-November 23, 2006-Thursday
-Happy Thanksgiving....Okay....so my Pastor says that confession is good for the soul, but bad for the reputation, and so since I'm not trying to make a reputation for myself, I am about to confess some recent shortcomings......I figure why not air my laundry, take it as you will....this may actually help someone in some round about way, so here goes.....First I want to thank God for His grace and supernatural mercies that are new every morning....I don't ever want to take His grace and mercy for granted. It's a serious gift that I'm truly grateful for......
-So I go to Roppongi to meet a colleague, which will remain nameless, just in case she doesn't want her laundry aired. Anyway, our lines are crossed as far as communication is concerned and I thought she would be out there by 9:30 pm or 9:45pm....so I leave around 8:30pm because it takes me about an hour and 15minutes by train to get out there....so, I get out there and call her and she wasn't home yet from the gym....so, she says she'll be about 2 hours, so I have a lot of time to kill....so I go to starbucks, but they close at 10:30pm so I went to TGIF's to sit and wait....I take the time to call my mom. My intention was to have one drink....so, that winds up being two drinks because I waited till around 12:15am for her.....I nursed those drinks. I had two Madras....a guy at the bar was flirting, (another geigen or foreigner) and even though he was cute, I was not trying to get caught up so I tried to ignore him....anyway, fast forward, my colleague gets there and she gets a drink too....we get the bill and I notice that I'm only charged for one drink....so I was about to let them know, but I didn't and I paid for one drink....I felt bad about it, but didn't do anything about it....so, fast forward to this morning....I told my roomate about it and she said they have two for one drinks, so it was cool...but it wasn't because I didn't pay under the premise that I was getting away with it, but for those who know Jesus, you know that He sits high and looks low, so He saw what I did.....rewind to last night.....
-So, we go to this club, yes a club called Vanilla....I haven't been to a club in ages....I knew I'd be out all night....my girl, knew a bodyguard that works at this club....so we go, and he gets us in free, and gives us an inumerable amount of tickets for free drinks.....so we're drinkin' it up and dancin' it up and I definately had one too many....I wasn't falling over drunk, but I was more than buzzed....so at one point, I'm sitting down and this Scottish man sits down next to me and propositions me...now he's like stumbling drunk, and I was like no....he was like, he's been with white women, and asian women, but he's never been with a black woman...and he was like, " You're like this African Queen, and I'd really like to be with you tonight." I was like no thank you....He offered to pay me, and I know he was pissy drunk, and I was like I said, a little more than buzzed, but I didn't go off on him...I just declined again, but really looked him in the eye and gave him a serious look. He all of a sudden out of nowhere says, "Are you a Christian?" I said yes, and then he said, "So am I, but I'm a bad one." I told him, "God still loves you." He was like, thank you.....so anyway, fast forward....
-I leave the club with the guy my girl knows and his friend....they had a real ride....so actually, before we drove off, we go to this chicken place, and eat and then go...he was going to drop me off at a nearer train station....not home because I'm in a different prefecture...that's like a different state, but he did volunteer to drop me off at a nearer train station closer to my house...so, on our way there, we get a flat tire..so I'm sleeping in the car while we're waiting on someone to come and get us a spare.....then I looked for my train pass that I bought at the beginning of the month, that lasts one month, and how about it's gone....yes gone....it costs $7.40 each way to just get to work, so I'm like cmon' this is not good....later on I remembered how I thought I cheated TGIF's....my bad for real....
-what's crazy, is that earlier, I had went to church. I found another church, and I met some more warm people....actually, the services on Wednesday are all in Japanese, but there was a lady there who sat next to me and translated the whole service....she actually went to UCLA in the states. She recently lost her job, and when I asked her what she wanted to do, she said that she wasn't sure, but she wanted the Lord to lead her. She said that in the meantime, she would be attending services on Wednesdays so she could translate for me...her name is Miki. The sermon was on faith....
-All in a day, victory, defeat, and redemption......I'm finding out more about me here.
Until next blog.......
