October 2006 Archives

Halloween is not really happening here in Tokyo actually but it's halloween. By the way, I don't see pumpkins like those in the photo taken in Boston earlier this month... Pumpkins here are so different.... Anyway, I thought I'd share this story that is almost shared among junior high students. This story is very popular among them. When I was one of them which was many years ago (ugh!), I got to know this, and it was very good. But I realized this had to be shared verbally. The essence of the story cannot be kept as much if I shared it in text. Also, I translated it into English so it's different...but use your imagination to get the story please. Happy Halloween, everybody!

They were a lovely family on the surface: a father, a mother, and their 5-year-old son. However, the man and his wife didn’t get along well. After a sexless 5-year relationship, they hated each other. The man was irritated by everything his wife did. He seriously hated her in every possible way you can imagine. He wanted a divorce, so he asked for it, but she refused. Then he calculated how much life insurance he would get if he killed his wife.

1... You know you happen to be nice to someone and you think of him/her as a good friend. That's all. But for some reason, that gets mixed up, and the person to whom you are nice thinks you are more than a friend. I hate that happens. It happened to me yesterday and oh, that totally made me feel uncomfy. That's so misleading.... I hope he gets a hint.
2... It's been unusually warmer here in Tokyo even though it's supposed to be chilly by now. However, we are supposed to wear something autumn. It was very warm today but you barely see people wearing short sleeve shirts today. Why? Because we happen to follow some unwritten rule. I have no idea who invented this unwritten rule but if you wear something summer right now, you look so stupid. This has to change especially if we have to deal with the global warming effect.
3... Even though it was warm today, I had very nice sophisticated autumn Japanese lunch shown in the photo. So at least this lets us know it's supposed to be very autumn by now. I couldn't put the second photo in the post but THIS is the seasonal speciality. This is called "Matsutake". A very expensive mushroom. You can easily imagine what it totally looks like. But I don't say "Look! I am giving a great head and deep throating even!" in the middle of the restaurant. I still have moral.
You have a fantabulous week!

I don't really do long posts because I am not good at explaining things in English... but this post is longer than usual ones.... Besides, this post might be super bullshit if you don't believe the thing. So don't bother to read to take your valuable time. For those who have time, please go ahead......
When I was in my pre-teens, I didn't think it was strange at all for me to be able to see the dead. I thought everybody could see them. I've been able to see them since I cannot remember. When I was little, I was making a conversation with my dead gradfather whom I had never seen in person since he passed away before I came to this world. My father who is not able to see the dead thought I went insane when he looked at me talking to my grandfather because all my father saw there was that I was talking alone loudly and laughed in the dark room. That's what it is. Fortunately, me being able to see them doesn't occur as frequent as it used to be. Thank God. I was able to hear their stories and got to know why they are there. Recently, I only see them every once in a while. I am not sure if I got rusty which I am actually grateful for.

1... I'd been singing this all day long at work yesterday because yeah, it was stressful. It says "The stress ruins everything, men, women, earth". I felt like singing out loud at work by wearing a miniskirt but I didn't because I still have moral. :-) But singing this in my head didn't help me much so I went batting again and spent 2 hours there. Now I feel better but my body hurts from too much batting.... oh, I mean the usual batting.
2... Isn't hands-free great? Hands free headset, hands free flash light, hands free ejaculation, and hands free computer operations by voice. But I should have never enabled that hands-free computer typing while I was talking with a friend of mine on the phone and coincidentally said "send!".... geez. I sent e-mail saying I wanted to have Italian for dinner to team members in Sydney.... Yes, I am stupid.
3... To get rid of the craziness I had in me, I went out side to chill a little bit. Well, leaves are still green but the twilight is very autumn for some reason as shown in the photo. It is cooler in the morning and the evening. It will be cold soon. And I started to wonder why some can produly have a nice big package through tight jeans in the middle of the winter? Is it not supposed to be smaller in the winter?
You have a fantabulous Thursday!

It hurts. It really does...But I keep doing the same thing. When will I learn? huh...
You have a fantabulous day!

I used to bring my own like this. But since I don't have any husband, I am being so lazy. I would love to fix something like this if I had a husband but since I don't.. here it is. Anyway...you have a super wonderful Tuesday!

