JAPAN: Tokyo #2- DisneySea, Chiba, Tokyo.

I know in my previous blog post, I said I will blog about Akita and snow. But come to think of it , I should drag on the Tokyo mood instead of potong steam-ing halfway (!!!) I went around Tokyo again for the second time on 4th of January this year. :D and I thought I would never walk on Tokyo streets ever again ( the saddest face ) .

After I reached Tokyo station in Ueno, checked into ChiSun hotel, we went straight ahead to the Skytree.

The very mighty ,tall Skytree. right infront of my eyes :D Sorry but that's not my view of the Skytree. This is ..

It doesn't look that pretty during the day. blehh.. It looks more classy during the night but you see...

This is such a horrible shot ): oh well. The only picture which wasn't that blur. My photographer was shaking a little too much. ):

Had some Bites before we went up. Hugryyy peopleeee Likeee meee needs tooo EAT.

Got the tickets ready and Up we go to to the 350m floor!

The Sun was setting!!! SO THE VIEW OF MAGNIFICENT omg. It is so, SO SO Pretty. Earth Illumination all the way lol.

My eyes, seriously. I really like how the colour blends in the clouds. and the '' pika pika'' lights.

This picture, taken with the digital camera. * Self enhancement * self contrast * lol It's so bright. But it brings out the colours (!!)

We even head higher up to 450m . The view was great. I admit I really liked the lift . lol

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The view on top of the lift is so cool lol.

'' mabishi (!) ''

Okay, got down the skytree, which took us about 30minutes. It was so crowded. We took the train to Harajuku and shop around Takeshita Dori (again ). But I need to shop (! ) pity me okay?  There's only Aeon shopping malls in Akita ))): lol

Harajuku Illumination. It got quite cold during the night. I was literally shivering  /:

Okay, So here comes the next day. The most awaited day when I reached Tokyo! Well not really the most, I wanted to go Harajuku to shop very badly too . ( Truth )' To DisneySea!

yay yay yay

Selfies before leaving the hotel. My room mate ;D

Disney's electric train. So cute! Find the Hidden Mickey! Ok maybe not, its not hidden lol.

 A little sneak peak of a view of DisneySea.

A greeting from the disney characters! Really cute ! They kept jumping and waving and Dancing. too cute. lol

Met Pinochio's creator! 

And met Pinochio! This are the only mascots I met on that day ):

Can you find the Hidden Mickey? 

where is it? 

And here's a clear one :)

Another good view with me being a ' Japanese '. lol

And I've seen this in Sunway Lagoon before. I'm not sure if it's the same. It;s brown too. (!!) ( obviously lolol)

Cute red Trains...

Sat the on the ''Genie '' Go round practically it's the same as Mary go round. lol I changed the name. 

And A selfie with him.

From my opinion, I liked Ariel's castle the most. Maybe because I have always liked Little Mermaid. But the decorations and designs for Under the Sea is amazingggggg (!) 

 It's really boost out my imagination and omg the colours, so pretty. Literally you feel like you're in the aquarium.

Ariel's castle. I watched the Little Mermaid's theatre but am not allowed to take pictures or videos. So sadly I did not get any photos. The play was amazing. Too magical ! The props used are really creative.

wee...! omg look at me, I'm either like a tourist with so many bags and stuff or either a Japanese kid being very disney lol

We added a little more disney-ish to ourselves. Popcorn bucket! Isn't it creatively cute?! Hahaha. But the truth , the popcorns wasn't that nice. There wasn't much Caramel  and wasn't spread evenly. But anyway, Minnie's bow bucket is good!

Got our selves Churro's! It's my first time trying it. Too cuteeee! But taste wise...so so

Minnie mouse Churro, Strawberry flavour.

I couldn't really taste the Strawberry ) ) ) :

Mickey shape! So cute to the maximummmm * cries * (!!!)

Head on to a roller coaster ride. No pictures are allowed inside so, oh well. and yes, my heart flew when the roller coaster free falls down. lol. Blame the monster's/ dinosaurs for scaring me too. This doubled up my heart rate.

Saw this Cute Donald Duck hat and I WANT IT (@#!$#!!) IT's SO CUTE overload. Huge head , small body. what?! i need it for my head !

