Tokyo post 1

Hellooo!

I've been in Tokyo since Monday,, and I'm loving it! There's always the thing of getting used to being stared at, but mostly the people are so nice here :)

The first day we were super tired, we had to change planes in Vienna, and our Tokyo flight was 3,5 h late, so the total waiting time was 7,5 h! And I didn't get much sleep on the plane, so I was pretty beat. But we went to the super market and made food and watched some TV and went to sleep at about 8 pm :D The next morning I woke up up at 5.30 and couldn't sleep anymore so I just read a magazine and surfed the internet :D Later, when everyone was awake we went to Akihabara to buy one of those one time only cameras that were really popular in the 90's. After that we went to Shibuya so that I could get my extensions :) loving them, so loooooong ;D And the girl who did them for me was so funny!! She's the same I had in December, she's super sweet :) And then we checked out some shops in 109, went to karaoke and came home at 11.30. On Wednesday we went to Harajuku but it was raining so much, we didn't stay long. I managed to buy shoes, a hat and 2 t-shirts though ;D Later we made pancakes :) On Thursday we checked out the second hand shops here in Koenji where we're staying. I bought sandals from Listen Flavor, but all of the vintage shops were really expensive :/ even jeans shorts would go for atleast 3000 yen :( so we went home and made food and started drinking. We went to a local bar we also went to last year, and had a great time! On Friday we again went to Harajuku because the weather was better, it was really humid though, so not very comfortable. But the guy in the Sex Pot Revenge shop was super nice! So cute! I chatted with him for a while and he gave me a flyer to go to Decadance when he heard I like to party LOL. Theeen we went to Shinjuku to eat and to look at the awesome views from the Office Government Building. It's free, so if you ever go to Tokyo, you should definitely go! We were in Koenji at around 9.30 and found a cute band playing outside the station. They were so good!! http://www.monograman.com/ They are playing again today, so we're gonna go watch :) Today we're going to Ueno park for a picnic.

Catch you later!

xx

~Rina~

Martinis and mixed feelings

Blaaah, I don't really like martinis but I felt that that song title describes my feelings well right now ^^;
I got home from Tokyo yesterday afternoon and I feel relaxed because this is the city I grew up in, I know where everything is, I have my friends and family here. But at the same time I can't get over this empty feeling that I've had since leaving Tokyo behind. This year it was alot harder than last year ;_; I met so many wonderful people and I already miss them! I had so much fun being there and I really feel like my Japanese got a lot better ^^
Anyway I could write a few things from the last week and a half in Tokyo. It started with me having a fever on Wednesday so I did not go to school that day. On Thursday I was already feeling better so M and I went to 109 to shop, I wanted to get a knit cap in black too, I already have it in mint green and white. The green I bought last year and I was so happy they carried them again this summer cuz they are seriously cute! On Thursday I got my extensions! I wanted to get ten baby pink ones but they didn't have any so I decided to get 10 blonde ones instead, I think it turned out cute ^^ I've been lazy again so I haven't put my pictures on the computer so just hang on for a few days more! On Thurday was also the bye bye party for the Finnish girls, we stayed in Koenji until 6 AM haha.
On Frisay we didn't do anything special, but on Saturday we went to Decadance! Before we went to Decadance we went to an izakaya to eat and have nomihodai (all you can drink [for a limited time]) The place was really good, don't know the name though since we just follow the guy to the place. In there they all shouted welcome! and the guy who brought us there shouted that the cute girls were coming :D And they always had a new waitor for our table and one of the guys asked where we were from and when we said Finland he was like "Oh, I heard rumors about you guys!" hahaha. The we headed to the konbini to get a drink before going to decadance. There were so many cool people and had weird outfits, I have to see if M got any pictures because I myself was so royally smashed I didn't think of taking any photos :D
On the Sunday after that we went to visit Takuyas mum in Akishima. It was so much fun, so relaxed and Takuyas mum is like the sweetest person.
On Monday we didn't really do anything except go to school. On Thuesday we met Takeshi and Toru an went to Harajuku. We had fun just talking and walking around and Takeshi decided that M was a princess and we should do anything she wants :D
On Wednesday we went to eat nabe at Davids place. It was soooo good! I ended up getting drunk and while M fell asleep in I talked to David. M and I got home around 5 AM :D
On Thursday we started packing. On Thursday evening Takeshi brought us curry and it was so delicious! On Friday we just packed and had our final class. It was kind of sad ;_;
On Saturday morning we took a taxi from our apartment to Shinjuku and there Takeshi met us and gave us onigiri and souveniers. Seriously such a nice guy even if he sometimes is Mr.Mean :D
But now I'm really tired! I'll try to upload some photos tomorrow!
xx

~Rina~

hello~

Yay, I got my extensions today, I'm so happy and they are gorgeous. The colour is just a tad of but it's okay since I'm gonna dye my hair anyway ^^

Today is my first day at work this autumn and I'm not really looking forward to it since it is kinda boring. I'm just gonna take some study material with me so atleast I'll do something that I really need to do. Last semester I didn't do like 4 tests so I need to catch up. And if I study at work it's like I'll get money for studying so maybe that'll motivate me ^^

Bye
~Rina~