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The Thief From Tehran
Did you know Abe Mafi was born in Iran? Me neither, even though he was my business partner for over 10 years. Do I
care? No, but I believe that IF YOU DENY YOUR COUNTRY, YOU DENY YOUR MOTHER!
Introduction:
Hi, my name is Aris Ureña and I met Abe in the early 90s when his name was Ebbi (he changed his name because it
means shrimp in Japanese). I was in the Air Force stationed at Yokota AB and he was manager of Mex Plaza restaurant in
Roppongi. I used to go there as a costumer with my friends and always ended up playing music since I had a good
collection of Latin music. By 1992 Mex Plaza changed locations and was renamed Manila Manila. When I left the Air Force
in 1992, I decided to stay in Japan and approached Ebbi with the idea of having a Latin party every Friday and Saturday
nights at Manila Manila. Our deal was simple: I charge 1,000 yen entry fee and the bar get all the sales, needles to say
this was a total success and I was making average 300,000 yen every week for two days work. After a few months, the
owner got greedy and thought I was making too much money and decided to make his restaurant a Latin bar and just pay
somebody to play the music. As a result, my party was stopped an Ebbi was fired from his job. This is when we decided to
start our own business and started looking for a location in Roppongi, which we found with the help of his girlfriend Makika
Fukui (which he dumped after he used her).
to be continued.........
Did you know Abe Mafi was born in Iran? Me neither, even though he was my business partner for over 10 years. Do I
care? No, but I believe that IF YOU DENY YOUR COUNTRY, YOU DENY YOUR MOTHER!
Introduction:
Hi, my name is Aris Ureña and I met Abe in the early 90s when his name was Ebbi (he changed his name because it
means shrimp in Japanese). I was in the Air Force stationed at Yokota AB and he was manager of Mex Plaza restaurant in
Roppongi. I used to go there as a costumer with my friends and always ended up playing music since I had a good
collection of Latin music. By 1992 Mex Plaza changed locations and was renamed Manila Manila. When I left the Air Force
in 1992, I decided to stay in Japan and approached Ebbi with the idea of having a Latin party every Friday and Saturday
nights at Manila Manila. Our deal was simple: I charge 1,000 yen entry fee and the bar get all the sales, needles to say
this was a total success and I was making average 300,000 yen every week for two days work. After a few months, the
owner got greedy and thought I was making too much money and decided to make his restaurant a Latin bar and just pay
somebody to play the music. As a result, my party was stopped an Ebbi was fired from his job. This is when we decided to
start our own business and started looking for a location in Roppongi, which we found with the help of his girlfriend Makika
Fukui (which he dumped after he used her).
to be continued.........
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