April 1, 2008 - Email
Message -
Maiko.
Hi. I am going to send you a video of me and Akiko this week. Send email when
you can.
Howie.
April 1, 2008 - Email
Message -
Jim.
Hi. I am resending this email with the links. Check it out. Akiko and I enjoyed
the wine. Send email when you can.
Howie.
April 1, 2008 - Email
Message - Hey Howie. It was great seeing you
and Akiko the other night! You mentioned that you might know someone who could
help our student with translation. Could you give me that person's name and
number? And if you have several options, that would be even better! Thanks and
take care! Lisa.
April 1, 2008 - Email
Message -
Miyuki, Yuki.
Hi. I was shopping with Akiko the other day and saw a friend of mine who is the
housing director at the American Language Institute at SDSU. There are some
students who need some lease agreements translated and I though either of you
might want to do this. They are going to pay of course. Akiko is working full
time and I am too busy to do this. Anyway the contact is Lisa Lyons and this is
her email address. xxxx@mail.sdsu.edu.
Let me know if either of you are interested. Send email when you can.
Howie.
April 1, 2008 - Email
Message -
Lisa.
Hi. I sent email to my friends and waiting for a reply. Akiko and I could do
this if we were not required to go somewhere to meet. It seems like the
information could be translated at any location. It is important for the
translator to be somewhat knowledgeable in real estate. Anyway, send email when
you can.
Howie.
April 1, 2008 - Email
Message - Kim Sensei.
Hi. I wanted to send this much sooner but many things came up. Akiko is working
and I am busy with the sites. I want to know if your citizenship interview was
good. Send email when you can.
Howie.
April 1, 2008 - Email
Message -
Meenakshi.
Hi. I wanted to let you know that Akiko and I plan to attend the House of India
performance in the park in a couple weeks. We are also planning to video tape.
Actually I found a performance online and featured it along with a banner I made
for you on the home page of my San Diego California Events site. Please check
when you can. It will be nice to see you again. Send email when you can. Until
then.
Howie.
April 1, 2008 - Email
Message -
Aya.
Hi. I want you to interview me and then I am going to interview you. I am also
going to need an actress for some videos. Akiko is only interested in doing the
cooking videos. Send email when you can.
Howie.
April 1, 2008 - Email
Message - To Whom It May Concern.
Hi. We would like to donate some nice items and would like to arrange pick up.
We use only Internet for communication and would like to make the arrrangements
through email. The items are already outside in a covered place. We donated some
items before
and our information might be in your computer. Anyway, please email back when
you can pick these items up.
Pick up information.
Howard Hayman
6840 Hyde Park Drive, Unit C
San Diego, CA 92119.
Items .Computer equipment.
Kitchen chairs.
Books.
Standing lamp.
This is a condominium and the items are sitting in the covered entrance. A note
with St. Vincent De Paul will be placed on the items. You can pick any date and
time. Please send email when you can. Thanks.
Howard Hayman.
April 2, 2008 - Email
Message -
Tanjyoubi Omedetou! We will have a good dinner tonight. I love you. Akiko. (from
work) Akiko.
April 2, 2008 - Email
Message - Arigatou. We can enjoy each other
tonight. I love you. Howie. (to work) Howie.
April 2, 2008 - Email
Message -
Happy Birthday.
I hope you had a nice day.
I love you and I hope I get to see you soon.
Love
Valerie.
April 2, 2008 - Email
Message -
GOOD MORNING HOWARD , THIS IS CINDY FROM SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL DISPATCH
DEPARTMENT. I AM RESPONDING TO YOUR EMAIL REGARDING THE ITEMS YOUR INTERESTED IN
DONATING FOR YOUR AREA WE PICK UP EVERY MON. WED. FRI. AND SUN. AND WE PICK UP
BETWEEN 8AM TO 3:30 PM. OUR NEXT AVAILABLE DAY WOULD BE THIS FRI. IF IT WORKS
FOR YOU PLEASE RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE CAUSE IT'S FIRST CALL FIRST SERVE.
THANK A LOT FOR THINKING ABOUT US HAVE A GOOD DAY. CINDY.
April 2, 2008 - Email
Message -
Cindy.
Hi. This Friday is perfect. All the items are already outside in the covered
entrance.
6840 Hyde Park Drive, Unit C
San Diego, CA 92119.
A note with St. Vincent De Paul will be placed on the items. If possible, please
leave a tax receipt for $500. Thanks.
Howie.
April 2, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi Howie.
Thank you for your email. I'm very interested.
Since I've been doing property management for 6 years, it would be fun job for
me. Do you know if this job for one time only job, or time to time job? Anyway,
I'd like to know the details. Should I contact her directly? Please let me know.
Have a nice day.
Miyuki.
April 2, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi Howie.
Thanks for the reply. It looks like we've got it taken care of, but if that
translator falls through, then I'll let you know. BTW, what's your number, just
in case I need to get hold of you to see if you are available last minute?
Lisa.
April 2, 2008 - Email
Message -
Miyuki.
Hi. I received email from Lisa and she found someone but it is not definite.
Gonna let you know if she still needs you. Akiko and I want to see you again.
Send email when you can.
Howie.
April 2, 2008 - Email
Message -
Thanks Howie.
I appreciate it. Also we decided to buy a house and we're spending busy days
recently to look for a good house, but if you have a time, let's get together
sometimes. Yuki got a job as a tech support at the American company, so she is
busy also, but I hope we can have a dinner party together again.
Also Yuki start own business as a eyelash extension technician. She can do the
eyelash extension service for $30, so if Akiko is interested, then Yuki will be
happy to do it for her. She just did it to me yesterday and it actually
interesting and I like it.
Well, keep in touch and have a nice day.
Miyuki.
April 3, 2008 - Email
Message -
Maichan.
