dearest guilan,

everybody remembers you "smiling and laughing". do you remember the sec four choir farewell when we took group shots with nana and shirley and wc and bren? and the brisbane trip in our pinafores? i can remember you chiding shirley or wc mockingly whenever they said or did silly things. do you remember the pouch you got for us from your holiday? i had forgotten who had given it to me and i was using it for the past year, until shu reminded me, it was from you. thanks a bunch, it's been well used and i love the colour. mr. colin cheong replied my email. "I could imagine her, smiling and laughing and I thought, no, he cannot mean THIS Serene". Miss Goh remembers you as the "sweet, obliging, ever smiling girl we know." See, everyone misses you badly. It is cruel to say this aloud, and it breaks my spirit to say it but i think i'd like to think that you're doing your masters in canada and i'm writing snail mail to you - i like doing that - anyways, siti is getting married this sunday. i would have loved to see you there.

love always,

jingmei