7pm in Tokyo - Lalaport

I'd eat at your place Danny! I plan on at least learning enough Japanese to read your site in Japanese by 2012 at the latest.

such great photos, and good luck with it danny. ^^

Perhaps the kid's meals at your restaurant should come with Gashapons and trading figures? There is a great restaurant here up in NYC with a ninja theme that is executed really well, so I look forward to seeing what sort of theme you can come up with yours.

Me'll be your 1st customer.

Live, work, play in Japan by 2015!!!

talking from original foods in malaysia here, only chinese foods that seems applicable for me (and expensive restaurants).

malay cuisine are basically a lower level clone of indonesian. and indian food never strike well with me :/

hainanese chicken rice in your restaurant danny? ('~')

I also planning to open restaurant or anime and figure theme dessert cafe in the future, I'll take catering management (since I love to cook) after graduate from instrument engineering hopefully. I wish all the best to you. d(^_^)b

Become your clone ^^

learn japanese by 2012 and go to japan at least once by 2015!!!

2009-2012 is kinda too early for me.
But my hope is that in the future (maybe 2020-2025), I'll have my own hobby shop.

need to support myself in Japan for a year, at the age of 18, starting in July :O

2009 end of year: Finish my year 3 sem1
2010 end of year: graduated from my uni, travel at least 2 country, and get a job
2011 end of year: work work
2012 end of year: work work
2013 end of year: work work
2014 end of year: work work
2015 end of year: work work
2016 end of year: open a meido/cosplay/loli?(who know 1 day it will be legal) cafe in my country~

Don't paticularly have goals per-se for each year. Just some things I aspire to do, and during my time before that I just try to imprve myself as much as possible.

Maid cafe + Msian/Sgrean food sounds good ^^

My goal so far:
2009 JLPT3
2010 Jpn Trip
These two are looking pretty good at the mo
2011-2012 Getting a snr position for meself and move to somewhere else ^^

It's nice to set a goal and look + move fwd to it. While we're at it, this is a pretty inspiring speech from Larry Page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfNayaL9MYc

When a really great dream shows up, grab it

Make a dutch themed restaurant. It would be totally unqiue. Dress the girls in dutch clothes with clumps and have windmills placed at every table XD. You could serve things like patatoes with applesauce and "spruitjes" "andijvie" & "kroketten" XD

but serious an international restaurant would be really cool. I once went to a restaurant wich had a buffet with snacks from around the world. <3

Oho? Restaurant? Cool! Danny's Signature Teh Tarik.. served with Seto-sun. Awesome.

My goals for the coming years? Other than studying, it would be learning Japanese, Photoshop, and some programming for fun(if I'm not taking a course on it, that is.) Of course not forgetting a obligatory Japan Trip! ^^

I still can't decide on which course I want to go to. Sigh. I'd love to work with computers, but my deep interest in Biology would seem a bit wasted then. :S

Goals? What goals?

I've pretty much been improvising my whole life!

Wai! Can't wait for the restaurant, Danny! Am willing to travel to Japan just to eat there ^^
My goal: by 2015 have own consultancy business.

Forget maids, go for nurses^^

I assume Char Siew & Siew Yok Fan are on your menu ^_^

"Danny no Kissa" xD

Wow, strong goals indeed. I'd eat at your place Danny.
My own goals don't stretch nearly that far; I'm planning to graduate mid-2010, but after that is a black hole. No clue what to do after university yet....

Restaraunt decorated with figures? Great idea, wanna go there ^^ But really, I think I will, no, I'm going to eat there when I get to Japan. I don't think I'll get there earlier than in 2011, who knows, but I might get there around 2011, 2012 on scholarship for Japanese Studies' students. I hope.
It's nice to set goals in life. I have some too, however I don't have them set on any specific year. Well, I want to pass JLPT 2 in 2010, and then CPE Cambridge Examination at the end of 2010 or in 2011. Another goal is to get to university, Japanese Studies, and I think I might be able to do some IT university along with it too. Of course I also want to keep improving my blog and get more and more visitors ^^

have the waitress all dress up as haruka or marai

penang laksa the best..
2011 i can eat laksa in Japan..
and my laksa served by maid..
how cool is that..

