Fate or Freedom?

After work, I went to Cecil's with Kora and Mars, who gave me a pep talk about some things that have been happening in my life, and to my surprise, I saw an old friend [Jorge Hurtado]. I couldn't believe I saw him there, because what are the chances that out of the huge city, we'd meet up randomly at a bar. He looked really different, more mature, older, but still the same Jorge I knew back in college.

Him and I took speech communication class together with our friend [Yao]. We didn't know each other before we took the class, I don't know how we ended up meeting each other, or why it happened, but maybe it was just fate that brought us together....

Too bad I don't believe in fate any longer.

I used to think that my life was already mapped out for me, and that I would let fate take its course, but after a series of unfortunate events, I don't think fate has anything to deal with my life. I can do anything I want and be whoever I want to be. [There is no one way of living, and you only have one life to live.]

It was a coincidence that we both were at the same place at the same time, yet there was no magical being that caused both of us to be there tonight. We both were there with friends and came there after work. Monday's at Cecil's Pub is a popular hang out spot [& with $1.50 wells and $2 Lone Stars, who would complain?]


It was good to see an old friend, which made me think of my friends back in high school and college that I haven't seen in years. Years of drifting apart, finding ourselves, and taking a different path in life. How did we ever lose touch?

We tend to make new friends, work new jobs, get involved in a relationship, and most importantly, living our lives and quite possibly at different points in each others' lives.

So I have made a goal to try and reconnect with some old friends from school [& sending a message through Facebook doesn't count]