Dear Shaik,
I’m sorry that we won’t get to see you tomorrow before we leave. Thank you so much for your letter, it really does mean a lot to me. You were the first person I engaged with upon arrival in Singapore, and you epitomized the warm and friendly reception we’ve received ever since then - you were approachable, always smiling and cracking jokes, and exuded a sense of confidence and trustworthiness.
I admit that I initially experienced some anxiety in leaving our bags and laptops (my life!) with you for the day, but don’t take it personally - that’s my South African, home-grown paranoia, thanks to our disastrously high crime rate. I wouldn’t even try it back home!
Our time in Singapore has been wonderful, thank you. We’ve enjoyed the local culture, fantastic public transportation system (We rode the MRT a lot today!), and especially the relaxed vibe. We leave tomorrow evening, and hope to spend the day at Sentosa.
I’d really like to keep in touch - my contact details are on this blog, or on my Facebook profile.
Take care,
David (and Gayle) Young
07/08/2007 at 1:31 pm Permalink
Hello there!!
Thanks for those very nice comments about me…haha…a makes a guy feel so much better about himself. Anyways, I was kinda surprise when I got your letter (the one with the butterfly motif and the attached note saying that it was your wife’s paper, cleared up all the suspicions…if I had any…haha), for a moment I thought I had charmed my way into the heart of a one of the female guests in the hotel, but it turned out to be from you, not complaining or anything! Just joking mate!! I really appreciate your reply and you did it through your blog no less…no ones ever done that for me before…so touched…lol…
Well, would love to keep in contact but I don’t have a ‘Facebook’ acct, we ’sneaky singaporeans’ are more into Friendster. I looked up your Friendster acct but it looks like you don’t have any friends there yet, so maybe I’ll be the first one.
Well, where are the 2 of you headed next?? If you don’t mind me asking, are you guys on your honeymoon?