How was your day at the beach today? Did you meet anyone
interesting?
I hope you haven’t been bothering your old mother too much
with your child-like pranks. I could see that she was very upset about the fake
snake you’d keep throwing at her in the ferry the other day. Sometimes, my
younger brother and I troubled our mother like that too. I guess some things
never get old, no matter how old you get. I was surprised to discover that you
were 18 years old, not because that’s too old an age to play pranks, but just
because you look so much older! I guess another thing that misleads me into
believing you were older was that you were working at the food shacks. I meant
to ask, do you like working? It must be nice to work with your family, and to
also live with your parents, cousins, uncles and aunts in one building. But you
seemed so excited at sunset the other day to be going home, that I wondered if
you’d rather spend your day doing other things.
Oh and thank you for letting my friends and me ride with you
and your family on your ferry. If it wasn’t for you guys, we might have had to
spend the night with the monkeys at the beach! It gave us an excuse to get to
know more about your life. And we got to see the fishing village near your home
too, which was an amazing experience for us city people.
Anyways, I just wanted to tell you what a fabulous and
optimistic person you are, and that it was a real pleasure to meet you! You are
one of those few people I’ve met who are happy with their lives, and if more
people were like you, the world would be so much more content. If I ever come to Penang, I’ll visit you at
Monkey Beach. This time, maybe you could talk to me. If nothing else, I’d love
to know your name.
