New Life in New Apartment

I moved again.

All I can say now is "NO MORE MOVING"...at least for a while.

I was asking my friend to help me, but I ended up doing it all by myself.

Ladies, Do not trust guys who easily say "yeah I got you, I got you baby!" (hehe...I don't blame my African friend from MN though...lol)

It was seriously A LOT OF work, and I hurt my legs and back.lol

Pack everything back, took them to downstairs from 3rd floor, carried them to the cab...

OK, I used a cab, but the driver was an asshole and charged me extra $15 for his pocket just because I had so much stuff. Wait a min....I carried my stuff without his help, so why the hell was he charging me for it? I didn't get it but didn't wanna argue either.

There were snow pile in front of the apartment and couldn't park, so he stopped his car at the corner and threw my stuff on the street. I kindly asked him if he could watch them when I make my first trip since there was no way I could carry everything at once. I even offered extra tip, but he turned me down and said NO.

So here I am with a pile of stuff on the street corner where many people walking by.

I was pissed and miserable.

What am I suppose to do? I can't either carry everything nor make several trips.

There were two old Mexican guys standing and chatting. I quickly made my decision. I couldn't really trust them but asked them if they could watch my stuff while I carry some of them. They told me that's not a problem.

So I took some of them and hurried to my new apartment. When I was about to go back to the corner, I saw those two men carrying my shit!!!!!!! Those were fucking heavy!!! I was like...oh noooooooooo!!!!

They were extra kind and nice...I told them not to carry, but they did it with smile.

" don't worry honey, we got you."

I should have gave them tips or something, but I didn't have any money with me and told them how much I appreciate it. They didn't seem to care and totally saved my day! Gracias...

Alone again. There's always this weird feeling when I move to a new place.

My roommates seem nice, but I feel like I'm in somewhere I don't even know.

I gotta love this place....no more moving please...

大好きな人達

どんなに素敵な空だって、

一人で見るのと、

自分が好きな誰かと

一緒に見るのでは

なんでこうも違う風に見えるかな？

遠くに見えるのは自由の女神。

ちっちゃいなー。

一人で見るのにはもったいない

そんなきれいな空。

先週末は５年前、自分がアメリカに来た当初から離れてもずっと友達でいてくれている奴らがNYに遊びにきてくれて、大集結。一緒にいるだけで笑顔にしてくれる彼らはやっぱり大事にしないとと再確認。奴らに出会った頃なんてゆきは英語も全くできなくて、何から何まで助けてくれた。アニールは、同い年なのに未だにお兄ちゃんみたいにいつもお世話をしてくれるし、心配してくれるし、卒業式にも車で２時間かけて花束を持って来てくれた。

そんな楽しいひとときも一瞬で、またひとりぼっちの生活へ。

友達が恋しいな。そんな時に限って

その感情を後押しするかのようにくるメグからのテキスト。

「夜寝る前に電気を消して“オヤスミ”って言い合うときとかさ、日常にあったたささいなことからいつもゆきの存在を思い出して寂しくなるんだ」

「ゆきの好きだった腹のでかい教授の授業受けてるときとか、一緒にご飯食べてた場所とかにいる度に思い出すよ。」ってイサにも言われた。

「一人で寂しくランチでも食べてるのかなと思って」とお昼時に電話をくれるトムじいちゃん。

仕舞いにはファビは酔っぱらいながら夜中に電話してきてアイミスユー連呼の留守番電話。

今の生活にはそうゆう人の暖かみがない。

ものすごく物理的な生活。

可愛がるネコもいないし、面倒を見る子供達もいない。

意味のない話に付き合ってくれる人もいなければ、

毛布に一緒にくるまって映画を見てくれる人もいない。

いつもメグとジョンのために作ってたコーヒーも一杯分しか作らないし、

自分の生活には誰もいない。

自分だけ。

遠距離にはいるのは分かっているけど、

ここにはいない。

しんどいな。

めげずに

とりあえず仕事探し。

ふんばれふんばれ。

Meet Melanie

So there was a event at my company where I work as an intern, and Melanie Fiona was the guest for the night. I don't even know how to describe HOW MUCH I was impressed by this lady last night.

It was really funny, but the first thing she said to me was

"Ohhh Hiii I think I met you before, didn't I!?!?"

So I was like..."Well this is certainly my first time seeing you, but it's my pleasure that you think that way!!" lol

We laughed together, and she gave me a hug....she was super generous and friendly, and I was melting to the floor as you can imagine...

She talked about her family background, musical career, struggle, and answered questions from all the college kids who were there. It was such a good atmosphere, and I believe that everybody was comfortable being there with her. It's because she was trying to be a person "Melanie Fiona" not as an artist who lives in a music videos and TV shows.

Her performance was outstanding.

SHE CAN SING.

