HE SAID, MARIE, MARIE, HOLD ON TIGHT

And when we were children, staying at the archduke's,
My cousin's, he took me out on a sled,
And I was frightened. He said, Marie,
Marie, hold on tight. And down we went.
In the mountains, there you feel free.
I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.

~ The Waste Land, "The Burial of The Dead", Eliot

Monday, March 31, 2008
gold
so i'll be working and interning in the city in summer, in the publicity department in a midtown publishing company. plans finally have materialised, some extra paperwork is needed, and i need to settle where to live, but i am definitely excited about returning to a city that no longer is indifferent to me, but perhaps, loves me. (i'll wear an apron, and cook and clean and nag you to death, he said. and i'll put the food the table and be a complete asshole, i said. we joke like that, irony is the best defence against the realisation that the future isn't ours to claim.) and at the same time, i'm hoping to get some part-time work done at literary agencies. i talked to my parents at 2 am singapore time about this. my dad, sleepy, after wine. he told me that someone had a compliment about the book that he published (it's a gardening book that he wrote for charity.) i told him, when i become famous, i'll distribute it all over the world for you. he laughed, and i laughed and then i put down the phone. but there was something sweet, and possibly sad, but gently sad, and ironic, about the ambitious and unsettled daughter who was finally going to work in the city for a summer, telling them, it's gonna be ok, with some luck, i'd be able to make gold out of dreams, i'll distribute your book all over the world for you.

[publishing] Publishers Weekly . Dystel & Goderich . New York Center for Independent Publishing . Association of American University Presses . Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

[people] clarisse . nurul . aunty zarina (ummi's bakery) . jeremy . pak . cyril . softblow . karen & kenny (booksactually) . eric . joel .

[other loves] digitaljournalist . ballet dictionary . poetshouse . urbanwordnyc

[me] dawn, singapore, new york city, ithaca.

[yesterday] how to sleep
missing me
geryon
responsibility
cockroaches
thinking about home
lah
the artist
forgiveness
small press month! fyi

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