Confessions Pics

Madonna

Madonna's concert was fantastic! Her last stop on her world tour was in Tokyo and I was able to attend both of her two concerts here. It was extremely expensive. She started one hour late. I was tired. Was it all worth the trouble? The answer is a resounding YES! The place was packed for two nights with no seats empty. There were so many gay people there, it almost felt like a night out at a gay club. Bumped into so many of my friends there, my partner said that it was like being at a social function rather than a concert! Funny guy!

Her concert started out with the song Future Lovers mixed with I Feel Love for a refreshingly new version of the song. After watching huge disco ball descend down from above onto the stage, the ball opened revealing the pop queen herself. This scene gave me goosebumps and sent chills down my spine. Most of the songs she sang came from her latest album,
Confessions on a Dance Floor but she did manage to mix in a few old favorites as well. Her finale was HUNG UP, my favorite song from the entire album. The concert ended too quickly for me and even though my feet hurt and my throat was hurting from screaming the entire time, I wasn't ready to go home.

Events galore

The day I've been waiting for has finally arrived...well not actually. It's actually tomorrow, yes, Madonna...the queen of pop, is finally arriving to Tokyo for her world tour. I have premium seats that cost 50000yen and I'm so looking forward to seeing her! The last concert I attended was 13 years ago when she came to Tokyo.

Actually the celebration began 2 weeks ago when I had a Confessions Party at my house with 30 people in attendance. Then, last weekend I attended a party at a friend's place with people from all over the world, mostly here to see Madonna in concert. After the party, it was off to AGEHA, the most fabulous nightclub in Tokyo, where we partied until 6 am.

So, tomorrow is finally the day! I'm so excited I'm not sure whether I would be able to sleep or not, but hey, she's coming and if that means I won't have any sleep tonight, that's ok. I'd stay up all week to see my queen!

A cold autumn day...well not quite autumn yet

We are officially still summer here in Tokyo but today it felt really cold like the middle of autumn...I mean cold to the point where it feels like winter will be here in a matter of weeks. I had to wear long sleeves today and drank hot tea most of the day.

Highlights of the day:

My distributor in Fukuoka became an executive team member! His mother also decided to do the business. Yay! I guess hard work paid off! I swear, I can just see him walking across the stage one day telling people how he got started when AGEL was so new. I swear, I will make sure that happens. Now that would make me happy!

I worked out without my heart getting weird on me. So that's very good. I'm going to the hospital next week anyway to get myself checked...hope nothing's wrong with me.

Did my laundry and actually enjoyed doing it. Don't ask me why...I just had a great time doing this very simple and mundane chore.

That's it for today. Oh, I also updated my blog with new pictures of the year 2000. That took a long time but hey, tomorrow I can work on 2001!

Rain, rain go away!

I woke up this morning to a grey and rainy day. It's not so bad because it lets me stay indoors to finish up work. If it's really sunny and a beautiful day, it's hard for me to resist leaving the house for a bike ride. Besides I had a pretty busy day today. I had to teach English, do some translation work and did some work for AGEL. Very busy day indeed.

This weekend I'm looking forward to going to AGEHA for Shangri-la with friends. I need to unwind with a couple of tequila shots...mind you, I am not an alcoholic...I mean I hardly drink at all these days. However I feel like I really need a drink.

This is the first year in a long time that I haven't been abroad. I've pretty much decided not to go to Nation this year since there are other priorities in my life these days. Also getting kind of bored with the club scene as well. I need to find something else to keep me occupied, besides my work that is.

Tomorrow I will head down to the gym to work out in preparation for the clubs!

Lightning and thunder

I woke up to lightning and thunder at 5am yesterday morning. So now I lay here wide awake although it's almot 4am. The thunder was so loud I swear the lightning was hitting the building next to us. My friend in Fukuoka told me his neighbor's house was struck by lightning yesterday. Fortunately no one was at home and although there were damages to most of their electrical appliances, no one was hurt.

Speaking of disasters, there was a major fire near our place. About a month ago, a house and shop was engulfed in flames at around 2am. We could see the flames burning bright from our windows. It was scary and I feared that someone might have died in the fire. I was right because the next day, it was in the news. An elderly couple were sleeping while the fire had started downstairs. Their son escaped unharmed however the couple perished in the fire. It was said that the elderly couple were about to retire and enjoy the rest of their lives just relaxing and maybe taking a vacation. Their plans were cut very short and the police suspect arson.

Everytime I walk past there, I cannot help but feel sorry for the poor couple. I make it a point to pray when I walk past and wish that they are in peace and together in a better world. I also pray that they find the son-of-a-bitch who caused the fire.

Changing the subject, I just finished watching the final season of Queer as Folk. I was crying throughout the last 3 episodes and was sad to see it come to an end. I felt the same when Sex and the City ended. For some reason though, I cried today more than I ever did in a long time. I'm not sure what it was, but I swear, it was totally weird. I thought to myself...am I having a nervous breakdown or what? Or was I possessed by some kind of demon?

