A "REUNION" OF SORTS

Monday, May 12, 2008

A "REUNION" OF SORTS
This past weekend was quite interesting. I bumped into so many people I had not seen in a while. During the Taiwan Fest in Los Angeles, my friend David and myself only intended to volunteer for one 5 hour shift. However, we ended hanging out the whole day there. We were at the information table assisting people with directions, raffle tickets, selling/distributing bottled water, apples, oranges and bananas. The water was the most popular item when the day started to warm up in the afternoon.

I would be serving at my booth when I would hear my name called out and several occassions. Each occasion was a person I had not seen in a while. These are people I grew up with. I was surprised to see them there since they live now live in places like San Francisco, Chicago, etc. But, I guess they were in town that weekend for Mother’s Day. Yes, one person I once dated also came by the table and she realized it was me. She was friendly, though. As I volunteer I wore this Taiwan Fest vest and cap. I will post that picture later on. But, I thought the festival was pretty cool to see so many people there and not just Taiwanese people. I could see people of many different ethnicities attending.

On Sunday, I went to my parent’s church for a special Mother’s Day service. My parents are retired so they take Japanese classes and English classes (yes, they know how to speak English- they have lived in America for 41 years, but wanted to improve it). These classes were taught by people from their church. Well, turns out the English teacher is the mother of one of my classmates from my junior high school days. I was in several classes with him. Found out he now works at CNET in San Francisco, but tragically his wife passed away last year. I did not press for details on how she died. But, quite interesting and somewhat weird at the same time to bump into a former classmater’s mother.

Below are some pictures from Taiwan Fest LA. I will post more later on.

Anyhow, more planned to come…