Dear John (no, this is not a breakup letter), you are always in my thoughts (platonic ally, I swear:). The reason I reply to your writings is because I genuinely like the light-hearted, sometimes remorseful or irritated, other times, flirtatious anecdotes.From your writings, I can "assume" to be able to gauge your mind and thought process. Aba, you need verification and validation to the reasons why I reply to you, bhania? Kaasto unnyaya! You are right though about Svengali, I would hate to think that people don't respond to his writing (not that he asks for recognition, mind you)--perhaps, they don't know how to. Keep writing ni!