If you've heard of Amway, you know what this is all about.
My cousin, LJ, and I met this lady who told us about an investment, a passive income investment, not relating to stocks and real estate. With the financial crisis, what other investment is safe these days? LJ and I were both skeptical (being typical accountants) but gave the lady the benefit of a doubt. We thought this was going to be one of those pyramid schemes.
At first, the lady was very persistent that we attend this meeting. She wanted to meet the following day, if not the next day, and so forth. So we gave her a chance and LJ and I would go together just in case one of us can't say 'No' and get sucked into this. After two months, LJ and I attended the meeting.
It sounded too good to be true. Its Amway. The idea is, be a member of Amway (or get into their "pipeline" - as they call it), get discounts on their products, you get into a pool of members, meet a sales quota and then get a check for a certain % of points, try to get people to be a member and get a % of their sales. Once you've built your network, the more $ you get from their sales. Its a typical pyramid scheme, but apparently, a legal one. Its SCAMway!
Amway has been described as a cult. Members pressuring you to buy products of great quality. Having to go to meetings and selling motivational materials, telling people how they didn't have to work anymore for the rest of their lives, pressuring new recruits to sign up, etc, etc. According to some people, they've lost friends who pressured them into buying the products, this cult taking over their whole lives with all the meetings and recruiting they had to do, totally annoying other people. In the end, the reality is, a very minuscule % of the people actually receive the big checks.
I'm glad LJ and I had an open mind going to this meeting and being skeptical...and smart. It sounded too good to be true and if you're dumb enough to get sucked into it, well, that's just too bad. My advice is, don't even get into it. If you want to check it out, just be open minded and be smart about it.
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such a smart little hottie, aren't you? hee hee. bye bye, sweetie pie! :) XOXOOXOXOXO
i give up!
WW?
Gosh Celestine hunnie! Please don't give up now, ever!! And no, I'm not WW either though. Man, how depressing! So far, you've like guessed every other asian guy except for ME, yours truly here! and like I shared before, you most definitely know who I AM!!!! Well, though I'm saddened you haven't figured me out just yet, I'm still very happy you're thinking about who this fine Chinese stud from your previous Pioneer Hayward days might be! Man, you're such a fine, hot, sexy, and sweet Pinoy hottie!! So, keep guessing who I am, okay, and don't ever give up!! Again, you DO know me and we like chatted more than a few times before, during and after classes!!! You even gave me this very sly, sexy look and smile one time, but damn, I was like too shy to acknowledge you! Darn it!! Yeah, I'm such a wimp then. Okay, let me know hunnie! Hope all is well at your end regardless!!! bye bye hunnie! Muah! XOXOXOOXOO
thank goodness you're not WW!!! haha. i've ran out of ideas. i'm not good at remembering stuff. it took me a while to even mention anyone. sorry
oh celestine! you're such a funny, sweet, cute AND sexy hottie when you do this! ha ha. stop this nonsense already and please hurry up and guess who I am. you know you can do better than this!!! the suspense is killing me cuz you already know me and like we chatted so many times before at Hayward - well even though it's been over 10 years ago now. man, how time flies too. but from all your posted pics, you're still damn fine, in fact, even better now! what's that saying? like fine wine, getting better with age!! yeah, you go, Celestine! wow! so, do you want to know something funny? well, I fantasized that you and I were on the beach together, working on our all-over, even tan in Hawaii. I was wearing my usual swim trunks, but you were like decked out in a very sexy two-piecer thong style bikini setup! yeah, damn girl, you go! ha ha. anyway, you asked me to put some suntan lotion all over your luscious, smooth and coffee colored skin. yeah, first your arms, then back, then your legs, then.....hee hee. getting hot now. heehee. god, I have to go now. sorry! man, I hope this comes true one day! who knows??? :) go, keep guessing hunnie! the stud from your ole' Carlos Bee stomping grounds!!! :)
hello again Celestine!
hope you're doing well in the land down under. well, just wanted to extend warm greetings to you and that, yes, you were most definitely in my thoughts again. so did you like enjoy my little fantasy story about us on the beach together? hee hee. by any chance, did it get you going too? hee hee. well, sorry about that if I did! well, its cold over here in East Bay. sure would love someone like you to cuddle up and stay warm and all. hee hee. yeah, i know, i know. if only I wasn't such a quiet, shy and reserved guy way back then. what a major hottie and sweetie you were back then and still is today. anyway, please keep guessing who I am. one day when you do figure it out, you'll be like, d***, I should have known all along!!! ha ha.
Hey Celestine!
Hope this finds you doing okay, all things considered. Well, are you ready to return back to the States here? My economic buddies here at Stanford University and UC Berkeley all inform me that your Aussie country will likely suffer a huge contraction, economically speaking. Yeah, like a big recession in your newfound home away from home. The general consensus now is that the Australian economy is headed for a very sharp & steep downturn in 2009, thanks to slower than expected economic growth in China.
