Lost & found
Have you ever wondered how you're connected to the various people in your life? I never really gave it a second thought, although I knew of course that I have different circles of friends. What I hadn't realised is how these circles are normally pretty distinct -- that's why when the circles happen to intersect, we say, "What a small world!"
Every time I affirm that somebody is my friend, Facebook asks me, "How do you know this person?" It's made me realise how many circles I have. Family (mostly cousins), high school / hometown friends, college friends, church friends from each of the various churches I've been to, blog friends, former colleagues, friends of friends (whom I've met socially), etc. In fact, my 'friends list' has breached the 300 mark. Wait a minute, how did that happen?!
In fact, Facebook has been instrumental in helping me find two people... I found the guy I had crushed on as a 13-year-old!! *cough*
He was my second crush ever. I have fond memories of the crush, because my best friend was crushing on him too, at exactly the same time. Strangely, instead of making us bitter rivals, it gave us something delicious to whisper about and pass notes in class and daydream. Hehehe.
I'm not sure if he ever knew about this; I never told him about it and neither did my best friend. I still remember getting him to write in my autograph book before he left school (he was my senior) and he very kindly obliged, and wrote out the 'Footprints' story. Pretty sweet. Ahh, those were the days...
I also just found a long-lost pen-pal whom I used to write to in high school. We lost touch when we both went to college, and I've been googling her name off and on in recent years without any success. She was a good friend and her letters were always full of joy and exhuberant life. We shared a love for Anne of Green Gables. I still have all her letters (not Anne of Green Gables' letters lah... my pen-pal's letters!).
It's been lovely connecting with these two people again... like a blast from the past.