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facebook could really get you in touch with long lost friends

This is totally unrelated to my experiences with social networking in foreign countries outside the United States; however, it is funny when people tell me they get reconnected with long-lost friends over Facebook.

Basically, I thought it was silly and the probability of it happening to me is very small. But lo and behold, I get a message from someone I have not spoken to since high school. As a matter of fact, I met him at a high school Model UN conference, so we didn't even go to the same high school. Anyway, the heading of the facebook message was "surprise." (Note: For those who do not know what Model UN is, it's like academic debate but you represent countries instead of a particular position.)

At first, I didn't recognize the name (as the photo that was attached was not really a photo of him). Then I realized upon reading the first paragraph that it was this guy that I met randomly at the Model UN conference while sitting in the back of the conference room.

So yeah, small world. I actually emailed him back and hopefully we can catch up. I have some renewed appreciation for Facebook.

posted by Koh @ 11:18 AM