Do you run into the situation where you feel like sweating inside of your head so much while you are actually not sweating? I do that every once in a while.
1... My friends and I decided to meet outside of the restaurant last night. And I arrived there and waited for another friend. I said "Oh no, that was a strong scent that I could pass out!" when I thought I smelled some oversprayed guy walking by. No, it wasn't from the guy. It was actually from a friend right next to me. There was no way to recover the situation...
2...Because I did something nice as a favor asked by my dad (um... I am talking about the blood related dad in case you wonder...), the Friday's dinner was on him. He told me I could order anything I want for the booze, and the sommelier recommended Dom Perignon ROSE. My father should've known that I've been exploring champanges lately... He looked a little surprised when I ordered that. Dom Perignon is always the drink I do not pay. It's the drink that has to be paid by somebody else. :-)
3...A coworker was interested in the foldable bike I own. So I pasted the blog entry onto the e-mail. What I should've known is that the link to the photo is still active after pasting the thing. Ergo, if she is smart enough, she could know the URL of my blog. I so sweated inside my head coz I am not out at work. My blog entries are sometimes about me being a pink flaming homo. So I used an administrative right to delete the e-mail from her mailbox and the internet history from her computer. It could be power abuse. But I needed to save my ass.
You have a non-sweating fantabulous week!

So I went to the homo district to get myself drunk last night. To be honest, i didn't feel like going there at all as I had to get up early today but homo friends of mine wanted to have drinks as we hadn't done that together for some time. But the homo district is so walking distance from my place so I went there. Since I was tired, I got boozed reasonably. I was feeling great and what I talked about was hoot for them. I was on fire. Suddenly, one of my homo friends talked about relationships. He and his prince started dating together last July and still counting. I was happy for him. He told me they went to get tested for HIV last week and turned out both are negative. The weird thing was that they have started having sex without any protection since the test results because they think they are fully healthy. He was like "what's the point of using a condom anymore?" I guess I am being so conservative about that then. I was really really drunk but that statement made me sober up in a nano second. Wow, that was an eye opener as he told me everybody around him follows that "perfect bareback" rules. I told him I could never do that if I were him. He looked very confused and told me I was weird... Seriously, that's none of my business and it's up to him. But people, please make absolutely sure for what you do. :-) That's all I am saying. After that get together, I went to another bar alone and had to drink more to get happy alcohol feelings back. I was happily drunk so I went up to the stage and sang a J-pop idol song in front of strangers. That was so not me... I hope I didn't make myself look like a fool. I know I did but... I needed that moment. :-) Anyway, you have a fantabulous weekend. So shall I!

I may be too old for this but I did it anyway. Fine, before I get expired, I do a lot of things. :-) If it's too small to read, please click the thing. You have a fantabulous day!


1... The area in where I work, there are many tourists walking aroud with their Lonely Planet Japan in their hands. Anyway, I sometimes see some getting lost and trying to figure out where they are by looking at the local map that's only written in Japanese. Sometimes, I approach them and give them directions as I try to be pretty and nice. Some other times, I don't. Today, I saw one hunky stud in a sleeveless shirt getting lost. I could totally tell he was a homo from his clothes. Though I didn't do anything about him as he was with an awfully good looking hunk. I hate them.. I secretly wanted to lick his biceps though... sadly I came back to the reality and back to the neardy office.....
2...Some have commented they are envious of me because I get to travel on business. Before you say that again, please look at the photo. 87 receipts. That's the pile I had to take care of from the biz trip in the States. It takes about a half day to complete the expense report. You have to show which receipt is used for what purpose. No, it's not that fantabulous.
3...I didn't know yesterday's post was the 500th entry on this blog.
4...The English phrase, "Guess What" doesn't really make sense to me. Did s/he want me to guess what s/he was gonna talk about? I am not their mind reader....huh.. interesting phrase. To be honest, that phrase annoys me sometimes. BTW, Guess what!? I just came back from the bathroom!! Okay, I guess this phrase can be good when you want to make something non-exciting sound better. :-)
You have a fantabulous Tuesday!!

There are so many things I believe in. (i.e. ghosts as I see them every once in a while) On the other hand, there are many things I don't believe in. (i.e. The ab-whatever thing that gets you fantabulous abs if you use it 5 mins a day) One another thing I don't believe in is a long distance relationship. Some people make long distance relationships work. That's awesome for them. I've almost done it once but I don't even try to do that anymore if an opportunity arises. Recently, I got the proposal to participate the long distance relationship. I can't see myself going through that at all. Because it requires more cost, more effort, more anxieity, and more stress. If I were 20 years old, I might give it a shot but life is too short. I'd love to go for something more promising and nicer than that. Don't get me wrong though. I am not saying I am against long distance relationships. It just doesn't suit me since I am so lazy. That's all. Funnily, I am very surprised that a quick fuck for the night turns out to be something different. So today, I made a call to make things crystal clear to him.. Anyway, life is full of surprises and is indeed beautiful sometimes. I hope your life is beautiful "some times" too. Not all the time, that would be freaky. :-) You have a fantabulous week.

