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Recently…

Other than yesterday’s exciting Jet Journal news, here are a few pictures of what we have been up to the past few days.

It has been very hot, and very busy, but our very good friends from California were in Japan, and we got together in Okayama to see them for a few days. Their kids are crazy cute.

One of Kiko’s best friends, Sanae, has some very good news and is up from Tokyo to visit her boyfriends family in Takamatsu. We were really happy to be able to see them (and Kouichi for the first time!)

Finally, a very nice family, the Yamauchis, had Kiko, myself and Greg over for a great BBQ and a magic show. Don’t get me started with the magic show, the kid is amazing. I have some on video and hopefully I will start getting video up on this site.

Anyways, e-mail me and post in the ugly shoutbox already. Don’t say I don’t love you.

Also, look at the pictures already.

Oh yeah… also had a Jamaican cooking class with semi-real Jamaican food and a real Jamaican. It was actually really good. Curry chicken, rice and peas and pepper jelly. nice. I know you’re jealous.

Jamaican cooking picture

Jet Journal 2005

Now… if you have been following this site, you may have seen me refer to myself as a Camera Genius, or a Picture Taking Machine (or something like that)…

Well, it’s true. I submitted some pictures to this year’s Jet Journal (a magazine that goes out to all 6000 JET’s, and three of my pictures have been selected for publication. Take a look at the cover, and click on it to take a look at the pictures themselves. I’m super. emoticon

A few more pictures from Canada

I finally managed to pry a few more pictures off of my cellphone. This is Kiko, Chris, Franz & I celebrating Chris B’s birthday at a very good restaurant: Banzai sushi. I still owe him a present though… (not that seeing me wasn’t present enough mind you…) ps. Franz was kind of enough to treat Kiko and I to dinner. Thank you!! (my brain was not working, and I apologize, but upon reflection I could have used that as an opportunity to give Chris a birthday present and pay for his dinner. d’oh. chris, forgive me!)

Summer in Canada 2005

We are back in Chunan!!! … and have begun the process to get rid of as much jetlag as possible. We both had a fantastic time back in Canada.

I had a scholarship interview that went fantastic emoticon (I’m gonna need something to do when my contract here ends in 2006/08 or 2007/08.) and we got to see a number of really good friends. That being said, we were completely strapped for time, and for everyone that we were able to see, there were 2 more people we would have loved to but couldn’t. Between my scholarship interview in the first week, my Dad’s operation in the second (he’s ok!) and the fact that we only had 10 days in Canada, we did our best.

For those that we did see: Thank you!!! We had an amazing time. emoticon For those we didn’t: Next year, February. We miss you all, and unfortunately because of the baby, this will be our only trip to Canada back this year. Next year we will be back with Baby Awesome (or whatever he/she is named at the time.)

In the meantime, here are a few sample pictures of what we did while back in Canada, and the full gallery can be seen by clicking here.

The Big News

Why is Kiko so large-ish in the previous entry??? emoticon

Drumroll….

Both Kiko and I would obviously like to be able to give everyone the good news face to face, but since that really isn’t much of an option, we want to take this opportunity to let all of our good friends and family (and the stragglers from the internet who accidently find themselves here… i guess) know the good news…
Introducing David Jr. aka Kunio aka We don’t have a name yet! emoticon

Now accepting name submissions. There will be a vote. You can forever improve or mess-up it’s life. Make it so.

Kiko & David! & Off to Toronto

Just a quick note before we set off for Toronto. It will be a very short and action packed filled trip as we head back to Toronto for 10 days. I have a big scholarship interview but after that is done (30th) I hope to see as many people as I can in the last 4 days. Wish me luck!

See you guys soon and wish us a safe flight! …

Kiko’s New T-Shirt

No matter what she tells you, this is Kiko’s new favourite shirt. (you can tell by how happy she looks in it!!)

Another big thanks to Chris and Lianne! Everything you guys have sent has been amazing…. miss and love you guys. emoticon

kiko-and-david!1.jpg

Cherry Blossom … a sneak peak

Now that my work is blocking access to this website, and taking in to account my retardedly slow Internet access as home, the promised Cherry blossom pictures will have to wait.

That being said, they were spectacular. The peak landed right on the weekend, and we managed to catch them on Saturday, before typhoon-like windows blew them away on Sunday. Japanese people wait all year for a few days of blossoms, but its ridiculous how many of these trees are in our town.

Here’s a look!

A picture of a Sakura tree

Below is a picture of a very cute baby who loves me. His name is Kousuke, and he is the baby of a good friend at work. NOT the son of my calligraphy teacher (whom I originally thought! … oops!). Below that is our very good friends Mike and Nikki. Nikki lives in Kotonami, the town beside mine.

Saya Mike and Nikki

Kiko’s Random “keitai” images

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.

Kikos picture

My First Bread

My first bread.

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!

The Gingerbread House Project

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:

Gingerbread house picture #1 Gingerbread house picture #2

These are my disciples and their constructs:

Gingerbread house picture #3 Gingerbread house picture #4

This is the little girl who I have a crush on because she is so cute.

Gingerbread house picture #5

-That’s it for now. Expect updates from Canada, a christmas edition, and a massive overhaul when I am not so lazy.