Walking the Sephora Store

Just like the new desire to dress better, I've become more girly in other areas as well. Wearing "make up". Well, not really, just nail polish and the simple, easy stuff like that. Nothing like mascara and blush and those kinds of stuff.

So, Sephora is a make up store, that's pretty awesome, actually. Because you get to try most of the stuff they're selling, right there in the store (some parts of it is kind of gross though, if you think about it). I went with V and B after the movie and eating in the mall (7/24/10).

This is like...eyeshadow? Haha, I forget, but I'm going to say it's eyeshadow. Pretty nice, I didn't really feel like completely dolling up, though. Especially not right in the store for no reason at all.

I love the name of the nail polish they have, super funny/cute and creative. I thought this was really cute, especially since they were right next to each other. "Ms. Can't Be Wrong" and "Mr. Right Now", they just go together, like seriously.

Then we have some philosophy stuff. This one is 'field of flowers' and the meaning is, "stop and smell the flowers". That's pretty nice. I think this was like...lip gloss. I'm not sure, I forget.

Another philosophy, 'everything's coming up rainbows', meaning "where there is a rainbow, there is a smile". That's sweet. Now, I'm definitely sure that this was lip gloss.

The last one is the longest, and sweetest, as well as the most true, for me. 'falling in love', "when it comes to love you need not fall but rather surrender. surrender to the idea that you must love yourself before you can love another. you must absolutely trust yourself before you can absolutely trust another and most importantly you must accept your flaws before you can accept the flaws of another."

Since we're on this whole quotes thingy, I'll just throw this one in, that was in the station. "Where closer friends get closerer".

Walking through the Fashion Closet

I have to be honest, and you must believe me, I used to be a "just put on a tee shirt and jeans and you're all good to go" type of girl. But now, something strange is happening, and I'm actually spending time picking out "pretty" outfits. (Haha, I don't know if you'll believe me, now or even after you see the pictures.)

I'm not saying I hated dresses, and never wore them. I did, ocassionaly, on events and sometimes weekends. But when I was at school, it was just a tee shirt and jeans for me.

This was my outfit on the 11th of July, a Sunday. Nothing special, just spent the half the day sleeping and the other half at my grandparent's house. So we have a grey striped long shirt (See! I'm still not that addicted, because I don't know all the terms, haha.), with an attached scarf, that's kind of sparkly (I don't know if you can tell from the picture). A two layered skirt, that's dark pink underneath and a see through white polka dotted black top layer. And there's a pair of leggings underneath, that you can't really tell. And a pair of St. John's Bay high heeled wedges.

Then the outfit on the 19th (a Monday), was pretty nice. The main focus was on the hair, because it was Crazy Hair/Head Gear day at school for Spirit Week (staff is "required" 100% participation). So in the car, on the way to work, I just tied some random ponytails all around my head. So that was my "crazy hair" so the day.

The outfit is pretty nice, if I do say so myself. A white top, with a black tee underneath it and "ripped" jeans. (In the previous picture, I had on a black jacket 'cause I was kind of cold). Shoes were the checkered Converses. And what you see is my headphones, along with my hand holding my Mp3 player, and my keys. And you may notice the necklace, I always wear it. It's a tube container that's full of rocks. Nothing really special (meaning wise), but I just really like it a lot.

I'm pretty sad, because I should've taken a picture of the 20th (Nerd Day). It was pretty cool. But, unfortunately, I didn't. And Thursday the 22nd, was PJ day, so nothing too cool about that.

The 21st (Purple Day) turned out less purple, but way prettier than the original purple outfit. We have a sort of old-fashioned long dressy shirt, striped green with fake buttons. (You'll see that I have an affinity for things striped and checkered as you know more about me). I wore a black tank top under the dress because it's kind of low. And then "triangled" black and purple leggings, with purple and grey striped Converses. And then I wore a short sleeved red and white striped jacket, along with a white and purple checkered scarf. Finally, I included a white, sort of, berret-like hat.

