It's always great to see old friends and catch up on each other's lives, as well as other people's lives we have no business discussing. Within the past month, I was lucky to be with two of my oldest friends (on separate occasions since they don't know each other).
Weeks ago, I met up with Evonne so she could give me the stuff Nuna sent me from Manila (yes, that stuff include the magical iron). Evonne was my classmate back in the 5th and 6th grades and we lost touch for about 13 years before we found each other again here in Shanghai. Needless to say, we spent the whole night yakking away about people we used to go to school with while her boyfriend quietly ate dinner and had to listen to a bunch of names that probably meant nothing to him at all.
And then a few days ago, I brought Brent to the airport to see him off. I first met Brent in 4th grade (then I transferred to PCHS Annex for the next two years thus meeting Evonne and a bunch of other crazy people, then transferred back to Main for high school) and was classmates with him again in junior year. He and I share the same Chinese surname so we'd sometimes joke about being cousins.
Oh, and if you're wondering why there are so many pictures in the station, it's because it was both our first time to ride the Maglev and we were very excited. *teeheehee! The only other place in Asia with a Maglev is in Japan and well, we still didn't know when we can go to Japan, did we? So what if we looked like weird excited tourists? :p
you rented the whole train? or maybe it was just a slow day.
ReplyDeletedidn't you have a really bad crush on brent before???
ReplyDeletehehehe... what a way to shout this out loud... :P
ReplyDeletei told you. we're frank like that. :p
ReplyDeletethe train looks like a spaceship!!! so how was the ride?
ReplyDeleteGoing to the airport, it was deserted; coming back though was a different story. There were so many tour groups and it got filled up quite fast. I actually saw a big group of Pinoys but didn't get the chance to strike up a conversation.
ReplyDeleteNuna, as good as my memory is, I also have the power to forget at will. And please let's not flatter him too much. :p
The ride was... fast. It was running for as fast as 450km/hr and we reached the airport in just 8 minutes while it would have taken around 40 minutes by bus. It felt a little like a carnival ride. :)
NIce meeting old mates! :) Happy time returns!
ReplyDeletewhat is the maglev? a bullet train?
ReplyDeleteMaglev is short for "magnetic levitation," I think. I'm not sure though if it's also considered a bullet train. Maybe. I'll check google and get back to you on that.
ReplyDeleteyou mean the train runs *on magnets*??? ang galeng naman! *impressed
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