Letter #63

15-June-1959

Pp.255-259

CK and BL no longer go to school

CK is small while MC and BL is bigger build and WK is the tallest in the fam.

MC is no longer lively around TSU but is her usual self around AB. She has also become more stubborn

CK is now learning to sew and BL is helping ME in the store.

There is bad news but it doesnt concern the family: there are fire that occurred in Thai that had destroyed millions of baht worth properties and destroyed many homes. The thing is that the fire is not an accident.

it is believed that the fire started to for several reason and

one of em is that they wanted to evict the tenant out without argument or recourse to the law.

The other is collection of insurance

there are those who say that the arsonist are mostly Chinese

they finally caught the man who alleged have set several fires and would be publicly executed.

TSU felt bad because what if they caught the wrong person. The news made him skeptical

Most recent fires occurred near Seng’s house

He and Kim together went to visit Seng

Seng’s household was in state of panic

it was said that Seng’s family was very scared and panic over the incident afraid that the fire would caught with then but luckily it soared them

Seng said he was lucky but he pity the poor people who had lost everything

TSU prayed that the fire would never reach him and that he is very afraid of fire

The execution of the arsonist dude was conducted on the temple ground. He was shot in front of a crowd. Obviously TSU was not one of em

TSU doesnt pity the man but pity man kind

Its said that the executions serve to warn the potential criminal and therefore justifiable

However TSU says its embarrassing and says that the least worthy part of man’s nature is thrilled by the drama and execution

He then describes the scene of the execution

Lastly he closed of the letters by sending prayers to his mom plus he says sorry for being a pessimist