Don't forget guys that tomorrow is not only cinco de mayo, but also Children's day celebrated in many East Asian countries.
I know that May 5th used to be Boy's Day in Japan. But in Corea, May 5th is uh-ri-ni nahl, meaning Children's Day.
Anyhow, I hung my carp/flag on a super tall bamboo trunk last weekend.
Flying nice and high. My Kois are also BIGGER than my neighbor's one puny koi hanging from his garage post.
Full Version: Children's day / Boy's day 5/5
hey i thought u lived in america. but i guess not
hehehe kodomonohi =D children's day! yayy ^^ foods, games!!! parttttyyy 
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The number of children in Japan has fallen to the lowest level since World War II, amid a decline in the nation's birthrate, a government report said Thursday.
As of April 1, there were 17.47 million children aged 14 or below, 180,000 fewer than a year earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said. It was the 25th straight year of decline in the nation's child population.
The ratio of children in the age group to Japan's total population of 127.78 million fell to 13.7 percent, down 0.1 percentage point from 2005, and the lowest percentage since 1950, when the government began recording the statistics.
Japan's current ratio of children is believed to be the lowest in the world. It ranked below Italy's 14.2 percent, South Korea's 19.1 percent and the United States' 20.7 percent.
The report, released ahead of Children's Day on Friday, underscores concerns over the country's shrinking population and declining birthrate.
Japan's average lifetime birthrate was 1.29 babies per woman in both 2003 and 2004, the lowest level since the government began releasing figures in 1947.
Last month, the government confirmed that the nation's population had fallen from a year earlier for the first time on record, declining by 8,340 from December 2004 to November 2005. It was the first yearly decline since the government began compiling data in 1899, though data for 1944-1946 are missing.
In an attempt to encourage women to have more babies, the government began a five-year project last year to build more daycare centers, while encouraging men to take paternity leave.
Yet Japanese companies typically expect long hours from workers, and many women with careers feel they cannot meet the demands of both work and family and must choose one or the other.
According to a government survey released last week, only 42.6 percent of Japanese parents with children said they want to have more children, while more than 80 percent of parents in Sweden and the U.S. said they want more.
Asked why they don't want to have more children, more than half of Japanese said the cost of parenting and education was too high.
As of April 1, there were 17.47 million children aged 14 or below, 180,000 fewer than a year earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said. It was the 25th straight year of decline in the nation's child population.
The ratio of children in the age group to Japan's total population of 127.78 million fell to 13.7 percent, down 0.1 percentage point from 2005, and the lowest percentage since 1950, when the government began recording the statistics.
Japan's current ratio of children is believed to be the lowest in the world. It ranked below Italy's 14.2 percent, South Korea's 19.1 percent and the United States' 20.7 percent.
The report, released ahead of Children's Day on Friday, underscores concerns over the country's shrinking population and declining birthrate.
Japan's average lifetime birthrate was 1.29 babies per woman in both 2003 and 2004, the lowest level since the government began releasing figures in 1947.
Last month, the government confirmed that the nation's population had fallen from a year earlier for the first time on record, declining by 8,340 from December 2004 to November 2005. It was the first yearly decline since the government began compiling data in 1899, though data for 1944-1946 are missing.
In an attempt to encourage women to have more babies, the government began a five-year project last year to build more daycare centers, while encouraging men to take paternity leave.
Yet Japanese companies typically expect long hours from workers, and many women with careers feel they cannot meet the demands of both work and family and must choose one or the other.
According to a government survey released last week, only 42.6 percent of Japanese parents with children said they want to have more children, while more than 80 percent of parents in Sweden and the U.S. said they want more.
Asked why they don't want to have more children, more than half of Japanese said the cost of parenting and education was too high.
Crap!!
I had no idea. And my wife didn't tell me.....
Now I feel bad I didn't take the day off to spend with my kids...
Ok. Quick. Gotta think of something cool to bring them from the store on the way home from work.......
I had no idea. And my wife didn't tell me.....
Now I feel bad I didn't take the day off to spend with my kids...
Ok. Quick. Gotta think of something cool to bring them from the store on the way home from work.......
Kids are assholes, they don't deserve holidays.
QUOTE(Suijen @ May 5 2006, 04:35 PM) [snapback]1822457[/snapback]
Kids are assholes, they don't deserve holidays.
You're parents' are. My kids are gems and deserve everything I can give them.
^ You must not remember your childhood very well. A popular belief is that children are angels who are corrupted by adulthood and maturity. Frankly, I remember my childhood well enough to know that children and not the cherubs adults tend to make them out to be.
Turkey has " çucuklar günü " children's day ever year on 23 April.
Lots of foreign children come to make big party on 23 April.
Lots of foreign children come to make big party on 23 April.
QUOTE(Suijen @ May 5 2006, 01:35 PM) [snapback]1822457[/snapback]
Kids are assholes, they don't deserve holidays.
oh what.
How can you resist such cherubic faces?
Don't hate the little folks. They've got more tricks up their sleeves than you can imagine.
QUOTE(sun.hee @ May 8 2006, 07:27 PM) [snapback]1832525[/snapback]
Don't hate the little folks. They've got more tricks up their sleeves than you can imagine.
Cause they're villains.
QUOTE(Suijen @ May 8 2006, 06:32 PM) [snapback]1832543[/snapback]
Cause they're villains.
who steal your ice cream without even trying.
Fast forward 10 years. There'll be 10 little Suijen's running wild. Papa Suijen will be sitting on the porch with a pipe hanging down his mouth in his awesome commie rocking chair.
a la:
^___^
QUOTE(sun.hee @ May 8 2006, 09:41 PM) [snapback]1832566[/snapback]
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