I was watching random programs last weekend, finally enjoying a worry-free Saturday afternoon doing one of my favorite hobbies of all time--lazying around--when I came across Wish Ko Lang's feature of a 53-year old woman who wished to see her bestfriends in highschool whom she haven't seen in a long time. She last saw her bestfriends on their highschool graduation. All she ever had of them was their highschool yearbook. Anyway, she went on telling about how she had managed to be successful in her own way, with she married to her HS sweetheart and having a great business, even if she didn't get to attend college. But she still feels that something is lacking in her life. And she believes that finding her two long-lost bestfriends would eventually make her all the more contented.

So since the main objective of the show obviously is to help people find the people who mean to them and other good stuff that should actually be done by everybody in the world, they were able to track these two women who also lead good lives just like their longing friend. The good thing is, they are also both ecstatic to know what had happened to each other.

To cut to the chase, the three women, who have been the best of friends, reunited tearfully and joyfully and managed to enjoy catching up with each others' stories.

It was a short get-together but it took me a long time to really think about how lucky I am that I am living in this time and age where I can see my friends anytime I want. Though technology is not so perfect in a way that it also did harm more than good to the society, I think it's fair to say that if it weren't for advanced tools of communication, it would've been hard to maintain great relationships.

However, it's so sad to know that there are times when friends don't exert so much effort into seeing each other now more than before when times are really hard. I mean, we have cellphones, computers and the Internet and even Wifi technology already. But somehow, they don't really get to be taken advantage of. They are really more for business more than for relationships and a perfect way to keep in touch with loved ones. If the 53-year old woman in the story had the means to get in touch with her friends before, she would've felt complete without having Wish Ko Lang get in the way.

But you see, these changing times have also occupied people's priorities. And since times are still so hard (not in a backward sense but more of economic), people are becoming stiff with expenses. In a real world, where everyone fights all kinds of battles to survive, there isn't so much time to look back and see if all of the things s/he has built around him is well, alright.

A bit sad, isn't it? When one has already everything he needs to make everything work for him, it still doesn't make everything complete.

I am happy that the woman in the aforementioned story still care so much for her friends despite not communicating for a very long time. It's a goddamn achievement. Far better than all modern achievements this society consequently forget to utilize to the fullest.