I thought that last outfit was pretty cute, but I got mixed feedback from it. My friend, M, said that it was cute. And my co-worker, T, said it looked nice. But then my students, K, C and S, started calling me "Safari West Girl", which I still have no clue why. I think they were just joking around, and mainly saying it doesn't match, because it was purple day and I was wearing a lot of non-purple colors. But I don't know.

And finally, we have the outfit for Friday, 23rd (Twin Day). So I was twins with my friend, M. Though it wasn't that much of a match. I wore two-pieced shirt (I don't really know what it's called), along with a black tank top underneath, because the white part is pretty much see through. And I wore the same two layered skirt from before. I actually had on the same purple scarf as before, but I took it off because it got hot, so it's not pictured. As for the shoes, I wore a pair of silver (extremely flat on the floor) sandals, but it's not pictured as well. The reason being, I took the picture way too late, so I had already taken it off.

Walking with Life

Yesterday, I went to W Mall to see Despicable Me with my friends, V and B.

I really needed (and appreciated) yesterday, because of the day before, I just needed to be around people that I love, watch a funny movie and get my mind off of it. The day started out pretty badly though, mainly because of the the day before. So I got there way late, because I took too long getting changed (I admit that was my fault). But my friend called me at 11 and said the movie was starting at 11:30, so I was like "I can make it". But then it took me 10 minutes to get my dad out of the house. And then we kept hitting every red light, and getting stuck behind slow cars. And the bad luck doesn't end there, we hit two dead ends. One in GGP which is a shortcut and the other one when we were only like 6 blocks away from the mall. So that sucked because we missed the first showing of the regular one.

So then we were trying to make a decision whether or not to see the next regular showing at 1 something, or the 3D version at 2 something or the soonest showing at 12:20 (XD 3D). We watched the XD 3D one, because B said she didn't want to wait that long to watch the movie.(XD is supposedly, a larger screen (wall to floor), a higher quality resolution, better sound quality and more comfortable seats [but I think that depends on the theatre])

Since we still had about half an hour, we went to the arcade right next to the theatre and hung out there for a bit. The first machine I went to was the Claw Machine and I saw that Cheese plushie that I really really wanted (I really needed something to new to hug after yesterday). So I went to exchange my dollar for 4 tokens, because I didn't have 50 cents. So I played it once, and it failed, miserably. It was only then that I realized Cheese would be impossible to get because he was right on the glass. (Only then!!!)

There was an Air Hockey table, and me and V thought it was 5 tokens, since there seemed to be 5 slots. So first, we went back to get our tickets and exchange some money for coins. And when we came back, we got 3 more tokens. It was then that we found out (or I did) that it was only 3 tokens, the two on the side were tricks!

So V and B played a game (V won, I think 7-2), while I watched. I believe the game ends when someone gets to 7. The game took a little while, and by the time they were finished, it was nearly time for the movie to start. We decided to watch the movie first, and then we would come back out and I would play against V.

The movie was AH-MAY-ZING! The last time I went to see a 3D movie, Alice in Wonderland, it turned out feeling really long and tiring. But this time, it went by so fast. I couldn't believe it was 2 hours when it was over, it felt like we had just walked in there. (It could have something to do with the fact that I had to use the bathroom badly last time, or the company that was with me.)

Anyways, the movie really was Amazing. I laughed, I smiled, I cried. Well, it wasn't really a "sad" movie, but I think I was still a bit emotional from yesterday. So I cried during a couple "sad" scenes (I don't want to spoil it for people who haven't watched it yet).

After the movie, and after playing against V in Air Hockey (she won again, 7-4), we went into the Vans store because I needed to get a gift card for my secret friend, A, at work.

Then, I dragged them into this store, Maido (also known as Kinokuniya [i think] in some places), which I honestly didn't know was a Japanese store when I walked in. I only wanted to go in because I saw the front was cute, I didn't even look at the name of the place before walking in. (I'll have pictures for this in another post).

