March 2006 Archives

The first quarter of year 2006 ends today. How was your first quarter? I don't mean to be a cold ice queer but you never know when you will end up being dead so Time is money, baby.:-) though, my time seems to be wasted a lot.... huh.. Anyway, I hope your first quarter of year 2006 went pretty good. :-) Let's make the second one better if we can. :-) Lately, I go to the gym in the morning instead of the evening. And I run in the evening instead of the morning. This seems to work pretty well as the gym is not packed with a lot of cruisy queens in the morning. :-) I can actually focus on what I have to do. Anyway, when I was about to shower after the work out at the gym, I saw one tall guy "entertaining himself" in the shower stall. It was that obvious. What would you do when you ran into the situation?

1.	Join him.
2.	Give him a dirty look while you secretly enjoy watching him.
3.	Report to the gym staff
4.	Pretend that you didn't see a thing.

I took the option number 5. "I gave him a great smile and watched him working on it for three seconds" But I have moral. I can act civil...(I think....) I didn't do anything about it other than that. Yet, I guess he just likes to be watched.... meaning a little weird? freak? huh... I did like what I saw there. Anyway, you have a fantabulous weekend!

Why is it freaking cold in Tokyo when it's supposed to be a warm spring day?? It was like 3 degrees C = 38 Degrees F this morning.... Although cherry blossoms are very beautiful right now, I have to work in the office and I don't get to see them. They don't really stay that way for a long time. Their petals are very easy to get blown away. I didn't want to miss beautiful cherry blossoms. So, I took an extended lunch break (I seem to be doing that quite a lot these days... I hope I get canned for it.) I walked to the imperial garden which is about 10 - 15 min walk from where I work. While there were long lines to get into the garden, I just took several photos from the outside as I didn't want to wait for long to get in. Whlie I am not a big fan of any cherry blossom products like Cherry Blossom Ice Cream, Cherry Blossom Rice Cake, Cherry Blossom hot water, Cherry Blossom Kit Kat (EW!), I still like to see the real cherry blossoms. I did the cliche just like other Japanese would do. I went to see them. They were moderately beautiful. :-) While I was walking near the garden, it occurred to me I was the only one person who walked near the garden alone. Everybody's got friends, a date, family to go with... Oh well. I am sure they would have been more beautiful if I went there with a boyfriend. Even though I am not looking and don't want a solid relationship right now, I sometiems miss having the significant other like in this situation. But on many occasions, I am glad I am single. :-) Anyway, have a fantabulous Thursday! One more day until the weekend! Yay.

I tried to hold a pen differently so my strokes should be different but.....If you see this is too tiny to read, please click the photo, please to "enlarge" it. Oh yeah, the bigger it is, the better I like. :-) Have a pleasant day!

The work life has gotten back as it was before I left for the vacation, but I still feel happy for no apparent reason. It must be the Spring or the "friend" I had fun with last night. I guess I should have worked crazy like I used to; but, I went ahead and took an extended lunch break. I have no idea why but when I am here in this country, Japan, I tend to have as many Japanese meals as possible. I rarely eat something non-Japanese when I am here. Yet, I don't miss Japanese when I am abroad. FYI, I really like Vietnamese, American, Indian, Italian, Thai, etc... Today, I went to this revolving Sushi table place which is considered a low-end of Sushi restaurant. While a friend of mine who works in the same district had a few, I was very hungry and finished 6 plates. It cost me 1300Yen= U.S.$ 11.13 = 9.23 Euros. The sushi was alright. It was eat-able. But nothing fancy. Anyway, Japanese meals vary from Tempura to greasy Americanized Teriyaki crap to Sushi, I love everything about it. Why? I am Japanese after all. This could mean "Ethnocentrism" but I can't help it. However, I didn't eat Sushi without chopsticks as I didn't want my right hand fishy while I was told that the real Tokyoite (Edokko) eat Sushi without using them. Having Sushi with the right hand is very classic but I can't do that.... nope. My nails are too pretty to do that. Try to have a great lunch some time. Ta-ta-!

Before I came to work, I didn't mind working here until the late autumn as long as I could take a vacation like this even though I decided awhile ago that I would resign by the end of August. I didn't mind extending my limit. However, when I came to work, I saw the vice president whom I don't really respect for. I now understand the reason why I wanted to get out of here. I think I am going to stick to my schedule. I am glad I ran into him in the morning. Otherwise, I'd make a poor decision. :-) .....

