these have been on youtube :P

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3rd day of classss

International BBQ!

62!

First day of class!

59/60

58!

All my OSAKA vlogs!

I had no internet while in Osaka...cept for twice when I was at internet cafes but didn't have my files to upload. sooo sorry for the lateness but enjoy!

52!

51!

Day 50!

7 weeks!

Vlog 46-48

Vlog 45 :)

Moved in! :)

And the craziness begins!

Day 41

Ikebukurooooo :)

After I got back from Ikebukuro, Ian called and told me that we were gonna drink (again) so we got together around 9-10pm and drank a bit in his room and then decided to go to an izakaya (the same one as usual)...was delicious but cost me more than I would had liked due to seating fee <.< it was after midnight when we got there so I guess it's not that much of a surprise. I only have $30 to last me until I move in! FML

Vlog 39 :)

got my visa! :)

Typhoon <.<

Cat Cafe!! :)

Shinjuku, Chinese Restaurant and Fireworks :)

Vlog 31 ^^

Vlog 30 :)

vlog 29!

Okonomiyaki :)

So after okonomiyaki, everyone wanted dessert so we went in search of delicious treats in the area. First we hit up the 'shu-cream/cream puff' place by the station, then mister donut (but no donuts were on sale), then went upstairs to check out this other dessert place, only to be distracted by the adorable puppies/kittens in the petstore for a good 20 mins, then finally went to get ice cream downstairs at Sun Street. A-mazing :) Danica, Mindy, Monique and I just hung out and nom'd our dessert and talked for a good hour then headed back to 'study'...aka watch tv (in my case at least). We'll see how tomorrow goes...supposedly there is a chapter test that I found out about on the way to dinner. FML.

A-nation! :)

WAS AMAZING AND GINORMOUS! I've never been to such a big concert in my life! There were Tohoshinki fans EVERYWHERE, from little kids to GUYS to old ladies! XD I've explained a lot of what went on in my vlog, so I'll leave that out but just a recap on the greatness that was THSK :)

-Played Share the World, Purple Line, Doshite, Sky, Stand by U, Somebody to Love, Summer Dream and Survivor.
-The intro video was BADASS :)
-The entire stadium was 'red sea'...so awesome! ><
-Jaejoong sings pretty high <.< I was surprised! He also looks amazing even when he's sweating like crazy :P and he was really cute when he talked to the audience ><
-Yunho is mega hot IRL, pretty tan, did dance solos and was also very adorable when he played around XD His wink at the camera made my night XD
-Yoochun nearly stole the show with all his rocker yelling, sexy rap parts and just the way he looked XD
-Junsu is wayyy adorable IRL, nice ass (as expected) and let's just say those white pants didn't hide very much :P amazing voice live and also greatttt energy :)
-Changmin sweat like a mofo. LOLOL. for the most part I didn't pay attention to him but it seemed like he got solo lines a lot XD

Overall, I am sooo happy I got to go, got a decent seat and saw my favorite band live! :) I almost cried like 3 times just because I was so amazed at how lucky I was. Especially being a part of red sea and getting to see them live at such a critical time...it was definitely something I'll remember for the rest of my life. I definitely need to see them again tho! ><

Vlog 25/26 combo :)

Clubbing in Shibuya!