I took too long in there, so V and B were getting hungry. So they decided to go down to the food court and I would meet up with them when I was finished. (Sorry you two! Haha, V said "I should've known you'd take so long if we walked into this store.") Believe it or not, those two cups aren't coffee; they are cola. That place was so weird, giving out soda in what looks like coffee cups.

For lunch, I got Jody's Smokin' Dog, or so it said, for $3.19. And I also stole a couple fries from V and B's lunch. V introduced me to something interesting today, fries dipped in ketchup and mayonaise. I know that sounds gross, I thought so too, but it was actually pretty good. Towards the end of lunch was when I figured out why it tasted familiar, because when my family used to run out of Thousand Island dressing, we would just mix ketchup and mayonaise as sauce for salad until we bought a new bottle.

After eating lunch, we wound up going to Sephora, which I will have pictures of in another post. And then we left B (because she was getting picked up) and V and I hopped on the bus and went home. During the bus ride, we had a really meaningful talk about life. Well, it didn't start out that way. It started with talking about today and the movie while we were waiting in the station. And then it turned into school when we were standing up on the train. And by the time we got seats, we were talking about college and the future. And then a little while after that, we just started talking about life and how people change. It was really deep and I loved it. Thanks V!

(I realize I like using the word "so" a lot. It's annoying, for me at least. I'll try to come up with better transition words.)

Walking the Observation Deck

Due to the last few posts (that were all about Japantown), I don't want people to think that this blog is only going to show the cutesy stuff I see. It's more than that, if I were only do cutesy stuff, I would name this blog "Everything Cute" (although there's already a blog with a similar name). So this post is to, mainly, show you that I have a life outside of cuteness.

So, you probably don't know, but I have a "job" this summer, as a volunteer at a summer program I used to attend (I get paid next year though!). This summer program, AH, is super cool. Because of a million reasons, the place is magical. We call teachers by first names, the staff members are younger than at normal schools, only half of the day is spent in classrooms, and classes are (kind of) 4 days a week. The main thing I'm trying to say, besides that the place is awesome, is that classes are only half of the day. So the second half is, "activities". My Monday and Wednesday activity is City Exploration (Tu/Thru is Board Games Plus) so, that's exactly what it is. Exploring the City.

On the 9th of July, we took the kids on a (I'd say) 30 minute walk to the "nearby" museum, DY. At the DY, there's an observation deck, which is like the 9th floor. It's pretty high up, and pretty cool. (Even for me, who has a fear of heights.) I did fine in the first 5 minutes up there, but after a while, my fear of heights started kicking in and I had to stay seated until we were leaving.

Here's a view of the "park" just outside the museum.

Yes, that's me, when I was still doing okay during the first 5 minutes.

Here's a view of the city. It's not that great or interesting, really, but I still think it's kind of cool. (Mainly to myself because I actually "got up there").

Haha, you have to laugh at this. While I was sitting, there was this little kid just lying on the floor. He was the most adorable thing ever! I was watching him about half the time I was sitting (he did get up eventually).

Now this, is pretty cool. It looks so shiny and ...slippery. Haha, oh gosh, stupid fear of heights (or well, of falling...)

We spent about 10-20 minutes here and then we headed back. This got me thinking about Tokyo Tower, which I know has an observation deck way higher. I totally want to go check it out, but then I remember my fear of heights. Well, hopefully, there's somebody that will be with me, so I can grab onto them, and not a total stranger.

Being Cupid is Breaking my Heart

Today went well, but then downhill. Being Cupid is Breaking my Heart, seriously.

No depressing post, no "post" at all today.

Come back tomorrow, please.

Sorry.

XOXO - Life Walks

Walking the Future (and Basketball Courts)

Today [and tomorrow] is a special day, so I must have two posts for today. First of all, today, I taught taught the kids for the first time! It was super awesome! Haha. Although I wouldn't completely consider it "teaching" because they didn't really learn much. They're doing the 5 senses, and this week it's the eyes, so I showed them optical illusions and explained it to them and stuff.

