sooo I have arrived in Japan on Sun evening Japan time after 13 hr of flight eating not so pleasant flight meals, sammich snack (you had a choice of sammich or cup noodles) and ice cream. LOL
I am enjoying seeing my parents, my grandma and Brian, the silly dog here, but I continue to spend some time for work. Indeed, I am reminded that my job requires me to have good time management and organizational skills covering overseas travel and meeting arrangements for the executives.
But I must say that I am blessed with great team and people who can support us. :)
Yesterday, I woke up, made hotel arrangements, did a bit of translation work, then had a relative coming to visit, so it was nice to see him and watch my childhood video clips which my dad recently converted onto dvd. Then in the afternoon, my folks and I went to the cemetary to visit the gravestones where my ancestors and little brother rest in peace. My mom and I then went to a temple to burn incents for my grandma on my mom's side. I felt as though my grandma was smiling and giving me such warm and positive energy when I made the visit. The memory of her great smile that she always shared with me whenever I returned to Japan and visited her came to my mind and I felt so warm and united with her invisible soul. I told her that I would continue working hard not only for the company but for my people. I also thanked her for protecting us and providing a sense of peace and comfort in our lives.
Then my mom and I went to the hair salon, and I got a hair cut. I just stylized a bit, so that I can have my hair down if I want to. I am amazed to see how the perm that I got early this May is still there giving my hair different shape than having a flat straight hair. LOL
Then we went to a book store and some shops (drug store etc).
We came home, I was very exhausted as I had about 3-4 hrs of sleep (but stayed awake to fix my jetlag and do some work), so I fell into sleep in the living room, woken up to a fabulous dinner, ate a little (my digestive system is a bit weird from long journey) and then went to bed by like 9-10pm. I woke up early this morning 5am to do some work :)
The executives are arriving at the Airport today, so I have to have some work done before meeting with them.
:) Peace and love, Kumi
Monday, December 05, 2005
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Who do you think people mistake me for??
Sooo after spending my whole afternoon trying to arrange flight tickets for the management staff for the company that I work for the Japan trip that is coming up in a week, all getting frustrated by a few complications that I encountered and all, a phone rung and it solved my day: my good friend, Tom called me offering me to go to his travel agent office to look after some of the problems that I was facing with. Thank God, he called me, because I was hesitated to contact him on a Saturday asking him for work related help that no one needs to deal with on the weekend, you know?
Anyway, I was able to leave for the gym to do some exercise to relieve my tensed up self and returned home with a great thai take out food for my roommate and myself (I was screaming in the flat and caused some negative emotions on him, which totally wasn't fair...I am sorry! :( :( ).
Anyhow, we ate good food, and I planned out my Sunday (busy day coming up!) and making sure that I will get to cover all that I need to do (work and personal) before my leave for Japan.
I am leaving for Japan on Saturday afternoon, so I plan on checking out this Joe Claussell party on Friday nite, party all nite and then come home, take shower and pack myself for the airport :) hehehehe (I like to do this as it is a great way to adjust my body clock 180 degree).
Anyway, I was debating whether to go and check out this Ron Trent party at 99 Sudbury that was re-opened yesterday! I was like: well, I gotta wake up early tomorrow, and I must do this and that. I wanted to go to my work to arrange some flowers, but I decided to leave that for Monday morning to give myself more time to cover all that I need to do tomorrow.
So I decided to go and check out Ron Trent, who is one of my fav producers, and whom I have never heard live before.
The party was FUN! A lot of familiar faces. Sweet music lovers unite! :) I love dancing with people who appreciate and love the same deep house music that I dig :)
After 3 hours of straight dancing, I decided it was time for me to come home, so I came home, took a nice bath, and decided to update my blog.
Overall, I am feeling much much better than 12 hours ago, and I think that doing things that I love absolutely put me back on the right mind set that I ideally stay no matter how difficult circumstances I may face in my life...
Ron Trent was great. He played *RON TRENT* type of music, nature sounding, organic and african. I absolutely dancing to his music. It felt like my spirits were lifted higher as I dance to his tunes. I am so very glad that I made it. I, however, concluded that he is a good producer (and not much of a DJ). Nevertheless, it was a bless to meet a soul that touched so many other souls in this planet with his amazing production work, you know??
By the way, in the past couple of weeks, a lot of people mistake me for Spanish. I asked all of them why, and they said it is because of my facial structure and feature. Interesting. I always thought I absolutely look Japanese. One person mentioned it is because of the way I dance. Interesting. Anyway, it will be interesting to see myself videotaped just like my childhood video clips that I have posted in my previous entry (a couple back I think), but it will just embarass me to see myself. Because I know I am such a sillyyyyy person. But I enjoy being pure me. Go pure Kumi GO :)
Gotta catch up some sleep. You all have a wonderful and productive Sunday!
