tokyo joe

tokyo joe restaurant @ the mandarin oriental, jakarta.  first page in the menu.



tokyo joe, jakarta

As a kid, he dreamed of playing short stop with the Yomiuri Giants.
He still catches a game now and then, but his own sport is skiing

He and women have an understanding.
One of these days he'll get married, but not yet

He doesn't like to gamble, but he'll do anything on a bet

He works like a demon, parites like there's no tomorrow.

What's he looking for?
The edge.
And the perfect piece of sushi.



"very cute. very you =)" - LL
"how come when i read this i think of u?" - el jefe eyears

---

"through the rubble comes the conglomerates"

due to my IM conversations and random emails/phone calls from peers catching up, i get the feeling that people/u readers think that i lead this uber exciting rockstar life.  and i've mentioned it time and time again, other than the facial i got today and the fact that i drink excessively, my life is just hyped up thanks to the my addiction to narcissistic blogging and my improved prolific long winded writing style.  it's in my nature to notice the idiosyncracies of human behavior and i find quite joy at the dry sarcasm of natural embarrassment....(just wait for my upcoming birthday requests)...and on what seems to be my 40th trip into jakarta this year, i witnessed the most disturbing site. 

it's only natural to look down when using a urinal to pee.  it's only natural to notice peripherals in ur line of sight even if u're not wanting to see the things going on around u.  so after peeing, after shaking, after tucking and after zipping, i back pedaled away from the urinal and just as i finished my last backwards step moving into the rotate and turn position, i noticed the guy to my right flushing and putting his hand under the urinal running water as if rinsing his hand ALL WHILE PEEING!!! WTF IS THAT?!@?!@?@#!? (i don't know why, but it felt like it wasn't the first time i witnessed that horror...)

---

for years, i was addicted to blistex DCT.  now it's been replaced with burt's bees.  can someone bring me back some?  i hate chapped lips.  u ever kiss someone with chapped lips? tell me it's not horrendous.

---

el jefe ho asked me today "where do you want to settle down?".  i answered the question like i normally do, short sighted and enthusiastically fiscally driven.  however, fabian's questions are always well calculated with long term vision and more importantly long term stability/structure in mind.  weighing out the intangibles of personalities and status of vocational and situational comfort.  i have never answered that question from a long term vantage point, either overestimating my ability to cope with "standby" settings and maybe it's that i have purposely strayed away from the maturity aspects of life, anything with any connotation to facing the obligations of adulthood has been shunned by urs truly, however, with finding this career that is even more capricious than me, i, admittingly so, am happy with it. so i will give this some serious thought...reverting.  "where do i want to settle down anyways?"  

maturity 101.

---

speaking of settling down.  congrats to connors and jenn on their engagement.  and of course me n chomo had to size up the situation from all vantage points....this excerpt being the key points of our conversation...

Chomo80

how should i propose
wat u think

alex

secretly open up a joint bank acct
then give her the checkbook
with her name on it
and say....i am indebted to u
forever
we are a union
forever
and ever
just like u and my backhand
go wash the dishes woman

Chomo80

hahahahaha
ur a genius
i will do that

alex

not the first time i've been called genius
i'll have u know