May 2007 Archives

You have a pretty day!!!!

1....I bought this cowboy shirt and all the buttons on the shirt are snap buttons shown in the photo. Snap buttons are nice because you can undo your shirt easily :-) Anyway,when I threw out my chest out just to do stretch a little, the buttons on my chest popped. And a friend of mine went "That's why you bought a tight shirt to show off?" Did my pecs become awesome all of the sudden? nope, I might have had too much for dinner :-)
2....Due to my pre-asthma condition, I decided not to do the audio-blog for this month which is not a big deal as you already heard plenty of me mumbling non-excitingly :-) When this thing goes away, I might do that again.
3....The rainy season is coming right up here in Tokyo. Sticky, hot, nasty, wet weather. However, this makes me feel a little sexy. It's really difficult for me to decide whether I like the rainy season or not.
4....Tokyo is a popular destination for junior/senior highschool field trip. There were these kids in school uniform today. One of them came up to me and aske for the direction. My response "I will tell you if you don't walk four abreast."
Have a happy day!

I got summoned by a friend of mine who went to elementary school together. So I went to this fantastic French restaurant and met this friend and a homo friend who also went to the same school. It was this straight friend's birthday two weeks ago and he got this bottle of wine in the photo as a birthday gift. This wine was bottled in 1975. The year in which we were born. He thought he'd share it with other friends who could appreciate this and who are as old as this wine so I was selected :-) Because cork might have been very fragile and hard to be pulled out, he brought it to the restaurant and asked for a professional sommelier to take care of it so we could also enjoy fantabulous french food. A very smart decision. :-) The sommelier had a problem to pull it out but he was able to do it finally and we tasted this old aged wine. It was funny tasting first and a very interesting part is every time you sip, the aroma changes. I even laughed out loud first becuase it's completely different from any wine that I know.The color of the wine was also very aged as well (brownish dark red). And I said "Wow, we, 32 years old, are as old as this wine!!!" and that comment sobered us up a little but I am very thankful that I was able to taste this "old" wine with "old" friends. It was a good night even though I had to go off the meds for the asthma thingy. :-) Being aged rocks! You have a pretty week!!

I didn't have to make this as an interactive thingy but I thought I'd take a different appraoch to list things I blah about :-)
You have a fantastic day!!!!!

I am still on the medication for the preliminary stage of asthma so I've been straight (!) I mean haven't had alcohol for more than 1 week. I miss booze....
You have a pretty week!!!!

1....I hopped on the plane this morning and went to the norther part of Japan, Ishikawa prefecture, as a day trip. I went to this one of the most beautiful gardens in this country and had a zen moment as shown in the photo. Zen. ahhhh. It was relaxing. But my days aren't stressful anymore so I am being spoiled :-)
2....I was going to create an e-learning post in response to this "queen" but unfortunately, I didn't have time. I shall do that tomorrow.
3....This guy told me I looked weird and my appearance wasn't compatible with him whom I'd been contacting. Well, I know I am not good looking as some of you already saw me here on this blog (Yeah, I uploaded the photo of myself unfortunately.) So he cancelled our first date which was supposed to be tonight. Fine. I am not planning to get plastic surgery though. Nope, I'd rather spend my money for something prettier :-)
4....Last night, at this bar, someone I don't know who was talking to me tried to kiss me on the cheek on his way out. When his face approached me, I severely sneezed without covering the mouth...... ew... ew me... Honestly, that was just a natural cause. But I just lost another chance for the future husband...
5....After coming back home from the day trip today, I spent 3 hours on Wikipedia.org. This website can be my boyfriend for some days. :-) Should I put a big L on my forehead? :-)
You have a fantastic day!

1.... When I was trying to park my car by using the "automatic parking assistance feature" today, I scratched a rear bumper... WTF? I should have parked by myself...
2.... Why do they never really have answers when I ask a question and they say "good quetion" in return?
3.... I watched Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Final today. My favorite was Russia and the male host. The most annoying thingy was I watched the BBC version, and this narrator from BBC talks too much. He talked while the pretty host was speaking so I couldn't capture enough of him :-( It's like someone I am not interested in is in front of the person at whom I want to look.
4.... I had a blind date. He was showy in every way possible. I don't like a showy too confident man.When I asked him what he did, he said "Successful" entrepreneur. I don't like someone who calls himself "successful". It's not very Japanese of him to say. He asked me if I ever went to college. When I said my college, he looked very pissy. Coz my college is less stupid than his.... but a college doesn't make you a good man. It's just a school... I hated every conversation with him. So I went to the bathroom and called my friend to give me an emergency call in 5 mins. I successfully got out of the restaurant.On my way out, he asked me if he could split the total. and I was like "Well, you are a successful entrepreneur so you should buy me lunch. I am jobless and not successful for god's sake. I should have gotten that huge lobster instead...." You have a pretty day!

