and I take three steps

Greetings.

Last Monday, I went to Shinjuku, Odaiba, then Harajuku. I didn't made it to Shibuya last Sunday, no problem because I had more fun (and more money to spend) on Monday. We went to Shinjuku first because my friends wanted to buy camera, in the end, a friend of mine from Myanmar ended up with not only camera but also portable wi-fi, clothes, and some other things. After eating (expenssive, but) delicious lunch at Thai Restaurant, we parted ways; two went back to dorm and me with other two went to Odaiba. I was very excited for several reasons;

 I have always wanted to go to Odaiba because it's the main stage of Digimon Adventure! I really want to go there even if just once
 I wanted to take picture with Gundam in front of Diver City
 I heard Odaiba is warmer than Fuchu (my place), since I'm sucker for warmth after coming here, this place is a must visit
 Jonghyun Kim was there, hello~

We changed train in Shinbashi and went on monorail, it was my first time riding monorail and I immediately remembered a scene in One Fine Day when Jonghyun took monorail to Odaiba which made me even more excited. My excitement increased tenfold when we finally arrived at Odaiba Station, it's a really different place, different from the bustling city of Shibuya and from the quiet place of Fuchu, it's like a whole different world. The buildings were tall and modern but there's not much people around, it's almost vacant, maybe because it was holiday, I assumed that in weekdays people are going here and there to work. The weather was good too. I took pictures in front of Fuji TV, one thing that I have always wanted to do since I was in elementary school (but I didn't post it here, please refer to my facebook), as I look at that building, I replayed many scenes from Digimon Adventures, ah, childhood is truly the best moment in life, it's so precious. Next we headed for Diver City to meet Gundam!! It's so huge and majestic, I wish we could get inside and ride it but it's not possible. We went to Shimamura where I got this cute backpack along with pouch, wallet, and phone charm for 2000円. I was originally meant to buy sling bag but since the sling bag cost more than the backpack, I decided to purchase the backpack.

Originally, we were meant to go home straight after going to Odaiba, but when we were about to arrive in Harajuku station, we automatically get up and got off in Harajuku lol, excuse us, we're girls anyway. We immediately went to Takeshita-doori which, surprisingly, in my opinion is not as crowded as Shibuya. It seemed scary and intimidating at first but when I walked in the crowd; hey, this is so much better than Shibuya. I know this sounds weird but I personally avoid going to Shibuya again unless someone invited me, and unless there's an event of my favorite artist in Tower Record, it's too crowded for my liking (￣。￣). Back to Harajuku, Takeshita-dori, there're so many small store that sell crepes! I've been dying for some Japanese desert and now I want some. We walked more a bit and guess what I found;

Yes, Wonder Rocket store!! I didn't wait to get inside, it's such a beautiful and dreamy place. They have all the items listed on their website and some which are already taken down (like the blazer that I've been dreaming about for days). Sadly, I've used all my money for the bag so I didn't buy anything, but I've noted the items and prices on my head so no biggies, I will probably come here again in the end of May or around June, no worries, I have it all planned in my head. We walked around a bit before stopping at undies shop that hold a golden week sale, my friend wanted to go there so I tagged along with here. Next I stopped at various Momo Store and the other one that has Wonder Rocket store, but none of them were as appealing as the first store that I went to.

We spent another time at Matsumoto Kiyoshi where I sampled some concealer (mine is running out and I'm looking for better one) and Mascara. My friends purchased things, they blamed me because I was the one urging them to get inside Matsumoto Kiyoshi but I'm the one who didn't spend any money on anything lol. Guys, I have it all planned, I do not breach my own plan, but... sorry for making you buy things? (=ω=;) I don't think I can stress enough how you have to restrain yourself to buy every single thing you see in Japan, a detailed financial plan and good self-restraint is a must. After leaving Matsumoto Kiyoshi, a friend of mine wanted to eat Tendon but another one wanted crepes. In the end they decided it with janken and we ended up with crepes. We ended the day with crepe, I had choco-banana crepe, which in my personal opinion, is not as delicious as D'Crepes Chocolate Banana one (^^;). But well, everyone have different taste, no?

Today golden week is starting, today I'm going again to Shinjuku to purchase a Japanese cell-phone, not a sumaho but the regular flip phone. Tomorrow I will be attending Kurayami Matsuri and on Sunday I will meet my classmate. Seriously, I have mentioned many times about meeting my classmate, right? But the plan has been cancelled, twice, and they always called it off a day before. I was kind of bummed and whatever about this time, I'll just go and see how they deal it this time.

