Are we going to hell?...Or is it just me?

I checked the stock markets today. We are 20% down from 5 years ago!!! Are we all going to hell?

Also, I'm heading to Japan..finally, next week. I think Japan has been calling me since last year because all my romantic encounters in 2008 (most horrific or just plain bad) have been with Japanese type men. The Canadian dollar have also taken a beating and is not as favorable relative to the Japanese Yen.

1 - Jan 2008 ~ Japanese guy (aka Mr. PSI ~ Kissed him at 12 midnight New Years 2008)

2 - February 2008 ~ Half Japanese guy (aka Mr. Booty Call ~ bad encounter)

3 - June 2008 ~ Brown on the outside, Japanese on the inside
(aka Mr. Married and worked in Japan for 10 years a while back...who tried to seduce me...but didn't work...)

4 - July 2008 ~ White on the outside, Japanese on the inside
(aka Mr. Big who made his 1st millions in the Japanese Market 7 years back)

5 - August 2008 ~ Half Japanese Half White (aka Mr. Perfect, the last time we were romanticly involved was on Dec 31, 2008)

All these encounters are signs....I'm heading to Japan next week to visit the largest temple there to pray. Also, 3 out 5 of the guys above are those who I would consider "good catches" and they are all born in the year of the "Sheep". So I have encountered 3 black sheep last year...scary.

I think in my past life I may have done something wrong to the Japanese people and in this life, I'm somehow getting punished. So I'm heading to Japan for the first time to go and ask for forgiveness...and hopefully...to break this Japanese curse(?).

Oh, I also worked for an International Japanese Company in North America and they absolutely adore me! So, I'm also visiting the company's head office in Japan and getting a tour.

My best guy friend is actually Japanese (oh, I'm asian, but not Japanese) and he has a twin brother who will be meeting up with me to show me around.

I hope my visit to Japan will break the Japanese curse.....whew...tell me if I'm crazy....

Men that want to have their cake and eat it too…

Scenario #1: I haven't seen Guy #1 for about 6 months. It was my choice in excluding him out of my life as there was a weird situation that occurred between us prior to this and it was NOT very pleasant.

I've decided that it's time again that based on having common friends; I will invite him to my cocktail / hot tub party that I occasionally hold at my condo.

So, Guy #1 came by with a delicious apple flan cake. Everyone had fun at the party. A girlfriend of mine started passing out coupons for a promotional fruit yogurt at Starbucks. By the end of the night, the flan cake remained untouched. An extra fruit yogurt coupon left lying at my table.

The next day, Guy #1 called me and asked if I still have the flan cake and if it has been eaten. I said "Oh, your right, no one ate the apple flan cake, Why?". Well, he was wondering if he can come by to have the cake. I find it odd, but agreed and asked him when he wants to come by and have cake.

7pm-ish was the answer since he will finish his meeting with a client and head over by then. I said "ok". Now, I am puzzle because I don't know if he wanted to come back to take home the whole cake or come by and have a piece of cake and some tea...with me.

After hanging up the phone, I called a couple of friends and told them about what had transpired. They all laugh and said "There is something wrong with that guy". I know for a fact that Guy #1 is currently under tight financial pressure. However, in the past, he has been very generous. So I assumed that like me, I love cake, he loves cake and we both want a piece of it. (Keke) However, it was a Sunday and I want to relax rather than entertain anyone. My sister Rosalie suggest that I bring the cake down to the concierge desk and leave it there for him to pick it up. I agreed.

But... I want a piece of that cake too, so I decided that half the cake belongs to the house and the other half can return to its owner.

By 5:45pm, Guy #1, called and left a message. "I'm out my meeting early and was wondering if I can come by to have cake." He also text messaged me.

By 6:45pm, I called Guy #1 back and said that I have left the cake with the concierge and he can come by and pick it up. Also, I'm keeping the other half because it looked so good and I want to eat it. haha

Guy #1 says "Ok...but wait, there is a Starbucks coupon that I left at your place can I come by and pick it up?". Amazed...I told him that I was at my boyfriend's place and is not at home, so...No, sorry. I am puzzled once again....

In speaking with a few friends, I have concluded that:

#1 - Something is seriously wrong with this guy ~ does he not know the etiquette of giving?
#2 - He is seriously in financial trouble and wants the cake back to give it to someone else? (haha)
#3 - He wants to speak with me and makes up some silly excuse to come by.
#4 - He saw me in my bikini in the hot tub and he wants to have a piece of me, not the cake. (haha)
#5 - He wants something, but does not have the balls to say it directly to me.
#6 - He just wants cake and his coupon. ~ I think this is the case here...(haha)