So we had planned to go clubbing in Shibuya all week and it definitely happened! :) Though it was a lot more expensive than planned (3000yen <.< it would had been 1000 before midnight ><), it was still a lot of fun! Danced for about 4 hours and drank 3 drinks (I got one free one with my entry and then my guy friends got me two XD) sooo hopefully I got my money's worth >< We got together around 10:30pm to do some pre-drinking and headed over to Shibuya around 11:15pm. The train we were on ended up being the last on it's line, so we had to unexpectedly switch trains to another line but ended up getting where we wanted to go. There were a TON of people out, even though it was midnight. Got to the club, got our IDs checked (so glad they didn't care that I was under 20 <.<), went upstairs, paid the hefty entrance fee and started dancing and drinking. We pretty much hung out with our group the entire time (3 guys and 3 girls) so on occasion, the guys had to cockblock for us, LOL. There were definitely a few international creepers in that joint <.< Anywho, the club was 3 floors, house/trance, electro...and something else, and then the r&b/hip hop floor. We spent most of our time on the third floor, the R&B hip hop floor but also a lot of time on the house/trance floor. :) I was sweating like CRAZY on the 3rd floor because the AC wasn't very high and it was packed, but the AC was better on the other floors so we'd travel around XD On another note, there were TONS of hot guys...TONS. Who looked like they should be in Japanese boy bands and magazines...I was very pleased. Lol. Unfortunately, I didn't get hit on by any of them, but whatever XD (I was wearing shorts, large hole'd fishnets and a zebra print tanktop with some rips and tears in it, with my hair up in pigtails and wearing zebra print flats...my heels would had killed my feet XD) But back to the guys...SO MUCH GOODNESS! >< I'm so glad I didn't drink more, or else I would had been tempted to just grab one and do unmentionable things to him. lolol. Around 4, we decided to leave the club since the first train was at 4:40am and we were pretty spent, so we headed out. Ian and Ryan had gone out earlier and Ryan was feeling pretty sick from an intense amount of alcohol, so he, Ian and Myra took a cab back while Tara and I (and Chihiro who went on another train) went back by train and made it back around 6. (We left around 5) There were a lot of people out even though it was ridiculously early, people who had been clubbing and people who were going to work etc. I got back and ate some left over karaage from last night, changed, took of my makeup and hit the hay. All in all, a good night, hecka fun, and we have coupons for next time! :)

PS. no vlog for today...they wouldn't let us take pics/video in the club so i have no material...and it'd be lame to record a vlog the day after...so i'll just skip this number and move on the 26. XD

Midterm, blahhh.

Vlog 23!

Vlog 22

Japanese Fashion Trends

What's popular right now in Japan in terms of fashion? Judging by what I've seen in Shibuya and elsewhere it boils down to a few necessities and outfits that you'll see on nearly everyone deemed 'fashionable' in Japan.

1. Elastic band dressses--you know, the dresses with the black elastic waistband around the middle, and either a white/grey/black top half (with or without sleeves) and some kind of swishy skirt on bottom.

2. Floral prints--these tend to be the bottoms of the above. And there are tons of other dresses that are in style in floral print.

3. Suspenders--a lot of popular shirts these days have built in suspenders for stylish purposes. XD

4. Straw hats--cowboy hats or just round brimmed hats, you'll see a lot of em.

5. Layered vests--if you're wearing one vest, there'll probably be another top over it

That's all I can think of right now, but I'll start paying more attention so I can update later ^^

Vlog 21 :)

Harajuku shopping trip and a festival :)

OMG delicious pasta! :)

My favorite commercials at the moment :)

credit to TTJumbo

credit to kurugoma1144

check out Kimutaku's sexiness!

Anime in Akiba! :)

Ikebukuro Bosai Center! :D

Tokyo Tower!

Omake Video 1!

Vlog 16 :D

Shinagawa Aquarium and another day of class!

One of the adorable kittens I see everyday on the way to class :DDD

Fatty Spotted Seal

Badass Dolphin Picture :D

Vlog 14! Sorry for the lateness!

Vlog 13--Shibuya and Shopping!

A day I thought would be boring....NOT AT ALL! :D

So today I woke up around 11, since I went to bed rather late last night. I wasn't sure what I even wanted to do, but I ended up going to Daiei and bought a couple things before heading back, eating lunch and just pretty much doing nothing for an hour. Ian called since I had commented on his page for him to do so once he was in, since I got him a couple things from Daiei (flashcards and a hilarious beer banner for his room XD) and he stopped by. It was then that he told me that he, his gf, AJ and Ryan were going to Odaiba in less than 30 minutes and that I could come along. HECK YES! So we headed out to Odaiba around 5, got there around 5:45, got to see the awesome to-scale gundam AND the hanabi taikai! only bad side was the crowds, the fact that we got separated into two groups (somehow we got split up and couldn't get through with a phone), and the train fare was EXPENSIVE. >< like, over 500yen each way :/ So even though I had just put money on my train card yesterday, I had to put on more today <.< Down to 40 bucks! ><

Anywho, here is some bad-ass footage of the fireworks festival and the gundam (I had plenty of battery today!) and a few pics!

