Catching Up With Friends

Hmm~ these days, it's hard to think of a good post titlelah, seems like every ideas ran out, or it's taken by someone.

Alright, on Wednesday was one of the happiest and also, a good day for me as I'll be meeting up with two friends. At 12pm, i was suppose to meet up with my old friend, Joel Christopher John. Just a little intro bout him, we were friends ever since primary school most probably around Standard 3, which is in 1997. Then he brought me to his church, Grace Church which is one at Shah Alam area, and another one is at Alam Megah, which is at the shop lots, near the SMK. Alam Megah school. Both my brother and i soon, left after some of the people back in home church complained bout it. Then he left us, to stay in Nilai around Standard 6. Over the years, i tried to contact him, but it is futile (HAH! i use big word). Then at one time, during i was in Form 2, or Form 3, i got his number from another friend who goes same church as him, and called him up. But somehow that number lost after few days. So how did i met him?

Remember the futsal post? it's just few post back. When i went there to play, i saw his dad over there. It's hard to believe that, after all these years, he still looks the same. I thought to myself, that I'll go and ask his dad, where and how is he now. But, the bak kut teh, pulled me away, so therefore i didn't manage to ask him. Few days later, i went through Friendster, and searched for him, and it's futile. Seems like he didn't have a Friendster account. Then i searched through his church, then i saw some of the people, which i knew back when i was in that church. I didn't give up, i was stubborn, i still search. Then finally, i gave up. I message one of my friend, which is my schoolmate bout Joel, hoping he will reply, he didnt. Then i went through his contacts, and add this guy, because his name was |JC| The. I think it was suppose to be The |JC|. So it could be The Joel Christopher. The problem is, his Friendster profile is private, and it's a risk hoping. So i messaged him, and added him. Few days later i got a email from Friendster, saying that i got his message from |JC| The. I opened it, and was shocked to find that . . .


. . .

It's . . .HIM!!! (TEN TEN . . TEN (suspense music))

So we chatlah through Friendster. Then one fine day, he told that he'll be coming from Seremban to Sunway Pyramid, and thought of hanging outlah. So i agreed. On that day, i met him up at TGV, with another 2 of his friends. He looks different, but still looks same. As in, his spike as from last time, as i can remember, and he's still tall as last time. He said i look different, then i said he look different. I tell you guy something, my looks from primary school till now, don't change much. Of course back in those days i was coMEL and now, ehem ehem*. Anyway, this is Joel. . .

Actually back in those day, there were 3 of us. Joel, myself and another guy Kenny. But Kenny and i were'nt close like in primary school, because he went to different school. I called him to come, but seems like he has much more important stuff to do.

So after ordering the movie ticket (which Joel actually belanja me), they were going for lunch, so i ikut only. Then manatau, come to Secret's Recipe. DIE!!! So in order, to create an image that i have money, i decided to order a cake and RO water. One of them ordered spaghetti, another one some weird noodles and Joel ordered this roast chicken which looks super delicious. So while eating, i soal-siasat him, on how thing been after this whole long years. Currently he's working in Air- Asia (you can see the picture above) as an Air-Steward. He told me, bout his job. Like, the working hours, sometimes it's 3AM to 3PM. He drives from Seremban (his home), to LCCT and board the plane. I watch this show, AirCrash Investigation at National Geography, and ask him questions related to the show. Like has the plane has been emergency landing, or engine failure and so onlah. He shared some of his experience like. . . There's one time when he was in the plane, and then this whole group of birds flew inside the engine, and got sliced just like a mince meat, and it cause the whole plane to be unstable. Then there one was time, when the pilot was flying the plane, and saw something black coming towards the plane. It was a bird, it came and "whacked" at the plane's windscreen. Then, another time, the plane had to evacuated, and it took the whole crew 78 seconds to evacuate. So manylah interesting stories he told. Oh! and there's one, where this happened at the airport, where in the movies you see this guy driving the lorry thing? he fell of it, and the whole lorry thing went on top of his legs, and it became like roti canai. He also shared about his interview, that they ask him to walk, a catwalk. He told that, AirAsia also does modelling, and those AirAsia advertisement you see in the papers are the AirAsia models, and that if they called him for modelling, he would go for it.

During our primary school days, we wanted to form a band. I still remember, that he will be the guitarist, Kenny is the pianist and i am the drummer. The band's name also taken from our initial, i cant remember the name though. Surprising, Joel and i have some things in common. Like he plays the bass guitar. He has in own band during the college days. They performed for Jaclyn Victor, and they came out in the news paper too. Also, he drives a Wira, hahaha. So we did talk a lot bout cars, too. The reason why he came here is because he had 3 days off, on the 7th, 8th and the 9th. Then i asked him what movie, we're watching, and he told, " Flight Of The Living Dead: Outbreak On A Plane". DIE! that's what i thought to myself. I had never watched horror in cinemas, and i never intend to watch one. Since the tickets were bought, so it's hard for me to say no or run away. So i watchlah. Surprising the movie was more to comedy, than horror. I laughed a lot during that movie. After the movie, i teman him go to Summit and buy DVDs, his friends went back already. At the Sunway parking lot, i drove my car and park next to his, and we open the bonnet, to check out what's unda tha hood!

So we went and scouting for DVDs. After he bought few, we then departed. It was a sad momentlah, because you know after all these years, i got to see him finally, and now he's going back, so yea, but i know that we will meet next time, he invited me, for his 21st Birthday next year, so yea it's all good. Then i drove to Alam Megah, and went to church. Came back from church bout 11:15pm and went to lepak with another friend of mine, Fareedz who came all the way from Kelantan. This is him. . .

I knew him back in Form 6 time. He came all the to Kelantan to continue study here. But he went back, after he got an offer from Politeknik. I didn't see him maybe like in 2 or 2.5 months. Actually when the first time, i got my car, he's the one who thought me to drive stick. So i went with him for late night drink at the gerai near my place. We talk bout things like how his studies, what's he up to, how was his car and so onlah. Kinda feel bad though, cause each time it's me who calls him come Shah Alam, instead of me going to his place, i mean i don't know anyone who lives at Kelantan and his brother in law is staying at Putra Heights, so easylah for him, got place to stay and eat. So we lepak till 12 something, then it's time for bubye.

Overall, i really had fun this day. It's not often you meet up with old friends and catching up to them. It was all good, and i thank God for it. Let this be update for the next 1 week, just in case i didn't update this blog.

Me-lvin