My Geeky workday....

Thu, 20 December 2007

You have seen the data center? I am sure not many of you actually get to go there so I thought I'd share here. My little virtual geeky tour. I am sorry if it's too geeky for you though :-( I am now operating UNIX as well. Yay. Geeks rock!! :) This is my last workday as I am taking a day off today and next Monday is a national holiday so I am having a 4-day weekend! Yay. I wish you a wonderful day! Stay hydrated! You have a very fantabulous day!!

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I almost died from the shock!!!

Wed, 14 February 2007

This chocolate cake was from my sister last night. (She said she would be busy today with her boyfriend. alright. alright). She was actually waiting for me to come home. It's a very common for gilrs to give chocolate to boys on St. Valentine's day as I said yesterday. Based on that weird rule here, my sister bought me and my dad this fantabulous chocolate cake. This is my favorite chocolate cake from the nice chocolatier near my parents'. It's St. Valentine's day. Speaking of which, what song do you come up with when you think of this day? I assume many would say "My Funny Valentine". When you ask the same question to Japanese, the answer would be different. Many would say "Valentine Kiss". (Warning. Her singing sucks) This idol back in the 80s sang this song on St. Valentine's day and ever since then, this song is frequently played on radio..etc. on this special day. I was 11 when she was actually singing this. When I was wasted several years ago, I did sing this with the perfect choreography at a homo bar... But that's another story...　Anyway, this 26 year old girl at work went "huh? I don't know this song." when I talked about this. I was shocked!! I thought most of Japanese were supposed to know this song....She must have been too young....But she was mean and told me "A Gerneation gap. That's all". I could have shot her.... But I told myself I had to admit I was old. This finding was more shoking than the horrible singing by this idol. So when I got this cake, I asked my sister, who is by the way, 4 years younger than this stupid girl, the same question. My sister said "Doesn't everybody know this song?" Whew! The girl was just ignorant!!! Ergo, this song is the signature song on St. Valentine's day here in Japan. :-) Happy Humping Valentine's day!

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I'd like to disagree I was inappropriate.

Mon, 19 June 2006

6 months ago, I was asked by a close friend of mine to be an organist for his wedding which was yesterday. The last time I was an organist at church for someone's wedding, I didn't enjoy it. My fantabulous shoes were killing my feet. I shouldn't have told anyone my minor in that jesuit college was music... The worst part of this wedding is that I don't like playing organ because
a) someone stupid invented the pedal keyboard.
b) It's a funny instrument. There is always a delay until the sound comes out because it takes time for the air to travel after pressing keyboard.
c) I don't get to see the wedding while playing because I face the organ only.
d) I am much more interested in the other kind of pipe(s) to play if you know what I mean.
As a pipe organ is not easily accessible on a daily basis and I wanted to make sure I'd play okay, I went there 4 hours prior to the ceremony. Now, there was one piece I was dying to try on the organ. I wanted to play "Jalousie" by Jacob Gade. So I played it right after the morning mass. Unfortunately, the groom (my friend) came in while I was playing. That piece of music would have made a misleading statement for him... But he didn't know what it was. :-) Nope, I wasn't jealous at all. But, the father of the church was not happy with me playing that piece. It's not like I played "requiem"... I had to listen to a wordy lecture from the father... But it was totally worth it. You have a fantabulous non-inappropriate day! :-)

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I shall catch it!

Mon, 22 May 2006

On Saturday, I arrived at the aiport and went home straight. California Trip was not pleasant. I was going to sleep but a homo friend called and wanted to meet me in the homo district. (called ni-chome). We went to this bar where he frequently goes. You see, the gay bars in Tokyo are different from what you see outside of Japan. Of course, there is this rice queen bar which is similar to the one outside of Japan.... Anyway, in this bar, there is the master (called "ma-ma" ... meaning Mother) and some staff. We basically talk a lot with them and other patrons and drink lots. Karaoke is there, too. But today's post is not about how different gay bars in Tokyo are. My point is...According to "Ma-ma", and other patrons, I look very innocent and pure even though I am dirty inside... Well, I can assure I am not as dirty as they are:-) I was asked to sing a song there. So I sang my favorite J-Pop piece. "Catch the Wave" by Def Tech. The unit of a Hawaiian Guy, and a Japanese guy. The Hawaiian Guy, Shen, is very pretty and fluent in Japanese by the way. For those who don't speak Japanese, their songs are easy to relate to as many lyrics are English. Anyway, when I was singing, I started to cry for no reason. It could have been crazy jet lag and alcohol. It was actually how moving the lyrics were. Of course, bar staff told me I cried on purpose to look innocent. hahaha. But this song, Catch the Wave, haunted me until I got to my place. You see how pure I am inside after all? It was 8 o'clock in the morning when I got back home on Sunday. (I shouldn't have drunk all night and I went to another bar last night.... darn...) Anyway, this song made me realize. Yes!, I've gotta catch the wave just like they sing. You have a fantastic week!

