Japan's Crepes and Parfaits

New York Cheesecake Crepe

I know! wtf right?! They have all flavours you can possibly imagine...and made into a crepe!

Eating crepe in Harajuku land XD

Giant Parfait!!!

This was 2800YEN!! but it was worth every penny / yen!!

On the way back from our day trip to Kyoto ~ couldnt resist the temptation coz it was the BIGGEST fuckin parfait that we have ever laid our eyes on! hmmm I think we skipped dinner that day lol my monster friends finished the whole lot!

p.s. I miss my long hair! Dont I look awesome in it? Le sigh~

UFO Catcher

aka - the devil incarnate -

Australia is such a slow moving country, in terms of everything: technology, movies, games, fashion trends, hair styles, brands etc. You name it, we dont have it. Yet. Australia's also one of the 'copycat' nations. Never one to start a trend, but always one to follow it.

*Clawing for Toys*

This is yet another phenomenon that Australia has been slow to catch up with. Already hugely popular in other countries such as Japan, in which there were MANY stores only containing these awesome machines, UFO catchers are slowing moving into Australia.

*In Kabucki-cho, TOKYO holding RILLAKUMA!*

*Total prizes from JAPAN*

Previously only available in video arcardes, now, Sydney finally has a whole spot dedicated to UFO catchers, with lots of claw machines in one central spot: CAPITOL SQUARE!

Its been around for a few months now, but its only recently that everyone seems to be completely crazed by it! I know that since I've been back from Japan, I've been completely obsessed by this money making machine!! - except now, I'm completely *KAPUT*-

*Not sure what characters they are, but SO completely cute! NAKED BABIES!*

However, I havent really been winning much! =(

Everytime I tell myself NOT to go there...I GO!!

and then I tell myself NOT to change any money...and then I DO!!

and I tell myself NOT to put any money into the machine...and then I DO THAT TOOO!!

but evil is too tempting sometimes...

one BIG difference between Japan and Australia is not only that Japan is more advanced in terms of trends and technology, but the people are SO much friendlier!! No matter which UFO-catcher store we went to, the staff were really nice, and willing to help, even without us asking them!! They automatically open the machine, and place the toy in a super awesome position and even tell us exactly where to grab so we can have the toy in one or two tries.

BUT, here in Australia, the staff are not helpful AT ALL! They are not very friendly, and when asked for help, they just grumpily open the machine, and they dont even put it in a good position! Hmmpphh!! Lost lots of money! Its worse than gambling!! Even so, managed to get a few triumphs...

*Mr Banana with a handphone and briefcase! THIS IS FOR YOU JESS, MY BANANA LOVER*

Another month has passed us by...

HAPPY HALLOWEEEEEEN, peeps!!

=)

Bad Hair Weekend

GOODBYE my dear bautiful fake long hair!

*The last pics of my beautiful fake long hair...*


You may have had a short life...but you have served me well! I'm so sad to say farewell, at last...


*Bautiful fake long hair in bin! lol That's how much fake hair that was attached to my head!! hmm...Actually looks kind of gross now!*

Thank you for making me feel pretty! I can assure you that you will be sorely missed!

*Me and my mediocre-looking real short hair*

FINALLY decided to take my extensions off after a long 3months! So now I'm back to my short hair! And as you can see from the photos, my fringe was so long that I got so sick and bothered by it....just before I left for work on saturday, I cut it!! MYSELF!! with a NORMAL scissors!! And this led to great regrets...blah! Thus, I spent a miserable weekend at work, serving customers, with my really really bad hair

I'm really glad I got hair extensions because I finally got to know how having long hair really feels like. AND IT FEELS FREAKING GOOD!! Eventhough it looked really fake (because me hair was TOO healthy looking *apparently* and the fake hair was so dead looking..not matching at all!), it still feel good to have long hair! And I have to say, I felt prettier and sexier with long hair!

Osakaaa aka Underground Japan

Or so some people say...and I completely agree! =)



Thanks to a *local* friend j-j-j-j-jessssss!

*Kita-tanabe: the station we called HOME*

*the only tourist-y thing we did...visit the osaka tower, and we didnt even go up!! it was 600yen, and we were tight! also the "God-Of-All-Things-As-They-Are-Meant-To-Be" XD*

-- randomly with a normal sorft serve and a GIANT soft serve XXD I have a thing with giant things *winks*

From making our own takoyaki to *kinda* making our own okonomiyaki!



*behold the Tea-Monsta!! from 0 water-a-day to 1Litre of tea-a-day!!*

Met some cool peeps:

ok, so didnt do anything 'underground' lol but it fucking awesome!!!!!

Tokyoooo

Funny Shit: Mummy dearest just had a talk with me today. Apparently, as my uni days are drawing to a close, I'm officially allowed to go and have a boyfriend now! LMAO!

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...Tokyo Tokyo... =)

Didnt take many photos around Tokyo coz we weren't there for very long. This was in front of the Omote-sando Hills...a very rich area 0.o This was just off Harajuku Lane, which I didnt find very special at all. Don't know what the hype is all about..hmmpphh

Perhaps the most memorable of all Tokyo (other than shopping at Shibuya 109 on the FIRST day of sales!!) was...Kabuki-CHO! had awesome Ramen at this place...

*LOOK AT THAT LINE!! from all the china tourists!*

And also....UFO catchers!!

*heart* Kabucki-cho!

Our Prized Collectionss frm KabukiCHO...takes alot of skills OK?

We even caught a live fugu *blowfish* for Jess, but it scared her so we gave him away. His name was...JAC-chan! ---> stands for Joycie Ann Crystal...coz we caught it! =)

hmm more on Osaka lateerrr! =)

Because I love to eat…

So I’m dedicating a whole entry to ALL the food I ate in Japan!!! My friends and I always used to say that we’re eating fake takoyaki, fake ramen, fake sushi etc etc since it was'nt really 'authentic'.

Well well, HERE is the REAL DEAL!!

REAL Takoyaki

REAL Soba

REAL Sushi


REAL Macha IceCream

REAL Salmon Sashimi


REAL Udon


REAL Mochi

REAL BentoBox

REAL Unagi

REAL Karaage

REAL Strawberry Sponge Cake with REAL strawberry layering!!

REAL Giant Parfait

REAL okonomiyaki

Thanks to all this, I actually put on 3kgs!! Got an ear-bashing from my mama as soon as I got back to aussieLand. But can I just say…IT WAS REALLY REALLY WORTH IT!! xD