Quick post:
What happens when you find a long lost friend? Someone whom you’ve been looking for for around five years? I know it’s not too much time but it’s been five long years since I last contacted this person… and had been desperately looking for her. I was afraid that I might have lost her forever. But… no. Thanks to the wonders of Facebook and it’s handy dandy search engine… I found her! I had searched for her a couple of times during the long months I’ve been on Facebook, almost two years now (give or take). It’s wonderful to finally be able to see up-to-date pictures and information on one of the people that marked your life during your (well, my) early teen years. I can say I learned a bit from the time that I liked her, from the time I thought it was being a rebel because I liked a girl that is two years older than me. She was in 11th or 12th grade; I was in 9th or 10th. I remember the first (and almost only) time I saw her in person, the day I finally met her. I was shaking! It had been almost two, three years of knowing her without really knowing her. We met back in the days when Cosmos 94 was the full rage and they had their own IRC room, #cosmos94 in a server I’m not able to remember. We talked a lot, “way too much” for back then. I remember we never had the chance to go out mainly because I was a kid, my parents wouldn’t let me go to the movie theater in Caguas (I didn’t have a license, either). It was a bit difficult for her to come down to Humacao, my hometown, to the movie theater. I clearly remember a day I invited her to go out; it was raining hard, I was in my room playing Gran Turismo 2 on my old PlayStation. But it didn’t happen, we couldn’t go out. A few months after, we lost contact. She was studying and working, I was just a student. Well, back to when I met her in person. She used to work at El Amal drug store in Las Catalinas, Caguas. I remember I went there with whom was my best friend at the time, Edwin Otero, to meet her. When I found her, we hugged; I was shaking! Same effect that hit me when I saw she was on Facebook: my hands shook. I understand why it happened that day… although I’m not really sure as to why it happened today. I guess life surprises you like that and sometimes your body isn’t really prepared for it. I sure as heck wasn’t prepared to be hit the surprise that she’s there, she’s alive and doing fine. Cute as ever, too!
I guess I got one of life’s surprises today. Thank you, Facebook, for giving me my friend back.
PS: Quick post this wasn’t.
