spending time with friends is, in my opinion, one of the greatest ways to recharge in our fast-paced world today. And I’d like to share with you a time I killed myself laughing having a chit-chat with one of my college friends, whom I hadn’t met since we graduated.

It was three months ago, when I was buying some stuff at a convenience store in my neighborhood, that I bumped into her. It turned out we lived in the same district, but we just never knew that. We then went grab some coffee and told each other how life’d treated us. She said she’d just come back from a wonderful trip to Lisbon, Portugal, which was a bit of a last-minute decision, and she actually hadn’t known that much about Lisbon before she went. I was in awe listening to her because I’d always dreamt of visiting that place one day. One of the coolest things she did was jump in a tuk-tuk with a guide. I asked her what a tuk-tuk was and she explained it was like a little motorbike with a cabin on the back where you could sit. 

The most incredible part was that she met and fell in love with a guy from France, who was also on holiday. She added that she had never believed in ‘love at first sight’ until the day she met him. I was so happy for her that she finally found her significant other. They now have a long-distance relationship, but he’s gonna go to Vietnam in a couple of months to visit her. We’ll definitely meet up again when her boyfriend comes. 

Our talk went on and on for hours without us realizing that. Honestly, I ended up showing up late for a family gathering later on, but it was kinda worth it because we had so much fun chatting.