Dear Lew Cho Kang,
If this ever made its way back to you, in time, when you are 17, read this.
It’s you, at 24 year-old.
7 years had passed.
Look under your bed, there’s something that no one knows you hid.
You wouldn’t know you are now commonly known as C.K.
You wouldn’t know your initial is gonna be C.K. Lew.
You wouldn’t know at times you’ll get confused with your name in sequence, in different places you are in – Lew Cho Kang or Cho Kang Lew.
I know it’s tough, you are having a crush on your best friend.
I know you really like that person, and it doesn’t seem fair why that is happening to you.
I know you got no one to tell.
I know pain like that is rare but real.
I know it hurts so much.
I know you wonder if you will be able to survive.
I know the exam you are having is not easy.
I know you are struggling and hope it will be gone soon.
I know if you do not make it through, your mom will kill you dead.
I know you wonder if you ever gonna pull through that.
I know you are aspired to read law.
I know you are having dilemma to transfer school or not.
I know you can never utter an English sentence with your really terrible English level.
I know you are worried that you are not able to pull it off.
I know you wonder what your future is gonna hold.
All I can say is, don’t worry. I know at 17 it’s hard to see past these.
You will get over all those.
Oh no, about your crush, on second thought, you will never. But don’t worry, the hurt will not be there.
You will survive and you will see you’re still around to write this letter to me.
At 18, you have already gotten your driving licence short after your 17th birthday. You will be doing your national service in East Malaysia where you have never been before, as well as first exposure to legal field by doing internship in a law firm. Your crush changes from this best friend to another best friend.
At 19, you will become the Head Prefect, leading 2000 plus students in your school. You will have an encounter of embarrasement in B.O.S.S. room. You will be suffering through the STPM but trust me, you will squeak by and be fine. You will start crushing on your junior(s). You will be interviewing live on television with your broken English. But one thing significance will happen, you will have a sudden crush on USA and then start picking up English. Your pet, Rocky dies.
At 20, you will get a local university offer to do International Forestry but as usual, after your huge dilema, you turn it down and decide to start reading law. Somehow you will fall in love with Germany as well.
At 21, you will start working part time as telemarketer, tutor and somehow became a radio person at radio station 988 – your first time experience of your voice going on air, nevertheless live. I wish I can go back in time and tell you, at the junction of somewhere near the OUG vegetarian restaurant, remember always stop completely, don't just tap the break. But too bad I can't and you will have a road accident.
At 22, you will be going to UK and get your law degree. This life changing event happens and that’s when your overseas plan really starts. But your crush becomes international, you gonna meet a French who you really like.
At 23, you will be doing the Bar which you will never expect you would. You will face one of the biggest challenges in life ever, even before the start of the course.
You will fall, really hard, and wonder when that’s gonna end.
You will start seeing and experiencing new things in life.
You will meet a person you will never be able to forget thus far.
You will let that person comes and turns your life around.
You will be interested in Iran so much.
And here, at 24, you will officially become a newscaster at Astro Radio, your first job in life.
You will get close to some high school friends that you never thought you’d ever see again.
Your best friends are still around, they are still called 3+3, driving and following their own dreams.
You will be meeting some fantastically kind strangers in the UK.
You will start getting to travel, associate with travelers and get inspired by them.
You will understand some philosophies in life.
You will quit the broadcaster job and called to the English Bar.
You will be having a huge dilemma of whether to come home.
You will finally choose to come home first but working towards alternative to move out.
You will choose to do things people usually don't.
You will then start a pupillage in Malaysia with experience you will never thought you'd get.
Things sometimes do not turn out right.
Life will sometimes knock you down.
Don’t be too confident.
Don’t be too naïve.
Don’t be too skeptical.
Don't second guess yourself too much.
Have plan but do not be rigid.
Life does come and surprises you.
Anticipate and deal with it. You can never speculate whatever ahead.
Just like you'll never know you'd be interested in broadcasting now when you're 17.
When you are having an argument, just assume you’re wrong and your mom is right.
When you are feeling to give it up, just linger on and hold on tight.
When you are thinking nothing turns out right, take a deep breath and take the left.
When you are doubting yourself, follow your instinct with intuition and inner voice.
When you are falling down so hard, shed some tears, tap your shoulder and tell yourself it will be alright.
Even now you will be still doubting everything you do now. You will be thinking if you have made the right choice.
You will still be drowning with the Iranian you met at the end of your 23.
You will meet another Canadian crush and you will start getting confused.
You will make new friends.
You will start finding yourself.
But now you are only 17, I understand you got so much going.
I wish you'd study Persian, or other language.
I wish you'd take a piano class.
I wish you wouldn’t worry and let it be.
The pain is real, but life goes on.
All you gotta do is to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and move on.
The life will bring you where you ought to be. Someday, someone or something gonna lead you there.
He got a plan for you.
Have a little faith and you'll see.