It was super cool and awesome! I was really nervous for the first class, right when class started and the kids were doing their Do Nows. But I had an AWESOME group of people behind me, supporting me. They were M, J, T and Mo. I love this teaching team so much! They are the best - no doubt about it, I will (probably) never have a better teaching team than this one here, right now.

So there's not much today, besides that. There was a Staff VS 9th Grade basketball game today. The pictures on my phone aren't that interesting, so no pictures for today. It was fun though, because somewhere near the second half, I used one of my "co-workers"(I still feel weird calling them that) camera [PRO one!] and took bunches of pictures. It was super fun! (Though I couldn't figure out how to turn the flash off) I probably took like 50 or 100 pictures, maybe even more!

And tomorrow is special, because I'm playing Cupid. So you'll find out about that tomorrow when I get home. (Maybe, IF it works out).

Walking out of Moritaya and the Final Destination -Daiso

Today we finish up in Moritaya and exit to the grand finale, Daiso.

So first, I'd like to share a little secret with you all, it's called "No photo"s allowed. Haha, yes, Moritaya doesn't allow photos to be taken within the store, so half of the pictures from the last post and half of the pictures from this post are illegal beings. Which makes me love them even more. I think I'd be pretty good at taking secret pictures if ever I went to Japan(which hopefully is so). I just wouldn't be able to take very good pictures with my professional camera(assuming that I'd have one by the time I went to Japan) and with my cell phone instead.

Then we have a super cool Ninja charm. Very cute. I see a pair, black and red. And some Japanese words on a wooden board above his little head, that of which, again, I have no idea what it says. And an even adorabler monkey charm exists next to the ninja.

The last charm from Moritaya, before we move on to cool stuff, is a cake head. Not a very good picture as it's blurry and the charm is inside a packaging. But it's cute. It's a strawberry shortcake, man, now I'm hungry for some cake, how about you?

Here's super cool number one (taken super badly as well). A Japanese style cellular phone. I'm pretty sure you won't be able to see it, and I wouldn't be able to know, and I only do because I took it, but it's different because of the key pad. The keypad uses "a-dan"[...I think...]. 1 is "a", 2 is "ka", 3 is "sa", 4 is "ta", 5 is "na", 6 is "ha", 7 is "ma", 8 is "ya" and 9 is "ra". And then 0 is "wa"(?), "wo" and "n". I totally want a Japanese style cell phone.

Cool number two is a Geisha solar powered alarm clock. So, it's a beautiful geisha (the green one more than the red) whose head bobs around when it's turned on(or when the solar power hits the panel). I really want a solar powered alarm clock, and a geisha one is pretty cute, better than just a flower(maybe).

The best for last, and you know it, a three-in-one utensil. You've got your chopsticks on one side. And if you flip the two sticks around, you've got a spoon and a fork. How AWESOME is that?! Of course, it's super cool. And useful too. Why can't Americans manufacture something as cute and cool as this?

Now we arrive at our final destination for this Japantown trip, Daiso. First up is a Yakitori cell phone charm. It's cool, but honestly, not very appealing. Unless you love meat, I guess, which I don't that much. At least, not beef, I'm a pretty big fan of chicken though. What about you, a beef, pork, chicken or vegetable fan?

Then we have a small, somewhat cute, Mitarashi Dango charm. This is pretty cool, and realistic. I've had Mitarashi Dangos once, and honestly, it wasn't that great. The soysauce they used was sweet, obviously, but it wasn't that appealing to my tastebud. And it was extremely sticky and chewy as well. But I guess it was pretty good, just not good as Wanya(from D3!) makes it look.

We'll end this walking trip with something amazing, but not from Daiso and not a charm either. It's not cute. But it is awesome, onigiri from Nijjiya. Yum yum. I believe it was Kombu flavored, but I forget (I just know it was seaweed like). Actually, this isn't mine, it was A's. But yeah.

So hope you enjoyed this walk in Japantown. Come back tomorrow for our next trip.