docomo hikari

So...we got new routers for wifi from the reno guys...

I thought we could return our old router to Docomo...

We made an appointment with Docomo, to tell them to cancel our Docomo wifi...which is called Docomo Hikari

I dismantled the router, put it back in its box and carried it to our appointment

The guy at Docomo, was the same condescending guy as when Satoshi bought his phone..sigh

He told us, he cannot cancel our wifi, we would need to call the Service center...and he gave us their number.

So we went home and tried to call the Service center with our landline...but our phone was dead

(After dismantling the router, I had plugged the phone into that dark beige area in the photo)

Panicking.. I put the router back together, plugging the phone into that tiny slot to the bottom left that is marked with the kanji "hikari"

Doing all of this, we were able to call using our landline...whew!

When we finally got in touch with the Service Center, the woman on the other side kindly explained that Docomo Hikari is not only wifi but also telephone lines

Our landline and wifi was a fiber optic type...

She then explained that if we cancelled and only wanted phone line, we would have to have them come in to set up an "analog" style phone line (the dark beige area) and our phone number would change...sigh

Since we didn't want to have to change our phone number, we decided to just keep the fiber optic line...though if and when we need to move, we'll definitely get rid of it.

We learned a lot from this experience...small kine stressful, but grateful it all worked out. 

phone heaven

The other day, I walked past our land-line phone and there was a crackling noise coming from it, which kind of spooked me out at 7 a.m. I especially freaked because I thought it might start a fire of sorts, so I lifted the receiver and this LOUD noise came out from the phone, which rudely awakened Satoshi....our phone went to phone heaven....

So, since Satoshi had the day off today and I had a dentist appointment, we decided to look for a new phone/fax . There are so many brands and styles out there, and it all boils down to how much you want to pay. We got a rather cheap model because the less functions the thing has, the less I have to read the manual to figure all the functions out (Satoshi doesn't like to read the manuals, isn't the manual in his first language??)....sigh...

Anyway, for dinner tonight, we wanted something kind of different, instead, we ended up going to one of our favorite ramen shops, Momofukutei. I posted about this place before here. We've often gone to eat at this place for lunch and had never tried their dinner menu. (Can you believe that each time we have gone here they have seated us in exactly the same seats?) We were pleasantly surprised at what they had to offer.

We ordered their bite sized gyoza (pot stickers).

Satoshi ordered their curry ramen, a version only served during autumn. The broth was very spicy but delicious.

We also ordered their Momofuku salad--which was a caesar salad with tofu (soy bean curd) and katsuo bushi (shaved dried bonito).

I also ordered the kurozu(black vinegar)su-buta (sweet & sour pork) and their fried rice (but my camera ran out of memory, so no photos of them...I hate when that happens...) All in all it was a very nice meal and a very nice day.

Gosh, November is almost over, hope your week is going well.