Peace and love :)
Anyway, I was able to leave for the gym to do some exercise to relieve my tensed up self and returned home with a great thai take out food for my roommate and myself (I was screaming in the flat and caused some negative emotions on him, which totally wasn't fair...I am sorry! :( :( ).
Anyhow, we ate good food, and I planned out my Sunday (busy day coming up!) and making sure that I will get to cover all that I need to do (work and personal) before my leave for Japan.
I am leaving for Japan on Saturday afternoon, so I plan on checking out this Joe Claussell party on Friday nite, party all nite and then come home, take shower and pack myself for the airport :) hehehehe (I like to do this as it is a great way to adjust my body clock 180 degree).
Anyway, I was debating whether to go and check out this Ron Trent party at 99 Sudbury that was re-opened yesterday! I was like: well, I gotta wake up early tomorrow, and I must do this and that. I wanted to go to my work to arrange some flowers, but I decided to leave that for Monday morning to give myself more time to cover all that I need to do tomorrow.
So I decided to go and check out Ron Trent, who is one of my fav producers, and whom I have never heard live before.
The party was FUN! A lot of familiar faces. Sweet music lovers unite! :) I love dancing with people who appreciate and love the same deep house music that I dig :)
After 3 hours of straight dancing, I decided it was time for me to come home, so I came home, took a nice bath, and decided to update my blog.
Overall, I am feeling much much better than 12 hours ago, and I think that doing things that I love absolutely put me back on the right mind set that I ideally stay no matter how difficult circumstances I may face in my life...
Ron Trent was great. He played *RON TRENT* type of music, nature sounding, organic and african. I absolutely dancing to his music. It felt like my spirits were lifted higher as I dance to his tunes. I am so very glad that I made it. I, however, concluded that he is a good producer (and not much of a DJ). Nevertheless, it was a bless to meet a soul that touched so many other souls in this planet with his amazing production work, you know??
By the way, in the past couple of weeks, a lot of people mistake me for Spanish. I asked all of them why, and they said it is because of my facial structure and feature. Interesting. I always thought I absolutely look Japanese. One person mentioned it is because of the way I dance. Interesting. Anyway, it will be interesting to see myself videotaped just like my childhood video clips that I have posted in my previous entry (a couple back I think), but it will just embarass me to see myself. Because I know I am such a sillyyyyy person. But I enjoy being pure me. Go pure Kumi GO :)
Gotta catch up some sleep. You all have a wonderful and productive Sunday!
Peace and love :)
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Roy Davis Jr-No Show, David Morales-sucks ass
I did not get to do much dancing on Sat nite, because the DJs that were opening up for the Roy Davis Jr just did not do it for me (too energetic urban house whose body language sort of reminded me of the DJ Super stah Greg.
Then a DJ who came up to me to introduce himself told me that Roy cancelled 2 hours ago, and wasn't gonna show, so my friends were out of this cheesy venue on Richmond street (clubby-clubb district).
Then when I was trying to get back to my friends, one guy stopped on my way out leaving the first club by grabbing my palms and said: "I was waiting for you. I saw you dance, and I just wanted to talk to you badly, but I lost you, so I was looking for you for the past 20 minutes.
What's your name??" LOL and that sort of made my day, cause it was mad funny (like he was mad serious and all).
Unfortunately, since I do not take people I meet at the clubs too seriously (unless I bump into them frequently at events that I participate) and I was in a hurry to get my crew out of the stupid club (LOL), I told him that I have to get going, but I appreciated his kind words and left him there.
I hope that he did not have any high expectations by courageously saying hi to me, cause althogh I may interact with them on a friendly level, I am not open to share too much of my personal info with strangers unless they make me feel homie, if you know what I mean...
Anyway, we went to the old BOA to check out David Morales with a bunch of people, but when we got there around 3:30am, David Morales wasn't even on the deck, and the guy who was opening for the show was playing some progressive stuff, which usually turns me off....so Nozomi and I were getting more and more tired by not really and fully enjoying our evening out. And even when David came on the DJ deck, he was playing some cheesy clubby music,that just did not do a magic to me. So Nozomi and I left the club leaving the rest of crew (LOL) there.
Although we indeed wasted a lot of our money by making stupid decisions without much investigations on the background of the events etc, I absolutely had a wonderful time with friends, especially with Nozomi. Yes, she rules :) and I am very grateful that I became friends with her. :)
Peace-
Then a DJ who came up to me to introduce himself told me that Roy cancelled 2 hours ago, and wasn't gonna show, so my friends were out of this cheesy venue on Richmond street (clubby-clubb district).
