Day 3 in Tokyo

My plane arrived in Singapore at around 10.05 last night. Not really excited to be back home as I really really miss the fun days I had in Hiroshima. Then again, I only have like less than a month to spend time with my family before I embark on a 5-month exchange trip to Japan. Yes, Japan. AGAIN. So for those people who want to meet me before I leave for Japan, please ask me out before the 12th of September ok!!! Otherwise you can ask me out in 2009 instead. One good thing about being back is that Singapore isn't as hot as Hiroshima. My mum's first reaction when she saw me wasnt "I missed you" or "Welcome back" but..."Wah! So dark ar!". wtf -_______________________________- Although I'm not as dark as Sharon Tan(^_^) but I'm still darker than before I left for Japan. Kaoz.

Anyway, day 3 of Tokyo. First thing in the morning, we took the subway to Asakusa. The Asakusa station was really pretty, compared to stations like Ikebukuro and Shibuya.

Contemplated taking the rickshaw but decided against it upon peering into my almost-empty wallet. Japan is a really scary place. Everything I see I feel like buying...aargh.

Took less than 5 minutes to walk to the shrine from the station. Wanted to take a photo with the policeman but got rejected. =( Then again, I guess he can't exactly agree to every photo request or else he'll probably get sacked or something. The number of tourists there that day was scary. The ratio of Japanese to Tourists was probably like 1:20 or something.

It was my second time there and the Nakamise shopping street looked a little different with the shades pulled down. I guess in winter they dont do that because the sun isnt that strong. Didnt really shop around because goods sold at tourist attractions are always marked up! Instead, we went to get our fortunes told but both of us ended up with an unlucky fortune. Damnit. If you get an unlucky fortune, you're supposed to tie it onto this metal thingy so I did BUT...I didnt know how to do it. =( Guess which one was the one I tied?

Walked out of the Nakamise shopping street to yet another shopping street to have lunch at Saizeriya. Seriously, Japan has too many shopping streets, just like how Taiwan has too many night markets. Lunch was good and cheap but the only sucky thing was that the non-smoking area was separated from the smoking area by an invisible barrier so we basically basked in the cigarette smoke there throughout lunch. What's the use of having smoking and non-smoking areas if the cigarette smoke can still travel across the air-conditioned place?! wtf.

Shopped around for a bit, visited Daiso before taking the subway to Akihabara, the land of electronics, otakus and maid cafes.

Saw a maid straight away upon exiting the subway station.

Browsed through shops there that sold sex toys and porn DVDs. We went into this store that had 7 freaking stories of porn DVDs!!! They had DVDs featuring young girls at the age of 9(wtf?! sicko), schoolgirls, married women and even old grandmothers. -____________-. It must pretty much suck to work as a porn star in Japan because the competition's so tough. I mean, if you were a porn star in Singapore, you'll probably get more DVD sales because it's kind of rare to be a porn star here.

Next, we went to this place called Donkey(?) where you can basically get ANYTHING. They have a wide selection of products, including cosplay costumes, T-shirts, stuffed toys, food etc. While at the cosplay section, I saw this middle-aged salaryman who was carrying a high-school school bag and he was browsing through frilly girl panties. And his pants were freaking tight...like totally bursting. wtf. He kept looking over when Fulin and I were looking at lingerie. wtf. Look what look...wait later I poke your eyes out hor!

As all of us wanted to eat a cheap dinner because of the lack of cash, we ate at Macdonalds. Macdonalds in Japan is like seriously the saviour of my life. A Mcpork burger there costs only 100yen(~SGD1.30) and the burger's juicy and yummy. Ordered Shaka Shaka Chicken too.

GAH...I'M HUNGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRY!!!

For some reason I dont know why, we decided to stack the cup noodles that we bought at Donkey after dinner. People who were seated behind us that day were like seriously wtf-ed and they kept laughing at us. Whee~

Stood in the middle of the road to take this photo. Damn dangerous but whatever la, I am a foreigner in Japan remember? Must take everything that I see!!! wtf...