tonchan walking...sort of

She's stumbling about more and more these days.

yuching @ the dentist!


yuching @ the dentist!
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Finished my cleaning and Chimi was waiting!

and now ramen


and now ramen
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After Bar Joe we headed to Nami (73) in Nishi Azabu and finally ended up hungry so stopped for the traditional early morning ramen and gyoza before calling it a day.

night fighting

Madness in the markets this week. Dollar yen breaks through 100, credit spreads hit record wides, equities plummet across the board, and the Bank of Japan is rudderless as the opposition party blocks all attempts to appoint a governor.
So needless to say it has been interesting times on the trading desk. Not surprisingly I was unable to get off the floor during lunch to hit the dojo, so I went to the night class for the first time in forever.
Wow am I outta shape! 20 minutes of aerobic warm-up and then 40 minutes working the pads with Yamamoto. She hits hard and has endless stamina, but I was slamming the pad with fully pent-up market-stress-and-hip-driven left straights. Fun to work with someone who can keep the level up at required punishing levels. Also unlike a heavy bag, she hits back, thus keeping me literally on my toes and moving out of the way.

Loituma - Levan Polka (the official video)

Finnish. Polka. There is, quite simply, nothing stronger.

food 'n conversation

Helped out at the cutting practice this afternoon (cut terribly, thanks for asking) and then met the ladies at Mitsukoshi. We bought up piles of food from various shops in the depachika and cabbed home for dinner. The Newman came over bearing desserts and a fine feast was had, along with stimulating conversation lacking all correlation and heavily skewered by my total lack of faith in modern politics and the ignorance of the fly-over states that compromise The Real America.