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Oh god I can't remember the last time I was this sick...

My cough is absolutely horrendous, the slime is never ending and my throat hurts. The coughing gives me fever and fever makes my nose runny. The only time I'm not coughing my lungs out is when I'm asleep, but it takes me forever to fall asleep because I can't stop coughing for long enough. Oh man. This is the 3rd day of it, too. If it's no better by Thursday, I guess I have to go see a doctor T_T

I'm in good spirits otherwise though!... I still haven't run out of some snacks I bought from my trip... And I tried the Calpis concentrate I bought and it's very nice... A small piece of Japan trip here at my home... I like it

Now I want to listen to some pop before bed >_<

WOW WOW WOW!!!

I forgot to mention that all the pics are thumbnails and can be clicked bigger. Oops.

Ayeh the last part because Sunday is just me puking up in the morning and travelling home after a few hours of sleep ayeh 8)

( I post pictures again )

Day 4 was the designated tourist day. Which basically translates to "buildings, buildings and more buildings" :D

( Images )

Day 3 was meant to be a "Soho day", but ended up being a bit random... I guess.

First we went to see The Avengers at IMAX :D Hellz yeah! It was my first 3D experience. I actually don't think that much of 3D. There were bits when I found it a little distracting, and bits where I thought the picture looked blurry because of it. I don't think the movie really gained anything from being 3D.

But mang, it was a lot of fun! I was most impressed with Black Widow. You know, I always get worried that a female character is added in merely for the sake of sex appeal... But the Black Widow was a strong character in her own right, up there with the male characters and even stronger than some. The movie had fun dialogue, a lot of great action - extremely over-the-top of course, but fun. And I guess it's sometimes relaxing to watch a movie knowing that nobody really important is going to die. (I was worried for the hot brunette chick though, haha)

Anyway yeahh, that was a fun experience.

After that, since it was on our route to the Soho area, we visited the Buckingham Palace.



Does it look cold? It was kind of cold. But omg I can't believe how far they were already in summer, when it comes to the amount of green. Pello is still brown and grey. So depressing.

Anyway, we went to the Soho area. Of course, we had to visit the Japan Centre. I wanted to see if there was something familiar I could bring home with me, because I'm a nostalgia whore. Unfortunately they did not have the two things I was most after: Calbee stick snacks (THEY ARE AMAZING) and idol magazines :( Well, they had some Johnny's stuff, but who the hell cares about Johnny's? I can't believe they didn't have something like UTB, or weekly Playboy ahaha. Pika said it was alright because we could still go to Japan Centre Books, so we went looking for that... And couldn't find it. Of course, this is also when it started to rain VERY heavily, so we all got soaked miserably while trying to look for a shop that NO LONGER EXISTS. It's now a food place called Umai. XD

(Oh, I did get some calpis concentrate, so I didn't walk out completely empty-handed)

Anyway, we needed food and a place to dry up and get warm, so we headed to the Taro restaurant. I ordered the two things I've most wanted to eat since leaving Tokyo: Katsudon and miso soup LOL


Thanks to pika for the pic!!!
SOOOOO GOOOOOD TT____________________TT THIS IS WHAT FOOD FOR THE GODS LOOKS LIKE, I SWEAR. THIS IS WHAT HEAVEN IS. I was worried it might be very different from what I had in Japan, but no. It was pretty much the same thing. So if you go to London, go to Taro restaurant!! ^o^ They let me take the rest of it with me as well, and I had some for breakfast the next day. Booyah.

Hm this is probably also the day when we went to the ex-Segaworld, which is now a mall-type thing catering to anime/manga fans and gamers (many gaming machines there). They also had Claire's, but it was very much targeted to local tastes and lacked things that Tokyo ones had like a wall dedicated to adorable hair donuts. And I was only interested in hair donuts. So I walked out. Haha~ The mall actually had another smaller shop that had more things geared towards my cutesy taste, like adorable ear muffs, but I had to admit I'm too old for that shit now and leave them alone. ;_; ...They had BUNNIES... ;_;

I don't remember if we went somewhere else remarkable, but I do remember pika having to give up and head back to the apartment early. His feet were still dead from the day before. Me and xero mostly just went to a book store after that and got some bubble tea, which is always fun but I wish I'd been more experimental with my flavour choice xD As in, mixing it up. We were trying to find the Forbidden Planet but kind of failed, but at least we saw this fun theatre front:

So awesome.