Vlog 11! 2nd Friday Night!

I summed up the first half of the day in my vlog...soo check that out!

As for the rest of the night...
Around 6:30pm, it started pouring rain like crazy, complete with lightning and thunder <.< We were just about to go out to dinner and didn't want to change our plans, so we braved the storm out to an izakaya. (Ian has video of this...soo hopefully I can get it from him and upload it :P). The food was awesome and cheap and I actually drank a whole mug of beer myself because it was only 100yen. lol. Gotta build up tolerance if my dad expects me to drink with him in Osaka. XD After we were done eating, it had stopped raining and we headed to the supermarket for some groceries. Leaving with snacks, we stopped by the taiyaki stand and got one piece each, which I haven't tried here. SO DELICIOUS. >< Then we went back to the mansion, and ended up hanging out in Myra's room for a while (and drank a bit more XD). Pat showed up and we went to his room for some wine and to just hang out and eat chocolate (haha) until about 11pm. We all departed then since Pat, Ian and Myra had to wake up early to go climb a mountain (one of the school trips...I just didn't want to pay for it ><), but I ended up going back to hang out in Ian's room cuz I had to pick up a laundry rack to hang my clothes on. I ended up drinking MORE wine and we just talked about some funny subjects until I left and had to go do laundry. Laundry only took about 30 mins because I just washed my clothes and hung them up to dry in my room. (they're still drying! the next day! ><) and I went to bed around...1...? :D

Vlog 10-Shibuya and Hanabi Taikai

Meiji Jingu Hanabi Taikai!

Working on the vlog right now...but here are some other pics!

ごめん、まだつまらない日だ。。。

Meiji Shrine and Harajuku, Vlog 8

Most of these pictures can speak for themselves...way cool! ^^

So many of the embellishments were heart shaped! XD



You write your wishes/hopes on these wooden blocks and then put them up for 500yen ^^;;


Pokemon Train!

GIANT takoyaki! ><

BOBA!

First Rather Uneventful Day :/

Well, today was a little boring. It was our second day of class and also the day that I had to go get my alien registration done, soo other than that, I didn't do too much. :/ I did go back out to the awesome ramen place that I've already been to twice (See pic!) with Tara, while exploring the area around Kameido some more, buuut besides that, I didn't really have time for anything else. The rest is explained in my vlog! :D I was a bit grumpy when I took it (after spending 3 hours getting the alien registration done and finding out I couldn't even get a phone with it <.<), so don't mind the 'yeah..'s and 'whatever...'s hahaha. ^^;;

Vlog 6

A rather quiet day today, just woke up around 10am, reminisced about Suju for a good hour, got ready and had to go shopping for some 'necessities.' After coming back from that, I finished vlog 5, and went out again to Bookoff (both of them in the area). Then I went to Sun Street and found a sale going on through Tsutaya (I think) and got four CDs for 500yen :D (3 Gackt CDs and 1 Hyde), bought lunch and ate it while watching TV, and pretty much did that for a good couple hours. Plans were made to eat dinner at 7, so until then I worked on homework (just an introduction essay type thing about ourselves), went online and pretty much did nothing of importance. We went out to dinner and stopped at Sun Street on the way back for random stuff that people needed and Mindy and I went to the pet store to oogle over all the adorable animals. OMG. Cutest puppies, kittens, turtles, CHIPMUNKS, biggest friggin bunny, and ferrets! AHHHH >< After that, we tried to meet back up with people at the 100yen store, but they had already left, so we went to the 300yen store to look around. I ended up getting a bathroom rug and an apple necklace, which is realllly cute. :D (the chain is a bit too long though...I'll have to figure out something for that.) It's only about 9:30pm right now, so I'm not sure what to do the rest of the night, but I know I have to finished my homework ><
Sexy Hiro Ad :D

Lunch!


