Times change. People change.

[pioneer]

An Indian friend and classmate in my MBA class would always comment, often in the middle of a heated conversation among classmates, "Times change. People change." I don't believe in what he has been saying.

But just recently I got a brief message, so brief you could read it in a second, from what I believed as "friend" whom I have not seen for half a decade. I was expecting this person would write and share something newsy like latest stories about life and work. And I was also expecting that this soul would ask the universal "how are you" thing. None of these things were found in this person's digital missive.

I just deleted the message after I read it. I didn't bother to reply. I was the one who first wrote to this person because it was a special day for this soul.

No, I was not offended that this individual wrote like one who wanted to eat an instant noodle. It was the salutation manner that slashed my sensitive heart. Will you be happy receiving a letter with "Hi there, Hi all, Hello there, Hey"? Well, if this person was a perfect stranger, the salutation style would have been perfectly acceptable to me, though I always admonish my Business English students never to use "generic salutation" in all types of their letters because this is very impersonal.

This person has known me for many years and we studied in the same school so I was expecting that this soul would address me "Mike" even without the Hi, Hello, Hey, or even just "To Mike." Or better, "Attention Mike" with  "To Whom This May Concern."

I was hurt. I thought this person was a friend. A friend will always call you by your name. Do you agree with me?

I will now delete the name of this person in my friendster list.


P.S. Later I was informed that this person is already living somewhere in the other side of the planet. Maybe "nidako na sab ang ulo." Read my previous post: "How to Declare War Against an Arrogant Filipino."

[lumine]

A friend will always call you by your name. Do you agree with me?

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indeed! when a real friend calls you by your name, it's the sweetest sound of all.

[Happy]

lol things like that could happen, and with diffrent reasons why, and that we don't know

[buenavista]

A friend will always call you by your name. Do you agree with me?

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indeed! when a real friend calls you by your name, it's the sweetest sound of all.

yes,just like a music

[..yadz..]

 

basin na amnesia??

[lumine]

even here in the forum, it's a nice feeling when anyone of us mentions our name, right?

[..yadz..]

 

yeah...korek jud ka!

[-<GEC348>-]

yadz, now I mentioned your name.
lumine, now i mentioned your name.
buenavista, now I mentioned your name.
to all the others, * * * now I mentioned your names.

[..yadz..]

 

thanks GEC348..
now i mentioned ur name too!

[Happy]

yadz, now I mentioned your name.
lumine, now i mentioned your name.
buenavista, now I mentioned your name.
to all the others, * * * now I mentioned your names.

GEC348 ako ngalan dili man , to all the others, * * * now I mentioned your names 

[lumine]

yadz, now I mentioned your name.
lumine, now i mentioned your name.
buenavista, now I mentioned your name.
to all the others, * * * now I mentioned your names.

[Barbaro]

im mentioning too ..Hello Yadz 

[..yadz..]

im mentioning too ..Hello Yadz 

hi there, barbaro!
welcome to mike's web...and not spidey's!

[Barbaro]

tnx yadz26.. sugod nakog daro diri sa hacienda nike boss mike..

[..yadz..]

tnx yadz26.. sugod nakog daro diri sa hacienda nike boss mike..

mao jud..cgeha para taas-taas ug agi..

[Barbaro]

lagi, pero ulaw pako kay wala pa koy nailhan diri.. ikaw pa lang..

[..yadz..]

ayaw lang gud kaulaw.., wala bitaw mi kaila nimo and vice versa...lolz...
screen name ra ta ng ilhanay...and besides, pareha ra ta tanan bisdak...

[tarsier]

i like to hear my name of my creation or invention of a friend who has good intentions for me. but would not like to keep hearing name/s created by others who only want to put me down. nobody should be allowed to change our name or personality without our agreement

[Lorenzo]

hey kuya mike,

na unsa man diay? ngano ning argue-argue man mo? Dili diay maka forgive and forget?

Sorry to hear this..

[pioneer]

hey kuya mike,

na unsa man diay? ngano ning argue-argue man mo? Dili diay maka forgive and forget?

Sorry to hear this..

Hi Onic,

Not really a big deal. It's just a matter of reflecting on life's many corners.

[ms da binsi]

Times change, people change.

yeah this is true. I am one for sure...

as i get older i learned more about my purpose of being here in the world...

and where im going to...