on nov. 13, mr. coe's class wrote:

> HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

thanks, class... it's nice to hear from you!

> We assume that you have heard about the American
Airlines crash. We are all sad, but glad that so far everyone thinks
that it was an accident, not another terrorist attack.

yeah, i heard all about it just before i left my hotel in san francisco... it was a strange thing to listen to, just before you head off to the airport.

> We are glad that you have made it safely to Japan. What is Tokyo like?

so far, i haven't seen too much of tokyo, except out of the window of the bus that took me from narita international airport to my hotel here in downtown tokyo... i had dinner here, at the restaurant on the 40th floor (the top) of the hotel last night with a man named ito-san (mr. ito). it was a very fancy restaurant! when the sun comes up in a few hours (its 5:24am right now and i can't sleep; you're just getting back from lunch), i hope to see much more of it. we are supposed to tour several famous places as a group today... i will upload pictures of my first REAL day in tokyo later today... i think you should be able to see them in the morning.

> Are you in Ubay yet?

not yet. i think i go to ube on sunday or monday.

> How is the weather?

chilly... a lot like flagstaff, but the air feels more humid. it's supposed to rain today.

> That was a great article in the newspaper.

thx. i think i liked it okay, too. might change a couple things... nothing you write is EVER finished, right?

> Mrs. White thought it was very nice of you to put her name in it.

i just REALLY, REALLY glad she's there for you. you're lucky, and so am i.

> Well, we had better get busy and get some work done.

yes, you had... enough of this silly internet.

i miss you A LOT... seriously. you're great kids.

YEEEEHAW!!!
mr. coe is ONLINE in tokyo, japan... 11 hours of flying... it's 315 in the morning by my watch, but the fulbrighters all say it's only 715 at night and that it's time for dinner... yeesh... so tired... dizzy, almost, with fatigue of flying, talking, eating, sitting since whenever... hours ago... HAVE A GREAT DAY AT SCHOOL... tell mrs. white thanks for subbing for me... i will post more pictures of things later... but for now: tokyo, eating, then SLEEP... sleep... sleeeeeeep.