HI THERE KIDER, It all sounds great over there, first off HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE FROM US ALL . I have just read your notes for the first time as my bloody computor went t*** up again and i lost all info , and had to do yet another rebuild, WELL mate I told you that traveling was an education , the tea £400 , well in ft Luarderdale i went in to a bar for a quick beer and came out $150 light after having to pay for the strippers to have a drink to , the fact that we were the only ones in there , my buddy ray & I, I suppose spoke volumes, but hey your only young and gullable once , ps I did try to warn you, You will not be caught out againe, but think you can dine out on this one for years. With regards to your training remember that some things we put our bodys thru can come back to haunt us in latter life in the form of arthritus , so think before you do and be carefull , but also have fun swing those swords & sticks and protect the family jewels at all cost as they are not replaceble. uncle confushas he say, keep your cash in small amounts in many pockets , remember that £10 can be 3mnths pay to the natives , and old probverd what the eyes donot see the hart will not long for , bonsi wax on wax off ( karate kid ) xxx

Thanks for all of the birthday messages. I had a very nice, relaxed day to celebrate my 19th orbit of the sun, will tell all when i update the journal in the next couple of days.
Hasta Luego...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PIERS good to hear your voice last night/ this morning. Hope you got the post in time, if not check your emails (for backup!). Have a great day and enjoy the evening, hope it's a good meal.love mum, dad, Malory xxxx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PIRES! Have a good one. I will have a beer or two for you! Loads of love xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PIRES!! not too sure if China is infront or behind timewise but got written in my diary that its may 4th! so hope u have a fantastic day! speak soon! x x x

She's on it now so hopefully you can access them. Sorry about your TV debut performance being axed - that's show business for you!

I can't access hotmail at the moment so I can't get your message just now Mum. I will try again tomorrow. I told you that I got the emails through when Malory logged onto my system- but she has to keep logging on frequently for me to continue receiving them.

Piers, you won't get to read this until tomorrow so I'll say good morning. BJ just came for a tickle and says hi. He's a bit like you really: out and about most of the day, up to who knows what kind of mischief but never loses track of when its food time!
From what I can make out there are only six ingredients to all your food there; so have you got round to trying some honey with the rice just for a variation. Somewho one feels that, knowing you and Matt, you won't starve.
And how is it going with the £10 swords - that sounds like the things we used to give you when we were sending you off to some fancy dress tea party: "The Blackbeard Pirates" etc. Does £10 get you a sheath to keep it in as well or do you just wrap one of your dirty towels around it. Now before you think I'm being too lippy about this, let me tell you I have been catching up with a bit of light reading. Some words from Sifu Lo from the Wing Chung Kung Fu in Taiwan helped to de-mystify the whole thing - he said "Kung Fu has been taught in public since the mid 60's and so there are no secrets any more, just levels of difficulty. So get going. As the Chinese proverb goes - He who asks is a fool for 5 minutes but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. And talking of philosophy have you got involved with your Shaolin neighbours? Oh yes and what about the Manadarin: have you mastered that yet.
Its May Day Bank holiday here tomorrow so I need to dash off and see what lists of lists of jobs Mum has invented to make sure I don't relax too much. Cheers for now. Keep well.

Hi, I'm not sure if your getting all your emails directly now that Malory sent you the last set or does she need to update them? I've emailed you today and need a time from you by 3rd. May so if you havn't received it leave a message here, if u have please email me back. End of your 3rd. week - hope your still all in one piece and enjoying the acadamy.as much as when you arrived. Have you run out of witch hazel yet?Speak on your birthday, lol

o dear! your hiccup with the clippers doesnt sound too good, mach 3....desperate times eh! dotn know what you're talking about i loved your no hair look! :-s o well, hopefully it will have grown back by when you come back *crossing fingers* sounds like you're having a great time though, put some pics up of you and your wonderful hair! much love soph xx

Pires!

Just read your entries. Sounds pretty intense!
Just wanted to say hi to you and Matt and hope you guys are having a good time.

Drop me an e-mail when you can.

Andrew

-bit worried they dint transfer cz still says 42inbox....??

Yea dont worry, they will all stay in the inbox but will hopefully have a little arrow next to them, and the hotmail account should then receive a load of emails. If it doesnt work then there's not much you can do, once I'm able to log onto my hotmail, I'll let you know (Can't do it now for some reason!). Thanks for trying xx