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agreed—he agrees to do anything. He’s very sporting—he does everything people ask him to do to get their signatures. He looks like a pixie with sharp ears:

    And his hair is so funny. He’s from Sabah or Sarawak (can’t remember which) and he reminds me of those tribes like Iban or Kadazan. Sometimes he’s SO funny, and I’ll laugh and laugh at his antics.
    Bye, love
    Pei Yi
    Sunday 19 January
    Dear Mei Yee
    I’ve caught a cold.
    Elizabeth and I went to buy textbooks. I bought Physics, Chem and E. Maths for you. Add. Maths is out of stock. And guess what? I bought ten CDs for only S$59!! So damn cheap—cheaper than tapes. All classical music. There are 40 volumes but I bought the first ten only. Now all I need is a hi-fi to play them on! Elizabeth said me buying CDs is like a blind man buying colour cards. But I just keep thinking how worth it it is to buy a CD for only S$5.90. We spent a few hours browsing the shops at the shopping complexes on Orchard Road. I love the humorous Valentine cards. I wonder what’ll happen to you on Valentine’s Day. There was a fashion show at Isetan with beautiful models. If you were there, you’d keep saying how tall and slim they were.
    I made you a card this morning again!
    I’m now listening to La Mer. Some of Debussy’s music is scary. I’ve told you before but I feel like telling you again—the composers are so marvelous!! To compose music out of nothing and for every instrument, and to know how it sounds when all the instruments play together! I’m not good at recognizing pieces.Nancy recognized a Mozart piece on the radio and I didn’t. Nancy is funny, sometimes, ’coz she isn’t shy to sing out LOUD and then ask you, “Nice, isn’t it?” or read out her essays or some poems aloud with so much expression and then say, “Nice, isn’t it?”
    I love weekends!! The weekdays are so long. I keep waiting for weekends and when they’re here, they’re gone in the blink of an eye.
    Monday 20 January
    Dear Mei Yee
    It’s now prep time. School was OK. I usually have recess with ASEAN scholars but today I had recess with Huiwee, the girl who sits beside me.
    Alisa was saying her lips are cracking and I said, kiss more to moisten them. And she said she’s bored in the afternoon so I said, “Since your window faces the boys’ block, why don’t you send some eye messages to them.”She said she’s beginning to know the kind of person I am. Ha! Ha!Ha!
    Prep time over. Bye!
    Love, Pei Yi
    Dear Mei Yee
    I reached the hostel at 6.35 pm ’coz of AEP. I’m so exhausted—last night I read a book till 1 am and today I was damn sleepy in school. Mr Como said my tree art work is nice and abstract, and he likes it. I dislike some of the girls in my AEP Club. They’re always cho kuan . They speak so manja and with an accent to Mr Como ’coz he’s American.
    Glossary
    cho kuan Hokkien pretensious, a pretensious person
    OK. Then when I reached the hostel, I received two letters. I was SO happy. One is from you and the other from my family. I kept laughing when I read both letters. Hey, please answer my questions in my letters,OK? Wah, “the most popular girl in BM!!!!” Next time I meet you, you’ll be surrounded by slaves (like Tommy). Ha! Ha! Ha! OF COURSE I’m interested in hearing all your stories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! Congrats! 93% for Physics!! You ARE clever. I don’t know why you keep thinking I’m cleverer. When I tell Jen Nee about you (your wonderful talents in music, dancing, drawing, singing, taekwondo, the list goes on), you must have sounded like the most wonderful person God has ever created. No, I’m exaggerating. But I do admire you. Me becoming much cleverer here?! I must disillusion you on that. First I’ve been too lazy. I must CHANGE that!! And I haven’t been learning anything that amazes me. You