Cai

Our son, Cai, was born earlier this week on September 18, 2023.

We are blown away by the sheer amount of love we have for this little guy. He’s been keeping us busy and on our toes but it's worth every precious moment.

I’ll be posting pictures here and there in a gallery specifically made for Cai. It's password protected so if you want access, just message me directly.

Thanks everyone for your love and support so far and we look forward to introducing you to Cai.

Take care!

Kasey Ramen →

A new ramen post is up! It’s been awhile so go take a look here.

I hope to log my ramen journey more properly moving forward from my experiences locally (Edmonton) and elsewhere (hopefully soon).

Stay tuned for more!

Merry Christmas

This Christmas is going to be a weird one. I have to really go out of my way to make it even remotely seem like Christmas is around me this year. I knew it would be like this, but knowing that I’ll be missing all the festive activities with Mindy, my family and her family is still a bummer no matter how you look at it. Nonetheless, there is always next year so I’ll have to double down on the festivities then.

I’ll be at school on Christmas Day but I plan on eating chicken and cake during my lunch to celebrate Japanese style since that’s what a lot of people here think is the traditional style meal. You should see how busy it is at KFC. It’s crazy town. I’m tempted to go, but battling the lines and the long wait times don’t seem like a fun way to spend the time.

Also, I have to prepare a short little presentation on a movie review on the 26th. Naturally, I’m choosing Scott Pilgrim vs the World since it’s got a great mix of pop culture and some Canadiana mixed in. So needless to say, I’ll be studying on Christmas, like a good boy. Did you hear that Santa?

We did have a pretty rad Christmas Eve dinner tonight. Homemade pizza and various types of fried meats (beef, pork, fish, etc.) but all roads lead to chicken always tasting the best. There was also a cake, but everyone ate so much dinner that there was no room for dessert. Alas, we can go crazy on the cake tomorrow.

I hope you all have a great Christmas holiday and really cherish the moments you have with others. Those specific moments will only ever happen once, so don’t let them pass carelessly.

I also hope you find your Christmas Unicorn.

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Please enjoy this little Christmas tune courtesy of the super cool Sufjan Stevens.

Writer's Block

Howdy! I am still alive and kicking over here in Japan. I have lots of pictures and things to write about, but after trying to update the blog often, I kinda hit a block after about a month where I just wanted to take a little break.

I will add those past events here eventually which includes a soccer match, a weird and somewhat dangerous optical outdoor park thing which was really fun but could easily lead to a hurting body and/or death (haha), and a Meiji style town which resembles uh, the look of the Meiji period in Japan. Yup!

Oh, and food. I have some more ramen posts to get up as well. The backlog is growing, just like the endless amounts of vocabulary and grammar points that I need to memorize.

Since you like pictures, here is one of me and the three kids which are part of my homestay family. They are super cool and I take no shame at defeating them in Street Fighter often. Hadouken!