1.	I happened to hug friends like you usually do while I was in the States last week. I get bisou bisou (kissing on the cheek.) I love that custom. I wish we could import this custom.... I love to be hugged even by straight dudes.
2.	I so miss watching Charmed re-runs...I feel low by saying this but I liked it.
3.	The most frequent phrase I used there was "Well, sorry, I don't live here" whenever they asked me for a zip code or something. I hated that phrase....
4.	The most frequent phrase I got was "Your English is great"...okay....whatever....It sucks
5.	When I got carded after ordering an alcohol beverage, I felt happy and I thought I was stupid by giving the over-the-moon face.

Anyway, I am stilll happy from the trip I made. But I think this happy feeling goes away real quick...By the way, cherry blossoms look better when it's cloudy. I hope it gets cloudy tomorrow. :-) You have a great day!

I am finally back in Tokyo. It's Sunday night. I will have to work tomorrow. Mostly, what I will do tomorrow at work is "to pretend" to read all the e-mails I got during the vacation. I am sure it will be more than 2000 e-mails. But what can I do? I will just go easy even though I heard the work there has been crazy. However, I didn't have an opportunity to log onto the network. My 1 and a half week vacation in the United States of America was very awesome. :-) I am ready to take another vacation if I win Oregon lotto. :-) Until then, I will be working. You have a fantabulous new week!

The reason why I am here in the United States this time on my vacation is that I got a job last month. To understand the job I got better, I wanted to talk to the management directly in person. So I am here. I'd say this is my second home city if I may. :-) I am not sure if I want to take this job because this is not Tokyo. hmmm... I don't think I can decide right now and it's too much on Friday. It's the weekend (well, it's Saturday over there in Japan...but...) You guys have a fantabulous weekend!

I could have gone to Mt. Hood where I could have done snowboarding. But unlike last year in Oregon, it's been snowing quite a lot there in the area. That means I have to put snow chains on my tires. I don't wanna do that as I just got my nails done.....

1.	I got this 1 dollar coin as part of the change at Starbucks this morning. It looks different from the one I knew 10 years ago. It says "One dollar" on it alright but I am afraid to use it as people might mix it up with a quarter.
2.	It's true people are very friendly here in Portland. I like that. But I wouldn't like it on a daily basis. I mean I usually get asked if I need help at the grocery store. Do I look confused? Please let me shop alone... Yeah, I am awful..
3.	Portland is proabably good for 3 days but I've been here for 4. I think I am ready to hang out with friends in a bigger city. It's a nice city though
4.	It's extremely true people in Portland are friendly. Given that fact, when I hear "hello" from my behind, I look back and instinctly say "hi!" with a smile. But s/he was just saying "hello" to answer her/his phone.... I turn out to be a freak...
5.	A new idiom I learnt. This guy approached me and asked if I had considered hiring myself out. I didn't get it so I had to ask him. I don't dress like a hooker, damn it.

Anyway, it's a micracle I haven't used my umbrella here yet.I wish you a fantabulous day!

I was going to go snowboarding everyday I am here according to the plan I made. I even shipped my equipment to my friend's before I left. But I don't feel like it because I have this terrible blister after running at the gym earlier this week. And it's kinda far. Instead, I am here in the downtown area and doing nothing major. Just reading a book and watching people walk by. But I cannot do these when I am working so I am happy. :-) You have a great day!

Hello from Portland, OR. I hope you are doing great. I had this fantabulous Hallibut at the restaurant but because of too much alcohol (7 martinis, 1 glass of Pinot Noir, 1 glass of Chardonnay, 2 Vodka water) last night, I have been having this horrible splitting headache.... I got extra strength Tylenol but how long do I have to wait until it kicks in? It doesn't seem to be working right now.... Except for that splitting headache part, I am doing great here in Portland, OR. While Gregg from Boston, MA didn't get to see the fantabulous side of Portland much (i am sorry, Gregg. I hope you will see that next time), I have been pretty happy here as people are very friendly and 0 percent sales tax. :-) The photo is one of the greatest president in the United States of America. When I had to pay 17 dollars for parking, I gave the attendant 22 dollars. (one 20 dollar bill and two ones. ) But she looked confused and gave me 2 dollars back. I wanted to get a 5 dollar bill so I told her to calculate with 22 dollars instead of 20 dollars. She didn't seem to get it until she punched the number. I am not saying anything but this happens to me a lot here in the States. When I buy something like 77 cents, I'd give $1.02 to get 25 cents for change. Is it weird I do this? hmmmm... Anyway, I am going to recover from this splitting headache and I will probably blog more tomorrow with photos. Thanks for stopping by and you have a fantabulous day! Don't drink too much!

