Friends I Finally Meet

Yesterday was an exceptionally good day. I finally met 2 of my online friends.

First things first, meeting people on the Internet is not sleazy, desperate nor unfathomable. It only gets sleazy when people abuse it.

I bumped briefly into Samuel in town. He's a fellow-blogger-turned-friend., who later tracked me down on a social site. You dare tell me that's sleazy and desperate?!

Apparently, he spotted me from afar, and was staring at me. As for me, I really don't notice people until they're right up in my face. I'm normally in my own world. (Note: In my own world; not lost in my own world. I NEVER feel lost in my own world.)

So by the time I noticed Samuel staring at me, I only had time for a double take. After we crossed paths several metres, he waved at me. I returned a smile, feeling puzzled. I didn't know for sure if it was him, but somehow, I just 'felt' that it was him.

You see, I really have seen only ONE ambiguous display pic of his, so I can't really be too sure.

No time to stop for a chat, but I was glad 'cause it was serendipitous.

Later into the day, I met Taufiq, who I met solely on a social site. See? This is making good use of social sites. They are there for a reason and they actually WORK.

We were texting each other the day before and I only 'replied' yesterday. I don't think it's fair to count a 24-hour late reply as a 'reply' eh? Haha!

It turned out that he was at Bugis, so we arranged an impromptu meet-up. It was great to finally meet him as well.

Virtual friends 'morphing' into real-life beings; 'tis a strange feeling...