and the spring cleaning ensues...

remember where i last left you guys?

I was spring cleaning my room.. no wait.. it was just a closet overhaul.. halfway i was chatting with Serene and She Eng.. and watching them bicker, making fun of each other sure pulled some heart strings.. I was wearing my funky blue skirt then, and both girls were revolted and looking at me despairingly for still owning the "blue thing"... i say: whats wrong with it!? its funky and killer awesome.. and they went all condescending and what not.. well screw you! I wanna have fun!

:P

So after my closet overhaul, I went to Chiba to help my friends with their spring cleaning... Ruo Lin and I went to Chiba's Ikea store, pretended to be newlyweds, shopping for furniture! haha "darling~ what do you think about this dinner set? I think its absolutely ADOOO~RABLE!" We met with Louise, and helped her buy some fabrics for her curtains... and then coo at every Ikea item.. after that we went to do more window shopping!

At home, we did a bit of throwing away useless junk, although Louise seems to collect a lot of Junk.. and to be fair, I do some of that too... I mean like she collects packeted sugar from everywhere she gets them... it was astounding; her collection... and I can't say anything because I collect labels, like when I buy clothes, and they have a nice price tag, I havent got the heart to throw it away... so I cant say anything to her... we put up her make-shift curtains... and the next day, we helped Siti.. who as usual misplaces everything... hahaha it was amusing to see her prioritize the tv remote control.. AHAHAHA

Siti

Ruo Lin

Louise

Ruo Lin and I

the next day, Ruo Lin left, YOU TRAITOR!! ahaha leaving me and louise to finish up whatever moving we have left. Louise was to receive a free washing machine from a friend and she had no way of transporting it over so we had to cart it all the way from her house to Louise's house... It was very embarassing on my part.. because cant you imagine the situation held in brunei?? pushing a washing machine on the road from house A to house B? so yeah... yet another adventure for me..



Later that day, after the embarassing debacle, we met up with a very groggy Siti, and cycled through Chiba Uni, making our way to town, to look for cheaper furniture and internet connection for them both... We were invited to a farewell nomikai of Louise's friends.. and at first, we were very reluctant to go because we were freakking knakkered... but one thing led to another, we went anyways... i wanted to take photos but... i was too lazy to get my camera in my bag which was situated far away from me... as we were leaving the drinking hole... i quickly searched for my camera, I wanted to take a photo of the view.. (we were on the 22nd floor of some building.. and the view was spectacular..) but my camera was no where to be found!




I panicked thinking I've lost my relatively new and pretty camera..(although on the other hand, it just means I have an excuse to buy another newer and better camera) but NOOOOO!! so I thought back to all the places where it could be... the last time I used the camera was while I was cycling through Chiba Uni, taking photos, so the only place where it could possible be is in the bicycle basket... So I rushed to where we left our bicycles.. and then Siti realised that she's lost her bicycle keys.. the only place where it could have been for her is the restaurant itself.. so up she goes.. and off I go to the bicycles... when we reached our destination, and there it was.. my camera... no one touched it! It was raining slightly earlier on but my camera "made it through the rain... (I can stand up once again~)" ahahah incredibly lame joke but I'm happy...

I love Japanese people! they're not really the thieving kind.. although I'm over generalising here.. Louise got pickpocketed in a packed train so I guess I was just uber lucky!

yeay camera!

After that, we left for home, Louise's home that is... and had some crazy fun.. Phillip dropped over and did some monkeying around...and no we werent drunk...





now.. about the trouble thing...

as you may already know, Im moving soon.. and I've got the apartment.. I've packed somewhat.. I have evacuate this dormitory by 5pm on the 31st..

BUT! my new apartment, is still being rented by someone, and then someone isnt moving till the 31st, and she/he can't move out until her new apartment is relinquished from ownership from its current owner.. she/he ALSO isnt leaving till the 31st of March.. And I need to get out, because someone else is going to move in my current room.. and she needs to get out of her room too because someone else is moving in her place... basically it's a chain of five people moving in and out of their apartments..

to make it simple,

<-- A <-- B <-- C <-- D <-- E

A needs to get out so that B can move in. B needs to get out so that C can move in.. and so on
I'm person C. BITCH of a situation aint it?

