3 June 2008

to dino- friend













the ancient days as we would well-remember...
choice between stegasaurous vs triceratops or mammoth vs t-rex...torturing tadpoles as rain peltered on assumption's water-logged drains. mrs nathan lashes wooden canes on bawling shelby..while she scotched-taped my vicious mouth, for having disrupted math class by proudly announcing to all, that your shorts were secretly pattered with poo. we watched godfrey chen's deluxe transexual kick with shock and awe...his tongue flickers like that red bitch from V while we countered him with tian long ba bu's yi yang zhi (laser-shooting fingers) and xiang long shi ba zhang (courageous dragon's 18 power blasts...)we staged covert plots against mutual enemies like darren tan and competed like fools for jessie wong. where could she be right now? we talked about imposed spirit rumours in your haunted house; guan yin and virgin mary saying put even as your tank of curse-absorbent goldfish continued to bob, rot and die in spite of mom's weekly aquarium spree. there is macho chun and anna nicola smith giggling like macbeth's lost witches by a lone banana tree...while shaful generates his own paroxysm laugh at apple core's wife and mother soh who piles your sad desks with work and woe. you have never been off your addiction to transformers toys while i prefer to stick to marvel...my label that yours' amount to no more than tin-cans on the move still draws a dark spite from you.
childhood pals jl and ek...(1981-2008: aes, st joseph's, poly, jc, bmt, mp, oeti, nus, massey uni, singapore, wellington inclusive of zero birthdays and msns, once a year email...and truly wishing us many more splendid, free & freeing years to come...be well soon, my friend)










1 June 2008

hamilton

i am now cooped up in Julian's home in hamilton...trying to keep cosy at 9 degrees...bought my own food and prepared to bunk in for the few days ahead. my stint at the supermarket and some familiar late evening snacks remind me of my solo time in melbourne.
it was a tiring 2.5 hours ride from auckland airport and i am as always impressed by the great service culture here...the transport company i took was happy to ferry me direct to waikato hospital. am very fortunate to have stuart to drive me around. have only met him once but he regards me as family. we have been checking out the great cafe culture here in-between our visits to the hospital.To all- Julian is well: bright, warm and chripy. we are now discussing how his lifestyle is going to change following his discharge...he feeds on jelly daily. his stomach has been retained though it is only a quarter left. he can only whisper since the tubes and water-ban has left much of his voice-box in recovery. he looks very good, no loss of weight..his body bearing up with the terrible tauma it just went through. to all, faithful friends and even strangers who have sent very firm prayers...my friend has the courage to smile again.
it is late autumn here. .the rusty gold outside my window resembles the rich wood-floorings that cover much of his house here. around his room are dedicated pictures of his friends, whose texts never stop coming each day be they from singapore, wellington or auckland. they are family. we begin and end with this fact of life. that is also his great gift..the ability to make, maintain & and keep sure-footed and steady friends, throughout his lifetime.