“jam sey jam takhraw!!!”
"Happy Birthday Sunil and Mark!"
Last Sunday, we had a small get together to celebrate Sunil and Mark’s birthday. I spent time over the week looking for the right restaurant and arranging a little surprise here and there… but hey, even though the surprises did not work out as planned, we had a blast.
It was a beautiful day after the typhoon on Saturday and I spent all afternoon sitting at Yoyogi Park people watching and enjoying some Suemae-time. Mark and Sunil joined me just before sunset and we moved on to Shinjuku to meet Matthew and Ashesh.
Shinjuku, it is an interesting place for meet ups. One would definitely get lost within the station itself and was proven when it took us up to 15 minutes to get our band of 4 together. We then moved our rendezvous point to the East exit to wait for Ashesh who showed up about half hour later. When Ashesh finally appeared we exchanged hugs but kept teasing that we should be careful for the guys would not want to be mistaken for the group that hangs out at Shinjuku-Nicho-me (the gay district of Tokyo). I was giggling to myself as I would have looked like a "mama-san" having four guys tailing behind me.
We then moved on to look for the restaurant where I made reservations for the evening. The guys were thinking that I did arrange a crazy night out at Shinjuku taking them to places they might not want to go. We made our way towards Kabuki-cho and soon were on our way to the rooftop restaurants. (I was attacked and almost squished to my death by the elevator door. I lost my temper and started cussing… Not a pleasant sight at all.)
In a whole the night was fun. Sunil and Ashesh felt very much at home and were speaking Nepali with each other and to the waitress too. It was loads of fun as we ate and drank. A friend taught me how to say "cheers" in Hindi and we kept "clashing our glasses together" that made the evening merrier.
It was a fun night out at Shinjuku. A little costly, the guys were given "interesting" invitations and offers, we laughed the night away… yeah, it was great.
