Bob and LunaThe other day I met up with a friend I worked with 5 years ago at Girl Scout Camp in northern New Mexico.
I didn't know she was in Phuket, Thailand, and she didn't know I was here either.
She's an English teacher in China like me, and like most English teachers in China, we travel to Thailand on winter vacation (so I'm learning).
with the joys of facebook, I'm now able to view the "status" of over 300 of my friends.
My friend, who's name is Amanda like me, but more affectionately known as Bob at camp, had written on her facebook status that she was enjoying the sunset in Phuket.
wa la! I wrote her a message, she wrote me back, the next thing I know it's 9am and I'm on the back of a motorbike getting a ride to Starbucks (the only easy landmark we could think of).
I was wonderful to see a familiar face, and to share our similar and different experiences of living in China. Bob was faithfully wearing a Girl Scout t-shirt, and was of course doing cool things with her life (MA program, learning Chinese, travel adventures) like all former kick-ass Girl Scout Camp Counselors do.
What strange and fascinating luck to run-in to her in Phuket, Thailand.
"the world is small" many people say, but I disagree. It's not that the world is small, it's that people travel, run and live in circles.
We're bound to meet people like us, who show up at the same concerts as we do, travel to the same destinations, and seek the same jobs. I like to think that I belong to an invisible tribe of people. My beloved friends and acquaintances and random associations all belong to this tribe, and and whatever we do our lives criss cross and parallel each others.
It was so great to talk for a couple hours with a girl.
Ned's great, but I've always relished in my female friendships
and I've been cast upon the island of friendships
through Skype phone calls and email.
How great to have a conversation person to person,
and a wonderful treat to meet up in the most unexpected of places!
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