Memory Cards

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 November 1999 07:00 Written by Dương Thị Nhàn FTU Sunday, 28 August 2011 09:55

I am sobbing with Mr. Santa Claus that I wishes to have a paper card which is not in any brand name of any companies.

I still remember clearly, in my time, the movement of giving card to each other began from my first years in secondary school. It seems that my friends in primary school were born in families following Buddha so that they had no concept of Christmas in mind.

From my secondary school time, there was the mixture between the Buddhism and Christianity. My friends from red land hamlet- Church hamlet, usually went to church on Sunday and on Christmas, they gave cards to each other. I also received cards, it brought me new feeling and I really enjoyed it; I do not know how to show my felling at that time. Until now, I still remember the Christmas seasons after that, in the cold fog, I went to shop and chose cards, then came home and wrote carefully my wishes  for friends…But now, I can not remember to whom I gave my cards, maybe they are friends sat next to me at my class.

At those days, many friends sent Christmas and New Year cards to me, there were always two friends who was in the rumor of being my lovers (only me and the two friends know that we are friends only). I love those cards, and kept them carefully, but after my new house was built, I did not know where my grandfather and grandmother put them in. Upset!

At high school time, I received less cards, I am not dynamic girl any more, live more quietly. I can not explain that change! How crackbrain I am!

The number of cards received decrease in my student life. But, in this period, I remember clearly because there are fewer cards for me. The majority of cards come from guys who love my close friends. But, there were two guys who are just my friends, years by years; they gave me the little cute cards. One now is upland teacher, one rests in the heaven.  The later is the gentlest one at my class, so he was voted as the monitor of my class, he did everything for class but with any problem, he was the one receives all clapper claws from class. He was almost the earliest sent me card. Besides, there is one girl-my closest friend, always send card to me and other friends humored that she and me are lesbians. One year, there was a guy suddenly made a card by himself and sent it to me, it is so cute but I can not why I lost it.

Since I graduated, there has been no one sent Christmas cards to me (they have sent electric cards-> so boring), this year, think about it, I feel sad. So, I am sobbing with Mr. Santa Claus that I wish to have a paper card which is not in any brand name or any companies. The little wish becomes true this evening. Thank you so much, my Santa Clause. I am so emotional!

Duong Thi Nhan

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