Emilia Hi! If anyone who know's Mandie is reading this, please tell her a Finnish girl she met in India would love to hear from her again! -Emilia

Alex So I'll be seeing you soon then????? very exciting! I'm now on summer hols which is ace although am illl in bed today with a virus which is just typcial! Hope you'll be heading up here at some point? I've just realised that by Tuesday you mean tomorrow so actually you probably wont read this before you're back but never mind! Safe journey home.xx

Imogen Hey Mands - Sorry to hear you're having trouble with the pigs... when you get back you're going to have to get used to other noises - traffic, people, more traffic... you'll be begging to be back! Another version of CJ just sounds too scary to contemplate so I'm going to have to lie down in a darkened room for a while. Can't wait to see you again. Much love, Imo xxx P.S. My maths question that I have to answer in order to comment is "1+1" - do you think they realise I'm a forward and are just trying to be nice to me?!

Adrian Heya mand, looks like you are having a great time in india! Have you been to the Punjaab yet? I'm ok, just finishing up my masters and looking for work. Can't wait for Helens! Take care, Love spade x

Alex Hey hey, I confess I didnt actually read all of that monster blog but did skim read it and it sounds like you're having a great time. Did you get my text the other day?? I just noticed that this blog started in Sep-you've been gone bloomin ages! Love Lex x

Amy Hey Mandie! Just read your lastest blog. Soooo glad u that u are enjoying ur new job! And the place were ur staying sounds great as well. Have loads of fun with ur sister and your friends that are visiting. U deserve it and I know u wil! I've started my Easter hols, I'm loving it. In London at the mo, have visited Gemma, we went out on Fri night. And last night I went to a couple of parties with uni people. Am staying with Abi now, but going to meet up with Ales, Leigh, Gemma, Clowesy and turnock later I think. Love the school hols, lol! Take care lady! Love Amy xxxxxxxxxx

harris Mandie, Mandie, Mandie, send me an email! When I have figured how skype works in this house I will ring you I promise! Anyway I just got back to the Zouch yesterday after a pain in the arse journey through London and let me tell you, Ashby at Christmas is fun! Ashby in March, well. I have only been here 20 hours but I am very bored and missing Korea already! I don't really remember being bored in a long time. I am going to go on an adventure to Liverpool and Manchester at the weekend so that should be fun :) Wow, you moved- that's exciting! Do you like your new city yet?! It must have been odd saying goodbye, as I guess they can't just pop over and see you in a year's time or whatever. I bet you are excited about having some visitors! I hope you will come back to England soon! Although I will say what you are doing now is a million times cooler, more interesting, and less pointless! Love you, xo

Mandie To whomever Sheeta Sharma is: I deleted your post since you didn't have the courtesy to leave you email address, preventing any form of communication with you. I'm sorry you feel that way about my narratives but I am simply retelling what I am experiencing, with the help of my Indian friends for that matter. You misjudge me and I presume have done so on the basis of your preconceptions about foriegners working in 'your' country. On that note, when I say to people that I'm here because I don't see myself as English, I see myself as human, I am greeted with an array of 'Sahi bhat', so perhaps you should stop judging 'Westerners' as you so delightfully stated, and start seeing people as people. Are you even from Bundelkhand? Do you even have a clue what Bundelkhan is like? Or are you reigning supreme because you happen to have been born here? For once, maybe try and see that someone might actually be trying to do some good for humanity and could perhaps do with the support of others, rather than suffering a heap of slack due to your ignorant and arrogant misjudgements. If you have a problem, then phrase your opinions in a constructive manner and at least give me the opportunity in engaging a discourse with you, thereby offering me the chance to explain myself. If you would be so kind as to email me, then I would be happy to talk about it further with you. Thanks

jenni hi hunni i hope ur ok sorry ive been rubbish & not been in contact for a while, i miss u loads & do think about u & am always thinking to myself i must write to mandie & then something happens and it slips my mind & then a remember again when im not near a computer!! anyway finally doing it! so uve got a new job..congrats!! i hope u start to enjoy it, chin up hun sorry to hear ur a bit upset about it all but just think to yourself u r doing such an amazing job i cant believe u managed to persuade them to build a new road & school!! brilliant!! i hope ur not too lonely without ur old flatmate! u'll be ok i know u will ur the strongest person i know! anyway my end not much going on, same same really as uve prob guessed, nothing much ever goes on. i quit my job which i think i told u as the company was in trouble money wise (who isnt!?) so decided to get out. am just doing ebay, decided to step it up a notch & sort of have it as my job, am making about the same as i did at work at the mo so thats ok, although need to start earning more soon really so can start saving some as just p it all up the wall at the mo! but am love working from home, me & james r still good too. apart from that nothin new to report lol!! speak soon, wont leave it as long next time sorry! xxx

Libby A "safe hourney home"? Nothing freudian about that! Counting the days till I see you, although will have to remember who knows what ;-) Should be moving into our new house the week before we come over, so I'll be able to tell you all about that too - let's hope we're all still friends after Week One! I'm such a cultural heathen, all I can think about is that beach hut in Goa! x

Imo Happy belated Christmas Mands. Was lovely to speak to you on Christmas day - sorry it was a bit late. xxx

Libby Are the landscape and building shots of that place near you that you told me about? Think we have to go there, it looks beautiful! Have a safe hourney home and I'll speak to you on the 31st. x

Harris Hey Mand, Belated merry christmas matey!! Hope you had a nice time on your trip, it sounds fun :) Had an awesome time back in the Gash, missed you though! Now I am in Canuckistan and going skiing tomorrow, weeee! When are you coming home?! xoxox