all things d@vidb
I’ve finally gotten off my lazy butt and started the new site. (Along with a few other surprises.) I am also debating buying a new camera, and building a MythBox. Wish me luck. By June I hope to have completely switched off of Windows for Linux.
There will be a new movie section where Kiko and I take little clips of things that are happening around us. As there is still a ways to go before davidandkiko.com 3.0, here is a sneak peak.
Ever since Kiko and I moved to our new house, we have stalkers.
Well… I have stalkers. Two little girls from one of my elementary schools. One of them follows me around and calls me fat (a play on the name “dave” in Japanese. They pronounce “Dave” = “De-bu” and if you shorten it to “debu” it becomes the Japanese word for fat.)
Incidentally, I also made her cry one day by implying she was a little hefty herself. The other one dresses up in make up and ho boots and comes to my house. She also regularily lifts her skirt while I am teaching.
They are cute.
At any rate, every weekend they come to our house and leave me homemade chocolates and homemade candles. I usually send Kiko to the door to dissapoint them by having her say that I am not home.
Here is a note they recently left me:
It reads (in Romaji, Japanese written with English characters) “Dear David. You speak English very well. Please continue to teach us. From Haruna (fatty) and Kazuki (ho boots.)”
I was also surprised to look at the chalkboard at the back of the classroom and see this:
The blond hair gave it away. Note that I am also saying realistic English sentences (which I am sure I say all the time!) such as: “Hello.” “English!” “My name is …” “Orange” and “Red”.
This just makes me laugh. It was a sign below the shampoo and soaps at a hotel Kiko and I stayed at when we went to Matsuyama last weekend.
“We make up for deficiency.”
We are in the process of redesigning and updating the main page, so updates have been few and far between. (Well, big updates anyways!) But we visit everyday, and Kiko is always excited when someone leaves a message or a note in the guestbook. Comments on the pictures are always nice too!
Here are some pictures from one of the schools that I teach at, and where Kiko has her part time job. This job ends in April and we are on the hunt for her next job!
Next is a picture of the children that are in the tea ceremony club. Look at them in their gear!
Below is a picture from our towns sejinshiki (Coming of Age Ceremony). This is when all the children turning 20 dress up in kimonos and become adults. I thought someone somewhere might find it interesting.
(Chris: Convenience store pictures are coming!!)
Hey Everyone!
Just a small update. Yes we are still alive. The site is constantly being updated, but just not where it makes any big difference 🙂 There are a couple of new galleries, but they are only available if you go to the “main gallery“. Check it out!
We are just putting the last touches on the new house, and our internet is slow. very very very slow. Most of the site updates and pictures will have to be done from work. Kiko is taking pictures of the house as we speak, and we will have them up soon.
We’re here… we’re alive and we miss you lots. There will be a number of new galleries coming online over the next few days and a big overhaul in March.
love
David & Kiko
ps. No pictures… so maybe no one will read this 😉
This link is cool so I am posting it again:
keitai denwa is the Japanese word for “mobile phone.” Keitai meaning “to be able to carry” (or something like that.)
These are a bunch of pictures that Kiko has taken with her cell phone. Maybe she will write something interesting beside them soon… I’m just the uploading boy.
keitai denwa is the Japanese word for “mobile phone.” Keitai meaning “to be able to carry” (or something like that.)
This is an assortment of random pictures I have taken over the last few weeks with my cell phone. Of particular note are my two Japanese nieces, the really cute little girl who lives next door, and… the child shopping cart.
And as promised to Chris, pictures from Japanese convenience stores are coming soon…
一週間前にカナダから帰国すると、デビットからのクリスマスプレゼントが
置いてありました。
それは私がずっとほしがっていたパン焼き機で,とっても嬉しかったです。
初めて食パンを焼いてみると、とてもおいしく出来上がりました。
これから、いろんな種類のパンを焼いてみようと思います！
We came back from Canada about one week ago.
David had a Christmas surprise present waiting for me when
we got home! It was a bread maker that I have wanted for a long time!
This is the first loaf of bread I have ever made, and it came out very nice.
I want to make many different breads from now on!
Small but important note: Check out SKYPE. If you have a microphone on your computer you can use it to speak with other people on Skype for free. It is quite different from MSN and works more like a personal phone service. It is super. You can also make really cheap call sout to phone lines. Read to the bottom to find out why I’m pushing this!
I finally understand what’s happening! People don’t care about the text… they only care about the pictures…!
What’chu talking about?
OK, here is what I have noticed. If I post once every week or so, and include a neat picture or some sort of graphic I found on the web: it’s all good. However, if I post fairly regularily only using text and no pretty pictures, I get an angry e-mail from our 2 (maybe 3?) regular visitors.
This leads me to believe that it’s all about the pictures.
Aren’t they cute? There name is Mii. Or one of them is Mii… I don’t really know. But suffice it to say it makes my title for this entry very clever. I gave a medium sized one to my sister Tracy for Christmas. They are super cool tiny-bean pillows. They are super, soft, smooth and addicting. I have seen a few of them pop up in Canada, but these, by far, are the cutest. Kiko really wants to get one for herself.
Now that I have your attention:
What the hell is happening with the site?
Kiko and I are both really involved with the site, and both really want to keep it updated regularily, and more importantly, have you guys visit regularily. Unfortunately, Kiko broke my computer. (hahahah… I am only sort of joking.) So when I get my computer fixed, expect the following:
New and Improved entries such as:
– Kiko’s New Bread Machine and First Bread Pictures
– Pictures from Canada – family, friends, Christmas –
– Pictures from our new house!
That’s right! We are moving. It will be to a super-fabulous place that unfortunately has a shitty ass Internet connection. There is a large possibility that our 416 phone will be out of commission but we will keep you in the know.
Also expect to see the long-promised davidandkiko.com 3.0 which will be rolled out before I move.
– New and pretty colours.
– More neat stuff and animation.
– More organized menus and pictures.
– Other cool stuff which I haven’t thought of yet.
– A where is Kiko game… (when I become less lazy.)
– Actually, Elizabeth, please program a whereiskiko game with her picture dancing around. Please & thank you.
OK… that’s it for now. My computer is almost fixed so when I get photoshop back on, expect to see a ton of pictures.
David & Kiko: out. (that’s my new cool sig.)
So… after 25hours in transit I walk through my door, turn on my computer and it blows up. Everything is gone! all my pictures, music, movies, e-mail, website stuff.
We are back in Japan, we are safe, but it will take a few days longer than I expected to update the website. I have to rebuild my computer first. 🙁
We are both back to work tomorrow, so wish us luck! Expect an update soon!! Lots of pictures and stuff…. (Kiko has also promised to write more entries herself!)
It was great to see everyone back in Canada, and I’m sorry we didn’t have more time to meet up with everyone.
Love, David & Kiko.
It’s painful that I haven’t been able to update the site while in Canada, so please forgive me. Kiko and I have been discussing many changes that we hope to implement in the New Year, so look forward to that and keep on checking back!
In the meantime:
HAPPY NEW YEAR
It has been an amazing year with lots of ups and downs. We have made some new friends in Japan, and have been thrilled to see old friends while in Canada. We wish we could have seen more of you!
From finishing my MA, to our move to Japan, and the wedding in between, it really has been a crazy year. Hopefuly we can use this site to keep in touch with all of you, and as a homebase for getting in touch if we ever fall out of it.
Take care, have a great year, and drop us an e-mail or a comment here when you have time!
love,
david & kiko