Then when I was trying to get back to my friends, one guy stopped on my way out leaving the first club by grabbing my palms and said: "I was waiting for you. I saw you dance, and I just wanted to talk to you badly, but I lost you, so I was looking for you for the past 20 minutes.
What's your name??" LOL and that sort of made my day, cause it was mad funny (like he was mad serious and all).
Unfortunately, since I do not take people I meet at the clubs too seriously (unless I bump into them frequently at events that I participate) and I was in a hurry to get my crew out of the stupid club (LOL), I told him that I have to get going, but I appreciated his kind words and left him there.
I hope that he did not have any high expectations by courageously saying hi to me, cause althogh I may interact with them on a friendly level, I am not open to share too much of my personal info with strangers unless they make me feel homie, if you know what I mean...
Anyway, we went to the old BOA to check out David Morales with a bunch of people, but when we got there around 3:30am, David Morales wasn't even on the deck, and the guy who was opening for the show was playing some progressive stuff, which usually turns me off....so Nozomi and I were getting more and more tired by not really and fully enjoying our evening out. And even when David came on the DJ deck, he was playing some cheesy clubby music,that just did not do a magic to me. So Nozomi and I left the club leaving the rest of crew (LOL) there.
Although we indeed wasted a lot of our money by making stupid decisions without much investigations on the background of the events etc, I absolutely had a wonderful time with friends, especially with Nozomi. Yes, she rules :) and I am very grateful that I became friends with her. :)
Peace-
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Toronto-afterhours party!
Sooooo it was my first weekend off in like....2 months? I had to go out and dance for sure!
I went to the gym and enjoyed using the steamroom for like 1/2 hour or so, came home, super hungry so made veal stroganoff for dinner, had a sip of sake and just fell into sleep (ended up taking a nap for 90 minutes or so).
I got up did some work for my little sister's assignment (more so a request), and the clock said *midnite*, I was like: "I gotta go and do my thing......"
So my new friend, Donald and I ended up going to this club called "dragonfly" where a collective of sweet deep house DJs used throw weekly Saturday nite events. But when we got there, the place was empty, and the music was...different.
We stayed there for a bit, and we figured that the boys were no longer throwing the event there anymore, and it was the first Saturday that they stopped their weekly events. We tried staying there, but the music (to my taste) sucked and I wasn't feeling the materialistic -we are all on *e*- type of vibe where every individual was in their own zone and not interacting with people around them but enjoying their highness. LOL
So we decided to go somewhere else (I insisted. LOL). The bartender there recommended us to go to this afterhour party on Elm street and Dundas. And we were ready to rock'nroll.
I raised my thumb up by the street for a taxi and the mid-size ban pulled over that gave us enough space to put our bikes! (just like that and it was a very great timing, because it just started raining really hard).
So here are some photos of the evening: I have not had such a fun time dancing my ass off until morning for like 5 years! It was such a blast! :)
God bless DEEP HOUSE MUSIC! :)-more photos to come-
I went to the gym and enjoyed using the steamroom for like 1/2 hour or so, came home, super hungry so made veal stroganoff for dinner, had a sip of sake and just fell into sleep (ended up taking a nap for 90 minutes or so).
I got up did some work for my little sister's assignment (more so a request), and the clock said *midnite*, I was like: "I gotta go and do my thing......"
So my new friend, Donald and I ended up going to this club called "dragonfly" where a collective of sweet deep house DJs used throw weekly Saturday nite events. But when we got there, the place was empty, and the music was...different.
We stayed there for a bit, and we figured that the boys were no longer throwing the event there anymore, and it was the first Saturday that they stopped their weekly events. We tried staying there, but the music (to my taste) sucked and I wasn't feeling the materialistic -we are all on *e*- type of vibe where every individual was in their own zone and not interacting with people around them but enjoying their highness. LOL
So we decided to go somewhere else (I insisted. LOL). The bartender there recommended us to go to this afterhour party on Elm street and Dundas. And we were ready to rock'nroll.
I raised my thumb up by the street for a taxi and the mid-size ban pulled over that gave us enough space to put our bikes! (just like that and it was a very great timing, because it just started raining really hard).
So here are some photos of the evening: I have not had such a fun time dancing my ass off until morning for like 5 years! It was such a blast! :)
God bless DEEP HOUSE MUSIC! :)-more photos to come-
Saturday, November 05, 2005
My new JOB :)
My first day at my new work was cool. I did some planning (travel arrangement) for my boss, and did work hard!
