my partner

Dear Kate,

i hope that one day me and minion can be a formidable doubles team. it feels so great to watch her improve each time we play! i'm so proud of her and so proud of myself for stumbling into her sight :)

monsters

Dear Kate,

I want to turn my face up towards the dark clouds, and smile as the rain drenches and blankets my soul. I want to laugh with the wind as it carries the giant waves crashing upon the shore. I want to dance with the monsters, as they sway to that unknown rhythm.

Dear Kate,

I'm 28 but still filled with excitement everytime I'm about to watch a movie. It helps that I rely almost exclusively on the opinions of the heroes at rottentomatoes.com, who can never be wrong. It also helps that every movie date feels like a first date -- and today's one of them :)

Losing weight

Dear Kate,

It surprised me just how much weight XY had lost over her recent stay in the hospital. While massaging her legs, it seemed like my fingers would injure her if I pressed just a little harder. And looking at the golf clubs beside the bed reminded me that she was once such a strong woman, making her current state so painful to see.

For some reason, I was suddenly reminded about my own weight loss concerns. I've never had to watch my weight, but of late, without the daily punishment of having to cycle up a hill to go to school, my body has happily gone about accumulating embarrassing amounts of fats and making me more and more nervous about my impending wedding!

We are both struggling with weight loss, but I fear the day when I have to struggle with the kind that is beyond my control.

Dear Kate,
Today I discovered, over a lunch discussion with my colleagues, that one of the main reasons why I do not break the law is because it can be very hard work. All the effort spent scheming and plotting, when I can instead relax and just lower my threshold of contentment. And maybe the reason why we sometimes get indignant about other people who cheat their employers etc. is that we are jealous of their ingenuity and our own corresponding lack of imagination? I do hope of course that it's because we are good people and therefore abhor evil deeds :)

Letters to Kate

Dear Kate,
Today I went to work on the bus, which meant I had about an hour by myself to just sit and watch the world fly past backwards. I realized that it's been so long since I wrote anything, and that i've let life silently slide past without leaving anything behind. These few months have been so beautiful and happy but soon they are just going to be a distant memory! Well, instead of lamenting, I'm going to start writing again, and hopefully all these wonderful memories can once again have a place to call home! I've decided to write to you because it's nice to have a pen pal and also you remind me very much of the lovely girl I'm going to marry! Ok, I've reached my workplace and must now make myself worth the huge amount of money they pay me.