For awhile now i have had many things to say but no motivation to write then today i got a letter - a card actually written by Ilyana. She had written it and placed it inside my laptop. She wrote Dev on top of the card and underlined my name and she went on "thank you Acha you have been working so hard and thank you for saving money and buying a good school and I Love (actually was a heart) U Acha I'l see you at the night".
Oh Ilyana how i wish i was buying you a school....
And true to form i did the Kumar thing (actually its the C Gonzago gene) and teared.
I wrote a card for Ilyana thanking her and telling her how proud i am. I put it in her school bag and i hope she reads it tomorrow.
I was starting to focus again at work and unfortunately that means i lose some of my social graces (poor Yaso) as i completely get obsessed about my work. I blame the fact that i cannot multi task. But then i get a note like this which just fills me up with so much satisfaction. As i write this i smile and unfortunately feel like tearing again.
Yaso and i debated and agonised for many months before deciding to enrol Ilyana in international school and then another debate when we moved her to United World College (UWC). I was worried about her peers. Would they be too rich? and a whole lot of other questions? But as i see my beautiful girl grow not just in aptitude but more in confidence and caring, i am a very happy father.
Yaso, the school may be great but you are amazing.
d.
p/s i did finish the 5.6 in around 37 minutes. And am planning to run the 10km in KL on 28 June 2009