Hi. I am happy it is getting warmer now. Akiko and I plan to enjoy the summer.
Send email when you can.
Howie.
April 4, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi. How is your feeling? Getting better? See you soon. (from work) Akiko.
April 4, 2008 - Email
Message -
Yup better. See you pretty soon then. (to work) Howie.
April 4, 2008 - Email
Message -
Valerie.
Thanks.
April 4, 2008 - Email
Message -
Miyuki.
Hi. I think it is a good idea you get a house. Then you can relax about all this
stuff. I sent many email to Yuki but she does not reply anytime. I might know
some people who want there eyelashes done but no way to contact her. Ask her to
send email sometime.
Anyway Akiko is working full time now as you know and really likes the job. We
are also working a lot on the sites which are getting really popular. The San
Diego site now has videos. It will be nice to get together for dinner sometime.
Send email again when you can. Until then.
Howie.
April 4, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi Howie.
Have Akiko found a full time job? Congratulations!
I guess I'm the only one still at home.
Yuki is very busy since she's got her full time job and eyelash extension job.
But she would be happy if you have someone want to do eyelash.
I'll tell her to contact you.
Well, keep in touch and have a nice day.
Miyuki.
April 4, 2008 - Email
Message -
Miyuki.
Hi. I probably forgot to mention about the job. Anyway, Akiko got a really good
job at a travel company in Mission Valley. the pay is good and really good
benefits and free travel. They are doing office parties anytime and Akiko really
like the job. A Japanese coworker will come for dinner next week. Recently we
are invited to and doing many dinner parties. It is a lot of fun. We are now
making videos and we will be taping a my friends Samba School and the House of
India performance in the park in a week. My friend is the director at Balboa
Park. You should join us sometime. Really fun. Talk to you again. Until then.
Howie.
April 4, 2008 - Email
Message -
Lisa.
Hi. Actually email is the best way to contact me. Pretty much online during the
day. Akiko and I rarely use the house phone and do not check messages often
because of all the telemarketers. Anyway, let me know if you need anything. Talk
to you again. Until then.
Howie.
April 4, 2008 - Email
Message - Cheryl and Debbie.
Hi. I posted some really funny Passover videos on the San Diego site. Click the
following link and then click on April 20.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/
I know Cheryl will not send email but Debbie send email and tell me what you
think.
Howie.
April 4, 2008 - Email
Message -
Dave.
Hi. The front panel is yellow but can probably be changed. If you are still
interested send email again and I can tell you the address. Please let me know
when you can pick it up. This is a condo and sooner is better. The dishwasher is
in the entry and already the neighbors do not look happy about it. Thanks.
Howie.
April 5, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi Howie.
Hope you can publicise this flyer well, it's really important for us. Really
appreciate your help and support. Take care!
Sincerely,
Meenakshi Jain.
April 7, 2008 - Email
Message -
Jim.
Hey thanks. Gonna try a little more to get rid of the dishwasher. Anyway, I know
sometime before I mentioned to you about using your driveway to sand the car.
Actually decided to forget it and paint over the rough spot and not mess with it
anymore. The car was really cheap and after a couple weeks working on the house,
decided not to take on any more projects. Gonna begin making tons of videos with
the new camera beginning this week and not wanting to spend any more time
cleaning and doing stuff like that. Send email when you can.
Howie.
April 7, 2008 - Email
Message -
Meenakshi.
Hi. I am unable to post your flyer as it is a file as opposed to a graphic. You
can either send a graphic or your can post your event on the San Diego site and
include any information you want. Send email when you can. Thanks.
Howie.
April 7, 2008 - Email
Message -
Meenakshi.
Hi. Actually we are planning on taping and posting the video on the site. It
might be fun to do an interview with you before the show. Akiko and I plan to
enjoy the food and the entertainment. See you this weekend. Until then.
Howie.
April 7, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi Howie.
I need advice for a couple who wants to go to Japan for work. The hubby speaks
Japanese and wants to refine it further with some experience in Japan. The wife
doesn't speak it at all.
Would you have time to talk to them?
Thanks for the sukiyaki dinner. It was totally fun and totally destressing for a
pair of women who need it (and of course, you). We'll have to do it again. I
love picking wine so it's perfect!
Upcoming JSSDT Events:
July 16 - Beer & Sake Festival @ W San Diego.
Aya Catalina Ibarra.
April 7, 2008 - Email
Message -
Aya.
Hi. Yeah, you can come anytime. We like your wine. Akiko is good now. She needed
to get that all out. Anyway, I completely forgot to talk about the Japanese
couple when you came last time. I cannot meet them this week for sure but they
could meet me at the park for the House of India event this weekend. Hey, I
really wanna be more involved with you and the Japan society this year. I
decided to put videos on the San Diego site and I think it would be good
promotion for the Japan Society. I was also thinking that we could interview
each other. We could meet at the Mission Trails Visitor Center. There is a
really nice library with a couple of nice chairs. Really good for an interview.
It would be fun. Send email and tell me what you think. Until then.
Howie.
April 8, 2008 - Email
Message -
Yup, cannot get rid of this thing even for free. Now dismantled and going out in
the trash. Anyway talk again.
April 8, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi Howie.
No worries if you couldn't post it, just try and get there and take some great
pictures if possible. Hope to see you on April 13th. The Lawn Program starts at
12:00 and the entertainment starts at 2:00 pm. See you!
Sincerely,
Meenakshi Jain.
April 8, 2008 - Email
Message -
Kelly.
Hi. I am the owner of San Diego Californa Events. You posted an ad for monkeys
for sale on my site last month. Please send specifics like price and other
details when you can. I am wondering if you are in San Diego as your email
address is from the UK. Anyway, please send email when you can. Thanks. Howie.
April 9, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hey, sumimasen ne about today. Talk more. Until then. (to work) Howie.
