Renewal of old friendship Part 2.1

Met up with Dr. Alexander, my old school mate in Tawau yesterday at the Tawau Recreation Club (TRC). I have not seen him for 25 years! He's based in Montana, USA.

There was no problems at all recognizing him as he has not changed much except in height! ha..ha.... Met his spouse Tracy and their two lovely children. We hit off instantly and updated each other on our respective journey in life. We had a few beers in the afternoon and and I felt very comfortable with his company even though it has been so many years. We used to sit next to each other in class and we were quite close because we were the only persons who spoke English in class and that made us outcasts in the eyes of the other students. What more neither of us spoke much Hakka at that time....... ha...ha.....

We met up again in the evening for more beers at the same place and he showed me some pictures and a short movie clip of his hobby. He loves cars and is a weekend racer. His rig is a Subaru Impreza STI WRX with more than 300 horses under the hood. Very impressive mate. We talked about the moron idiot Bush (you know, the guy who runs the USA) and also about our ass hole politicians who talk cock only. Sigh....I guess politics are the same all over the world! He seems to know quite a fair bit about military stuff and I'm happy to chat on that subject as I'm a military buff myself !

Life was not a bed of roses for both of us in one way or another. Life has a funny way of giving you challenges and obstacles in our journey from adolescence to adulthood and the journey still continues to the day that we leave this mortal world. But I'm very happy for him after working his balls off in medical school and doing his residency and is now enjoying the fruits of his hard labour.

And the funny thing is that even though we have not been in touch for quarter of a century, we are still able to connect. One of his father's friends in the club commented that I am a true friend and I would like to think that I am very loyal to my genuine friends but then again you have those that only want to make friends to curry favours or have ulterior motives and are non genuine. Well, that's life ............

We agreed not to let another quarter of a century pass again as we'll probably be senile by then.......ha...ha... Hopefully, we will be able to meet up again in the next few years either in KK or in Montana. Hmmm..... got to save me pennies in order to bring my family to visit him in North America.