Last night I had the dream of my teeth falling out. Dammit what the hell. I have this dream every so often. Modern interpretations are meaningless but obviously it means something.
I feel my love handles now. Getting phat on j-food.
Went to some halloween parties tonight, the club 911 had some hot girls. Hard to work it at clubs, you gotta have game. Even the white-men I was observing failed for the most part.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
Finance 201
So today I learned that my employer has a Japanese-401k plan. This is interesting and quite nice.
So here's the deal, the company puts in an amount equal to 10% of your gross (up to a limit of 1.65mm yen or about $14k). But unlike 401k, the company pays the whole thing, it doesn't come out of your gross! Wow, its like a 10% virtual raise just like that. Life is looking good.
I do have to stay 3yrs to get the enchilada, but right now I have no intention of quitting, although I could get laid off, fired, or times could turn ugly for me, who knows. The other bad part is that 75% of the funds wind up in a cash-money market account. You can only invest part of it into funds/equities. So its a non-high growth cash contribution for the most part, whatever its free safe money.
What is retarded is that this is a big deal for me anyways, as I am very retirement/cash conscious and if I knew this when they gave me a job offer it would have solidified my desire to move. I had bad feelings of not being able to contribute to 401k when I left the USA, etc.. How lame that recruiting doesn't promote their benefits very well. I wonder if the other banks had the same program ? I think so....
Don't worry about money kids. Long as you can keep making some the rest is easy.
So here's the deal, the company puts in an amount equal to 10% of your gross (up to a limit of 1.65mm yen or about $14k). But unlike 401k, the company pays the whole thing, it doesn't come out of your gross! Wow, its like a 10% virtual raise just like that. Life is looking good.
I do have to stay 3yrs to get the enchilada, but right now I have no intention of quitting, although I could get laid off, fired, or times could turn ugly for me, who knows. The other bad part is that 75% of the funds wind up in a cash-money market account. You can only invest part of it into funds/equities. So its a non-high growth cash contribution for the most part, whatever its free safe money.
What is retarded is that this is a big deal for me anyways, as I am very retirement/cash conscious and if I knew this when they gave me a job offer it would have solidified my desire to move. I had bad feelings of not being able to contribute to 401k when I left the USA, etc.. How lame that recruiting doesn't promote their benefits very well. I wonder if the other banks had the same program ? I think so....
Don't worry about money kids. Long as you can keep making some the rest is easy.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Halloween Tokyo 2007
Halloween weekend was jam packed.
Events-wise...
Anyways thats the life out here as a single bachelor in his 30's. Its quite different from my aloha peers who are married w/ child(ren). I often will say I wish I was moving forward sooner, but alas you can't rush it if the right person ain't there. What are you gonna do right? And at other times I really love the personal freedom I have to do whatever the hell I want anytime I want. Not sure if I'm ready to give it up at this point. Key is to be ready for the next phase because you can't go back and its a long ass road ahead when you have kids/etc.
My friend Girtha was commenting on this once.. how great it must be to pick up and go to Tokyo without having to think about anyone else. But alas, its good and bad. I'm sure he would never trade his family in for my life, even though he admits he has a tough life managing 2 kids. But with the toughness comes the pleasure and joy. Its all balance man.. without the tough parts you can't enjoy the good parts. Same w/ our friend the married man. But alas we are talking about happily married people. There is a whole slew out there who have bad marriages.
Well let me tell ya, I am having fun, but life is also tough in other ways so its not all a party here! Haha.
Events-wise...
- Saturday 7AM, went to Tsukiji market to buy fish for dinner
- 2pm-5pm naptime.
- 630pm: Dinner at Oldman's before hitting the costume parties
- 830pm: Azabu party, where Oldman dressed as Caesar takes 1st prize!!
- 1100pm: Roppongi party with Vig's vball crew, lotta expats but cool people. This one taiwanese gal I thought was cute last time didn't look quite as cute, but kinda cute I guess. I have issues with the 2nd/3rd time I see girls and flip/flop between they are hot, and not.
- Sunday 100am: Ebisu party where Vig was dancing w/ this smoking hot girl who had a short skirt and tat on the lower back. Lower tat on back means sex freaks.
- 300am: detox on ramen
- 900am: woke up for tennis tournament in Shinjuku w/ tennis girl.
- 1000am-2pm, doubles tourney. Played well but didn't place.
- 2pm-7pm singles tourney, played terrible 1st match, played OK 2nd, but lost both. Ack.. it was terrible.
- 830pm-1030pm, dinner w/ oldman and vig, watched bull riding machine at Zest!
Anyways thats the life out here as a single bachelor in his 30's. Its quite different from my aloha peers who are married w/ child(ren). I often will say I wish I was moving forward sooner, but alas you can't rush it if the right person ain't there. What are you gonna do right? And at other times I really love the personal freedom I have to do whatever the hell I want anytime I want. Not sure if I'm ready to give it up at this point. Key is to be ready for the next phase because you can't go back and its a long ass road ahead when you have kids/etc.
My friend Girtha was commenting on this once.. how great it must be to pick up and go to Tokyo without having to think about anyone else. But alas, its good and bad. I'm sure he would never trade his family in for my life, even though he admits he has a tough life managing 2 kids. But with the toughness comes the pleasure and joy. Its all balance man.. without the tough parts you can't enjoy the good parts. Same w/ our friend the married man. But alas we are talking about happily married people. There is a whole slew out there who have bad marriages.
