Tokyo Trip : Harajuku and Shibuya

HARAJUKU

The road to Meiji Shrine

 Wine given by the French to the Empress! (if my memory didn't fail me)

   

You need to wash your hands with spring water(I think hahah!!) before entering the Shrine!

Anyway the water is freaking cold.

Next! Sakura at Yoyogi Park!

My favourite take!!

 Nearing the end of Omotesando Hills in Harajuku ( WELL I THINK ) 

International Brands everywhere. 

Decided to walk through the residential area in Harajuku from OmoteSando to get back to Takeshita Dori. 

(We got lost btw) 

Residentia Area

We all know that most Japanese girls invest a lot of money to get their hair done nicely..

so i don't think its surprising to find a HIGH-CLASS salon somewhere along the residential houses I GUESS??? omg.

 Adorable neko spotted !!

Incredibly rude to ignore all my meows. ( OI )

maybe they speak in a different meow language?? SHOULD I NYAN TO THEM INSTEAD??!

SHIBUYA

and oh, i didn't take a photo of with Hachiko at the Hachiko exit!! /fail tourist/ 

cause it's really embarrassing ahhh there's so many people crowding around the Hachiko statue! ;_;

 Shibuya Crossing. Didn't manage to get a spot at TATSUYA starbucks for the good view :(

 Shibuya 109. 

I swear i feel really inferior the moment i step into 109.

All the girls there doll themselves up so prettily and im like a hobo as compared. LOL 

And unfortunately i was a fashion disaster on that day, thank god for the white coat i wore on the outside for covering up. 

Knitted turquoise top with purple pants accompanied with brown shoes is a ...big no-no. 

What the fuck was i thinking on that day! I didn't even wear make up! LOLL!!!!!

Mandarake. 

And my journey in Shibuya ends with me buying lotsa Shizuiza doujinshi from mandarake again.

 Went to Midori in Shibuya( i forgot the mall's name sob ) to eat Sashimi and Sushi!!

Relatively cheap!!

And we ordered the best Ootoro they offered in the menu(izaya probably likes it expensive too so i must eat this to understand his love for ootoro) I think it's around 6SGD for one of this..(Still cheap compared to other stores)

I dont really enjoy eating raw meat SO I CAN'T PLACE ANY COMMENT ON THIS but well OF COURSE I MUST SAY IT'S DELICIOUS COME ON I PAID 6SGD FOR ONE OF THIS SHIT HAHAHAH.

yeah my sister said it's really good though. 8D

Tokyo Trip : Shinjuku and Ikebukuro

Sorry for the long hiatus!! I've been really lazy and demotivated to cosplay after my exams and all, so i went on a hiatus for a few months, and then went on a trip to Tokyo! Woohoo!
Just came back from Tokyo yesterday, i really love it there!!! What really captivated me was the city lights, it's just so beautiful at night!! Though i can't really distinguish the difference between Tokyo and Orchard Road in Singapore during the day, aside from the more complicated streets in Tokyo LOLOLOL.

Sunrise

SHINJUKU

Shinjuku Station

View from hotel room in Shinjuku

One of the emptier streets in Shinjuku

Yamanote Shinjuku Station during one of its less severe peak hour. 

Oh yes by the way, they have this really great bakery shop at Shinjuku station!!!

 Bought their Ginza pudding! It was so-so i guess, but i love their custard cream puff more!!!!

THIS. IS. THEIR. CUSTARD CREAM PUFF. IT TASTE SO BLOODY FUCKING HEAVENLY I DON'T EVEN. and this only cost 120Yen. So blood cheap right!!!! and delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shinjuku

Shinjuku

Street of Shinjuku

Narrow alley of Omoide Yokocho in Shinjuku

On the way back to hotel

IKEBUKURO

And this place, IS HEAVEN FOR ALL FUJOSHIS!!!!

Alas, i didn't see any flying vending machines (PFFT)

Say hi to Ikebukuro!

Otome Road on a Saturday

There's hell loads of girls outside Lashinbang and K-books..LOL

Opposite Otome Road.

The roads where Celty drive around! Should be opposite/somewhere near Sunshine City if i remember correctly! 

Ikebukuro 

Kit Kat Chocolatory spotted at Ikebukuro Seibu Basement! 

Bought a few packets of their Sakura Macha flavor!

Btw, they have Chilli flavor as well. What fuck. I didn't buy though rofl.