Don't we look ten years younger? or maybe 5 at least? hahah

'' sashi sashi '' 

Hello Alladin's place :) I did so much ''peace '' sign's in most if my photos in Japan. Turning Japanese omg. yay.lol

And so, the day ends darker. Disney itself is kind of like an island. It have everything there from hotels to food to ... . The fun part is, it's all base on Disney characters! :) 

 '' Bye Disneyyyyy ): I'm leaving Japan tomorrow T________T nooo.''

JAPAN:Tokyo #1 : Walking in Tokyo.

Happy New Year! I know I'm a week late but better to wish than to not. 

I just got back from Japan yesterday. I was really tired but I couldn't resist from watching my last four episodes of Korean Drama that I left out before flying to Japan. So in the end I slept probably about 4 am? Lol blame myself for being so sleepy today. 

Some of you must have know that I have always always always wanted to go Japan since I don't know when. But I'm pretty sure it was since Junior High. But seriously, I bet 80 percent of my friends desire Japan too. 

It's one hour ahead in Japan. Reached to Narita airport at about 6 am+, Japan time . During Winter, The sky gets dark at about 4.30pm and brightens up at about 5.30 am.

Touch down in Narita Air Port!

Happy faces with my YE's :D 

We got separated into smaller groups after getting our luggage. The adults in the picture was the one that brought us around Tokyo. There was another young lady , but sadly I did not have any clear picture of her ): sadly. 

  And then we left for Harajuku! 

Tokyo ourdoor railways.

Indoor subway.

and Inside the Train.

It thought you'd be interested lol

If only Malaysia was safe enough to have lockers like this to put our fat luggage . lol Very very convenient of Japan :)

And, 

Hello Takeshita Dori. The place I can only imagine shopping in my dreams but now have finally came true. lol  * The best smile I can ever give * 8D

picture! picture! 

A little sneak peak of Takeshita Dori's street. 

The truth is, I only window shopped. How silly. Come to think of it I should have shop on that day. But then at that time I was only of thinking not to use my cash so fast because I still have 3 weeks in Japan. I can't afford to go bankrupt too fast * Horror! * !

Birds in Japan are fat and fluffy and cute and round, unlike the skinny birds here ): 

I am pretty sure that everyone knows that Food in Japan, whether is edible or just packaging, It's always so colourful or cute and unique that it attracts most people's eye, like mine lol. But beware, It looks pretty but most of the time really sweet, or salty . 

Hello Crepe shop. You're so pink, I like you :))))))))

Even the display crepes looks so appetizing. Too many choices. It makes me too happy * cries * lol

and more ...

And my choice was:

Apple cinnamon :D

The display looks Better T___T

So then we walked around Harajuku, took pictures :D Enjoy the scenery, the air, the cold wind, the sky, everything . 

Went to see some Christmas decorations in some shopping complex nearby which was quite cool.

The white cylinder screen actually tells a Christmas story. Really Pretty I can say.

Then we head off to a Shrine and make a wish. Walked a lot on stones with my platform. How convenient ): 

Many many sake's. 

Pretty Orange Trees. 

And finally after much walking on rocks and stones, We finally reached the shrine/ temple / to be honest I don't know what it's call. But in Chinese it's Nan Shen Men. East God Door? LOl I'm pretty sure it doesn't sound like that in Japanese. 

And that's all for the first day of Tokyo in Japan. After the visiting, Left to the train station, got our luggage and bags . And we separated. I had a 3 hours ride to Akita-Ken. 

And the post about Akita will be next. Stay tune for Snow! 

Here comes my Winter Holiday

           Finally, the time has arrived. After all the back to back events, my true holiday is finally here! I have been so busy after Spm. Stressful and tiring at the same time. Well, it isn't the same kind of busy or stress like the one during examination lol. It's just, too much events and activities back to back for two weeks! 

Helping out in Vacation Bible School once a year is already tiring but helping out twice can really drain out your energy. Imagine children as young as 4 years old concentrating on what a teacher is speaking. It's quite impossible isn't it. Their attention lifespan is like what? 1 minute?! But not all kids are these young.The kids are really adorable no matter what age are they. It's really amazing how they can actually enjoy something i thought it was kind of lame. But children are childrens, their mind are clean and innocent. That is one good point about being a young child. 

