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- Category: Emergency news
- Big typhoon bearing down on Toyama October 7th, 2009
- Another earthquake? Really? August 12th, 2009
- Earthquake? What earthquake? September 11th, 2008
- Earthquake hits Japan, we're OKAY June 14th, 2008 (2)
- Typhoon 5 hits Japan; We're okay August 4th, 2007
- Category: Family featured
- TFiJ33: Luke & Max's 1st vegetable garden August 27th, 2010 (1)
- TFiJ32: Shredding Cow Mountain February 21st, 2010 (5)
- TFiJ31: Moments of Gratitude 2009 December 28th, 2009
- TFiJ25: Playing in the snow (2006) January 13th, 2009
- Happy new year 2009! January 1st, 2009 (2)
- TFiJ24-Moments of gratitude 2008 December 26th, 2008 (16)
- A Talandis film festival December 24th, 2008 (2)
- Buying our first stock October 18th, 2008 (2)
- TFiJ18: Tokyo Disneyland 2006 June 28th, 2008 (3)
- TFiJ17: Tree planting day June 10th, 2008 (14)
- Hey! What happened to April? May 15th, 2008 (1)
- New Zealand update February 29th, 2008 (2)
- TFiJ13: 2nd time skiing 2008 January 25th, 2008 (2)
- TFiJ11: Max takes a bath January 3rd, 2008
- Happy new year! January 1st, 2008
- TFiJ#10: Moments of gratitude 2007 December 25th, 2007 (10)
- Getting caught up in a busy time October 31st, 2007
- A fall 2007 family news update October 12th, 2007
- TFiJ01: Our first video podcast! July 28th, 2007 (3)
- Category: General life stuff
- My famous brother! May 17th, 2009 (3)
- Kiss this winter good-bye! February 15th, 2009 (4)
- Obama mania hits Japan January 22nd, 2009 (5)
- Insane gas prices May 24th, 2008 (8)
- 1st snow of the season November 22nd, 2007 (3)
- Starbucks comes to Toyama City!!! September 21st, 2007 (5)
- Extended family news: Dotto Completes a Triathlon August 8th, 2007 (2)
- Category: Luke featured
- TFiJ34: Trekking the Northern Japanese Alps, Day 1 September 5th, 2010
- TFiJ30: Luke goes on a field trip July 25th, 2009 (7)
- TFiJ29: Fountain Fun June 30th, 2009 (3)
- TFiJ27: Luke's swim meet February 23rd, 2009 (3)
- A Talandis film festival December 24th, 2008 (2)
- TFiJ20: Luke & papa do a triathlon October 13th, 2008 (5)
- TFiJ19: Sports day 2008 August 26th, 2008 (4)
- TFiJ16: Luke enters elementary school June 2nd, 2008 (2)
- TFiJ15: Luke graduates from kindergarten March 28th, 2008 (13)
- TFiJ14: Luke learns snowboarding February 12th, 2008 (4)
- TFiJ12: 1st time skiing 2008 January 17th, 2008
- TFiJ08: Luke practices soccer October 5th, 2007
- iPod Kids September 7th, 2007 (4)
- TFiJ03: Luke's first swim race August 3rd, 2007 (1)
- TFiJ02: Luke's 6th Birthday August 1st, 2007
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Hello! My name is Gerald Talandis Jr, and I'm the webmaster of this blog. I'm using it as a tool for staying in touch with family in friends around the world. I've been in Japan since 1993 and currently teach English at
This is my wife, Shinobu. She's originally from
Luke was born on July 29th, 2001. He is now an elementary school student and loves sports, like his mama. Each week, Luke swims, plays soccer, and goes to a gymnastics class. He is also studying English and dreams of visiting the USA someday and becoming an Olympic swimmer, like his hero Michael Phelps.
Our daughter Max was born on March 7th, 2007. She is currently attending nursery school and is learning to walk, talk, and eat by herself without making a mess. She is growing by leaps and bounds, and loves Micky Mouse, Hello Kitty, and Anpanman.