oh! and here is vlog 6! Just a narrative on my 'quest' and a short video from dinner. :D

VLOG 5--SUPER JUNIOR

Best I could do since I couldn't film there. Enjoy! :D

Cost of Living in Japan

Okay, so I've been here 6 days...and spent $250 (25000yen). <.< SHIZ. I budgeted my savings to spend about $50 a week...so oops. But I'm blaming the immense spending on the fact that I just got here and had to buy essentials (shampoo, body wash, etc etc) and because I haven't gotten my scholarship yet (it starts in September). After I get that, I'll have an extra $350 a month to pay for food and transportation, which is a big portion of what I've been spending my money on. In estimate, I think I've spent about $80 on food so far (that sketchy barkeep lady got 20 of it <.<..so maybe more like $60). I also had to buy a train pass from Kameido to Akihabara which cost 4700yen and then paid probably about another $20 on train fare so far. They ask you to put money on your card in denominations of 1000yen, so I had to put at least that much on there for fare other than the commuter pass. So maybe about $70 or so on train stuff? (but that means I don't have to pay anymore to go to Akiba for school, which is good...but I do have to pay if I'm going elsewhere like Tokyo station or Shinjuku/Shibuya station etc. like I am tomorrow). I also bought my kanji DS cartridge which cost me 4350yen. After that day, I was 10000yen down. :/ So if I break it down like that, I've spent like...

8000yen on food
7000yen on transportation
4350 on DS game (which was necessary)
and then the last 5000 or so on...
karaoke, suju merch, other stuff like hygiene/beauty products, stuff for my room etc.

I shouldn't feel too bad though, since I really haven't been spending money on myself very often. The only stuff I've bought for myself are the suju goods and then 4 CDs today (that only cost me 500yen TOTAL because they were used) that I'll probably end up selling on LJ when I take a break back to the US.

Tomorrow I'm getting my alien reg card done so I'll have to take passport-ish pics there for 600yen, spend money to get to the office, and then I'm going to Shibuya (more $$) and going to a nomihodai type place for Stefanie's bday which is going to cost 3000yen >< I'll probably buy a phone on Tuesday or Wednesday which will probably cost me between 15000 to 20000yen. <.< Time for me to exchange more money :/ But in September, when I get my first scholarship deposit, they give us an extra 80000yen in the first month, so with that I'll pay myself back for all the 'settling' type things I've paid for.

Because of the expenses so far, I'm not sure that I can afford going to Dream Concert anymore. I'd LOVE to go and it's really a once in a lifetime chance, but the only bands I'm really going for are Suju (who I just saw...I want to see them again ><), DBSK (who I am seeing in a few weeks, and who also might not even be performing because of their dispute with SM), Shinee and SS501 (who I have seen before), and Big Bang (who will probably tour in Japan within the year). So it may not be worth it for me to pay $800 to fly to Korea and see them. Especially if they're only going to play a few songs each. I'm sure there will be other great korean concerts in Japan like the Family Lotte concert (suju and big bang played it last year). I'll just have to keep an ear open for it.

SUPER JUNIORRRRRR!

OMG...tonight was amazing. I can say it was the best concert I've EVER been to (and I've been to a lot). Screw 'premium event', this was an ALL OUT, AT LEAST 20 SONG CONCERT. They played nearly ALL of their hits: U, Marry U, Don't Don, Rokkugo, Sorry Sorry (remix version!!!!), It's You (REMIX!!), Gee (LMAO, BOYS VERSION), Twins, Miracle, Dancing Out, A Man in Love) AND Super Junior M was there (the two chinese members included) and they did It's Gonna Be Me and another slower song. They also did Pajama Party, Wonder Boy, What If.., Heartquake, Shining Star, Angela, Disco Drive and at least two other songs that I didn't know the names of). HOLY CRAP. I nearly died everytime they started playing another song, especially when it was one I LOVE. I'll blog more about it later because I am dead tired and I'm also gonna go see if I can find another ticket for tomorrow, LMAO. Because I REALLY want to go again ><

EDIT: well, I'm not sure if I can find another ticket for tomorrow because the cheapest one that is a better seat than what I had today is 15000yen :/ Dang itttt. I really want to go. I wish I could experience that amazing-ness all over again. I had no idea it was going to be like a CONCERT concert, I figured it'd be more like their event in Japan last year where they sung about 5 songs but also talked a lot and played games and stuff on stage. But no, this was an entire amazing concert where they did stuff they did in Super Show like the Gee perf, Sorry Sorry remix, It's You remix (actually, I hadn't even heard about that <.<), etc.

