May 6, 2011 - Email
Message -
Ikuko.
Hi. I am happy you could enjoy golden week.
I enjoyed the time very much.
I went shopping with Akiko to purchase more things to make the house even more
relaxing.
I worked in the yard and finished many detailed projects.
Then we went with her family to Osaka and the zoo.
We ate lunch on the grass of the park.
It was really fun for Shai to see the animals.
Then we all went out to a restaurant and drank beer.
At night they came for dinner.
Another day I went with Akiko and Shai to Nara park again and went to our
favorite restaurant and coffee shop.
Now my Internet sites are doing really good and Akiko is motivated to do
business online.
Anyway can talk more tomorrow.
Send email when you can.
Howie.
May 9, 2011 - Email
Message - Jim, Linda.
Hi. I wanna thank you for sending out the seeds for the garden. Could not find
these at all in any of the stores. No need to send anything else unless you can
fit both of you and send yourselves.
Answering some of your questions from previous emails.
Yes they do celebrate many of the same holidays in Japan as in America. Akiko
wants to thank you for the nice email you sent last weekend.
This house is listed for sale but not specifically in Tokyo. It is on the
Internet though. No bites on the house and not really expecting any activity. We
listed it for around 92,000 which is way too much for this location. Japanese
people do not recognize remodeling as an option usually. They tend to knock down
houses after 30 years and rebuild.
Things settled down recently and the situation with me and Akiko improved a lot.
Still not perfect as in any marriage but definitely better.
Shai is talking like crazy now but not everything makes sense to us at least. No
doubt he understands his own conversation.
My Internet business is really doing good now. Someone apparently recommended
the English site on some popular site in Sri Lanka. Ad revenue on the sites was
over 212 dollars for a day and then settled back down to around 50 per day.
Planning to put a lot of new content soon. If the sites reach 100 per day then
we are planning to move back to SD. Could be possible end of this year but more
likely next Summer. Internet really is an incredible tool. It really seems like
the industrial revolution all over again. An incredible basically unregulated
opportunity.
We are supposed to receive the effects of a tropical storm the next few days. We
should get around four inches of rain. Will be really good for the garden.
Planning on relaxing in my new remodeled music and reading room and listening to
the rain.
We really miss you guys. Send email when you can.
Howie, Akiko, Shai.
May 9, 2011 - Email
Message -
Hey I was really hoping you could visit and bring the stuff. Any intelligent
people in SD came from another place. Sites doing really good now. Made over two
hundred dollars in a day. Internet business is incredible for sure. If sites
continue to make good money going to move back home. Send email when you can.
May 24, 2011 - Email
Message -
Timlin Clan.
Hi. I want to thank you for the seeds and the books. Shai is really enjoying all
the flaps. Anyway I meant to tell you to send the seeds in a regular envelope.
Japanese government inspected the package and included a note saying we need to
get a phytosanitary certificate next time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytosanitary_certificate
Happily they allowed the seeds to go through. Already put them in the garden in
a couple different spots to make sure we get some in the next few months.
Recently we are involved in a party every weekends. Some at our house and others
at neighbors house. We are getting a lot of rain recently and not even the
official monsoon season. Really good for the garden and relaxing to listen to
for sure. We are making a party this weekend. Might be fun to chat during the
party. Supposed to be a typhoon headed this way. Hopefully you all are doing
good. Send email when you can.
Hayman Clan.
May 26, 2011 - Typhoon Ma-on. This
storm came pretty close to the house but produced little
rain and not much. Basically a tropical storm at the closest
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May 27, 2011 - Email
Message -
Ikuko.
Hey party tomorrow at 1 pm until night. Please come if you can. Thanks. |
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May 28, 2011 - Beginning of Summer Party. Yeah,
temperatures are finally warming up. Time to begin the
Summer parties. This was the equivalent of a Memorial Day,
unofficial beginning of Summer party. |
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May 30, 2011 - Email
Message - Jim, Linda.
Hi. I actually was able to go outside today and work on the yard. We were hit
with another tropical storm and received about a half foot of rain. Another
successful party the other day. Hopefully you guys can catch the next. Pretty
disappointed Linda decided to go back to work. Really think she is ready to
retire now. Anyway hang in there for a few more months. Nothing much new except
for the new wall built in the front yard. Send email when you can.
Howie, Akiko, Shai. |
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