Hello, Everybody. I hope you are doing all fantabulous. I am sorry that I haven't visited you guys recently. I will try when I have enough time. Yesterday, I was too tired and I didn't gamble a lot. I only gambled for 3 hours. I didn't hit the jackpot... According to my plan, I would... Why? oh why? but I didn't loose, either. I won about $1000 = 821 Euros = 116400 Yen..... Oh well. I wish I had more time but I had to sleep... I was very tired. Anyway, I am here finally. I feel comfy and safe here. But driving can be a differen thing... Anyway, I will post some more tomorrow. Until then, see you all later!

According to Weather channel I watched last night, the chance of rainy days in Las Vegas is about 7%. But it was supposed to be very rainy this weekend here in Las Vegas. But look at it! It's sunny!!!! Yay. See, I am always lucky with the weather when I travel. I came here to become rich see a friend of mine who worked at the same place. . She is vacationing for a year in Vancouver and decided to spend 2 months in Las Vegas as she visited here for homestay. The other reason why I am here is of course, to be freaking rich. When I come here, I always spend all my time in the Strip (that's where Casinos are). So I decided to visit some places. This is Valley of Fire. One hour drive from Las Vegas. it was really breath-taking... I usually carry small amount of cash and credit cards when I travel. But for the first time, I got Traveler's Cheques just like the second photo. What are these for? Gambling. Baby I am flying back to Tokyo in a first class seat according to my plan. Last time I was here, I was lucky. Hopefully, this time, too. I am even ready to get interviewed for jackpot winning. :-) I have a pretty shirt in case I get interviewed. Yeah... right. It's only my impossible dream.... Off to gambling. Have a fantabulous one!

Hello. I am at the airport waiting for the flight. It's been short but I really enjoyed my stay in Hawaii. It was fantabulous. If I stayed here longer, I'd go broke. :-) It's so great that Japanese is very much spoken in a lot of places on Oahu. (I am sure Big Island has some Japanese community as well) When we walked from the club last night, I was approached by a lady hooker on Kuhio Ave. I am glad I looked straight to her. :-) When I went shopping, the store person asked me if I have lived in the States. I told him "10 years ago". He said I don't look 30 years old at all. Should I be happy or sad? hmmm... Anyway, off to the next destination. I wish you a happy weekend! Aloha!

Should I change the time zoneon this blog??? it's still 16th here in Honolulu. Today, when I was chaging into the body-surfing suit at the parking spot by the beach, I intentionally accidentaly looked at one straight hot surfing dude's tender while he was changing behind his car. I am happy. And pervy..... I've pretty busy in Hawaii but we did all we wanted to do. I think I need to make myself less busy at the tomorrow's destination then? huh... you have a wonderful weekend (though it's still Thursday here in Hawaii.... ) !

I made sure you could comment on this one. Thanks, GaijinGirl for pointing that out! Aloha-. I am here in Hawaii right now. IT's going to be evening soon. It's funny I left Japan at 9p.m. on Wednesday but it's still 4p.m. Wednesday here. :-) I always come here to Hawaii at least once a year. It's really great. Even though Spring was on its way in Tokyo, it had been rather cold since Monday... I had to be somewhere tropical. It's nice to be able to wear just a sleeveless shirt and short pants. It's not slutty. Many straight dudes wear the same things. :-) I jumped in to the summer. While the weather forecast didn't look great in Hawaii, it's not raining badly as I am always blessed by the weather. Not quite blue Hawaii though :-) Gray but at least some sunshine. On the first day in Hawaii, I usually go shopping as I am a shopping whore. But it's miracle! I haven't gone shopping yet. But my friend and I went body-surfing. The water wasn't as cold as I thought it would be. I have this new surfing upper suit. It fits perfectly. I wear it because I don't have awesome abs. While my abs have gotten better, you cannot really see I have abs through my surfing suit. But this body surfing dude who was near us had awesome abs and he wore the surfing suit but I could actually see his six packs through it. I hate him. I so hate him. Anyway, I body-surfed for about 3 hours but since I am still adjusting my body clock, it was enough. It was definitely fantabulous even though there was beach sand in butt cleavage... ugh. :-) Anyway, I will make some photo thingy tomorrow. I am going to take a nap and slut myself up for the night. yay. You have a wonderful day!

