Hunkabutta Archives

05.03.2001

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Well, Melody, Brett and Otis left yesterday and it's been sadly quiet ever since. Their visit has reaffirmed my desire to be the patriarch of a large and boisterous household..."Good night John-Boy".

The big news of the moment is our impending visit to Canada. I'm going for one week and Karen for three. We're both greatly looking forward to it. We leave on Saturday -- wish us luck.

Hopefully I'll be able to post to Hunkabutta from my home town -- Mississauga, Ontario. This should provide a nice contrast to the usual pictures of boring old Tokyo.


05.01.2001

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Been off for a few days now, and it's been good. Had a great time last night at the Warrior Celt in Ueno with Brett, Ollie and the bar owner Andy -- unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures.

However, Karen and I took Melody, Otis and Brett to Minowa covered shopping street and Takeshita dori in Harajuku -- above are a few pictures from that outing.


04.29.2001

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Melody and Otis have been staying with us for the past few days and it's been fun having a little kid around -- kind of a primer for when our own gets here.

Our neighbourhood isn't the nicest, and there's not much for a little kid to do, so yesterday we took Otis to local temple so that he could have a bit of space to run around.


04.26.2001

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Here are the first shots from my new SLR camera (a Kawa) which was given to me by my kind father-in-law Gary.

The pictures where taken at this year's cherry blossom viewing party in Ueno park. Japan is C-R-O-W-D-E-D, no doubt about it. Sometimes it feels like you're living in a rock concert, except that there's no music and everyone is on valium.