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Thanks to J. for posting and for correcting me on the facts involving the plane crash that took the life of our late govenor. I had first heard the story on the first full day I spent in Medan over a Pizza Hut lunch with my neighbor who is not so easy to understand and who ends most sentences by laughing. When someone does that, I feel some pressure to laugh as well even though I'm not at all amused and see no reason to be. She has a habit of describing situations as offering always three things--the third thing being "everything." "Oh you must go to Sun Plaza. They have KFC, Pizza Hut, everything!" Or, "You will love 'Traders! You can drink beer, get steak, everything!" She is really a very lovely woman, very nice and helpful but one finds himself at pains to converse with her.

J. is in Singapore visiting family and attending a wedding for the weekend. I'll be on my own and will see what I can find out that is postworthy, not that I've been at all discriminating.

School lunch here is absolutely terrible most of the time. At first I liked it okay, but now I cannot even look at much of what is served. I've been told that if I really want to be disgusted I should go watch them cook it. There is a KFC a short distance from here which is not too much better and would not even be a consideration if it were not so close. Last night I ate salmon at a Japanese restaurant that was quite nice. It's a place my father would like, if only for the salmon.

I'll maybe get to an internet cafe this weekend. Otherwise, I'll post again next week. So long.