Well let me tell ya, I am having fun, but life is also tough in other ways so its not all a party here! Haha.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Tribute to the old crew
Despite the adoption of a new crew, I can't forget the old crew. Yep life moves on. These 3 (ignore the kid) have all gone their own ways and this reunion last year was a once in a decade type event to be able to get 3 married people (2 w/ kids, now all 3 w/ kids) together for a boys getaway. Note that fat man in the middle beat me in a 100yd dash on this very beach. God dammit.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Finance 101
Rule #1: Spend less than you make.
Wow really? What you mean if I don't have money, then don't buy shit?
Yeah its that simple man. But a soul in the USA can't figure it out as we have the worst avg debt on the planet, horrible for a country with as much opportunity as the US.
Its interesting because in Japan you can't get around w/o a lot of cash. Come to Tokyo if you want to be a mugger than clears $20k in a day. I'm not kidding, on any given day I'm gonna have $500-$1000 on me. When I get down to $200 cash I get nervous and get another $500 or so. Its kind of insane.. but alas its a cash based economy. I haven't used a CC in a month. In lieu of CC points, every god damn store has its own POINT CARDS which I detest due to wallet expansion fears.
Anyways this cash based thing works. If you don't got cash you just can't go out. Even in this day and age, alot of places don't take CCs. When I bought my WD, TV, etc I paid cash! They give you a discount or more POINTS with cash, thus its an all cash incentive town.
My paycheck was really odd. I don't get it, the #'s don't look how they should. With the weird games they play with pre-taxed housing expense maybe its normal.. or I will have to wait a month to see what it looks like next time. In the end I think financially I'll be OK. However I should start up MSMoney and measure how much money I am spending on the train, food, and beer. Probably something insane. What is good news financially is that after pre-tax rent, my net take home is about what my net was in SF. Kind of surprised, but thats good news.
Rule #2: Its not how much you make, its how much you spend.
Well... you gotta live life but refer to rule #1, and #3 below. Balance in all aspects of life is key.
Rule #3: Don't live poor, don't die rich.
Saving is great, but if you die a rich man then what. I've said to many a friend before that I think I will die young. I estimate mid-50's as a good life for myself. I can't remember at times if I've blogged this before.. if only I had a search tool like smoogle.
Wow really? What you mean if I don't have money, then don't buy shit?
Yeah its that simple man. But a soul in the USA can't figure it out as we have the worst avg debt on the planet, horrible for a country with as much opportunity as the US.
Its interesting because in Japan you can't get around w/o a lot of cash. Come to Tokyo if you want to be a mugger than clears $20k in a day. I'm not kidding, on any given day I'm gonna have $500-$1000 on me. When I get down to $200 cash I get nervous and get another $500 or so. Its kind of insane.. but alas its a cash based economy. I haven't used a CC in a month. In lieu of CC points, every god damn store has its own POINT CARDS which I detest due to wallet expansion fears.
Anyways this cash based thing works. If you don't got cash you just can't go out. Even in this day and age, alot of places don't take CCs. When I bought my WD, TV, etc I paid cash! They give you a discount or more POINTS with cash, thus its an all cash incentive town.
My paycheck was really odd. I don't get it, the #'s don't look how they should. With the weird games they play with pre-taxed housing expense maybe its normal.. or I will have to wait a month to see what it looks like next time. In the end I think financially I'll be OK. However I should start up MSMoney and measure how much money I am spending on the train, food, and beer. Probably something insane. What is good news financially is that after pre-tax rent, my net take home is about what my net was in SF. Kind of surprised, but thats good news.
Rule #2: Its not how much you make, its how much you spend.
Well... you gotta live life but refer to rule #1, and #3 below. Balance in all aspects of life is key.
Rule #3: Don't live poor, don't die rich.
Saving is great, but if you die a rich man then what. I've said to many a friend before that I think I will die young. I estimate mid-50's as a good life for myself. I can't remember at times if I've blogged this before.. if only I had a search tool like smoogle.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Queue Update
Seems I am meeting girls regularly, but not necessarily keepers. Anyways the current queue is as such, in semi-order:
1) the real estate girl, who disappeared for a week claiming illness, but is now back on the radar.
2) tennis gal, who is a bit older, but really tight body
3) friends coworker, who is kinda plain but young (28), cute, nice, and tall (5'6"). maybe a bit boring.
4) this gal from the h2 party, who is really cute, but kind of overly petitie, but good personality
5) this fashion girl from the vb party who isn't that hot, but has an huge topside. yes yes i'm a guy what can i say.
6) this exec-secretary from this other gals party. she looks like a prostitute but i kinda like that!
Anyways its likely i will go 0/6 but we'll see what happens! the key is to keep the queue filled with potential!!
1) the real estate girl, who disappeared for a week claiming illness, but is now back on the radar.
2) tennis gal, who is a bit older, but really tight body
3) friends coworker, who is kinda plain but young (28), cute, nice, and tall (5'6"). maybe a bit boring.
4) this gal from the h2 party, who is really cute, but kind of overly petitie, but good personality
5) this fashion girl from the vb party who isn't that hot, but has an huge topside. yes yes i'm a guy what can i say.
