all things d@vidb
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
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
-remember to pretend that I made a cute Christmas colour scheme!-
love, David & Kiko
ARG!
Well, Kiko and I are now safe in Canada. We are happy to be back, but are super jet-lagged. I promised myself to update this site at least once a week (preferably everyday! -which I will start to do in the New Year) but between the Tokyo Business Trip, the racing back to Chunan to catch my bus to Osaka, to flying to Toronto, to sleeping, to buying Christmas presents, –I have had absolutely no time.
To be honest I have a whole Christmas theme lined up and ready to implement. Alas, from my crappy-ass dialup modem in Brampton, it is not going to happen. If I am lucky I can get to a broadband connection before Christmas and rollout the Christmas version of the website. If not… well… please pretend that the site is full of christmas colours, and CONTINUE TO CHECK REGULARILY!!!
The website will constantly be updated, and there will be tons of pictures and fun stuff. We miss you all. We thank you for stopping by, and we will enjoy our ime back in Canada and be sure to let you know how it all went.
So assuming that I won&t be able to update this site before Christmas:
Merry Christmas and Happy New year!
– David & Kiko
ps. I just read: Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde: really fun! It’s a series. Read it.
I am off to Tokyo for a 5 day business conference and will then be heading back to Canada! (Yeah!)
But I am super thrilled to say that the Gingerbread House Project is finished! 274 Houses were built, and none of them collapsed. Every child in my town got to make (and bring home!) their house. I am their god.
These are my ingredients and my lovely assistant:
These are my disciples and their constructs:
This is the little girl who I have a crush on because she is so cute.
-That’s it for now. Expect updates from Canada, a christmas edition, and a massive overhaul when I am not so lazy.
215 ginerbread houses down, 44 to go.
It’s the final lap.
Maybe it’s because my brain/head/arms hurt, but I found this really funny/interesting.
See? It’s a face using characters from the Japanese alphabet. Those Japanese… they are so inventive.
GO KIKO’S PEOPLE!!! (and jotaro)
ps. I am going to Tokyo on Friday for a business trip. I come back on Wednesday at 8:30pm where I proceed to pick-up my lugggae and go to Canada. I will be updating the website, but I will also be very tired. Who want’s to see more Kiko messages? I do.
I finally got around to buying a map book with driving directions for the entire island I am on.
Now that I have mapple, I can go anywhere.
I have one week of work left before we go to Canada!
Next Monday I will be going to Tokyo for a 3 day business trip/conference. I hope to see Shane there. After that I take the long trip back to Chunan-cho, and then off to Canada.
So in my last week of work, what do I go and plan?
Well, that’s what it should look like anyways…
That’s right. Despite the fact that I am horrible when it comes to crafts, and I can’t cook anything, I have to make 259 gingerbread houses with every elementary aged child in my town. I am very excited. Mind you, I brought this upon myself so I can’t complain too much. I have had to order everything, plan everything and starting this Tuesday carry it out. I am freaking out. I will let you know how it goes at the end of the week with pictures etc… wish me luck!
What else have I been up to recently?
Remember how I said I was a terrible cook? That didn’t stop me from organizing banana bread day (Thanks Nikki!) for the “Wives Club” in my town. It actually went pretty well… Take a look:
Japanese Castle Visiting!
Kiko and I recently went to the big city of Marugame. As some of you may know, I think Japanese Castles are super, so we had a chance to visit the Castle that stands in the center of the town.
Japanese Chess and Ping Pong
I have been meaning to write an entry about the Japanese game of “shogi” or chess. It is absolutely fantastic. It is similar to Chess but you can capture your opponents pieces and drop them anywhere on the board, and your pieces can also be promoted in enemy territory (kind of like a pawn.) At any rate, I will write more about that soon. The important part of this entry is my good friend Jim. He tries very hard, but he still can’t stop me from destroying him in anything we do. (This includes ping pong and shogi.) I might be exaggerating, but you aren’t here so you will never know. 🙂
That’s it for now… don’t get too excited, but I am planning another huge update for the site. Hopefuly I can get it done before I go to Canada, if not, expect it in early 2005 🙂 (And I know you will still be visitng the site daily then… right!?)
