cindy and poach came to see me off at changi. cindy the chic power executive and poach all tank-topped and saronged and tanned. poach gave me a very pretty coinpurse that she brought back from thailand (fuschia and floral!) and a box of harrods rosehip tea and cindy was in chatter mode and bought everyone lemon tea.

me: what if i fail next semester and have to come home in disgrace?
poach: aiyah you won't lah!
me: will you all think i'm stupid and lousy?
cindy: of course not. we already think you're stupid and lousy.
poach: oh man, that's exactly the right thing to tell her.


and su-lin came over the day before to say goodbye and took all the pratchetts out of my suitcase. she'll post them to me after the generals, together with hanutas, but bringing them to school now is just suicidal. and my gaudy night. mhpm mhpm.