Aug 5, 2007
To my new friend Shaik
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
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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?