Finally back to blogging after a week...
Let me talk about last Monday... Monday was one hectic day, and boring as well. Mom and I packed the luggage, I argued with her on choosing my own wardrobe for Japan. She gave up soon after, so I picked my " Visual " wear... Haha... I spent the whole day getting my nails right, the nice glossy glass finish. My mom told me she thought of it as sickening, and as usual, stuff went in of my right ear and out of the left ear. Picked out what I needed to bring, got ready, bathed and shut the luggage up. All of a sudden my granny called my mom and told her that we needed to go up to have a final dinner... -_-;;;
Went up, then my granny nagged at me about having polished nails, saying that wherever I go I must make a good first impression to others... Well, in Japan this is an Art, not some gay shit that my granny refers to... Sheesh. Had glass noodles my granny cooked, then took a cab to the Airport. Went there early, checked in and went into the transit mall to see the stuff that the rich people wear... My jaw just dropped... WOW... They had Oakley's for try, I wore an actual Ray Ban Aviator shades, X-Metal Oakley's and much more !!! Well, checked out the duty free shops there as well. They sold cigarettes in flip top boxes there, DUTY free... I was amazed, but sadly I was with my mom or else I'd have bought some for my buddies. Boarded the flight, had a drink, then sat in and listened to Gazette on my MP3. The lady that sat across me stared at me with a weird look, I think it was cause of my black nails, but I wasn't dressing outrageously... Strange old lady. I LOVE the feeling when the plane starts to speed, real nice.
Well, 55 minutes later, we landed in KL for a transit. The plane took a really long time to take parking. Walked out and went to the transit mall for a quick while. Boared the plane and buckled up. Had a cup of tea on the plane, the air stewardess than gave me some sandwhich as supper. Watched A lot Like Love after that, REALLY funny show, nice ending to it as well. Slept after it ended... At 4am, they woke us up and gave us our breakfast, some grilled salmon, not bad I must say... I went to sleep again...
Tuesday... was the day... I ARRIVED IN JAPAN !!! WOOHOO!!!
Well, woke up at 5:20, I could see the Japan skies already, the sun rises REALLY early there... Technically I am already in the Japanese timezone, so it's 6:20am there. Watched the plane land... Mom started feeling Air Sick... She puked in the paper bag that was provided, I pretty much ignored and continued listening to hide on the MP3... Well, as usual the plane took long to park. It was raining over there when we landed...
Mom went to the toilet immediately after we got out of the plane, and she took HELL of a long time... But it was kinda good I guess. I got the chance to see the pretty Japanese people... ALL SO PRETTY !!! She came out and we went to the Immigration... Japanese people are racist bigots, the immigration counter for Japanese passports is so fast paced, while the foreign passports section were extremely slow moving. We got stuck there for an hour waiting to get my passport stamped. The dude at the booth told me to change my passport as I look nothing like I am inside. Well, we went out, collected our luggage and got a train ticket, the train officers there speak English !!! Hahaha... Okay, enough of that. Well, took the train to Katsutadai, from Narita Airport... From Katsutadai, we changed to the Tokyo Metro line, took to Nishi-funabashi... Then we got lost there. We started asking for directions but no one understood English. Then a nice lady came up to us and spoke in English and asked whether we needed help.
Apparently we were supposed to go to Nishi-Kasai, the hotel my mother booked... ( bad choice... bad choice.. you'll know why when you read on) Well, we reached the station and we were told that it was 2 minutes from it. I think we spent about an hour searching for the damned place, with the japanese people giving wrong directions all the time !!! I finally ran into a hot japanese chick, who was say, 20 years old, who was actually nice enough to take me there... FINALLY, arrived at the hotel...
Well, reached the hotel and my mom talked to the guy in charge there, apparently he spoke bad english, like other Japanese people. He apparently told us that we can only check in at 2pm, so I got pissed and started giving attitude... Then we left our luggage there and my laptop. I told my mom that I'm going to Yokosuka immediately, since the fucker can't get us our room immediately... The boring stuff, I took the train, and finally mastered the train system and got onto the Keikyu Line to Yokosuka-chuo station. Well, reached there, and asked for directions at the train counter, apparently hide was so famous everyone there knew him !!! WOOHOO. Well, went up ahead the street in Yokosuka, and I was telling myself... This were the roads hide used to walk !!! My mom went to get a new roll of film as backup. Well, walked and somehow got lost. I walked up to some old lady and asked where it was, and like the Japanese people who are nice, she took me immediately there !!! My jaw literally dropped when I saw the flags of LEMONed flying... I WAS THERE !!!
