it will soon cease. Argument, conflict and conflict is a challenge for two people, the pressure forced them to change, and develop together into a better person. "
One night, Sreykeo told her all about the past: family stories, chat bar, that was a lie. Night and she told two people asleep when the sun was up. For Benjamin, to know all the details are not important, which is important Sreykeo told him off.
Very soon after this, Sreykeo said: One day before the two met, Sreykeo launched two turtles born at King swamp water supply. One male and one female - according to Buddhist rites. She wrote her name up tomorrow turtle females, males did not write anything. She needs a husband who will meet her that day. If not met, she was only working to earn money. Later, she dyed her hair bright black back, nail bars and to Heart of Darkness.
This detail makes every event seems to follow a higher meaning. Having met the predictions themselves: because that night hoping to meet her husband should not treat a customer like Benjamin, Ben, and therefore not treat her like a prostitute. So they love each other.
More studies are published revealing much optimism for people with HIV. Not too blind to hope for HIV patients will achieve near-normal life and live nearly normal lives.
One night, Sreykeo told her all about the past: family stories, chat bar, that was a lie. Night and she told two people asleep when the sun was up. For Benjamin, to know all the details are not important, which is important Sreykeo told him off.
Very soon after this, Sreykeo said: One day before the two met, Sreykeo launched two turtles born at King swamp water supply. One male and one female - according to Buddhist rites. She wrote her name up tomorrow turtle females, males did not write anything. She needs a husband who will meet her that day. If not met, she was only working to earn money. Later, she dyed her hair bright black back, nail bars and to Heart of Darkness.
This detail makes every event seems to follow a higher meaning. Having met the predictions themselves: because that night hoping to meet her husband should not treat a customer like Benjamin, Ben, and therefore not treat her like a prostitute. So they love each other.
More studies are published revealing much optimism for people with HIV. Not too blind to hope for HIV patients will achieve near-normal life and live nearly normal lives.
For many this love is like a "wounded love, and despair." But our characters did not live his life labeled a wounded bear and not their whole bodies about their unhappiness. That is how they transcend all borders and to share the power to live a happy life together.
Prufer Benjamin born in 1979 in Darmstadt (Germany). In 1998, he was a collaborator of the press freedom Darmstadter Echo (Echoes Darmstadt) and Frankfurter Rundschau (Overview of Frankfurt). Benjamin was then editor of the magazine Tomorrow (Tomorrow), Financial Times Deutschland (Financial Times Germany) for additional travel journalist last week's Financial Times Deutschland. In 2006, he married Sreykeo Sorvan and then write books. In 2007, Benjamin won the media's Aids Organization Germany (Deutsche AIDS-Stiftung).
