Last monday after class, I headed to Shibuya for Caro’s goodbye bowling party before she leaves for L.A. Thank you Mori-san for teaching me tricks how to become a pro bowling athlete by using both of your hands! I have a future in this sport. My broken nail agrees.

BUT WAIT! I saw a Beard Papa’s branch!

HUHUHU IT WAS TOO SINFUL… I wanted another pan but I must control myself.

As usual, I went inside a game center first while waiting for others to arrive.

I spent 400 yen (100 yen per game) watching the UFO catcher and the universe conspire by not grabbing tightly on any of this… 400 yen, I can have a delicious bento with that! HUHU

And it was a great and fun experience. I always love talking about random stuff with the people who work hard for Tokyo Fashion. Got to meet Master Will Robb too!

Too bad Tavuchi from Spank! came late together with artist ShojonoTomo! I have school so.. next time, I want to hang out more with these creative minds!

And because I was such in a hurry, I left my Electric Blue stars (sounds like a Katy Perry song, haha) doc martens! Went home with a new pair of bowling shoes?!

Thanks Timu & Mori-san for keeping my shoes for me! See you guys and let’s trade shoes! : )))

A Regular Day of a Japanese Language Student in Tokyo

Since I gained a few pounds from last week’s overdose on carbs, I’ve been trying my best to eat healthy (and still delicious) food. Here’s wheat bread and vitamin jelly for.. BEAUTY? : ))

My desk one early morning in school.

I’m currently reading successful brand stories, hoping to get fresh insights. I’m not really much of a brand person, but I look up to these designers and brand managers.

From a magazine. Here are spring colors in cutest descriptions for you!

Please add cottoncandy blue? :”)

My shoes from Swimmer that I got for 1000 yen only before!

Colorful days are ahead

I usually see this kind of kitkat from Narita Airport, so I was surprised to see a box of this available from a convenient store! A bit pricey but it’s rare, so Kaila must buy…

Yummmmmy!

I was craving for veggies and spaghetti… so I cooked my first tomato spaghetti with chunky tunas and mushrooms! 

In one of our classes, we were given story books in Japanese.

It was hard to read from left to right, but I managed! I’m so happy that I could understand everything @_________@ Hard work pays off!

Alice in Fantasy Book: An Alice in Wonderland-themed Restaurant in Shinjuku!

My friend Mariane shared a link about an Alice-themed restaurant in Tokyo many months ago… and I didn’t forget about that. 

Last week, my Thai classmate Tobu-san told me she went to an Alice-themed resto in Shinjuku recently.  Upon knowing that, I began bringing my own food to school to save up for an expensive meal and Rabbit hole experience. I can’t believe that I’m almost living about a year here in Japan and I haven’t gone here! @___@

Shoro, Chou, Dawa and I went to one of Diamond Dining‘s Alice-themed restaurants- Alice in Fantasy Book  (絵本の国のアリス)

Next: Ginza’s version! LOOK AT THIS huhu SO PERFECT. I want to go here with full Alice costume? : )))))

Pictures are grainy and dark because I only had my iPhone with me. The book you see up there is the menu!

As you can see, it’s very expensive. And they have “charm fee” or fee for just coming there… it was 500 yen per person! @_@

Very welcoming! Pop-up graphics for an introduction~

Yummy fruit jellies while waiting for our meal.

Took (dark) photos while waiting…

The Shinjuku version is small compared to the one in Ginza. I must go there!

Everyone was busy taking photos of themselves… Dawa had a hundred or so.

FOOOOD

My Dessert <3 OISHIIIIIIIII~!

Purikura Date~

We were early for our reservation in the restaurant so my friend who likes Purikura as well had a quick Purikura date! Dawa and Shoro shopped instead.

Took vain purikura photos with Chou-san~

Creepy eye magnifier! Haha

Bon Voyage~

Here’s my third for my Purikura Fridays! It’s technically cheating but I can’t spend money anymore, right? Haha~

Friday and Chocolates~!

During one of our classes, our sensei talked about the Valentine tradition here in Japan. Every season makes everyone spend on each other! In Japan, the girls are the ones who give chocolates to their male friends. It’s a crazy season here!

Cute suggestions from a chocolate catalogue..

Seems like from Village Vanguard?

Carlo would love the car-shaped chocolates! Haha

My lunch says hi. The egg looks sad.

