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when I talk more to you. I cried when I was reading it. I feel so bad. My whole life is in a mess. Why didn’t you apply for the scholarship!? If you were here, I wouldn’t be miserable and I’d be able to spend more time with my family when I go back.
    It’s prep time but I skipped it ’coz of headache. I have been wasting time the whole night. I read a really good book, The Dream Collector. It’s about a girl buying a book that teaches her how to make her wish come true. Her wish was to get John to like her but when he did, she’d liked Tom instead. I wish my wishes would come true. Jen Nee said sometimes I’m so happy and sometimes so miserable—extreme mood swings—whereas Jen Nee seems to always be quite happy. I’ve never seen her sad. I think the trick is to be occupied. I’m going to write to Yi Hoon now. Bye.
    Love, Pei Yi
    Thursday 5 March
    Hi Mei Yee
    I feel so lonely. Have you ever felt like you don’t feel like mixing with anyone? I’m in school now. Earlier, when I got on the bus, River also got on. He went up to the upper deck though. He’s SO cute. I’m so sad that there’s nothing that can happen between us. Why is it that the guy I like never likes me back?
    Love, Pei Yi
    Dear Mei Yee
    Hi! Just now I had lunch with Serena, my classmate. She’s SO crazy and funny. Now she looks like a poodle ’coz she permed her hair wrongly.

    We ate KFC and laughed and laughed. A few of my Singaporean classmates thought that I’m Malay and that I’m a Muslim! Ha! Ha! Ha! Once, Serena laughed till her jaw was dislocated! She had to go to the hospital.
    Sunny told me she had a friend who keeps accounts of all her expenditures! She opens account journals for every single cent spent, and if she finds a few cents gone, she opens akaun tergantung (pending account). So funny!
    Teens mag chooses four girls every month to give them makeovers and see how beautiful they become. Honestly, the girls became uglier. Anyway I entered the contest. Sent two photos of myself. I do have a bookworm look, don’t I? Many of my classmates think so. That’s why they think I’m studious and all.
    Love, Pei Yi
    Monday 9 March
    Dear Mei Yee
    Guess what happened during dinner?! I talked to River!!! Can you believe it? I hardly believe it myself. Unfortunately it was just the one sentence.
    Let me tell you about it from the beginning. Sunny and I and a few others were having dinner and Sunny asked me to take more soup for her. I said, “No.” Then Sunny said River is in the queue, waiting in line with his tray. So she said, “Go go go!” I waited for River to go nearer to the soup pot, then I walked over and took some soup. I turned to River and said, “Were you late for school this morning?” He looked a bit surprised then smiled and said, “ Ya.” I wanted to say that Jen Nee and I were also late but I was so nervous that I couldn’t. Instead I giggled, sort of half-giggled half-laughed! Can you imagine!? How stupid of me. I just couldn’t control myself. Anyway, when I walked back to the table, Jen Nee and Sunny were laughing and laughing. They had heard something like, “Why are you so late?” but I didn’t tell them what I really asked. I sounded nervous and shaky when I asked him; I hope he didn’t notice. Anyway, that’s all there is to tell about this important event.
    Today was a BAD day. First, Jen Nee and I were late to school ’coz we missed the bus by one minute. River also missed it. After a long wait—I didn’t mind ’coz River was also waiting—the bus came. So many people were going up and a second bus came so we took the second one but River took the first one. We were booked for being late. I’m going to have to do detention class soon.
    School was miserable. I don’t have close friends in my class. Maybe I shouldn’t look so miserable in class. And I