It has been a rough day. There is drama flying everywhere. It’s flying forward. It’s flying back. It’s above, below, in front, behind. There is drama everywhere. Interesting thing is that most of the drama is not mine. However, it certainly affects my life. The biggest drama is a marital drama in my own house. A word from the happily tired: do not partake in an international marriage that involves a baby. Much stress will follow.
No. I am not married and I do not have a child. A family friend is staying with mi familia and oh boy does it make the house lively.
Next, is emotionally painful due to death and dying. People are dying! It cannot be stopped. It’s a fact of life. BUT it’s worse when those who are dead or dying are still very young. I can’t imagine a heartache worse than that of parents who have to bury their children. Already this week has produced stories of 2 males, 1 about my age at death’s door, and 1 one younger than me who has gone on ahead.
However, I am sure that those who are pushed forward into the next stage of their lives would want us to continue to experience the joy of life while we still have it. Let’s move on from this topic. Death is a subject that stings the air with grief.
There is also drama with people trying to cheat others and drama with people being stuck up and drama with people who probably deserve a swift flaming elbow to the left ear. Despite the many different types of dramas taking up the precious air around us there is a common theme that revolves around all of them. Money. Visits to a spouse across the world cannot be done without money. There will always be people who will try to cheat others that have something of value, in some cases even family! Some people with money believe they are above those without money. The biggest issue in my own family revolves around money also. Who should control it and what should be done with it. I’m not trying to put down money. Without it our options are limited. Yet it also creates so much drama. One thing is for sure though. When someone is poor and without money, they’ll know who their real friends are.
I am quite sick of all the drama. It’s time to brush it off and get some sleep. However, I do not wish to hide from it. I do not wish for the drama to go away. Let come what may and I shall deal with it as it motivates me to achieve my financial goal so that I never have to worry about money again. Then I’ll be able to move towards my goal of being a provider to others.
R.I.P. Garrett Ogushi
My goal is to jump and grab the rim. Its plain and simple. However, life is really never plain or simple. I recently joined my first basketball league since the days of UC Davis Intramural Basketball. Our first game was on Sunday. And boy, what a whirlwind day that was. I started Sunday waking up to the most beautiful woman I know (Pauline). Sorry, just wanted to plug that in because it was our late Valentines day weekend together. So from San Francisco I drove back to Morgan hill. Where I rested for half and hour. Then I continued my journey all the way south to Los Angeles. I ate a little bit, and was just too excited to study at home so I decided to leave early to Anaheim, which is where the game was being played at. Needless to say my body was a bit tired, but I think my overall excitement of playing in my first league game overtook my body.
My stats: 7 points, a few assists, 4 turnovers, and 3 steals. It was a decent game for me. However, I was just too excited to play. I think the next game should be a better showing from me. So yeah, this league does get in the way of my training a bit. Because I have to make sure my legs aren’t tired when I play on sunday. But we only young once. So i’m gonna meet the challenge headstrong and go forth. So here’s my schedule that i’m gonna stick to from now on:
Sunday: Game day
Monday: Stretch
Tuesday: Basketball
Wednesday: Intense upperbody work out
Thursday: Cardio or Plyometrics
Friday: Rock climbing and upperbody work out
Saturday: Rest
Thats all folks!
2008 didn’t start the way I had hoped. I wanted to go to the gym more and start reading more books. However, things didn’t go so smoothly. I started going to the gym and got quickly sidetracked. I spent one day in the library and got easily distracted by other matters. Needless to say the start of my 2008 was quite a disappointment.
However, I don’t feel that I’m at loss. It’s almost March and my first 2 months may not have gone the way I wanted it to but that doesn’t mean the rest of the year has to continue this way. I have learned a lot in the last 2 months and I feel that I have really grown. There is still a lot of learning for me to do but I believe that I’m headed in the right direction. Coming back for the Success Symposium has really refreshed me and gave my mind the jolt it needed to refocus my efforts.
On Monday I woke up bright and early at 10am (ok, 10 isn’t really that early but it’s better than 12 or 2pm) and started taking care of business. I didn’t get everything that I needed to get done and I got sidetracked by watching American Gangster, but for the most part I got the important things done. Before I let myself get sidetracked by American Gangster I was also able to return to the gym after a long hiatus. The effects of not working out regularly was evident, yet, it still felt really good to go to the gym again. This time I can hopefully be more consistent and achieve my workout goals. My day at the gym went like this:
squat: 135lbs x 5 reps, 155lbs x 5 reps, 160lbs x 5 reps
bench: 95lbs x 5 reps, 115lbs x 5 reps, 105lbs x 5 reps
deadlift: 135lbs x 5 reps, 145lbs x 5 reps, 150lbs x 5 reps
Not working out has really made my bench suffer. Oh well, there’s nothing wrong with starting over. Right now I just want to slowly increase my weights over the span of a month and see where I’m at. The goal is to just consistently go to the gym for a month.
Today was a good day too. Woke up at 8am (woo hoo! getting up early!) and got right down to business. After my morning errands I took care of some more business and then went to work from 1pm - 5pm. I got home and ate and took care of a few things here and there. I took a break to watch a little anime and I went to eat some more. After eating I felt really tired so I decided to call it a night. “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a person healthy wealthy and wise,” right? It was a good nap. Woke up to a phone call and chatted a bit about life and finances and now I’m writing.
