"Oh my God! Where's the geek i knew and loved?" M shouted from the corner of my eye, putting me under the warm bright spotlight of the fluorescent lamp in my friend's room.
" Yeah, he went into Tekong....never got out. Sad, really," I answered, tempting any to step up and give me his hairy eyeball and doing the Haha! laugh from the Simpsons. And that was how my first attempt at video conferencing went. And when i say conference, I mean 4 people in a room struggling with an infernal microphone that has faced multiple forms of vulgarity imaginable in a local head in 1 hour. Plus 1 A-class hottie/maneater who screamed louder into her mic when she couldn't hear us, like it helped any. Haha! Freakin hilarious. If u think 3's a crowd...seriously, u don't wanna try it. Our conversation, despite the technical difficulties and the split second delay, as frequently drilled into our cranium by one of our compatriates(thank you very much) ended with a casual Toodles!Ciao! and a virtual hug which I have to say was purely meant for me. You know it, you Bozos! And i quote,"Chicks dig the goatee!" Her words, not mine. Thank you bro for the visual reunion with our beloved sweetheart. And thank you M for your heavenly virtual visitation in this painstaking limbo that is the holidays. Send me a postcard!