Another large influence on my life is the fictional character James Bond. Through my father, I became a fan of the movie series which led me to read all of the original novels by Ian Fleming and the subsequent works by John Gardner and Raymond Benson.
Unlike the cool superman character portrayed on the big screen, the James Bond in the books was a tormented & somewhat self destructive character always struggling with his inner demons. I found the character in the novels to be not so different with my own personal troubles while trying to become a man.
He would spend many moments preparing & thinking of every possible scenario, attitude always cold & cool, controlled. However, the struggles he went through & how he mentally over came them when things inevitably did get out of control continues to be an inspirational reminder to me that success & failure starts & ends with mental attitude & preparedness.
Plus, what teenage male would not want his life. Hard drinking, hard smoking, fast cars and even faster beautiful women, a constant dangerous life, traveling the globe, and fighting for freedom & justice. Yes, I also thought it would be cool if I could be even a little like him.
I believe I have incorporated many of the preparedness from James Bond, the professional attitude from KISS, the ability to see the joys of life from my parents, and the tolerance & open minded eyes from being a part of 2 distinctly different cultures to my professional life. However, when it comes to my personal life, I was still an amateur.
People sometimes ask me, “what kind of girl do you like” or “what is your type of girl”? My answer still is, “who ever I fall in love with is my type”. I never really cared if a girl was Japanese or american, black or white, tall or short. What is important is heart. How you feel about yourself when you are with her.
I still believe this way but I also learned that love is not easily defined. Its torture and painful and heartbreaking. But its also so spectacularly breathtaking and wonderful, like nothing else matters
in the world.
So begins my love life.
Unlike the cool superman character portrayed on the big screen, the James Bond in the books was a tormented & somewhat self destructive character always struggling with his inner demons. I found the character in the novels to be not so different with my own personal troubles while trying to become a man.
He would spend many moments preparing & thinking of every possible scenario, attitude always cold & cool, controlled. However, the struggles he went through & how he mentally over came them when things inevitably did get out of control continues to be an inspirational reminder to me that success & failure starts & ends with mental attitude & preparedness.
Plus, what teenage male would not want his life. Hard drinking, hard smoking, fast cars and even faster beautiful women, a constant dangerous life, traveling the globe, and fighting for freedom & justice. Yes, I also thought it would be cool if I could be even a little like him.
I believe I have incorporated many of the preparedness from James Bond, the professional attitude from KISS, the ability to see the joys of life from my parents, and the tolerance & open minded eyes from being a part of 2 distinctly different cultures to my professional life. However, when it comes to my personal life, I was still an amateur.
People sometimes ask me, “what kind of girl do you like” or “what is your type of girl”? My answer still is, “who ever I fall in love with is my type”. I never really cared if a girl was Japanese or american, black or white, tall or short. What is important is heart. How you feel about yourself when you are with her.
I still believe this way but I also learned that love is not easily defined. Its torture and painful and heartbreaking. But its also so spectacularly breathtaking and wonderful, like nothing else matters
in the world.
So begins my love life.
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