Birthday treat

Yesterday was the day I was born more than a quarter of a century ago. With a 3-week old infant at home now, it wasn't too easy for us to go out for a simple celebration. So instead Rob brought dinner to us after work: takeaway from our favourite Indian restaurant, Nawab. I've blogged about the food twice already, so I won't go into much detail here except to say that the food was great and delicious as always eventhough we had to takeaway.

Clockwise from top left - Chicken Biryani, Lamb Korma, Dahl Spinach, and 4-piece Chicken Tikka; with Plain Naan, Bhatoora and Mughlai Naan:


Rob surprised me with a rather large box of chocolate truffles from Godiva, and I'd greedily eaten one before I'd even thought of taking a photo of them.

Decadent chocolatey treats:


It's a good thing that I'm breastfeeding so I can sort of justify pigging out. I've so far lost about 90% of the weight gained during pregnancy (and I'm eating almost twice as much!), but this box of truffles, coupled with the rich Indian food, will certainly stop the progress for awhile!

Tokyo, the urban jungle

It's no lie that Tokyo is full of concrete and buildings, but it's not hard to find areas that improves the livelihood of residents and workers. The Sumida River runs through both the areas we lived in previously and currently, and this 27km stretch of river runs under 26 bridges. There are plenty of riverside footpath for our use, and the view is pretty good and relaxing.

In Shinkawa: the footpath we used to go jogging on, and the view of Chuo-Ohashi (the Great Chuo Bridge):


In Kachidoki: the night view of the river, Tokyo Tower, and one of the borders of the great Tsukiji Market (the lit area to the bottom right of the shot):


And the Kachidoki-bashi (Kachidoki Bridge):


Both bridges are within good sight of each other - that's how close our previous and current residences are.