April 9, 2008 - Email
Message -
No, it okay. Sumimasen too. See you tonight. (from work) Akiko.
April 9, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hey, changing the plan for tonight. Better to go shopping tomorrow and eat nabe
and wine tonight. Not warm in the house and will taste good. Gonna prepare
everything. Send email if this is good. Talk again. (to work) Howie.
April 9, 2008 - Email
Message -
Jim.
Hey, I want to find a non working but real microphone to use in videos. Send
email if you know of anything. Thanks.
Howie.
April 9, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hey, need to know if you really do not need it in the event it gets messed up.
If you can find it before Sunday would be cool. Going to an event in the park
and doing an interview. You should go. The house of India is putting on a show
and food. Gonna be fun. Send email when you can.
April 10, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi. Sorry about yesterday. Tomorrow we will begin 6:30pm and BBQ is good with
chikin. She is gonna bring cake for dessert. Ok? Talk to you again. I love you.
(from work) Akiko.
April 10, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi. Sorry too. Everything is gonna be better from now. The BBQ plan is all good.
The patio is clean and ready. Gonna be really warm this weekend. Was thinking
about doing something early. Shopping tonight. Talk to you again. I love you.
(to work) Howie.
April 10, 2008 - Email
Message -
Are you going to Earth Day this year?
April 11, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi. It is not go away from my mind about your 4years old acting on the bed…. See
you tonight. I love you. (from work) Akiko.
April 11, 2008 - Email
Message -
Yup, funny stuff. Really should be making tons of money from these comedy
routines. See you tonight. I love you. (to work) Howie.
April 14, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi. How’s your feeling and arms? It is dry today. Anyway see you tonight, I love
you. (from work) Akiko.
April 14, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi. Actually arm is pretty much a mess now. Gonna get some stuff tonight. No
problem because I can be with you in a few hours. Anyway, went walking and now
working on the video and actually working on the patio. Really nice. See you
tonight. I love you. (to work) Howie.
April 14, 2008 - Email
Message -
Ayumi.
Hi. Yeah I went fishing with Akiko a couple weeks ago but it was pretty slow.
Then we went last weekend and caught a lot and then we made BBQ. I was stung by
a bee though and now kinda messed up. Anyway, on Sunday we went to the House of
India food and performance thing. My friend is the director and we got complete
lunches for free because I am taping events now. Yup, I bought an expensive and
really nice camera and now taping events. We are meeting tons of people and
getting invited all over the place. We already had and went to a few dinner
parties. Spent a couple weeks cleaning the house and now gonna enjoy the summer.
Yeah get together when you can. Until then.
Howie.
April 14, 2008 - Email
Message -
Meenakshi.
Hi. I want to thank you for the wonderful time on Sunday. Akiko and I really
enjoyed the performances and the food and thank you very much for treating us.
We would be happy to meet you for dinner anytime at your convenience.
I am going to send email again, probably tonight, with a few questions about the
performances. The video is already set up but needs to be edited down to the ten
minute limit on YouTube. The entire show was fantastic and editing anything out
will not be easy. Hopefully you will enjoy the finished video. Again, I plan to
send another email tonight. Until then.
Howie.
April 14, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi Howie.
Pleasure is all ours. Thank you for taking such great pictures and doing such a
wondeful job. Really appreciate your coming and thanks again. Yes you are
welcome any day, how about Friday April 25th at 8:00 pm at my place. My address
is xxxx.
Hope to see you soon and we should be sending you the descriptions regarding
dances fairly soon. Thanks again!
Sincerely, Meenakshi Jain.
April 14, 2008 - Email
Message -
Meenakshi.
Hi. I want to thank you for the dinner offer. The date and the time are good for
us. Akiko and I get home from her work around 6:00 pm and then we can head up to
your place anytime. 8:00 pm is good.
Anyway, I am really finding it difficult to edit the show down to ten minutes
and decided to post all the individual performances. I watched them over and
over today and it seems unfair to cut out any part of them. It might take a
couple days to complete everything. Please send the following information when
you can.
* The names of each of the eight performances.
* The full names of the following individuals.
The president of the House of India.
The full name for Romila.
The 2nd Vice president of the houses – older woman on the stage.
I am going to send you all the links for the videos when everything is finished.
Send email with the information when you can.
Incidentally we were drinking wine tonight and talking about you, our new
drinking friend. We are really looking forward to coming to your home. Talk to
you again. Until then.
Howie.
April 15, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi. How is your arm? Looking forward to watching video. see you tonight. I love
you. (from work) Akiko.
April 15, 2008 - Email
Message -
Maybe getting better. The videos are all gonna be done tonight. I want to show
you. See you tonight. I love you. (to work) Howie.
April 15, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi Howie.
Thank you so much for doing this for House of India. Really appreciate it, you
are welcome any time for dinner. I know you get back from work at 6:00 pm but my
daughter is in dance class that time. We get done from all the classes by 7:00,
so you are more than welcome to come by 7:15 or so. I Just don't want you to
wait outside the house. Look forward to seeing you, it was really good to see
you and Akiko together. Thanks again!
Sincerely,
Meenakshi Jain.
April 15, 2008 - Email
Message -
Meenakshi.
Hi. I was worried you were trying to accommodate us. Actually 8:00 pm is really
good. Akiko is not working the next day and we are happy to spend the evening
with you and your family. I received the information from Romila and can now
finish up the videos. Everything should be completed and online tomorrow. I am
planning to put the following at the end of each video. Please send email if any
of this information is incorrect.
Please send donations to:
House of India
4351 Gila Avenue
San Diego, California 92117.
www.houseofindia.org
Also, please send the full name of Juba, the restaurant representative, if you
know it.
Thank you. Talk again.
Howie.
April 15, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hello Howie.
