memories embodies in letters

i hate packing up my untidy room. all that dust, all that junk which i carelessly toss aside. its confrontation time. its judgement time. i find it a chore to determine what i should throw, what i wanna keep, where i should keep this, whether i'll need this in future etc. there are some stuff which you know is kinda useless, or it has decomposed slightly yet you still wanna keep it because there is sentimental value (or sometimes, u KNOW there is some sentimental value but you just can't recall what). however, one good thing about clearing out all that junk is the pile of gold you will find beneath. and that gold, to me, is not a carelessly tossed $50 note, but a bucketful of memories.

these memories are presented in a mountain of letters and little gifts, which i have finally dug out from the other junk and dumped into 2 paper boxes. it is impossible to sort them out, whether by size, by year, by the writer as it is just too tedious to do so. while trying to sort them (a futile attempt), i opened some up, gingerly, as some of the paper are more than 10 years old (yes, i am THAT OLD can?). most of it makes me smile, some embarrasses me and some totally confuses me (because i totally cannot recall what the writer was talking about). here are the top nominees for writers of the year:

most creative card/letter maker: my buddy.
she uses cutes letter paper/envelopes, endorses them with stickers and uses different creative materials. no doubt a hint of the fanshionista she is now.

most thoughtful/sweet/neat cards: lunz
she enjoys writing and giving cards (erm..btw, where are the xmas cards which u claimed u prepared for me for the past decade?) and you can tell that much thought is put into the choosing of these cards as they embody hidden meanings and sweet gestures

most nonsense, crappy and "i duno why u are writing this letter for" writer: ms wang huijun.
the few letters i opened from u, u said something like "i duno what to write but i must write". i am desperately trying to recall if i ever forced u to write to me. hmmm..i am sure i was as confused the first time i opened the letter. however, one redeeming card speaks of how much u treasure our friendship. i can't recall if i returned the sentiments, but definitely the card touches me everytime i read it.

sweetest/kindest/"most gifts attached to a letter" letter: william
every letter is an encouragement, and there is a gift, however big or small (bday gifts, paper cranes, bookmarks, limited edition phonecards, dreamcatcher from taiwan etc) attached with almost every letter.

most mysterious letter: chelsea ong
u mention some things which i am not supposed to tell anyone. but let me tell u now, u shouldn't have worried. i have no idea what you were talking about. wahahahaha!!!

person of the year (for starting the trend of writing leters): kim.
enough said right? the first 30 or so letters were writen by you! and we all copied how u folded the letters. not bad. you "dai4 ling3 shi2 shang4 cao2 liu2"

least letter writer of the year but has lots of juicy tidbits in each letter: julia.
u ARE the gossip queen. i shall keep your secrets, just in case i become FATTER. zip.

after reading just 1/5 of the pile, i feel like the most loved person in the world. i must say, these letters are definitely keepers.