That's it, folks, have a good days ahead.

Either Sunny or Cloudy

Greetings.

As I mentioned on previous post, last Saturday, I went to Asakusa and Shibuya with other exchange students. We were supposed to watch a Samurai Festival but since it was so crowded, it was impossible to watch it. We were disappointed but at least we got to eat our conbini bought bento while watching Tokyo Sky Tree and people water-skiiing. After then, we spent our time in Asakusa Traditional Market where my friends went crazy buying bags and what nots, I only bought a mitarashii dango which is perfect for someone with sweet tooth like me lol. After that, I went to Shibuya to meet Japanese people who is learning Indonesian language and some other Indonesian students. I wish I could take more picture but since it was raining, I didn't dare to take out my camera. I only captured few pictures, this one I posted here is a view as seen from 2nd floor of the infamous Shibuya 109. We ended up in a sushi restaurant where I ate lots of delicious sushi, it's true, Japanese sushi is on whole different level. It's so fresh and delicious ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

On Sunday I spent a whole day without going out of my room, I was so tired because I rarely sit at all on Saturday (the only time I sit down to rest was on the Ginza Line from Asakusa to Shibuya, in restaurant, and in my last train) （￣へ￣）. Anyways, I went to Tachikawa on Tuesday to get my baito permission with my Senpai. The initial plan was; go to immigration office > visit book off for STUDY RELATED BOOKS ONLY > buy daily needs at Daiso > eat lunch > go back. That's pretty much the whole plan. However, since me and my Senpai are both girls, we couldn't help but to;

 get inside a drug store because I saw Dolly Wink lashes. Turn out it was SUN DRUG and they sell lots and lots of drug store make up products including Majolica Majorca and Canmake.
Do you need to guess what happened next? I bought them.
 My Senpai couldnt' find the book she's looking for, we ended up at manga and CD Section.
 We got sidetracked as we passed a clothes bazaar that sell secondhand items and spent about 30 minutes there
 Went to Daiso, went as planned...or not because I ended up looking at the cooking and baking instruments instead of looking for what I need --"

Yeah, I learned that in Japan, self-restraint is a must! If necessary, empty out your pocket so only transportation and lunch fee is in it, it keeps you from buying things! But of course, there's no helping window shopping (ι´Д｀)ﾉ

Since I was out of bb cream last Monday, I've been planning to get new bb cream and the bb cream I've been eyeing is Canmake Perfect Serum BB Cream. It has SPF 50. PA+++ which is a huge improvement from my previous Shini Star BB Cream (SPF20.PA++). I cut my old bb cream and found out there're still some amount of BB Cream left so I haven't use Canmake's  BB Cream at all.

The other item I bought was what makes me interested in make up on the first place, it's Majolica Majorca Puff de Cheek. I swear had I never encounter this product, I will never be interested in make up. At all. I didn't think much and grabbed the one in Cherry Macaron since I assumed the other colour won't show up on my skin. It's so pretty I'm scared to use it but I have used it once this Wednesday. It sits on my cheeks beautifully but since yesterday's weather was pretty bad and I had to went grocery shopping, this baby couldn't survive the harsh wind (ι´Д｀)ﾉ

the one on the left is in room lightning while on the right is under sunlight.
both are pretty but the sunlit one is more true to colour ｡◕ ‿ ◕｡

I can't wait to wear this again but my skin condition has been bad щ(ಥДಥщ). I has small pimples developing all over my cheek and horrible redness on my nose area. I didn't know why, it could be hormones but it could be because I have been using Hadalabo Lotion for past weeks. Despite knowing that it could trigger break out on oily skin, I still went ahead and buy it since on the first two weeks my skin was so dry. I still cannot say for sure it's hadalabo's doing but I will see if it one week my skin condition didn't change, then I'd probably use it again, but if the pimples disappear, I will stop using it and purchase another brand. Does anyone know Japanese facial product that is good for oily skin?

