It was so kind of you to think of me when you knew about the job that would soon be becoming vacant in your company.
thanks for writing to tell me about it and for speaking to your boss about it . i am very grateful to you ,indeed.
in fact, your kindness make me feel quite bad about saying this but i'm afraid that there's no way that i could take up this job . i have thought a great deal about it , trying to see a way to do it.
but,finally ,i realized that it was impossible.
you see,my main consideration will always have to be for my mother,
who i love all the more for being adoptive rather than natural . she is old and disabled and needs someone to look after her. no doubt we have relatives but it's not the same .
and,she will find it very difficult to move with me into a tiny flat(for that's all i could possibly afford )
in kuala lumpur.
here,she has all her old friends and her vegetable garden and fruits(which i look after actually )
to look at. she tells me to leave her behind but,would you if you were me?
i know that i have often told you of my dissatisfaction with my present job.
however, the conditions are tolerable and the pay,while being no fortune,is adequate to keep us living. we are, of course, helped by my married brothers,who sends us something every month or so.
i wish i could accept your boss's job offer . i would so have a job with some prospects of promotion and providing some kind of challenge .
but ,as you can see, i have no choice. so i must stay here fou the time being.
i'm sorry . and,i'm very touched and grateful for all you did.