Awwwwwwwww!!!
I'm so touched!!!
Came back to find this blue letter on the window sill with Singapore stamps and my name on it. Couldn't figure out whose handwriting it was on the front face, then I opened it... Reverend Goh and family sent me a beautiful card with their well wishes on it... and it was so sweet! Each member of the family wrote something and signed off. Was so moved by it... someone, anyone, please help convey the message to them that I'm really grateful to them for and encouraged by the card! :)
I decided to stay after all, but I'll keep the available house in view. Moving is a really attractive option because it's nearer to Costcutter and nearer to the better-lit path lighting (I still use the path anyway, although it's further from the court I'm staying in). Also, there're only 4 occupants at the moment and they're all female, which means it'll be a lot quieter. But... I decided to stay 'cuz Andy persuaded me to... and I realise that I really will miss my housemates if I were to move. I'll hardly see them around if I don't live with them. Andy's doing philosophy next term so he definitely won't be my seminar mate either. You know... when he realised I was going to move he wrote this 2-page long letter and slid it under my door to apologise and ask me to stay! That was so sweet. The letter was really quite touching and I didn't know my moving would matter so much... but anyway, yeah. He promised to switch rooms with me if I found it too noisy (My room's just above the kitchen). Hm. Yeah. Oh well... I find it much easier to get along with Andy than anyone else, primarily because he's more open to Asians I suppose. His sister is on the JET program (Japanese English Teaching) in Japan and he watches Asian films and anime and stuff... and I get along very well with him, I discovered a few days ago, because he's kinda like the British equivalent of Ting Jun. (Hi TJ if you're reading this -- long time since I heard from ya!) I don't attempt to do any form of characterisation here but... yeah... ok it's quite ineffable so I'll just leave it as there...
Just thought I might like to include a few lines from Shakespeare's first tragedy, Titus Andronicus. It's a tiny glimpse of the entire book...
TITUS
... 'Tis true, 'tis true, witness my knife's sharp point.
He stabs the Empress
SATURNINUS
Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed.
He kills Titus
LUCIUS
Can the son's eye behold his father bleed?
There's meed for deed, death for a deadly deed.
He kills Saturninus
(V.2.62-65)
Yepp. But it's a good play I suppose. Gruesome, but with meaning. Kinda heart-wrenching though... anyway, I'm gonna take the Christmas to read read read and read! Read stuff I've always wanted to read but never had the time to... agh. Okay speaking of reading I gotta rush some seminar work now.