I know that it will be a little nervous job, because if I miss something or screw things up, it will have a huge effect on my boss and his partner (lawyer). So my first conclusion to do my job well: sleep well, do enjoy life (working out, meeting friends, being inspired, do my things)! so that my mind stays open to things that I should have my focus on (when tied up being busy, it is easy to forget things easily, you know? But when one is fully enjoying life, it permits creative mind to rock'roll, and human often does some crazy things, don't you think? LOL).
I already know that I will be going to Japan in early December for an event in Chiba (near Tokyo). My boss said that we should also visit my folks at the restaurant, eat good food and rest in a traditional Japanese housing, so my folks are very excited about it :)
I am also excited!! but before we go, there is a lot of work and planning to do, so I will keep my focus and continue working hard! :)
The people at work is overall, nice and considerate people, who are intelligent, got a unique personality and are plucky (a new word that my boss taught me LOL).
My boss took all of us out for a drink to welcome me to the team, so we went out to a nearest pub from work. My boss has such a great sense of humour, and I love it how he talks and teases us just like my friends (in 20s-early 30s) do. LOL
So all of us kept laughing and enjoyed our little get together. :)
My boss is an intelligent business man, who is athletic, got a great sense of humour and courage and adventurous personality. He drives the black jaguar. It totally suits him. Speakingof jaguar, I think jauar will also suits my personality ("go get it, tigar!;) ) too. LOL So one day, if I ever have a lot of money to spend on a car, I may get a red jaguar too (will see).
I feel very lucky that I am blessed with good people and a challenging career.
I hope to work hard to progress and share my gaining with others :)
I can not believe that I am having my weekend off, and although I am a little confused as to what to do utilizing my freedom right now (was tied up for soooo long. lol), I think going to the gym and do my thing will once energize me and allows me to appreciate all that I have in my life. God I am so thankful! Thank you for all and everything! :)
I know that it will be a little nervous job, because if I miss something or screw things up, it will have a huge effect on my boss and his partner (lawyer). So my first conclusion to do my job well: sleep well, do enjoy life (working out, meeting friends, being inspired, do my things)! so that my mind stays open to things that I should have my focus on (when tied up being busy, it is easy to forget things easily, you know? But when one is fully enjoying life, it permits creative mind to rock'roll, and human often does some crazy things, don't you think? LOL).
I already know that I will be going to Japan in early December for an event in Chiba (near Tokyo). My boss said that we should also visit my folks at the restaurant, eat good food and rest in a traditional Japanese housing, so my folks are very excited about it :)
I am also excited!! but before we go, there is a lot of work and planning to do, so I will keep my focus and continue working hard! :)
The people at work is overall, nice and considerate people, who are intelligent, got a unique personality and are plucky (a new word that my boss taught me LOL).
My boss took all of us out for a drink to welcome me to the team, so we went out to a nearest pub from work. My boss has such a great sense of humour, and I love it how he talks and teases us just like my friends (in 20s-early 30s) do. LOL
So all of us kept laughing and enjoyed our little get together. :)
My boss is an intelligent business man, who is athletic, got a great sense of humour and courage and adventurous personality. He drives the black jaguar. It totally suits him. Speakingof jaguar, I think jauar will also suits my personality ("go get it, tigar!;) ) too. LOL So one day, if I ever have a lot of money to spend on a car, I may get a red jaguar too (will see).
I feel very lucky that I am blessed with good people and a challenging career.
I hope to work hard to progress and share my gaining with others :)
I can not believe that I am having my weekend off, and although I am a little confused as to what to do utilizing my freedom right now (was tied up for soooo long. lol), I think going to the gym and do my thing will once energize me and allows me to appreciate all that I have in my life. God I am so thankful! Thank you for all and everything! :)
Monday, October 31, 2005
happy halloween!
my weekend was spent hitting up a local club on Friday nite with Nozomi and checking out a private halloween party at someone's loft on Queen street east!(not to mention both of us worked both on Friday, Saturday and Sunday! LOL).
It was a lot of fun. I am looking forward to seeing some photos that Nozomi took! Once I get them, I plan on posting on my blog.
I decided to wear my leopard dress to work today (again-cause I wore it on Sat nite too LOL)!
Happy Halloween, everyone! I gotta go work now.
Peace and hugs,
Kumi
It was a lot of fun. I am looking forward to seeing some photos that Nozomi took! Once I get them, I plan on posting on my blog.
I decided to wear my leopard dress to work today (again-cause I wore it on Sat nite too LOL)!
Happy Halloween, everyone! I gotta go work now.
Peace and hugs,
Kumi
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