It was late 1970 in Sri Lanka. His name was Michel De Silva. He had a pen pal ca lled Lisa Barton from England. Not like these days, that era used only postal ma ils to contact each others. That s why they call those long distance friends as Pen Pals . Michael and Lisa exchanged mails and pictures for years. But they never ta lked even by a Telephone. It s because, Telephone was a High Luxury Item for Sri L ankans in that era. very limited people had Telephones. Eventually they fall in love. Michel was from a middle class family, he hadn t mon ey to fly England. Lisa was a student. Neither, she didn t earn money yet. But she promised to come to Sri Lanka one day for visit at Michael, as soon as possible , when she is able to do so. Time passed, their love was matured day after day and they were in such a romanc e. They lived happily with their hopes and dreams of near future. One day Michae l did post a post card that saying