I have a lot of friends who don't read Chinese, so I will try to write every blog in both Chinese and English. Some topics if I don't think my foreign friends will be interested in, I will just write in Chinese only.
About once a month, I log on to Facebook, to take a break from work. I don’t do it as often because it is quite addictive. This morning, I got up before 6am to send my parents to the airport. I was thinking about going back to sleep, but instead, I logged on to Facebook. Once I’m on, I’m gone. So much to do on it. Checking out friends’ messages, see what they are up to, look at their photos… It seems some of them are quite active. Hmmm, I wonder why they have so much time. Shouldn’t they be working? Don’t they have better things to do?
Then I uploaded a few of my photos, and I started to put books on my Visual shelf. Then I continued to tag cities to my world map, and couldn’t help to play the Travel IQ game...Ok, I do have better things to do, maybe just one more minute.
It’s a great way to relax and get updates about my friends. The games and Trivia are great, therapeutic almost.
I went to Singapore on business last week. It’s been over 10 years since I last visited Singapore. It’s funny, I’ve been here 3 times before and I can’t seem to remember anything about this place. I guess I was just never a tourist here, never did any of the touristy stuff. I didn’t even know they drive on the left side?! First time was for business, second time was on my way to Malaysia, and third time was to play hockey. This time it’s again for business.
This time I really paid attention, and the first impression I got as soon as I got out of the airport is this place is a huge green lush garden. It’s so quiet, there’s no one honking. Everyone on the street looks Chinese, they speak Chinese, but they all follow the rules, and don’t act like people in China.
I stayed in a hotel on Orchard Road, the most happening road in Singapore, where there’s lots of shopping and eating. But frankly, I still prefer to shop in Hong Kong.
I had this good friend from high school called Michelle, we used to play on the tennis team together. Over the years, I’ve come to lose touch with every single one of my friends from Cleveland High School, including Michelle. Even though when we sign our yearbooks we always say “keep in touch”, I guess I am really bad at it. So once a while, I’ll think about Michelle, and try to find her. I tried to call her old home phone, it had been changed; I tried to google her, but no luck. So, she remained lost.
Yesterday I got a message from Facebook, and it was an invite from Michelle! I can’t believe it! Just like that! And we are back in touch! After 17 years! She’s married, changed her last name, and now works as a public defender. I tell you, there’s no better feeling than finding an old friend!
But this is what happened to me in the past. I’ll find an old friend after many years, and I’ll get really excited at first, we’ll catch up, and arrange to meet up. Then I get too busy, then something else comes along, then our meet up gets pushed back, and back, and back, and we never end up meeting. And then maybe I’ll call her once every year on her birthday. And one day a few years later, I realize we’ve lost touch again! This has happened more than once, and there’s something very wrong about that. I really gotta learn my lesson and put more effort into keeping in touch. It’s really not that hard nowadays with email and msn and skype…
I read an article on Sina today, the title was “Jilted Mistress cause cliff accident”. I don't know if it’s a real story or not, because these days you never know, I don't trust any news I get online anymore. But regardless of the truthfulness of the article, I really think someone should make a movie out of it.