Today was very beautiful and sunny. It was very relaxing and the most of the day I have spent next to the pool, which is located outside on the 9th floor of our building. The view of Manhattan from the building where I live is magnificent. It was very relaxing day for me today. It is Sunday, and usually Sundays should be like this. I got some nice sun tan so I can show off later on tonight when I go out clubbing.
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It was a very interesting and exciting day for me today that ended with lots of great compliments. Well, a few weeks back I was on my way to the gym and just when I got to the gym I realized that I forgot my gym t-shirt, so I stopped to the first store I saw next to my gym and got the first t-shirt I saw in the store. I only paid like $25 dollars for the t-shirt. However, today I decided to wear that t-shirt to a club and it turns to be the sexiest t-shirt ever. 
It is a very simple green V-neck T-Shirt. As soon as I went outside of my house a few people commented the t-shirt, which caught me with a surprise. In the club everyone loved it. Interesting how something so simple and random can be so sexy and get everyone’s attention. And sometimes when you spend hours in getting ready and you think it is all on its place then nobody notice you, but sometimes when you spend least effort and “boom” – you are the center of the attention, in a good way that is of course.
My friend Mel and I went bar hopping today. We started in midtown then went to Lower East Side, an area that I don’t hang out so much around, but it was very nice. We went to a bar to see some random bands play live. One of my friend’s friend was playing so we went to check it out. It was very nice actually to see random local bands play different kind of music. After 3rd band we moved to Hells Kitchen to some random bar, which was packed, so we went to another bar, which was also in Hells Kitchen area. It was very nice and interesting evening full of sweet and nice surprises.
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Tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York City Beyonce opened her American “I Am …” Tour. This extraordinary and amazing lady delivered an extraordinary and amazing show tonight. The 2 hour long and almost sold-out show that was opened by four young ladies that call themselves “Rich Girl” was spectacular. My favorite part was when she in the middle of the show “flew” from the main stage to the center B-stage, so her fans further down from the main stage could see her. See below a short video when she “flew” all over the audience. Spectacular!!!
As a special surprise for tonight’s performance Jay-Z came out on the stage and sang a song together with Beyonce.
What I like about Beyonce is that she is real. She knows how to feel the audience and she is not afraid of going into the audience and sing with them. She can make everyone in the audience feel good and happy for that moment. She went down from the stage and sang with the people in the audience. The touch with the audience is something that many other artists miss now days. I am pretty sure that if Beyonce continues to deliver this quality in her songs, voice and performance, she will be like one and only Tina Turner. We love you Beyonce and thank you for an excellent show tonight at MSG in New York.
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I am so excited about my little vacation to Hawaii. Hawaii Islands are my favorite vacation place on Earth. The first time I visited Oahu, Hawaii was in June 1999 when I was living and studying in New Zealand. Back then, and even today, I was so excited about going to Hawaii so I skipped on purpose my exam in “Artificial Intelligence” and stayed two months in Waikiki (I took the exam 6 months later at University of Sweden instead). After just a couple of weeks in Hawaii I got a very nice tan, since I was always on the beach and everyone called me “Beach Boy” and thought I was local.
Anyway, back then I promised myself to visit Hawaii every single year, and that is what I am trying to do since then. Usually I stay longer than just 10 days, but this time I could not get so much time off of work so I am staying only for 10 days.
This trip is going to be a very special one because this is my first time to Maui, it is my birthday tomorrow on May 23rd, my godson from Sweden is also joining me on this trip and it is his big 18th birthday also tomorrow May 23rd, and one of my dearest and best friends, who is from Big Island of Hawaii is also coming. Yeah, three of us are going to have blast and we have two birthdays on the same day to celebrate. The best way to celebrate is to be on the most beautiful and magical place on Earth, Hawaii and to do lots of adventurous and unforgettable things such as diving with sharks.
So far I was always on Oahu and a few times on the Big Island of Hawaii. This time we are going to Maui first to celebrate our birthdays where we are staying 3 nights, and then we are going to Hilo, Big Island of Hawaii for 2 nights where we are going to meet my friend’s brother and his family. They live on the other side of the island in a small town called Waimea and I visited them last year, which was another fantastic and fabulous trip. After Big Island we are flying to Waikiki, Oahu where we are going to spend another 6 nights.
We have so many plans to do and see. Probably the highlight of this trip will be diving with the big huge sharks and skydiving from 14,000 feet. I have skydived before but neither by godson nor my best friend jumped from the aircraft before so this will be my little surprise and present to them. Also, another surprise for my godson and my friend is diving with sharks. Of course we will be in a safe (I hope) cage so that sharks can’t attack and eat us. There are some other activities we have planned as well and we all are very excited about this trip.
