Today I got two…count them, two letters post-marked from Hong Kong.  They are both in Chinese.  One of them bears my instructor’s picture.

     I have no idea what they say.  My guess is, nothing good.  Something about multi-faced bad people and not being qualified to teach Kung Fu, and that my father smells of Elderberries.  Most likely an assertion that nobody else in Kung Fu will ever train me.  Perhaps a vague threat about having me “dealed” with.  Whatever.

     I’ve gotten to the point of being amused and not taking them seriously.  I look forward to seeing what Chinese stamps might be on the envelopes.  I have quite a collection.  These each bear a selection from the Children’s Stamps – Anderson’s Fairy Tails collection.  The selection?  The Little Match Girl.  Its denomination is $3 – presumably HKD.

     But what continues to mystify me is why would they bother to continue this harassment for so long?  What possible motive could they think this will achieve?  Obviously, it’s not going to stop me taking classes from my instructor, or I would have by now.  Obviously, they don’t have the guts to actually do anything to stop me, or they would have by now.

     So I am left to wonder, ultimately, what is the point of spending the time, money and energy to send out these letters?

     It just seems so pointless and more than stupid.  It seems desperate, lame and pathetic.

     Every letter is just one more piece of proof to me that I chose the correct instructor.