I'm trying to graduate from college this spring so I can take Japanese in university this fall and go to Japan via an exchange program the university has. :)

what's zakka store?

You're aiming big, good luck with it all. My plans involve finding out what I truly want to do in life. Depending on what happens next year will shape the rest of my life.
I was wondering, Danny, is there any way for you to tag your pictures saying which camera you used? Like it'd say 'Taken with the Panasonic' or with the Canon? It just interests me.

eheh fir me It will be

1- goin to japan trying to work

-meet Mr Danny choo while he dance

-go to his restaurant

-live in japan

I will definitely visit the restaurant when it opens. I reckon it will have tons of figures and Mirai sisters decorations all around the place :)

I see you are interested in opening a restaurant, Danny. May I ask what kind of cuisine did you have in mind?

seems like all the big celebrities have a penchant for opening their own restaurants.
will you hire famous chef's Danny?
also all the best to reach your goals on time :)

軽井沢はいいね！僕の友達は上田に住んでいます。軽井沢に行ってきましたそれも軽井沢は本当に綺麗だね～

The restaurant goal sounds amazing, If I was eating there I would be stuck between eating some delicious asian cuisine and staring at the amazing collection of figures and dolfies you will have up. ^^ Good luck with fulfilling all your goals Danny!

My current goals are:
2009 - Surviving first year of university (6 more weeks >_<), getting level 1 certification in
rocketry, and start figure collection :D
2010 - Studying abroad in Japan in the summer, start learning Japanese, and level 2 certification
2011 - Getting an internship or learn to build satellites, and continuing building rockets (level 3 cert??)
2012 - hopefully graduate with BS in Aerospace Engineering (a bit behind since i failed physics) , then going to Japan to eat at your restaurant Danny, and hopefully meet you ^^ Also to learn Japanese to get transferred to Japan once I work for companies like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrup Grumman,and Raytheon (if they have an office or job oppurtunity there :p)

2009 go to Japan.. Oh Wait I already did that :)

2009 Girlfriend
2010 Marriage
2010 Fatherhood

Boy I AM getting old :)

Finish university with a 2-1 in 2010.
Possibly apply to SOAS in London for a japanese course (Still can't find one -.-)
Spend atleast 1 year living and teaching in Japan with JET.
Try and pass a JLPT test a year and get my brown belt ^^
Going to be a busy few years.

My goals go pass 2012 and there isn't really a year set for them. Some of my goals: Get a BS in photography or graphic design, learn Japanese, start my own business cause I'm tired of working for retards and getting paid next to nothing, work with/for Danny Choo, make a happy life for myself and continue to be the laid back and chill guy that I am. ^_^

I don't have specific goals for every year.
well for this year I have the goal to pass JLPT Level 4. I just started to learn japanese seriously so no Level 3 or so ^^"
And for 2010 I want to pass Level 3.
And I want to get into a new Job this year.
Haven't planed any further, yet.

One of my main long term goals is and has been for a few years now,

Live and work in Japan by the time I'm 28 (4 and a bit more years)

Some short term goals.

2009: Start a degree part time while still studying my Japanese, find a second source of income, hopefully a pay rise at my current work.

2010: Be fluent in Japanese, get me and my wife a place to live, visit Japan.

2011: Have a lot of money saved ready for Japan hopefully visit a few times before we move.

2012 - onwards: Finish my degree, plus by then 10 years working in IT should give me a good chance of landing a job in Japan

(p.s. for those out there that think you have to have a degree to work in Japan re-read your local Japanese embassy's website you can get a visa with 10 years experience in specific work you don't have to have a degree)

Many more goals than this but cant list everything :D

Goals, makes me remember those demotivators pictures. =P~
Wondering if IT people or people that work on blogs have enough time for restaurant management.
Indeed its ambitious, but one have to be realistic (an optimistic pessimist) and gather as much info required to make it work, which is the main goal. Anyway GANBATTE KUDASAI!!