On behalf of the House of India Executive Committee members, I thank you for
taking the time take the pictures and video and putting it all together to post
it online. We are glad you enjoyed the show. I am attaching the document
containing description of the dances and names of the performers. If you have
any questions regarding the same please feel free to contact me or Meenakshi. My
telephone number is (xxx) xxx-xxxx.
Below are the names of the House of India Executive Committee members:
President - Naresh Rao.
Vice Presidents - Rajshree Mudaliar,
Salim Shah.
Treasurer - Praveen Appani.
Secretary - Meenakshi Jain.
Co-Chairs, Cultural Committee - Anu Rajasekaran and Romila Notani.
If you need any other information please let me know. Thank you again.
Sincerely,
Romila Notani.
April 15, 2008 - Email
Message -
Romila.
Hi. My wife Akiko and I attend the program every year and thoroughly enjoy the
performances. I am happy to promote the House of India and the Indian community
in San Diego. The lawn program is, without a doubt, the best entertainment in
San Diego. A nice way to travel without actually traveling. San Diegans can
experience the sites and sounds, and learn about different cultures through this
program.
Meenakshi and I met a couple years ago and continue to build a wonderful
friendship. I am hoping to get to know you, and others in the Indian community,
as well.
Thank you very much for sending such detailed information about the
performances. As I told Meenakshi, it was extremely difficult to edit the video
down to ten minutes, the requirement for uploading to YouTube. The performances
were wonderful and cutting out any part of them seemed unfair. Therefore, I
decided to upload the main video along with the videos of the eight individual
performances. Everything should be completed and online tomorrow. I am going to
send you the links when everything has been completed. Please let me know if
there is anything else you need. Thank you again.
Howie.
April 15, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hello Howie.
It was great meeting with you and Akiko at the Lawn program. It will be my
pleasure to get to know you and your wife and the House of India executive
committee will be happy to meet with you also. Thank you for your encouraging
words about our lawn program. Everyone in the House of India Executive committee
team works hard to put this together. I agree it is a nice way of experiencing
different cultures without travelling. I feel the same way when we watch other
lawn programs.
I was wondering if you had a chance of interviewing our House of India President
Naresh Rao at the lawn program. I know that you have only 10 minutes upload time
for the main video and if you have interviewed him please feel free to have his
interview online instead of mine. He also had made the opening speech welcoming
everyone at he lawn program.
I hope I am not troubling you too much. House of India Board really appreciates
you taking all this trouble. Thank you so much.
Sincerely,
Romila.
April 16, 2008 - Email
Message -
Romila.
Hi. Akiko and I would definitely like to get to know all of you more. Please let
us know when other events will be held.
I tried to include a little bit of everything in the video, at least for the
main video, to appeal to a wider audience. A bit about the food, the
entertainment, and other things. I was able to fit in all the interviews and
even though Naresh was not interviewed, an excerpt from his opening speech was
included.
Please recheck the names of the performers as soon as you can. There may be some
incorrect information but not sure. It seems like the number of names and the
number of performers do not exactly match on some performances.
Anyway, if there are no updates, the videos should be uploaded today. Please
send email when you can. Thanks.
Howie.
April 16, 2008 - Email
Message -
Meenakshi, Romila.
Hi. I am writing to both of you tonight with some good news and some not so good
news.
The good news is that the main program video and the eight individual
performance videos are all finished and they came out looking incredible.
The not so good news is the videos are too incredible.
Explanation. A few months before, Akiko and I made some videos for our Fun Easy
English site using a very cheap 40 dollar PC camera. The quality was good enough
and the videos uploaded to YouTube with no problem. The files were only about 30
mb each. The videos we took at the House of India program was with our new
camera. The quality of the videos we took is fantastic and looks really nice on
the computer but not when the video is uploaded to YouTube. It took some time
for us to isolate the problem tonight.
The problem is YouTube. Our videos from the program are all about 200 mb or
more. YouTube currently has a limit of 100 mb if you use there single video
uploader. This means they must compress our 200 mb video down to 100 mb to meet
their requirements. Whenever you compress a file, you reduce the quality. This
page in YouTube explains it better.
http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?answer=55743&topic=10527
Please visit the San Diego site home page and play the video of the program
currently showing on the video player and you can see the reduced quality.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/
Akiko and I will be working on a solution. There must be an alternative. I am
going to send you an update soon. Talk to you again. Until then.
Howie.
April 17, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi. How is video uploading? Hopefully it is working good. See you tonight. I
love you. (from work) Akiko.
April 17, 2008 - Email
Message -
Totally frustrating. Need you to figure this out. See you tonight. I love you.
(to work) Howie.
April 17, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hello Howie.
I saw the online video late last night. This morning I remembered that our
address for the donation was incorrect. That used to be our previous treasurer's
address. Our president Naresh did send out an e-mail to our current treasurer
asking him to send you his address. If he has not done so could you please
change it to the following address? xxxx.
If you can add our Vice President Rajshree Mudaliar's name that would be great.
People after seeing these videos usually prefer contacting the president or vice
president. Also, at the end as a Cultural Coordinator only my name has been
given. We are two coordinators myself and Anu Rajasekaran. Could that be edited
too? If there is a space problem you can put our first names only. Since we are
both on the board only my name should not be there. I know this is a lot of
trouble but I would really appreciate these changes. Thank you so much once
again to you and Akiko ro doing all this.
Best Regards.
Romila.
April 17, 2008 - Email
Message -
Romila.
Hi. I tried uploading the video again using YouTube downloaded software and the
quality is pretty much the same. I am again spending today trying to find a
solution to the problem. It seems everyone is experiencing the same problems due
to the limitations on the YouTube site which is why most videos are five minutes
or less.
I cannot make the changes to the video you requested until a solution is found.
It takes about 30 minutes to make the changes and publish the video to my
computer. It then takes about an hour and a half to upload the video to YouTube.
