Hi Russ,

We're all doing fine, thank you.

What joy it is being around Mapanoy. He's a handful but I wouldn't want it any other way. Is fluent in both Lao and English now.

Nok, Mapanoy and myself were invited to have lunch at Monk Noy's mother's. He asked me to forward his regards to you and Chas and wished both of you would've been there.

We had a long chat after Mapanoy and Nok went home. He has a big test coming up but feels secure that he'll do fine.

Nothing else going on. Well, the weather's great. Sunny ever day and it's only now that it's starting to get hot and humid. Another month and it'll be an oven again!

Oh, before I forget, Mapanoy celebrated his 4th birthday (Jan 20), followed by me (Jan 25 - a bit older but not wiser). January 25 also happened to be our 5th wedding anniversary.

Taike

ps: am i the only one that prefers the original lay-out of SZ?