Oh well, almost 4 am now, I feel better and I am so ready to go to bed.

My partner is an alcoholic

Just kidding...he's no alcoholic! However he did come home stinking drunk tonight at exactly 1:15am. In fact, I can't understand how he could have left me at home on a Friday night!!! That's what really gets to me! Here I was planning my entire evening around him debating whether or not we should catch a movie or something. Nope, he decides to go out drinking with friends and doesn't even invite me!

As you can probably tell, I've had a pretty shitty day. I didn't have time to go to the gym today and I had to have dinner all alone. Not alone that, I purchased some shrimp tempura and one was spoiled!!! It was just one of those days and nothing seemed to get me into a positive mood.

Though I must say, there were two good things that happened today. First one of my dearest friends called me to ask how I was. That was nice and made me feel better. Second, my distributor in Fukuoka finally got his mother really interested in the business. For those not into network marketing, you'll never understand how significant this is, but small things that seem trivial like this are all very important in the grand scheme of network marketing things. That may have been the best news I've heard all week!

Gee, that sounds pretty pathetic, doesn't it? Okay, no use writing today...not really in the mood.

Another fine day!

I woke up to find that it was another sunny day here in Tokyo. This summer didn't seem as hot as previous summers and I found it to be quite bearable, especially compared to the intense heat in Singapore and Thailand. I'm not sure if it's just the fact that I've gotten used to the summers here, or because of my travels to other hot areas around the world that I found this summer to be quite nice. Whatever the reason, it was comfortable and frankly, too short. Summer is over and I can already feel autumn ready to make an entrance. Mind you, I love autumn. On the other hand, winter comes after autumn and the winters can be long and cold here in Tokyo. I just don't really care for winter at all. Maybe it's just my age, I don't know.

Today my student came for his weekly lesson as usual. He's a fairly new student of mine and I must say that I look forward to seeing him every week. He has a wonderful sense of humor and is never short of unique and funny stories to tell me. Needless to say, I always have a great time.

I worked out for about 30 minutes today at home to clear my mind and to keep in shape. I haven't been going to the gym regularly these days. Tomorrow is gym day so I will definitely be going.

For dinner, I made myself a plate of whote-wheat pasta with fish roe, a specialty in Japan. I know it sounds gross, but really it's quite tasty! For dessert, I had a cup of yogurt. Yeah I love yogurt and can't live without it.

In the evening, I spent an hour and 21 minutes talking to a distributor in Fukuoka. He's still having a difficult time with explaining the compensation plan, so I plan to made him a DVD for him tomorrow. This should help him with recruiting more members for his team. I really want him to succeed and he's trying his best.

My second student arrived at 8:30pm for his English lesson. During last Saturday's party, he got totally wasted and he says he doesn't remember the latter part of the party. Gosh, he must have really drunk a lot! I was just so damn busy during the party, I don't really remember talking to people all that much. All in all, it was a fabulous party.

My boyfriend came home and I prepared some pasta and a salad for him. We chatted a while and I gave him a 20 minute massage to relieve tension. Yes, he's been having a hard week at work. I only hope that he would join me in my AGEL business because I know he would be happier and be making much more money with it. Just give it time Shinichi...he'll come around!

It's almost 2am so I think it's time for me to go to bed.

A new month, a new beginning

Well, it's September and I must say, time sure flies by really fast. This month is surely going to be one of my busiest months this year. I have a party tomorrow with over 30 people attending. Originally it was planned for about 20 people or so. For some reason, the number is up to 32 so here I am panicking getting ready for the event. This year's summer party is themed to Madonna's World Tour: Confessions Tour and she will be here this month. Naturally we are all going to be there and after dishing out more than $500US, I am ready to totally enjoy myself.

Like I said, tomorrow it the party night. I started to prepare for the party last week. It started out with shopping last Saturday. However back then the guest list was only 18. Then all of a sudden, last minute calls and boom! 32 people. So tonight I had to practically beg my boyfriend to drive me after work to buy more cases of beer and wine and more food. Last night I ended up staying up until 6am decorating my apartment, preparing food and doing a few 3-way calls with my downline. I got up this morning and taught English for an hour. I ended up talking to my student about our products and he seemed very interested in the product UMI. Apparently he went through the internet searching for information regarding FUCOIDAN, the main ingredient in UMI and found a lot of interesting information regarding the ingredient. So perhaps he will purchase the products.

After he left, I had to do some more shopping for ingredients to make my thai vermicelli salad and coconut jello. Then one of my new downline members came to my place to do a new member training...yes, a personal training but he really deserves as he lives so far away from me...a 90 minute flight away. He's trying his best so I really wanted to give him some personal attention.

So what are the highlights of this month? Tomorrow's party, Madonna's party, the AGEHA party and reaching the position of Senior Manager this month! Yes, I am aiming high! Helping my downline members reach the Manager position this month is also a goal. Wish me luck everyone and success to all network marketers out there! We deserve it!