6) this exec-secretary from this other gals party. she looks like a prostitute but i kinda like that!
Anyways its likely i will go 0/6 but we'll see what happens! the key is to keep the queue filled with potential!!
Monday, October 22, 2007
Gay-Dar
This is my friend Baki's hot belt. She has quite a tight body, amazing how girls can stay so fit in their 30's. I only noticed how nice her beeehind is this past weekend during the 5k run I partook in. Note, I ran 5k in 31min!! I haven't run in like a year!!!
So anyways man thats jacked up, I got gay'darded twice this week. At my party this dude's gf thought Vig and I were gay. WTF?
Then today I went out w/ my pal Gomi and his gf said (well after my story from the party) that yeah it occurred to her maybe during the first 5min when she met me. What in the world.. the gaydar is different in this country obviously.
Very odd. Very odd. However at the party one girl said I looked like I could be K1. I should take that as more of a complement.
So anyways man thats jacked up, I got gay'darded twice this week. At my party this dude's gf thought Vig and I were gay. WTF?
Then today I went out w/ my pal Gomi and his gf said (well after my story from the party) that yeah it occurred to her maybe during the first 5min when she met me. What in the world.. the gaydar is different in this country obviously.
Very odd. Very odd. However at the party one girl said I looked like I could be K1. I should take that as more of a complement.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Warped?
Yeah I'm living like a fratboy of late. My fridge has 0 food, just beer, wine, etc.
I suspect my last post may make it sound like I am coming to have a warped sense of what the heck I'm doing here. I think so, I'm definately getting a bit warped, but maybe thats okay.
I think I need to give a post-analysis of why I am becoming a shallow bastard and attempting to chase hot girls and etc. Yeah I'm really not that kind of guy, but I think in lieu of meeting any wife type of material, you gotta just play the field. Getting tied down with a random GF at my age is a questionable act unless the GF is really long term worthy. This does create a conondrum because it causes me to be overly picky about relationships and overly scrutinizing too early on. I suspect this is the same trap that many of these 30's tokyo gals fall into when looking for their breadwinner -- they start on a rule like me of waste time cause the clock is ticking so they are waiting for really good.. but the reality is many go on for years w/o dating anyone at all due to the new rules of engagement!
Thus.. whats a guy like me to do? I ponder it. There are several girls in the queue who are fairly cute, nice, etc but not really what I'd mark as a true LT keeper... thus it troubles me to wonder if I should give it a go, or if I should wait it out for better material. Tough balance really. I think its like being unemployed.. the longer you are unemployed the worse it gets -- you start to rot like old garbage.
Anyways Saturday I threw a housewarming party. It was pretty fun. I had about 15 people total, quite a few "randoms" that I met just last week and invited to fill the space gaps. Its amazing how much people can drink and eat... I think we went thru:
3 bottles of wine
1 bottle of champaign
20 coronos,
6 sam adams
6 large asahi's
8 random beers
almost entire bottle of Grey Goose
1/4 bottle of rum
1/3 bottle of gin
Crazy thing is I still have like 40 beers left and now have like 4 more bottles of wine, etc. People bring alot of shit, so sometimes you wind up w/ more than you started with! Save it for next party, but its an endless cycle.
I suspect my last post may make it sound like I am coming to have a warped sense of what the heck I'm doing here. I think so, I'm definately getting a bit warped, but maybe thats okay.
I think I need to give a post-analysis of why I am becoming a shallow bastard and attempting to chase hot girls and etc. Yeah I'm really not that kind of guy, but I think in lieu of meeting any wife type of material, you gotta just play the field. Getting tied down with a random GF at my age is a questionable act unless the GF is really long term worthy. This does create a conondrum because it causes me to be overly picky about relationships and overly scrutinizing too early on. I suspect this is the same trap that many of these 30's tokyo gals fall into when looking for their breadwinner -- they start on a rule like me of waste time cause the clock is ticking so they are waiting for really good.. but the reality is many go on for years w/o dating anyone at all due to the new rules of engagement!
Thus.. whats a guy like me to do? I ponder it. There are several girls in the queue who are fairly cute, nice, etc but not really what I'd mark as a true LT keeper... thus it troubles me to wonder if I should give it a go, or if I should wait it out for better material. Tough balance really. I think its like being unemployed.. the longer you are unemployed the worse it gets -- you start to rot like old garbage.
Anyways Saturday I threw a housewarming party. It was pretty fun. I had about 15 people total, quite a few "randoms" that I met just last week and invited to fill the space gaps. Its amazing how much people can drink and eat... I think we went thru:
3 bottles of wine
1 bottle of champaign
20 coronos,
6 sam adams
6 large asahi's
8 random beers
almost entire bottle of Grey Goose
1/4 bottle of rum
1/3 bottle of gin
Crazy thing is I still have like 40 beers left and now have like 4 more bottles of wine, etc. People bring alot of shit, so sometimes you wind up w/ more than you started with! Save it for next party, but its an endless cycle.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
The Game Part 1
So I have been here like 6 weeks and am now starting ponder the dating game here. As stated before its different..... but in the end its probably the same everywhere. I've been talking to my buddies about this, but they feel our game is fine and that we just need better venues. I disagree. I think we are not working it properly. The game needs refinement!!!