I prefer to do this all together. The video is now removed from the San Diego
site but is still available on the YouTube site pending a solution to this
problem. You can still see the video at the following address.
http://www.youtube.com/user/sandiegoevents
You can also watch our English videos from this page. Incidentally, our English
language site is extremely popular in India.
Anyway, there is a combination of problems with the video taken last weekend. As
stated before, Youtube compresses the videos which reduces the quality. In
addition, scenes in a movie with a lot of motion will have a higher bit rate
than scenes in a movie that do not contain as much motion. As the bit rate
increases, so does the video file size. The performances contain a lot of motion
which is another reason why our English site videos were much smaller files. The
videos were basically very little motion and mostly talking. The only other
alternative is to split the video into separate videos.
Anyway, I plan to send you updates while Akiko and I try to figure this all out.
Hang in there. Talk to you again.
Howie.
April 18, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi. How is video going??? Hopefully something is working now. See you soon. I
love you. (from work) Akiko.
April 18, 2008 - Email
Message -
Yup, everything is going good. Really looking foward to eating nabe and drinking
wine. See you soon. I love you. (to work) Howie.
April 18, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi Howie.
You are such a wonderful support to our House, really appreciate it. You have
done a great job, can't ask for anything else. Thank you so much for doing all
this. Thank you for being there for us, really you are true freinds always
standing by us. Thanks again!
Sincerely,
Meenakshi Jain.
April 18, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hello Aya.
Sorry I haven't gotten back to you, thank you for all your help. I think we are
willing to meet if you want to schedule sometime. This week for instance I am
free Wednesday and Thursday. The JET program, while nice and allows non-jet
spouses is not until 2009. That interac site you gave me looks promising and I
will probably apply as there are interviews in the end of May. Other than that I
am not sure what else to do. The Military teaching does not really appeal to
either of us. Still, maybe a meeting with you and your friend can help us figure
out some realistic choices.
Neil.
April 19, 2008 - Email
Message -
Yup, we are going.
April 19, 2008 - Email
Message -
Alright, cool.
Do you want to meet up?
I'm going with my girlfriend.
I probably won't get this e-mail in time, but you can call me if you'd like.
xxx-xxx-xxxx.
April 19, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi. We are going early and then going to the concert again on the other side of
the park. You can find us if you want.
April 19, 2008 - Email
Message -
Jim.
Hi. I made event videos with Akiko this week. The House of India was incredibly
happy and the director of Balboa Park, gave us free Indian lunch and invited us
to her house for dinner next week. We are becoming good friends. Gonna begin
doing this for other groups. You should think about the event tomorrow. We are
making a few videos from this. Gonna be thousands attending and a lot of fun.
The new camera is awesome. Anyway, go to the home page of the SD site or click
the following link.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/san-diego-california-events-videos.htm
Watch the videos and tell me what you think. See you tonight.
Howie.
April 19, 2008 - Email
Message -
Romila.
Hi. I made the changes on the main video you requested with a few exceptions.
The name of the VP and the other cultural coordinator were added to the credits
at the end of the video.
The Internet site address for the House of India was moved to the credits and
the actual street address at the end was taken out in the event it changes
again.
The names included in the video are only for those who are actually speaking.
I was unable to add the name of the VP or the other cultural coordinator to the
eight individual performance videos. This would involve a minimum of an
additional two hours of work per video in publishing time to the computer and
then to the Internet. I spent the entire week on the videos and need to move on
to other projects.
The quality of the videos is extremely good on our computer and on CD. The
quality is not nearly as good on YouTube for the following reasons.
The videos contain a lot of motion which increases the bitrate and file size.
There is a lot of green in the background which additional pixels to the videos.
The videos are then compressed in YouTube, which reduces the quality.
The following link contains a good explanation.
http://blogs.chron.com/makingmovies/archives/2006/04/youtube_and_the.html
Anyway, the videos are now all online. I made separate pages in my SD site and
the videos are all in my account in YouTube. In addition, I am planning to post
the videos in my Travel Discussion board of my popular English language site.
This should give you some international exposure. The English language site is
extremely popular in India. The information in all the accounts was optimized
for search which means the House of India should be showing up in Google, Yahoo,
MSN and other search sites within the next few weeks.
There are many things you can do online to promote your videos.
* Tell everyone you can about the videos on the San Diego California Events
site. As they check the videos, the individual pages will move higher in the
search rankings and give more exposure to the House of India.
* Link to the video pages on the SD site from the House of India site.
* Encourage everyone to join YouTube. The account is free and then each person
can make comments and vote for each video. This will move each of the videos up
in the YouTube search results.
You can view all the videos if you do either of the following.
Visit the following index page on the SD site.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/san-diego-california-events-videos.htm
Visit the following index page from the YouTube account. From this page you can
obtain the address to link to any of the videos or get the script to actually
embed the videos in the House of India site, blog, or personal home page.
http://www.youtube.com/sandiegoevents
These were our initial event videos and they took a considerable amount of time
to make. Akiko and I were thinking about covering events as a supplement to our
SD site but we are not sure it would be cost effective.
Anyway, this was a learning experience and hopefully everyone connected with the
House of India can enjoy the videos. Please send email with your thoughts. Talk
to you again.
Howie.
April 19, 2008 - Email
Message -
Meenakshi.
Hi. I really want to thank you for your kind words. I met you a while ago and I
can remember asking you if I could give out flyers at one of your lawn programs
to promote my Internet site. You agreed without hesitation and were very nice. I
remembered that day and wanted to do something for you and the House of India.
The videos are now finished and uploaded to the Internet. Although the quality
of the videos is fantastic on my computer and on CD, the quality is considerably
reduced when uploaded to the YouTube server. Akiko and I spent the last few days
trying to find a solution but it is due to the way YouTube reformats and
compresses the videos which cannot be changed. Hopefully you can still enjoy the
videos.