Well, I took photo's from far, then from near... Then I saw the flag Esther wanted me to rip off... Haha, I then went in to the LEMONed shop and asked whether I could rip it out, they said no. Well, looked around in the shop, then went out... Walked up to Cafe Le Psyence and wow was it crowded !!! There were fans everywhere !!! Even one American cosplayer I recognised, with her trademark pink hair!!! I then had to go into the museum and check out everything for myself... Walked in and saw the words, EVER FREE !!! WOOOHOOO... I knew I was in here, and slapped myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming... Wow, this is what I've dreamt for a really long time, and it has finally came true !!! I saw hide's car... 4 outfits he wore for the PV's he made... Then touched an actual shoe he wore !!! OMG OMG OMG... I then went to see the amazing toilet that were in the museum... I was just amazed, literally. I could see the strong influence from Aliens, but to find out more I had to go down further in the museum to find out...
Walked into room 2 of the Museum... Wow... I saw all hide's memoires... They had his Alien and Predator figurines, and that was when I found out that his toilets were indeed influenced by Alien... He was a huge fan of Alien... I saw the actual backstage pass hide used, a hairbrush with some of his hair left there after all these years... I was simply amazed, then I saw the original handwritten lyrics to LEMONed I Scream... Even though I didn't understand a single word of Katakana, I could see how much effort hide had put into writting his songs... With the occasional cancelling here and there... I then walked down to Room 3... The first thing I saw was video's of him with Spread Beaver, then a video of him of his life, from 15 to 33... The year he passed on... He always looked the same, and shall always look the same... Walked into the covered section of Room 3... Then my jaw just dropped, I SAW HIDE !!! Well, close enough. A 1:1 scale wax sculpture of him behind glass done in Pink Spider style. I also saw the wardrobe he wore in a section next to it. Then I walked up a couple of steps and stood there to watch more videos of hide...
I walked out again, then walked back into that same room. I felt I missed out something... So I looked below the floor... it had a wax head sculpture of hide beneath the glass of the floor with his Kurenai make-up... I was just shocked... Well, walked up, walked in and looked at everything for about 4 times, then went to the LEMONed Shop... Walked in, and bought a Adios LEMONed T-shirt ( The kind he wears in Pink Spider ) and a King of Psyborg Rockstar album as well. Went up to the museum to get my flyers stamped as souveniers for fellow hide fans back here in Singapore. Played a game and got a hide figurine as well for a mere 200 yen !!! WOOHOO !!! I then went into Cafe Le Psyence, and hung around for a while... I can die a complete life right now...
Well, left the Museum, sadly... And I went to Harajuku next... Bwahahaha... I so love Harajuku...
Walked out of the train, and immediately saw people dressed visually !!! Walked out and strangely saw a huge Snoopy Shop... Walked left, as instinct told me... And I saw the world renowned Takeshite-dori, or what most people would call Harajuku Street !!! WOW WAS I AMAZED !!! PEOPLE WERE DRESSING VISUALLY THERE AS IF IT WAS AN EVERYDAY THING !!! This was the place I had to be... I then went to the side alleys, to a shop that sells alot of hide accesories, and got a hide ear ring over there, the one with a skull hanging on it. Walked out and oogled at the set up booth / shop that were selling accesories... They had Miyavi's lip ring on display. I asked the dude and he told he it was sold out... Sigh... I also saw Uruha's pendant, and the guy told me it was 5200yen... Too much for me to afford...
Well, walked around Harajuku St. and saw a familiar place... Daiso... Hahaha... Daiso Harajuku... Went in there and bought some chains and white base foundation. Went to alot of Punk Shops, and one particular one, the oldest Punk Shop in Harajuku as I was told, he had EVERYONE's autograph in his store, with the artist next to his store. The whole of X-Japan, Marilyn Manson, Green Day... I was just WOWed... Well... Went to the Vivienne Westwood Gallery, Bodyline, and a few more Gothic Lolita stores and finally settled down for dinner at Macdonalds... Haha... Their Lemon Tea is funny, you've gotta pour in the lemon taste and the sugar. The tomato ketchup and chilli sauce is kinda cool, it's in those pull open containers.
Went back to the hotel and slept... Was dead beat.
Wednesday... Was fun, I guess... =Woke up early, then went to the bus stop below the train station of Nishi-Kasai, waited very long for the bus to Disneyland, so me and mom went to Ueno instead. We went to Yamashiroya at Ueno station... Yamashiroya is a 7 story tall building full of toys !!! WOW DID IT HAD TOYS !!! Toys of all kinds... Model kits, figurines... Prop replica's... and my favourite... BB Guns... They had all sorts of BB Guns there... From the German Mauser, to Beretta's identical to the ones used by Neo and Trinity in The Matrix to... Terminator's SHOTGUN !!! I was simply amazed... I ended up buying a DC Direct Batman Bust and a Anakin Starfighter Model Kit from there. I got Ash a Toy Hobby Mag as well...
