Great Thai Food!

Last Sat after a teleconference, DH and I chanced upon a restaurant serving authentic Thai food at just 630 per dish even for dinner! www.tabeta.com . We really enjoyed it so much that we planned to go again this week should he have any interviews to conduct during weekend :-)

I had gone swimming today. Bought the multiple entry tickets. It will be closed every Tue and Thu for group swimming lessons. On Sat, it will be open free to students hence better to avoid as it would be crowed for sure! Found a CO-OP supermarket nearby. Had tempura soba, still as good!

Coincidentally, June will be taking the same SQ flight back as us. Though she will be alone since it is unlikely that we will be sitting nearby. Tomorrow, we will be meeting in Ikebukuro, Tokyo Bellini's Cafe for lunch, including Mervyn, her son. Think they will like the cafe.

I have a cake trial lesson on 4 Feb starting from 10am at Roppongi. If all goes well, I would like to enrol in this studio for lessons.

2 years ago today

Two years ago this night, I was so happy as it was our wedding dinner evening. Today, I am sad 'cos it marks another negative month in our TTC cycle. I know I should get on with it but pulling myself out of the slumpy thoughts seem to suck a lot of my energy...so much that I feel like sleeping away my time.
Never mind DH sending me an email to say he is supportive of my enrolling for pastry course, never mind June's warm call...all does not seem to warm the cool, empty feeling that I have inside of me. It's so cold. Tears still stream down helplessly as I thought of what I had gone through. It seem to make a mockery of my blog title. I was so helpless why can't I save the situation then.

Yamachan

The weather was marvelously sunny so we decided to go to pray in a temple in Ikebukuro. My other agenda was to buy the button cap which I had grown to love after I last set my eyes on it. June had chosen it for me. Though she was not with me today, my thoughts were with her and family. DH must be bored to hear me talked about her and her son so much today!! DH's agenda was to bring me to eat Yamachan, a well-known Nagoya delicacy - specially fried and then grilled chicken wings with its own special sauce seasoning.

The temple which we had gone is Zohshigaya Kishimojindo in Ikebukuro. A cozy little temple which happened to have a flea market when we were there. (apparently, every last Sat of the month). We made our prayers.

There were long queues for good food along the way to Sunshine City. "Wu di mian" boosts the longest queue from day till night! We settled for Italian food in Tokyo Bellini Cafe - duck dishes, toasted bread with different toppings, lettuce with gondola sauce.

After lunch, I managed to buy the button cap that captured my heart :-) DH showed me where the Mexican restaurant was located. The one that June and I spent so much time finding! It was on 3rd floor but stucked away in a tiny corner.

Dinner was Nagoya no Yamachan. Pure sweat getting onto one of the tables - 1.5hours queue. The amazing thing is I managed to convince DH to wait! We had a very satisfying meal as the standard of the Yamacha tebasaki is the same as in Nagoya :-) I even met a Chinese girl who used to be Janice's classmate in Yamacha. She works there from Thu to Sat evenings. We would patronise the shop again in future :-)

I would try the "Wi di mian" with Joanna or June next time. Wow! seems the names of the friends that I have mentioned start with the alphabet "J". Pure coincidence, not sweat.

Running short of patience

June called me before she left for immigration dept in Shinagawa with her DH. They left home later than planned. So, we cannot have lunch together as they have to wait for some time to get her documents. Her son is coming over tomorrow. She is so excited about it. I bet she cannot sleep well tonight! When I was with her in Ikebukuro yesterday, I can see she is constantly thinking of his welfare. Mothers seem to smother love on sons more than not. Maybe Asian mothers!!

Completed reading Danielle Steel's book on her late son's struggle with manic depression. Now I know more about this disease. She's quite a remarkable lady - successful yet gone through so much.

DH had interviewed another potential person for his team. Pretty positive about hiring him so his team is expanding rapidly. I think within a year, he would be running his own team. He is coming back pretty late again tonight.

Borrowed some Japanese children's novels to read. The walk to and fro the library was chilly cold as the winds blew relentlessly. I played Queen's music again. Feel happier listening to it though I have lost count how many times I have played it before today!!

TC and Dorothy mailed me today. TC looked so exuberantly happy with his wife, Anna . I bet he is! Dorothy is flying to Melbourne soon for studies. I am happy as well as sad. Happy that she is pursuing something she wishes to do. Sad that I cannot get to see her when I go back to SG next time. I hope my air tickets can be confirmed soon so that I can at least get to see her before she flies. I am getting impatient with Andy in his response for the tickets confirmation. Why am I getting short on patience nowsadays? Too free.....

This morning, I woke up with a low temp!! Yucks, is the old hag giving her first hint? Dread I might be but still, I wish to know tomorrow's temp. I think Maridb's chance of pregnancy is the highest in our friends. Lucky her! I find that all symptoms are rather psychologically, nothing beats the temps...

Yesterday, I had gone shopping with June in Ikebukuro. We had pasta at Pasta Bella, shopped in Seibu and ABC Mart. In the evening, coincidentally, we bumped into her husband who treated us to a yakiniku meal. It was expensive but not as tasty according to them.

DH was home really late last night. He managed to recruit another person into his team. It was Alice's birthday.

It's been a long time since I had last posted. So why now? 'Cos my hopes are getting high again at 11DPO!! My chart has gone a temp higher today and my breasts feel full and tender. My instinct tells me I am pregnant but the game never ends till the old hag' absence is confirmed. This is really determining whether I can enrol for my pastry course. I feel pricking pains in my lower abdomen in the afternoon and saw pinkish stains on my undies. Gee...do they mean anything!!?!

I got so restless that I baked a vanilla cake. Melissa is flying back to New Zealand soon. Will meet her at Tokyo Dome for a meal before she flies on 26 Feb.

We are looking forward to SG trip and as usual have drafted what to do, buy, eat and visit. I am going for my facial this time at my favourite place, no compromise. Parents can't wait to see us!! Kelly replies finally! We gonna meet many friends this round. Gosh! I really hope to bring good news to them at the same time.

I love the recent brand of cosmetics that I am using, thanks to June for her great introduction. Hope Janice like them too!