woo weekend

Hello everyone! How are you all? It's currently just after 2 am here in the UK, oops! I've really screwed up my sleeping pattern! Christmas is 6 days away! 6 days! Have you managed to buy all your presents in time? It's going to be a mad rush in all the shops this week as people browse for those last minute things that they knew they should have bought at the start of the month! I'm glad I managed to get all of mine out of the way, even if it did make me broke haha!

It's started to snow again where I live, which sucks. The weather and news told us that only the Northern and South Western parts of the UK would get snow and that the South East would be clear but they lied!!!! My boyfriend was due to fly to Amsterdam on Friday but alas, he went all the way to the Airport (by himself, so it's not even like there was anyone to pick him up because it was supposed to be fine) and checked a bag in, went through security and was waiting in departures for a really long time, like 2, nearly 3 hours and then found a group of people all being called over if they were going to Amsterdam, and they were told that the flight was cancelled. :( His friend had paid for them to stay in the Radisson in Amsterdam (lol like 5 star business hotel) and they haven't seen each other in years so my bf was determined to get there any way he could and not let his friend down (who was able to fly to Amsterdam from Vienna fine!) and he ended up paying £250 for a Eurostar ticket >.< Omg, so expensive >.< And he comes back on Tuesday...lol, boys will be boys! There's only a few reasons boys go to Amsterdam without their girlfriends...lol! And I don't expect snide comments like "ooh whats your boyfriend up to?? probably cheating lah!!!!" because obviously I trust him. He'll probably just be getting stoned every night/nearly every night lol

Today's code! Parent's room...
Top: d.i.a.
Shorts: d.i.a.
Belt (underneath top): d.i.a.
Tail: Osaka
Tights: Offbrand store in 109-2
Boots: Primark

Today I met up with Dec and Caryn, and Dec's boyfriend also joined us and it was the first time we'd met! He's so sweet and funny! I hope to be able to chat to him more next time! Caryn is going back to Japan so soon! SHE DAMN LUCKY, and I lent her the Japanese curlers I have so she doesn't have to buy a new pair while she's away, which can always be annoying >.< We did the usual; Puri, food, Para, being fabulous; and we also went to Karaoke (bad times for my throat) and I could hit all the low notes on the songs I wanted to sing, yay! We went to the shitty Karaoke in China Town that is damn expensive and has poor song choice, but they have a few updated ones, including one of my favourite songs of the summer, WOO WEEKEND by BoA! Unfortunately I killed the song as my voice was too fucked to sing really high pitched, but I was able to put on a fabulous drag style Whitney Houston performance and Will Smith rap which went down a treat ;D I always have such a good time with my girls :D

I really shouldn't have worn boots though. Well, actually in Central London it was okay because there was no snow so I could walk fine, but where I am, all the pavements and roads are covered so walking to and from the bustop was a nightmare. I kind of had to walk like I was a really frail elderly person lol, but at least I didn't slip and pray victim to any wanker chavs who might have been hiding to throw snowballs at unfortunate passers-by.

The view from the bustop~

From the above puri pics and code pic, you might have noticed my blonde hair! A girl from work was going to do my roots for me but I was going to wait until my hair got cut until I re-dyed it etc, as i've been letting it wash out, but I got bored being at home in the cold with nothing much to do so my sister did them for me. My hair actually looks quite nice! In real life it looks so much better though, the puri like fucked it up. It looks (as Dec said) like i've had pink highlights put into blonde hair, and curled it looks really pretty^^ I'm going to wait maybe til Tuesday just for it to rest a little and then dye it pink again...I want to wear my extensions again! And they still have life in them yet! I will be changing my hair vastly though the next time! As i'm lazy and can't be bothered to think of designs for myself, if i've seen something on someone else and I like it, i'll do it lol! I don't think theres anything wrong with that lol!

This is a photo I saw whilst in Japan but lost due to my laptop going away for repair all that time ago. I was thinking about it the other night and was madly searching for it, messaging people on Facebook who I thought had posted it onto their Tumblrs, and I found it through help, thank you Sami!

It's Sakochi, a model for Popteen and some other magazines

I didn't actually know who she was until the other night, I thought she was just a shop staff or something with classy hair but Sami enlightened me to the fact that she's a magazine model! I thought about two-tone hair last year (but brown and blonde) but didn't pursue it as my hair was quite short at the time and I think it would have only worked on me with extensions (as will this hair if I definitely do it!) so now that i'm in a position to be able to creatively screw up my hair without getting fired or persecuted for no reason (coughcoughHOSPITALcoughcough) I might as well just go for it!

