Arriving a little bit late in Tokorozawa due to us waiting for Yoshiki-san to finish a business meeting. In Tokorozawa I had tea and okashi as usual. Yummy.
In the evening we had shabu-shabu for dinner. Thin sliced meat and vegetables that we cooked in a bullion on gas stove at the table. Of course we can do something similar in Sweden but I doubt that we can find meat of the right quality.
Went to the gym in the morning while Chie went to Chloe family sales in Roppongi. We met in Ginza outside the Piccadilly movie theater at 3:45 pm. We were meeting Non and Ryo too to watch the Revolutionary Road movie. It was the latest Leonardo DiCaprio movie. Quite good.
Afterwards we had dinner at a Thai restaurant in Ginza 5 building. I always forget the name of this restaurant. We had a fun time.
This weekend I have been half dead. At least that is how it has felt. Runny nose and soar throat. When speaking I have sounded like an old Humphrey Bogart character that drank too much Whiskey and smoked too many cigarettes.
Chie and I met Martin and Ivan at the Chibo restaurant on the 38th floor of the Ebisu Garden Plasa. Ivan is a friend of Martin that just moved to Tokyo to work for Sony Ericsson as an “Expat”. Together we enjoyed okonomiyaki and talked.
After dinner Chie and I helped Ivan buy some medicine (è–¬) for his throat. He was sounding like someone drinking too much Whiskey and smoking too much cigarettes.
A funny thing about medicine in Japan is the kanji 薬 pronounced kusuri. It is a combination of the kanji for fun (楽) and the radical for grass (
). So if you take some grass then you become happy.
Chie has been busy supporting a friend with a family matter the last couple of days. So to relax we went to Yasaka for dinner. It feels like home, and we do not have to cook 😛