the third day...

...and the trains are still empty! this was on our way to shinjuku to do some serious shopping. i so love tokyo's holiday sale! i am quite pleased with my fukubukuro (new year's packs or lucky bags). now, i am shopped out and broke but very happy!

ratatouille

it's the year of the rat: happy new year! my new year's resolutions for 2008 are as follows:

1) get up early - i should be awake by 8am except in winter :)
2) sleep less - at least 8 hours only on workdays, 10 hours on days off
3) exercise more - alternate wii fit/wii sports and billy's boot camp (how ambitious!)
4) eat less - and say yes to healthy foods and no more suppers, thank you!
5) save money - so i can travel! and of course, to ensure my family's future

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i spent my new year's eve at roppongi with my hubby. in the afternoon, we watched the movie "i am legend". it was great and i recommend it, but be prepared to get dizzy! after the movie, i was really very hungry and i craved for some shabu-shabu but we didn't know how to order in japanese :( so we ended up having dinner at TGIF. i ate a lot that i was stuffed yet i wasn't satisfied. maybe my mind was imagining pinoy food and pinoy style new year's celebration. but i greatly enjoyed my tequila sunrise!

after dinner, we walked around the area and we found ourselves at the foot of tokyo tower. after 2 years of living in tokyo, i finally got to see the tower up close. i always wanted to, but i never got the chance until now. we had to fall in a long line to go up. the place was unusually filled with foreigners (and so with the other places in tokyo, actually). it could be because most japanese locals went back to their respective hometowns to celebrate the new year with their families. which reminds me, this is my 2nd new year away from home. we decided not to go back in lieu of a planned overseas trip in the middle of this month. but next year, i'll definitely be home for christmas and new year. and who knows, for good! :)

(observatory deck)(a view from the deck )