99/365: Oct 21. Today was an event day: Hawaiian Flavor Biz Nite. With 0% Hawaiian content. Damn. Cho hazakashi dayo! But it was a nice night with 150 people. This old fella came along as part of a Mah Jong display group, he's also a photographer and when I showed him this picture after I snapped it, he let out a loud laugh and thumped me on the arm real hard. I'm not sure why. He was very cool.

100/365: Oct 22. As a special 100th-day-of-the-365 project marker, I'm going to show 2 pics from today because it was not only a Dr Sketchy's event night, but also.... Jake's first birthday. The model for tonight's Dr Sketchy's was Violet Eva, from the Murasaki Baby Dolls. She was pretty tame compared to Cherry and Safi, our last 2 models, but very pretty indeed. I've been working on getting images together for the forthcoming Dr Sketchy's exhibition party (more on that in a separate post later)....

100/365 (part 2): Oct 22. Jake turned ONE today. I met Kat, Darin and Jake at the Nishi-Ogikubo Village-Vanguard Restaurant for lunch and fed him his first ever ice-cream. He loved it, and won the hearts of all the staff and diners with his gorgeousness. After lunch we walked to the birthing clinic where he was born, to say hi to the very special women who work there. Then back to my place for coffee, since we were retracing Kat & Darin's steps from that day a year ago. Jake Taiga Mok-Bendall, you are a gorgeous boy and I'm delighted that you are a part of my life! You bring joy wherever you go!

101/365: Oct 23. This is a strip club near my office in Shibuya. I do love walking through this area on my way to and from the office - there is always something to gawk at.

102/365: Oct 24. Oh, the chaos.

103/365: Oct 25. Lisa and I had a photo shoot today - she is dancing in a special belly dance show next weekend so she hired a gorgeous costume. I'm pretty happy with the pics - will share more of them over on my photography blog soon. She's so damn photogenic! It's easy to take good pictures when she is the subject.

104/365: Oct 26. We had a shared FIRST birthday party for Jake and his little friend Aisha in Shinjuku Gyoen. The rain clouds threatened all day but nothing ever came. After the picnic, and the YUMMY home-cooked cakes, we went for a wander around the park since most of the people at the party had never been there before. I've been here a few times, love the place and was quite shocked that so many long term residents have never visited the place. Later that evening Cherry Typhoon took me to a kooky cabaret/burlesque show in a little club down a tiny lane and was quite disappointed by the lack of originality, true sexiness and generally tacky-cutesy nature of the routines. The chanson was exquisite, however.

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