I Miss You Papa

I didn't tell you that Papa came home to see me
over the Golden Week holiday in Japan
because I don't like to share.
I was worried that if I told you,
you'd want to spend time with Papa.
That means less Aiko-face-time with Papa,
and that is just unacceptable.
But he's gone again and I miss him already.
It hasn't even been a day and I miss him.

Thank you for coming home to visit with me Papa.
I hope you can visit again in the near future,
I promise to be a good girl while you're away.

Ake-ome! Koto-yoro!

Happy New Years everyone!
In Japanese tradition, it is good luck
to eat noodles at midnight, hence our midnight snack.
What's ramen without some hardboiled eggs?

To ring in the new year, Mama shared with me
some of her hardboiled egg. I know it's
not a traditionally good luck food, but maybe
we can make it a tradition from this year on?

All the best to my friends for 2008,
may you have a happy, healthy, and
prosperous year!
Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu,
kotoshimo yoroshiku onegaishimasu!

Chillaxing in August

Mama and Papa are both trying to fight colds that they got from Natsu Gasshuku last weekend. I'm also feeling a bit under the weather with a runny nose and extra tiredness. But there's nothing like a little watermelon to cure the ailments of a common cold!

Tastes divine!

One of my favourite things to do when I go for my walks is to stop and smell the flowers. I don't have a particular favourite, I just like to smell them all. I think I might even be allergic to some of them, which would explain my runny nose!

This one just smells green.

If you get a chance, please visit my new found friend: AIKO. She is a French Bulldog (my cousin!) from Japan and she has a blog too!! I feel a strong connection to her because we share the same name! Her blog is much nicer than mine, she must spend a lot of time trying to make it pretty. I should spend more time doing that too - maybe I would make more friends that way.

Please Keep Voting!

Big "thank you's" to everyone who voted for me! But please continue to vote, even if you've already done so! I know it's like cheating to keep going back to vote for me, but it's not like I'm running to be the Prime Minister of Canada or anything like that.

My eye looks much better now. Not as red or goopy. And the best part of getting the eye drops is that Mama will give me a piece of cow lung for a treat afterwards. That makes it all worth while! I have to go back to see Dr. Vihos on Thursday to get it checked out. I'm sure she'll have positive things to say!

I get to visit with Uncle Brian's family for the upcoming long weekend. I'm so excited to be seeing them again! They treat me so well, I get to sleep on the couch, and I don't even have to do tricks to get treats! How great is that deal?

Hey check out this link to read my blog in Japanese (domo arigato friends in Japan)! It's sugoi! I do have to warn you that it's not translated perfectly but it's pretty darn good!

Happy Birthday to Me!!

I'm 4 years old today!

In human years, that makes me 29 years old!

Look what Papa got me for my special day! A cow's leg bone!!

This thing is MASSIVE!!

Tottemo oishii desu!!

Tanjoubi omedetou!

Congratulations Are In Order

Happy 21st birthday Uncle Allen! He's probably out with the ladies getting all celebrated out and having a good time. I hope he's not wearing the beer goggles tonight though because with his past track record he really needs his friends to make his decisions for him. Otanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu!

And a big congrats to my Auntie Frances for getting the job in Japan! I hope she gets to go somewhere nice and meets a lot of nice people. I look forward to seeing all of her Japan pictures and listen to all of her stories. Omedetou gozaimasu!

I Love Yogurt

Mama finished this yogurt today and gave me the container to lick. I was in heaven while I was trying to get the last of the yogurt out, I didn't even care that most of it got on my face. My favourite flavour is plain, well I suppose any flavour is my favourite flavour, if I get to have some.

Yesterday I ran into the golden retriever down the hall. She was coming out for a walk with her parents and I was in the hall accompanying Papa to the garbage chute. I was excited to see my neighbours, so I ran down to say hello. I noticed that there was a red Kong that looked just like my black Kong, so I went into their apartment to see it. Papa chased after me and I got into trouble for stealing the neighbour's toy. I want to clarify that I wasn't stealing it, I just wanted to see if it was the same as mine. Mama scolded me when I came back inside our apartment. I think that will be the last time that I get to accompany anyone to the garbage chute.

Mama told me that Takeo Ojichan got a job in Japan. I want to personally congratulate him on my blog. Go shushoku omedetou gozaimasu!!

Lazy Days

Saturday once again. It's a lazy day for me today. I just like to roll around on the floor on my back and let the hours pass by without doing anything. It's a good time.

I heard that these scientists in Japan are looking to cow poo as a new source of gasoline. They have been able to extract a little bit of gasoline from some 100g of cow poo in this fancy apparatus and adding some secret metal catalysts. Now that's useful research!

And in another group in Japan, they have been able to extract vanillin from cow poo too, to use in perfumes and shampoos. Mama uses skatole in her research, and that's a component of poo, but she just smells like poo when she comes back from the lab. And that's not very useful research at all.

I'm Back!

I've been on a bit of a hiatus from blogging this week. My schedule has been overbooked with meetings with my people and signing autographs for my legions of fans. Actually, I peed in the house and Mama and Papa took away my internet privileges for a few days. But now I am back and I have lots to report!

It's Day 8 of the Torino games. And Canada had a really good Thursday and Friday. Golds, silvers, and bronzes to be had in all sorts of events! Congrats to all of the competitors! Unfortunately, Saturday is not turning out to be such a good day - Team Canada lost to Team Switzerland in men's hockey. Can you believe that? I think the official was biased and he screwed over the Canadians. Where do they find these officials?

Obaachan and Ojiichan have come to visit from Japan for the day. They were in Chile earlier in the week, and now they are back in Toronto for one day before they go home to Japan. I love it when Obaachan comes to visit, she brings presents for Mama and Papa and they always smell so nice, a distinct Asian aroma. I can't eat any of the presents, Mama says they have too many preservatives or they aren't particularly good for puppies. It doesn't matter to me though, I just like to roll around in the paper that wraps up all of the presents. Papa has gone with Obaachan and Ojiichan to eat lobster for dinner tonight, I hope he brings me back one! Lobster is good stuff!

Aiko-sama

I was reading about Princess Aiko of Japan in the newspaper today. She turned 4 last December. Apparently she has a skating coach, likes to sing, climb trees, and do origami. She can also brush her own teeth and change her own clothes. (Show off!)

It looks like Japan is in the works to make changes to the Imperial House Law to allow females and their decsendants to ascend to the throne. This would mean that Princess Aiko could become the first Emperess in almost 200 years.

I think it would be great growing up in a royal family. You could learn about whatever you wanted to, eat whatever you like, go where ever you felt like. If I were a princess, I would sleep, eat, and play all the time. And in that order too. Oh wait, I already do all those things. Hmm...I guess this means that I am a princess?