Untold Untruths
Mike Wozowski is gobsmacked for good reason.
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Thursday, December 2
My Letter to Prometheus.
To: yoongtc@undisclosed.my
Subject: I'm not spam, I promise!
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Good evening Sir!
Inevitably, the first thing I'd like to ask you is: Do you remember me? :)
If you don't, I was the one with the chubby face and glasses. Marcus Wong's sister, if that jogs a clearer memory.
If you do, then I'm just too happy for words :)
I've been meaning to drop by to have a chat with you over some stuff, but you never seem to be in. My mother suggested calling your office and set up an appointment to meet with you, but the word 'appointment' always put me off. (It sounded like a leeetle too much of a bother, no offense :)
Thankfully however, my sister (Eunice) helped me get your e-mail address yesterday, so here I am.
I've been reading the Cogito newsletters she brings back every now and then. They remind me very strongly of all the things you used to teach us and also, of all the awful merciless hounding you put us and our poor essays through. (You haven't changed a bit, you sarcastic fiend.) They have made me realise how valuable your I.Q.D. programme was, and now I regret not appreciating enough of what you were doing for us back then. If I had known then how much of a real education I was receiving, I would have been a much better student, methinks.
Right now, I really miss Cosmotots and especially your harsh criticism (kowtow). They were the best and most constructive motivation I have ever found. The essays I write nowadays (nowayears, more like) are utter rubbish because I lack the drive to write. There is no one to mark them for me whose grading I would trust. The teachers in school give A's according to grammar mistakes, "isi kandungan", spelling mistakes and the like. They don't really give a crap about how you present your work, how mature your thinking is and all that.
In Cosmotots, things were different. There was nothing we could write that could find no fault with you. It made getting an A+ from you a real honour. Your incessant comments and cristicism gave me a foundation to build my work upon, and now that I don't have anything like that anymore, my writing has taken quite a severe nosedive. I am not as good as I want to be. And though I want to develop any potential that I might possess, without guidance, I am a bit at a lost for what to do.
I am 16 now, and turning 17 next year. Although I believe my forte is in art, I enrolled in the pure-science stream because mum thinks that it will offer more job opportunities. My mum frets everyday that I will not get enough A's in SPM (I got 6 in PMR) and that I will not be able to go to a good university. She does not believe in colleges and I think neither do I. She also says that if I do not get a scholarship anywhere, I might not be able to go uni at all because of financial difficulties.
The plan for now is that I am to get wundabatastic results for SPM, go Form 6, and then and only then decide where I really want to go. I know my forays will never be into science. I loathe physics and biology. What I want is to study something to do with writing skill perhaps, and take up art as a side-course. I don't suppose what I want will eventually earn me alot of moolah, but it's really important to me that I end up working a job I enjoy!
What I need, dear Sir, is some direction for my looming future. And some help/tips/suggestions in order to develop my writing. There is no one I defer to more than you in respect of these things, which is why I'm turning to you. Please won't you make me a happy girl and reply this ultra cheonghei email? :)
By the by, how are you? And are you delving into the history of the Greek Gods again? Prometheus, Zeus, Heracles, Pandora etc make quite a show in October's Cogito. And why in the world are you publishing such violent stories? As though the kids under your tutelage aren't violent enough as they are (just look at Eunice).
Oh, and before I forget, could you recommend a nice, good list of books? There doesn't seem to be anything particularly decent in the bookstores nowadays. And if I recall correctly, did you once say that "My Word" isn't in publication anymore? I would love to get a copy of it if it's possible :) It's fantastic shit, pardon the dubious vocabulary.
Here's hoping you're well and kicking!
Yours truly,
Krystle.
...I haven't clicked Send yet. I'm so afraid he'll read this and think I'm an airhead.
Subject: I'm not spam, I promise!
___________________________________________________________________________
Good evening Sir!
Inevitably, the first thing I'd like to ask you is: Do you remember me? :)
If you don't, I was the one with the chubby face and glasses. Marcus Wong's sister, if that jogs a clearer memory.
If you do, then I'm just too happy for words :)
I've been meaning to drop by to have a chat with you over some stuff, but you never seem to be in. My mother suggested calling your office and set up an appointment to meet with you, but the word 'appointment' always put me off. (It sounded like a leeetle too much of a bother, no offense :)
Thankfully however, my sister (Eunice) helped me get your e-mail address yesterday, so here I am.
I've been reading the Cogito newsletters she brings back every now and then. They remind me very strongly of all the things you used to teach us and also, of all the awful merciless hounding you put us and our poor essays through. (You haven't changed a bit, you sarcastic fiend.) They have made me realise how valuable your I.Q.D. programme was, and now I regret not appreciating enough of what you were doing for us back then. If I had known then how much of a real education I was receiving, I would have been a much better student, methinks.
Right now, I really miss Cosmotots and especially your harsh criticism (kowtow). They were the best and most constructive motivation I have ever found. The essays I write nowadays (nowayears, more like) are utter rubbish because I lack the drive to write. There is no one to mark them for me whose grading I would trust. The teachers in school give A's according to grammar mistakes, "isi kandungan", spelling mistakes and the like. They don't really give a crap about how you present your work, how mature your thinking is and all that.
In Cosmotots, things were different. There was nothing we could write that could find no fault with you. It made getting an A+ from you a real honour. Your incessant comments and cristicism gave me a foundation to build my work upon, and now that I don't have anything like that anymore, my writing has taken quite a severe nosedive. I am not as good as I want to be. And though I want to develop any potential that I might possess, without guidance, I am a bit at a lost for what to do.
I am 16 now, and turning 17 next year. Although I believe my forte is in art, I enrolled in the pure-science stream because mum thinks that it will offer more job opportunities. My mum frets everyday that I will not get enough A's in SPM (I got 6 in PMR) and that I will not be able to go to a good university. She does not believe in colleges and I think neither do I. She also says that if I do not get a scholarship anywhere, I might not be able to go uni at all because of financial difficulties.
The plan for now is that I am to get wundabatastic results for SPM, go Form 6, and then and only then decide where I really want to go. I know my forays will never be into science. I loathe physics and biology. What I want is to study something to do with writing skill perhaps, and take up art as a side-course. I don't suppose what I want will eventually earn me alot of moolah, but it's really important to me that I end up working a job I enjoy!
What I need, dear Sir, is some direction for my looming future. And some help/tips/suggestions in order to develop my writing. There is no one I defer to more than you in respect of these things, which is why I'm turning to you. Please won't you make me a happy girl and reply this ultra cheonghei email? :)
By the by, how are you? And are you delving into the history of the Greek Gods again? Prometheus, Zeus, Heracles, Pandora etc make quite a show in October's Cogito. And why in the world are you publishing such violent stories? As though the kids under your tutelage aren't violent enough as they are (just look at Eunice).
Oh, and before I forget, could you recommend a nice, good list of books? There doesn't seem to be anything particularly decent in the bookstores nowadays. And if I recall correctly, did you once say that "My Word" isn't in publication anymore? I would love to get a copy of it if it's possible :) It's fantastic shit, pardon the dubious vocabulary.
Here's hoping you're well and kicking!
Yours truly,
Krystle.
...I haven't clicked Send yet. I'm so afraid he'll read this and think I'm an airhead.