The handwritten text was transcribed as follows with the help of the Doubao app.

A handwritten letter by JP to the writer Rosie Wee's mother was transcribed as follows with the help of the Doubao app.

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(15) If I am not mistaken, you will soon be off to the isle of Carimoon (Note: The historical anglicized name for Karimun Island, also known as Karimun Besar, in the Riau Islands, Indonesia). I trust this will be a pleasant place for you, for such an island always escapes the horrors of warfare. So have faith that we will meet each other again.

 

As for me, I know how to be careful with my movements. I pray peace and wellbeing will arrive soon, and that everyone may once more live prosperous and happy lives.

 

Lastly, I wish to meet you at Koek Road Tea Shop tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m. (short T.T. / a brief visit). This appointment is meant just for you, and I will wait for you there at three o’clock. Afterward, we may go to the museum. You can wander freely in its spacious halls, and we may look upon each other.

 

Please bring your nicest photograph. If you do not have it with you now, any picture will do, and I will treasure it. I can no longer clearly picture your face in my mind. Before long, I will send you a portrait of myself too, one taken at Broadway or a similar spot. I long deeply to see you.