Sushi Tei

Another all-time favorite. Mine and Gavin’s. This is the place where we usually have our quality time – just us two – because Athan does not share the passion for sushi.

One little tip for Sushi Tei lovers, come at 10 o’clock like Gavin and I usually do, since the plave always get crowded by 11 o’clock, and right around 12 you won’t be able to get in without getting in line first. And this pretty much how it is at every Sushi Tei outlets.

Today, the Sushi Tei of our choice is the one at Plaza Senayan. Ikura gunkan and Tobikko gunkan for Gavin, and the usual Salmom sashimi pour moi.

One small input if I may for Sushi Tei – I think it’s time you start providing free wifi connection as it’s one of the things consumers look for other than food and service. After all, it would be nice to be able to connect to the world and tell them that we are having a hell of an experience at Sushi Tei. Wouldn’t it?

What I Love about the Christmas Season

1. Christmas menu at Starbucks is back! (Toffee Nut Latte… yeay!!!)
2. Pretty Christmas decorations at my favorite mall.
3. The fact that the holidays are coming soon – time to get away from daily activities.
4. The giving spirit in my heart.
5. Receiving the Gift of Live – the Lord Jesus Christ.

Uneventful Month… Be Thankful Always

The month of October has been a little something for me. Many things happened. Things that seem to magically come somewhere from novels or movies.

One morning I got a phone call from a friend. I heard cries on the other end of the line. I was so surprised. But nothing surprised me more than the words that followed my friend’s cry. “I had an abortion,” she said. I was literally shaken, unsure that I was hearing her right. But I guess talking to a friend helped her somewhat in going through the rough time.

A couple of weeks afterwards, another story from a friend shook me. He told me that out of the blue, all of a sudden he was handed over a little boy who happens to be his own son. A pair of father and son who never in their lives saw one another, now have to spend the rest of their lives under one roof. Crazy.

Towards the end of October, again I was shaken by the news that one of my uncles had to be taken to the hospital, and treated for a disease I have never yet heard before. Myasthenia Gravis. Some rare disease that somehow managed to crawl into my uncle’s body. Worse still, about a week later he had to undergo a surgery to remove the tumor of the thymus, that is supposedly the cause of the disease. But then, as if it wasn’t enough for all of us, after the surgery, my uncle had trouble breathing and now has to spend his days in the ICU. And as I am writing this post entry, we are all still praying that miracle will happen for all of us.

And all those only give me the true lesson of life. Be thankful of what we have. The gift of life. The gift of family. The gift of prayer. The gift of miracle.