My goals:
2009 Reinsertion in Uni life, need contacts for a scholarship; search an appropriate scholarship, depending on that I'll need an English proficiency exam again. =/ Get a job too
Think on side projects: there are really amazing design for furniture out there on the net.
2010 Get scholarship and adaptation to life in another country, try to get a job in a foreign country and see how the work is there (I had bad experiences with employer, always a$$h013$)
2011 Get a life by my own, and disappear. =P~
2012 I might visit Danny-san restaurant... or apply for a job there. =P~

Don't forget to write your plans and goals, with big letters and paste it on the ceiling over your bed or in your room's door. All is possible if one knows what to do. ;) Good luck to everyone.

Good luck Danny.

My resolution for my upcoming goal:

2009: Completed and mastered my Japanese language and Blog ranking in top 800k ( If possible 500K below )

2010: Enter university that focus photography.

2011: Working part time in Japan magazines or modeling company.

2012: Get more funds through part time and net to cover my study and living expenses.

2009 - Get into better shape! Work out, so I can eat more! Continue to learn japanese.
2010 - Get to cosplay in japan.
2011 - Become princess of Canadia.

The only goals I'd like to achieve is to get through school...ALIVE and without killing anything XD =3

Get into college by the end of 2009.
;_; that's all that's on my mind right now.

Oh wow!! A resturant? I had no clue! Thats so awesome!! A new house sounds awesome too. A Zakka store too! Such big plans. I'm sure you'll get there though!! Even in this economic climate.

Hm so far my goals are.

2009 - Find a job and girlfriend
2010 - Get my A+ certification
2011 - Get my Cisco certification and get into college
2012 - Start on becoming a Computer Engineer and begin Japanese classes

A restaurant sounds awesome! Instead of like SPECIFICALLY typical Maid outfits, I'd go with costumes that look really unique, almost like Maid-offset, so that way it becomes popular with everyone, and still appeal to the specific interests.In orange and white colors of course!
(^ ^)

I was a goalkeeper...

Now not anymore.

At the end of 2009, I want to change the set up of my room. Buy a new table, change my bed, etc.

Find work, Learn more I.T and the start to work in different companies untill i get to MIrai Inc. After make a load of money and study even more about Computers.

My goals.. Mm.

Well 2009 return to debt free status outside of my mortgage.
2010 Return to school, for further education
2011 Continue said previous goal
2012 Uhm.. yeah.. part time school takes a lot of years.. and since the world supposedly will end in 2012.. dont' know why I'll bother to begin with.. but I'm hedging my bets.

By the end of 2009 I'd like to have a personal webserver running.
By the end of 2010 I'd like to have an internship secured.
By the end of 2011 I'd like to have sat down to lunch with you Danny.
By the end of 2012 I'd like to have @gs.com after my name.

Current goal for the next few years: Finish my book and get it published, then maybe go back and finish college

Don't really think that far ahead buy I would like to graduate in four years (although this quarter makes it seem like I might not do that).

I'll work there Danny. ^^

by end of 2009: Got my comic going, got my educational path straightened out, and gone on some kind of travel to somewhere.
I'm not too far from starting my comic and I'll be going to school soon. I do have alot of goals but they are more long-long-term.

2010: Start my two-year missionary service...(heres hoping that the church sends me to Japan)

2012 - Have good enough Japanese to study video game design in Japan upon graduation.

