Since my dear husband started his little website 4 years ago, he has been entertaining you with many of what he calls, "Aya Stories". In these stories, I get to be the laughing stock, the moron, the jester, and the butt of all jokes.. Well, as much as I want to say that this will put a stop to the "aya stories", it won't... cuz I suppose there's an ounce or so of truth to them.  I  didn't want everyone out there to think that I just sit back and do nothing while Miles got to take pot shots at me, so I decided to at least try having a small voice in the matter. So this way I won't have to read about some crazy thing he wrote and not be able to defend myself.  Feel free to email comments or suggestions to Ayako @ ayako_yoshioka@yahoo.com

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9/7/04 - Basic Math: I was once astonished to hear that Miles took Basic  Math in college. Let me reiterate: this is BASIC MATH!! This is where they go over addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.. ie the basics. I'm assuming most of us asian folk did quite well in math and mastered the "basics" by the ripe age of 10. Well, now I understand why Miles had to take BASIC MATH in COLLEGE!! We were driving back from Santa Barbara this weekend and we see the sign that says: Los Angeles 81 Miles. We were stuck in a bit of traffic and we were only going about 20 miles per hour. Miles says: Ok Aya, do the math.. How long will  it take us to get to LA if we're going 20 miles per hour. My response: 4 hours... Miles says: How come? I explain: 80 Miles divided by 20 miles per hour = 4 hours. Miles says: I don't get it. I say: what do you mean you don't get it? Miles says: I just don't get it. I am laughing at this point and I try to explain: if we are going 20 miles per hour, this means that we will travel the distance of 20 miles in one hour. Thus if we need to travel 80 miles, 80/20 = 4. Miles' response: I still don't get it. My response: I give up. Now we also had Dawn in the car with us and she attempted to explain this most difficult calculus to Miles but was unable to get through either. When we were  about 10 minutes from home, (70 miles later), Miles finally exclaims: OH!! I get it now! Halleluya! No matter how dim, the lightbulb at least works.