Well, went to Maihama Station and walked to Disneyland. Nice place, but with the typhoon affecting me, wasn't really nice to walk in... Well, went to Cinderella's Castle, cool place. But the attractions weren't scary enough... Walked around, and went into Fantasy Island - It's a Small World. Very cute place, but I'd have enjoyed it more if I was much younger... =( WELL.... Walked to Tomorrowland... and my dream was re-lived once again !!! I went into Star Tours !!! WOOHOO... My life as a Star Wars Fan is finally complete ! I saw C3PO, R2, R4 and R5 units !!! I was just amazed, and not to mention the Endor Express ride was really cool to be in. It was just like taking off in the real world !!! Had fun in Disneyland... But sadly... I had to leave... Well, I was kinda excited to leave, with new places to discover.
Went over to Shinjuku next... The heart of Tokyo if many would call it. It had shopping malls which were amazingly huge, and I ate in a western food restaurant over there. Good food I must say... Left after dinner to Harajuku again. Mom wanted to buy her underwear from there, and this was when I went back in to get souveniers for people into J-Rock. Went back to Nishi-Kasai, and mom checked out the Metro Place they had there. I went back to the hotel to use the internet service there, then went back to the room and slept.
Thursday... Was well... Just sad... I left Japan...
Woke up early, packed up, made sure we didn't forget anything... And we left... Took the train, and I told my mom I had a feeling we were going the wrong way and she refused to believe me... We ended up stuck in some "kampong" like station with hardly any trains passing, it delayed us by 30 minutes... I told my mom that any longer we'd be late for our flight. Luck soon came, and the train to Narita airport arrived. We took it and left in a hurry. Rushed to check in, and I got stopped for having possesion of 2 lighters, the guard opened to check to make sure there was no gas and we got through. I was the stopped at the x-ray counter for having metal on my body and having to remove them and my shoes as well... Sheesh, sure took a long time.
Went to the transit hall and immediately boarded the plane, it was on Final Call...
Stamped on the passport and got into the plane. Had some soba and western food, good food I must say. Then I switched on the in flight programme and watched Kingdom Of Heaven. I never thought that I'd watch a show with the faggot Orlando Bloom in it, but the reviews of the movie was good, and indeed was it good ! The battle was very epic, and I liked the way how Orlando Bloom knighted the whole of Jerusalem, or the men of Jerusalem. He knocked one guy's nose and told him it was for him to remember... Haha...
Then watched Herbie, Fully Loaded. Kinda cool I guess, not Lindsay Lohan, but the show. Lindsay Lohan is over-rated. Herbie indeed was a fascinating car, a Volkswagen 63 Beetle, into a full powered Nascar Racer. Then I slept... Was very tired. Then came another meal.... Potato sandwhich. Not bad, but was kinda disgusting... The plane landed in Kuala Lumpur at 4:30pm... Mom wanted to look around the transit hall. I just slept in the airport not knowing what time I had to wake up. Then the final call for the flight back to Singapore was said, I immediately rushed !!! I met my mom there and received a hell of a scolding for not being alert... Sheesh. Reached Singapore in 55 minutes, as usual. Walked around the transit hall.
Took the luggage off the belt, then took a cab home. This was the first time I encountered such a courteous cab driver. He was extremely polite, and addressed me by sir and my mom as ma'am. Got home, unpacked, took out my stuff and left the luggage on the floor being the irresponsible boy I am. I had to go clean my nails, and bring Chewy down from my Granny's place. Chewy was amazingly happy to see me ! Haha... I gave my Granny the moon cake and durian cake my mom bought from Malaysia. Went home and tried to get the internet connection working... Spent about 2 hours doing so. I ate fried "kway teow" for dinner, was pretty good having tasted original Singapore delights again. Uploaded my phone pics to the computer, and they were all terribly small as usual... -_-;;; Well, went to sleep after that. Was dead beat from Japan.
Friday, Friday was kinda fun.
Left home at about 1:30, and met Gloria at HMV, I wore my LEMONed T-shirt out proudly. =D It's my favourite T-shirt now by the way... Met her... She was dressed well... Incredibly, Lian. Pink an white, with a pink hat. No offense if you're reading this, but yeah. Kinda scary. Handed her a hide can pin and the 3 flyers. Haha, she said she was jealous of my t-shirt... Walked further up to Meridien Food Court to meet Reno and Dennis. Met up with Reno's friend Adrian and Adrian was telling Reno how he screwed a 13 year old girl at Sentosa. Reno then asked for me and Dennis' help to scout for a young girl to fuck with.
