Someone I never thought I would meet again. It is faith, isn't it?

For almost a decade, I have never thought of running into an old and I mean very old friends. I thought this world is too big to meet someone you have lost contact of for ages. I did used to think that perhaps they immigrate to another country, got married or even have kids, move to the countryside, or whatever it is I have no idea what happened to their life because I have never met one of them. However, yesterday did shock the hell out of me.

On 7th April, was the first start of a new term at my English school. Well, I arrived at school late. I entered the room and find a seat next to my girl classmates. I saw a chubby guy at the corner of my eyes who is sitting next to my seat. I did not pay attention and just sat down. The class went on as usual and that is when the teacher handed everyone a discussion work sheet and told me to pair with the chubby guy. At first, like I always react to newcomer, I turned my head a bit, and gave him a warmth smile. That one second eye-to-eye contact shocked me to death. I noticed he has been staring me since I walked into the class. I knew he was familiar. I felt I knew him very well but I just could not tell who that was.

We discussed and talked about the topic. I concentrated on the topic while digging the old memories out of my mind. I looked at him again; listen to the way he talked, the way he looked at me, the way he behaved. Eventually, I figured it out.

He was my very good friend at Asia Pacific International School in Phnom Penh since I came back from Singapore in 2002. His name is Oumbuna Rathanak and I could remember his name so well like this. What a mystery coincidence is that the APIS, which has been bankrupted for so long, is the replacement of the Khmer School I am studying everyday.

I asked him if he knew me. He ignored. He said I looked like a Korean super model and he couldn't recognize me a thing. lmao.. It surprises me that he remembered everything about me more than I could remembered about myself back 10 years ago. Plus, he did not change a thing despite that he is taller. His behavior remains 100% the same. LOL.. I wonder what it will be like for us to spend another half year together.

As a matter of fact, this taught me that anything can possibly happen. I can possibly meet someone I never thought I would meet again, I can possibly like the things I never used to like, I can possibly witness a situation I never came across, like everything can happen. Adventure is waiting ahead of me and I should not let myself dwell on those disappointments to continue on feeling that my life sucks. Faith is something, we, should believe in. Nobody knows what is going to happen next!
 (story from Medelin)