What are the odds of meeting someone - someone who parted ways with you years ago, whom you eventually lost contact with, someone you thought you'll never cross paths with again - at some random place at random timings?
Of course, in Singapore's context, or even more specifically, in Uni's context, the odds are quite high, since uni is really a place where reunions happen on a regular basis. You get to meet your college friends whom you've not met for months, or you get to see your secondary school classmates you haven't seen for years, or primary chilhood friends you lost contact with for ages, and of course, one of your bestie during your past school life!
It was just a daily routine, to ride the lagged lift four levels down to fetch 750ml of water, when someone really familiar walked into my vision field when I stepped out of the lift. And then after confirming my guess we ended up putting the classic reunion scene.
Scream. Run. Hug.
Then screamed some more.
In the middle of the reunion a lift door opened and out came a guy, who looked and frowned at us as he would to a zoo animal. OEI halo excuse me hug also cannot ah?
And uni life leaves me with none other than appointments to go for and promises to keep and different groups of friends to juggle. And for the bulk of my waking 18 hours I spend on doing those, that I rarely have time solely for myself.
Yet, I'm really loving it. There are still a couple of little kids who haven't entered uni yet but it's okay, they will join the us again and we will be one big happy family again - just like when we were Dunman.