One of the prizes the children can win at the end of VBS. A BABY TARANTULA . omg.

And A Venus Flytrap.

Interesting isn't it? lol

So yesterday, I started feeling so excited about my trip to Japan! It's not like I was never excited. Just the fact that I will not be staying in Tokyo / or near Tokyo made me a little disappointed. My host family stays up North in Akita. I have to travel another 4-6 hours to Akita after I reached the airport in Narita. But the reason why I was happy because I will have to go Tokyo from Narita to catch a bullet train to Akita. Conclusion , I will be stopping by Tokyo at least! It will be nice if my host family could bring me around Tokyo for a few days. But I felt like it was quite impossible as the travelling cost is expensive and the distance from Akita is quite far. Further than Kuala Lumpur to Penang. 

Akita is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of northern Honshu, the main island of Japan. I read that people in Akita dominates traditional industries. Akita is also famous for rice farming and sake. This probably means that there will be plenty of sake to drink during winter lol. Onsen are also famous there. It makes me nervous thinking about hot spring in Japan lol. Err, naked in Public bath outside?  omg 

My own name card lol. The truth is, I am excited and nervous at the same time. I am nervous about the cold weather but I am more nervous about communicating with my host family. Both of my host families cannot speak English and I am not good in Japanese either. Even though I know some words,  it isn't enough to communicate well . I exchanged about Rm 1000 for 30000 Yen. Man, this hurt my wallet . Rm 1000 felt so much when the 30 000 Yen was only 3 pieces of 10000 Yen. lol. It felt so little. lol 

Packing clothings for a winter holiday can be quite a pain. My luggage gets loaded with things fast because the clothings are so thick and huge. I even brought Malaysian traditional snacks over for my host family. Also bought some souvenirs and brought Bak Ku Teh spices so that I can cook for them :)  

Three weeks oversea, I am going to miss Malaysian food. The first thing I'll eat when I get back next year is definitely Roti Canai lol.  I had Lao Sao Pao before I left. I'm going to miss the flowy egg yoke custard inside it. Hopefully I'll get to eat something better than all this in Japan. :D Can't wait for a good ramen! 

Btw, Merry Christmas! I know it's early but I will not be blogging till next year. Follow me in instargram to follow my updates ! :)

Food Haul #1 Good Reasonable Food you cannot miss

Good non Traditional Malaysian food you cannot miss. 

Food from Chillies, Italianese, Rakuzen, Dao Rae, you name it all the classy western, Japanese. Korean restaurants are always so Expensive and the price are never reasonable for students like me. I will have to probably starve for the next three days if i ate those expensive food, but good ,two days in a row. 

This, is the best cold noodles I ever ate. omg It's vinegar base. So if you love vinegar, like me, it's really good. Even if you don't , you have to try it lol. 

Noodles are so chewable. The taste is Heaven. Okay let's imagine you bite the noodles and you flew to Heaven straight. That's right. It's that good. It only cost Rm14. Quite reasonable for a good quality Ramen!

The truth is everything on the menu is good. They are so many choices but just randomly pick one and you'll go Heaven. lol 

This stall is located in Shah Alam, Jalan Sekincan. It's nearby engineering factories because the owner of the restaurant target Japanese workers from those factories. The chef of this restaurant have cooked Ramen in Japan for years and now he started his own business in Malaysia.  

This, is a Volcano from Burger Factory. 

Well that doesn't look like a volcano but that is it's name for this Big Fat Burger lol. I have never tried this burger place until just recently when a friend of mine brought me there. This burger cost about RM17. I mean, not bad for a good quality burger! It taste better and healthier than Carl's Junior even when their price range are about the same.  It's concept is about the same as Big Hug Burger, in SS15. Both places are good! 

The patty inside is not as oily as the patty in Big Hug Burger. But omgosh, the egg in the burger is good. It seriously look like any normal fried egg but It's rare to see a burger with such fine beautifully fried sunny egg! and the egg yolk flows too. Double plus for that. 