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Obaldi Oblada

Sat, 4 March 2006

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'. :)

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Evil Wedding

Sun, 13 November 2005

No, it's not because it is the 13th today.... So I was invited to the wedding for this close friend of mine. In the morning, I made sure I wore the best suit and a new pair of shiny black sexy leather shoes that I picked up yesterday. I felt luxurious and fabulous. I am usually happy to go to the wedding even though I am not legally able to hold the wedding for myself. Free alcohol, and conversations with friends. But this time, things are little different. I was shaking as hell because I was nervous. The nervous part of this wedding was I had to be an organist for them. They nicely asked me if I could play the wedding march, and I agreeed even though I hate pipe organs. By the by, I miniored in Music at this Jesuit college, and I played the organ for some time. Because I haven't worked out for a while, my suit was a little tight... Another problem was I was not able to rehearse with them so they hadn't heard my music. I practiced it back at my parents' but it was a piano.... I went there 2 hours earlier so I was able to practice it at the last minute. Then, another problem.... my feet hurt like mother fudger while I was playing the bass part with them. My feet were bleeding because of the stupid killing shoes. I wanted to cry there.. Before the bride came in, I was playing Air by J.S. Bach. The usual mellow music. It was slow graceful music but I wanted to scream as this mother fudger was killing my feet. While playing it, I noticed a certain length that there was no bass (feet part) part at all. So I took my shoes off during that. It was better even though the bass keyboards I had to play with my feet were deadly cold. When the bride came in, I played the fantastic beautiful piece. I wasn't nervous at all as I way passed the point where I was concerned I would make a mistake. Thanks to the pain. It hurt as mother fudger. I slipped a little but it wasn't noticeable... I hope.... I played two other pieces and I was done. My feet were numb. I was already tired there. The kind of the satisfaction you could get after good hot sex. :-) My feet were painful but I had to look pretty happy for them. I WAS HAPPY but I WASN'T for my stupid mother fudging shoes. I think I drank 3 glasses of cold Sake before the entree came. Then, the bride approached me. Her groom was a close friend of mine. I don't really know her.... She went "This isn't a big deal at all but I thought you would play the different piece for the wedding march"....another problem... you see, being Catholic haunts me all the time... The most popular music for the wedding march is either This by Mendelssohn or that by Wagner. But I played the usual one by Schubert instead. The Mendelssohn's one was played for the pagan wedding and is considered inappropriate at most churches.... The Wagner's one was played in Opera as it was supposed to mean "Ill-fated" wedding and is banned at my church. So I told her that I told her groom, my friend, what I'd play and I didn't play Wagner one because I wanted her to be happy. (Yeah right....I was just making it up.) She was relieved and thanked me. Whew..... ..her groom should've told her that!!! Anyway, I obviously took a cab to come back home....My feet were bleeding hell... One complaint for a person who invented Pipe Organs... Please get rid of stupid bass keyboards that you have to play with feet!

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100% older.