I'm a fairly nice guy (although I may not show it), so my game is really just being a cool nice guy. Vig is a super personable and fun guy who can chat it up with anyone, so his game is to entertain. For hooking up, both our games suck. If I think about how I got my last girlfriends it was not by being mr. super nice. Being a nice guy doesn't really work for most cases mainly because girls are really weird. Alot like how guys are just into hot girls no matter how mean they are, being nice doesn't turn girls on at all. You can wave a nice, successful, good looking beau in their face and their mind will say yeah good catch, but their loins will be looking for adventure!.
Yep its so true the weirdos, the intriguing, the mysterious, and the bad-boy types seem to be the real scorers. Adventureous, outdoorsey, sportsman, etc all fit into the same genre of girl magnets. The scientist, banker, doctor, etc can score w/ their phat paychecks but it isn't real passion the girls are after in those cases.
I think my last ex-gf found me intriguing or something because I was the bad-boy at our office. I was the big troublemaker and #1 antagonist and really bullied the management around. That kind of alpha-male attitude really turns the chicks on I can see.
Anyways this is an interesting theory.. evidence in Tokyo is that the weirdest looking weirdos have some hot ass looking chicks. See what I mean, the nice guys finish last.
Its really sad though, because in the end, the nice guy is what these girls should really be after because they ain't gonna be hot forever, and the badboys will always have enough game to find fresh meat. I wonder what in their biology drives them towards the unsafe, weird, dangerous, and obviously bad-news types.
As tombo discussed before in Eskiel 15:7 of his blog, hot nympho girls are always unstable emotionally. Its like yin-yang, or matter-antimatter, it is just not possible to have a sane girl who is also a hot nymph! Haha, thats life man, love it, live it.
Boo attests to this as well. He knows having an edge is critical. He was telling me today how he was mean and ignored this one gal he met and she was all over him, slapping his ass.
Booby.. well I don't know what the hell that guys game is. He likes going over to hot young girls houses and just talking for days on end....... or asking for #'s of girls who have no business dating him.
Anyways I have to think about this more.. I will refine the game over the next 6 months.
I'm a fairly nice guy (although I may not show it), so my game is really just being a cool nice guy. Vig is a super personable and fun guy who can chat it up with anyone, so his game is to entertain. For hooking up, both our games suck. If I think about how I got my last girlfriends it was not by being mr. super nice. Being a nice guy doesn't really work for most cases mainly because girls are really weird. Alot like how guys are just into hot girls no matter how mean they are, being nice doesn't turn girls on at all. You can wave a nice, successful, good looking beau in their face and their mind will say yeah good catch, but their loins will be looking for adventure!.
Yep its so true the weirdos, the intriguing, the mysterious, and the bad-boy types seem to be the real scorers. Adventureous, outdoorsey, sportsman, etc all fit into the same genre of girl magnets. The scientist, banker, doctor, etc can score w/ their phat paychecks but it isn't real passion the girls are after in those cases.
I think my last ex-gf found me intriguing or something because I was the bad-boy at our office. I was the big troublemaker and #1 antagonist and really bullied the management around. That kind of alpha-male attitude really turns the chicks on I can see.
Anyways this is an interesting theory.. evidence in Tokyo is that the weirdest looking weirdos have some hot ass looking chicks. See what I mean, the nice guys finish last.
Its really sad though, because in the end, the nice guy is what these girls should really be after because they ain't gonna be hot forever, and the badboys will always have enough game to find fresh meat. I wonder what in their biology drives them towards the unsafe, weird, dangerous, and obviously bad-news types.
As tombo discussed before in Eskiel 15:7 of his blog, hot nympho girls are always unstable emotionally. Its like yin-yang, or matter-antimatter, it is just not possible to have a sane girl who is also a hot nymph! Haha, thats life man, love it, live it.
Boo attests to this as well. He knows having an edge is critical. He was telling me today how he was mean and ignored this one gal he met and she was all over him, slapping his ass.
Booby.. well I don't know what the hell that guys game is. He likes going over to hot young girls houses and just talking for days on end....... or asking for #'s of girls who have no business dating him.
Anyways I have to think about this more.. I will refine the game over the next 6 months.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Focus
I really need to focus on a few things.
What I'd like to focus on is..
1) Living life (as a non-hater)
2) Being efficient, effective, and moving up at work
3) Being more healthy both diet and exercise/activity
4) Saving some $$ for my world domination and expansion
What I find myself focusing on however is..
1) Having fun and going out all the time
2) Spending tons of cash on everything
3) Being lazy at work and not focusing. In fact been falling asleep.
4) Chasing girls
Chasing girls should be a focus item, but I am in between on the idea. Chasing takes alot of time and energy. Often nice to just wait for a girl to fall into your lap. But for that to happen I have to improve my game. I need game improvement.
Its interesting if you are in the game like me you wonder.. do some people just have it (and I don't mean fabulously good looking people, because they are just lucky), or are they taught it, or what? Seems everyone can learn a little more game to improve their current level a bit.
Anyways Its like 3am, I should sleep. I gots alot of work to do tomorrow. And I gotta wake up thats the hardest part!
What I'd like to focus on is..
