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    We’re going to have a class party during recess next week ’coz the first topic for Moral is Celebration. Oh dear, I’m having problems with my Maths. I’m quite bad at Maths. I have to practise more! Last night, we went to CJC hostel to get some signatures from the ASEAN scholar seniors there. Gosh, some people have about 70 signatures and I have only 34!!! If we don’t get 75% of the list, we get forfeited. Have to put more effort into it. There was one guy who asked me to tell him about myself and when I said I have two cats, he wanted to know the names. He roared with laughter at “Lolo” and when I said “Bimbo” he asked me, “Do you know what Bimbo means?” He wouldn’t tell, which means it was probably something dirty. At last he told, it means “prostitute”!! (That may explain why Bimbo always gets raped by the male cats in the neighbourhood! Poor Bimbo!) Then there was another guy I was so annoyed with. He told me a pack of lies about being Betty’s cousin and kept asking stupid questions about her. At first he said his name was “David”, then “Leland”, then “Kirk”. (David is his real name.)
    CJC is not a very disciplined hostel. The girls and boys can go into each other’s rooms without the Father (who is the director) knowing.
    Oh ya, yesterday we had a Mass in school. A Father came and it was quite boring. First he praised Lord for this and that, then we sang hymns and songs (I don’t mind singing), then he said some more prayers. All together, he must have said 20 prayers but when the Catholics prayed, I didn’t. Actually I was feeling sleepy. I always go to sleep late at night. I’m glad I’m getting closer to the people at my hostel, so I’m not so lonely.
    Gosh this letter is really messy. It’s now 1.40 am. I’m going to stop here.
    Love, Pei Yi
    Hi again
    It’s now 1.50 am and I’ve just finished writing in my diary. Since I’m writing to you so much everyday, I’ve stopped writing a lot in my diary like I used to. Oh ya, remember I told you we call RI “Retarded Institution”? I also thought of “Rapists’ Institution”, and today at CJC one guy told me they have many such bad names for every school, including mine (CHIJ), and some of them are vulgar!!
    Sunday 12 January
    Dear Mei Yee
    It’s now 1.15 am on Sunday and I still haven’t gone to sleep. I have so many things to tell you. Now where do I start? Yesterday morning, we woke up late. We missed breakfast so I cooked Indomee. I just put mee into a pot and put boiling water from the boiler and it’s ready. Then Betty, Jen Nee, Alisa and Nancy gathered in my room. We told dirty jokes and ghost stories. I got really scared ’coz the ghost stories were true. I want to tell you and see what you think, if you want to hear.
    Glossary
    mee Mandarin noodles
    OK, then we went to Beauty World for lunch (ate at KFC).
    Betty told me RGS is moving to a new building, becoming hi-tech and is going to be privatized. They’ll have lasers in the classrooms, an underground air-rifle range, cards (like ATM cards) for buying canteen food and books and for storing your personal data in. And all classrooms will be air-conned … Very impressive.
    There’s this girl Elizabeth (a new scholar, Sec 3), who flirts around with boys a lot! She’s the not-shy-at-all type and really flirts! She talked about dirty things to a senior guy, who then told Betty he was so disgusted he didn’t want to speak to her again.
    Now, something else I must tell you. I phoned my family at about 8 pm and I was alone at the phone booth, which is on the ground floor at the end of the block. After hanging up, I heard a voice out of nowhere calling “jie” (sister in Mandarin) twice and I got SO scared. Betty asked me to go to her room, so I went. I told her about