For my birthday, I took the week off from work but didn’t make any plans to go anywhere. Aside from my actual birthday, my wife was working throughout the week, so I basically had the whole time to myself—except for when she was working from home and we could grab meals together. This isn’t the…
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Katsuretsu Yotsuya Takeda: A Birthday Lunch Worth the Wait
Katsuretsu Yotsuya Takeda is one of our favorite restaurants in Tokyo, so when deciding where to go for my birthday lunch, this was an easy choice. The restaurant opens at 11:00 AM, so we planned to arrive a bit early to ensure we were among the first in line. Since it was a weekday, we…
Birthday Soul Searching
I just had my birthday yesterday and birthdays always make me do a little soul searching. It seems this year’s theme is motivation: what motivates me. Money? Friends? Family? All of the above? None of the above? I just know it’s not money. Money was a big motivator. I’ll admit to that. I left the…
Blow-out
One thing my non-Filipino friends find extremely weird about Filipinos is our little birthday tradition of “blow-out“. Aside from our definition of “blow-out” not being internationally recognized, they just don’t feel right about the idea of the birthday boy/girl having to dish out money (sometimes lots of money) to pay for his/her guests’ food. I…
Happy Birthday, Rico
It’s my birthday and guess what? It’s my first birthday outside the Philippines. Well, everyday here is my first whatever day outside the Philippines. That’s not important anymore though. The important thing is I intend to celebrate my first birthday outside the Philippines with a blast. I never told anybody in Kagoshima that Feb 4…
Enrico in Tokyo 