GACKT OFFICIAL WEIBO – JUL 25 2017

GACKT Official Weibo update. Translation below:

Today I woke up at 4 in the morning again.
It seems like it has became a habit, no, I think I’m just like the rooster that crows at dawn…
Or I should say that being at this age I’ve begin to “becoming old” and waking up early.

From the window of the hotel I can see the Empire State Building, it’s really beautiful.

After I have completed my work, it’s already past 10 o’clock, and I start to get ready to go out.
Few days ago, the phone that I sent to repair at Time Square was really horrible.
I basically can’t use it all and my work got held up.
I heard there’s a pretty good repair shop around the bus stop,
and so I went to take a look.
Finally I found the shop, but it’s somehow weird…

“Can you really fix it??”

I thought, and handed my phone over to him, but he didn’t sit down and started working.
He worked while standing and listening to his phone in one ear.

Suddenly,
faster than I had thought, no, it’s a speed I can’t even imagine,
he took off the screen, and took out the parts that was needed.
Than he put in a new screen.
Not only that, he even cleaned the parts that he took out with a cloth,
from this, you can see that he’s a very thorough person.

“This guy…he’s not bad…”

I kept standing beside and looking at him work with amazement.

His customers come one after another,
his hands didn’t stop working, and he was able to accuratele answer to all his customers’ questions.

Because there was an accent to his English so I asked where he came from.

He lighty answered, “Tajikistan…”

Right, it’s true.
Coming to work in a foreign country, if you’re not highly skilled,
you probably couldn’t survive…
Once again I came to understand “To have a skill, it’s better than to possess a large fortune.”

If you give your all in doing something,
you’ll certainly achieve it and earn a lot of money.
Compared to being hired in a company, it’s better for him to stay in his own small shop to earn his own keep.

It’s really very fast,
within 15 minutes it’s given back to me in good condition.

I couldn’t stop myself for applausing to his super skills.
Also,
while he was repairing, many people came with their spoilt phone, there’s about 3-4 of them.

I think it’s because everybody knows that he got good skills, so they all came for him.

It’s amazing!!!
I didn’t know,
that I would have met such a craftsman!!
I still have another phone that need to change the screen so I’ll bring it here again tomorrow.

After shaking hands with him, I expressed my feelings to him.
It was the first time he showed his smile.

“Please come whenever you need something…”

The world is big,
it’s really big.
There’s many different kinds of people,
there’s also countless talented people, there’s always someone out there who is better.

And then I drove back,
from there I went to buy some clothes for when I’m in Europe,
recently I like a jacket that was popular among the poker players.

When I reached D&G, I realised that next to it is the Trump Tower.
“Trump Tower, it’s actually that big?”

He’s totally a parvenu.
I wanted to quickly decide on the clothes I wanna buy,
but the staff were really slow…

They spent too much time just on preparing.
I took a look around the shop and found a bag that I like very much.

“When did they start having this kind…”

And I check myself in the mirror and took a photo.
It’s feel really nice.

I would buy it immediately if the strap and the buckle could be detached……but the color is really nice,
and the leather is pretty good.

I have never seen such a good bag.

“So D&G has this kind…”

There’s several times I almost say this sentence out,
When considering whether to buy,
I went to the staff and asked about the price.

“It’s~~~, USD27,000”

“HARH?”

I thought I’d heard wrongly so I asked a few more times,
is this a joke?
This bag cost 3 million yen???
It’s dangerous!!!

Or I would have decide to buy this bag…

Give me a break~~

When I’m still debated whether to buy or not,
well,
I thought if I’m not fully satisfied with it,
then there’s no reason to buy it.
And so I slightly brushed my hair and walked out the door.

After I rested for a while in a cafe, I thought of the bag again.

I wonder why are there so many surprises today…
I feel that there’re more surprises to come today.

Alright,
I’ll eat a little and than go for a drink…
But 3 million is a little…
No, nothing…