primary school reunion

posted Friday, Jun 23 1:32 pm

Just came back from my first real primary school reunion, meeting old classmates, most of whom I haven't seen since we graduated about 12 years ago. It's interesting how close we all still are, despite the 12 years in between. As we chatted over drinks, so many memories were spilled; so many reminices of the past. Amazing how we can still remember little details from our childhood days, things we used to do, whom used to bully whom, one another's chinese/dialect names etc. It was unbelievable.

We may have physically transformed (though some still remained the same), deep down inside, a part of us retain the childlike nature carried over from our past childhood. We share the same understanding of one another's occasional childishness and feeble attempts at making corny jokes. And we forgive one another for that. There was just this very comfortable feeling. And none of us seemed to want to leave, even though we spent close to sixe hours purely talking.

All of a sudden, I feel as if my circle of good friends has magically widened. The thirst of a similar companionship previously provided by my beloved Vancouverites, is now slightly quenched by the presence of these people who have re-entered my life. Of course the first time is always great. We will see how many of us will actually keep in touch and how many continue to come for the gathering. In the meantime, let me revel in the joy of newfound friendships.