Dick Francis, if i may be so bold, is a cretin. and can count the number of Japanese people he has met on the one finger. babies are carried in a variety of slings and what not. also prams. i can have a look around. dod has my address and i recon its easier for him to forward the mail to you then me having to type it out. im pressed for time as i have to crawl into bed soonest. indeed the room is mine alone. most refreshing area of space after al those dorms. will blog later

hail! thank you for you letter mama! it painted a nice picture of home! 🙂 as requested i have uploaded a bunch of pictures mostly of my grinning visage. went to the premier of the latest indiana jones film last night. it was really fun. the film itself was good but not great, however the ceremony was interesting. and it was very cool to see harrison ford in the flesh. slightly less interesting to see the jowley george lucas but still.