For those of you who tried to comment on this post, I am VERY sorry. For some reason, the comment was prohibited on this entry. I enabled it just now.. That was so not nice of me... but I didn't do it intentionally. really...I was in a hurry to blog so I must have screwed up something. That's so not professional of me considering my work field.... damn. Anyway, I arrived and I will post another post later!I wish I had time to visit blogs today as usual but since my boarding time is close, I am going to visit you guys tomorrow. Sorry.... It's now or never. When I applied to have my passport renewed last week, I asked myself... I successfully implemented this mobile access solution which was designed by a stupid architect and the release date was already determined without analysis by engineers. I was in charge of the project as a technical lead and I successfully had it done even if it looked like the mission impossible. IT WAS BRILLIANTLY SUCCESSFUL. I am not going to be humble about that project. Now, I have other projects coming up pretty soon. However, this week and next week, I am not that busy. So I thought I'd just take a vacation. I asked my boss on Monday for some time off. It was approved. I am here at Narita Airport oh so fudging far from the metropllice but they still say New Tokyo International Airport. I am waiting for boarding. I am waiting for a friend of mine to show up who is going to spend the first three days together... he is not here yet... if he is late, I am not gonna wait for him. Am I being selfish? hmmm... Anyway, it's my disease that I take a computer with me everywhere I go. So I will blog from the destination :-)You have a fantabulous day!

So what would you do if you were in my situation I had earlier today? Well, I hope I didn't gross you out with this. You have a fantabulous day! Love, Shigeki :)

Yay, it's another Monday. I worked on Saturday and Sunday. I am not sure when was the last time I took a day off. I feel funny because of too much work. But I am kinda happy for an unkown reason. By the way, my usual theme for this blog is "non-exciting scribbles" So I was told by this visitor that my blog seemed to be pointless and not homo enough. I was also suggested to spice up my blog by blogging about Japanese hunk of the day. I don't think I can do that. If I did that, it wouldn't be "non-exciting scribbles" anymore. Sorry, I can't fulfill your need, visitor X. Anyway, I am a homo. According to the single old guy with the funny hat in my church, I am going to hell and I should try hard to be straight.... okie. It's not like I chose to be a fag. But my sexual "preference" orientation is not all about myself. If I may, I'd rather try hard to be very gay. But since my blog is not gay enough, I'd go with non-gay stuff here. The photo is my hair trimmer. I do it every other week or so. It trims my unwanted hair pretty well. But sometimes, it's painful. I do it it anyway. Why? It's like climbing Mt. Everest. Because it's there. But I am very much against shaving or waxing to get rid of my unwanted hair. After all, I talked about something gay But in my defense, I am absolutely sure there are straight guys who do this, too. Alrighty, you have a pretty week!

I missed yesterday's entry.... I've been super busy..... This is kinda boring and I wish I could spend more time to make it better but I don't have a lot of time to blog this week unfortunately. This is really dull but this is all I can post for this week. I am sure next week will be better.... Anyway, you can skip this dull flash file. it's kinda... huh.. :-) I wish you a fantabulous weekend! !

This is something I drew last year but I thought this would be perfect for what I am blogging today. When I blogged about my HIV test the other day, I got some suggestions that it would be good to look for someone permanent. But I wonder if having someone permanent would be less risky to get HIV positive. I'd like to disagree if I may... If he fudges around behind my back and if I do it without a condom with this something permanent guy (FYI, I have never done bareback..), that wouldn't be necessarily safe, would it? Don't get me wrong though. I still believe in relationships. I got out of the 8 year relationship last year...surprisingly. It lasted that long... surprisingly. One of my dreams is to be able to wear the perfect wedding ring made out of platinum. This is something I drew to see how my left hand would look like with the ring. I still think I am not a marrying kind but I will see about that. I am not in a hurry. Really. I don't think this something "permanent" is going to happen anytime soon as the current job I have now makes my dream plan impossible. I cannot afford my time for myself even. However, I am not disappointed. I still have hopes. In the mean time, I am going to go online and find a new "friend" to do "nice things" together. Do I sound low? Okay, I might. But I take my responsibilities. I will be a grown up later. Not today. ;-) You have a fantabulous "hump" day.

First of all, thank you for leaving me warm nice comments. You guys rock! I am over the moon. ;) Anyway, this is my new VAIO as I destroyed the old one. I could live without this but I'd love to take a light notebook computer when I am on the road. My iBook is kinda heavy...
1. I have to renew my passport as I destroyed it last month. So I took a photo of mine in this ID photo booth. Everything is computrized and it even gives me chances to retake the photo. The last take was least pretty. So I was going to try it again for the 4th time. It turns out I could only do it three times... Least pretty on my passport for 5 years? or 700 Yen = U.S. $6 = 5 Euros more? No brainer. Of course, I took the latter option.

2.	It was rather chilly today but this supervisor of mine bought us ice lollies. But I refused to have one of these. It's not because it was cold today. However I eat it, the way I eat it looks very naughty... I'd rather have a different kind if you know what I mean...
3.	Today, for the first time, I understand why there are batting cages on this planet. They help me not become a murder. I am very thankful whoever invented them.
4.	When a friend talked to me about the three second rule which is if the food is on the floor less than three seconds, you can eat it, I went "ew". But it occurred to me I'd followed the same rule before in my own apartment. FYI, I take shoes off when I am there...

