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… Mie is in town again and finally got to catch up with her. Of the last 10 times she visited Tokyo for work, this is probably only the second time I got to see her because I don’t usually know her schedule. One day out of the blue I would get a message saying, “Hey Eddie, I’m in Tokyo”. Then the next message I would get would be, “Hey Eddie, I’m leaving today”. Yeah… definitely something like that.

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… in Shibuya this evening.

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… a Brazilian Grill in Omotesando where ten of us got together last night to celebrate my upcoming and Aaron’s belated birthday.

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… in the Apple Store? Sigh, da boyz!

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Ex-colleague and friend, Sandy, is visiting Tokyo along with her little princess from Aussie therefore a handful of us got together at Kumi’s place for lunch.

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On Saturday, me and a bunch of ex-colleagues met-up in Shibuya for dinner to greet Bill whom is back in town for a visit from the US. Half of us at the meeting are working for different employers now - Bill left and went back to the US about two years ago, I left a year and a half ago, a few other guys left a few months after me, etc. The other half are still there.

Although most of us at the meeting have not seen each other for a while, it feels as if nothing has changed. It feels as if we just left work and are grabbinig dinner, just like it did over 2 years ago. Obviously, 2 years doesn’t alter appearances in age all that much therefore everyone looks pretty much the same. I did get a few people saying I lost weight and seem a bit pale, though (I was never dark to begin with and my weight loss is due to my worsening ability to sleep). Thank god no one mentioned, “Hey Ed, your hair is falling out”. I would have hurled myself out the nearest window! Hahahaha…

Always, after meetings like these, it makes me miss the old days…

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Danny takes his Densha Trooper one step further - he now dances and grooves to music on the streets! Hahahahahaha. You gotta checkout the video in this entry of Dannys. It totally cracks me up. Not only is the scene, music and dance funny, but what really surprises me is I really cannot picture Danny dancing like this but he danced well… real sexy… hahahaha!

I did have doubts as to whether it was him (then again, who else would have the bottle to do that in public?) but the dude just assured me it was indeed him and he is actually heading out to another location, Harajuku, from now to strut his stuff there. Today, not only will it be the Densha Trooper doing the dodgy dance, the Densha Vader will join in too! Can’t wait to see the video…

Hing Dai is back in town again and I met up with him along with Tony and chilled in Akiba before heading off to Kanda for dinner. Since Ulala became sick, I didn’t leave the house. Obviously, after Ulala passed away, I was quite distressed and I holed myself up in my room mourning the loss. The last week was the longest week I have ever had. It felt more like 3-4 weeks. But anyway, it was great to get out and see people. I feel so much better now.

I see Hing Dai more than I do with friends who live here in Tokyo - the dude is literally here every other month from Aussie. Tony, I last saw maybe 5 months or so ago and before that was like 10 months before. And Tony only lives 35-40 mins train ride away. So yeah, there ya go with this ’seeing Hing Dai often’ thing.

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Well, as you all know, Japan will see the launch of the Nintendo Wii on 12.2, which happens to be today (considering it’s 1am now). I have no idea as to why the Wii was launched in the US 2 weeks before it’s homeland. But anyway…

I was just watching news on TV which was reporting live from outside Bic Camera in Yurakucho. It said that there are currently 600 people camping outside the store in anticipation for the launch of the Nintendo Wii, which happens in approx. 6 hours time (7am when they go on sale). Basically, the cameraman and presenter were filming the geeks out in the cold when all of a sudden, I see this white thing lurking around in the background. And it happens to be a friend, Danny, appearing in his Stormtrooper armour! Hahahahaha! And he gets briefly interviewed too!

I joined with a few girls from my ex-employers to visit Utsunmiya (Tochigi prefecture), a place that is famous for its dumplings, gyoza, and Oya stones (image: that frog is carved from Oya).

The girls basically named this trip, gyoza eating trip: go around to a few famous gyoza restaurants and just try ‘em all and see whos the best. So yeah, I thought it was just an eat-till-you-drop kinda thing. But to my surprise, they had plans to do a bit of sightseeing too which is always great since I do not venture out of Tokyo all that often, if ever.

The journey took us about 1hr 30mins (train ride). Upon arriving, the first thing I noticed was, there doesn’t seem to be a great deal of people. Certainly, this place is no big city but nor is it really countryside. Anyway…

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