1) Living life (as a non-hater)
2) Being efficient, effective, and moving up at work
3) Being more healthy both diet and exercise/activity
4) Saving some $$ for my world domination and expansion
What I find myself focusing on however is..
1) Having fun and going out all the time
2) Spending tons of cash on everything
3) Being lazy at work and not focusing. In fact been falling asleep.
4) Chasing girls
Chasing girls should be a focus item, but I am in between on the idea. Chasing takes alot of time and energy. Often nice to just wait for a girl to fall into your lap. But for that to happen I have to improve my game. I need game improvement.
Its interesting if you are in the game like me you wonder.. do some people just have it (and I don't mean fabulously good looking people, because they are just lucky), or are they taught it, or what? Seems everyone can learn a little more game to improve their current level a bit.
Anyways Its like 3am, I should sleep. I gots alot of work to do tomorrow. And I gotta wake up thats the hardest part!
Saturday, October 13, 2007
J-Action from the white man's perspective
So theres this dude I met 10 years ago at Bodacle that is visiting tokyo. He's actually quite an annoying guy and most people hate due to some personality disorders or something but I feel compelled to meet w/ him one day because he helped me get an internship long ago when it would have otherwise been almost impossible.
So anyways it turns out he's visiting to meet a japanese wife! Apparently he has like 10 girls lined up that he wants to visit and meet all with the thought of potential marriage -- all in a 2 week span. So bizzare... hey, don't get me wrong, I'm here and may meet a wife here too, but geez i am here living life and i speak japanese. For a total foreigner to think they can fly out here, meet for a day or two, e-mail, and get married.. that is soooo whacko to me. But alas it can happen just not sure if they are prepared for the reality of the situation. But he was a loser in the US so I'm not surprised. Heck even guys didn't like him, no way a girl would! Haha.
At tennis I met a white dude who came to Tokyo but for work. He hooked up quick and has had a J-girl so we were talking about how the dating scene is for foreigners. He said at the bars you see ugly old goofy weird guys hitting on the hottest chicks. In NY they would be so embarrassed and would never even try, but here.. it happens.
Also if I didn't mention it before the phone # game is so different. In Tokyo the girls are so polite that if you are talking to them for more than 4min or know them thru friends they will give out their digits if you ask, however it is meaningless. They just don't know a polite way to refuse so they give it, email as well, and just never respond when you call. Yep thats the word on the street! I typically only ask for digits if it is feeling really good so my hit rate is higher. I should just roll the dice more though.
The tennis guy also noted the truth of any non-3rd world country which is that any hot girl is a tough catch no matter where you are. SF, London, Tokyo, etc. They know they are hot and they ain't giving it up to just any schmo. Its an interesting thing to be a hot girl, some people should do their PhD in sociology on how different life is for a hot vs non-hot girl. People have done some analysis/experiments on it, but it is quite obvious that a hot girl has a bizzarely different life all because they are hot! Alas life isn't fair, just play the cards you got!
Man I drink so much beer nowadays.... its horrible.
So anyways it turns out he's visiting to meet a japanese wife! Apparently he has like 10 girls lined up that he wants to visit and meet all with the thought of potential marriage -- all in a 2 week span. So bizzare... hey, don't get me wrong, I'm here and may meet a wife here too, but geez i am here living life and i speak japanese. For a total foreigner to think they can fly out here, meet for a day or two, e-mail, and get married.. that is soooo whacko to me. But alas it can happen just not sure if they are prepared for the reality of the situation. But he was a loser in the US so I'm not surprised. Heck even guys didn't like him, no way a girl would! Haha.
At tennis I met a white dude who came to Tokyo but for work. He hooked up quick and has had a J-girl so we were talking about how the dating scene is for foreigners. He said at the bars you see ugly old goofy weird guys hitting on the hottest chicks. In NY they would be so embarrassed and would never even try, but here.. it happens.
Also if I didn't mention it before the phone # game is so different. In Tokyo the girls are so polite that if you are talking to them for more than 4min or know them thru friends they will give out their digits if you ask, however it is meaningless. They just don't know a polite way to refuse so they give it, email as well, and just never respond when you call. Yep thats the word on the street! I typically only ask for digits if it is feeling really good so my hit rate is higher. I should just roll the dice more though.
The tennis guy also noted the truth of any non-3rd world country which is that any hot girl is a tough catch no matter where you are. SF, London, Tokyo, etc. They know they are hot and they ain't giving it up to just any schmo. Its an interesting thing to be a hot girl, some people should do their PhD in sociology on how different life is for a hot vs non-hot girl. People have done some analysis/experiments on it, but it is quite obvious that a hot girl has a bizzarely different life all because they are hot! Alas life isn't fair, just play the cards you got!
Man I drink so much beer nowadays.... its horrible.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Bababooooooo
Last night we met up w/ the big boooobie girl from the party. Vig was all over that at the party but hasn't been pursuing. She was looking much cuter tonight. I would be all over that too I think, pretty hip gal. Nah I'm all talk.
So in the financial markets it seems MooganBoonley stated their quant trading team lost $390mm last month when their models didn't react properly to the sudden collapse of the subprime markets. The 390mm was covered by gains in other trading teams, but still.. same story at BoldmanHacks, so man thats jacked, these algo-trading/automated systems are like AI of the 80's -- all talk, but fricking sucky in the end. Kind of like the AI on my upcoming roomba.
