Thursday, December 14

i never knew how sweet and touching my papa could be.. hahaha.. not that he isn't sweet and touching, but it's just that he never really openly show us that side of his.. hahaha... and we all inherit this trait.. XD
but while i was trying to make my room need a while ago, i found a stack of letters that my papa had send to my mama when he was working in kuwait many many years ago. that was before they got marry..

well, just in case anyone is reading this entry and cursing this unfilial daughter for prying into my parents' privacy.. hahaha.. my mama 'volunteer' those letters to me.. XD so i get to read their utmost 'private' love letters.. not that they were mushy and stuffs..

i can never express how much i love snail mail.. when i was in secondary school, me and my pals would write to each others occasionally.. even though we do see each others everyday.. the anticipation of waiting and never knowing what's inside there was very fun.. of course we do get disappointed some time if the letters that we expected did not appear.. hahaha.. most of the time it's me who never reply.. XP i always have people writing to tell me, "wei, must reply hor.".. my best pal and frequent sender would often put in extra stuffs to surprise me.. the likes of bookmarks, stickers, cute plasters, and pictures of the artistes we like that time pop up inside.. the stamps on the letters sometimes can go up to 50cents or a dollar..

reading my papa's letters.. always starting with 'how are things with you.. are everything fine over there..' is so touching.. the little things that bring tears into people's eyes.. the little questions.. he would describe his days in kuwait.. his little apartment.. his meals.. his works.. his fustration.. his joy in recieving my mama's letters.. he would often state when he got those letters.. my papa can be that precise.. XD and it still has never change.. hahaha... his letters would often end with a p.s. about his mistakes in spelling and that he didn't have the time to re-read the letter again as he's rushing off somewhere.. my papa can be that cute.. alas.. those young days.. XD as the days passed.. they get more and more sentimental.. though there no love words.. hahaha.. still those normal plain good old stuffs.. but you can feel a difference.. i found another side of my papa which is so cool.. i also found out that in those days his handwriting is so hard to read.. thank god it got better when he was teaching me how to read and write when i was a kid.. the agony of reading those letters.. hahaha.. poor mama... XD but she is used to it i guess.. oops..

but what a waste.. i will never get to see my mama's replies to his letters.. that bad papa tore them all up while we were spring cleaning the house last year.. what the hell... hahaha.. and he still insist that he still had them and that he will hunt them up to prove his words.. hahaha.. ya.. ash to ash, dust to dust.. i can only imagine her replies..

compare to emails.. i guess i would still prefer letters.. so what emails is free.. snail mail can do even much more things that emails can't do.. XD go figure.. but nowadays the only snail mails that appear in my mailbox are all bills and flyers... hell.. what's going on around here... where are the good old snail mail times? hahaha.. rantings rantings and more mad rantings... XD

p.s. what the hell.. my lil bro just appear on the face of earth again.. hahaha.. he's currently sleeping in his 'new' bed now.. he got leave to come back from brunei.. this time i am reminding him to bring a camera along.. what's the use of going to another country and not taking any pictures back.. even my papa had pictures taken when he was in kuwait.. and of course his psp's charger.. he went without it 3 months ago.. luckily his friends there too had a psp.. so he got lucky..

nite nite.. or was it morning~~~ ^^
Ðelphine @ 01:35