Ok so I send an email to my uncle asking for my DVDs that he was meant to have sent me about 4 months ago. His rather amusing reply:

I am glad that you have thought of me to ask for the
DVD's. It is possible that you could have written to
me about your trip to the land of (y)our colonial masters,
or of your general well-being, or, indeed, inquired
of ours. However, you have, as is your inimitable
talent, communicated very precisely on the practical
issue that concerns you.

It will be sent shortly, lah.



(he likes imitating singlish badly. it's his thang.) and it did occur to me at the time of writing the email, that perhaps it should be a little less to the point. haha. i'll circumvent the issue next time around.