Last week was like a roller coaster ride. I've been coughing since I recovered from the sickness I got last month. It's been more than a month.I cannot seem to stop coughing... So I went to see a doctor and get tested. There was a shadow on my right lung for the X-ray. I realized quitting smoking (I've been smokeless for more than a year.) was too late already. To cut the story short, there was a problem with the X-ray film. I don't have lung cancer :-) Whew. It gave me 24 hours to think about how I should prepare for the death until the blood test result came back. Anyway, the long coughing was from the preliminary stage of asthma and it should clear out with the meds I got. Though no alcohol for two weeks!!! damn. Today is Mother's Day here in Japan. So I took my parents, sister and my grandmother to a nice Japanese restaurant for lunch. It was on me. But my dad drank way too much last night and he said "I cannot eat anything as I drank too much last night and don't feel good". I was like "What are you? a fraternity college dude? Please think about how old you are... geez". FYI, having a hangover so much on the following day is usually considered an embarrassing thing here especially at work. So if your liver cannot handle it, you shouldn't drink too much is my motto That's why I have this super remedy for hangover :-). Anyway, Since I am alcohol free, I had to drive. I've never thought I would be a designated driver as I am usually the one who drinks. As you can see in the photo, the road is not congested and it's nice to drive in less crowded Tokyo.It would have been better if it was sunny today...oh.. I really have to wash my car but that's another story. :-) You have a wonderful "healthy" week!

since I am not working, I guess I happen to cook by myself more often than ever. This is very reasonable for sure. But sometimes, I enjoy gorgeous lunch outside with friends or family :-).... Anyway....you have a gorgeous day!!!!

If you aren't into wine, please skip it. I am sorry if I go "ga-ga" about this. Since it is a 4 day weekend from today for corporate slaves (not me :-P), I and my friends who work Monday through Friday went out for booze last night. 1 bottle of Champagne, 1 bottle of Chardonnay, 4 bottles of Red. It was a great night. There is this moment that you get really excited, thank that you are alive when you taste great wine. If you taste super great wine, you can almost get this sensation you'd experience after ejaculation. Super great wine could be better than bad sex for sure. I tasted this wine 5 years ago for the first time. That's when I decided to be certified for Wine Expert. I thought I went to heaven. Now, great wine doesn't have to be vintage nor expensive at all. And you cannot judge from the kind of grape, either. Let me introduce my super wine that literally changed my life. Marcel Lapierre 2005. MMV means 2005 in Latin BTW. This is Beaujolais. I know many would go "Are you freaking kidding? if it's beaujolais, it would be very fruity and young like a person without pubic hair." When you pour this into a glass and smell it, you would go "Are you freaking kidding? It's not aromatic at all!". Wait til you drink it. That's when you realize this is super fantastic wine and you will appreciate the joy of being alive. Pleasant aromatic long finish is marvelous. I really thank Mr. Marcel Lapierre. :-) The great thing is this only costs 4000 Yen = US$ 33.27 = 24.45 Euros. chilling it to 15 Degrees celsius = 60 degrees fahrenheit is recommended prior to opening. But I don't think this would be great for the first bottle. Keep it as the last bottle :-) No antioxidant. Very organic as well :-) So, this is recommended by a certified wine expert from tokiobleu.com. I am sure some won't find it amazing so it's just my personal opinion... This is like me talking about a newly dating guy or something....sorry... Anyway, you have a great day and take good care of your liver :-)

1.... While I like winter best, I also like late spring/early summer in Tokyo. Because it's not too hot. It's dry and it's bright out. I went shopping today (which I happen to do a lot recently but that's another issue right now), I saw the section for Japanese fans like that in the photo. This tells me summer is around the corner. :-) Unfortunately, this breezy late spring/early summer doesn't last long. The sweaty nasty hot summer is on its way. The nasty sweaty hot... something I'd rather have for something else.
2.... Did you know you could get bad rash due to psychological reasons? Or maybe, this guy has become allergic to me. It didn't happen for some time. But it did this morning. He is allergic to me. And that's the reason I got dumped after 5 weeks of dating. Well, that was obviously new. Or maybe, he faked it to end this. If he really did fake it, he must be damn good at telling lies. Anyway...
3.... I went out to have wine with my friends. We thought it would be 10,000 Yen for a bottle. It was a bargain considering it was fabulously sensitive aromatic vintage champagne from Champagne, France. It was when we got the check to know it was actually 100,000 Yen = US$833 = 614 Euros. One of my friends said "I thought my heart stopped". Well, it would have been better if it did. If you cannot count how many zeros there are, you are drunk. I'm gonna miss my kidney....
You have a fantastic day!

I didn't take a digital camera with me so every photo was taken with my camera phone... Sorry.....you have a gorgeous day!!!!