#uptoten

other than boowa and kwala, there were plans for another site by the creators, véronique and jason barnard. catacatou,

to quote the description on the website:

"CataCatou (Cata Catou) are cartoon characters created by Véronique and Jason Barnard.

Cata speaks only French, Catou speaks only English.

They inhabit an imaginary world where children and adults could learn French and English.

Sadly, although the site was built in 2009, it was never publicly released and the characters never saw the real world, as it were.

All that remains is their theme song, appropriately entitled “CataCatou”. "

the fact that this never released pucks, it looks rllllly cute, plus i have trouble with french so this wouldve helped.

so today i was just doing my daily routine. you know nothing special. checking mail, watching funny youtube videos. but then suddenly a familiar tune just popped into my head.

'boowa and kwala, boowa and kwala! we are boowa and kwala! we are!' 

you see, back when i was still a small kid my parents wanted me to learn. so they showed me this website called uptoten.com. at first i was really skeptical about it, but i checked it out anyway. this site teaches little kids from ages up to ten about general things. (alphabet, numbers, occasions, manners etc.) i remember i used to be crazy about it then! they even had funky songs that teach you things. it's fun and you learn at the same time. i loved that. (i'm the type of person who likes to have fun while learning so this made life easier for my parents) they had games, shows and even you can make your own show sometimes! but there where two creatures that guided me through it all. one is, boowa. he is a big blue dog and he has a best friend name kwala. she is a small, yellow koala. they learn things together and have fun together. they were like my best friends at home. they'd always teach me to do good when my parents are away. 

so from then on, my parents signed me up to be apart of the club. i remember every year on my birthday, they would send me a birthday card through my email and shout me out on the website. 

but years went by, i forgot about my two best friends. i grew up with these creatures. there was a new hype. everyone started getting facebooks, twitters, formsprings, tumblrs. since i got these all, i forgot about my childhood. pretty devastating, i couldn't believe i had forgotten those two creatures that made a huge impact in my life and made a part of who i am today. 

so as you see, i am in tears as i write this post. i truly miss my childhood. now, the children who have been born to this day won't be able to experience it because of advance technology. the 2nd graders at my school have iPhones and blackberries. but when i was their age i had uptoten.