It's not always that a friend from a land halfway around the planet drops by the country for 48 hours just to catch up with some friends. That's Scott Reeves for you. The dude from Huntington, IN (as hip as that other town in Wyoming), whom most Malaysian students in Purdue circa 1996-2000 know, was in town a couple of days back. He was on his way back to the US of A after completing his stint with the Peace Corps in the Phillipines. He was supposed to come round and spend sometime here next month but has gotta bring everything forward (and shorten it) as his Dad is not that well back home. And it took a visit from a friend from the other side of the planet for me to be able to catch up with Abon and Raida (and their kid Aiman) as well, whom I last saw at their wedding in 2002. So last Thursday evening was essentially spent on catching up with all the water that's gone under the bridge the last couple of years with all of them over dinner at Subang. As usual, Scott took the opportunity to stock up on whatever food and fruits that he can lay his grubby hands on. He's the only Mat Salleh I know who loves durian so much that he actually smuggled some back to his hometown! Huntington, IN could definitely be hipper with a durian orchard there. Throw in a nasi lemak joint, it'll beat whatever Wyoming's gotta offer any day for sure! :P