27th july
it's time for a change!
i met stella about 2pm and we ate yakiniku viking near our school for 980yen each.


it was seriously just meat.


when we finished up it was about 320pm so we quickly made our way to blossoms - the hair parlour. it was recommended by hafeiz and they were having a promotion where if you show them the pamphlet you receive you could get a 50% off the usual price. so haircuts were 1900yen and one-process coloring became 2500yen.

stella permed and shortened her hair while i got mine cut and highlighted. we each bought the l'oreal wax they introduced there (1365yen a bottle). it was a great experience. the first time i washed my hair they put my head in this sort of washing thingy and it will automatically wash your hair for like 15mins. the splashes kinda massaged your head too.

i tried to ask for the yamaP hairstyle with the front short and my long hair retained at the back but my hairstylist said it would look too weird so he said to just leave it to him.

and since stella was perming her hair i highlighted mine so i wouldn't wait till i was bored to tears. it was only 1000yen for 6 highlights. i wanted ash grey but it turned out more brown blonde than ask (-_-`) ah well. another hairstylist colored my hair, washed it then colored again and washed it for the final time. i had my hair washed like 3 times in this shop. WOW. in the end i spent close to 5000yen and stella about 8000yen. xo


we then walked around till about 9pm and took purikura at one of the arcades near sunshine, where there was supposedly a 100yen deduction after 9 according to kiki, but it never happened. ah well.

and our macdonald's dinner. mac had this new mcbakery where they sell 3 kinds of bread. this is one of them - melon bread. the other one is mcpork (which tastes awesome!).

26th july
it's another hanabi, at sumidagawa (near asakusa)!
finally i get　to have a decent hanabi. went to uniqlo with daryl to get his yukata and returned about 3pm. tried to figure out how to wear my yukata with all the youtube videos and manuals, but nothing helped at all! in the end kiki came to help me with my obi and we were able to finally set out atound 5pm. it turned out that phoebe had gotten the same yukata as me! well go figure, it's from uniqlo so even though i prayed hard it wouldn't happen, there's still a chance it might.

we were hungry when we got there so we got some bentous off matsuya (the departmental store, not the gyu-don yes). there was like tons of people heading towards asakusa already.





tako yaki tasted weird.

after lunch/dinner, we walked along the bridge for a good shot of the fireworks.


hanabi is so tiring because you have to walk a lot to find a good spot to watch the fireworks. and there's so many policemen around telling you to NOT stop to look, but keep on walking, ensuring that the place is always passable.

my best shot



on the way, we bought some ice cream. mine and daryl's was the green tea soy bean flavoured one. nice!!

we also visited kaminarimon, where the hongkongers tried their luck at omikuji and me and daryl tried the monjayaki on a stick.

our back

and our feet

could see the fireworks from here too.


some paper ball game where you could take these little balls home if you manage to pick it up with a thin piece of tissue (provided it doesn't get soaked when it touched the waters and become feeble)

huge chunk of ice

pagoda near kaminarimon

and the night food street

some kind of pancake from china

here's where we tried the stick monjayaki where you have to put the mayonnaise and sauce on yourself




another pagoda

and the shopping streets! strange doggie hairstyle

doing phoebe's favourite sword stance

went past a water dispenser machine that has a lucky draw slot (for extra free drinks) whenever you buy something from it

walked along some unknown streets with pretty shop covers and a nostalgic feeling of sitting on the streets and feasting. the foods didn't look that expensive too.





and before we left we found a photo board

when we tried to get home, we couldn't squeeze into the station! and it was hardly breathable and sooo stuffy so we ended up taking a 45mins bus ride to sugamo.


and went to the arcade nearby

to take purikura there!



finally reached home around 1am, where we bought macdonald's.


and i had aurelie and milla come to my rescue to unlock the door. love them!