contact me on fb

during one of the week nights, i decided to drop by fort road car park.

i wanted to take a brisk walk/ run but didn't want to head to changi business park. i decided on fort road as i was also curious what had become of the place since they cordoned off the car park areas to reconstruct the jogging path and widen the road. when i arrived, i chanced upon an old friend, someone whom i could click pretty well with many many years ago. for that matter, when i was based in the tampa florida back in 2004, he had a business trip to tallahassee and i took the effort to drive all the way up to meet him and to bring him around florida. that was almost 10 years back. since then, i occasionally chanced upon him at fort road but have not actively kept in contact with him. then again, i have lost his contact since i changed my phone some years back.

anyway, when i arrived at fort road and parked my car, i had noticed him. i noted he saw me too but didn't recognised it was him. i was checking my phone for messages when he walked to up to my car, took a look inside and exclaimed oh, it is you! i supposed he must have felt embarrassed to have tried to cruise me. he quickly walked away. nonetheless, i left my car and walked up to him. we exchanged pleasantries but he seemed pretty unenthusiastic about carrying the conversation further. i took the hint but before parting, asked for his number to keep in contact. he hesitated and said, haltingly, errr nowadays my friends contact me via facebook... well, i got the message, loud and clear. oh ok, in that case, seeya. i smiled and left that place. i didn't even go for my run. to me, that was the rudest thing to say. and for that moment, i struck him off my friend list in my mindbook...

really, life is too short for such nonsense.

ps: admittedly, i did a search for him in facebook and he cannot be found.