Visit the following index page on the SD site.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/san-diego-california-events-videos.htm
Visit the following index page from the YouTube account. From this page you can
obtain the address to link to any of the videos or get the script to actually
embed the videos in the House of India site, blog, or personal home page.
http://www.youtube.com/sandiegoevents
Anyway, the nicest outcome from attending the performances is my friendship with
you. No doubt you and I will get to know each other much more as time goes on. I
really want to learn more about your diverse and fascinating culture.
Please let me know if there will be any upcoming House of India events or if
there is anything more you need. We are looking forward to spending the night
with you next week. Thank you again.
Howie.
April 20, 2008 - Email
Message -
Jim.
Hi. I really wanna thank you for last night. Akiko and I really enjoyed the
evening. The video is already finished but I need some names. It would be cool
if you can send a quick email with the first names of everyone. Talk again.
Until then.
Howie.
April 20, 2008 - Email
Message -
Linda.
Hi. I really wanna thank you for last night. Akiko and I really enjoyed the
evening. The video is already finished but I need some names. It would be cool
if you can send a quick email with the first names of everyone. Talk again.
Until then.
Howie.
April 21, 2008 - Email
Message -
I'm bummed that I didn't get to see you at Earth Day.
I walked around a few times then went to the World Beat Center, but I didn't see
you anywhere.
I think I saw your car. I got a good parking in that one lot you showed me.
I hope you see you soon.
Love,
Valerie.
April 21, 2008 - Email
Message -
Yeah pretty much new it was not gonna happen. Akiko and I looked around for a
long time. Anyway, check out the videos. Talk to you again.
House of India Lawn Program. The program overview.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/san-diego-california-events-videos-april-13-2008-house-of-india.htm
House of India - Punjabi Gidda. The kids in this video are really funny.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/san-diego-california-events-videos-april-13-2008-house-of-india-punjabi-gidda.htm
All the SanDiegoCaliforniaEvents.com productions.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/san-diego-california-events-videos.htm
The dinner party last weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X42i9EGfUhY.
April 21, 2008 - Email
Message -
Linda.
Hi. I uploaded the following videos. Check em out.
The sedar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X42i9EGfUhY
House of India Lawn Program. The program overview.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/san-diego-california-events-videos-april-13-2008-house-of-india.htm
House of India - Punjabi Gidda. The kids in this video are really funny.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/san-diego-california-events-videos-april-13-2008-house-of-india-punjabi-gidda.htm
All the SanDiegoCaliforniaEvents.com productions.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/san-diego-california-events-videos.htm
Send email when you can.
Howie.
April 21, 2008 - Email
Message -
Ayumi.
Hi. I totally agree about weddings. It should be a small ceremony with only
family and really close friends. A wedding is really wasting money that could be
used for other things. In addition, it obligates people to come and to spend
money for a gift. Usually people do not want to come and do not want to spend
money on a gift.
We were really happy to get married our way. We plan to do a really small
wedding in Japan. It will be with me and Akiko and her family. It will be good
enough.
Anyway, the summer is already getting off to a fun beginning. Now I am making
event videos. Really fun and getting a lot of recognition from the community. A
couple weeks ago, I made nine videos for the House of India. The director of
Balboa Park bought a really nice lunch for me and Akiko and this week we are
going to her house for dinner.
We went to a dinner party this past weekend and now I am working on a few more
videos from the events we went to. Check out these videos for now.
House of India Lawn Program. The program overview.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/san-diego-california-events-videos-april-13-2008-house-of-india.htm
House of India - Punjabi Gidda. The kids in this video are really funny.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/san-diego-california-events-videos-april-13-2008-house-of-india-punjabi-gidda.htm
All the SanDiegoCaliforniaEvents.com productions.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/san-diego-california-events-videos.htm
The dinner party last weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X42i9EGfUhY
Yeah, a party sounds good. Let me know when you get an actual date.
You are not gonna recognize me for sure. Now working out pretty much every day.
Friends gonna be walking with me from now. Aya is planning to come and others.
The park is kind of my new office to meet everyone.
Anyway, send email when you can.
Howie.
April 21, 2008 - Email
Message -
Doug.
Hi. Hey it was totally cool seeing you again. Akiko and I wanna take you fishing
and bring Jennifer with you of course. The girls can talk while the dudes catch
the food. Anyway, talk Internet stuff next email. For now, I uploaded the
following videos. Check em out.
The sedar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X42i9EGfUhY
House of India Lawn Program. The program overview.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/san-diego-california-events-videos-april-13-2008-house-of-india.htm
House of India - Punjabi Gidda. The kids in this video are really funny.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/san-diego-california-events-videos-april-13-2008-house-of-india-punjabi-gidda.htm
All the SanDiegoCaliforniaEvents.com productions.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/san-diego-california-events-videos.htm
Send email when you can.
Howie.
April 21, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi Howie.
Wow! You and Akiko are awsome, great job. You don't have to do so much for House
of India, please don't invest that much time. You need time for yourself and for
other projects too. Well take care and thanks again.
Sincerely,
Meenakshi Jain.
April 21, 2008 - Email
Message -
Meenakshi.
Hi. No problem at all. This was a good experience for everyone involved. The
videos are already getting a lot of views. Please tell everyone at Balboa Park
and in the Indian community about the videos. Talk a lot more about it when we
meet this week. Incidentally, Akiko and I can eat pretty much anything so no
worries about the food. We especially like spicy food so anything is good. Talk
again. Until then.
Howie.
April 22, 2008 - Email
Message -
How does next week look for you?
Neil and his wife would like to talk to you about their Japan plans. Let me know
time and place that would be best for you.
Aya.
