rubyw would love to help, but doesn't have a lot of motivation herself today.... she has just been watching videos of tumbleweeds on YouTube (the best one was set to the theme tune of Rawhide).

heheh I've just seen your message - it was marked as 'read' in my inbox though it wasn't!! (up)

I've been following it as well, it is exciting and must be much more so if you're American. It's been amazing watching the number of people queueing up for hours to vote - I can't imagine that happening in this country, it seems so much more apathetic here. Or maybe it's our politicians. They interviewed Martin Luther King's sister last night on C4 as well as other people involved in the civil rights movement, and it's quite moving to listen to older people who lived through that. It's so easy to take things for granted and forget how they happened. It's a pity Obama's auntie died though, it would have been amazing for her if she could have seen him win, though it's good that he got to see her recently.

gloss

spat

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So this is where it all started, was it!! Well, I'm glad you hopped over to the accountability thread in the end, as I haven't trawled through all the old ones so I'd never have ended up having the benefit of your advice and support otherwise!! Which has all been very useful in getting on with the thing in your absence, so thank you! (up)

Are you sure you're on holiday if you're on here btw...? :-)

clamp

slam

Could you get in touch with some Japanese universities that do your subject at postgrad level and ask whether they have any international students in your field that you could contact? Would the Japanese Embassy be able to help at all?

Usually on here, when there's a deathly silence and virtual tumbleweeds blowing through a thread, it's generally because no one can help, although I'm sure they would if they could. Good luck anyway!

clap

crimp

Thank you!

chimu

apparently they're an ancient Peruvian civilisation, I wish I could find a better word with no 'ch' in it though!

cram

climb

grim