To make matters worse... my guarantor of a teacher bailed out on me.. just when the paperwork is all settled, ready to be sent to the agency... I have to have it recalled and sent to the International Students Centre to have it redone.. but thankfully, the people there realise that I'm in a bit of a pinch, so they decided to be nice to me and speed up the process... hopefully, this afternoon it'll all be done and ready to go.. I was really scared if the paperwork didnt fall through, I paid for my apartment and cant enter because the paperwork's not done... and I'll end up homeless...

so thank the heavens that things are running somewhat smoothly again.. i was pissed the entire time this happened..

besides anger, apartments and adeline.. the sakuras are blossoming! and drat.. a few minutes ago, the sun was shining and the sky was blue.. but now.. as i look up from the computer... the sky is now cloudy, its drizzling and i hear hints of a thunder brewing...

drat it...

SPRING CLEANING

my room is a complete mess! im going to move soon, so i decided to pack some clothes, discard some... but its really not going anywhere..

first i pilled everything from my closet on the bed....
discarded ones i dont want...


folded body hugging shirts that i still wear...

separated the jeans and bottoms..


this is my somewhat empty closet...


the winter/long sleeved pile...


my room with all the clothes

and then i decided to take my luggage down to fill it with clothes so that i can move.... and then i discovered that it too had clothes in it!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

and with the new amount of clothes...

the discard pile has multiplied...


and i re-discovered my funky skirt... HAHAHAHA good ol times...




back to more spring cleaning

my rendezvous in tokyo

okay... it was a LONNNNNG week for me in tokyo and i undoubtedly had TONS of crazy fun!

Thursday afternoon,

I was for once punctual for my meeting with Susan. I self-invited myself to her outing with her cooking club mates. They brought us to their version of "clubbing". Which was not clubbing at all!!! First of, it started at 5pm... (wha~?!) and I didnt really know where the party was held.. and then they told me that we were going to Yokohama.. A bit surprised because Yokohama was kinda far... so errr...

So, their version of clubbing... = NOT CLUBBING AT ALL!!!

dance performance

the event was called "On-Okuri" with the theme of "Pay it Forward", (remember the movie? I cried like mad...) anyways... first up, they had a Jazz Live band.. that was cool.. because I LOVE jazz... and then they had a ten minute interval where a DJ plays some smooth techno music... during this time everyone was either supposed to dance or mingle... Not surprisingly, they chose to mingle... and we, being Susan and I, wanted to dance... so we did.. but it was awkward as hell because 1) we were the only foreigners there... 2) no one else was dancing. Second up, they had a littel fashion show... which i enjoyed because I love clothes... and then again with the 10 minute interval... Thirdly, they had a dance section... I was thinking, yeay! finally a section for people to dance... but then it was a dance presentation... It was a good show, the dance routines were fantastic! but I wanted to dance... WE WANTED TO DANCE... and then another 10 min interval.. and then a surprise concert by "BUMP OF CHICKEN" a famous japanese rock band... and at the closing, the main organiser made us all carry a candle, closed all lights, said something teary, cried on stage and made people like us feel awkward... HAHAHAHA it was as if we interrupted some university's prom or graduation party.... later that night, Susan and I continued drinking at her friend's dorm.. it was fun! getting tipsy, drinking crazy amounts of alcohol...

candle in the wind

Susan's cooking club mates

us! YEAYYY peace!

The only good thing about this "club" event was that we met some random boys... random cute boys... random cute boys studying in Keio University... (Keio Uni is a wealthy university where the students are bound to become somebody in the near future..) how do you like that? mmmm I like the very sound of it! We exchanged numbers, and some of them actually contacted us for a follow through.. which is SOOO rare... and when they did.. they asked us out... for Saturday night... lets see... cute rich boys asking us out.... I think theres only one answer to that right? HAHAHAHA.. HELL YEAH!!!

