Sex Appeal (PART 2 OF 4)
Subject:
Regarding my first name,
you're absolutely right!
From: barclay1720@aol.com
Date: Thu, May 7, 2015 at 11:26 PM
To: diane705@yahoo.ca
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Hi Diane,
Talking about my first name, yeeesss, I should say you're right.
My first name in Japanese is Akira.
You're absolutely right on.
Here in Canada, however, my first name is Kato, and the full name is Kato Akira Kaato.
Do you know why, Diane?
Well, these days, Bruce Jenner is a favorable topic in the media.
In Page 25 of "WestEnder" of May 7-13, it read: Bruce Jenner and then-wife Kris Jenner in 2011 (The photo of the couple is placed in the paper.)
The couple has since divorced and Bruce Jenner is planning to undergo gender reassignment surgery.
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In Canada, my Japanese first name sounds feminine.
The funny, if not irritating, thing is some people in Canada consider me to be a female after taking a look at my first name and write me a letter with Miss Akira Kato or Ms. Akira Kato.
Mind you, I've never taken any gender reassignment surgery.
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In Japan, Akira is a popular first name for a boy just as Akira Kurosawa---the world-famous filmmaker.
I was born male and have been male in my whole life since.
As you see, however, some unknowing Canadians send me an email thinking I'm an attractive and super-sexy female.
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I don't think I should undergo gender reassignment surgery.
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Therefore, I've desided to use Kato as my first name in North America.
If I say, "My name is Kato," then nobody imagines me as a super-sexy Marilyn Monroe lookalike. :-)
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So if you don't want me to undergo gender reassignment surgery, please call me Kato, will you? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ...
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By the way, I seldom enjoy $200-dinner for two.
As a matter of fact, I've never spent that much for dinner for two.
Believe me I'm a poor guy---far from rich.
Like you, I'm a frugal spender.
This time with Mayumi, however, was the right moment for me to spend $200 or whatever amount for dinner for two simply because you couldn't take lots of money to your grave.
Besides, Mayumi deserved a one-in-life-time delight and the finest view of Vancouver after hard-working as a volunteer and serious-serching for a job for five months.
Indeed, she told me that the evening at the top of Vancouver was the most memorable and glorious eating experience in her whole life.
From the bottom of her heart, Mayumi thanked me for the unforgettable occasions at the teahouse as well as at Lift Bar & Grill View.
In any case, I'm glad to have survived that shocking and terrifying check-time with the $200 bill.
Please enjoy a birthday dinner at "Les Faux Bourgeois."
I'm looking forward to hearing a lovely and awe-inspiring episode or two.
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Your smiling Bohemian, Kato
with a lot of love as always
Subject:
That clears up the puzzle about your name
From: diane705@yahoo.ca
Date: Fri, May 8, 2015 at 1:43 PM
To: barclay1720@aol.com
Hi my smiling bohemian, Kato,
Well... that clears up the puzzle about the name, and NO, I never did take you for the type who would be having a gender-reassignment surgery.
You clearly are a male through and through. :)
Poor folks, really, it must be a terrible trauma to first of all feel you were in the wrong body and then to have to admit it, decide about surgery, and then put your body through even more trauma.
One of my best friends, Kittie, at church is actually a male and dresses and acts so during the work-week.
On weekends, however, Watch Out!
Out come the dresses, the bras, the lipstick and the heels.
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She, unfortunately, is very awkward and heavy and wears her clothes WAY too tight.
But she said she's happy now that she has made the transition, even if it's only for the weekends until she retires from her job.
She's had some hormone therapy but decided too late about going the whole way.
Her doctors told her that at 50yrs of age, it wouldn't be advisable.
Better if you can make the decision earlier.
She said before she decided she was often feeling suicidal, and now fortunately that has gone away.
She has been left as a rather outcast, though.
We're all kind and friendly to her at church, but she hasn't had a date---neither with a man nor a woman---for years & years.
The gay guys reject her, straight guys reject her, women, of course, and even the lesbians reject her.
So she has a very small pool from which to chose.
She said she identifies as a lesbian, but in a pinch she'd go out with a man; better than nothing, I guess.
Poor Kittie.
That's one more thing we have to be grateful for, right Kato?
At least we're in the right bodies.
It is SO wonderful that you splurged like that with Mayumi, and you're right.
Some times you just have to say "what-the-heck, life is short and this is important".
Good for you.
Thanks also for the explanation around your name Kato Akira Kaato.
I'll continue to call you Kato, it's really a very cool name.
Have a great weekend,
Supposed to be warm & sunny, good ...
Love, Diane ~
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