Must stay in Asia

I have come to realize.. I will stay in Asia.

Now its about Japan vs HK.

After spending a few days in SoCal.. I realize... this is no life for me while I am single. Some parts of SoCal are very nice -- like Irvine, Yorba Linda, etc. Some parts like where my sister lives is dead and not that nice though. I'm glad she can be so happy living such a simple life.

I could play tennis daily... that would be nice. But otherwise its dead. Drive around go to starbucks.. borders... what else though?? Play D&D or do alot of online gaming??

Anyways thats how I feel now. Its a nice place to have a simpler life though for sure.

I am doing taxes Thurs. I realize I made alot of money this year.. where did it all go ???

Dumps

Shiiiit I found out today not getting promoted. Damn it really downed me.

I can't say I wasn't expecting to get promoted.. not that one can expect or not, its more "hope" than expectation. Expectation is like you are fully deserving, and maybe I'm not.. maybe I am, but I dunno.

Anyways that shoots some of my career plans down the tube. On one hand is it just 1 more year to wait? Or have I waited 1 year too long as it is... I dunno.... but maybe this is a good omen, it lets me rethink my career path a bit more.

Perhaps... I shall stay

I'm the flakiest guy I know in terms of making decisions and sticking with them.

Anyways my latest thought is heading more towards... stay in Japan... for a while. While I feel I could do the other 2 ideas (1- move back to US and settle down, 2- move to HK and goof off before moving to US to settle down), I think it may be hard at this point in time.

Tokyo has the advantages...
1- Age is on my side here. As I get older, there are still alot of young people around me, and being 40 in TK is ok to be hanging out with the 25yo's. Not sure if its the case in SF and OC, maybe it is.

2- Snowboarding is good... very good. The 4 seasons offer alot of things I didn't realize before coming here. It gives me something to look forward to as seasons come and go.

3- Lots of females -- though I'm not exactly meeting my mate, its true there are many options here. I meet new girls every week (or few weeks).

Sure its an expensive town, but anyone who sees how I live would imagine I am living the easy life. Work is easy, its all easy. Yeah I should enjoy it here maybe?

Next steps to enjoyment:
a) buy 52" tv
b) learn more Japanese (and korean)
c) get into shape and travel around japan more
d) maybe get car