I need to take some buttercup syrup ;D and go to bed I think! Good night/morning!

belated/Part 2

Hello again! I'm back to bring part two of the belated-ness!

Last weekend I met up with Georgie, her fiance Mark, Dec and Ivan for a belated birthday celebration with them! I didn't get a chance to see any of my Gal friends on the weekend of my actual birthday so it was great to see them! Unfortunately Floz and Caryn weren't able to come but there's also more opportunities! We went to an AWESOME Karaoke called On Board. I'd found it via Google earlier this year but had never been to it. It's a Japanese-run, Japanese-like karaoke with a Japanese system of over 60,000 Japanese songs, and a few thousands of English, Chinese, Korean and Filipino songs. Unfortunately it's still book method (you have to look through a book to find the song you want) but they have an incredible selection of brand new Japanese songs! Originally for Japanese karaoke, we were visiting a Korean restaurant with karaoke downstairs, again with book method, but nothing is ever updated, it's really expensive, and the staff are really rude, so it's great to have found somewhere else which is cheaper, has nicer staff (who we know already, what a small world!) and has an even better selection of songs!

They have LOADS of Para Para songs too, and some of them even have the actual Para video so you can learn or dance along whilst singing! They have the PlayZ song too, which isn't really that old to be fair! Whenever we visit karaoke, I feel bad because Georgie and Mark never really sing! In general I feel bad around them as I feel like im always acting too mad or talking about rude things too much, and no matter how many times they say they don't mind and they're not freaked out, I still think im overdoing it lol! Sorry again!!! >.< Georgie and Dec got me some really great gifts! Dec got me this super cute Troll doll:

She has the same hair as me! Well, when mine has been freshly dyed!

I'm still trying to think of a name for her...has anyone got any good suggestions? Georgie got me some really great furry fingerless glove things, which I adore! 

Kei came! She joined us for puri and food at Ed's Diner (yum) and it was great to see her, as I haven't since the beginning of Summer! :( It was also really, really cold that day and Georgie braved shorts! (plus tights) and looked damn cute too!

Thanks again for coming guys, you're all so sweet! It was great to be able to share my celebrations with you! Here's the info for On Board, I TOTALLY RECOMMEND THIS PLACE!!!

On Board Karaoke

http://www.onboardkaraoke.co.uk/

Basement of 8 Kenway Road (the basement of the Lebanese restaurant opposite the Dry Cleaner)

Earls Court

London

SW5 0RR

Email: info@onboardkaraoke.co.uk

Tel: 0207 244 6850

On Monday it was my sister's birthday, and she's now 16. 16!!!!! I can't believe it! I remember being 16...I was such an idiot lol, and probably such a pain to live with! (Although sometimes still am lol) It's kind of scary getting older. Even though i've only been 20 for a few weeks, it already feels like my life is changing in really big ways...i'm not sure how much I like it to be honest. My Dad confirmed that in 2.5 years he'll be retiring to Ireland with my Mom. He spoke to me about it before when I was 16, but hasn't spoken about it since. He plans to retire early because he just hates work so much, and to be honest, I really don't blame him. After all, he works in the LOVELY place I wrote a blog about and tbh, the sooner he leaves, the happier he will be! 2.5 years is going to FLY BY!

I've never moved house or anything before so the thought that someone could be living in my house (yeah this shithole that keeps flooding and stuff, don't know why anyone would want to lol)  is really quite strange and kind of...I don't know, not horrible, but uncomfortable. Where am I supposed to go????? My parents said they won't let me live in the house with my sister, but it's not like im going to find a stable enough job between now and then for me to be able to afford my own place to live, even if it was with my sister! I don't get why they can't just stay here :( Ugh, and then that thing about growing older hits me again and I can feel my tummy scrunch up and my head starts thinking stupid things that i'm not going to put in my blog because I hate thinking about it and writing about it and keeping it preserved is even worse :( sad times and im going to move on!!!