Sat, 5 November 2005

I went to work this morning to do stuff that I am supposed to complete by the end of this year. I got a text message from this queer friend if I was interested in going to "Gay night". When I was 20 years old which is obviously a million years ago, I almost went clubbing every night. But I didn't feel like it today. I said "No" to the text message and left work. God, I am less interested in going clubbing.... It's not necessarily a bad thing but I am not young and pretty any more. That's for sure. I went home and looked myself in a mirror. I didn't look fabulous so I changed into a paisley printed D&G shirt and a black Jakcet to feel fabulous for no specific reason. I had nothing planned. I walked around and grabbed late lunch pasta alone at this restaurant and went to 100% Design Tokyo . This year is the very first year that 100% Design is held in Tokyo. I accidentaly had an invitation that a friend of mine ditched. I felt a little more fabulous than I was at work. Surrounded by innovative designs and many queers (It's a design exhibition!!). I really liked one piece of funirture I saw there. While I was looking at the chair for awhile, I felt the intense gaze from the right. So I turned around a bit and located the origin of the gaze. The cute mixed race guy was DEFINITELY smiling at me. 10 meter away. Usually, I don't do anything about it but since I was wearing this "Let's go fabulous" outfit, I took courage and approached this guy and said "hello" in Japanese. He said hello back to me in English. I asked him why he was smiling at me. He pointed a finger at his corner of the mouth and said
"You have some tomato sauce" ......... I was at this most fabulous art exhibition with pasta sauce on my face ................ I thought I looked fabulous...... with the pasta sauce on me......

I stormed away with embarrassement and ran into the bathroom. I looked at myself in a mirror, and the tomato sauce was definitely on my face. I wiped it off and reset my upset feelings and tried to look fabulous again. The guy was in front of the rest room entrace and I got kinda surprised. He wanted to "talk" about the furniture I was looking at but he saw me the worst and I didn't wanna remember the pasta stained face of myself any more. So I told him I had to go. Today's lesson. "Make sure you check your face after you eat things". Somehow, he handed me his business card. I have no idea what that meant but I enjoyed the exhibition regardless of the pasta sauce beause until he pointed it out, I didn't know about it and felt fabulous anyway. Thankfully, I don't have any pasta stains on my shirt. That's a good thing... :-P Fabulous weekend!

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Time goes by so fast

Sun, 16 October 2005

Time goes by so slowly... Time goes by so slowly......Not if I am working on Sunday... As I decided not to work yesterday to have fun, I am here at work still. That's quite alright as I could use some extra money. Working on Sundays can be never fun at all. However, Will (a humorous guy from Malaysia who is going to be a rich pilot anytime soon and I am glad that I got to know him FOR THAT. ) got me an opportunity to listen to Madonna's new single, Hung Up. I am loving it. It's intoxicating. I so don't wanna be a cliche but I like some of her songs very much. Why are many fags like myself fond of her music? Is there something to do with genetics? anyway, her song totally made my miserable rainy day easier. Thanks Will! I got a call from a friend of mine to have lunch near my work. Since I don't want to be a robot again, I decided to take one hour break and went to this Mexican Restaurant. I mean I love how Mexican tastes. (oh, that sounds so naughty). Especially when I can have Corona Beer! (I know I shouldn't have but I did. :-) But when I feel below par and eat Mexican food, my tummy feels funny afterwards. It has happened today... I had to go to the restroom and "make" 5 times in the afternoon.. I am better now but why does this do that? I am not compatible with passionate Latin thingies? I hope not... So whenever friends select "Mexican", I get nervous... This doesn't happen to me with any other food but Mexican.... huh... It's too pity as they are delish... sob. Anyway, I am feeling much better mentally, physically even though we had an earthquake which was moderate as usual. You have a fantabulous new week even if the weather isn't great!

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artistic vs mathematic

Sun, 2 October 2005

Michael from Vancouver, Canada, who is by the way a graphic artist, suggested me something I haven't really thought about. To study "art". According to him, I have some creative qualiity in me. I don't see it that much but he does. All I did art in my life was when I studied a BFA program for about 2 terms. I changed my major to Biochemistry after that. Thoughts come and go, and I admit I have interest in doing something artistic. I have never thought I'd want to do this more seriously. I hear being creative is difficult sometimes. I can easily imagine how hard it can be. I haven't really come to the conclusion yet. The scariest thing of all is change a career path at the age of 30. Well, make it 31. My IT field is very promising and I have never thought of being creative as my job requires me to be mathematic instead. I like being mathematic actually. I can be a big failure if I decide to do something artistic. But on the other hand, I want to explorer how articstic I can be. It's such a juxtaposition. I am not going to decide to conclude it right away. I have never been thinking about my life plan adjustment this much. But I currrently am. I will try to see if I can create any portfolio but if it doesn't turn out good, I'd probably give up on the idea of being artistic. I will know... I will sleep on it. It's giving me headache but I am excited oddly at the same time. I drew this hand quickly to calm myself down while thinking about odd things...... Going to church. Happy Sunday everybody!

