Marcus and I started this day with going to CLUB SEGA for purikura and games. lol
I realized that I've written a lot about being in CLUB SEGA, but never posted a picture of it... So, for those who wonder, this is how it looks from the outside! Here I am holding a lot of mini plushies we won!
After this we went to Ootoya… Since I only had a few days left in Japan and I wanted to eat more from Ootoya, deciding where to go wasn’t hard.
What I ordered!
Like the other times I was there, the food was really good! You will also get a lot of food for almost nothing. I really, really recommend you to go there if you get the chance- it’s sooo delicious AND cheap! I really don’t have anything to complain about when it comes to Ootoya!
While I was in Japan, the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was being released. I didn't have the chance to try it, and seeing all these posters really didn't do anything better... I'ts crazy! I wonder how much placing ONE of these ads cost... Only in this picture you can see SIX of those.
I wanted to do some shopping this day, so we went to Shibuya 109 first since it was nearby!
In front of Shibuya 109 that day...
I didn’t really have so much time, so I ended up buying a LOT of things I shouldn’t have bought… I didn’t even try on the clothes before buying them, that’s probably one of the dumbest thing to not do. I hate spontaneous shopping, I’m always feeling sooo bad afterwards… The only thing I didn’t feel bad for buying was presents to my friends… LOL. I always feel good when I buy presents!
Staff people giving excellent service isn’t exactly doing anything better, I feel this guilt if I don’t buy anything – I feel it’s kind of rude for taking their time without leaving any money to the shop. LOL, yes, I know I’m being really stupid now. :’D It’s not like they’re earning less if I don’t buy, I know… I don’t know why I feel this way. I just… don’t like to bother people, even if it’s their work to help customers.
Anyways, there was a lottery going on in the mall – for every 3.000 JPY you spent in a store, you got a chance in their lottery!
I had bought stuff for over 27.000 JPY that day, none of my receipts were under 3.000. It gave me 9 chances in their lottery!
AAAAAAAAaaaand, I won a lot of stuff! Toothbrushes, scrunchies and such. Most of it was useless, but entering was fun!
lol shopping bags hahaha
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After shopping in Shibuya109, we went over to 109MEN’S. Eivind had made a wishlist and since he is a good friend of us, we wanted to help him to get the stuff he wanted!
I think Japanese shop staff are extremely funny and talkative, we had a few funny «conversations» with the Buffalo Bobs shop staff.
While Marcus was in the dressing room, one of the shop staff tried to say something to me in Japanese, but he quickly understood that I didn’t understand anything. He asked me if I was from Philippine, told me that I looked Japanese, asked me where I was from – but his English was so limited and it was sooo awkward hahaha. The whole conversation was about…basically saying a few words and waving with arms hahahah. It’s cool that they’re trying to hold a conversation at all!
Marcus and I were speaking Swedish/Norwegian to each other, another one of the shop staff commented that I spoke good English in Japanese. And well, back then I had no idea about what he said (Marcus translated for me later), but Marcus replied and said that we weren’t speaking English and I didn’t understand Japanese, in Japanese. He looked surprised, I guess it must have been confusing! He explained that I had «Japanese face», and apologized for speaking in English to Marcus earlier. He was assuming that Marcus didn’t speak Japanese and that I did, when the truth is that it’s completely opposite! LOL!! I guess it must have been weird for him!
When we were done in 109MEN’S we took the train to Shinjuku.
Right outside Shinjuku station we could see these pretty lights! Such a Christmas-ish feeling, even though it was in November!
Went in to Studio ALTA, and I did some more serious shopping there. I wish I shopped here earlier, because I wish I had more money I could spend there. There was a lot of brand stores I haven’t heard about before that had a lot of cool clothes which was almost half the price of the clothes in Shibuya 109 – the only difference is well… they don’t necessarily have any super known brand label on them – which I don’t mind at all.
Me in front of Studio ALTA's entrance.
A random picture of Shinjuku
Marcus and I was really tired from all the shopping, so we wanted to find some place to sit and rest. Aaaaaand, that means karaoke time!!! Marcus insisted to buy something to snack on from Mister Donut so we first went there…
...and enjoyed the donuts while singing karaoke! WHEN I WAS THIRTEEN I HAD MY FIRST LOVE.
When our time was over, we didn’t feel ready to go home yet. Soooooooooooooo we went back to CLUB SEGA because we knew we probably won’t have any time later to play some darts together again. This day was… well, kind of a «do-all-the-things-we-should-do-before-I-leave-Japan»-day.
I'm not good in darts, but I must say I'm not that bad! Marcus is the one who taught me, after all!
Uhm, we took one more purikura set!
I have a really hot boyfriend :)
I had katsu-curry and salad~
The food was really good and extremely cheap here… I would do a lot to eat this again! I love Japanese curry!
I’ve been thinking, it seems like ALL food in Japan is cheap. It might have to do something about the ridiculous Norwegian prices I’m used to? I wonder what people around the world think is considering as «cheap» for this kind of food.
