just say no!

yeah bo--i!!

bamboo season

it's the time of year again when the new bamboo shoots come in... this means a lot of work for me! cause i'm the guy who's gotta get these suckers out of the ground!
but it's well worth the effort when nao whips one of her baby bamboo dishes... i'm looking forward to the spring rolls she promised for this weekend... mmmm delicious!
for the past few weeks it's jurst been a pleasure to spend time cleaning up the yard. battling the jungle is more like it! you never what kind of freaky plant or creature you're going to find out there.
one nice thing is that a few years ago we planted tulips out front and now they come in nicely every year.

favorite!

rosie plays her favorite! the bus game! even better, we don't have to put in any money. she'll sit and turn the wheel forever............

blink of an eye

the cherry blossoms have come and gone. we had a great on sunday at the park eating, drinking and talking with friends under a pink canopy. with each breeze petals would be blown from the trees only to be found in a bag, shoes, pockets, every which where later on.
yesterday the japanese emporer and his wife abtually visited nao's hometown yesterday. the reason for the visit was to celebrate one hundred years of ties between japan and brazil. why visit nao's hometown? because many of the descendants of those japanese who first moved to brazil have been coming to japan for work. oizumi has one of the largest brazilian populations in japan. too bad we didn't get to see the emporer, but we did see his motorcade!

no sky perfect tv for you

long weeks... several long weeks and still no satellite tv. for the first 3 weekends i tried the do it yourself thing... and failed miserably. so we called in the pros. he showed up on sunday morning and we thought that by afternoon we'd be surfing through tv land. how wrong we were. after a few hours of fiddling around with it he says it's a problem with dish or tuner!! now stuck back in japanese tv purgatory until the pros can get back to our place with replacements. ugh!

loving spring

man, i'm loving that spring is on its way. let's put away the cold and windy days to get ready for one of the best times to be in japan, cherry blossom time! yes, a time when public drunkenness is not only accepted, but expected! so roll out your tarps at your favorite park, crack open a beer, and gat your blossom viewing on...

question

what is the feeling on how long an UNOPENNED canned or bottled good is past it's SUGGESTED expiration date?????