Dear X.T.,
Hello!!! I guessed if you really receive this letter, you would probably be shocked.
Just want to tell you, I really enjoyed the times we spent together with two of our best friends. During secondary one and two, the four of us would always hang out together ~ having lunch together, doing projects together, going out together and doing so much things together. Those are such happy and wonderful moments in my life! I would definitely remember them always!!! I still remembered that once when our class organized an outing together, all of us have to prepare some food and the four of us straightaway thought of making sushi. The process of making the sushi was so much fun. We went shopping in the supermarket for the ingredients. It’s a wonder how we could have shopped so long in the supermarket at that time. Then, we stayed up till so late for the preparing of the sushi ~ complaining about how the vinegar smells so yucky, making fun of each of our sushi and the satisfaction we felt when our sushi was ready. I could even laugh out now when I thought back. Still remembering the different various ‘so-called clubs’ we set up, it was so much fun!
Also, you guys are always there for me and thanks for that! Whenever we got separated, I was always crying and you guys would always be there to cheer me up, just like how I cried so badly when we got separated in secondary two. I really cannot think of my future in my own class without you guys. It will be so boring and lonely! However, thinking of that, it was quite embarrassing for me to cry that much. =) Also, just a few months ago, when we received our O Levels results, I cried again, knowing that all of us will be going on to separate paths. I even thought of following you guys into the same school but all of you are going to different schools!
Though we were always having fun, I knew that our relationship would not exist without the two of them. Our relationship worsens during secondary two though I never know the reason for that. It got worse just like that. We were always quarreling. Once, you were so angry with me that we had cold war for quite some time. I was really just playing with you that time. I did not meant the hit to be so painful but you got so angry for that. We were posted to different class in secondary three. We rarely hang out anymore, not even in school. It always saddens me to see you so happily with the others, not bothering about me anymore. Till the end of secondary three, I finally gathered my courage and find you guys again. Though we were hanging out again, I knew that our relationship could never be the same. I was always feeling to be the odd one out in your clique and how I wished that we were still in our same old clique. I would always make the effort to find you guys after my lessons but I know that you will probably not even care whether I am there or not. We do not even talk to each other without the presence of the others.
Well, if I could turn the time back to when our friendship starts to fade off, I would surely find out the cause and prevents it from hindering our friendship. I know that is impossible and I would like to tell you, I really wished that we will be great friends again but there always seem to be a barrier between us. That’s probably just my imagination but I really hoped that we could be best friends again.
Always your friend,
S.E =D
It’s paragraph 3 that interests me the most. It’s where the emotions become a bit more raw.
I suspect this was a challenging assignment for you, not because you couldn’t write this letter to “XT”, but because you didn’t know who you should write to.
This is a relatively simple letter, and the only change that seems to occur in you is that you got older, which your friendship with XT had no part of. You would have gotten older whether or not you knew her.
I can see early on you’re trying to complete the requirements of the assignment, giving the information about specific events. That’s when paragraph 3 kicks in, where you begin to be more introspective. You admit to feelings of jealousy and a lack of courage. This is where you need to grow your writing, the places where you allow your readers to see genuine emotion, and can dig deeper than just the surface level. It requires you to erase the line between your public and your private life, and it’s something you will have to come to terms with during your time here at Poly.