Welcome back indeed - I'm touched that you still remember.
I had forgotten that you said you were studying in Tokyo, it was lucky you weren't there when the earthquake happened. You say they're still getting aftershocks all this time later? That must be odd - It's brave of you to go back there, I hope everything goes okay for you in that regard. How well is Japan recovering from your perspective?
I haven't really been on MSN in... Hmm. 3 years or so - I've lost contact with much of the old crew, I miss those old times even though they were very strange, but we all move on and that.