cindy usually comes online so regularly i can set my watch by her, so i was terribly puzzled not to have her to talk to last night and tonight - and then it turns out the woman is in singapore for chinese new year. i want to be home!!! again!!! (su-lin hurriedly dashes offline before i start bawling on her, the heartless girl.)

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there were pussy willows and kumquats in brattle square florist today when i went in to buy orchids. chinese new year is almost upon us.

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gist of conversation two days ago:

su-lin: chinese new year! long weekend! going to woodlands! lots of books!
me: aha! having library books = owing something over cny!
su-lin: oh!

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if i pay widener library $75 will that absolve me for chinese new year?

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