Friday, October 1, 2010

friends, cyberworld, and crossing cultures


recently, in just couple months,  i have had the chance to bond with new friends more than i have done for the last couple of years... people of other culture and language... there were those from northeast, india who surprsingly actually look like southeast asians... then one from nepal who shared his many adventures and misadventures while living in china... a few from the western hemisphere with their eloquence and home-made cookies... and of course those from my own country who captures my jokes better than any other foreign friend... never had i thought that i'd be meeting such people. ordinary people with extra-ordinary abilities... people who'd give the characters of "heroes" a run for their money... people you'd wish just lived next door... to hang out with on a rainy night... to tell endless stories of unusual experiences. to share jokes and laughters with. to disagree with. to encourage... or to annoy with our playfulness... to play the recent practical joke you learned from your favorite sit-com with... to eat buffet with, until you both are sick in the stomach.

but we all have our own God-given destiny to pursue... dreams to catch... lands to conquer. we all have specified roads to travel as ordained by the Creator. until we come to that day where we will all be one with the Father, we all are bound to go our own way just as God has planned.

still we are connected...somethings keeps us bonded even if we are miles away... we have one God that binds us together.... in Him we are one family...

and then there's what we call the cyberworld. connecting us together in comforts of our homes. it's where people from across the seven seas feel like just next to us... facebook. twitter. skype. choose what's best for you... there are some who dont even call or text anymore. they just message thru facebook. like you are expected to be online 24/7... cyberspace... amazing... or not.