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Decision Making Moment

There are too many options in life where we always put in the situation to make a decision every moment. It could be critically serious, or just plain simple but necessary.

I have been working on my preparation to start on my own restaurant a couple of months ago. Not sure how long this will take. And now there are lots of things getting piled up together in front of me. I have decided that this might take at least four or five years, or could be more depends on how long I want to do this. One thing is; I'm not in a hurry to start something just for fun. Besides I don't really feel any competition push from anywhere because I really have no intention to please someone beside myself. Not even myself that I am so keen in pleasing though. What I want is a real Malaysian restaurant, or an Asian restaurant that runs with the best service in Tokyo.

As I said there are still lots of business popping up around me that aren't F&B related. I can just say no to all of them easily, but sometime things aren't that easy because people who come to you really need you and you have to be thoughtful not only for yourself. There is where I am now.

When those times come, I love to take a break.

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Hair Cut Talk

Went for a hair cut yesterday. This was one of those local barbers nearby. It's early morning before the shop opened. I was on the way back from kindergarden. But he said he could do it now without for me to wait.

I only wanted a cut without shampoo, yet it still took me about 25 minutes. Not sure if you want to call this a proper service or what, service in Japan is quite "professional." You hardly get the "too bad" service.

Talk about fast, QB house, the 1,000 yen 10 minutes cut isn't my option anymore. Tried it before. When you are in urgent, that's fine but not sure what it would turn out every time is kind of tiring.

Anyway, our topics went from occupation to what's new in town, etc. I mentioned about my restaurant plan. He then told me he got a customer who wanted to run his own restaurant too and is working for others right now while looking for a space to do it. Asked if he knew what he is working as now, he told me that it's about collect bad loans. It amazed me. The everything. He then said that guy was a soft person. Due to his outlook, he requested to have a serious look hair cut. So the barber got his hair close-cropped. I wanted to have a look at this person so badly. How soft he is, and why he got the job, etc. But all these could be because I heard it indirectly, so it sounded interesting. Life is tougher than one could think of.

Later he told me about a new restaurant that's popular now near to the station. I kept the name in mind and thought may be I would go to have a look one of these days.