Monday, April 01, 2024

My dear Ara

Ummi,

I borrowed my wife's novel "The Housekeeper and The Professor" by Yoko Ogawa in an attempt to distract myself from overthinking. She likes to write random notes on a piece of paper and slip them between the pages. One of these notes reads, "I never craved attention until I tasted his attention." She always enjoys being pampered, and I enjoy pampering her.

She told me she wanted to go to the Sexual Crime Court Against.Children in Putrajaya. But when I called her, she was at Taiping Prison meeting a criminal who has been sentenced to death. I'm not sure why she went there or what her purpose was. Sometimes I worry, but she always says, "Don't worry abang, they are good people except for the rapist."

She hates rapists, and I never ask or speak about that brutal criminal frequently. She does a lot of research about this. I myself can't see the whole picture of the victims, but she analyzes each of them very carefully. Her passion occasionally makes me worry, but I never hinder her career. I always support whatever she does and help wherever I can.


Ulu Yam Baharu, Selangor
March 28, 2024