Meeting Old Acquaintances

There was a sudden period when I met some of my old acquaintances in a few days.

There was one night after getting off the train on my way back home. I saw Angeline Tan, my Primary Schoolmate. Actually, she lives around my neighbourhood, but we just don't bump into each other so often. Rather, it is very rare. Well, luckily she could talk and get into a lot of topics in such a short walk from Simei to Tampines. We finally exchanged our contacts that night.

The next morning, on my way to the school in train. I saw another primary school classmate. I could recognise him straight away, but then again, I didn't call him as I'm afraid there will be an awkward silence when we found ourselves nothing to talk about. However, after a few times of exchanging eye contact, Yong Chye finally recognised me, but we really didn't talk much as he alighted after we chatted for only 2 sentences...

On the same day, I was inside the toilet of COM1 Lobby. And saw yet another Primary school classmate, Jaryl Tok. He was one of few friends who changed a lot in appearance. I just happened to see his photo in Facebook, so I was not really shocked when I saw him in person. But still, he didn't recognise me. And again, I didn't call out to him.

The next day, I was having an early lunch at the newly open Food Junction in my school alone. After I sat down, I saw one of my BMT Platoonmate. Again, I didn't call him just in case he forgets me and made a very awkward scene. But the situation turned out to be unexpected. He sat down beside my table and asked me if I know him. I admitted, and we started to talk about the people we knew in our section. It was another short chat since Wei Ming was together with his friend.

The last case was not really a meeting-in-person kind. It was a random search in Facebook when Zhen Ming and I was talking about him. He locked his profile previously, and now he unlocked it. So I quickly added him. This guy the one I met during RT, Hui Yong. It turns out that he was Zhen Ming's secondary school friend. And after he accepted my request, I browsed through his photo and saw Shaun appeared in one of his photos as well! And it turns out that Shaun was his primary school classmate!!! And then, Shaun and Zhen Ming were JC classmates... This world is damn small. Or rather, Singapore is too small, so in the end, the people you knew just get connected somehow...