Anyway, to start from the beginning, I woke up at 11 (since I went to bed at 3) and got ready, headed to the train station at 1, got to Tokyo by 1:30, waited for Mia who came around 2, and then we went off to the Tokyo International Forum. There was this ginormous line outside coming from the doors, so I asked someone what it was for. 'Goods' she says...so we're like, 'GREAT, we have to stand in this line,' so we do. After waiting about an hour, they open doors and in a very organized manner, let the line in. We get our merch then decide to go find something to eat. It's strange, but for some reason, everytime you WANT to find a convenience store, you can't. <.< But we finally did and bought a sandwich and drink, ate it, and went back to the venue to wait for seating. AFter waiting a good hour or so, we're let in and separate to go to our seats. OH! and they gave us free lightsticks (suju ones! with their name on it and everything!) to wave during certain songs...but we waved them the whole time XD. We wait some more and finally, it starts. I think they started with A Man in Love, but there could had been one more before it...? I remember Kyuhyun sexy-ass part where he was elevated from the stage just like in Super Show and I screamed my freakin head off. Everyone was smokin' hot...like REALLY FREAKIN HOT. So highlights and member recaps:

Highlights:
--Rokkugo. everyone did the 'hand/arm twirling motion' with their lightsticks XD
--Don't Don. Eeteuk did THE most amazing hip thrust I've ever seen outta him during the part right after Kyuhyun's line. ><
--Donghae was AMAZINGLY CUTE ALL THE TIME. ><
--Siwon's shirt got lifted up by someone...oh baby :P
--ALL THE FANSERVICE :DDDD (Kangteuk, Siteuk, Shichul, Hanchul, Eunhae, HanKyu, Eunwook, Kangwook my goddddd)
--The members picking on Ryeowook and making him blush/stop singing...Kangin kissed him on the cheek and I think Donghae might had too but that could had been someone else XD
--MALE GEE. so they decide to tease us and say there's a 'special guest' and they start showing SNSD and the guys in the audience go crazy (yes, there were guys...the one in front of me knew the Sorry, Sorry dance XD). but then, lo and behold, Heechul and his army come out in their rainbow pants, wigs, mini top hats and bows to perform Gee. I almost died >< (but I almost died about 10 times tonight XD)
--Suju M. Even though I'm not huge on SujuM, their performance of 'It's Gonna be Me' was adorable and awesome :D
--Yesung pushing Kyuhyun while he was singing. it was just so classic. And Kyu got molested while he was singing too XD
--Eunhyuk having HOT ARMS. omg, he had a wife beater on and I was like...O_O. his arms are SEXY ><
--Kangin yelling random stuff right after the songs ended. XD 'kirei desu!' right after we used the white lights on our lightstick during 'Shining Star.'
--Sungmin trying to be sexy the entire time...but failing and just being kinda gay adorable.
--Eeteuk's super fail in Japanese. XD And Kyuhyun saying Japanese like he was fluent making the audience go 'WAAAA~' but then reading it off a paper. XD
--Hankyung being REALLY REALLY REALLY HOT the entire time >< And interacting very cutely with all the other members :D
--Donghae taking over Kibum's raps. Really...that boy seems to useless now if Donghae can take his place so easily <.< he didn't even record a message to play for the fans but even Henry and Zhoumi came. WTF.
--Sorry Sorry Remix. It was beautiful/hot/SEX :P (yes, SEX, it was SEX)
--Neorago Remix. I didn't even know there was one! It was like an electro-dance sounding remix :D
--Heechul's sex face...all the time. LOL. especially in Neorago when he took off his sunglasses. :P
--Heechul messing up the first line of Rokkugo and doing the Korean version instead of the Japanese one. :P The next person did it in Japanese and I was just like...??? XD
--The dancing for all the songs was friggin spot on and PERFECT AND HOT AND AMAZING the entire time! ><
--Kyuhyun's voice being perfect in every way ><
--Siwon's manly sexiness in Gee. XD (no, he didn't kiss his bicep, but he did have his shirt tied up to show his sexy V-line :P)
--Kyuhyun's adorable awkwardness in Gee. <333
--Mia and I waiting for them to leave the building, going ALL over the place for an hour to look for a way they might leave (aka stalking) and then finally finding the parking garage exit, waiting and when they DO finally leave, they don't even roll down the windows. :/ And security was a super bitch and wouldn't even let us take pics/film the car <.<
--The old lady who started talking to us while we were waiting for them to leave who was also a Super Junior fan.
--The lady in the train who started talking to me on my way back to Kameido because she saw my merch and had also gone. I don't think she knew I was a foreigner until I said I had come from America, which is kinda cool ^^ We gushed over how awesome it was and how our favorite was Eeteuk :P