The Burger Factory is located in Kota Kemuning. Another branch is opening another in SS15 Subang Jaya this Thursday. So if you live in Subang area, you can go ahead and try it there. I seriously think that there's too many choices of Burger restaurant's in Subang, especially SS15 from Crayon Burger to Big Hug Burger, and now to Burger Factory. I bet there are more. The selection of food in Subang is wide. 

If you are going for iced dessert, Shaved ice is the best choice. 

This is black Sesame ice from Snowflake. Cost is about RM7.  Snowflake sells a wide range of shaved ice with great toppings. This cannot be miss. The taste is really good.

Ocha series. If you are a matcha lover, this is good :) But one thing I don't like about Snowflake is that they don't allow us to pick our own topping. I hate eating pearls and the chewy taro thing isn't quite fresh ( sometimes ). But overall , taste for ice dessert is good!

Next, this is not exactly Malaysian food but omg. It's the best snack i ever ate.

 Yes it's pop corn. Better than the caramel popcorns you ate in the cinema. It, taste like cheezels but BETTER.

It's a USA brand and it cost 1.30$ which is like RM 3.60 for a Huge pack of Snack?! what? It's like a party pack of Mamee. This is worthy! Sadly my sister got this at that price in Cambodia. lol. If you found it here in any stalls like Cold Storage, probably cost more than RM10.

High school Acomplished

Officially Graduated from High school.  11 years of school, acomplished. 

Okay, I'm back from my nonexistence for a long time. Spm Ended Today! TODAY.  I tell you an ugly Truth about Spm. When people say Trials are harder, it is. When people say just stay calm during exam, Stay Calm. It is really not that tough  as long you studied, panicked, worry, go crazy, cry, stress, pressure, whatever the normal symptoms are you name it before any important exams. But of course, what is study without praying? Praying is a must. 

My experience with Spm is, write all you can. Vomit your words. Spit them out . I mean it. Well of course it must link to the question and logical. The funny thing is, the 1st- 2nd week of spm is the most pressured one. Getting nervous on the first paper is common. I am not the only one lol. But remember, Keep Calm because knowledge flows if your brain is relax. Even in Add maths lol. On the third week, studying becomes like a daily activity. I meant a daily activity because I never studied everyday, unless it's Pmr or Spm. truth .

Common phrase for every Spm'ers : BURN ALL THE BOOKS.

So, my new year's resolution, year end resolution ; everyone have one. Including me :)

- Get my hair dyed.-

 I am off high school and I will not return anymore until Spm results are out! 

I wanted to go for a light shade of orange-brown with pink ombre but it cannot be done because I have to present myself well during my youth exchange. ( I'll talk about it in a while ) :) 

- Blogging for life - 

I wanted to start on a new blog. lol but i decided not to because it just takes so much time.So I'm just going to redesign this current blog. I'm going start blogging about fashion and lifestyle. So, look forward to it! BE Excited.

- Go Shopping -

I have been deprived from shopping for about 1month+. Well not true, I went online shopping with my sister lol. I couldn't stand not buying, it's too adorable. I need to get my closet restored, again. It never stops lol. 

- Music covers-

 I will continue posting up covers on my Youtube channel. Probably write some songs too. I already wrote some, but kind of embarrass about it lol. Anyway, look forward to it! :) 

- Redesign my room-

This might take some time to be accomplish. Still working on it ;)

 This is not all but I suddenly couldn't think of the rest. lol 

Okay, so speaking of the Youth Exchange i mentioned earlier,  I am going to Japan! 

Which part of Japan? Tokyo! Man I'm so excited. I couldn't sleep thinking about it during the exam periods. lol this was just a part of the reason I couldn't sleep, I was more worried about my exam.lol

I won't be spending Christmas and New Year here. I shall just celebrate both celebration in the cold, cold Japan. Come to think of it, I have to wrap myself like a polar bear in Japan. Will be shopping for this Japan trip soon and can't wait to board the plane! Orientation for this youth exchange will be on this Saturday and I will get to know my foster parents. So Excited.

 

Can't wait for the new chapter of life!

Insecurity

Dear Dumb Diary, I shouldn't regret . I kind of did regretted, but now I told my self not to. 

