I was reading my Twitter Buddy’s blog just a few hours ago. Was really touched by her latest post and made me think back…

My first ever tweet (Twitter post) was from my MacBook on 25 July 2008 at 05:44 after I’ve installed Twitterrifc on my iPhone 3G and I needed an account to start using the app. So knowing nothing at all about Twitter, I signed up, and posted my first tweet.

I’m playing with my new iPhone 3G…!!!

Back then, I wasn’t following anyone and no one was following me. So there’s really no point in posting anything. One day, went out with @martin_tintin and found out that he’s been using Twitter and later on, found out @nefuis was also on Twitter. So we each followed one another and I started twitting again. That was back around late August 2008. Later on, @martin_tintin asked me and @nefuis to play an online game, Kingdom Game. We were so into the game back then. So the 3 of us started twitting more and more often.

One day, when I was catching up with @nefuis, he asked, ‘Who’s that girl that’s following me on Twitter now?’

I had no idea what he was talking about so he explained, ‘She has been following you! I found her on your followers page!’ I went, ‘YEAH? How come I never knew???’

Anyways, to date, we still don’t know who she started following first. At night after we both went home, I looked up my Twitter home page and checked my followers. There she is! Cuddling her cute little cat! So I decided to follow her back… I then started reading about what she’s doing, thinking and feeling. Every now and then, issues with her ex would come up and she seemed to be in a not-so-good position. Kept reading and reading, at the same time kept posting and posting.

Oct 13 was her first reply to me on Twitter and I only got to see it on my way to work on Oct 14. From then on, we found out that we were going to be running in the same 10km run at Standard Chartered Marathon. Then it’s Christmas, New Year’s, reading each others’ blog, my birthday, Chinese New Year, her birthday… then Feb 8, finally bumping into each other on the Island Eastern Corridor just before our 10km run starts.

For the past 5 months, I’ve come to notice that my dear Twitter Buddy is a caring, loving, funny, straight forward, sporty, strong and outgoing person that loves cats, music, her iPhone 3G, partying with friends and traveling! Although we don’t really know each other, but her existence has definitely been making differences to other people.

After reading her blog, I truly believes that she deserves everything she has now and I’m sure she’s having a much better, happier and meaningful life than compared to late 2008! And I’m sure it will only get better each day!

Dedicated to my dear Twitter Buddy! You’re unique and gifted so don’t let anyone else tell you otherwise. Happy Valentine’s Day TB!

PK Lai