Sunday, October 28, 2007

Scheduled Update #16

Hi, Everyone!

Genki, de? Hope you all are well!
Were any of you able to catch GRA this week? We still haven't been able to see it, but if you have, feel free to share with us what you thought of this week's show. Don't be shy, now!

Or did you get to see Nino's new CM for the New Year's postcards yet? We must say that it's making us think of sending our cards/puzzle pieces in time for New Years XDDD But we'll save that discussion for another update ^^;;;;

Alright, onto to today's update...

1. Confirmation of puzzle kit receipt - Did you each receive you puzzle kit, minna? As we had mentioned in last week's update, the puzzle kits were mailed out last Tuesday, 10/23. If you haven't received your puzzle kit yet, feel free to drop us a note. Some of you had already left comments and sent emails confirming receipt of their puzzle kits. So it looks like they are getting to most of you already...Yay!!! Thanks to those who had let us know their kits arrived, and we hope to hear from more of you soon.

2. I got my puzzle kit...Yay, now what? - Now that you have your puzzle kit, we just wanted to remind you all about a few things:

a. READ THE ENCLOSED INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!!!
b. Please DO NOT mail your puzzle piece, card, envelope until we give the go ahead! We'll mail them all at the same time.
c. Remember to take pictures of both the front and back of your piece.
d. Do not seal your envelope until you have taken a picture of your piece!

We realize it's hard and we're all excited to send them to our 5 boys, but we ask for your patience and restraint!! Gambatte, minna!

Other than the above, feel free to decorate your piece per the instructions^^ In a separate email we sent some pre-made messages to help you all formulate your message to Arashi. Again, if you were not able to receive this email, please email us and we can send it to you right away. It was brought to our attention that the kana/characters were not appearing for some. As a quick remedy, we will try to save the pre-made messages as an image/photo and resend it. In theory, this should address it, but if we come up with a better way to make it work, we'll surely do that too :)

If we may make one suggestion, should you wish to write on the back of your piece directly, we've found that using glitter pens (silver or gold) work best ^^v

3. Comments - ever wished that you'll be notified when we've responded to your comment? Blogger has a new feature where you can sign-up to be notified when you've left a comment on one of our posts. Read about how to subscribe here.

That's it for this week's update. We anticipate that by next week, all the puzzle kits have arrived. That being said, for the next update, we'll try to provide updated guidelines on filming yourself with you puzzle piece.

Take care and have a safe Halloween everyone!

Joan and Jean

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Puzzle kits are on their way!

Yes, as we mentioned in last Sunday's update the puzzle kits have started their journeys to each of your mailboxes.

We dropped them off today and USPS should have them out to you - hopefully!- in the upcoming days. For our members in Canada, yours were sent out today as well.

Please be on the lookout for them, minna! And feel free to email or comment when your puzzle kit arrives.

Let's keep our fingers crossed that the kits get to each of you all in one piece (pun intended!)
and that they arrive sooner rather than later!

That's it for now! Hope you're as excited as we are^^

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Scheduled Update #15

Minna!

Hisashiburi!! Did you all get to catch the first episode of GRA? Or Nino's rendition of Aiba's "Friendship" song on Bay Storm? Better go catch them if you can...especially Bay Storm! We're sure you'll love it like we did.

Ookay, on to today's big update...

On Tuesday, we'll be mailing out the puzzle kits. ^^v

Yes, the moment you've all been waiting for is here. Hopefully, by the next update, you will have your own puzzle kits in hand. Please be on the lookout for them, minna! And if you can email or comment back when you've received it, that'll help us in making sure each puzzle kit arrived safely.

Guidelines on how to personalize your puzzle piece are included in the kit. Kindly read them before personalizing and feel free to contact us with any questions^^

If you are planning to film yourself for the video, we will be giving you further details on when to submit your videos.

That's it for now, everyone...'til next week's update, be well and have a great week ahead!

- Joan and Jean