Your goals seem so exciting~ I hope you will achieve them. Mine are~

2009 end of year: working with a company making manga and living more on professional then commissioned works <_<
2010 end of year: go to Japan for 3 months
2011 end of year: Have all my ideas for web businesses successful.
2012 end of year: Get an internship in Japan and live there a while >3

2111 : destroy the world

Iron chef Danny Choo? Has a nice ring to it. (:-0

Restaurant eh?

make sure it has figures lined up on the walls
but has a secret high tech top secret high powered lazzzeeerr

and long time/active dannychoo members get SAFs too!

and waitresses should be Mirai and her sister XD..and other characters from different anime

I hope you serve pasta

Nice goals you have Danny^^ I guess you worked hard to get there to become a successful man in your job. Others (such as me :p) have still a long way to go :)

So my goals are:

Finish my PhD degree by 2011, then find a stable and interesting job :)
Visit Japan in 1-2 years if possible
Work hard on my Japanese :) will start lvl 3 next year
Get married with my boyfriend one day and buy a house^^(that won't happen soon though, lol)
And....get a full room of figures!!! thanks god my bf also loves them:D

My objective? Pass CISCO exams and find a job.

Goals from 2009 to 2012?

2009: more effects for my guitar, travel overseas (never done it), learn to drive a car, pass the JLPT3
2010: buy another electric guitar (preferably a Fender Telecaster), travel overseas (if I can't do it this year), parachute jump, pass the JLPT2
2011: ask a luthier to make a custom semi-hollow electric guitar (for my exclusive use, of course), go to the Roraima Tepuy, pass the JLPT1
2012: last, but not least... go to Japan! =D

Everything is precisely calculated, nyohohohoho~ (2012 travel is only sightseeing, thou... working/doing postgraduate studies/living in Japan wont'be possible 'til 2014/2015 D=)

My goals for the future are

1.Finish my Study
2.Travel abroad (Japan and Germany are on the top list)
3.Learning to fix my vocal
4.Setup my own photography company

the decor and food might clash if you did an anime/otaku theme and did Asian cuisine. Also remember that the locals in the area are going to be the lifeblood of the restaurant. Choosing a theme which turns the locals off is not going to work.

Doing an otaku theme in a neighborhood where otaku roam (Akiba is going to be crowded and pricey for real estate, maybe somewhere else?) and maybe doing Asian dishes some from anime/manga and some from you and the wife's background sounds like a good mix.

Ahh goals, well this requries some thinking.

2010: Study hard, get into UNSW, go on a trip to Japan with friends.
2011: Work hard
2012: Work hard
2013: Want to do a university transfer

Of course all through this time, i'll be hauling arse on learning Japanese. What i'm doing to get there? Work hard in school, although i'm being eaten alive in maths.

My goal is the same for every year: strike lottery and never have to work again ........ =P

But alas, that is too unrealistic. So I plan to complete my Phd in 2015 and start my new career as an academic. ^^

My hopes are to:
By 2011: self-study for the AP Japanese and pass
By 2012: Early Decision get accepted into New York University!

I'd eat at your restaurant, Danny, I love a good Hainanese chicken rice and I'm sure you'll be serving teh tarik :)

My goals this year:
- Obtain a proper salary that's paid on time
- Do better with my writing
- Begin a new hobby, which is soft toy crafting
- Return to blogging, probably for the crafting also

Next five years:
- Get my own website
- Upgrade my kitchen
- Learn another cooking craft like baking
- Make money out of crafting

After that, I wait again and see where life takes me :)

Speaking of restaurants, I would kill to have a beef bowl again. After being away from japan for over a year, the food is one of the things I miss most.

Hehe, sounds like you have a lot under your belt, Danny. Not meaning to discourage at all, but the restaurant alone is a 12 - 16 hours/day affair. I work in one, what the managers/chefs/sous chefs do to run the place is nothing short of amazing.

My goals:

2009: Err... not much, actually. Continue Japanese study?
2010: Win scholarships. Enter Computing Sciences at SFU. Take University Japanese
2011: Semester or two at a Japanese University.
2012: Continue with University, be able to speak Japanese fluently (This'll be the 4 year mark). Live past December 21st.

Currently my goals are:

2009 end of year: Start my first very video blog and continue to improve my blog.
2010 end of year: Improve my GPA ^^;
2011 end of year: Graduate University
2012 end of year: Propose to my girlfriend

Hope it'll go according to plan haha

My goal for the time being is to save up some money and figure what I want to study...

