right. cast in iron and carved in stone and all that: i'll take the bus to new york this coming friday morning eastern time, wander around the city for a bit, and if any of the columbia people want to meet up we could have dinner? then fly out of jfk, arriving in singapore on sunday, via frankfurt (with its possibilities of dutyfree hanutas - heh.) i've put my cambridge phone on vacation suspension starting thursday till aug 1st so email me for anything. home and mobile numbers remain the same, but i have lost everyone's numbers because my dad has murdered my sim card, so call me people!!!