Hello everyone!
How're you all doing? Hope everyone's doing well.
Thank you to those people who emailed us to confirm that they got their puzzle piece! That is very much appreciated. ^^ And thanks to all those who have already designed their puzzle pieces and sent pictures of their work. Can't wait for the others. We'll try to get the pictures up this week so everyone can see what it looks like.
The due date for submitting your video is November 22. You should have already received a sample video through your emails. If you hadn't, please let us know and we'll send you the link by email. If you are planning to film yourself, you can very well do so however we will need a signed release form along with it. If you need a copy of the release form, let us know as well.
Have a great week ahead.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Scheduled Update #17
Minna, hello!
Did you all have a good Halloween?
In case you're wondering why you're receiving this scheduled update on Tuesday instead of Sunday, I (Joan) caught the flu last Tuesday and my sister's been really tied up. Gomen, ne, minna...
Without further ado, let's proceed to this week's update:
1. Filming with your puzzle piece - as promised in the last update, for those of you will be filming yourselves with your piece, here are some more details. Actually, since actions speak louder than words, we've put together a short demo clip. We'll be sending an email with the demo clip to you all, so please watch out for it!
2. Instructional video - sorry to disappoint...this is not a video that will show you how to imitate Arashi's cool dance moves. It's just another short clip that will show you how to put your piece in the card and close it back up. We're sure you all have figured it out by now, but we were in a video-taping mood so we thought we might as well - in case anyone would need it. Here's the link...
How to close your card back up (and hopefully not crease it too much) XDDDD
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4256262580910364217
That's it for this week! We hope you all are having fun decorating your puzzle pieces and if you run into any challenges or have any questions, feel free to email.
Mata, ne!
Joan and Jean
Did you all have a good Halloween?
In case you're wondering why you're receiving this scheduled update on Tuesday instead of Sunday, I (Joan) caught the flu last Tuesday and my sister's been really tied up. Gomen, ne, minna...
Without further ado, let's proceed to this week's update:
1. Filming with your puzzle piece - as promised in the last update, for those of you will be filming yourselves with your piece, here are some more details. Actually, since actions speak louder than words, we've put together a short demo clip. We'll be sending an email with the demo clip to you all, so please watch out for it!
2. Instructional video - sorry to disappoint...this is not a video that will show you how to imitate Arashi's cool dance moves. It's just another short clip that will show you how to put your piece in the card and close it back up. We're sure you all have figured it out by now, but we were in a video-taping mood so we thought we might as well - in case anyone would need it. Here's the link...
How to close your card back up (and hopefully not crease it too much) XDDDD
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4256262580910364217
That's it for this week! We hope you all are having fun decorating your puzzle pieces and if you run into any challenges or have any questions, feel free to email.
Mata, ne!
Joan and Jean
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
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^^
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
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
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Scheduled Update #14
Hello everyone. Hisashiburi! Today is the end of September and thus the end of our little "tour" for the project. It was really great meeting up with fans and hopefully we can meet up again soon. ^^
Stay tuned...we hope to have more frequent updates now that we're done traveling.
Have a great week ahead!
Stay tuned...we hope to have more frequent updates now that we're done traveling.
Have a great week ahead!
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Scheduled Update #13
Konnichiwa minna-san! ^^
We're beginning our travels finally! :) See you!
Also...to those who are filming themselves, we will extend your submission date. We'll email you the details. Please email us back if you have any questions.
As a bonus, we'll reveal our picture with Arashi at Carnegie Deli here in New York XD. Can you spot Arashi? Hint: Those familiar with their Nino-less trip to NYC should be able to spot them. ;)
It was chotto hazukashi since there were actually people dining right by that wall where the pictures are XDDD. But the fangirls inside of us prevailed! >< To top it off, when we re-watched the NY Special video again, we realized we sat at the same table as Arashi did ^^v.
A close-up picture of the picture :D.
Arashi is a good enough reason to dine at the Carnegie Deli, but the food is excellent, too. Normally, people line up outside to get seats. In our case we didn't since we went at around 8:30 PM.
All right we still have to get ready for our trip. Ja mata! ^^
We're beginning our travels finally! :) See you!
Also...to those who are filming themselves, we will extend your submission date. We'll email you the details. Please email us back if you have any questions.
As a bonus, we'll reveal our picture with Arashi at Carnegie Deli here in New York XD. Can you spot Arashi? Hint: Those familiar with their Nino-less trip to NYC should be able to spot them. ;)
It was chotto hazukashi since there were actually people dining right by that wall where the pictures are XDDD. But the fangirls inside of us prevailed! >< To top it off, when we re-watched the NY Special video again, we realized we sat at the same table as Arashi did ^^v.
A close-up picture of the picture :D.
Arashi is a good enough reason to dine at the Carnegie Deli, but the food is excellent, too. Normally, people line up outside to get seats. In our case we didn't since we went at around 8:30 PM.
All right we still have to get ready for our trip. Ja mata! ^^
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