Shinjuku 

AFA'13

FINALLY BACK AFTER A LONGGGG HIATUS.
Im so fucking glad O level is over.
I hope i did well enough to get at least 9 points for L1R4 /hope/

My first event of 2013 that i actually cos-ed for would be AFA~hahah~
*i have my science MCQ paper straight after AFA but i still went ummm*
So depressing to think about how i did for O levels!!. So i kept reminding myself that LIFE IS NOT OVER EVEN IF I DID BADLY FOR O LEVELS.
I could either retake or just----okay if it's really /bad/ i'll retake.. 8(



Went on saturday ( AFA ) FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF BUYING NAIRCHAN'S MAGI ARTWORKS ( if she didn't came to SG i wouldn't have went to AFA!!! OTL!!!! THEN I CAN STUDY AT HOME! )

TADA!!!! I would have bought more doujinshi but MY WALLET IS ALREADY CRYING BLOODY MURDER. 

im not satisfied...but if i bought more then i won't have any money left for dinner..

so i convinced myself with " IT'S OKAY YOOI, YOU WON'T DIE FOR NOT BUYING MORE DOUJINSHI, FOOD IS MORE IMPORTANT /RUNS AWAY FROM BOOTH CRYING TEARS OF DESIRE AND AGONY/ " 

This sums up my entire saturday HAHAH

Then came Sunday!! made plans to cos Magi ( Postcard ) with Melisa and Jorine! ( this plan was initially scheduled on cosfest, but i couldn't make it so yeah ) 8(

thank you Jorine for lending me the earrings and sword for Alibaba m(_ _)m

btw..Morgiana's accessories were really beautiful TAT i wanted to take photos but i forgot !!

SORRY FOR THE AHOGE OMG

it somehow "dropped" and i wasn't aware of it when i took the camwhore---

but yeah i somehow fixed it back in the first pic hahah!!

With Melisa as Morgiana and Jorine as Aladdin!! omg you guys are so cute. jfihsaijcascmksaja

 WITH SHOE!!

 WITH KAIDA~~

 WITH REIKA~

 

WITH YUMI!

 

WITH YUI!

didn't really camwhore with a lot of people on AFA...

Hahaha a bit moody!! LOL!

at the end of the event~~~
...a terrible thing happened...we wanted to go to the sixth floor toilet of suntec to change out when we're at the second /third floor..but it seems like the whole suntec is undergoing some crisis or smth because the whole covention's escalator wasn't working, including the lift, omg.
WE HAD TO CLIMB ALL THE WAY UP TO SIXTH FLOOR SDHJASHDJSHAUJDHJSF
adding on to that, the toilet was ~pitch~ black. couldn't see a single fucking thing.

BUT WE YOLO AND DECIDED TO CHANGE IN THE PITCH BLACK TOILET
JORINE AND I CHANGED BEHIND THE ENTRANCE DOOR OF THE TOILET OMG HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
 but yeah the lights came back afterawhile.

Suntec prz.

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I NEED TO UPLOAD THIS. HAHHAHAHAHAHA

Aladdin and Morgianna are so cute!!!

okay. i have to sleep. NIGHTS. NIGHTS. OMG

im so freaking tired. omg. 

omg. im so god damn tired

 

STGCC'13

annnnnnndddddd i am back!
Went to STGCC last Sunday, it was fun catching up with friends!!
I wasn't supposed to go..*exams on Monday lol* but I decided to YOLO and went to STGCC anyway because i really miss my friends a lot! ಥ_ಥ
Studied a little bit of Physics before I went as plain Jane without any make up on..my eyes look really tiny

With Mato, Yumi, Shera, Junko, Melisa, Jorine and Reika(Angeline)! <3

Didn't camwhore with a lot of people because I was feeling unglamorous on that day without any make up on LOL!

I was really *hyped* seeing Mato and Shera's Genderbent Shizuiza cos!! 

*blushblushblush* /My highlight of the day because I really love DRRR/

My initial plan was to meet Rei and study at STGCC *very conducive environment!!*

We ended my chit chatting at one corner ROFL

Studying plans at events don't work out from the start LOL 

But all the best to THE O LEVEL TEAM HAHAH

3 ghey girls camwhoring at the train station LOL 

Had dinner with Junko and Rei!! Thanks Junko for having dinner with us!! <3

Let's carry out our Kou Empire plan ASAP!! *after my o levels* <3 <3 

Fabulous walking dead made by my friend's friend (?) !!

The workmanship is really praisable!!

*such a short post LOL*

I don't think i'll be back soon until after O levels!! 8D 8D 8D

Looking forward to AFA~~ 

COSFEST'13

and here is another entry!

Cosfest, overall, was not really fun, but it drains my energy out. However all the time i spent with my friends are worth it!! <3 i miss you guys so much!!