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Teary Eyes

Thu, 25 August 2005

I shouldn't have trusted the third party link management stuff. My all the links to other blogs disappeared!! I hope I have everyone I need to have. If I am missing, please let me know!! or I will verify it later when that third party thingy comes back online. First of all, I added a link (ditched 2 other links at the same time though...sorry!) to Derek from Malaysia. I have great visitors from Malaysia. I am so honored and I feel like having Malaysian dudes in bed those incredible fried spring roll thingies that are filled with peanut sauce!!! I so miss them. Second of all, I added a link to Kevin from Virginia, U.S.A. I've never been to VA, U.S.A. before but I imagine it's beautiful in autumn. He is a spinning expert. I looove spinning. It's an alternative way to feel orgasms how far you can go and my instructor has "a huge package" hehe. I don't wear tight ones though. Just a regular pair of short pants. *wink*

I found this rosary when I was cleaning up my drawers earlier this evening. It's so funny. The rosary designed by gay guys. :-) My mother was mortified when I took this with me to church. Well, I like D&G!! I still keep it for no reasons. :) Anyway, I watched the last episode of my favorite show yesterday. Six Feet Under. In the previous episode, I didn't even think this TV show would remotely end well. I was so wrong. I think this was the best TV show ever to come to this well written closure. After watching it and brushing my tears away, I felt awesome (God, I sound like a straight guy) I can't even describe this amazing feeling with words. It was like opening up the deepest blue sky. Even though this TV show gave me the reality that everyone dies no matter how, I felt calm and peaceful. It was the perfect ending. Then, I realized this TV show had been the greatest moment to blow off the stress from work and all. Now, it's gone. But I am pretty sure I can find something else. I haven't been scared of death that much as I have talked to dead people before but it's dark and real. I am not sure when I will die. But hopefully, I can die peacefully. The most touching line was said by my least favorite character, Nate played by Peter Krause.

"You wanna know a little secret? I spent my whole life being scared, of not being ready, of not being right and where did it get me?"

Sometimes, you can never be sure if you are ready for what you are planning to do. That's so true. I think I want to remember that phrase to remind me of something. Regardless of Rico being a moron, it was the beautiful episode. I think I am now better to deal with my own death after watching this. I strongly recommend this beautiful TV show if you haven't seen it. Oh by the way, I think Claire in the last episode was totally foxy!! And I am still gay but I thought she was hot! My theme song for the rest of this week is of course "Breathe me" by Sia. Happy TV watching!

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Scottie came to rescue

Tue, 9 August 2005

I have added a link to this humorous guy, Enviroboy from Maryland, U.S.A. He's lived in Japan so he can be a good judge when I talk about it :-) I am not familiar with the east coast and don't have friends there but I have U.S. blog mates from there. That's so kewl. I've only been to Maryland once because we had to take a flight to Baltimore and then, drove 3 and a half hours to see Mennonites in Harrisonborg, VA.... Don't ask me why...
I've been told by my friends that something like a bug or a flower is in my head to make myself this happy all the time. I get grumpy. I do get sad for the record. If I get drunk, I can be happier. :-) But this morning at 5a.m., I didn't do something happy. I watched the latest episode of Six Feet Under. I cried a lot and got depressed by watching a TV show. That's so queer. I don't know what happened but it was really intense. I think this hadn't happened since I watched Schindler's list. Oh wait, I cried a lot after reading Little prince during the flight from Honolulu to Tokyo while there was another guy sitting next to me. I am not this sissy usually... Anyway, it was totally unexpected. You know American TV shows are rated like PG 13, or R or whatever. It depends on how mature/ "naughty"/ violent the content is. But I guess they should add more ratings like "D" for depressing as hell that it's likely persons who feel down might kill themselves. or something. It was that dark and sad. I wish I had a boyfriend to cuddle around with... But good. It was so real and every character acted so well. As a result, I used one whole box of Scottie's tissues. I am not an environmental friendly person after all... When you watch Episode 10, Season 5 of SFU, please make sure you are in a good condition. I warned you. Happy watching depressive TV Shows! .