Yours sincerely,
C.K. Lew
If this ever made its way back to you, in time, when you are 17, read this.
It’s you, at 24 year-old.
7 years had passed.
Look under your bed, there’s something that no one knows you hid.
You wouldn’t know you are now commonly known as C.K.
You wouldn’t know your initial is gonna be C.K. Lew.
You wouldn’t know at times you’ll get confused with your name in sequence, in different places you are in – Lew Cho Kang or Cho Kang Lew.
I know it’s tough, you are having a crush on your best friend.
I know you really like that person, and it doesn’t seem fair why that is happening to you.
I know you got no one to tell.
I know pain like that is rare but real.
I know it hurts so much.
I know you wonder if you will be able to survive.
I know the exam you are having is not easy.
I know you are struggling and hope it will be gone soon.
I know if you do not make it through, your mom will kill you dead.
I know you wonder if you ever gonna pull through that.
I know you are aspired to read law.
I know you are having dilemma to transfer school or not.
I know you can never utter an English sentence with your really terrible English level.
I know you are worried that you are not able to pull it off.
I know you wonder what your future is gonna hold.
All I can say is, don’t worry. I know at 17 it’s hard to see past these.
You will get over all those.
Oh no, about your crush, on second thought, you will never. But don’t worry, the hurt will not be there.
You will survive and you will see you’re still around to write this letter to me.
At 18, you have already gotten your driving licence short after your 17th birthday. You will be doing your national service in East Malaysia where you have never been before, as well as first exposure to legal field by doing internship in a law firm. Your crush changes from this best friend to another best friend.
At 19, you will become the Head Prefect, leading 2000 plus students in your school. You will have an encounter of embarrasement in B.O.S.S. room. You will be suffering through the STPM but trust me, you will squeak by and be fine. You will start crushing on your junior(s). You will be interviewing live on television with your broken English. But one thing significance will happen, you will have a sudden crush on USA and then start picking up English. Your pet, Rocky dies.
At 20, you will get a local university offer to do International Forestry but as usual, after your huge dilema, you turn it down and decide to start reading law. Somehow you will fall in love with Germany as well.
At 21, you will start working part time as telemarketer, tutor and somehow became a radio person at radio station 988 – your first time experience of your voice going on air, nevertheless live. I wish I can go back in time and tell you, at the junction of somewhere near the OUG vegetarian restaurant, remember always stop completely, don't just tap the break. But too bad I can't and you will have a road accident.
At 22, you will be going to UK and get your law degree. This life changing event happens and that’s when your overseas plan really starts. But your crush becomes international, you gonna meet a French who you really like.
At 23, you will be doing the Bar which you will never expect you would. You will face one of the biggest challenges in life ever, even before the start of the course.
You will fall, really hard, and wonder when that’s gonna end.
You will start seeing and experiencing new things in life.
You will meet a person you will never be able to forget thus far.
You will let that person comes and turns your life around.
You will be interested in Iran so much.
And here, at 24, you will officially become a newscaster at Astro Radio, your first job in life.
You will get close to some high school friends that you never thought you’d ever see again.
Your best friends are still around, they are still called 3+3, driving and following their own dreams.
You will be meeting some fantastically kind strangers in the UK.
You will start getting to travel, associate with travelers and get inspired by them.
You will understand some philosophies in life.
You will quit the broadcaster job and called to the English Bar.
You will be having a huge dilemma of whether to come home.
You will finally choose to come home first but working towards alternative to move out.
You will choose to do things people usually don't.
You will then start a pupillage in Malaysia with experience you will never thought you'd get.
Things sometimes do not turn out right.
Life will sometimes knock you down.
Don’t be too confident.
Don’t be too naïve.
Don’t be too skeptical.
Don't second guess yourself too much.
Have plan but do not be rigid.
Life does come and surprises you.
Anticipate and deal with it. You can never speculate whatever ahead.
Just like you'll never know you'd be interested in broadcasting now when you're 17.
When you are having an argument, just assume you’re wrong and your mom is right.
When you are feeling to give it up, just linger on and hold on tight.
When you are thinking nothing turns out right, take a deep breath and take the left.
When you are doubting yourself, follow your instinct with intuition and inner voice.
When you are falling down so hard, shed some tears, tap your shoulder and tell yourself it will be alright.
Even now you will be still doubting everything you do now. You will be thinking if you have made the right choice.
You will still be drowning with the Iranian you met at the end of your 23.
You will meet another Canadian crush and you will start getting confused.
You will make new friends.
You will start finding yourself.
But now you are only 17, I understand you got so much going.
I wish you'd study Persian, or other language.
I wish you'd take a piano class.
I wish you wouldn’t worry and let it be.
The pain is real, but life goes on.
All you gotta do is to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and move on.
The life will bring you where you ought to be. Someday, someone or something gonna lead you there.
He got a plan for you.
Have a little faith and you'll see.
Yours sincerely,
C.K. Lew
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