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A bit short on pictures…

I am a bit short on pictures because Noa and Kiko are still in Canada. 🙁

It’s quite sad actually… but do you know what is keeping me going while they are gone?
Super exciting World Cup excitement. For an entire month people that usually have no interest in soccer get together to watch some soccer! There always seems to be an increase in the amount of games me and my lazy ass friends play, and it is a great opportunity to get together with friends that you hardly ever see and watch a game.

I seriously am in love with the World Cup. I am also in love with the thumping Ghana gave the Czechs, in love with the winning goal I scored in the Mitoyo-shi Mini World Cup (don’t even get me started on that… it was a fabulous goal, and perhaps my first goal of the year), and in love with the excitement of different matches everyday on TV.

(Umm… ok… about my fabulous goal, it was actually a fairly average goal due to a large mistake on the other teams part, and came after 2 very badly missed headers on extremely nice crosses. I hit one cross with the very top of my head, and the other with the very top of my nose. Both were fabulous (and by fabulous I mean ridiculous). But I am pretty sure my goal makes me the best player in Kagawa, so there.)

I am also very excited because tonight (tomorrow morning, whatever…) Japan will completely destroy Croatia in preperation for completely destroying Brazil in their final match. It should be very exciting… (and no more of this retarded conceding 3 goals in 10 minutes crap.)

Do you want to know what else I am excited about? Skype. My user name is davidbennett1979. I think you should add me. It allows me to have very clear and free conversations with my friends and family, and while Noa and Kiko are in Canada, allows Noa to not forget who I am! It really is super exciting. 😮

have a look!

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Noa updates

Since we haven’t updated in awhile, many of you have been asking for some Noa updates. 😮

I’m getting a little stressed myself as I won’t see Noa for a little while as I will be heading back to Japan a little earlier. 🙁 I guess I will have to visit the website to see Noa too!

Anyways, here are some recent Noa photos. He crawls, he speaks (sort of), he sleeps…. and he still looks like a girl. (apparently.)

We are going to get him a haircut any day now…

Noa  Noa  Kiko and Noa

Just to set the record straight…

it turns out that baby’s eyes do in fact grow. Both Kiko and I had read (separately, in Japanese and English) that the eye was the only part of a baby that didn’t grow. Apparently we were wrong. Very wrong.

Because baby’s eyes look so large in comparison with the rest of their face, it is a common misconception that the eye does not grow.

There you go… learned something new. Sorry guys! 😳

Although the circumstances were the worst possible, it was great seeing so many of our friends. We look forward to seeing you all in summer.

Dinner with friends  Dinner with friends

Coolness…

Look – it’s Tanegashiman!

You know the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, right!? They are based on a reoccurring series of 5-person -colour coded-group-fighting-team-show (sentai) that has been airing in Japan for the past 30 years. Every year or so the group, the group’s name and abilities change (which Mighty Morphin Power Rangers did by keeping the same group but adding “new vehicles and costumes” etc.) and get’s a new name. It is usually something “-man” or “-ranger.”

Someone thought it was a good idea to promote Tanegashima (Kiko’s island, remember?) and have “Tanegashi-man” a group of super heroes that run around the island. neat.

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Speaking of neat…

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Just so we’re clear…

…I am a photographic genius. 

It’s that time of year again in Japan… Cherry Blossom (sakura) time… Yeah!!! emoticon

In the coming days expect a whole bunch of new photo albums with lots of pictures of David, Kiko, and Noa (.com). (and some cherry blossoms as well)

Also expect some interesting stories like the time Noa was kidnapped by a waitress at a Tonkatsu restaurant!!!

Here are some samples to re-assert just how brilliant of a photographer I am. (thanks matt, greg, and lee!)

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Vaccinations in Japan

Well, it’s a little late, but this is a pretty important post.

Noa had his first in a series of shots to vaccinate him from the various diseases. I wish I could be a little more specific, but since everything is written in Kanji I can only make a guess at the BCG and Japanese influenza shots.

Now, i don’t know if you have ever met any real live Japanese people, but if you have you may have seen some funny little bumps on their arms. Two square boxes on their shoulder with a series of 10 circles in each box. When I was a high school student on exchange here in Japan I thought it was weird that EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY FRIENDS has markings from those shots still visible on their arms.

As of today Noa has officially joined their ranks. Although he showed a little bit of discomfort, he was quite strong and didn’t freak out. The doctor warned us that most babies spazz out but Noa gave the doctor a big smile and only cried a little after receiving the vaccination. Everyone thought it was weird when I took pictures, but here goes:

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We also had another very interesting develoment today. Noa decide that he enjoys sneezing. Yeah… what’s up with that? No idea. But Noa absolutely spazzes if you pretend to sneeze at him. He thinks its great and gives a full-out laugh. It is actually pretty cute so I caught it on video. Have a look!

NOA’S LAUGHING VIDEO

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