Left to Orchard Plaza Sonata to collect Reno's third Green Lantern Suit, and for the third time they haven't got it perfectly right yet... Walked down to car park and Gayvid suddenly turned up without greeting either of us or Reno himself... Reno then scolded him for being rude. Went to Geylang to pay Reno's workers then we joked about the white fellow in his flyers, and Dennis and I said that it was just bullshit.Went to SPCA next to pay his workers then left for Desmond's chalet. Apparently we went there early so Reno tried out his Green Lantern outfit, the whole Green Lantern. Pretty cool I must say, considerng Reno sucked in his gut to look like he had no flabs at all. The ring was just awesome...It actually lights up !!! Well, was pretty fun for the begining, and Stephanie came and said that Desmond was her friend's father... And it was a class party and that I was a butch... Sheesh.
Don Leow of Star Wars SG Then mistook me for Darren !!! Oh my gosh !!! I FEEL SO INSULTED !!! He said that Darren's display pic looked like me, then I told him to meet Darren in person and then start comparing. It's very damn insulting to be called a Darren in Movie Mania, and yes. A DARREN. Just down right disgusting. They then turned on Team America, then I went to do some catching up with my old buddy Yazid, damn we had lots of catching up to do... Haha... Well... Stephanie and David, the hated people in Movie Mania started singing along to South Park, very damn annoying...
Reno, Dennis, Andrew, Jason and me started our game of Axis and Allies. Reno took Germany as usual, while I took Japan... The game sure took a hell of a long time to set up, and to continue was longer... Andrew then got high on Carlsberg and sat down to watch Ali G. So did I as well. We sat and laughed at the way how moronic Ali G. portray's himself to the general public. Well, we then moved it into the room, then my accused feet were accused of being smelly. Washed and it still stinked. Sprayed air freshner and finally smelt fresh again. =P Jason, Lynn, Dennis and I then took Desmond's car out for a spin, or to be more precise, we took it out to buy food and drinks. The others in the chalet were enjoying Star Wars, from Episode 2 to 6. That's just scary.
Anyway, drove out to the coffeeshop, then Dennis said he saw his ex-girlfriend. We then went into 7-11 to get drinks and chocolate, Dennis said to spend all of Jason's money, I was actually nice enough to stop him. Haha... Anyway, we took the car out for a spin or 2, then Jason was asking us whether he looked like Takumi from Initial-D... Hahaha. With the long sleeved Jacket and the hat facing downwards. Got lost and found our way again and went back to the chalet. Jason then sat out and watched Star Wars. Dennis and I took Jason's Laptop and Episode 3 DVD and went into the " cold " room to watch it. I was a weakling that night. With Carlsberg in my tummy, some red wine... I went to sleep. Ash and I were in the *sleeping* room, while the others stayed out to watch Star Wars... Sheesh... In the morning Andrew came in and slept on the same bed as me, cause he was just tired and couldn't find another bed to sleep on... I couldn't be bothered.
Saturday, well...
Woke up, washed up, gargled my mouth... And packed up and left with Reno, or else I wouldn't be able to get a ride home by anyone else. Dennis, Jason, Gayvid, Ash and Lynn followed. We went to Tampines and had breakfast there. Well, technically I only had Iced Milo, nothing else. Ash and Lynn then went to Ash's place, as it was nearby. Gayvid was left on the road to take a cab to his work. Dennis, Jason and I then followed Reno to his house to pick up his kids for school... Hahaha... Quite boring from here on, though I'd like to make a point that I have become Kenji's favourite uncle, and Keiji finally remembers my name !!! ( Keiji is also known as Mr Blur ) Sent them off to school then we went to Sim Lim Tower.
Went to Sim Lim Tower after that, to get Reno's Green Lantern Ring fixed. He sure took a long time. We then listened to retarded songs on Reno's Surround Sound System... Haha, that phrase sounds like it is a brand. Cavan then called and asked me to join him in his Engagement Party. A bit last minute, but yeah. I agreed to go. Reno came back, then drove us to Sunshine Plaza to have Wanton Noodles there, or what we call it 2nd Breakfast... =P Though I have already eaten it before, it's still just as good as the first time.
Reno then dropped us there, and I followed Dennis to Sevene's house to collect the Mana costume. Was a pretty rough day. Did I mention that Gayvid left his WCG Tag and Jacket in Reno's car ? How can he go to work like that ? Anyway, I decided to be a nice guy. After I collected the costume I went to meet Ow at Suntec, cause he was bored and at Suntec anyway. Had a chat here and there. I passed David back his jacket, but not the WCG Referee tag... I had devious plans for the coming day... Kehehehehe..