I mean it. She was sitting a chair just kinda chilling, and all she had was one guitarist.

I personally love this acoustic setting which is the combination of a female singer and a guitar.

There are a lot of singers who can sing, but I know who is beyond "can sing", and she is one of them. I believe that she will be BIG.

I am so happy for her that she will be on tour with Alicia Keys! I wish I could go!!! (someone take me, please?)

Melanie Fiona

So I am very excited to see her tomorrow....

She is a GRAMMY nominee artist this year and getting popular and will tour with Alicia Keys.

I really like her music, style, her attitude...what she said earlier in this interview reminded me of my situation as well as how I believe and think.

"...there are a small handful people who are willing to take the risks, jump across the border, sacrifice, pack your bags, pretty much make yourself uncomfortable. That's what it takes. Just go with your dreams and hope that would work..." - Melanie Fiona

I am making myself uncomfortable for last a couple of months. (more than a couple)

There's a looong way to go.

New York Fashion Week + Valentine's Fashion Show

There was a fashion show at the vintage store "Fille De Joie" in Brooklyn last night.

It was the most fabulous night ever since I moved to NYC. (Yay it's been a month!lol)
The highlight of the night was that I completely fell in love with CC who is the owner of the store.
I knew I would love her when I met her first, but yesterday I almost proposed her....

And I was not the only one....all of us was falling love with her.
She is gorgeous, feminine, strong, sassy, and has the power to keep people smile.

I do wanna get older like her!

Anyways, back to the show...
The show itself was supposed to open at 9pm, but all the models were there by 6pm to get their hair and make-up done.

EVERYBODY was fucking hot.I am not exaggerating! I seriously couldn't believe my eyes...those girls are extremely cute and super nice!!! I felt so out of place and wanted to be in a cave....(ahhh!!)

But by the end of the day, we were sisters, and I was very thankful to be there.
I can't remember the last time someone did my make-up and hair, plus it was my second time the professionals did their job on me. It was such a weird feeling...

Maybe it's just me, and don't judge me, please, but when my make-up artist was doing his job, he was really really close to me (of course! dah) and touching my face and lips with his gentle hands. In addition to that situation, his crotch was touching my legs due to the space problem. I was like...ohh okayyy...is this suppose to make me feel intimate in a different way? What am I suppose to think right now? F**K SO CONFUSING! Well I tried not to think about his crotch, at least I tried. lol

My eyes looked gigantic with the fake eyelashes which I never use, however the problem was that my eyes were too wide for any eyelashes they had...now I know why I couldn't find the right size of my fake eyelashes anywhere.

There's a bird on your head!!!!!!!

I think this was the masterpiece of the night....it's unbelievable how the crow stays on her head like this!!!

From the backstage...

Those girls totally rocked the runway, and everyone was so happy, and so smiling.....it was amazing how everything worked out well without any rehearsal (haha no rehearsal yes.), and none of us were experienced models. It wasn't a runway we see on magazines. It was so unique and original and super happy (once again).

The girls were interacting with audience and I even took pictures while walking.lol

Some guy said "Holy Sh*****T!" when I flashed the YSL bathing suits, so I couldn't help laughing...

CC was extremely happy and that made us happy.

I honestly don't really remember how I did, but I'm glad I made someone happy.

NY Fashion Week will continue until the end of this week....I should go check out some stuff!

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We Are The World Foundation

We Are The World Part 2

I didn't watch the opening of Winter Olympics ceremony yesterday, but they finally revealed the new music video of this charity song "We Are The World Part 2".

I was curious to see who's in, who's singing the part where the original artists did.

Overall, it’s O.K. I love Wyclef Jean and am so glad that he could take a huge part of this project. I still think the original was the greatest in terms of the quality, but hopefully people donate some money for helping people in Haiti. I guess I was hoping to see more big artists than seeing younger artists like Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus. (Perdon me, I don’t like them personally.)

I still remember when I was in third grade, my teacher was a music freak (in a good way) and made us sing every morning, and one of the songs we did was the original "We Are The World".

Nobody in a classroom knew English, so she wrote every single word in Japanese. Then we could read it and somehow sound like English.

We watched the documentary video first, and she explained what the song is all about. I didn't know anybody in that video even Michael Jackson and Steve Wonder, so I didn't know that song was performed by the greatest people in a planet at that time.

We practiced the song every morning, and that was the highlight of the day for me. I loved my teacher so much and respected her passion for the music and the dedication for her teaching.

After a couple of month, we decided to perform that song for some kind of event (I can’t remember what it was) where all our parents could participate.

I’ll never forget that moment when we sang that song. I felt so united with my classmates and my teacher, and most of our parents had tears in their eyes, of course my mom was crying in front of me.

Looking back that time, I feel like that was the time I really got into music and also started to play the Cornett in a brass band. I still think she was the best teacher I’ve ever had in my life, and I wrote a lot of letters even after graduating my middle school.

