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Personally I was more than amazed to realize that I had been sleeping less than a yard away from Kwun Yum for the past ten years without being aware of this fact. How could that be? Simple. When Marie, Lili and I went to Chinatown to purchase a couple of statues of Kwun Yum, as soon as we saw the first one, Marie said, "But we do have her at home!" she was kidding because I did not recolect ever see- ing the goddess anywhere in our apartment. It turned out that a lamp that was purchased by Marie many years before she met me, is actually a statue of Kwun Yum, I had never noticed her face for the sim- ple reason that it was partially covered by the lamp shade. The lamp is on a chest of drawers at arms length from my pillow. Lili's comment was incisive: "No wonder you are a successful TV. Kwun Yum has been protecting you all this time." After that, my respect for Kwun Yum has grown enormously. And I can't help but thank her every night just before I turn out the lights.

Another odd coincidence! At the recent Susanna's birthday party, marvellously organized by Clarissa and Sheila, Clarissa proceeded to show me a beauti- fully hand carved image of Kwun Yum. It seems that they have had her around the house for years! The temptation is awfully strong to start believeing, isn't it? Anyway, I'm sending Virginia a polaroid shot of Kwun Yum (taken by Lili of course) in case she has space to display her for our readers.

A few days ago I received a phone call from an- other reporter. It seems that he read about Kwun Yum in TVia #41 and his magazine wants him to write about Kwun Yum and Transvestism. So, here we go again. Let us hope that this interview will fare better than the previous one that was never published. Maybe the goddess will inspire the editor.

Now for a few thoughts inspired - not by our god- dess but by seeing TV's in action at the resort. I find myself getting into a great deal of argument

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