A PetiX Life

It’s so nice to hear from old friends, especially from the ones you’ve cherished all your life but not have had the chance to catch up with as much as you’d want to.

For the past few days, I’ve been able to talk and learn about some of my good friends from high school and I’ve been struck with some nostalgic bug. One thing about hearing from old friends is that you get to think about how you’ve lived your life since the time you were with your old friends. You’ll marvel at how much things have changed and maybe even feel renewed, inspired by what your friends have acoomplished.

Then there are friends who I’ve missed so much who suddenly pop up in the radar. More than nostalgia, I’ve felt a more intense kind of longing, a kind that disrupts the day to day routine, because the mind can’t think straight, the mind can’t think of nothing else but the next opportunity I can get my friend on the message line again.

In my field of work in IT Journalism, we call this "disruptive technology" because it changes the way things are done in such a drastic and powerful way. I wouldn’t go about calling my friends, a kind of technology, but friends affect us in a similar way, only deeper and much more personal. Hearing from old friends have warmly touched me, especially because these friends, despite being physically distant for a long time, have always been right here, occupying a space in my heart.

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