After lunch, our teachers brought us to Hanazono Jinja! A 20-minute walk from Bunka.

Every February the third is “Setsubun”. It’s a bean-throwing ceremony performed to drive away all the evils from last year. I also got beans after the ceremony. Hello, snacks!

After the ceremony, they gave out special bags from different sponsors. I got three ramen noodles! Yay for free food~ I love how generous the Japanese government is!

I stopped by at a local drugstore here in Urawa, and found this Hello Kitty x Maybelline Hyper Curl Volume Mascara! I tried it out and immediately fell in love with it!

Hope that was an interesting blog post! Did I just over-share?! And is there such word..? Hahaha!

Have a great weekend, everyone!

カイラ

Click here to view the embedded video.

I was documenting the walk while being one of the participants as well. Other walkers even mistook me for being just a participant! Good times~

It was a privilege to have my photo taken by our own streetsnapper, Kira-sama. HUHUHU ;____;

Anyway, this is just a quick update because I have school later this morning and I HAVE TO RESTTTTTT a lot! Just got back from my first bowling experience here in Japan! So awesome to have spent it with my TokyoFashion friends as well. <3

じゃ〜！

カイラ

Went out wearing my favorite My Melody bag and a fuzzy jumper! I love how fluffy and curly my hair here. It kept me warm!

I actually didn’t go out with those platforms that have been sleeping so long in a cabinet here.. Just thought it would be a cuter outfit with this pair on! Hence the outfit shots.. hehe!

I just went out with my favorite leather brown boots you’ve been seeing me wearing in my photos. 

I met up with Caro from SweetStreets LA and accompanied her to one of her company’s artist’s (EIMI) gallery showing.

It was in Shimokitazawa, a very interesting place in Tokyo. I will go back there in daylight and take some snaps!

Above is Eimi‘s AMAZING artworkSSSSSS. Pink and orange <3

Who got lucky and was given free postcards??????? WAAAAA

Really cool place to chill and the artsy vibe is <3

After our ADVENTURE in Shimokitazawa, we headed straight back to Shibuya with awesome Eimi (and we were running like fools) for the Broken Doll concert.

Here is one of Tokyo Fashion’s snaaaaaaaapssss. Love the Harajuku kids crowd… and of course, Broken Doll’s music! If you remember one of my videos, they were featured here.

たいやき！

I was becoming more and more of a woman recently…

I’m taking cooking seriously! : )))))

For breakfast, I made some Taiyaki. Just like waffles but much cuter with the fish pattern. 

Burnt fish, scaly fish, fish with weird tail, fish that looks so sad…

I tried copying my P12.00 favorite from Waffle Time in the Philippines, the cheese waffle (what is it calleeeed?). HUHU FAIL

For some reason, Japan’s kind of cheese tastes… less cheeser? than the ones we have in the Philippines. A bit bland so I cooked some bacon and threw it inside the fishies…

I used chocolates for another variation. Not bad! 

Thinking of making cute sets of my random collectibles <3 Here’s one!

I love Japanese flyers. I can practice katakana and kanji reading! Hahaha. Kumamiki gave me this for her event today.. too bad I had to be stuck at home!

Spent the whole afternoon with my brother and Ate Claire. Ate and I tried out belldancing! The Group Kick exercise was soooo refreshing.

2012 summer, I must wear a bikini! HUHUHU

And all the cute stuff they have in supermarkets…

Just have to take photos of these. HUHUHU my love for chocolates and cuteness ;____;

If Carlo was here, I will command him to buy me any of these cakes! OMG HUHUHUHUHU why LDR

For Valentine’s… waaaaaa I want this strawberry cake

The staff were so nice because they let me took photos! Freshest cakes everrrrr. I love La Maison!

From another shop. Here’s a very RARE  Macaron for you from Gypchic Sweets!!

SOOOOOOOO CUTEEEEEEEEEEEEE @_______@ I wouldn’t even dare to eat this! Haha..

じゃまた〜

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Braided my hair and wore a very uncomfortable pair of red heeled shoes yesterday! @_@

#2 of Purikura Fridays! I’m running out of stupid poses.. = )))

Spring is almost around the corner, just waiting for February to end.. (haha, January hasn’t even ended yet! : )) )

Spring pastel colors like french macaroons will be very trendy! Stores are now selling Spring-feel clothes! HUHU I WANT THEM ALL

Planning to wear these two in different outfits.. I’ll be too cotton candy blue-ish if I wear this in one set! Haha~

Cutest pair of warm gloves I’ve ever seeeeeeeeen!

