and the winners are

thank you all 153 of you who wrote to enter the tsunobukuro give away

the three lucky winners personally selected by Yoda-san [above] were: 

Monique Risch, Violeta Calzada and Kirsty Faulds

and afterward he very helpfully did this [below]

i have tried to answer all of your emails individually but about half a dozen bounced back for various reasons and some wanted me to register as an acceptable address [too much registering!]
but
i have done my best
so if you didn't hear from me
it was not for lack of trying!