I was on yahoo chat. I forgot how I started, I began chatting with this guy at Arizona, USA and he was serving the military. I think he was 19 or 21 at that point of time, so we began chatting and we agreed to exchange addresses to become penpals.
I will always remember after exchanging, he wrote, "looks like you got yourself a penpal, buddy."
He was in the Marine Corps, and at that point of time I didn't know what is the marine corps. I thought he meant marine crops, so I was thinking, is he in marine farming or something?
After a week, I consulted my form teacher how much the stamp costs to US and I bought a $1 stamp before sending out the the letter.
I never got a reply, and some of the reasons might be due to:
1. I forgot to write his name on his address
2. I forgot to write Marine Corps
3. The letter never got to him
Well this was 14 years ago. By now he should be like 35? I dunno. I wonder if yahoo still keeps a history of chat logs, because I totally forgot his name. I think it was John or something.
In any case, I hope he is still doing well, or at least, still alive.