They even hinted about Australia's mining-led economy as trending towards a huge meltdown, sending both your Australian dollar and interest rates crashing. Man, thats sobering news all right. So much for that talk that Australia has been larely immuned from the world economic crisis. Yeah, that means less economic growth, smaller profit margins, mass layoffs and all the negatives every other country around the world is suffering from at present. Well, good luck. Better save your money, work even harder and baton down the hatches. 2009 will be dismal, if not extremely difficult year, for you and your mates down under. How humbling indeed.
hello celestine!
well?? where's our Hayward hunnie at these days? hope you're doing well, in spite of all the economic doom and gloom of late. here's warm thoughts and best wishes to you once again, until you finally guess who I am! gosh, celestine, you're starting to really make me wonder about you now. still can't figure me out yet, after all those pleasant interactions in class at the Bee place??? i know it's been over 10 years now, but girl, you're memory hasn't gone to pots just yet or has it??? BEST REGARDS
Celestine? Where are you hunnie?? Well, of course we been thinking about you hottie! Here's more warm thoughts, kisses, and hugs 4 u from Pioneer land of yesteryears! Hope you haven't completely forgotten your roots and the like! Please don't hide or play hard to get either, okay? gosh, Celestine, hurry up and please guess who I am, okay? This is really hurting me, because again, you DO know who I am! like we had at least half-dozen classes together! okay, bye bye for now, you sexy hottie, you! MUAH!!! what a major babe U R!!! HAYWARD RULES!!
gosh, Celestine! stop being like a little baby now! please come out and play with me! you know who I am like I said, so what's going on hunnie?? please stop playing hard to get. i told my Pioneer buds about you and they told me that's how you are. just want to play hard to get and all! ha ha. well, hope you're doing well, all things considered! please at least let us know you're doing okay. your carlos bee blvd buds from yesteryears!!! MUAH!!! XOXOOXOXOXO
Sounds like an unhealthy obsession. Very scary! Move on.
Hello Celestine!
all the homies here at Carlos Bee Blvd are wishing you all the best and miss you much also! can't believe you still haven't figured us out yet! what a sexy and fine pinoy hottie you are too! hope all is well in the land down under for you! we're still struggling along in the wake of this economic slump. but things will eventually turn around (hopefully). okay, take care hunnie and all the best! care to guess again who this might be?? Class of 1999, GO CSU Hayward (now East Bay!)!!!
i'm sincerely sorry for not remembering you. i've given up guessing a long time ago that's why i haven't responded. and for you to keep on passing guilt for not remembering you is annoying. if you insist on keeping it a secret, don't expect me to respond. you don't want to sound like a stalker. sorry!
wow. so, THIS is what I get labeled as, a STALKER of all things, for being a fellow grad and esteemed member of your alma mater at CSU Hayward (East Bay), huh? Celestine, you don't know how hurt I am. What a bummer you can't even recall or remember me, in spite of numerous business, accounting, finance and IS related courses we took together. That's pretty amazing when you think about it. Well, no, it would be too easy to reveal my true identity at this point, because like I shared, you DO know who I am (unless you like totally have alzheimers or lost your memory completely at your ripe old age of only 31????). So, best of luck to you, Celestine! I'm confident you'll have me figured out in due time. Give me a holler here when you do, okay. Regardless, I think the world of you. You're very sweet, cute, sexy and so down to earth in every respect. Any person would be very blessed to have you in their life. Okay, best of luck to you. Yeah, too bad I was so shy way back then. I guess it's truly my loss for sure. GO PIONEERS & BEST REGARDS :)
YOUR CSU EASTBAY ALUMNI!!!
CLASS OF 1999
you're shy way back then...i think that applies now, too. its been a few months now since you've been leaving comments on my blog and not revealing yourself. you're just as the same. and its all my fault for not remembering you. don't play anymore games.
Gosh Celestine!
Muah! XOXOXOXOXOO! You're such a major sweetie and cute too! Not to worry, because one day, when you least expect it and not dwell too much on it, you'll most definitely remember who I am for sure. We'll give it a rest until then. and boy, if and when you do have me finally figured out, it's going to be like a totally major shocker too. You'll be saying, man, YOU, duah, omg, that guy, yeah I DO remember you in class, sitting in the back, staying quiet, but giving me the 'look' of interest & curiosity in all those classes we had together way back then. LOL LOL LOL LOL. Yeah, one day hunnie. okay, so no more games for now on then. i most definitely will honor and adhere to your request, as you have my full respect and admiration. Bottom line, I always meant well and wanted to just 'surprise' you in a pleasant way only. Most definitely meant no harm and I'm certainly NO STALKER now of all things!! LOL.
Okay, TTYL hunnie bunnie! XOXOOXOXOXOX :) BEST REGARDS
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