2nd jenny in tokyo

hello, it's me Jenny, reporting from Okinawa after a whirlwind tour of Tokyo. The rocking back and forth of the trains (and we took many many trains ) could put anyone to sleep...witness this gentleman making himself a little too comfortable...




on Christmas day we went for a very decadent brunch at the Park Hyatt Tokyo (as featured in Lost in Translation). We were feeling a little bit woozy being on the 52nd floor

or was it the combination of jet lag, train journeys or champagne?
after that we walked off our dessert with a little window shopping and much to my delight, discovered an orange foyer!

where I decided to show a little leg in an impromptu fashion shoot. cheers!

happy holidays

I called in sick today. I haven’t had a day off in two weeks and I want to nip this cold in the bud before it has its way with me ; )

2 more sleeps until my sassy red headed friend lands in Tokyo and I’m a little more than excited. We haven’t planned too many things to do but on Christmas day, Shelley, Jenny, Matt and I are going to have lunch at the Park Hyatt in Shinjuku. Yes indeed, we’re going to dine with champagne at the New York Grill located on the 52^nd floor. We’ll dress up like we’re rich and hob knob with the elite for an hour or two. After that we’ll do a little site seeing, take in a gallery or two then make change for the train and head back to Saitama.

On the 27^th Jenny, Matt and I are going to fly back to Okinawa where we’ll spend the rest of 2006. I’ll post pictures of Jenny and Delphine’s adventures in Japan as soon as I can.

For now I want to thank everyone who’s been keeping in touch with me for the past year. It warms my heart that although I’m so far away, I’m still in your thoughts.

I wish you all a very happy holiday season and the best of luck in 2007. Hopefully we’ll see each other in the New Year.

Xxxxoxoxo

Delphine

work place shenanigans part deux

another sunday at work, a couple more no shows...

see you next tuesday

we rented a car on sunday and monday. sunday was spent perusing the southern part of the island and monday was spent at pineapple park. here's some footage of our time spent in the car. don't be afraid...there was no accident at the end...the dash is just a little slippery is all...



here's some night footage...



i'm sorry if this is out of sync, youtube does some funky stuff to my camera footage when i upload to their site : (

the first jenny has arrived

matt's mom jenny is here for 10 days. she arrived here on tuesday evening after the longest route i've heard of. she flew from london to amsterdam then to bangkok then taipei and finally okinawa! what a trooper! we've been chilling out at home for the past few days.



today we went to the market for a little gift shopping, these goods are my personal favs...




then we headed for some more photo booth shenanigans...

work place shenanigans

Typhoon radio has the strangest playlist I have ever encountered. I usually listen to it during my break or when I have a free lesson. Today’s mix was some traditional Okinawan Sanshin music, followed by some Ice Cube, a dash of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons then this…

Company policy states that couples aren’t supposed to work together…we don’t know why.

Listening to Gorillaz - Dare on repeat