Mr. Sanyang, I am alive and well! Thanks for your concern. I have been busy trying to improve myself and my future since I cannot change the world - yes! I have been trying in my own little ways :) I do miss contributing to the discourse but as they say....there are other important stuff in life. I am currently working on a project which I shal share with all Ins'Allah in the next few days. For now, I will share this Chinese prose with the hope that we can learn from it: Do you want to improve the world? I don't think it can be done. The world is sacred. It can't be improved. If you tamper with it, you'll ruin it. If you treat it like an object, you'll lose it. There is time for being ahead. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~