For the love of Okonomiyaki

The result of an hour of queuing at Spitalfields yesterday afternoon:

I endured the masses of people who had also trekked to Liverpool Street (almost like a super mini Notting Hill) for the Japanese Festival yesterday. All my usual Japanese haunts (Benihana, Matsuri and Misato) held stalls in Spitalfields market and I as per usual stuffed my face silly. There was music, dancing, arts and crafts, sushi making and a lot of serious people watching. It still amazes me how well dressed and groomed Japanese people are in general. There was some serious envy on my part for most of the afternoon.

Highlight of the day: doodle wall fun!

On the topic of all things Japanese, I want to add a 102nd goal: attempt to recreate this.

Day Zero.

I was inspired by this but never found the time or willpower to sit down and write all my goals. The ultimate goal is to complete all 101 goals below in 1001 days (Saturday, 16 June 2012) and feel like I'm being productive and enriching my life rather than spending my days vegging out in front of the telly!

Creative
001 Start playing the piano again (and remaster Debussy)
002 Start playing the violin again
003 Rejoin ballet classes/dance lessons
004 See Mamma Mia! at the theatre
005 Finally take advantage of www.anightlessordinary.org.uk
006 Start borrowing books from the library instead of buying them
007 See an art/photography exhibition at least 6 times a year
008 Learn how to use my SLR properly
009 Always carry a disposable camera/film camera in my bag for random short
010 Learn how to play one song on the guitar
011 Make better use of my Flickr
012 Learn how to knit something other than pearl and stitch
013 Develop digital photos every 6 months
014 Customise clothes so unworn clothes are wearable/fit properly instead of letting them hang in the wardrobe unworn
015 Buy new lenses for my SLR
016 Learn how to use new lenses
017 See Wicked at the theatre

Books
018 Read 100 books
019 Read 50 books from http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top100.shtml
020 Finally finish reading Lolita, no matter how much it kills me
021 Read 5 non-fiction books

Food
022 Learn how to make sushi
023 Eat 10 things I have never eaten before
024 Learn more about wine
025 Learn how to make Tempura
026 Go to Dans le Noir
027 Go to The Fat Duck

The Superficial
028 Own a Chanel bag
029 Buy a pair of Louboutins
030 Try out eyelash extensions
031 Invest in more expensive lingerie
032 Dye my hair dark brown

Money
033 Save at least half my monthly wages
034 Sort out my savings accounts so I'm actually saving in accounts with decent rates
035 Put into savings £20 for each completed goal
036 Donate £2.50 to charity for each incomplete goal
037 Put the full amount into an ISA each year
038 Save £15k in 3years
039 Go 1 month without buying clothes

Music
040 Go to Glastonbury
041 Go to a festival abroad (Beni/Sonar)
042 Start listening to my vinyls again
043 Listen to all the albums in the Guardian's top 100 best albums of all time

Travel
044 Re-visit Japan
045 Visit Ibiza
046 Get back into the habit of writing travel journals
047 Travel to Australia
048 Go to Edinburgh festival

Health
049 Get my eyes checked
050 Learn how to wear contacts
051 Go for a smear test
052 Have an allergy test
053 Take my vitamins for regularly
054 Go to the gym at least 2 times a week
055 Go for a swim at least once a week
056 Take up pilates/yoga again
057 Drink 8 glasses of water a day
058 See the dentist at least once a year
059 Use the Wii Fit once a week
060 Lose 1/2 a stone
061 Lose 1 stone
062 Lose 1 1/2 stone
063 Go 1 month without drinking
064 Do Couch to 5k
065 Go to a spinning class
066 Go to a class at the gym

Miscellaneous
067 Eat a chilli
068 Find a foundation that suits my skin
069 Go for a facial/massage
070 Go to a museum/gallery and spend the day sketching
071 Learn how to cook macaroons
072 Make my own zine
073 Write a short story
074 Clearout my stuff via a car boot sale/ Brick Lane sale
075 Go to a pole dancing class
076 Start using an eye cream
077 Own my own property
078 Apply for a Tesco Clubcard
079 Learn how to play poker
080 Treat my parents to a holiday
081 Write a journal again
082 Donate unworn clothes to charity
083 Take a photo every day for 365 days
083 Learn some Cantonese
084 Learn more advanced html
085 Pass my ACA exams
086 Become chartered
087 Do some volunteer work
088 Swim with dolphins
089 Learn 3 new terms on Investopedia a week
090 Learn how to write my name in Chinese
091 Bake someone a birthday cake
092 Know what I want to do workwise after I'm qualified
093 Teach English abroad
094 Make a Blurb book of my holiday photos
095 Read every article in 1 copy of The Economist
096 Climb a mountain
097 Go for a proper bra fitting
098 Learn how to rollerblade
099 Learn how to ride a bike
100 Say yes to something that I would normally say no to (at least 10 times)
101 Find our my blood type/donate blood