Hmm your goals are so amazing Danny :D

Mine pretty much fail in comparison... but anyways

2009: Buy a Dollfie
2010: Start Internet business (as if)
2011: Go to Japan
2012: Get into an awesome prestigious University :D (as if again. xD)

Of course, these aren't all of them... there's too many...

Nice picture Danny. :D I hope you can get your goals accomplished, especially so I can come eat at your restaurant WHEN (not if ~_^ ) you get it up and running.

My Goals:

2009: Finish Japanese 101 over the summer and 102 in the Fall. :D
2010: Be finished with High School and enroll into community college and get good grades to transfer to a 4-year college. Expand figure collection.
2011: Get my associates degree.
2012: Enroll in a 4-year college (not sure which).

That's about my major goals for now, with smaller ones fit in there.

Danny, good luck on your restaurant!

I'm hoping to:

2009--Continue my Japanese studies, go to Japan which I'm doing at the end of May!
2010--Continue my Japanese studies, go to Japan
2011--Continue my Japanese studies, go to Japan
2012 --graduate with a B.A. in Japanese
2013 --retire from my current job
2014 --live in Japan for a bit, and maybe work at something I enjoy.

Nice pic Danny, please invite us when you have opened your resto. will be glad to travel to tokyo to eat there.

My current goal is:
2009 - JLPT2 or 1 if i could
2010 - Work, mastering AIR n Flex, buy some figures
2011 - Work, mastering C#, buy another figures
2012 - Back to Tokyo and find a work there, if possible, work with danny! :D

that's it so far.

My short term goals:

2009 - graduate my MSc course
2010 - back to work, trim figure & manga collection to manageable size
2011 - get a job nearer to hometown
2012 - get a house with a private study for my collection
2012 & beyond - Planning on saving up to buy some land & start a farm ^^;;

Hmmm, maid fusion sounds interesting. Decorated with Dolfie and figures, cool... you'd need to be careful how you did that though so it didn't just become a clutter.

Goals for the next few years:

2009 - Finish major component of Industrial Design degree, preferably with a GPA above 5.5.
2010 - Complete missed subjects (stupid engineering second major, not my greatest plan ever): graduate. Pick up some more freelance graphic and interior design work. Maybe look to getting a part-time job in industry for experience, but we'll see where the crunch goes first.
2011 - Still hazy, if I'm in work then keep going there. Otherwise take some time to travel, considering applying for the Antarctic Mission for six months.
2012 - Job in industry.

Eventually I'd like to start my own design firm. Get to the stage where I can pick and choose projects as well as work on my own stuff... that's the dream anyway ^^;

I'm planning my future one year at a time. lol. Goal for next year is to land a job in japan. i'll plan my next goal depending on whether I fail or succeed. Although failure isn't really an option here. heheh! Or at least I try for it not to be. :D

will definitely visit your restaurant ^_^
zakka store sounds nice, too

Big goals are:
2009 Be a research student and get fluent in Japanese speaking and writing
2010 Pass Master Course exam and start the course
2012 Graduate and get a job in Japan!
Just counting down for the departure date now. In a few weeks!

My goals are to grasp my dreams, hold it close and not let go or lose hope, no matter how hard it is to get there I will keep trying until I'm there or die trying(which I'm not planning to).

I think Mikuru Burgers would be a good idea for your restaurant... haha jk.

09 find a better job and do what I can to make sure my new born is ok
10 find a bigger house for my family
12 find a way to visit japan if I haven't already

Ahaha... Unfortunately I don't plan. So I have no idea what's gonna happen in those years. I can never see ahead. Oh well I do have a plan for 2013... finish off the car payment XD

It looks to me as if your wifes special item import store would be the one to start before the restaurant but priorities priorities. Goals now till 2012?

A: Live
B: Get out of this oppressive neighborhood
C: by 2012 be setup in a new house on a dead end street protected by a housing administration.
D: Live till 2013. (its all downhill at the moment in Texas if I don't ''evac'' soon)
E: Learn to smile again

my Current goals are complete my engineer degree, JLPT 2, get Monbukagakusho Sponsored Scholarship, and eat at your place Danny.

