UK – 1, Su Ann – 0
September 23rd, 2006
i am brought back to a time in a place where the air conditioning and the ceiling fan are both on at the same time. the ceiling fan is dotted with glow-in-the-dark stars and it makes lulling sounds in it’s repetitive whirring. clunk clunk clunk. the air is otherwise silent, draped in a calm that is reminiscent of sitting on grass and letting the evening wind tug on your hair.
i turn to my right and he is there, sleeping. i know that if i make an exaggerated movement, his eyes would fly open and he’d say hmmm? in a voice that is hazy yet concerned. i settle myself deeper into my pillows. there is a yellow pillow under my head and another one under my back. i still sleep the same way at home. my right shoulder rests lightly on his left arm. i still sleep the same way with my boyfriends. we arent cuddling, we arent holding hands – we’re just sleeping side by side. i look back on this bemusedly. when we first started out, we slept in each other’s arms every night and woke up in a tangle of limbs every morning. but time has gently nudged us into a zone of higher practicality, and so we no longer sleep like that. it comforts me that we have made this transition from square one to square two without any hitches.
sleeping like this is exactly how we spend our quiet hours together, until we both wake, and whisper to each other what we dreamt about. then we get out of bed – i go online and he watches tv behind me. hey come watch this video, i tell him. jeon ji hyun eyes, he says teasingly. my heart flutters and i cannot help but grin as he plants a kiss on my forehead.
i remember how he used to wake me up – both the nice way and the naughty way, which was also nice. i remember my grumpiness when i woke up and how he was always very patient about it even though i would snap at him. no one wakes me up now, and i guess that’s why these days i’m much later than i used to be.
last month, when i was in sri lanka, a guy at the supermarket gave me a sample of Lipton tea and i took it, smiling as i walked away. but after drinking what was in the white paper cup, i ran back helter-skelter to the Lipton guy and demanded to know what drink he gave me. “it’s Lipton’s newest mint latte, madam,” he says. “but it tastes just like coffee bean’s morrocan mint latte!” i exclaim. he looks at me in confusion. “i’ll take 10 boxes,” i tell him. “this guy i know really likes mint lattes. it’s like, *his* drink. he’ll love this.”
i never did get to give you the tea. i just thought it’d make for a nice gift especially since you wont get coffee bean over there. plus this tea comes in convenient little Lipton packets that would go very well with maggi mee. i know you brought maggi mee over, dont bluff. sorry i didnt call to say bye.
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20 Comments Add your own
1. Kevin | September 23rd, 2006 at 6:12 am
Why didn’t you write me a love story when I went over to U.S? No reese’s for you.
2. boob_omatic | September 23rd, 2006 at 9:53 am
wOot!!!…2nd!!!
chioeves!!!
3. Sv | September 23rd, 2006 at 10:28 am
awwww….. nice nice.
4. Kyels | September 23rd, 2006 at 11:41 am
It’s a nice write up.
(:
5. tze | September 23rd, 2006 at 4:02 pm
i don’t care when i leave you must also write me a long touching post ok!
6. Raven | September 23rd, 2006 at 4:56 pm
Oh! the romance!!!… Hard to believe I’ve never slept with someone of the opposite sex yet :(!!
But yeah… it is romantic, stuff I can only dream about :P
7. pinkpau | September 23rd, 2006 at 7:11 pm
kevin : i didnt even know you yet when you left for US! hehe wait for me, i’ll be there in 1.5 yrs time! hey dont take away my reeses la =(
boob: what is chioeves?
sv : *curtsies*
kyels : thankies :) havent seen u around in a bit!
tze : you shouldnt ever leave! =(
raven : dont just dream bout romance .. :D go pursue it!
8. voonkiat | September 23rd, 2006 at 11:11 pm
mmm i’m leaving soon =’( write me a touching post too pinkpau hehe:p
9. Ken | September 23rd, 2006 at 11:44 pm
Hmm.. Lipton
10. TheRealAnonymous | September 24th, 2006 at 2:24 am
missing somebody eh? =Þ
11. floweryme | September 24th, 2006 at 3:50 am
are you missing him? i know who is it! =) hehe.
12. pinkpau | September 24th, 2006 at 4:02 am
voonkiat : i hate the UK! >:(
ken : hmm indeed
therealanon : hehe no lah. just lamenting the UK’s gain over msia’s loss
floweryme : haha no worries, its nothing like that.
13. 0-1 | September 24th, 2006 at 4:19 pm
hey, why skipped on the sex part?
14. pinkpau | September 24th, 2006 at 4:45 pm
0 – 1 : haha that’s actually a very funny comment! the guy this post is about would laugh if he read ur comment :D
15. floweryme | September 24th, 2006 at 7:27 pm
i’m not worried la. we’re no longer together.
16. songjun | September 25th, 2006 at 10:22 pm
yaa! why u skipped the sex part haha. or should i say.. the non existence of it :P sorry ya about not getting the tea :P didnt have time la thanks ya for it though :) had to buy peppermint tea here too AHHA :P
17. Anon.589 | October 23rd, 2006 at 9:52 pm
Awww, I still don’t understand why it didn’t work out. Bless the poor guy’s heart, sad people make me sad. I hope he’s happy now, he deserves it, he’s such a sweetheart.
18. pinkpau | October 24th, 2006 at 1:15 am
anon 589 : haha well. when things go wrong, there’s not much we can do abt it sometimes.
19. Anon. 589 | October 24th, 2006 at 8:01 pm
=)
20. Anon. 589 | October 24th, 2006 at 8:03 pm
Heh, good luck to you too! =P
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