It has slight reprecussions for me, since I often ponder if the Quant and Algo-trading is the key to the future. I interviewed in he Algo team at BoldmanHacks, other than the fact that boldman is the ultimate bank, I'm glad I'm in an analytics domain, less tech, more business. Some say traders will be extinct due to the quant and automated trading systems but alas.. but right now these autosystems are posting occasional freak $390mm losses, while real traders can generate $90mm in profits in a 9 days.
Alas.. work it.
So in the financial markets it seems MooganBoonley stated their quant trading team lost $390mm last month when their models didn't react properly to the sudden collapse of the subprime markets. The 390mm was covered by gains in other trading teams, but still.. same story at BoldmanHacks, so man thats jacked, these algo-trading/automated systems are like AI of the 80's -- all talk, but fricking sucky in the end. Kind of like the AI on my upcoming roomba.
It has slight reprecussions for me, since I often ponder if the Quant and Algo-trading is the key to the future. I interviewed in he Algo team at BoldmanHacks, other than the fact that boldman is the ultimate bank, I'm glad I'm in an analytics domain, less tech, more business. Some say traders will be extinct due to the quant and automated trading systems but alas.. but right now these autosystems are posting occasional freak $390mm losses, while real traders can generate $90mm in profits in a 9 days.
Alas.. work it.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Prime Beef
I am sitting here at home.. working.
I went to IKEA this past weekend with Vig's friend Boki. Boki is a really cool girl, not someone I would really date because I'm not into really petite girls, but personality wise really cool. She was saying she was 22 once when her boyfriend said lets get married and she said, okay i guess so. Her parents said WTF, and basically no dice.
At 22, a girl is really not ready to marry.. so much to do in life, so much to experience before getting tied down. Like beef needing some aging. Good for her.
But turn the clock 10 years forward, now she isn't married still, and now one could say she is a bit past her time.. like slowly rotting beef.. cruel yes.. but so true. For all of us, us guys included -- its just our prime period is different.
Where did those prime years for all these girls? Vig knows dozens upon dozens of these girls who are all looking for a mate and I always wonder what happened... whats the story? Was it like me, who got into overly long relationships that ate away my soul? I can't imagine they've been single for that long.
At any rate, morale of the story is that its tough out there! I ate horse sashimi on Sunday night along with more chicken sashimi. Lots of beer. I am becoming a real beer man w/ belly to prove it.
I played tennis at a club and met this girl with the finest beehind. Ooola.. her face was only avg, but the beehind was fantastic. I invited her to play in a doubles tournament w/ me next week and she said okay. Hmmmmmmmmm........ see, in Tokyo girls don't have BFs. None of the do. I love it.
I went to IKEA this past weekend with Vig's friend Boki. Boki is a really cool girl, not someone I would really date because I'm not into really petite girls, but personality wise really cool. She was saying she was 22 once when her boyfriend said lets get married and she said, okay i guess so. Her parents said WTF, and basically no dice.
At 22, a girl is really not ready to marry.. so much to do in life, so much to experience before getting tied down. Like beef needing some aging. Good for her.
But turn the clock 10 years forward, now she isn't married still, and now one could say she is a bit past her time.. like slowly rotting beef.. cruel yes.. but so true. For all of us, us guys included -- its just our prime period is different.
Where did those prime years for all these girls? Vig knows dozens upon dozens of these girls who are all looking for a mate and I always wonder what happened... whats the story? Was it like me, who got into overly long relationships that ate away my soul? I can't imagine they've been single for that long.
At any rate, morale of the story is that its tough out there! I ate horse sashimi on Sunday night along with more chicken sashimi. Lots of beer. I am becoming a real beer man w/ belly to prove it.
I played tennis at a club and met this girl with the finest beehind. Ooola.. her face was only avg, but the beehind was fantastic. I invited her to play in a doubles tournament w/ me next week and she said okay. Hmmmmmmmmm........ see, in Tokyo girls don't have BFs. None of the do. I love it.
End of Spend ??
This is a pic of Cafe 8's altar... its a peking duck restaurant. With moldings of boobies, butts, and in hidden shrine lies this...
So last year, during my year of trauma I spent a shit load of money on going out, traveling, buying clothes, etc. The trend continues as moving costs $$ -- moving international costs $$$$$$.
Let me think about what I spent on...
$950 - washer/dryer
$450 - fridge
$400 - AC/Heater
$1000 - 32" lcd tv (26" was $900, so wtf, might as well go big)
$550 - new bed frame (old platform bed was waaaay too big and wasted space)
$500 - random junk at Ikea (small dining table, chairs, patio table, chairs, etc)
The most bizzare expense...
$700 - curtains!! geezus I know.. I have an astounding 6 windows and 3 sliding doors...
Yep thats life. Weirdest thing is that I paid CASH for all of it. So no CC bill to worry about... am I broke yet? Well the market bounced back so I guess I'm still way better than 2 months back. @_@
BTW I saw an $850 4-cup rice-cooker at the electronics store. That really makes the cost/grain really high over its life. Will post pics later.
So last year, during my year of trauma I spent a shit load of money on going out, traveling, buying clothes, etc. The trend continues as moving costs $$ -- moving international costs $$$$$$.
Let me think about what I spent on...