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Euro Night (1mo. Late)

Wed, 22 June 2005

I thought I was going to stay late until midnight as usual but I got this e-mail message from a friend of mine who just got back from his vacation. He told me that he got me a DVD of Eurovision 2005!!!. Of course, I "decided" to feel ill and acted sick a little bit. I got to my friend's at 6 in the evening.Other friends came in later. I fixed us something to eat. It's 3 hour long, baby! I am so over that Cypriot. He sang like a bad version of Ricky Martin or something...
My favorite of all is Jakob Sveistrup from Denmark. His song was very charming and easy to follow. What's so great about him is that he is not a professional singer. He is a teacher for autistic children!! In spite of the fact that he does look older than his age 33, I liked the way he dressed. A red flowery shirt which by the way (flowery shirt) is so happening worldwide for men this year, and a nice jacket with red/pink pinstripes. His singing was awesome, too. His shoes were all red, which I think the stylist of his tried to match the color with the national flag of Denmark. I wonder why Denmark didn't score big....Other observations about Eurovision by this asian person from far east are....

• Why are these BBC commentators from UK so negative about anything? Give me a break. it's just a fun festival!! They were also so whiny about why the U.K. singer didn't get a lot of points.
• The winner for the year 2005, Greece, was marvelous!!
• Every reporter to provide the vote results for their country spoke English except for those from French spoken countries...
• I didn't know Israel was part of Europe

• I fell so in love with the reporter from Lithuania for 5 seconds as the way he spoke was so dreamy with the slight but not that much noticeable accent. For the record, not the way he looks. Well, maybe, little...
• I am really amazed at how they can get together and carry on the event like this regardless of the recent EU constitution drawbacks. (well, it's not really relevant if you ask me but...
• Speaking with an Eastern European accent is so sexy.
• I was once again reminded that English is definitely the language to communicate with people on this planet.
• Spain, what the fudge??? This ridiculously looked like a Karaoke Party.
• It's so great that you can match your shoe's color with the national flag like the guy from Denmark. I can't do that as it's mostly white.... It doesn't go well.

When I went to see a school for a perspective student visit in Stockholm, I was walking alone about 10 mins away on foot from Central Station. There was this big Adidas store there. I went in and found nice shoes with Swedish Flag's blue and Yellow lines. They looked lovely but I didn't buy them because I am not Swedish. I wish my flag's color were more tasteful... Sven, you should buy those as they would look good on Swedes!!

Is it going to be held in Greece in May, 2006? If it is, I may probably wanna go and watch it live next time. :-) Viva Europe! My friend also got me a CD of Eurovision 2005. I am going to import these into my iPod and will be singing in my head while being at work tomorrow. I am so happy. Anyway, it was a wonderful evening relaxing moment! I am now heading home.... Too many beers...

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Run!!!!!!!

Thu, 9 June 2005

That's what I told myself when I got out of work. I should've worked on stuff but I wasn't very behind. The project manager in the States is so impossible to provide this schedule... It's already Thursday and I have more things to do tomorrow. I am supposed to go back to the office at midnight tonight for some work as the server cannot be offline during business hours. I told my manager that I would like to leave at 1p.m. sharp. I have some spare time :-) If I didn't do this today, I would've never been able to do this until the end of this month. Six Feet Under Season 5 Episode 1!!! Finally. It was aired in the States this Monday. The most visible thing I noticed during this episode was that Claire became extremely foxy. Well, I would've said that if I were straight. The first episode wasn't as good as I expected but it will get better, I hope. This show always starts with somebody's death because it's about Funeral Home. This time, what a way to go.... I wouldn't want that. Landing on a sharp object with one of the eyes being skewered... Oh no... By the by, I don't own a TV and I am still able to watch TV. However, this is an American TV show. I don't live in the States. Why on earth is this possible? Some of you may wonder... For any of you who is interested in knowing how to watch SFU, e-mail me. Okay, nap time until 9 in the evening.

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