An invitation to...

Received this! Wonder what's inside...


Preview event to Burberry's Winter 2011 Collection!

Lots of new outer wear and winter items, it says.
But it's on a weekday... There's school :< I wanna go see!!

All in a week.

Short pic update for the week.


A whole bunch of stuff arrived. This was just about half of everything i ordered that arrived.

Picspam for the week.

You know how there are lots of blogs that flood thousands of pics of the blogger in various poses/expressions (actually i think they are all in almost the same pose/expression :x) in one entry. I think mine is also the same. But with food that looks all the same :x LOLLLL okay, this is just an apology for the pic spam below. Pics that i failed to upload little by little for the week ><; Firstly, food that i made… Not appetizing looking at all. But just for the sake of documenting lol. Pardon me, I have a bad memory.


Scallop prawn rice. This reminds me I need to get thai rice!!

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. But!

So i went to B. for their member double point sale on Sunday and Fukuyama san wasn't there. Some other random staff came to attend to me instead. And she sure has mastered the art of flattery. Now here i tell you, these are the ways to do so.

Compliment one's face.
She brought the two ¾ shorts I wanted to try into the changing room and while we were inside the room, she suddenly said oh, you're good looking. I quickly denied that apologetically(!) and being embarrassed by the unexpected flattery, could only gave her a little laugh before chasing her out of the room. My usual reaction would be to make a joke out of it to diffuse the attention and to change the topic :x But because i donno her at all, i couldn't do it! But i *think* she was being kind to say that in the privacy of a closed off room and not out front where other people can hear and subsequently cause me to die of awkwardness -__-

Make a reference to one's country and the apparent good complexion.
Miss HoneyMouth said So where are you from? Singapore? Ohhh. That explains why you have such nice skin. I was rolling my mind's eyes. Since when Singaporeans are known for our "good skin"????????? Personally, i think they have better complexion than us! Want to give praises also must think logically leh, lady.

Ask about one's age and act(?) surprised at the significantly youthful look when being revealed.
They have some chronic obsession with this. No kidding. Maybe all asians do? haha. I get this a lot so i could foresee where this was heading toward when she asked how old I am. She exclaimed Really?! But usually foreigners look older than their real ages when compared to japanese. And people say japanese are like little kids, childish. So… did she just insult me unwittingly? Or did she simply mean by their standard, i don't even look their age? which means even more kiddish. hmm in a way, this could be an insult!

PS: Today, the foreign student centre staff-in-charge told me that if i were to go 7-11 to buy cigarettes and alcohol (which i dont!) i would be requested to show my ID. Gawd. 大袈裟...

And this, takes the cake that shows it is all fluffy words of flattery:

Praise how well one speaks the language.
She said my japanese is better than hers! Bit over, no? Praising one's language proficiency is ok, for the effect of positive feedback to spur one to work harder. But not so exaggerated until like this! How can a foreigner be better than the average native speaker. you tell me -_- I know my weakness and limits lor.

Still, apparently, her flattery worked its magic on me even though i resisted it outwardly. Guess the inside was inflated a little. Because in the end, i went home with two bottoms and three tops —one T-shirt was for g— that day. And i even went back today to get a similar T-shirt for myself hahaha!

Of bags and udon.

Bought a new bag yesterday~~ A "ryukku" (from German for rucksack). My cheap furry one is not going to hold well with all the books —it is torn due to the weight and though i have already mended it— and carrying tote bag with tons of books really hurts my shoulder after a while =/ Plus i couldn't find The One at Uniqlo... So does that justify the purchase? :x The bag is quite big so it can double as a gym bag for my clothes and towels on top of (more like below) the books.

I really adore tartan patterns! But i must remember to not wear a top that has such designs when i'm using the bag or it will look really retarded :x Tartan overloaded. And i have quite a lot of shirts with tartan designs -_-;; Just like i have to remember not to wear my polka dots shirt when it's raining and when I want to use my polka dots umbrella.

Many pictures tell a story. Sort of.

Haven't been writing anything because i'm to busy with school and exam :<
It gets really tiring after returning home and finishing my work. I don't even feel like making dinner or anything. Just eat outside =/

But here are some photos from the past few days! Taken with instagram. Doesn't everyone love looking at pics instead of read paragraphs after paragraphs of words?

Sale day!

Burberry double point member sale + A.b. secret member sale day! 
Of course have to go take a look :x

Cut my hair.. and took a pic. 

The 歩行者天国 (pedestrian paradise) at ginza main street.
No cars allowed, you can walk all over the place on the road.
Like the now re-opened 歩行天 at Akihabara where the stabbing incident took place…
By the way, Shinjuku also has. Did anyone notice? It's bigger in area :P

 Benches placed at intervals where people can sit down and do people watching.

 

 At omotesando for more shopping and dinner.
Took the window seat instead of the seat further away at a corner that was suggested by the waitress, coz got more light for photos heheh.

Very nice restaurant along the street of omotesando, with good ambiance, slightly dimmed and bossa jazz playing. And can watch people passing by while you enjoy the food. They dimmed and changed the glowing colours on the light after a while. Which was *_* so nice.

 Don't usually order drinks (with soba?!) but took the cold earl grey. 

mmm. refreshing haha
The little jug of milk is so cute.

 Waiting.. waiting… 6.19pm already and i haven't had lunch nor dinner yet :<

 Finally, my meat&veg soba arrive, with a mushroom dip sauce. 

Was very strange, yet good! Must return here again next time :x

 With the candle they started placing on the table.

 After finishing my soba, i noticed that they have some interesting gelato flavours hanging on the wall like.. celery. eeeew.

Decided to be adventurous and so took the ゴルゴンゾラ (gorgonzola, which is Italian blue cheese) and ズコット (zuccotto) for the half-half (two flavours). The gorgonzola cost 100 yen more than the other flavours -_-x

VERY GOOD in a weird way! If you like cheese, that is. It's cheesy salty and the zuccotto was sweet.

Went home and on the way, saw this sign pasted all over ginza station.

Quite quaint leh, the way they worded it (when it meant "please give way to each other"). Like some 1800s text. it made me chuckled. Then later found out that yield is common in US traffic signs but not in UK. The quaintness i felt probably resulted from that and furthermore, using it on people… *shrugs*