2009 to 2012 - Save as much money as possible
2013 - Move out to other country or open a toy shop

A restaurant? O_O Somehow that seemed to come completely out of no where.

Errr...goals right now just consist of surviving the university grind and getting a film internship. I'm not making it very easy, either. x_x Just mapped out a schedule for next year that's even more intensive than the one I have now...

By the way Danny, that idea of yours, open a restaurant decorated with dollfies, figures and maybe Gundam is indeed a good idea... I have dream to someday start a restaurant with anime and toys as the theme but after thinking about the money and work involved to run the restaurant... maybe it just stay as a dream for me... hahahaha

man a restaurant AND zakka store. i would be in heaven.
current goals are just climbing and doing what i love: ANIMATION!

Wow, I feel like such a bum when I read about your goals and such - just in that, mine seem so spindly in comparison!

My goal is to learn Japanese well enough to go over, be able to read stuff, and understand what's going on around me.

I'd defo come and visit your resturant though!!

I heard that this planet will not survive 2012
so why bother =DD

Wow! A restaurant. I would definitely pay a visit when I go to Japan! ^^, Would really love to see a dolfie/figure decorated restaurant! ^^,

Well here's my current goal in life :
2009 - Finish my flying course (I have another 8 more months to go!)
2010 - Finish my conversion and start flying commercially
2011 - Complete my remaining Japanese language lessons which I have stop to give way to my flying course ^^,
2012 - Save enough cash and go to Japan with my friends! We have planned this since a few years back actually. ^^,

Wow good luck on opening a restaurant ^^ . My uncle owned a Pizza Restaurant somewhere in Sacremento , California called Pizza Guy ( the website : http://www.pizzaguys.com/home/ ) . He bought ingredients mostly online .

Am looking forward for the new restaurant . May I suggest adding Char Kuey Teow , Nasi Lemak , Penang Laksa Curry and Chicken Rice in the menu . Hopefully Japanese people like Nasi Lemak ^^

Danny is having some big ideas ^^ ,All the best wishes for Danny's goals

Danny, your articles are always so inspirational, you're bound to succeed with your goals ^_^

I've had a few goals as of late

2009 Get into Kent Uni, finish my book I've been writing, JLPT level 3
2010 JLPT level 2, look into getting book published
2011 University Work placement in Japan
2015 Direct a Movie
20?? The Skies the limit!

Mr. Choo's Chinese restaurant with special fly rice.

Ah, i remember you mentioning something about a restraunt
Sell zakka for dolfies!!!

Sarawak laksa is tasty ^^

Well, my goal is to do my dream job, earn BIG money & fly to Japan to meet Danny! ^v^

good luck danny cant wait to eat at ur place.

Still kinda far away from my dreams haha since I'm only fourteen :/ Well I have sort of plan out for the near future ( current goals )

2009: Start learning Japanese, programming (PHP,C++,etc.) and start my figure collection.
As well as doing well in my examinations this year in order to get into a special programme in school. Attempt JLPT level 4 if possible
2010: Get at least a JLPT level 3 or 4 ( if unable to do so in 2009 )
2011: Do well in my End-Of-Year examinations to move on to Junior college
2012 - 2013: Do well in my 'A' Levels and obtain a scholarship to Todai to study Computer Science.

Hope I can do it :/

well...i should suggest the malaysian cuisine which is nasi lemak,some indian stuff errr some kuay teow would be nice!!XD...don't forget and chinese porridge too

Wow... Didn't know that you want to open up restaurant.

Am already working with Japanese partners to being it over. There's a Singaporean seafood place opened near Tokyo Pacific Hotel if I'm correct. Expect more from us. (:

Sorry, what's a zakka?

I would definitely go to your restaurant

hmm goals..

