まいごになりました

ok so yesterday was a holiday so no school so the plan was to meet my mom in shinjuku to look for phones. we planned to meet around 10:30 buuuuut yeah it was bad.

first of all, she said get out of exit #5. well the exits weren't by numbers but like 'south/north exit' ect so i was like 'well hope i dont end up on the opposite side'. i think i got out ok but now i had to find the store to meet at. it was some electronics store so i asked these police ppl and they pointed towards and it was across the street so i was like mkay..

but when i get there i dont see her. so i asked this guy working im like 'english daijoubu?' and hes like no. so i ask if anyone else there knows english but he says no so im like gaaahhh. but yeah i manage to ask if theres another store enterance and there was but she still wasnt there so i ask him again if theres another same electronic store in the area and i have him draw a map too. but omg like i had to turn left at the gap store but i never found it so i was walking around for like an hour being like wtfffff. being lost in a foreign country with NO CELLPHONE is scary this is why i need one.

as im walking around i see a parade so i take a quick video

i guess the holiday was like the emperors bday or something.

anyways, so i managed to find gap, but then i couldnt find the store and i was like ohh maybe i can call my mom through payphone. then i was like 'wait do i have her number in the notebook' and THANK GOD I DID otherwise id be screwed. then i was like 'do i have the phone card?' and i did. even if i didnt itd be ok, id just have to pay my money. so yeah i call her n im like where r u!!?? so i tell her im near this camera store n shes like ok i know where u are so dont move. so im waiting for like 20 minutes n im like this shouldnt take this long to get me and was just about to call her again but then she sees me n we are reunited finally after like an hour n a half.

then i was like lets eat first cuz i didnt really eat breakfast besides a slice of bread so we ate beef bowls.

ok this is prob way too much info but, like the struggle of doing a number 2 at my apartment. like if its a busy area with lots of noise and ppl constantly going in and out i have no problem. but the bathrooms here theres like 6 toilets per floor and its just really awkward when ur trying to go but 2 other ppl are trying to poo too but no one is doing anything n just sitting there waiting for u to leave idk i couldnt do it. i felt so much more comfortable at the department store LOL sorry to anyone reading this i apologize.

ANYWAYS

so we checked out phones but didnt get one we bought it online but got the sim card instead. we went to book off and i found a hakuouki artbook for like $5 aaaahhhhh u know i gotta buy it!

heres some beta designs or something i thought was neat

everyone pretty much looks the same though.

and ommggggg the starry sky games r like $5 too. i wanted to buy starry sky in summer but they only had the limited edition i guess which was still like $9 but i just want the game, not the drama cd or poster or w/e so maybe when i go to akihabara or back to nakano or something.

then for dinner we ate at this cafe-ish restraunt and then went home and i was sooooo exhausted yet i stayed up til almost midnight lol.

oh and on tuesday as i was walking to skool some guy was like 'summimasen, oneesan, oi' and stuff and said something idk but i heard the word fashion but im like 'ohh english..' and he walks away. then coming home from skool i run into that model agency guy again and even though hes talking in japanese i can get what hes saying like 'why didnt u call? is it bad?' ect then he asks if im free on saturday but im busy so hes like maybe another time

yeah saturday is my last day with my mom cuz shes going back home >_< then im gonna be by myself waaaaaahhhhhhT_T

hm i dont think ive taken any selfies in japan. cuz idk havent really dress up looking cool but maybe soon for golden week if i go anywhere

oh and on sunday me n my mom went to a hot spring and it was really nice and afterwards ate ice cream and i went on the massage chair and it was super high tech but was really strong so kinda hurt

thats all

recently

ok sorry for lack of pictures i havent really taken any since ive been in japan cuz i guess the culture shock is over from last time i was here. plus im at skool all the time and all the weekends so far is just moving or shopping. havent really gone anywhere.

