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Cousins visit

My mom's cousin, Mikiko, and her family visited us today. They came to Hawaii only for 3 days, wow. They are staying at a hotel in Waikiki and rented a car for today to visit us. They went to our beach, turtle beach, ate mangoes, and had BBQ.

Mommy did not see Auntie Mikiko's two sons for probably more than 15 years so she was surprised how big and tall they are! Seiji-niichan(brother in Japanese) is a student of Waseda university. He also loves soccer. Takahiro-niichan will be a pharmacist near future. Both played with me and I liked them so much. I wish they could come back again.

We also had another visitor from mommy's hometown. He is mommy's best friend's husband. He is a doctor and came to have a job interview to work in Hawaii. Mommy wish they can move to Hawaii so I can make Japanese friends with his daughters.

Since we moved to Hawaii, we are so lucky to have many visitor to our house. It's been very fun and good time to make memories. We are waiting for you, too!

P.S. Seiji-niichan, Takahiro-niichan, I am waiting for the pictures because mommy doesn't have one. Pleeeeeeease!

Vancouver

Mommy went to Vancouver for the last weekend in order to renew her work permit in the states. It was necessary but silly because all she has to do is just to cross the border. So, living in Hawaii, crossing the border means going to Canada or Japan....We all wanted to go together but daddy's passport was expired and my visa also did not allow me to cross the border at this time. It's complicated. So, mommy had a couple of holidays for herself.

Mommy had lived for a couple of months in North Vancouver before she moved to Winnipeg. At that time, she did not like thc city at all because of the ever-lasting cloudy sky and "fake Asian" town. However, this time, the city was changed or maybe she changed. She enjoyed the Canada's most developing city. The city is so unique because you can enjoy city life as well as you can grow green friendly spirit at the same time. Every scenary is picture perfect. Vegetables, fruits, and fish are very fresh. So many kinds of restaurants. Every corner has nice open cafe....and green, green, and green!!

Well, I guess those are the most common impression as a tourist. However, when mommy talked to people who live there, she found that the popular city has also problems. Traffic. It's same problem like in Honolulu. At least, Vancouver has very advanced public transportation like well developed bus and sky train. Mommy wishes if they were here! Health care system...it sounds much worse than Winnipeg. The health care system cannot catch up the growth of the population in BC. Mommy's old classmate, who works in a hospital in Vancouver, told that the waiting list for total hip surgery or knee surgery is way too long. The hospital cannot afford even BP machines, patients are admitted in shower rooms, and they cannot retain nurses and doctors. Probably many Canadians move to Vancouver or Victoria after the retirement to enjoy milder weather but it seems very hard for them to find even a family doctor.

Anyways, Mommy enjoyed the nice fresh air in Vancouver...it was even cool for August. Well, it is Canada.....cold weather.....yeah. Next time, we really want to go back to Winnipeg. We miss you, Canada!

New Blog

Many of you might notice some changes in my blog. There are "Riko's photo album" and "label" sections in the right column. Even though mommy did not update the blog long time but this blog is getting larger and larger. In other words, it is getting messy. So, uncle Kirk taught mommy to label each blog so it is easily found to take a look back in the past. Also, now you can check our photos through dropshots website. You just click the picture in the right column of Riko photo album. These new things are all set up by uncle Kirk, thank you Kirk-san! He spent some nights with mommy and taught her how to upload blog in easier way. She seems to enjoy uploading blog much more than before and much less time to take. Mommy will try to download old pictures as well. So, check the photoes now and enjoy!

琳子のブログが少しかわったことにもう気がついた人もいっぱいいるんじゃないかな。写真アルバムとラベルのコーナーが右側にあるでしょ。ママは長い間ブログをアップデートしてなかったんだけど、それでもこどんどん増えていってます。つまり、いっぱいありすぎて読みにくくなっていってる。。そこでカークさんがそれぞれのブログにラベルをつけることで昔のブログも簡単に見つかるようにママに教えてくれました。それから、私たちの写真が”ドロップショット”のウェブサイトを通じてみてもらえるようになりました。このブログの右側にある”りこフォトアルバム”をクリックするだけでいいんだよ。これらの新しい機能は全部カークさんがセットしてくれました。ありがとう、カークさん！カークさんは幾晩か費やしてブログを簡単にアップデートしてくれる方法を教えてくれました。ママもそのおかげで以前よりも楽しそうにしかも気軽にブログをアップデートしているようです。ママは昔の写真もダウンロードしたいみたい。ぜひぜひアルバムもチェックしてね！

See you again, Lisa-chan!

Lisa chan, uncle Kirk and auntie Miyuki went back to Winnipeg yesterday. I was very sad and cried at the security gate but nothing I could do...I wish she lived close to my house then we could play together everyday! Lisa-chan, we will get together soon in Winnipeg or here in Hawaii again. Listen to your daddy and mommy well and stay healthy!

利咲ちゃん、カークさん、みゆきちゃんたちは昨日ウィニペグに帰りました。琳子はとても悲しくなって、空港の検問のところで泣いてしまったけどしょうがないんだよね。。。利咲ちゃんたちが家の近くに住んでくれていたら、毎日一緒に遊べるのに！利咲ちゃん、また今度、ウィニペグかハワイで会おうね！それまで、パパとママの言うことをちゃんときいて元気でいてね！

Dear Lisa-chan

利咲ちゃんたちがやってきて約１週間がすぎようとしてします。利咲ちゃんは今１歳と３ヶ月。彼女のパパとママは琳子のパパとママのウィニペグ時代のお友達。ママは利咲ちゃんがうまれたときからずうっとあいたがっていたのでとても楽しみにまってました。琳子も、小さいお友達は初めてだったので、ミルクのことを”コクコク”といったりしてる利咲ちゃんがとても不思議。手をひっぱってあげようとしても琳子みたいに早く歩けないから転びそうになってしまうし、おいしくないと思うんだけどクレヨンとか食べようとするし。。。。とっても不思議！でも、すっごくかわいいね。普段と違って我慢しなきゃいけないこともいっぱいできて、ついついおもちゃをとりあげたりして意地悪をしてしまった。。。ごめんね、利咲ちゃん。

Lisa & Riko

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Riko meets Lisa!

Finally I met Lisa-chan from Winnipeg. Her parents, unkle Kirk and auntie Miyuki, are good friends of Daddy and mommy. They travelled Japan this summer and on the way to home in Winnipeg, they dropped by Hawaii for a week. This is the video when we had shower together.


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