When we discovered we'd made a wrong turn we just decided to head back to the apartment to keep pika company. Also, in a way it's good we didn't find the Forbidden Planet this day, because we all had business there and would've needed to go again anyway 8)


A picture of da boiz chilling

Bonus, me and xerony watching Mad Men... If this happened on Thursday? I don't remember, I'm sick.

AYeh let's do this!

I returned home yesterday from my trip to London, unfortunately with a bad cough and some fever... But eh. I'll try to work up some kind of travel summary 8)

( The arrival )
( Garbage day )

Oh baby I'm really self-important enough to make a post like this.
Well, mostly I was just bored. :3

So here is a post about some qualities that can help a Kpop or Jpop lady to capture my heart. Of course, in the end it all comes down to the whole package, but I needed some excuse to make this post!

I think I'll start with the visual qualities, since I'll be talking about pretty much the same people afterwards in non-visuals and it'll be easier if you've seen some of their faces first 8)

( Somewhat picture heavy )

I've decided to start using less shampoo than before 8)

Normally I use shampoo for my hair every single day because my hair gets very greasy very fast.

I would like to try to give up shampoo altogether eventually, if things look good after stabilizing and my body adjusting to these changes lol; but I don't feel I can give up shampoo entirely right now mostly because I have a London trip coming up and I'd hate to have greasy hair there. I wouldn't be able to enjoy things if I was constantly thinking about how dirty my hair must look. The trip is only 2.5 weeks from now and it can take over a month to get over the worst bit of "things going crazy" after giving up shampoo.

But yeah, I'll try to reduce shampooing to every 2nd/3rd day first, then less often than that... If there's a good time slot when I can try giving it up altogether, I'll try that, but I might still have to give in because greasy hair is something I get so self-conscious about. But considering how little I go out, unless something special happens this summer, I might just be able to pull it off ?_?

No shampoo doesn't mean I'll stop taking showers and washing my hair, it just means I'm not using shampoo to do that. XDDD

Got to spend a day in Rovaniemi (a nearby city). Mostly I just spent time browsing things at the stores. And ONCE AGAIN I failed to get donuts at the donuts place I've wanted to visit for probably a year now XD But it seems I'll be getting some donuts in London soon, so maybe it's for the better.

I only had a ham sandwich out, otherwise it was all microwaved meals x'D

Speaking of, to honour the memory of Ainori, I got this:


(There was a guy with the nickname Carbonara on the show)

One of the more delicious quick meals I've had, but unfortunately it's burning my tummy a little so maybe it has too much lactose or sth.

I WENT DISCOUNT SHOPPING XD

Ok, BOTH of these two items were originally 29.95 euros.
But I got this cardigan for 5 euros:



And this dress for 3 euros (I DUNNO WHY THIS DRESS LOOKS LIKE SHIT IN A PHOTO LIKE THIS. I swear it's cute IRL):



So in theory, I saved 52 euros 8) Except... I never would've bought these for their original price. But anyway. YAY CHEAP STUFF

But then, I also did a completely compulsive purchase today o-o

Which is shooeeessss for 45e >o<

(They're not dirty, that's how the material looks)

I only have sneakers for spring/summer/fall season and thought I should have some prettier option, too... With a bit of heel 8) Now I just hope I can walk in these without my feet dying...

Also, in Rovaniemi they have the Korean promo channel Arirang World O_O So I was able to wake up at 7am yesterday and today to watch some entertainment & Kpop shows LOL. I saw T-ara's Eunjung on TV!!!! I love how the narrator talked about how "the men at the set are smiling at Eunjung's cuteness" and I thought, YEAH NOT JUST THEM!! Oh well, the shows on that channel have a bit of a creepy vibe because it's so obviously just about showing the best sides of Korea, they only mention good neutral things about people and it almost feels like brainwashing. But hey, it has Kpop so I wish I could watch that channel at home as well T_T

Woop woop that is all.

I keep having these dreams of going shopping or to a cafe/restaurant, then I always wake up disappointed that I'm still in Pello and there's nowhere to go here. :(

I really need to get to visit a city soon. :(

Good news is, if I go to Rovaniemi (the nearest city) with parents, we are considering making it an overnight trip now, which means I could go eat at the new Japanese restaurant O_O!!! Haha. I'd be like... Yeah parents, see you in a bit, I'm going to EAT. (And then I'd also sneak in to buy donuts from Arnold's.) There's no way they could come with me because mom wouldn't dare to eat anything, her prejudice is just incredible... And my dad is allergic to wheat, fish and has a generally easily unsettled tummy, so especially not knowing the menu in advance... Yeah.

It's just a pain to feel so restless all the time, ufufufuu