ANYWAYS

last monday or something after skool i had to use a new train line but i couldnt find it but i guess that was good cuz some guy came up to me n i was like ommmgggg dis guy is gonna try to hit on me go away but it turns out he was like a model recruiter or something. he said he works with tokyo girls collection and stuff and i looked up the website on his card and it seems pretty legit but i dont think im gonna try to join the agency cuz like all the models listed are pretty ugly and none of them are famous and im sure once u join an agency u cant switch to another so naaahhhh i'll prob have more opportunities later

and on saturday i moved in a new place. i got to check it out a few days before and its way NICER n BIGGER than the old place, and it cost less too!!!! theres like over 100 ppl living here so i doubt i'll meet everyone but i hope i can make some friends soon. theres like a lot of white ppl here lol and it seems a lot of them go to a language skool in shibuya too but a different one hmm. anyways the place is like a hotel. like it gets cleaned everyday, theres different rooms like exersize room, theater room, study room ect. and i chose a room with my own bed so its not a bunk bed cuz that was annoying. my roommate is a 26yr old vietnamese girl but she speaks english fluently. maybe after a month or so when i know more japanese i might switch to a different room with a japanese roommate but idk

and i decided to cut my nails short T_T they look fugly now but my thumb got cracked back in america but the crack got too big and was beyond repair so i had no choice :(

omg but the first night i stayed at my new place, like i could not sleep at all!! i honestly have no idea what time i even fell asleep cuz it seemed like i was awake forever. like i CAN'T sleep with just one pillow, i need 2. but i was gonna bring the other one the next day so i had just one that night. psshhh yeah n the bed was a spring wire bed which i havent slept in one  of thse in forever so it was kinda uncomfortable and my roommate was snoring but that didnt really bug me cuz pudgy's snoring is prob worse lol. so in the morning i was so exhausted n i had my uncle pick me up so we can go shopping with my mom n grandma but i felt so sleepy the entire time. we checked out cellphones n im gonna get this one but to buy cellphones here u need a registered address but i dont have it yet so next week hopefully!!!

also, why are there so many pigeon toed girls in japan?? SO MANY. and ive seen a ton of ppl walking with guitars on their backs too. hmmm

i think thats all bye

past few days

ok so yesterday i moved out of that share house. im lucky that they let me leave so soon. the ppl were nice n stuff. im pretty sure i met everyone. maybe not full on introduction but at least get a glance of them, but the house was just too dirty. like when i had to shower it was pretty gross. the floors in the shower were STICKY and it was really cramped in there. and my bed was like high so i had to climb a ladder to get on, but you cant even sit up cuz its so close to the ceiling and sometimes i just wanted to sit on the bed but it was too high n i didnt feel like climbing/laying down.

i felt bad/kinda awkward leaving so soon cuz ive only been there a few days but aahh w/eee

but duuude ive been STARVING everyday cuz idk how to cook n i have like no food it was really bad. one day at skool i was sooo tired from zero energy n i felt like i would pass  out any second glad i can eat and shower again!

ugg and the girl at skool who likes anime invited me to akihabara on saturday but i was like 'i have to move' otherwise i wouldve goneee!!!!

now it'll take like an hour getting to skool instead of 15 minutes wahh but w/e im still young i can walk

and dude i can feel my leg muscles burn like my calves?? is that wat its called? they hurt and the bottom of my butt gets sore too. gotta tone up.

and today was the first sunny day in like a week sso did some shopping. thats so sad how 'nice weather' here right now would be like 50-60 degrees with a little sunshine. so dif from back home

and it seemed all the animals were enjoying the sun too

i went to thrift stores today and looovveeee iiittt!!!

