On-line surprise

Facebook.com connects…..

When I was growing up in manila, I had a neighbor who I considered my best friend. His family used to rent a space in our ancestral house, back when our place felt huge, big enough for our family with extra space to rent out for two more families.  My best friend who is fondly called Ameng by his family and friends is the same age as I am.  Ameng and I would often play with other kids around our house.  We played all sorts of games the whole day only having time outs to eat.

When we were around eight or nine years old, his family decided to move out and live somewhere else.  That only meant we would not see each other again.  As days and years went by, I received a letter from him. Since it was my first time to open a letter, I immediately ripped open the envelope and threw it away. Thus losing his address, and that was the last time I heard of him.

Years passed and the Internet came.  Social networking sites were born, like Friendster, Myspace, Facebook and twitter, to mention a few.  Everybody seems to be online. Everybody had their own e-mail address but still I didn’t hear anything from Ameng.

Just recently, while online, checking on my timeline on Facebook, reading updates from my friends, a friend request popped up. Without hesitation I opened it up and to my surprise, it was a friend request from no other than my childhood best friend Ameng.

Through Facebook I have re-connected and stayed connected with friends olad and new.  I also gained new friends and learned a lot from their experiences that they share through their status updates.

Facebook connects and re-connects!