You have a fantabulous day!

I usually blog something positive and non-exciting but today, please let me blog something depressing. If you are depressed, please skip today’s post. This post is extremely longer than the usual posts. I know my writing sucks. If you are not up for reading something long and bad, please skip this. thanks.
I’ve been depressed for the last two months. I guess I commented on some blogs that I haven’t gotten laid for two and a half months. That’s because I had this incident that I might have been exposed to HIV before Christmas. I didn't want to spread HIV in case I was infected. Without sex for 2 months... wow... Ever since I got out of the 8 year relationship, I'd been enjoying playing in the field. I mean I really didn't want anything serious. Of course, I was being careful every time. I never let a guy "ejaculated" in my mouth, either. But how safe can you be when you are at it? I really wonder... Caution can be so wiped out by gorgeous great feelings you could get from sex. Anyway, before Christmas, I went to this cruising sleazy theatre to have some "good" time. One guy approached me and undid my pants and gave me head. I was very drunk at that time. While I was almost close to um... you know "release", it was a little bit painful but I couldn't let him stop. I shot huge and it was really great. I had a few more drinks and went back to the room. I was going to take a shower. That's when I realized. I had blood stains on my undies. I wouldn't have known this if I wore black underwear. And I didn't know it in the theatre as it was dark.

Last night, I had to attend "kick-off" meeting for this year. There were so many things to list for this year. But I really didn't pay much attention to them as many of them will be dealt after I leave this company. But I pretended to be a good worker and showed how hard I will work. Acting. oh yeah. Even though I don't hang out with work people, I like company paid dinner and cocktails. We went to this grilled beef's place in Nishi-Azabu. This place is one of the most luxurious grilled beef places in Tokyo. Although I don't enjoy beef much, I enjoyed wine very much. If I don't like one bottle which tasted weird for Chardonnay, I didn't have to get devastated for 7000 Yen = US $60.19 = €50.00 a bottle. We can move onto the next bottle and open up. :) As I was sitting far far away from my director, we ordered 5 different bottles just for our table. At 11p.m., we got out and I was going back home. But our director suggested us to have cocktails. So we went to this music bar where the live music performance was held. The Beatles. Those songs are VERY old but I loved this unexpected live performance. Actually, these songs don't make me think they are very old... One of the singers was very cute, too. I even sang along a little bit. The fake Beatles rock! My favorite piece last night was "Obladi Oblada". After 4 martinis, I guess I told my director how good looking one of those singers was.... I said "good looking" not "fabulous" or anything gayer... Free martinis and music cover charges paid by our company are great! Of course, I passed out a second after I got inside of my apartment. I got up in the hallway today... but it was a good company dinner and cocktail time. :) You have a fabulous weekend. I am off to listening to more Beatles'. :)

Even though we don't have a major holiday season like Thanksgiving or Christmas, I guess we have too many seasonal events. Today is Hinamatsuri. "Doll's Festival" this is a day to wish girls live happily. It's the day for girls. Of course, there is a day for boys in May. Families with girls display these freaking cold eyed so real oh scary dolls. You don't really play around with them as they are very fragile and expensive. These dolls are my sister's at my parents'. Strangely, my family really cares about every single seasonal event like this one. So I had to have special breakfast at my parents' as I couldn't be there tonight. Everything is pink today. Even Sushi. You know I am gay but I really didn't play with girly dolls. I was more like a gundam pretty boy. I am a boy (okay, I saw you laughing). I had to attend the family gathering this morning... I, of course, wore a pink shirt to celebrate this girly day and felt pretty and girly inside. My sister didn't seem to care about my pretty shirt at all.... But seriously, these dolls are kinda scary if you look at them at night. When I was little, I always tried not to look at them directly just like the sun light.... So this is the day to celebrate with dolls. I am not sure what these dolls intend to do by holding a thing or two though.... For those who happen to believe there are still Samurais here in Japan, we don't dress like these dolls anymore in the 21st century unfortunately. Sorry, Japnaese strange fantasizers... Anyway, you have a fantabulous weekend! FRIDAY! YAY!

Um... My nose is running... Here it is. It's been awhile since I did Audioblog. But it's not the brilliant one. I mean I am crazy as usual. I might delete this but I don't care at the moment because of "adult beverages".... You have a fantabulous Thursday!

Please click the photo if it's too small.. You know I don't believe in good Karma? Well, I am not religious.. Anyway, it's raining heavily here... I wish you a pleasant day!