2009 - work at my current job, catch up on money and bills, posibly move apts.
2010 - put in for Lucas Arts for my dream job, get a new (mew to me atleast) car
2011 -> beyond - work hard, pay my school loans back, get better paying job,

dream -> win lottery, go to BYU Hawaii north shore for life, bug tenrou while he lives there, die in horrible surfing accedent, or flaming car crash on a hairpin turn... or die of heart attack due to the wife... :D

Most Malaysian/Singapore cuisines are derivative of cuisines from somewhere else.

oh, didn't know that you and your wifey wanna open up a restaurant, sounds to be an exciting project for both of you o//

Mirai themed restaurant? Make sure to have yummy deserts like shaved ice, and azuki dorayaki!Smoothies and bubble tea are always good. Vege samosas = *heart*.

2009 Goal: Get a second job. Buy myself a new computer and laptop for 2nd year university. While in university setup a bunch of clubs. I missed extracurricular activities in first year ^^;. Get good enough grades to be offered a Teaching Assistant posistion. Get my website coded. Increase artist ability. Go to AE (finish my cosplays in time...somehow)

2010 Goal: Enter TA position. Get an apartment. Continue with club activities. Start saving money (pay of student loans, pay for tuition, traveling to Japan, for future bussiness ventures after university). Go to 2010 Vancouver Olympics events har har.

2011 Goal: Continue as a TA, work my butt off in university. Work on a manga manuscript. Try to get published. Maybe travel to Japan and other places I want to go(DANNY'S RESTAURANT)?

2012 Goal: Graduate university. Work towards opening my own animation studio (this may take a long time ^^;...Since lots of mola is needed). Travel some more.

I actually have a long list of things I want to accomplish but it's too long for a single post ^^;

Hope you open up your restaurant soon, I'd sure want to visit ^^

Not to be a wet blanket or anything but I vaguely remember reading in Anthony Bourdian's Kitchen Confidential something to the effect that if you have money to lose, the thing to do is to open a restaurant. Lots of upfront costs (venue, COD terms for supplies, labour, HSE compliance etc.) which means the operation has to generate cash from the get go. But I'm sure you'll figure it all out, execute beautifully and look forward to visiting your restaurant during my next Japan trip! :D

I think a dolfie-themed restaurant would be very popular! But finding waitresses who could look like living dolls would be very challenging... :-)

2009 end of year: Get my register in acting, learn basic japanese, get a job and a girlfriend.
2010 end of year: Make money as an actor, have an intermediate japanese and go to Japan.
2011 end of year: Work and live in Japan.
2012 end of year: Work and live in Japan and meet Danny Choo for din-dins.

2009:
[Goal] - Graduate with Masters of Science in Information Management (MSIM). Get a job in Project Management/Information Architecture (hopefully in Japan).
[Method to achieve goal] - Finish Capstone project on developing a multi-stage, virtual/physical disaster recovery center utilizing community members to aid in recovery along with sustainability. The disaster of Hurricane Katrina is the current focus. Publish two business articles focusing on Innovation and Project Management (can't really reveal it yet).

2010:
[Goal] - Start my own web/consulting firm on the side with core competencies in Change/Project/Risk Management and Innovation.
[Method to achieve goal] - Do well at my job. Start company on the side with friends. Stay focused on people.

2011:
[Goal] - Grow own firm (or start it if it didn't happen in 2010). Buy/build own house.
[Method to achieve goal] - Same as 2010.

2012:
[Goal] - Continue growing firm. Start thinking about obtaining Ph.d and possibly become a professor for a few years (goal in life). Possibly build own badminton facility.
[Method to achieve goal] - Re-evaluate everything in order to avoid complacency.

kopitiam + cosplay cafe + otaku merchandise shop. please, danny, make it happen in Malaysia!

dam, if u guys open a resturant, theres gonna be LOTS of danny fans going to visit >.<

Tiny question, I never really understood why you began creating your own cms. Did you feel as if other software packages were lacking? How do you deal with competing against open source stuff like Drupal? Seems like a rather difficult field to prosper, honestly.
Either way, good luck with your goals, the future smiles brightly upon those who are passionate.