FUCK ! I am so bloody pissed right now. Ernie's MSN window got my computer lagged and I lost every single data of posts till Sunday... -_-;;; Anyway, enough of me being pissed... I shall continue.
Met Ow at Suntec, chatted for a while, then went to WCG to check out the chicks there, Ow seemed really interested and he told me he would be coming back on Sunday to look at me in a dress and more hot babes. Well, I went home, got nagged at my mom for my strange dressing again, but as usual I ignored and went to sleep... Woke up at 6pm, and called Dennis to pick me up on the way to Cavan's engagement party. He was indeed running late. I then used the computer for a bit before leaving... He told me to dress formal, it was something I regretted the whole night... Met Dennis in the cab and he told me I was dressed like a waiter. He then introduced me to Cavan as the waiter for his party... Haha... We were loyal friends. We waited for Ash before taking any food to eat.
Played some soccer on a table thing, quite fun I must say. Then it was over, then I we left together in the cab... Can't be bothered to get into the details right now. Am too tired to type in all the silly details on the cab ride home... Haha...
Sunday... I woke up early on Sunday.
Well, woke up, packed up and realised I was running late, so I took a cab to Hougang MRT station...Was supposed to meet Fiona there, to avoid my mom nagging at me for crossdressing. Was supposed to meet Miyavi chan and Fellow hide fan there... But apparently they were late... Fiona was late too, I had to call her repeatedly and nag at her to come down fast. =P Well, they all finally arrived 50 minutes later... Went to Fiona's house and dressed up. Her mom was kinda freaked looking at me in a dress and actually looking pretty in it. LOL... Well, had fun with makeup and eye-shadow in Fiona's room. Don't ask why... Walked out of her house and tried my best not to talk...
Some guy who walked passed was actually checking me out !!! And when I talked he looked freak. Took a cab there as our makeup were melting... The cab driver asked Fiona this... " Her hair is wig or real one ar "... Notice I was addressed as a her... HAHA... I guess it's an achievement. Being able to look like a girl and all... Went to WCG after that, and became a bastard by wearing Gayvid's Referee Tag... Cause WCG banned J-Rock Cosplay from their competition, so I tried to boo them a little by going with a tag by WCG and as a J-Rock Cosplayer...
Lots of guys checked me out... and I was feeling saddened when Esther told me she couldn't come... =( Was groped by alot of guys and girls cause they wanted to be positive that I was a guy... Geezers...Well... Ow and Fuzzy came later. Ow couldn't recognise me... Haha... Met some chicks, they asked for my numbers.. I gave them out and added that I was attached, cause I am faithful. =D Took off the makeup... My sister won the Cosplay competition !!! Woohoo !!! She won 2nd. Packed he stuff and went to Reno's house for Kenji's birthday party. Uncle Wayne just had to be there... Scary looking or not. =P
Reno came out as Batman and Green Lantern - with flabs. Hahaha... Well... Hung around, watched JLA as well, then Reno sent all of us home.
I went home, showered, packed my school bag and went to sleep, as I had school the next day... I am finally done with the week of blogging...
Monday,
Felt ill, so stayed home to rest. Went to the doctors and slept further... Didn't do much. Slept throughout the whole day... The fun only began on Tuesday, as I was given a 2 day MC.
Tuesday, I got much better !!!
Woke up, used the computer for a bit, surfed some Japanese porn. Got tiring after awhile cause porn came back to me as boring shit already. Waited for mom to come back, and we went to Bugis Village, or should it be better known as Bugis Street, they had it renamed to sound like Harajuku... Sheesh... I discovered a lot of nice shops there !!! Shops who import Japanese Fashion, shops who import J-Rock jewellery !!! I will bring Esther there one of these days... Hahahaha... I do regret something, not buying Uruha's pendant from Japan.. it costed a freaking 5200 yen... I did manage to snag a good buy there, I bought a pyramid studded belt for 10 dollars.
Went further up to Peninsula to look at the pricings there... Turns out the prices over at Peninsula are way overboard. Looks like I'll be buying most of my accesories from Bugis Street then. Only for platforms will I go to Peninsula for them.
Went home, ate, slept to prepare for school on Wednesday... Hope this post has covered all my essential points I missed out, and to whoever is reading this... Hope it entertains you...
Till then, and something I really miss saying...
Stay Free From Misery
PS : Will be posting up pics pretty soon of my Japan trip...