Rie-chan!!
O-genki? Tenki wa??
Forgive my bad Japanese please, I'm finding I lose more and more everyday, and I miss it so very much...
I'm well thank you! How are you? Thanks so much for your email and I'm really sorry I haven't written back. I've been meaning to for absolutely ages, I'm just useless at emailing sometimes. I will soon, I promise!!
Lovely to hear from you, I can't believe it's been almost a year, wow

Your friend,
Pete