So yeah, If you were wondering what I was regretting. My Hair it is. I was so excited on cutting it shorter ( NOT SHORT, the hair stylist made it that short ) because I don't really suit long hair. ): Yeah.  Probably look nice in pictures but It's actually weird /: haha 

So ya, Yesterday went to O Saloon and hair a Rm20 student price cut :) The guy was nice :) But I don't understand why he needs to blow curl my hair to the extreme D: Look at how round and puffy the ends of my hair are! Super bob look O: haha

I kinda miss my long hair already /: No more braids  T^T I ove braids T^T oh well, hair can grow 

* stop feeling depress! * 

I didn't felt sad until someone made me realize that guys prefer long hair. LOL. * wtf right, Why am i sad with this kind of things ?* But ya, for your information, I actually left my hair grow long because of that reason /: Stupid isn't it? But what to do . I have that kind of mind set. LOL 

So anyway, Yesterday my emotions was kind of low. My insecurities was really down too /: In my mind I was like '' omg, nobody gonna like me anymore '' that kind of thing . That's how insecure I am /:

Blerghh, so many people was like WHYYYY... ): I already cut lah. T^T ish.

And yep, I'm gonna just yolo with this length and just hope it'll grow to a perfect length before Prom :3 Hehe. Byee 

Update

Hello Blog! I had lost count on how many days/week/months I had not log onto my blog! I will not be blogging for the next 5-6 months because of my final year in school. It's SPM! and , sigh.. As usual getting a lot of lectures from my parents especially my dad. Anything about studying just annoy the hell out of me. ( most of the time ) Oh well, I'm gonna write this post fast, I'm giving myself approx 30 minutes maximum. Blerghh, btw I just ate supper. OMG. I hate my self for doing this. Seriously . I need to lose weight. Wish i was 48kg again. pfft. 

First of all, I should post a picture of myself, after so long not seeing me, bet there's a few changes ( at least ) . So, don't be fooled by the face here, You have not seen my full body posture, size, and shape! I'm as fat as a pear! D: ( is pear shape considered fat? if it is then I'm right ! ) 

So, I'm also been very sensitive at a couple of things recently. My emotions aren't that stable. And when i meant emotions , it does not mean crying, cutting, or suicide. I'm just angry, sad and most of the time annoyed at many things. Probably my parents lectures are stressing me a lot. I just can't stand too much reminder of the same topic. Blergh. 

My exam just ended one week ago. It was a three weeks straight exam. It was tiring. I even had to cut down on exercising, which i didn't liked it but I still cut down to sacrifice time for studying. I know I have to put studies as my first priority this year. People tell me to just give my all for this 5 more coming months. I AM! 

And, Today is already the weekend of my first week of holidays. I have two week of school holidays and I have already spend my first week without any studies even though I got scolded for doing so. Though I open my books, nothing actually went in my brain. Guess I was just exhausted from the studies before and during exams. My gawd, life is already tough! And This is only just the beginning. More obstacle are ahead of me. I have not even decide on what I want to do after high school! To go in A levels, to go for diploma... ect ect 

Hello?! Charmaine! * slaps self * Wake up ! You need to work hard right now! 

So many things I got to do when i get back to school. I probably be busy with Sports day by then! I have not even train well for my run yet! Urghh. Got. to . plan . time. 

Okay. Stop with the studies. My goodness. 

So, what else am i missing out? 

Ouh! I'm not sure if I should mention this here, but maybe briefly . So, I personally feel that my feelings towards the person I like comes and go all the time. I didn't mean that in one minute I like him and the other I don't. I meant that sometimes we are close but sometimes we are not. That's why I felt like we can never really get together somehow due to many reason ( 101 reasons ). Unless we try, one day, but I doubt actually. But i still hope to not doubt . 

And , I am still a girl who loves Hello Kitty! :3 Can't believe it still last in my top likings. Even rainbow colours aren't the top stuff I love anymore /: Just recently bought a new phone casing and also changed my phone screen protector . My phone looks super new! * Happy max *

Ouh. If any of you know any good  organic facial wash that can be  recommended C: please do leave a comment! C:  And If you do know anyways on how to remove or clear pimple/acne bumps , Leave a comment too! C: thanks! My face have been one of my insecurities lately ( well, apart from my body ) sigh.

I shall end with... 

 Me  being a Flower Pixie during IU day this year C: hahaha. 

Nights and ciao! ;)