Hi Ivy, sorry to hear you're feeling homesick. Agree with Canella about TV and magazines from home always helping (oh, and chocolate and biscuits!). A lovely MNer has sent me British magazines in the past and it's always cheered me up, even when I'm not feeling particularly homesick. You must have a lot to cope with, with the surprise twin pregnancy - isn't your DC2 still quite young as well (if you are who I think you are)? - and of course being far from home.
Canella Glad the meet-up with silken went well. You (and admylin) really shouldn't feel guilty about not bfing as you obviously gave it your best shot and sometimes it just doesn't work, no matter how hard you try. Btw I bf DS (and the DDs) for nearly 18 months and he still has various allergies, dermatitis, etc. The most allergic/constantly ill child I know is DH's godson, and I wonder whether that has anything to do with him being given cow's milk at six months. I was surprised at the time (would be 
now), but his mother said it was Demeter (organic) milk when I questioned her. 
Am sure that something like that would affect a baby far more than whether he/she is breast or bottle fed.
I was going to ask for an iPhone for my birthday, but in the end settled on a trip away - our visit to London is going to be my birthday present. It would have been nice if we could have gone away for a few days without the DC, but it's difficult leaving DS overnight somewhere due to his allergies. One of my friends did offer to have the DC for two nights if we wanted to go away, but a) she has three under 6s and is a single parents, so I didn't really feel like I could inflict another three on her, and b) they have a cat, and although DS has usually been fine staying there overnight, he reacted quite badly last time so I don't really want to risk it.
admylin I remember when we were being taught to read music at school, we were taught FACE for the notes between the lines and every good boy deserves favour (EGBDF) for the notes on the lines (treble clef - can't remember learning any acronyms for the bass clef). I was also confused by B being called H over here, although B flat is B (just to confuse matters even further).
Second English lesson over - it was quite hard work, with four lively five-year old boys, and it took us nearly an hour to get through everything (actually, only half of what I'd prepared) instead of the half hour that I'd planned thanks to various interruptions (one boy spilling apple juice all over himself, etc.). Still, at least I won't have much to prepare for next week's lesson.