i bought this military-ish shirt and girly dress both for about $8!!! when i saw the price for the dress im like 'is this the right price tag o__O' now i just need to buy shoes to go with it

also bought a code geass towel cuz no matter what i say that idc for this show anymore, there will always be a place in my heart for code geass. like everytime i go to a store that sells anime figures i always hope i'll see some lelouch figure. and duuuude figures are so cheap here like wtf all these evangelion figures for less than $10 and theyre the big ones too

anyways enough about anime, went to a dif 100en store and i bought these kiddie bath bombs

lol that big trend earlier this year but in japan its really common to take baths so im like why not and they have a toy inside

of gachapin n some hamster. hope i get the secret toy jk i'll try it out tomorrow

and at the super market tried out one of those DIY candy kit things of donuts

it looked way better in person the camera does no justice

it tasted alright. just really sweet.

can u believe these little things that are like the size of a bottle cap took me like 30 minutes to make???

well thats all!

uuummmmm????

ok so ive been getting ready to move out living on my own n starting skool n stuff

sssooooooo......

yesterday i was officially suppose to move in my new house but i didnt lol. ok i'll explain: i met the house person around 11 to get settled in and shown around. its not far from the station and the cherry bloosoms were falling from the tree and i was like 'omg hakuouki' but thats not important. duuudeeee that house is pretty bad though. its really disappointing. like ur suppose to take ur shoes off in japan, but honestly i wish i could keep them on cuz theres like no point in removing them. the floors were SOOO dirty!!! i just wanted to mop up and clean the whole house! and i HATE cleaning but this was pretty intense. the guy who met up with me doesnt live there but hes like yeah this house needs to be cleaned. and omg the showers are worse. like they smell like pee and i just wanna wear flip flops inside. idk about the downstairs one, but the upstairs shower is pretty gross. ok like im honestly gona try to take showers like 2 or 3 times a week cuz its that bad. on the weekends i go back to my grandmas until my mom leaves at least so i def take baths n get clean there.

anyways after that i went to my skools orientation and i was like 30 minutes late cuz we got lost. idk but during and especially after, i sudden got like REALLY nervous and my heart kept pounding and i was just freaking out inside. like im all alone idk anybody. yeah idk why i was really nervous but my heart just kept pounding the rest of the day.

then after that we finally went to get my address registered so i can open a bank account but it took FOREVER and we didnt eat all day besides like a piece of bread for breakfast so me n my mom were DYING. idk we both felt pretty crappy but once it was like 6 we were ok-ish but we were still pretty pooped out and my mom was like wanna just go back to ur grandmas? oh btw my bed is like this super thin mattress like 3 or 4 inches and this super thin padding. yuuuupppp its really sad. i have to sleep on that tonight i wonder how this will be. honestly if i did the house viewing instead of just reserving this place, i prob wouldnt move in. i think im gonna try to find a new place soon. im stuck here for a month so maybe i'll end up liking this place??? who knows but this seems pretty unsanitary for my liking.

and toooddaaaayyy:

tried opening a bank in the morning but we have to do one more close to my house which is dumb and was a waste of time but w/e. so we went to my house first to bring more stuff i left behind and sorta unpack. i had to put my makeup on cuz i left it there and not at my grandmas. everyone in the house works during the day i guess so noboddy was there or yesterday when we were there. my mom stayed behind while i went to school cuz i needed her to buy food n stuff for me. and i had to use the trains by myself again DX but i made it there ok but i was kinda late so i was like running in shibuya trying to get to my skool and to get there u have to go up this HUGE hill and i was sweating and breathing hard but luckily i was only 5 minutes late and the teacher didnt do attendance yet so its all good. the first day of skool was mostly stuff i already know. we have to learn hiragana and katakana??? but i already know that so i hope im level 2 cuz i need to learn kanji. we took some quiz thing for the alphabet yesterday and omg i srsly forgot how to write a lot of katakanas. like if i SEE it i can totally read it, but writing it i dont use katakana that much so idk i felt so baka lol. same with lots of kanji too. i can read it but not write it. but anyways our level will be determined in a few days. some kids i can tell they already know this crap like me lol. and omg this girl in my class like diabolik lovers and otome stuff too!!! thank god!! she saud she loves diabolik lovers BUT she loves KANATO omg ewwww i just dont understand how ppl find him "hot" i just cant see it no matter how hard i try. but yeah i'll def talk to her more maybe we can go to the otomate cafe together one day and omg i looked up namja town and during the summer theyre doing an otomate collab again i must go!!