April 23, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi. Hopefully you will enjoy this. See you tonight. I love you. (from work)
Akiko.
April 23, 2008 - Email
Message -
Yup, you sent funny stuff. See you tonight. I love you. (to work) Howie.
April 23, 2008 - Email
Message -
Cheryl, Debbie. Hi. Happy Passover. I wanted to send this earlier but really
busy these days. Check out our video of the Passover Sedar which Akiko and I
went to at our friends house.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X42i9EGfUhY
These are some of our other video productions.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/san-diego-california-events-videos.htm
Watch the Punjabi Gidda video. The kids are really funny.
Send email when you can. Until then. Howie.
April 23, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi Howie.
I am also looking forward to your visit, I hope we all enjoy the evening
together. See you both soon!
Sincerely,
Meenakshi Jain.
April 23, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hello all.
For Animal lovers! Thank you for taking your precious time to read my email.
Every year I am supporting our San Diego Humane Society for Walk for Animals
event. There are 40+ vendor booths for shopping, doggie activities area for you
to enjoy. I heard there is a breakfast section that you can grab some pancake
and coffee.
This year's theme is Happy Trails & Waggin' Tails so feel free to dress western
style!
Walk 2008.
I will be providing Custom handmade Doggies and Kitties bandanas and some
clothes for doggies. You can also check my website at www.casadekuma.com.
Date: May 3rd (Saturday) from 7:30 to Noon.
At: Mission Bay Crown Point Shores.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=san+diego+mission+bay+crown+point+shores&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.462243,70.664062&ie=UTF8&ll=32.785416,-117.231975&spn=0.019447,0.034504&z=15.
The event will be held at beautiful Crown Point Shores on Mission Bay. Please
help us keep the area litter free. We will have recycle bins and trash bins
onsite in various locations. Should you be bringing a friendly dog or two,
please keep them on leash at all times and pick-up after them.
Thank you for your attention and I am looking forward to meeting you and your
loved one or two. You will meet my dearest two dachshunds (Kuma and TenTen) and
my husband! (please look for a booth with Casa de Kuma! I am sharing a booth
with Pitbull rescue people. You can call me at 619-987-6918 for more
information.
Thank you.
IT Support Pros.
Yuki Yuasa.
April 23, 2008 - Email
Message -
Yuki.
Hi. I sent you a few email before but no reply from you. Hopefully you get this
email. Anyway, you should post your event on my San Diego site. This would
definitely increase attendance at your event. The site is really popular now and
we are making and including videos. Akiko and I will be fishing at OB early
Sunday morning until the afternoon. You can join us and we can talk more about
promoting your event. See you then.
Howie.
April 23, 2008 - Email
Message -
Miyuki.
Hi. Akiko and I will be fishing at OB early Sunday morning until the afternoon.
The last time we caught a lot of sardines. It was really fun. Sunday will be
warm and beautiful. See you there.
Howie.
April 23, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hello Howie.
Thank you so much for doing this for us. We really appreciate all the time and
effort you have put into making the videos and uploading them onto your site and
you-tube. I can see the hard work you and Akiko have put in and thank you also
for making the changes. I am not too familiar with the technical aspects but
after reading your e-mails and checking out the link to you-tube re. the
compression of the videos it has given me some idea of what it entails. We
certainly will forward it to all the members of House of India and our friends.
I am most certainly going to check out your sites and also forward those. Our
executive committee can request our Web chair to link the site through House of
India site. Please let us know if there is anything we can do from our side.
I have seen the videos on your site and they are amazing.
Thanks once again and best regards to you and Akiko.
Romila.
April 24, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi. Sorry about last night. I love you. (from work) Akiko.
April 24, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi. No problem. We are gonna be good anytime. Making nabe for tonight. Get a few
things shopping and come home with nice dinner and wine. Getting many things
done today. See you tonight. I love you. (to work) Howie.
April 24, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi Howie.
It sounds fun to fishing. But I already have another plan on this weekends.
Sorry...
Right now, we found a house and it's in the escrow. I hope it goes through ok.
Anyway, if it goes through, we might move out next month, so I have a lot of
things to do such as packing and cleaning, etc... I'm also looking for the best
deal house loan now. If you know a lender who has the cheapest interest rate and
fees, please let me know. The house we found is in the area called birdland in
Mission Valley. All the street names in the birdland has a bird's name on it. I
hope neighbors are nice.
I can't wait to have my own house finally without Jason's parents' interruption.
I don't know why they trick their own son and steal our house since they already
have many houses. Also they still demanding us to pay all the mortgage and
property tax for this house after they refuse to return this house to us. They
have a nerve.
Anyway, if we get a new house, we'll let you know. My email will stays the same,
so don't worry.
Well, have fun fishing and invite us for the dinner sometimes.
Have a nice day.
Miyuki.
April 24, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi Howie.
It’s nice to hear from you. Thank you for your consideration about posting the
event on your site. It sounds like your guys are doing great. You guys started
fishing again! That’s great! We will definitely join you guys later but not this
Sunday though. We have to attend a wedding this Sunday and next week we are all
booked as well. Please let me know again when you guys are at OB pier.
Yuki.
April 24, 2008 - Email
Message -
Yuki.
Hi. I wanted to tell you the event posting is automated and you need to post the
event yourself. Go to the home page of The San Diego site and click Post Event.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/
Then go to the date of your event and click Post New Event. Really easy. You can
include pictures and even embed a video. You need to read the Post Event link
for more information.
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/post-event.htm
Anyway, we are planning to go fishing pretty much every weekend. Akiko really
likes it and now she is working fulltime which leaves only the weekend to do
this. Actually you and Akiko are working really close. Kinda funny. Gonna check
your event after you post. See you again. Until then.
Howie.
April 24, 2008 - Email
Message -
Aya.