$950 - washer/dryer
$450 - fridge
$400 - AC/Heater
$1000 - 32" lcd tv (26" was $900, so wtf, might as well go big)
$550 - new bed frame (old platform bed was waaaay too big and wasted space)
$500 - random junk at Ikea (small dining table, chairs, patio table, chairs, etc)
The most bizzare expense...
$700 - curtains!! geezus I know.. I have an astounding 6 windows and 3 sliding doors...
Yep thats life. Weirdest thing is that I paid CASH for all of it. So no CC bill to worry about... am I broke yet? Well the market bounced back so I guess I'm still way better than 2 months back. @_@
BTW I saw an $850 4-cup rice-cooker at the electronics store. That really makes the cost/grain really high over its life. Will post pics later.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
3-day weekend!
Yet another 3-day weekend.
Friday went to the infamous BARTland which is a big ex-pat hangout. Place is horrible. The ratio of men:women is like 10:1, all expats too. Whats jacked up is that this is a bar that owns a microbrew named BARTland, but yet at their own frickin bar they only serve BARTland in bottles. They serve it on tap at other bars... whats up with that shit? No tap of your own house brand beer??
After we hit a party of an expat leaving for HK for a few months. His apt is yet another $8-10k / month type of getup. Damn these guys have a sweet deal, I obviously am not living it up enough. I suppose its not that huge... imagine you get a big package that gives you a pimp daddy $8k/month apt. Depending how its structured u may or may not have to pay taxes on it. And u may or may not be making more net $ in the end -- cause you are basically saving $2k/month net money that you otherwise would have spent on rent, but are living it up in a place 4x more costly.
Party was great. Lots of girls. There was this one that VIG was into (on the left) only because of her big booooobies. Haha, otherwise she was not the hottest at all. The cutest gal left early right when we arrived, next cutest was maybe this taiwanese gal who left a bit early, and maybe this was the next cutest. I wasn't into her much 'cause I don't like cutesy super-petite type that much:
Today went to tennis then a BBQ. Tennis was cool, played on this weird synthetic grass surface that had sand poured over it. Supposedly very low impact kind of like a clay effect. What pissed me off is it reduces mobility cause I wind up slipping my first step all the time. I'm used to being able to cover the whole court but can't do it on that slippery crap. But I'm old, I have to learn to slow down so I don't have a hernia.
BBQ was real J-style BBQ, totally different than US style. I will post pics later, I am god damn tired.
Friday went to the infamous BARTland which is a big ex-pat hangout. Place is horrible. The ratio of men:women is like 10:1, all expats too. Whats jacked up is that this is a bar that owns a microbrew named BARTland, but yet at their own frickin bar they only serve BARTland in bottles. They serve it on tap at other bars... whats up with that shit? No tap of your own house brand beer??
After we hit a party of an expat leaving for HK for a few months. His apt is yet another $8-10k / month type of getup. Damn these guys have a sweet deal, I obviously am not living it up enough. I suppose its not that huge... imagine you get a big package that gives you a pimp daddy $8k/month apt. Depending how its structured u may or may not have to pay taxes on it. And u may or may not be making more net $ in the end -- cause you are basically saving $2k/month net money that you otherwise would have spent on rent, but are living it up in a place 4x more costly.
Party was great. Lots of girls. There was this one that VIG was into (on the left) only because of her big booooobies. Haha, otherwise she was not the hottest at all. The cutest gal left early right when we arrived, next cutest was maybe this taiwanese gal who left a bit early, and maybe this was the next cutest. I wasn't into her much 'cause I don't like cutesy super-petite type that much:
Today went to tennis then a BBQ. Tennis was cool, played on this weird synthetic grass surface that had sand poured over it. Supposedly very low impact kind of like a clay effect. What pissed me off is it reduces mobility cause I wind up slipping my first step all the time. I'm used to being able to cover the whole court but can't do it on that slippery crap. But I'm old, I have to learn to slow down so I don't have a hernia.
BBQ was real J-style BBQ, totally different than US style. I will post pics later, I am god damn tired.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
In the pursuit of happiness
I think you need to pursue happiness in order to truly get it. You can't just be happy or be placed into a happy life and be happy. You have to fight and earn it. Like making money.. if you were born rich, where is the challenge and fulfillment? (True I'd have been okay with some bourne riches). Same w/ a hot chick, if really fight to get one, you wind up really happy due to the inherent struggle. So for me, struggle is key to well rounded true happiness. Just can't be struggling too much is all!
So I went out with this chick Zuniko from the real estate agency last night. Man she is quite cute, I admit I'm quite smitten w/ her. We'll have to see if it goes anywhere. I will attempt to get a photo for the demanding customers I have but I am fairly sure it will not be a nude pic or anything close.
Anyways I need to keep some more girls in the pipeline since according to VIG the dropoff/flaker rate is very high in Tokyo. Lucky thing is it seems I am meeting girls every weekend.
This is a 3-day weekend coming up (yes bizzare, 3/4 weeks in a row will have been 3-day weekends)... so the crew, Vig, myself, oldman, and married man will crash a BBQ. Will go to IKEA. Movie night. Lots of fun! Will focus on completing my apt setup!! What another couple of $$$$ ???? ahhaaaa
So I went out with this chick Zuniko from the real estate agency last night. Man she is quite cute, I admit I'm quite smitten w/ her. We'll have to see if it goes anywhere. I will attempt to get a photo for the demanding customers I have but I am fairly sure it will not be a nude pic or anything close.