Friday mid afternoon,

Susan ditched me because she had her club activities... I window shopped in Marui, saw the perfect adorable flats that i wanted to buy, but they didnt have the colour I wanted in my size... darn it! and I saw this GORGEOUS blazer for 30000yen... I SOOOO WANTED IT!!! but i controlled myself... instead i bought myself 3 headbands... After an excruciating amount of control and budgeting, I left for Inage, Chiba; to meet up with Louise for a supposed clubbing event... but since it was pouring like mad... we decided to give clubbing up for pizza and episodes of random drama...

my headband collection!

specimen 1

specimen 2

specimen 3

Saturday afternoon,

I got kicked out from Louise's place because she was working... and so I left for Harajuku to do some shopping... In Harajuku's Takeshita Street, they were selling tutus for cheap and apparently they're sooo IN right now... i was SOOO tempted to buy them.. they were cheap too! but I dont know... hesitation... I saw a foreigner with Harajuku Fashion and thought she was KICK ASS AWESOME!! she had purple hair, crazy makeup and a black tutu on, with black and white socks... I LOVE HARAJUKU... but I had to evacuate Takeshita street because the African American guys scare the hell out of me... so I headed to LaForet, a mall with all the fashionable and slightly expensive clothes... and spent 15000yen on clothes... I bought a 60's-esque dress and a DELICIOUS obi-belt... However because i was alone.. I didnt really feel the excitement..( Youre probably thinking I spent that much money and I didnt feel excited?!?!) i went through the whole of Harajuku in two and a half hours...I had so much time to kill before I go off to Shibuya to meet Susan and our dates..

the retro dress~!

the leather obi which is expensive and i shall not mention the price

obi-on-adeline-kenobi (LAME~~~~~~~~~~~~)

so I went to Shinjuku to pay my respects to Kinokuniya... (LOL) Whilst waiting for the lift to bring me to the 6th floor of Kinokuniya, I met Derek, a Singaporean senpai in Tsukuba.. Im like "woah.. watcha doing here?!?!?! of all the places to meet you... in Shinjuku?!?!" Later, on the 6th floor, whilst browsing through the English books, or rather the Young Adult's Literature section, I bumped into Herb, a Filipino senpai from Tsukuba.. and she told me that Maria Hose, a El Salvador senpai was here too.. and I'm thinking "Is the whole Tsukuba Foreigner Students here?!?!?" After that, we decided to head up looking for place to chill because our feet demanded so. After chilling with them... it was time to head to Shibuya...

Herb and Marie Hose

the randomness of Shinjuku

the purchases~

the last book was not bought in Kinokuniya, ordered from Amazon

Isn't it lovely?! collectors edition! I have found my calling

In Shibuya, I met Susan we had an early dinner because we didnt know what to expect from our dates... so we ate an a family restaurant.. "Saizeriya"... after that, we went to our meet place to await our princes in cool Shibuya armour.. LOL... but they mailed us saying that they'll be 20 minutes late.. eitherways we decided to wait out there because, my feet were dead... and it's always fun to stare at people outside Shibuya... AND THEN!! this old homeless bum came up to us, bitching in the lines like this:

"These foreign men, they come to Japan seeking Japanese girlfriends... they are soo stupid... they dont know that Japanese women are stupid, backstabbers and always spending you're money.... And these Foreign men they are too scared to find proper girlfriends in their own countries because they cant.. they are the rejects of their own country... Japanese men are too scared and cowardly to court women.. thats why you foreign women are single right now..."

HOW FUCKING RANDOM IS THIS?????!?!?!?!??!!? he said that... and I'm not lying... he said this to us in English! and not the Japanese English.. the proper kind.. WE WERE ABSOLUTELY GOB-SMACKED!!! while he was preaching our predicament, we were silently praying for our dates to hurry up, and they did! they came just in the nick of time to save out sorry single asses! hahaha and they never looked any more handsome! HAHAHAHA man... they shone in their armor! I shall have so many stories to tell my grandchildren!