-Happy Thanksgiving....Okay....so my Pastor says that confession is good for the soul, but bad for the reputation, and so since I'm not trying to make a reputation for myself, I am about to confess some recent shortcomings......I figure why not air my laundry, take it as you will....this may actually help someone in some round about way, so here goes.....First I want to thank God for His grace and supernatural mercies that are new every morning....I don't ever want to take His grace and mercy for granted. It's a serious gift that I'm truly grateful for......
-So I go to Roppongi to meet a colleague, which will remain nameless, just in case she doesn't want her laundry aired. Anyway, our lines are crossed as far as communication is concerned and I thought she would be out there by 9:30 pm or 9:45pm....so I leave around 8:30pm because it takes me about an hour and 15minutes by train to get out there....so, I get out there and call her and she wasn't home yet from the gym....so, she says she'll be about 2 hours, so I have a lot of time to kill....so I go to starbucks, but they close at 10:30pm so I went to TGIF's to sit and wait....I take the time to call my mom. My intention was to have one drink....so, that winds up being two drinks because I waited till around 12:15am for her.....I nursed those drinks. I had two Madras....a guy at the bar was flirting, (another geigen or foreigner) and even though he was cute, I was not trying to get caught up so I tried to ignore him....anyway, fast forward, my colleague gets there and she gets a drink too....we get the bill and I notice that I'm only charged for one drink....so I was about to let them know, but I didn't and I paid for one drink....I felt bad about it, but didn't do anything about it....so, fast forward to this morning....I told my roomate about it and she said they have two for one drinks, so it was cool...but it wasn't because I didn't pay under the premise that I was getting away with it, but for those who know Jesus, you know that He sits high and looks low, so He saw what I did.....rewind to last night.....
-So, we go to this club, yes a club called Vanilla....I haven't been to a club in ages....I knew I'd be out all night....my girl, knew a bodyguard that works at this club....so we go, and he gets us in free, and gives us an inumerable amount of tickets for free drinks.....so we're drinkin' it up and dancin' it up and I definately had one too many....I wasn't falling over drunk, but I was more than buzzed....so at one point, I'm sitting down and this Scottish man sits down next to me and propositions me...now he's like stumbling drunk, and I was like no....he was like, he's been with white women, and asian women, but he's never been with a black woman...and he was like, " You're like this African Queen, and I'd really like to be with you tonight." I was like no thank you....He offered to pay me, and I know he was pissy drunk, and I was like I said, a little more than buzzed, but I didn't go off on him...I just declined again, but really looked him in the eye and gave him a serious look. He all of a sudden out of nowhere says, "Are you a Christian?" I said yes, and then he said, "So am I, but I'm a bad one." I told him, "God still loves you." He was like, thank you.....so anyway, fast forward....
-I leave the club with the guy my girl knows and his friend....they had a real ride....so actually, before we drove off, we go to this chicken place, and eat and then go...he was going to drop me off at a nearer train station....not home because I'm in a different prefecture...that's like a different state, but he did volunteer to drop me off at a nearer train station closer to my house...so, on our way there, we get a flat tire..so I'm sleeping in the car while we're waiting on someone to come and get us a spare.....then I looked for my train pass that I bought at the beginning of the month, that lasts one month, and how about it's gone....yes gone....it costs $7.40 each way to just get to work, so I'm like cmon' this is not good....later on I remembered how I thought I cheated TGIF's....my bad for real....
-what's crazy, is that earlier, I had went to church. I found another church, and I met some more warm people....actually, the services on Wednesday are all in Japanese, but there was a lady there who sat next to me and translated the whole service....she actually went to UCLA in the states. She recently lost her job, and when I asked her what she wanted to do, she said that she wasn't sure, but she wanted the Lord to lead her. She said that in the meantime, she would be attending services on Wednesdays so she could translate for me...her name is Miki. The sermon was on faith....
-All in a day, victory, defeat, and redemption......I'm finding out more about me here.
Until next blog.......
posted by K | 8:09 PM
1 Comments:
Okay Karon...I'm in the game now. Keep writing cause i'm gonna keep reading. before you know it you will be back in the states. Oh yeah Happy Thanksgiving! By the way next year Thanksgiving is at my house again. Holla at your boy!
Frank
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