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amizadai

Old words

Mar 17, 2009 22:20

Old typewriters make me sad. They remind me of my late grandfather, the one from Mexico. When he was alive, he used to send me typewritten letters, because he had Parkinson's Disease, and he didn't have the motor-skills to write the letters by hand. He'd spend hours rocking over his ancient typewriter, his tongue sticking out of his mouth, ( Read more... )

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glassmosaic March 17 2009, 15:56:07 UTC

oh.. i know that feeling. you describe it vividly, so much so that i feel your pain...

about school, friends, tv...sometimes i wonder whether i will feel the same way in yrs to come and starting regreting now...

amizadai March 17 2009, 17:50:23 UTC

Thanks. I was watching some guy on a TV show type something out on an old typewriter and all of a sudden my eyes were full of tears, because I was remembering my grandad.

kathybeast March 18 2009, 05:41:02 UTC

I'm so sorry Ami Monster. Your hurt fills my heart.

amizadai March 18 2009, 07:27:12 UTC

Thank you Kathy Monster. : )

valska March 18 2009, 05:19:06 UTC

I understand the guilt. Hope you feel better soon.

amizadai March 18 2009, 07:26:37 UTC

I'm OK, I was just feeling a bit melancholic yesterday. : )

distort_alex March 18 2009, 09:02:35 UTC

I wish I knew my relatives in Mexico more. I havn't been to Mexico since I was 5.

ps: amizadai sounds hard to pronounce.

amizadai March 19 2009, 03:40:57 UTC

You should go back. It's important to know your roots!

Amizadai really isn't that hard to pronounce. It just looks complicated, and people give up after the first two syllables. They need reading lessons!

distort_alex March 19 2009, 04:09:37 UTC

yeah, my family hails from Guadalajara. That was the city I went to when I was 5 & I havn't been to since. at least I watch futbol & I'm a huge fan of las Chivas de Guadalajara.

euphe March 18 2009, 19:44:14 UTC

as much as all of us are filled with regrets, im sure there is so much more for us to look forward.

typewriter reminds me of my late dad (though my parents were divorced when i was young, and i actually hated my dad in my early days) i would always sit in his malaysia (cos he worked in malaysia for malaysian airlines) office and the type writer would keep me entertain through the afternoon.

now that he is dead and i didnt attend his funeral, a type writer is all i am reminded of.

anonymous April 30 2009, 09:42:42 UTC

Amimi, this is such a beautiful post. It made me cry. I can't write like you do about these things. I try to be sincere, but every sentence ends up being weighed down with cloying cliches. Thanks for writing this.