Anyway...on Monday, we went to a restaurant to celebrate her birthday, and also mine, as me and my family didn't get a chance to go out in the week of my own, so that was nice. We went to a buffet place with lots of different Asian food, as well as some British (like roast dinner lol!!) and I think some Italian stuff too. Theres a few of these things where I am, one particular chain called Jimmy Spices, where you pay say £15 for buffet and you go round with a plate and can get food from all different world cuisines, and then the dessert part is usually lots of small cute looking things and a chocolate fountain and stuff, and the place we went to, Cosmo, was the same, BUT BETTER. It was DAMN CLASSY, like so posh inside! And there was a huge statue thing made out of sweets and biscuits and cake in the foyer!!! So impressed, like bloody Ace of Cakes or something! The food was really good! Although I highly doubted how "fresh" the "fresh sushi" was and the "Japanese" chefs it was prepared by ...hmm. Again, totally recommend! They have them all around the UK, so here's the link:

Cosmo Pan Asian Restaurants

That's mainly it for this week! I haven't really done anything but work and I also bought the last of my XMas presents for my family, as well as see my friend Jess and do her hair for her :D OO how could I forget! LOL. Today I wasn't working but I went in to do some modelling for the website! Just showing off some new clothes and stuff, but it was pretty fun! I've done stuff for a clothing company before but this is definitely bigger! I haven't done a lot of "normal" (lol) modelling for a while so my face is the same in each shot, but I *think* the photos came out okay! I modelled a few other things but so far this is the only thing that's up........I was up so early this morning and felt so ill so I didn't really do anything with my hair, and my make-up was done on the tube, so I want no comments of "YOU'RE NOT GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL" (duh, im modelling CYBER clothing....) lol!

http://shop.cyberdog.net/product/6827/SPHERE_DRESS

Speak soon!

Osaka

Hello!

I'm now safely in Osaka and thought I would write you a blog post! Unfortunately I left my camera cable at home (idiot) so I can't show you any photos just yet until I buy a cable from somewhere, which will probably be on Friday in Tokyo, unless I can find somewhere in Kyoto tomorrow! (Thursday)

We've only been in Osaka for one real day but already we're really liking it a lot more than Tokyo! All the residents seem to be much nicer and much friendlier. The airport was a really good example of this; when we arrived in Tokyo last December, everyone was really really grumpy and as we collected our bags and headed through the last security before being allowed out into the airport, the officers snarled and shouted at us "WHERE ARE YOU STAYING IN JAPAN?!" and when I showed them the address and told them it was a hotel, "THIS IS NOT A HOTEL, WHERE ARE YOU STAYING IN JAPAN!!!!!!!!" and it took a couple of minutes before we were just dismissed really with a wave of the hand :z

HOWEVER. In Osaka, when we went to immigration, the officers were really chatty and nice and one kept joking around and asking if I was alright because I was wearing my big pink fluffy boots, and he thought I was cold lol! And even when we went to get our bags and do the last security check, the men with the dogs checking bags were really nice too, saying how cute our luggage was and apologising for having to send the dogs round and laughing and just generally having a better attitude to things than the staff in Narita~

Yesterday (Tuesday) me and Niijii went shopping! We went to the EST mall in Umeda and also to the OPA mall in Shinbashi. WE LOVE THEM. We think they're better than what Shibuya has to offer! And all the shop staff are really nice and cuuuute. We saw a lot of Gals as soon as we got to Osaka, and the Gals here are incredible! The fashion is really different to Tokyo and the shops really cater to that. There are a lot of off-brand stores here and they sell really awesome clothes; i'm in love! d.i.a is officially my new favourite store! The shop staff in both EST and OPA were really nice and commented on both of our styles as soon as we walked in and asked for a picture straightaway! The staff-chan in OPA is actually my mixi friend which I didn't know! That was a really awesome and surprising thing! We went to Karaoke and Purikura (standard!) yesterday also, and had a lot of fun trying to get one hour at the booth as I completely froze and forgot how to say one hour and basically everything else in my known vocabulary lol, but it was okay..just haha.

We've been stopped a lot for photos and have been recognised already from TV, but we've also incurred a lot of ugly stares and a business man on the train said something horrible to Nij in Japanese and tried to stop him from getting on! :z Today (Wendesday) we're going to Universal Studios and meeting up with a couple of Nij's mixi friends who used to be manba a long time ago. Apparently they have a "surprise" for us.....

I'll leave you with this, and update maybe tomorrow or Friday and then hopefully i'll have a cable for my camera!