My friend is on a visit in Europe (Budapest and Germany), so he is flying directly from Frankfurt, Germany to Maui, and he is the first one to arrive there. I am flying from New York City via San Francisco and I am second one to arrive. My dear Godson Melvin is flying from Copenhagen, Denmark via New York to Hawaii. He is the last to arrive and we have a very tight connection from Honolulu to Maui. Only 45 minutes for Melvin to re-check in his bags and get the new boarding pass. I was waiting for him at the Honolulu airport at the baggage claim. Unfortunately we missed the connection since we needed to change the terminals. There were a few other flights and there all were fully booked, but a very nice lady at the first class counter helped us. We just had to pay $50 change fee per person. Yes, I skipped the very big line and went directly to the first class check in counter. Our flight departed at 9pm. Hawaii, here we come.
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One of my coworkers got promoted a week ago and I was in the meeting when the decision was made. The official announcement was not made yet and it was supposed to be made on today’s staff meeting; however, my coworker was informed about the promotion, but I haven’t seen her for two weeks.
So, when I got in to the office today I saw her and with a big smile on my face I said:
- “Hey, I haven’t seen you for a long time. Oh, Congratulations!!!”
I was congratulating her on her promotion but I only said “Congratulations!!!” assuming she knew what I was referring to since she was really hoping to get promoted for a while now. She turned to me and said:
- “Oh, you know?”
She said it with a big surprise on her face; like this is something I should not know about. Little confused, I said:
- “Of course I know. I was there. I was involved.”
The she was even more surprised and wile putting her right hand on her stomach and rubbing it, she was asking how I knew. Then I looked at her stomach and realized that she was pregnant. Being little chocked I said:
- “Are you …? Are you pregnant?
She replied:
- “Yes I am. How did you know? I haven’t told anyone.”
Little confused and chocked I said that I was referring to her promotion and that I had no clue about her pregnancy. Then we both start laughing very loud and replaying our conversation and this little funny misunderstanding. Very funny since I said “Of course I know. I was there.” She was wondering how come she doesn’t recall me “being there” and me “being involved”.
Now the news about both her promotion and her pregnancy is out. Apparently she didn’t tell anyone neither about her promotion or her pregnancy and there were about 5 people in the same office who were surprised by the news. They were happy for her of course but surprised about the whole incident. This little misunderstanding really made both my coworker and me laugh and everyone else in the office. I am even laughing right now while I am writing about this.
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It is very interesting how promotions work at some companies. I always believe that people who get promoted are those who take pride in their work, people who are driven by genuine enthusiasm and desire to do their best no matter how big or small the job is, people who believe in themselves and their company, people who always go that extra mile and excel in every single situation, people who perform beyond and above all expectations, people who take upon themselves tasks and duties that are outside of their work description, people who are very appreciated and respected by the client and they peers, people who have great talent, skills and knowledge to perform superb job and always deliver excellent results, people who do more than necessary and volunteer for work and take initiative to make a job better, people how are already performing and doing work from that level up.
I also thought that people are judged by what they do at work, and not how much fun they have outside of work. For me, that is a talent, to be able to combine work with fun, to be able to achieve all of the above and still have time to enjoy life outside of work, travel and explore the beautiful things that this life has to offer. But no, I was totally wrong. Maybe it is just me.
Apparently, I learned recently, a person who is all of the above I just mentioned and manages to enjoy his life and have fun at work and outside of work cannot be promoted. A person has to be boring and have no life if he or she wants to get promoted. Is something wrong here or is it just me?
Shouldn’t we be judged by what and how we do at work and not how much fun we have outside of work? Shouldn’t be the right attitude to enjoy life and have fun? And by fun I mean basic things like traveling to great places that this beautiful Planet Earth has to offer, go to Broadways shows, concerts and theaters, visit museums, socialize with your friends and go to different places, skydiving, diving with sharks and be adventurous, have a great and positive attitude towards life, smile and be happy, go for movies, dance, learn new things, play sport, and do all of the exciting things that a person likes to do. Basically manage to do your work and deliver excellent results and still be able to do all those things we like to do.
We all have 24 hours a day and it is up to us how we spend those hours. Some people like to spend 10 hours at work and rest at home. Well, that is not me and will never be. Some people, like myself, spend 10 or more hours at work, and still manage to go for a movie, drinks or Broadway show afterwards. Is that wrong?