By the way, after looking at Rakuten's site, I found that One Piece Semonten CAWAII only has three stores in Japan. One in Chiba, one in Tokyo, and another one in Mukougaokayuen. The first two shops are quiet far from my place, going back and forth requires around 2000 JPY from my place so they're kind of out of question. Thankfully, the one in Mukougaokayuen is closer to my place. The cheapest way to get there requires walking and taking bus, then walk again until Komae. I take one train ride to Komae station to to Mukougaokayuen station. Moreover, I have a friend who live in Komae so maybe I could go with her. We initially planned to go to Kichijoji last Sunday, sadly, she got a cold due to the heavy rain on Saturday. I wish her well.

I'm planning to go to Shibuya again this Sunday to meet my fellow classmate from my home university. Then on Monday, I will go to Shinjuku then Harajuku. Since I'm going to Harajuku, I will totally visit Momo Store to find some mori items, not sure whether I will buy it or not though (ΘεΘ;). I'm currently looking for a maxi skirt. Japan has lots of cute and adorable skirt with lace accent but why almost all of them are short? 

This entry unexpectedly become a long entry, a messy and jumbled one at that. I will post again next Monday, probably with mori item findings and more pretty pictures. Japan has a lot of good scenery but I always forget to bring my camera sobs. I wish the weather is nice on Sunday & Monday, it was reported that rain will fall tomorrow, sigh.

Have a nice weekend

Mori Monday 「１」

Greetings.

I've been leaving this blog vacant for a way too long. It will soon be a month since I arrived in Japan. I'm slowly getting used with the life here, it's not easy but it's fun, and I'm living everyday with a smile. I made more friends in past two weeks which is a good thing since I'm not good at socializing with new people. We went to Asakusa and Shibuya last Saturday. It rained a lot but I had a nice time. And earlier today, I discovered that a small market near my place has some Dolly Wink items. I've saw Majolica Majorca and Canmake, and some other drug store products before but this is the first time I saw Dolly Wink's product.

As promised, this is the mori girl post, surely some of you are missing it...or not? Kekeke either way is fine. I've been looking around "One Piece Semonten" Spring Release, most of them are looking light, nothing too heavy. The layering is notably lighter, usually a top with lace trimming over a skirt. Here are some of my favorite item. Click on the item name to visit the site.

 Natural Lace Parka

Honestly, i beg to differ the usage of 'parka' here, it's not exactly a parka, more a hooded cardigan, capuchon, or something else --" Either way, it's just my opinion which doesn't matter at all and doesn't lessen the beauty of this 'parka'. It comes in two colour but I, without further thinking, would purchase the blue one if I could. I'm a complete sucker for blue. This look warm enough for spring attire, maybe suitable for winter too. I'm thinking we could make this by trimming laces on our plain cardigan. Maybe one day when I can sew by myself I will make one of this, worth trying. And, yes, we can't have enough of cardigan, or parka.

 Favorite Original Lace Layered Skirt

I beg your pardon but I just can't ignore the caption on the picture; favorite original RACE RAYERD skirt. Dear, One Piece Semonten, I'm so willing to help you in this department lol. Regardless the funny item name (which we actually understand what does it mean anyway), this skirt is the typical layered skirt Mori Girl often wear. I like the toned down brown colour, it's pale but not cold. They spice things up with colour cordination. I'm not good at colour coordination so I adore the styling and colour coordi on this on. They skillfully pair items with different brown hues into beautiful colour coordination, a perfect work of art. Back to the skirt, the material look very lightweight, the laces are thrown asymmetrically, giving an accent to it. This skirt is quiet long so maybe this could be altered into dress of some sort.

 Natural Lace Handmade Pants

While I'll look like legless in this pants, I still adore this! I have short legs and this cut is unflattering on me, so sad, wish I could work this. Anyways, this is one of those "otherworldly kind of cute" aka. this is way too cute I cannot believe this thing exist. I noticed that Mori Girl often sport this kind of pants, I don't know how to call this, not a harem pants, puffed pants? Balloon pants? Either way, they're super adorable and can be worn when you want to give boyish accent to your outfit. I think this pants would be perfect for summer; shirt with lace-sailor collar over this pants. Perfect. Of course, regular shirt will do.

 Natural Stitch-Lace One Piece

This baby over here is perfect for summer, over lace trimmed camisole or under light-weight cardigan. For spring, wear this over a shirt, cardigan works too. This one-piece is all rounder because I can see Mori Girl wearing this in Fall or winter with heavy layering. This would be a perfect summer dress, I can already picture someone wearing this while walking barefoot by the beach side. This can be worn as skirt too, layering is the key.

From all the items above, the skirt is my favorite. How about you? What's your favorite piece?