Got in touch with a long lost friend today…
Maggie and I go way back… Ok, not that far back… We met during our Freshman year at SCAD. My first trip out of America was to Bahamas, the home country of Maggie. Her family is so warm and fuzzy it makes me feel maybe I should call her parents mom and dad!
Bahamas is one of those Taiwan-friendly countries where Taiwanese passport holders are treated as humans. When I first arrived at the customs, they thought I was from China (the passport cover reads “The Republic of China”, which can be easily mistaken as “The People’s Republic of China”, which is the communist China), so they wouldn’t let me pass the customs. But upon closer interrogation examination, a big smile lit up their faces and welcomed me. This was the first time when I felt being a Taiwanese didn’t suck.
I later found out from Maggie’s parents that Taiwan has been enjoying close diplomatic ties with Bahamas. It’s rare because most of the countries in the world don’t really have spines in supporting a democratic, but small, country like Taiwan even though everyone’s promoting democracy with anti-communism sentiments. God damn hypocrites.
So Maggie’s been giving me the shpills on what’s up with some of our mutual friends. It’s interesting to see where everyone is in terms of life stages years after graduation. Maggie herself is crossing over to a new stage of life — marriage! Her husband is a geek — just the kind of people I like. So everything is going to be alright…. Hah!