Sometimes I ask myself Why? Why do we spend so much time at work, care for the project and company like it was our own, and always want to impress and excel in every single situation when we never get awarded or promoted? Why? Why don’t we just meet the expectations and do what’s required? Well, it is just how some of us are, and no matter what, we still believe that one day somebody will recognize us and that we will get that promotion we think we deserve. Even if they don’t, we still continue excelling in everything we do just because we can and because it is important for us, for ourselves. Yes, sometimes we get disappointed in life, but we must turn those disappointments to our strengths and do our next task or job even better. Positive attitude is very important and to never ever give up. Let me finish this post by quoting Rocky Balboa [2006]
“The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward.”
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Today I purchased pre-sale tickets for Kylie Minogue concert in New York City for October 12th, 2009. This is for her second show that she just added because her first show on October 11th, 2009 got sold within an hour. She has added third night on October 13th. She is performing at Hammerstein Ballroom.
Kyle Minogue is a great superstar in Europe, Asia and of course her native Australia where she has spent most of her time touring; however now she is launching her first American tour, which apparently is short and only in six US cities, but never the less. I am very excited to see her again. First time I saw her was in Frankfurt, Germany, and the concert was fantastic. My favorite song is ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head” and I am hoping she will do “Best Of” when she performs here in New York City.
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After a very hard working day in the office juggling with many different things I went for a move with a friend of mine. We saw “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”, an American romantic comedy. The movie is about a guy who has a glamorous lifestyle, afraid of falling in love and always surrounded with ladies. I am giving two starts out of five. Some parts were funny, some boring, but never the less it was nice to see the movie. However, this is not the movie I would like to see more than once or own on a Blue Ray.
At least my friend enjoyed it. He also enjoyed surprising me by letting me buy two tickets for both of us while he already had his and already went to the auditorium by himself without letting me know. Once I texted him and told him that I got the tickets (I got there 10 minutes earlier) then he told me that he wanted to “surprise” me by getting the tickets for us. Hm? Nice surprise. It worked. I was surprised. But I like him anyway. It is the thought that counts, right? He is a very nice person, has a great heart and a very good friend. I am looking forward for our next movie. Who will surprise who next time we meet?
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Why do people, who first of all don’t know how to sing, sing loud when they listen to their iPods while riding the public transportation in the early mornings? Well, I do understand that singing is good and that makes some people happy, but why on this Earth they have to sing loud when riding subway? They should sing in the shower where nobody can hear them.
I definitely don’t want to hear people with their lousy voices producing those incredibly terrible noises while standing smelly next to me and you cannot move because the train is over packed. And the funny things is they don’t even sing correctly, they say few words here and there, and of course since they are listening to iPod nobody around them can hear the music they are listening to.
The worst part is when the song has high pitch, oh, Lord of Mercy, they just out of the blue start making that high voice and it is terrible. Terrible, terrible and just terrible. This morning I got scared when this guy next me start screaming. I almost got a heart attach. And he didn’t even realized what he did, so he just kept mumbling the words from the song. I couldn’t wait to get to my stop, which took 20 very long minutes of terrible performance.
Oh, Lord of Mercy, maybe it’s just me, who woke on a bad side of the bed today.
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On April 30th, 2009 I went to see Cirque du Soleil show called KOOZA, which was a great experience. The show is a very nice story of The Innocent. It is a story about a sad and miserable loner who is in desperate search of his place in the world.
The show was almost 3 hours long with a 30 minute intermission, and included lots of acrobatic performances and the art of clowning, which was very funny and just the right amount of it. The show delivered brilliant performances with lots of laughter and smiles, strengths and fear, and great amount of surprises and thrills.
I was holding my breath almost throughout the entire show and the most thrilled part was when two acrobats flung themselves in and out of a very heavy Wheel, called Wheel of Death. Just imagine two connected hamster wheels, spinning around at such incredible speeds and heights and two acrobats flinging themselves in an out. The performers where very confident in themselves and they made it seem to be so easy defying gravity, jumping through the air, and landing perfectly on the spinning wheels. This act was very dangerous and brilliant at the same time and made me hold my breath during the entire act.
One of the other acts that I personally liked was when a tightly toned man used his extreme physical talent to balance on top of a 20 something foot tower of chairs standing on just one hand on the top of the tower while everyone in the packed tent applauded. Another surprise was when one performer danced laying on her belly as her feet taped circles around her body. The show was really spectacular and worth seeing. I have seen many other Cirque du Soleil shows including my favorite show “O”, which is on the water, “Majestic”, “Alegria”, “Guidam” and others, and every time Cirque du Soleil delivers great themes of child-like wonders, empowerment and Cirque du Soleil really knows how to entertain.
If you want to have a good time, experience lots of laughter, chills and thrills then KOOZA is for you. It has definitely put a smile on my face.
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