and afterwards my mom met me after skool and we ate some ramen and she bought me more stuff for living. i went back home on the train again. i almost got lost kinda but asked a guy working there just to confirm i was going the right way cuz if i didnt i would be in deep doo doo. i was nervous walking towards the house cuz idk how my housemates are but they seem nice. i havent met all of them yet but most. my roommate is nice, shes a japanese girl whos 25. im the youngest in the house of course.

well that sums it up. i like skool so far im not scared of that anymore but im just unsure how i feel about this house.

NIPPON

yooooooooooo im in japan now!!

the start of my new life

anyways the flight was almost 12 hours but its weird cuz it dint seem THAT long, just long. they had lots of good movies. i watched some of big hero 6 but the medicine i took made me super sleepy so i stopped halfway. by the time we arrived in japan it was 3am in CA so i was dead but it was only like 7pm in japan. we didnt get to my grandmas house until like 11pm and i went straight to bed

the next day, just went shopping around town. we were trying to open a bank account for me but i need to get a registered address. anyways went to 100yen store and some clothing place and groceries. bought some nail stickers n eyelashes and yummy food

i really wanted to do cherry blossom viewing but the weather sucks right now and the peak was earlier this week so the flowers  are starting to wither away. so i just took a pic of some random tree near the police station. yeah its all cloudy n cold. ima miss the endless blue skies back home.

and yesterdayyyy went to nakano!!!! its kinda like akihabara just not as intense but lots of nerdy stuff LOL 

i didnt take too much pics only cuz i think ur not suppose to inside stores but i did anyways haha

i took lots of diabolik lovers pics cuz brook loves it so i just had to show her these!

at the game store i was so tempted to buy the DL more blood limited edition game cuz it was like only $30 same with limited edition jewelic nightmare which was $25. waaaaahhh but i'll be sure to buy these later on before i return back home since im gonna be here for a while.

some utapri posters i think. most pics i took were the outside of the store displays. 

lol in one store this old lady working there saw me and said i was pretty haha prob used to seeing gross guys so its refreshing seeing a pretty young girl XD

i cant wait to make friends in japan to go shopping with cuz going with my mom she gets tired easily n stuff. like i was having a blast unleashing the inner nerd but she was just like meh.

anyways so i was looking for mostly otome stuff there and waahh~ so much but dang some stuff is really expensive. like a tin button(depending on what it looks like i guess) can cost like $15 

keychains from the same series have different pricing per character cuz i guess some are more harder to get but blaaahh

anyways heres what i bought:

KAZAMA<3 p="">

of course cuz hes my main hubby

both keychains. rubber strap is 600yen which i think is a reasonable price cuz for some reason rubber straps are like really expensive???? and ive always wanted one too

and the other keychain his message says "ive been waiting for you my wife. i cant wait to hold you in my arms' OMGGG when my mom told me what it said i was like 'i need to buy this!' and it was 300yen. i got the okita one last time i went to japan but i dont really care for him even though hes one of the most popular.

afterwards we were really hungry cuz we didnt eat lunch so we eat beef bowls at yoshinoya and my legs were really sore cuz i was wearing heels all day(like 2 inch heels no way i could go higher than that all day) and on the train home we were lucky to get seats the whole way back.

and gaaahhh tomorrow im moving out, living on my own T_T

im gonna live with like 9 other ppl i hope they like me DX

and i gotta go to my skool orientation too. super nervous using trains on my own. theyre really complicated looking but my moms like theyre so easy to read...OKAY...

last time i rode the train by myself i almost missed my stop. waaahh so scared