I was actually supposed to cos Alibaba with my team mates but i didn't managed to finish my costume in time due to my incompetence, and i was feeling really apologetic. :( 

Because of me we didn't get to cos the trio, which we were looking forward to so much. :(

In the end they had a change of plans! >< 

Anyway, to skip to the point, the happiest moment i had during cosfest was when i bought my Magi keychains and badges, and the Shizuiza postcard i got from Junko!! >/////< 

DAY 1

The day that i was supposed to cosplay with my teammates..but i couldn't make it ;_;

So i ended up as their "personal helper/manager" LOL!

Look at these cuties!! 

I went to cosfest straight after my morning lesson in school..I think day 1 is pretty much "fun" in a way i guess. Haha. i wanted to socialize with cosplayers ( esp magi cosers! ) but i had a pretty hard time starting a conversation with them as i was not cosplaying 8( * no one wanted to talk to a hobo LOL *

But somehow i managed to exchange all my coscards away ..and i was shocked to find that all my coscards were gone by the end of the day LOL

Loots on day 1!!

Heh Heh ... ////// 

Really a big thanks to Junko for getting me Shizuiza postcard from China!! ////

I was really happy!!!!!!

You have no idea how much i love DRRR okay!!!!! ( Well to be more specific, Shizuiza ) LOL

The Coscards i exchanged with other cosplayers on day 1!

Received more on day 2, but too lazy to take a photo of it! Haha!

The polaroid that was taken at the end of the day with Yumeh's camera!!

With Akairi, Yumi, Mato and Shera! <3 

A short story after we were preparing to leave the venue to have our dinner...

*walks past someone who looks like a Will Graham cosplayer*

Me on the inside : OMFG IS THAT WILL GRAHAM, THOSE CLOTHES. OMFG. THAT HAIR ( WIG ) OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*runs back to pinny who is behind me * 

" AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH PINNY OMG THERE'S A HANNIBAL COSPLAYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "

" WHAT OMG REALLY " *RUNS TOGETHER WITH PINNY AND YUMI*

-insert gibberish- -suddenly Hannibal Lecter appears-

-takes photo with amazing hannibal cosplayers*

*spazz* *exchange coscards* 

" I LOVE YOUR COSPLAY " 

..

..

.......and then today my sister told me the Will Graham cosplayer is her friend. 8''D

AHAHAHAHAHAH..

anyway,

I went to sleepover at Namiko's house at the end of the day, simply because my mom went overseas and i was too scared to sleep alone!! :( 

Helped her cut her coscards...but gave up halfway and went to use her Computer LOL

DAY 2

A day to study at cosfest with Alice ( Im sure it's not gonna progress well) but we went ahead anyway.

And i ended up motivating her to study! ( well i guess this is productive too! ) 

Alice gave me her Artist namecard and this is what she drew on the back along with the appreciation message she wrote! Little Kougyoku with Judal! //// I love this pairing!! thank you Alice! <3 

Loots!!

Honestly this was really tempting me. I had to ask Alice and the rest whether i should get it for over 3 times before i decide to get all 3 of them LOL 

Me: I HAVE TO SAVE MONEY!!!!!!!!

Temptation : LOL NOPE. 

But i was still pretty much contented after buying //// 

You should know who my favorite characters are already!! XDDD

I didn't get to take photos on the first day because i didn't feel like it hahahah..all these were taken on the second day! I didn't have make up on so a little bit unglam T.T

On the left column, with Rei and Yui!! <3

On the right column, With Nisa, Reika and Yumi! <3

I love Yui's alibaba so much <3 <3 <3 YOU'RE SO CUTE GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!! //////////////////

On the way home! I guess yumi still has the energy to pose for the camera 8D 

with Akairi and cameo Kyokishi! HAHAHA

Lastly, what i saw on the artist board on Day 2.

Yes, someone please help Will Graham!

*definitely going to pay a visit to whoever who drew this Deviantart*

Conclusion..

I admit that i half regretted not cosplaying on cosfest, but i was also kinda relieved that i didn't . 

When i told my teammate that i will not be able to join them, i had the feeling of a heavy weight that just got removed off my shoulder..Like..i didn't have to worry about cosfest anymore.

I felt that i didn't enjoy cosplay as much as i did in the past, which disappoints me a lot. 

I used to love cosplaying so much, but where did that passion go to? :/ 

I can name numerous reasons to it, but i guess it's probably because im having my O level year this year, and im just feeling a bit of withdrawal that's all..? 

I still love cosplaying as a whole but, i felt that i enjoy more seeing other people cosplaying, than when i cosplay myself. 

But again i'll feel rather left out from my social circle as well 8( 

..

Oh well i guess...i still had fun !

Though im really drained out during the course of this two days LOL