Anyways I need to keep some more girls in the pipeline since according to VIG the dropoff/flaker rate is very high in Tokyo. Lucky thing is it seems I am meeting girls every weekend.
This is a 3-day weekend coming up (yes bizzare, 3/4 weeks in a row will have been 3-day weekends)... so the crew, Vig, myself, oldman, and married man will crash a BBQ. Will go to IKEA. Movie night. Lots of fun! Will focus on completing my apt setup!! What another couple of $$$$ ???? ahhaaaa
Monday, October 1, 2007
Roach Motel Barber
So I had to run errands today so I left work at 3pm. On the way home (thru the hell known as Shibuya and the infamous hachiko (8-corners) crosswalk) I stopped by this random barber shop. Haircuts are an issue because I like to get my hair cut every 2-3 weeks, and cheap haircuts are hard to find. So I alternate between the rare cheap ones and regular ones. Note, the regular ones are really nice. Top notch service.
This cheap one I went to was $18 but included a cut, shampoo, and straight razor shave! Wow, it was great. Makes the "Art of Shave" experience feel like a sham. The one ultra big caveat that makes me think I may not go back... is that it is an unclean operation (esp for hygienic japan). They don't seem to clean the equipment between users. They wipe the comb w/ their towel, but don't dip it in antiseptic, etc. Same w/ hairbrushes... thus I had a filthy feeling of sharing combs w/ old greasy japanese businessmen.... ewwww.
I had some sushi on the way home. Sushi is remarkably cheap if you don't go high end. I had 4 pieces of toro, 2 maguro, 2 aji, 2 sanma, 2 salmon, 2 uni, miso soup and it was only $25! No Tip!! Wow... see kids Tokyo ain't that bad. Vic and I ate mexican at an Ebisu grill Sunday and it was only $15 / person. Just like SF, you can easily spend $200/person, but u can also eat reasonably.
At home I started the laundry w/ my new all-in-one W/D. You put the clothes in and a painstaking 3.5hrs later it is washed and dried. Jesus christ.. it takes sooooo long. I don't know how I can ever do laundry given how long it takes! I guess I will have to learn how to set the timer so it finishes when I get home. Still not sure how the AC/Heater works.
I have a date tomorrow night w/ this girl who worked for the housing agency I used. I think she was pretty cute, we'll see. I have this problem of meeting a girl for the 1st time and not remember what she really looked like. Haha, makes for an interesting time when I see them again.
Getting into my own apt is great (paying rent not so great). It finally gives me the feeling of being at home. For some reason the luxury apt I was in didn't feel like home (despite the outrageous going rate of $4k/month). Maybe its the presence of my old furniture in my new apt etc? Or is it simply that I am now at "home" or is it that this place feels more like a home? I am liking the layout more and more. It is a bit narrow but the overall feel is cool. I have to say though I made a big computational error in moving all my junk. After living out of a suitcase for 1.5 months I realize that I was fine w/o all my junk (although I needed shoes badly).
Damn already midnight....... time is flying by.
This cheap one I went to was $18 but included a cut, shampoo, and straight razor shave! Wow, it was great. Makes the "Art of Shave" experience feel like a sham. The one ultra big caveat that makes me think I may not go back... is that it is an unclean operation (esp for hygienic japan). They don't seem to clean the equipment between users. They wipe the comb w/ their towel, but don't dip it in antiseptic, etc. Same w/ hairbrushes... thus I had a filthy feeling of sharing combs w/ old greasy japanese businessmen.... ewwww.
I had some sushi on the way home. Sushi is remarkably cheap if you don't go high end. I had 4 pieces of toro, 2 maguro, 2 aji, 2 sanma, 2 salmon, 2 uni, miso soup and it was only $25! No Tip!! Wow... see kids Tokyo ain't that bad. Vic and I ate mexican at an Ebisu grill Sunday and it was only $15 / person. Just like SF, you can easily spend $200/person, but u can also eat reasonably.
At home I started the laundry w/ my new all-in-one W/D. You put the clothes in and a painstaking 3.5hrs later it is washed and dried. Jesus christ.. it takes sooooo long. I don't know how I can ever do laundry given how long it takes! I guess I will have to learn how to set the timer so it finishes when I get home. Still not sure how the AC/Heater works.
I have a date tomorrow night w/ this girl who worked for the housing agency I used. I think she was pretty cute, we'll see. I have this problem of meeting a girl for the 1st time and not remember what she really looked like. Haha, makes for an interesting time when I see them again.
Getting into my own apt is great (paying rent not so great). It finally gives me the feeling of being at home. For some reason the luxury apt I was in didn't feel like home (despite the outrageous going rate of $4k/month). Maybe its the presence of my old furniture in my new apt etc? Or is it simply that I am now at "home" or is it that this place feels more like a home? I am liking the layout more and more. It is a bit narrow but the overall feel is cool. I have to say though I made a big computational error in moving all my junk. After living out of a suitcase for 1.5 months I realize that I was fine w/o all my junk (although I needed shoes badly).
Damn already midnight....... time is flying by.
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