I hope she's doing well...wow I miss her!

Hello, from my window.

This is the view from my desk at work.

It's absolutely gorgeous, and I love it, love it, and love it.

I feel the sunshine in the morning,

I see the blue sky in the afternoon,

I glance the purple sunset, and at the end of the day,

I witness the various colors of Empire State Building faster than anybody.

I'm not afraid of taking phone calls anymore after taking millions of calls although I still have problem with people's names...however, I'm not afraid to ask them to repeat until I GET IT RIGHT. I was really embarrassed that I couldn't get it at the beginning, but men gotta do what I gotta do. It's a damn job that I need to do right. It's so crazy how many last names that exist in this country! Japanese names are so much easier since they all have Japanese last names. (Sounds silly) Here in America, there are people from all over the world. Technically speaking there ain't no Americans! They all came from somewhere except the Native Americans!

So there are Irish, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Polish, so and so....it's worse than Minnesota as you can imagine. That's why I love NY. It really doesn't matter where you are from, or what your nationality is. All they care is who you are.

City Life

So I am feeling like a New Yorker recently....

Everyday I'm pissed at the damn subway renovation (takes FOREVER to go back home), drinking coffee like a junky, and not waiting the traffic lights to be green. But don't worry I still think I am a Minnesotan. :P

My schedule is really messed up, and my body isn't keeping up well. Sometimes I just can't function but have to. This morning I needed to be in the office by 8am. I came home from work at 3am last night and felt like shit. I was alone in the office for about 40min waiting for the delivery to come. Only friend that I can talk was this yellow rubber duck who always sits on my second desk. (yes I have two desks. lol)

Wow I don't wanna sound desperate, so here's a good news!! Ta daaaa!! lol

I went to Brooklyn for my first time last week! (well so what...but I was excited...)

There is a girl who is a manager of this vintage store, and she asked me to be in a fashion show this weekend, Valentine's Day. I'm not into vintage clothes or shoes, but I told her I have no date or what so ever for Valentine's day, then might as well enjoy myself!

This show is going to be all about girls.

I love the clothes the owner picked for me, and they will have professional make-up artists, photographers, and lots of funky people.

I have never walked on runway before, but I am looking forward to experiencing something new!

最近抱えている問題

久しぶりに日本語での更新。

ちょっと変な感じだな。

仕事もちょっとずつ軌道に乗ってきて、なんとか迷惑にならないように奮闘中。

グラミーのビューイングパーティも無事に終わり、反省会もみんなでお寿司食べながらいろいろな裏話で盛り上がった。

そしてNYの会場の様子を映し出すこの写真。これはすごい絵。

今は昼間はインターンシップ、夜はバイトの繰り返し。

とにかく時間がものすごく不規則だから疲れているのかなんなのかも感覚がなくなってる。

今一番困っているのが自分の記憶力の重量オーバー。。。

昼の仕事も夜の仕事もとにかく人間関係が第一の仕事で、毎日何枚も増えていく名刺の数々。。。もう顔と名前が一致しない。汗。さらには昼間の仕事では名刺交換しないで自己紹介だけってケースもすごく多くて、でも仕事の関係でちゃんと覚えなきゃいけないからものすごいプレッシャー。大学だったら下の名前だけ覚えればとりあえずオッケーだったけど、今は名字と職業も合わせて覚えないと、どこのジョージさんだかわからなくなる。ビジネスマンの人とかってきっと日常的に名刺は増えているんだろうけど、どうやって記憶してるんだろう。。。もう頭がいっぱいいっぱいで、社会に出るのって本当に大変なんだなって痛感中。

今取りかかってる仕事も今後のイベントの予算に関わってくる大事な仕事だから、なんだか自分なんかがこんなことさせてもらってていいんだろうかと超不安になる。とにかく早く慣れて、使える奴にならんとな。

52nd Annual Grammy Awards

It was quite a night last night.

Overall, the show was fun especially Pink's performance was outstanding!

She almost looked naked with her outfit and splashing water from the top...pretty amazing.

I am not super happy about who got awards (Taylor for the best album of the year? wow.....), but that's what people voted, and I have no criticism about them.

I was at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square where The Recording Academy held this viewing party. Everybody dressed up like a rock star and looked fabulous. They served free food and drinks, and provided the huge screen to view the live grammy awards. So I should say it's a good deal for the members right?

I was so excited about MJ's tribute performance with the free 3-D glasses.

Well, it didn't go well to be honest. It was such a huge disappointment at least for me...Anyhow, the only part that I thought was good was to see all the audience and artists wearing the silly 3-D glasses (Beyonce and Rihanna was on the TV with that glasses...lol).

Looking forward to seeing Grammys in LA next year! (hopefully....)