Yeah, I guess we are obsessed with them. I have no idea why but I guess we heavily rely on seasonal stuff as there are so many seasonal little thingies almost everyday. or I was raised in the family where seasonal events were taken so seriously. I have no idea. Anyway, speaking of which, it's a very warm warm fall day today. I am going back to work from today. I am not looking forward to it but I will act pretty and deligent. You have a fantabulous Thursday!

So I am here in Tokyo as usual just like before I left for Boston. I just got out of the dentist place and having a quiet time here at a local cafe watching people go by. This is like a very nice treatment after the assignment in Massachusetts. Don't get me wrong. I truly think Massachusetts is fantastic if it is not for an intense technical training session. I am very thankful I am back here. Though I am so not looking forward to going back to work as I haven't worked in the Tokyo office for quite some time. Anyway, I will worry about that tomorrow. You have a fantabulous hump day!

I am sorry but I have to board right now so I will reply the comments in the previous post later. :-) Anyway, I am finally going back to Tokyo! Yay!

I am waiting for boarding the next flight here at Minneapolis airport. I am truly sorry that I uploaded something like a high school girlish thingy here... However, I was too tired after the two week assignment in the suburb city and was depressed about my English speaking skills. This weekend totally made up for it...is my point... And I would like to be a better person with more knowledge without showing off how hard I work. But if I said that here, that would totally ruin the plan? Anyway, I truly appreciate everything about this weekend. I wish you a fantabulous week!

I wanted to have a spinach salad but oh well. Anyway, I am about to leave the office. If I stayed longer, I will go insane and will be taken to one of those insitutions. :-) I am so happy. They say they will miss me but I won't. I smiled pretty and said I will come back here! Not. Though I'd love to explorer Boston and Cambridge more next time but I will go there on my vacation. not for any work stuff. Anyway, I was able to survive! For those who were working as Shigeki's suburb emergency support line, I thank you very much. And I thank you for your support, commenters! I couldn't live without your support! I am so getting the hell out of here in 30 mins! Yay. My work here is done. :-) I will absolutely have a great weekend. I wish you the same! You have a fantabulous weeeeeeekend!

What I gained from this trip	What I lost from this trip
4 big pimples from the stress...	11lbs/5Kg from the stress
Confidence on my wardrobe	Good taste on food
More knowledge of how to piss off people.	Interest in working for this company
Defensive driving skills	Doubt on Dunkin Donuts
Virginity (If I haven't had it for days, I become virgin, no?)	Will to get laid. (ED problems?)

I didn't post this to make you say "oh poor shigeki". Well, it might give you some idea what I've been doing here. Another day.... huh... I guess I will try dunkin donuts this morning to see if the 49 cent medium coffee tastes good as it's been on the TV commercials all day long. How powerful TV commercials can be. Also, I've been seeing too much "Massachusetts Governor for....." commercial as well. Um... one of the candidates only plays the opponent attack commercials. I love how entertaining politics can be. :-) Anyway, I'd better stop mumbling. You have a fantabulous Tursday!

1... My favorite TV channel here is always "The Weather Channel". I mean knowing how the weather is in the city I am not in is very interesting. I can watch it for hours. Yes, I am geeky.
2... I ordered a vegetarian pizza yesterday (How sad can my dinner get?) and asked for an additional topping, chicken. The pizza person went "what?" Well, I am not stupid. I didn't want beef in the sauce.
3... The only relaxing time during this assignment is singing loudly in the car. I don't care if I look like a freak because I am. :-) The theme song on my way to the office and back was "A public affair". I want one of those affair moments.
4... My friend, Jack, is gone. I bought a bottle of Jack Daniel's last week and it's empty....
5... The funniest moment yesterday was when this girl and another dude in the same team asked me questions. "So, are you guys in spring right now?" I didn't understand it... and she goes "Your season is completely opposite right?" I thought she was joking. and they kept asking stupid questions like "Does it ever snow there?".... Wow....Japan is not Hawaii, you know....I am very surprised that they handle one of the most important enterprise systems....
6...I touched myself for the first time in days.
Have a fantabulous Wednesday!

Thanks for noticing my bug, people. Since I am heavily relied on IE at this point, I didn't notice. I re-coded it and it should work fine on Firefox, too. Thanks for debugging! I did make yesterday a better day. I shouldn't have done this and. It's not really good to do that since I skipped some work but I needed an official break for 5 hours. Oh, I forgot having ice cream but I guess I could do that for another better day. :-) You have a fantabulous Tuesday! I will be pretty much stuck in the office but I will survive. :-)

I was going to talk about something else as I don't do anything negative so much here on this blog. I am not depressed. I am trying to enjoy the situation I was put int but I am still figuring out. I hope it will be better from today. :-) You have a fantabulous week!