Before he posted his message we looked at a world map to see where all the responses came from. Even though he is a young man with a keen insight into the 21st Century he was impressed by the wide range of places from which people responded. Now if I can just get him to remember to use subject pronouns....

We went to the Micronesia Mall to see the Guam Historical Society Museum. I had told Tatsuro about Shoichi Yokoi and he wanted to know more. For those who don't know, Yokoi was the Japanese soldier who hid out in the jungles of Guam for 28 years after the American forces took it back. Tatsuro was impressed.

The other day I asked him for his definition of adventure. Typically for a young person he came up with something along the lines of tramping wild jungles with limited resources. I explained my own definition which is somewhat less harrowing. I included his adventure, at 15, leaving his native land, to live on his own, learn a foreign language, and go for a GED diploma instead of going to high school... Seems like an adventure to me.