You know, Singapore is pretty boring when you have nothing much planned and you're not traveling with your friends. However, this time, I got to meet up my old friend Zen...
I actually knew Zen when we were still in the University together, but I didn't really got close until both of us were working in Boston. At the time, both of us were pretty much alone in the city, know nobody and looking for friends... He was a bit luckier than me in terms of his employment, he had a higher position and got to enjoy some of the profits as his company went IPO. However, during that height, it was when his problems started... I think it was stress related, he started having headaches and pains that he couldn't explain, not long before that he disappeared.
It was afterwards that I found out he went into seclusion in a Buddhist temple somewhere in Thailand for a few years to try to find solutions to his problems. He stayed there for a while and even contemplating to become a Buddhist monk. After he fought through his stresses, he came back to Singapore an enlightened and vegetarian… He still has a job and everything, but I think he had a change of outlook in his life.
I had a brief chance to share with him some of the problems I am going through because I felt the he may be one person who could understand and perhaps share a bit of insight to what I am going through. Since he’s enlightenment and merciful outlook and all…
Well, I gots his email address and phone number to stay in contact in the near future. Its kinda good to reconnect with an old friend.
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