They took us to a grill-bar-restaurant thingy called "American". We had sooo much fun... they were funny kind and cute! And they got soo hot after drinking much, one of them took of two layers of his sweaters, and was left with this sleeveless (singlet?) inside i was praying for the restaurant to turn the heaters up, because GOD DAMN!!! that boy fine~~~! did i mention he plays ice hockey? and the other cute boy, he plays baseball.. he didnt take his shirt off but hes cute... we love his personality... Thus, by the end of this night, I decided that I shall give them Japanese boys a chance... HAHAHAHAHA... they paid for 3/4 of the bill.. and we paid the rest... awww... so sweet... We exchanged mails, and said our goodbyes.. Susan and I left giggling with giddy happiness... how awesome can a day get?! and it's not over yet!

Keio boys plus us! I should have taken more pictures...

Right, as we parted ways, I was to meet Louise in Starbucks to go clubbing after that... Susan accompanied me in Starbucks while I waited... and then we giggled and gossiped more about the cute boys... soon she left, and I was alone in Starbucks, drinking my already finished Chai Latte, but I pretended that I still had some so I could sit in Starbucks, and then a guy came up to me and told me I was pretty... and I'm like *blush* eheheh thank you.. I LOVE SHIBUYA!!.. two hours later, Louise apologetically mails me telling me to meet her at the station... so i left Starbucks, as I was crossing the street, a lady tapped me on the shoulder, she asked me if I could be her hair model... I was like huh?! lets cross the street first shall we?

She then explained to me that she has a hairblowing test tomorrow, and her hair model bailed out on her. So I'm like... err... what do I need to do? All I had to do was go to Harajuku the next day from 8pm to 10pm, and she'll give me a free haircut and blow so.. I'm like free? OKAY!

Finally, I met with Louise, and then I told her about the exciting things that happened to me the whole day, and we went clubbing. We went to Club Atom.. bargained with the doorman for our entrance fees... normally the fees would be 2500yen per head... but since we were such a large group, we got in for 1000yen! YEAY! we dance till morning, to trance, house, hip hop, rave and a bit of rock.. CRAZY FUN! until some bitch snagged on my stockings without realizing it.. I felt sooo raped! I mean like her heel snagged on my stockings, I was left with a rip on my stocking, I looked like some common hooker! BITCH!!! she ruined my day!!! and she just went back dancing like nothing happened!? ooohhhhhhh..........I never! and the fact that I didnt make out with anyone the past few days made it even worse! I came out to Tokyo to make out.. and I still haven't accomplished anything....

ladies at Club Atom

my ripped stockings... *cries*

430am, we left the club... taking the first train to Chiba... but.. we somehow took the wrong train.. and ended up in Yokohama... so from Yokohama we took another train back to Chiba... wasted an hour's trip.. but we got back safely and sleepily...

Sunday afternoon, after a good morning's sleep

We headed out to Harajuku... met up with Ruo Lin..walked pass by the shops selling the tutus... convinced myself that they are the rage of the moment... and bought two tutus... HAHAHA black in colour.. coolness~~ and then had All-you-can-eat Pasta... and then finally headed to the hairsalon... There I got my hair played with... Got questioned whether I was a half for about a gazillion times... Do I look remotely Japanese to you?!!? I dont see it!

ze tutu~

im a little ballerina~

After we left, Louise Ruo Lin and I wanted to drink somewhere together, but everything looked closed.. we thought that Shinagawa's station would have a Starbucks inside the station itself.. but we were mistaken.. and so we left the station and wandered in nearby cafes, bars.. but alas! everything was on last order and they werent accepting anymore customers... DARN IT ALL!!! it was only 11pm!

So we ended up drinking a can of beer and heading back home...

Monday afternoon,

I was supposed to go back to Tsukuba early... but I decided to accompany my friends from Chiba (Louise and Siti) to their immigration to extend their visa... so we waited in the office for what seemed like FOREVER!!! and then headed towards another part of Chiba in search of a Brasilian restaurant.. but apparently, they closed down... the hell!? So tired and a bit homesick, I left to return to me home.. HAHAHA..

eating our nachos on a platform from Inage to Chiba

extra spicy Nachos for moi

sakai me on Chiba's monorail...

it may not look like it.. but I was wearing a tutu underneath that... not enough puff right?

Louise and her colourful ensemble.. which i insisted on!

thats all for now...

ciao~