Arthur and I met – or rather – got re-acquainted with each other when we were in New York. It was the sort of plot one might have watched on a TV drama or movie – we were both residing in the same Nanyang Technological University hall, and we often “saw” each other at the games room.
Subsequently, our common hallmate cum good friend was doing her MBA in the Big Apple for a year, and she was staying with me that Thanksgiving. She organised a get-together dinner in Chinatown, Arthur just moved to New York for his new job, and we met eight years later on the other side of the globe.
It was winter, and we were buddies for the entire snowboarding season – spending a lot of time on the road during our drives up to Hunter Mountain and crafting our carving every weekend. Spring came, and summer arrived, we buddied up yet again each weekend to drive around and searched for food, art, culture, or just plain adventures – which included road trips to Fire Island, Long Island, Upstate New York, New England, Cape Cod, Vermont and Maine.
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