Anywhoo...that is most of it :D but if I think of more, I will update. Mia took some pictures with her camera during the day before we got in (and tried to take some vid) and I got a pic of the stage before it started ^^

The Stage--Mia's pic since my phone camera fails XD

Shinee, Boa and TVXQ sent them flowers! :D

The goods! We got a Dream Concert flyer ><


I'll take a pic of my lightstick later. :D I can't wait to order the photobook thing in a couple weeks! :D (You get to choose 38 pics out of 200 from the event to turn into your own photobook for about 3200yen ^^)
Stalking, waiting and the sign in front :D (Pics from Mia :D)

First Friday in Japan!

Oh mannn, Friday's will be forever reserved for intense partying/drinking XD This has just set the standard. I'll blog lots more about it tmrw when I'm less exhausted >< First of all though, here is my fourth vlog, which does has a video or two from tonight ^^;;



Half of us. (I can't wait to get the group pics from people!)

Tara and I ^^

Haha, people commented before I got to blog about it ><

Anywayyy, the first half of yesterday I covered in my vlog, BUT the last half is the most entertaining and you guys haven't even heard about it yet! So around..6 or so, I got really bored after moving around furniture and making my vlog, so I went up to Ian's room on the 7th floor to see what we were doing for dinner. Patrick was there and Ian had found a place that we could possibly go clubbing/drinking, so for an hour or so, we worked on gathering people and getting more info on it so we could go. Around 7, we went to grab some food at the supermarket to eat before we left, and at 8:30, everyone met in the lobby to leave. The group was...myself, Ian, Patrick, AJ, Ryan, Tara, Myra and Mindy. We got on the train to Koiwa, which is a few stops in the direction of Chiba, got off there and ended up getting separated. AJ, Mindy and I went to go find the place ourselves (though apparently the other people waited for us since they realized we were missing, lol), and actually found it first. We went up and everyone else weren't there (and the place was empty <.<) so we waited downstairs for them to get there. After waiting 10 minutes, we were just about to send out the search party (aka AJ) to find them, but they walked around the corner. We had a few drinks (well, I had one, lol), danced (Amongst ourselves), played darts (I sucked uber bad at first but then got better...I think i mostly sucked because I was tipsy for the first time...ever, wtf was in that drink! lol) and just hung out for a while. But the scene was kinda boring, so we ended up going to another bar that was close to the station.

Some of us had gotten free drink coupons by the station for this bar, so it was a good choice. :D We get there and there's far more people than the last, though it's not packed in any way. Order drinks, get em, and then the dancing starts. They took requests too so we got some pretty awesome music to dance to. As we're dancing, these two businessmen looking guys in the corner start taking videos and pictures of us and we're like...'well...oooook.' Ian tells me that they're taking pictures of me cuz apparently they're SO INTO ME, but turns out...they wanted Ian. LOL. He got his crotch groped several times by both guys and was bought many beers...so it was safe to assume that they weren't targeting me (or anyone of the female sex XD). But, as Ian said, they could just be into anything. :P After having a great time dancing and drinking, we decided to head back around midnight, headed to the station and got on the train. Inside the train, drunk AJ decides to start up a conversation with a poor, unsuspecting, old Japanese man (who was probably also drunk) and makes a bit of a scene (though it was a hilarious one).

