Good day folks! Sorry for the short hiatus, but as you all know, and as my excuses goes....I've been busy as hell. And to tell you the truth, my life has now officially become much more hectic and chaotic. I've just done something that still has my head aching with my soul feeling a sense of loss. Why is that you say? Well, just read on friend, read on.

A long time buddy of mine called me up recently and offered an interesting proposal. He pitched me a business opportunity that had a serious potential for success. At first, when he briefly described it, I was like, What? Are you kidding me? Ya right! Nothing like that would fly! In fact, I simply laughed and chuckled to myself at the mere thought of it...how silly it was and sounded. So it was then that he challenged me to take a drive up to Modesto... (a town about an hour's drive north), to take a look at his brother's buddy's store, which was apparently doing quite well.

So I said to myself, eh, what the hell, I might as well. If anything, just to take a drive up to Modesto since I've not been there in ages. So one weekend I hopped in the car, grabbed my usual can of Arizona Lemon Iced Tea..... which by the way, is about the only thing I drink, and then popped the clutch of my little stick-shift car, and sped like a bat out of hell all the way to Modesto, met up with my buddy and his brother to check out this "doing -quite-well" of a store. And my first reaction after touring the small little place? Well, let's just say that it left me desiring quite a bit more. I mean, it was nothing like I expected, and worse, what seemed like in my opinion, "sub-par" merchandise! And I said to my buddy, "And you want to do this"?!! I could not believe it!

But then, oooooooooooooooh, but then, the owner of the store, (my buddy's brother's friend), let me take a look at his books and my eyes nearly popped out of their sockets! I couldn't believe what I was seeing! 6 months; in just 6 months, that little freakin' store, that had all those inferior merchandise had netted nearly 140,000 dollars! Incase you're wondering, that's a net profit of over 23 thousand dollars per month! Then I said, "Okaaaaay, where to do I sign up, who's ass do I kiss and how much of my soul should I give"! Of course, it wasn't just merely shirts that had netted that amount, but other merchandise as well..., such as pants, cd's/dvd's and other "impulse" buys that were displayed right there at the counter; the point of sale. But even then, after seeing all that, I couldn't help but still take my time, brood over the ideas, toss 'em around a bit, and brood some more. And that went on for a week... maybe two weeks. I mean, I just had to really, really, with no doubt and absolutely make sure that I was about to make the right decisions with my "life savings".... which would ultimately dictate the course of my little, tiny existence of a life. And what was my final answer? Well..............

So, now here I am, or rather "we", in our second day of officially in our leased building, doing some serious ass-busting into doing some interior decorating. We're basically....no, not basically, but instead, literally decorating & designing from scratch. Infact, we're building the display counters, the checkout counters, the clothing racks, etc, etc. Lot's of hard work but we managed to get quite abit accomplished in just two days. Hopefully, by mid-August we'll be ready to open the doors, cross our fingers and hope for the best. I mean, afterall, I practically dumped my life savings into this venture and now currently living off of my Ramen Noodles.........again. Hmmmm, I suppose another 4 months of Ramens won't hurt. And should I get evicted for the lack of rent since I'd be flat broke with no money, well, don't worry buddy, I've got a friend's balcony set aside just for that, or a buddy's garage or even another friends generous trunk area of his Chrysler PT-Cruiser!.... sniff..., I love you friends!! Well, if anything else, I suppose I can just sleep at the business...hehehe!

I suppose if I can sum it all up, this business venture, this opportunity, this....... "leap of faith", it could all be said in just a few simple words; ........"this will make me or break me". And with this leap of faith, I will begin a new chapter in my life. A chapter that is uncertain and full of dedication, hard work and sleepless nights. A new chapter of my life where either I will make it big, or lose it all trying.........