New hair inspiration! I really want a caramel hue just like this! : O

Anyway, that will be all for now. I’m gonna attend an event later! 

カイラ

<3

カイラ

It was my first time to cover an event as well as being one of the participants. Got to meet Kuma Miki of Party Baby, Junnyan, and the most colorful crowd in this planet! Of course, I was really happy to reunite with my Tokyo Fashion “bosses”,  Master Kira, Mr. Director Tony… ! If this is a dream (still can’t believe I am producing videos for TokyoFashion), please don’t wake me up! 

Cute Lolita, Decora girl, Fairy Kei.. and a fluffy hat : )

You guys should go over and watch out for TokyoFashion’s own coverage. It will be out sooner or later!

I wanted to steal the wings… : ))

Junnyan and his pink camera! Awesomeness

This is what I love about Japan: freedom of expressing yourself through fashion (no matter how colorful or weirdly cool you dress up)..

…. and you don’t get judged by people.

Everyone was so nice.. and cute!

Would love to hangout with these people more and take a ton of photos!

Unicorn! 

The cutest girls~

Such a sweet girl with badass black leather jacket (she was wearing a bullet-studded belt-like thing.. too bad it wasn’t shown :/)

Kuma Miki wearing her remake furry hat! So cute!

Funnest girls to be with <3

That’s my randoseru, right there! I commuted all the way from Saitama wearing an elementary school student’s backpack!

It’s a good place to store your photography equipment… so I have a good reason as well, hehe :P

Who got street-snapped?? Such a LOL moment…. : )))) I got so shy! WTF

Awesome guy who has the power / ability to wear 3-inch platform shoes…

Just took this from a trimming hotel for puppies. My hair is kind of poodle-inspired like this = )))

:heart:  

I kiss walk feel run…

For the finale~

Thanks for the awesome time, Harajuku Fashion Walkers!

Love love love,

カイラ

Tired..

Hi guys I’m 21 years old

and I am seducing you with my awkwardness..

]]> http://the.rainbowholic.me/quick/tired-awkward-and-mischievous/feed/ 0 http://the.rainbowholic.me/kawaii/the-big-black-bag-and-purikura-fridays/ http://the.rainbowholic.me/kawaii/the-big-black-bag-and-purikura-fridays/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:21:26 +0000 Kaila http://the.rainbowholic.me/?p=3382 If there’s a fashion staple called LBD (Little Black Dress), I think that big black bags should also be considered as a need! Don’t you think so?

Anyway, I’ve finally mustered up my courage to buy myself this really simple black bag from Bunka’s store. I often see fashion students from my school using this bag to carry their sewing stuff or sketchpads (oh how I wish that those were my reasons as well, haha). For me, it’s really for convenience. I like bringing many stuff with me whenever I go phototrippin’ somewhere here (my lenses need a comfortable bed!). And I just like hugging big bags whenever I get a seat in a train? What what? = ))

Huhu and I can finally use my sleeping keychains made out of pure cuteness huhu

I’m making a small collection = ))

Monchhichi from Claire’s <3

Bought this from Tokyo Disney Sea before

Tokyo Disneysea and Kyoto backpacking~

Purikura Addict

If somebody would ask me about my favorite things here in Japan… I would definitely say that プリクラ / Purikura is one!

It’s just so awesome here.. and is really a BIG business in game centers. Quite expensive per trip (Y400) but the experience is always worth it. 

Also, it’s pretty much obvious that I love having my photos taken and doodling happy things on it.  It’s called pampering yourself : ) Haha!

2011 and beyond~

Makes my planner 200 x happier!

And this is the start of Purikura Fridays! I will be forced to not spend so much on food, and allot money for this day ender of the week! Hehe ~

And for today, here’s my plaid self~! It snowed here so I wore waterproof shoes that were extra comfy <3

That’s all~! Have a funtasticccccc weekend, everyone!

カイラ

Friends, I was wearing shorts.

And this tiger print hat/scarf/fluffy thing from One Spo (a present from Ate Claire )

Stay warm and cozy everyone~

カイラ