In the end of the day I realized that my feet were hurting so much… We decided to take a cab home. We had walked around a lot this day!
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Haha omg, kjenner meg igjen med at folk prøver å snakke til deg på et asiatisk språk! Da jeg var i London og kjøpte noen blader fra Japan Centre så begynte de å snakke til meg på (hva jeg tror er) mandarin! Jeg bare WTF HÆ. Er sykt awkward
Og » IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN IN A LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP BEFORE, YOU WILL PROBABLY NOT UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF HAVING THESE KIND OF PICTURES ;_;»
Hahah word. Bare bilder av oss sammen er greit, men er ofte vanskeligere å ta. Skulle ønske det var purikuramaskiner overalt!
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Monica Tang Reply:
februar 21st, 2012 at 21:57
hahaha ja, og enda bedre hvis dere ikke har noen felles språk hahahahaha
PINLIG
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Lovely post! and the lottery looks great :O
I wish more stores did this kind of stuff hhe
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Monica Tang Reply:
februar 21st, 2012 at 23:33
Thank you so much, Sami!
I’m happy they don’t because that would only make me feel pressed to buy more hahahaha. I’m so easy to trick!!
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DAAAAAAAAAMN I MISS MISTER DONUT!!! Ahahahah!!
Sorry, I always say the same but, once again, I love your hair, makeup, outfit and aaaaaaaall you post!! :P
Lucky girl, I don’t use to win anything!!! xD
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Monica Tang Reply:
februar 21st, 2012 at 23:33
Mister Donut is great, right?
Thank you so much for your nice compliment, I really appreciate it!
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First of all, you are looking absolutely GORGEOUS as usual! I especially love how you did your hair and of course the puri’s of you and Marcus are ADORABLE
Speaking of Call of Duty 3, I still haven’t played it either because I was too busy with Skyrim but I should start on it soon because I am really into this kind of games, I didn’t knew you liked it :o
This makes me miss Tokyo though, I can remember all my crazy karaoke nighs and all the great food *^* I really hope I can return somewhere in the next few years!
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Monica Tang Reply:
februar 21st, 2012 at 23:48
Thank you so much for the compliments!
Whoaaaa, on which console are you planning to play COD? If you’re on Xbox Live, add me! MonicaTang is my username.
Go with your boyfriend!!!!! I’m pretty sure he wants to go too??
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SVETTIE-CHAN Reply:
februar 22nd, 2012 at 00:00
Sadly I don’t have an Xbox, I can only play on the PC but if I had one I’d team up with you!
I’ll see if he wants to go next year but we also want to go to Korea so yeah we have to see what to do first haha ^^
(and you’re welcome!)
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Monica Tang Reply:
februar 22nd, 2012 at 00:03
What about going to Korea AND Japan? :’D Korea is cheaper, so you can stay there longer and… well, spend a few days in Japan?
SVETTIE-CHAN Reply:
februar 22nd, 2012 at 00:25
Good idea =o I shall talk about this with le boyfriend >:3 See you soon!
Ahh, så mye god mat *_* Og shopping ahhh. Jeg vil også oppleve Japan en gang.
Dere er søte sammen
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Monica Tang Reply:
februar 22nd, 2012 at 00:16
Av alt i Japan, så var det maten jeg likte best! Mye nye og spennende smaker, anbefales sterkt!!
Takk!
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Your scarf is so cute! Love it!
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Monica Tang Reply:
februar 22nd, 2012 at 10:21
Thank you very much, Luciana!
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Dere er så sykt søte!
Ser kjempemorsomt ut å være i Japan, vil bare dra mer og mer hver gang du poster derfra, og envyy på dine shopping-bags!
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Monica Tang Reply:
februar 22nd, 2012 at 10:25
Tusen takk, Signe!
Haha, tbh, når jeg tenker tilbake i ettertid synes jeg ikke at jeg gjorde så mye – men det var gøy selv om -og jeg antar at man på en måte forstår det ut ifra det jeg skriver!
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Wow, this was such a long post! Loved every word of it! You have no idea how much fun is it to see pictures of Japan and someone’s experiences there, since I’ve never been to Japan but I’ve been dreaming of it for the longest time
Your outfit was so nice! And the purikura of you and Marcus was so sweet~ You are such a lovely couple!
It must be so weird that people think that you are Japanese! :D Hehe!
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Monica Tang Reply:
februar 23rd, 2012 at 01:16
Thank you for your comment, and a huge thanks for the compliments!
Thanks for reading my blog, I’m happy to hear that you enjoy to read!
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«Staff people giving excellent service isn’t exactly doing anything better, I feel this guilt if I don’t buy anything – I feel it’s kind of rude for taking their time without leaving any money to the shop.»
I agree with you on this! Every time I go shopping, I feel bad if I don’t buy anything… which is like peer pressure lol
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Monica Tang Reply:
mars 1st, 2012 at 01:39
YES!!! It’s a horrible thing, but I have to admit that I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one… I guess we both need to be stronger and dare to be more «»"rude»"»! LOL
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