At Kameido station, we end up getting split up again, as half the people decided that they were gonna take the wrong exit, despite us telling them not to. So Myra, Patrick, Ian and I get back to the mansion, refresh ourselves, then meet up again in the lobby to maybe go grab some food somewhere. We also run into Carlos and David, who were getting back from Shinjuku and they decide to join the four of us. After wandering just down the street, we happen upon this bar/dining place and decide to go in. They buy more beers. HAHAHA. Myra and I decide to order the fillet tonkatsu and I help her finish her beer. XD But then this barkeep lady starts bringing us stuff we didn't order, like even after saying they were out of sashimi, she brings us some, then some tomatoes, then some melon. And we're like, WOW, what great hospitality! But then we get the bill. 12000YEN. WTF. So we start itemizing how much stuff cost, (not including the melon, tomatoes or edamame since she just randomly gave those to us) and our bill is only supposed to be 6000yen. But the lady says that since we came in after midnight, we have to pay a 'sitting fee' of 1000yen per person, which is total BS because it says that NOWHERE and it was never mentioned when we came in. (and we asked her repeatedly if it was okay to order/buy stuff even though no one was there when we came in). I don't get why they would leave their doors open and allow customers in if they're going to charge them some hidden fee...unless they're deliberate scammers. Anywho, we just end up paying the bill, (albeit, not happily) and go back to the mansion around the corner. We tried to argue with her about it for a while but since none of us are that fluent, she pretty much took advantage of the fact that we were drunk (well, not all of us) foreigners. That isn't Japanese hospitality right there <.<

That pretty much topped off the night so we all called it a day around 2am. XD I came back to my room and went online until 3 and just woke up at 11. It's almost 12:30 and time for me to go to SUJU! :D

Stole these from Myra XD

Mindy, Tara and I ^^

The two 'gay Chinese businessmen'

Vlog 3!

Had orientation this morning at 9 at another place in Akihabara, so we all met up around 8 to go there like we did yesterday. After finding it, the people at the EAP Tokyo Study Center gave us pointers for living abroad and anecdotes about other eap students from 9-noon. Afterwards we had a little luncheon with everyone in EAP with pizza hut and subway for lunch. LOL. A few of us decided to go to Akiba to buy some stuff (I personally needed the Kanji Sonomama Rakujiten game for my DS), so we went to this HUGE electronics department store by the train station. Then we headed back to Kameido, checked out some more stores in the area (bought a few things that were needed like a laundry bag and a new coin purse for me because was wallet couldn't take all the change), and then called it a day around 3. Yeah, by 3, we're all exhausted, sweaty and ready to go chill in our AC rooms. XD I think a number of us are getting dinner at 7 and meeting in the lobby so that should be fun :D

EDIT: It's now 10:30, and what a fun night! We went out at 7 for dinner at an udon place down the street with amazing (and cheap!) food. I got a niku (meat) udon (M size) with a piece of chicken katsu for 410yen! Afterwards we headed back to the mansion to pick up more people, then decided to go to karaoke. After finally finding the place down the street and choosing between a couple places, we did karaoke for an hour. All of the songs were gaudy, loud, older American songs that all of us could sing like 'Baby one more time' and 'Don't stop believin'. It was kinda hilarious...we couldn't ever finish a song. Somewhere near the end we'd all just kinda drift out until everyone stopped singing. And the funniest thing was when Tom and Lukas tried to sing in Japanese accents to American songs. LOL. I tried to take video of it, but the audio was sooo loud it like killed my camera. After an hour of karaoke, we headed back, stopped at Mister Donut on the way and then called it a night. We all have class at 9am sooo...yeah <.<


Kpop section in Tower Records! :D








Dinner and Dessert! (Cost about $6 total! :D) The donut had strawberry cream in the inside! ><