Hi. Next week is another busy week but Akiko and I plan to go fishing this
Sunday at OB from early in the morning until the afternoon. Your friends are
welcome to meet then. This will probably be the only time to meet next week.
Tons of projects and dinner parties came up. Send email if there are questions.
If not then see you on Sunday. Until then.
Howie.
April 25, 2008 - Email
Message - Jim, Linda.
Hey guys. I was wondering if you saw the Passover Sedar video. Already many
views, figured you probably saw it. Time for you guys to come for dinner. Any
weekend would be good.
If you want a way to finish all the extra matzo, try the spinach dip from
Windmill Farms or the salsa from Vons. Both are good.
Akiko and I will be fishing this Sunday from early in the morning until the
afternoon. Gonna be really hot and good conditions for catching. Join us if you
can. Until then.
Howie.
April 25, 2008 - Email
Message - Doug.
Hey. I was wondering if you saw the Passover Sedar video. Already many views,
figured you probably saw it.
Akiko and I will be fishing this Sunday from early in the morning until the
afternoon. Gonna be really hot and good conditions for catching. Join us if you
can. Until then.
Howie.
April 25, 2008 - Email
Message -
Darn. Booked on Sunday. We'll have to figure something out in mid-May.
Aya.
April 26, 2008 - Email
Message - Hi Howie. Saw the Passover video. I won't be in town again until around May 10, 11
weekend. Try to save your fisihing day for that day too. Can't wait. Talk to you
soon.
April 27, 2008 - Email
Message -
Dad, I looked around all day. Every time I went somewhere I thought you'd be,
I'd tell my girlfriend "I think my dad might be here!" I seriously walked around
the park looking for you and Akiko all day.
April 28, 2008 - Email
Message -
Valerie.
Hi. Akiko and I went fishing. Was gonna invite you but figured you were probably
busy. Making a video. Gonna send the link. Talk to you again.
Dad.
April 28, 2008 - Email
Message -
Maichan.
Hi. I want you to watch these videos of me and Akiko when you can. There are
many interesting videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElMC8YCkI68
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X42i9EGfUhY
http://sandiegocaliforniaevents.com/san-diego-california-events-videos.htm
Send email when you can.
Howie.
April 28, 2008 - Email
Message -
Linda.
Hi. I went fishing with Akiko and caught a few. It was a fun weekend. Get
together again soon for dinner at our place. Talk to you again.
Howie.
April 28, 2008 - Email
Message -
Doug.
Hi. Consider it a date. Akiko and I went this weekend and caught a few and made
a BBQ. It was a long and fun weekend. Anyway, see you in a couple weeks. Until
then.
Howie.
April 28, 2008 - Email
Message -
Miyuki.
Hi. Akiko and I were really happy to learn about your new house. Tell me the
street name and can tell you about the neighborhood. Anyway, we finished up a
long and fun weekend. We went fishing and caught a few. It was really nice. Send
email when you can. Until then.
Howie.
April 28, 2008 - Email
Message -
Aya.
Hi. You can ask your friends to email if they want. My teacher friend from ALI
is doing the same with the teacher graduates. I might be better to answer their
questions this way instead of meeting. Send email when you can.
Howie.
April 28, 2008 - Email
Message -
Meenakshi.
Hi. I really want to thank you for the other night. We thoroughly enjoyed
ourselves. The food was delicious and you guys were a lot of fun. I would like
to come to your future parties and drink together. Anyway, I go walking every
day at Mission Trails Regional Park. If you can find some time before you go to
India, you can meet me and go walking and talk if you want. Send email when you
can.
Howie.
April 28, 2008 - Email
Message -
Romila.
Hi. We are really happy you enjoy the videos. This was a good experience for
everyone and it is nice to make new friends. In fact, Akiko and I went to eat
dinner with Meenakshi and her family last weekend. It was a wonderful evening. I
would like to thank you for promoting the San Diego California Events site.
Anything more you can do would really be appreciated. Thanks again.
Howie.
April 29, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi. Thank you for last night. It was nice.
I wrote a thank you email for president, what do you think?? Dear Jack E.
Richards.
Thank you for a nice birthday card for my birthday.
I have been here at Pleasant Holidays only 2 months. I am very happy to work in
San Diego office everyday with very nice people.
This is my first time to work in United States. I hope I will be stay long time
at Pleasant Holidays.
Again, Thank you very much for a very nice birthday card.
Sincerely
Akiko Hayman.
Air by Pleasant.
Product Automation. (from work) Akiko.
April 29, 2008 - Email
Message -
good enough for sure. (to work) Howie.
April 29, 2008 - Email
Message -
Thank you for checking. See you tonight, I love you. (from work) Akiko.
April 29, 2008 - Email
Message -
see you tonight. I love you. (to work) Howie.
April 29, 2008 - Email
Message -
Hi Howie.
You are welcome any time. It was great fun that Friday, we look forward to
spending more fun time together. I hope Akiko liked the company! Well before
leaving for India, I don't think so we can meet, but after coming back ofcourse.
You take care and we'll see you soon.
Wishes,
Meenakshi Jain.
April 30, 2008 - Email
Message -
Meenakshi.
Hi. We really enjoyed the evening. Akiko was drinking and became really tired as
the night went on, especially since the conversation was entirely in English.
Too much focus probably.
I kind of figured you might be too busy to meet before you leave. Maybe we could
do a video chat while you are on vacation. All you need is a camera and a free
MSN account. It would be fun. Anyway, enjoy a wonderful vacation and keep in
contact when you find the time. Talk to you again.
Howie.
April 30, 2008 - Email
Message -
Meenakshi.
Hi. These are the pictures from last weekend. Enjoy.
Howie.
April 30, 2008 - Email
Message -
Maichan.
Hi. I want you to watch this video of me and Akiko.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n3ZHrz2fUI
Send email when you can.
Howie.
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