Any day where I can either hit the gym or do some writing while taking care of business is a damn good day to me. It’s definitely been a good start to the week. Hopefully I can keep this up. And if I shall fall… oh well. I’ll just get back up, dust myself off and get back on the track until I do reach my goals.
Have a great week!
Just back from the Success Symposium in Dallas, Texas.
I’m still a bit tired so this may sound a little off.
So I flew out Friday night from Las Vegas and arrived in Dallas at about 2:30am.
Napped at the airport.
Got my car rental at 5am.
Drove to the hotel and took a nap in the car.
Ate breakfast at Denny’s at 6am.
Registered for the Success Symposium at 7am.
Filled my mind and my notebook with stories and ideas from 9am - 4:30pm.
Walked around the hotel and then slept in the car.
Drove back to the airport area and got gas and then went to sleep.
Back to the airport at 2:30am.
Took a nap at the airport.
Flew out of Dallas at 7:45am and slept the whole way.
Arrived back in Vegas at 8:30am.
Went to sleep.
One may ask why I would submit myself to such a tiring and painstaking weekend.
Simple, the speakers and all in one place:
Robert Kiyosaki (author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad
)
Kim Kiyosaki (author of Rich Woman
)
Dr. John C. Maxwell (author of The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
)
Ron White (Guinness Book of World Record holder for memorizing)
Jim Rohn (author of Leading an Inspired Life
)
Denis Waitley (author of The Psychology of Winning
) and
John Addison (co-CEO of Primerica Financial Services)
Fortunately, the symposium was also the re-launch of Success Magazine with Robert and Kim Kiyosaki on the cover. The Premiere issue also has a list of the top 25 books for success. So far I’ve read 4 books on the list and saw a movie for one. I got a lot of reading to do. Each of the books I have read have greatly changed the way I think and the way I approach life. It’s no wonder at all why those who are successful are successful. They read the same books and learn from the same people. I sit around wondering why I’m not successful and it’s so clear now. My books shelf is barren and I haven’t spent nearly enough time learning from successful people. There is much work to be done.
And the most important thing that I got out of the Success Symposium?
An Idea =)
Bloody hell, I don’t even know where to begin.
Just when I thought I was starting to get a handle on things around here something comes up and blindsides me. A lot of people visited when I first moved here which made it hectic but I was feeling confident that I would be able to handle the real estate situation and watch over my sister on my own. The holidays were over so there wouldn’t be much to worry about right?. Wrong.
February was a crazy month with my cousin dropping her kids on me for a week and then Valentines week at Things Remembered kept me busy the following week. On top of that I found out that my Home Owners Association was trying to sue me! Fortunately, in Nevada you have to go through an arbitration before you can file a lawsuit. I was able to talk to their lawyer and agree to avoid arbitration but I have to pay nearly $2,500 in fines, costs, and fees! However, it would have cost more to go through a legal hearing so I’ll find someway to come up with that money. With that behind me I was just starting to feel like things were starting to calm down. And again, I am proven wrong!
My parents have been at each other’s necks for most of my life. I’m probably one of a few people who were glad that their parents got a divorce. Unfortunately, their power struggle with each other still has not stopped and us kids are still stuck in the middle. Long story short, mid January I got both my parents to agree to allow me to be in charge of most of our families business investments and I would consult both of them on important issues. In this way our family would be able to work together and I would be able to filter out their negative aspects and bring forth their strengths to accomplish more in our business goals.
However, within the last week the old man has been bad mouthing my mom saying she can’t handle her finances and that she has to consult with him regarding all of her work in Vietnam. I could have sworn that we agreed that they would both work through me in order to avoid conflict. Guess I’m wrong again. Earlier this week he was telling me that me, my brother, and my 1st sister had to agree to convince my mom to sign over paperwork for business deals in Vietnam into our names so that she could no longer control those deals. Us kids had no say in the matter. At first I was thinking that there is no way he was going to force me to do anything. After talking with him the other day I found out he’s much crazier than I initially thought. Now he’s saying that my siblings and I can either negotiate with our mom and convince her to consult with him on everything (he has the final say before anything is done) or he will force her to stop all her business deals. Did that portray enough hostility? Probably not. Let me rephrase that. My siblings and I have to choose between going along with his tyrannical plan to force our mom to do as he says or we can choose to not be involved at all and he will do whatever it takes to stop my mom’s work in Vietnam and he cannot be blamed for anything that happens.
WHAT THE FUCK! With the exception of trying to get some rest after February, I was feeling really good today. February is pretty much behind me, there’s a Success Symposium this weekend that I’m excited about, I just saved up enough money to pay for my real estate course, March was looking to be strictly business, and I just learned a little more about the Las Vegas real estate market and some other investment opportunities that was very exciting. And now I have to deal with a bloody hostile takeover.
He’s been trying to get us to comply with him for the last couple of years feeding us crap about how we’re paranoid for thinking that he’s just trying to take control of everything and that everything he has done he has done for our benefit. Then he gets a little news that the business deals in Vietnam are worth more than he initially thought and his true intentions show. He wants to control EVERYTHING and he wants to make sure that our mom knows that he’s in charge. No matter how much BS comes out of his mouth it always comes down to 2 things: the power struggle between him and our mom, and trying to get everyone to recognize him as being the savior of our family.
Sometimes, blood doesn’t mean a damn thing.
(this may be a little over dramatic, but the feeling to kick someone in the face is a bit dramatic too)
