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(this is a much better pic of a marion crepe than mine below...
credit: http://escapewithstyle.com/2013/04/20/harajuku-tokyo-japan-in-photos/)
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(this is a much better pic of a marion crepe than mine below...
credit: http://escapewithstyle.com/2013/04/20/harajuku-tokyo-japan-in-photos/)
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this week, the toma magazine i ordered came in the mail! the clothes i ordered from delia's came too! yeyyyyy!! actually both of them were shipped from the east coast, so there was some delay because of hurricane sandy. thankfully, this was the only inconvenience the super storm caused for me. i hope by now a lot more people have their power back on the east coast, because it's really cold there now. =/
( lotssss of pics!! ~__~ )
wow, it took a long time, but here are the pics!! (:
the days before, during, and after my 5th anniv. of being a toma fan, i got to eat some yummy foods to celebrate!! hehe.
1st is okonomiyaki from a mini japan fair!! it was pretty good, except i don't like it with bits of ginger inside! =T
i wanted to try this matcha green tea slush with red beans mainly cuz i've seen it in pico! LOL.
it was really tasty!! ~___~
it isn't photogenic, but it tastes really good!! the Aloha Pineapple smoothie from jamba juice!!
Pineapple Juice Blend, Pineapple Sherbet (Contains Milk), Strawberries, Nonfat Plain Yogurt (Contains Milk), Bananas, Ice.
this wooden ladle-ish thing...i bought it but not sure if i'll use it much. lol. so far, only used it once, to eat rice porridge. xD
i like it cuz it reminds me of shrines in japan, where you have to wash your hands with something kinda like this before you go in.
CURRY!! (kavya, are u reading this?? xD)
i ate curry to celebrate my toma anniversary. hehe. and drank green tea. used my fancy japanese bowl and teacup. ~_~
it's just curry from a package at mitsuwa, but it was pretty good. mildly hot.
this is how kinokuniya (at mitsuwa) looks now. it is so cramped inside. T___T they only took half the space that sanseido took up and the other space is now used to sell exercise equipment and massage chairs. sighhhhhh.
i don't have a good pic of the previous book store at mitsuwa, sanseido, so i'll just post a pic from Yelp here. this is what it used to look like...i bought a lot of toma stuff from sanseido these past 3 years!! so many memories, and now it's gone and replaced with this cramped kinokuniya bookstore. sighhhhhhh. =[
some snacks + super yummy Snapple peach tea, and 1 an pan (red bean paste filling)! ~___~
And here are some pics of my sister's friend's cat. we are still taking care of it for now, but eventually it will go live with them. it's grown a lot and scratched a lot of our stuff (curtains, furniture...), but it's fun to have it around. xD it sneaked in my room twice and freaked me out and i had to wipe all my things off. T___T but it's still cute and sometimes it's nice how it always follows me around or wants to sit next to me or walks over my lap or randomly pats me on the arm or leg or randomly licks my ankle or rubs up against my legs or makes cute cat noises. hehehe...
he sleeps most of the time, and he looks the cutest when it's sleeping, so that's why i mostly only have sleeping pics of him! hahaha.
licking himself clean again. he also will lick off any water i splash onto him to help keep him cool on hot days! T__T and the 1st time we saw him licking all over, including his butt, we were all like "ewww!!! o_o" xD but even his butt is cute though!! LOL.
oh, during hot days, i drape a wet paper towel over him to help keep him cool! xD but he usually takes it off pretty quick.
sleeping on his favorite (and pretty scratched up and expensive!) chair. xD
actually awake for this pic!!! xD but it was hot, so he took a nap soon afterwards!! xD
oh, these two stray cats... we felt sorry for them so we've been feeding them. the mom cat, i nicknamed Mangy Cat. lol. its fur is all discolored and u can't see it very well in this pic, but it's got a weird half black, half brown face!!! the black kitten is cute though. sometimes they make cute sounds and wrestle and chase each other... sometimes they come up real close to our screen door and look inside like they want to come in! but our cat likes to look at them...and the kitten's dad is all stripey so we think it might also be our cat's dad!! we feed him too. xD
(nice shot of the artist alley side)
(1 of the winning entries for the AM2 t-shirt design contest)
( cosplayers!! ^^ )
( my review + pics: PART 1 )
( pics: PART 2 (the 2nd floor) )
( pics: PART 3 (artist alley + jrock band) )
( pics: PART 4 (more artist alley) )
( more COSPLAY pics + awesome deviantart ppl!! ^^ )
(WOW. I LOVE HOW THE NEW LJ SCRAPBOOK CAN BULK UPLOAD + when posting an entry, we can mass upload (and resize!!) pics from the LJ scrapbook albums!!!! much faster 2 post pics this way!!! <3)
so i went to the beach on a cloudy day and everything was grey and boring. here in california, we're having "june gloom", which means that most days and nights are cloudy. i hate it cuz i can't see the stars/moon that much at night before the clouds come and cover everything. but at least cuz of this, the weather is still pretty cool, though it's already summer. i love the mild, mostly cool + sunny california weather. hehe...
i saw this genji poster at the dvd place at mitsuwa last week!! hehe. i guess it's possible for me to rent/buy the genji dvd there, but it would still be in japanese and i wouldn't understand anything. and i think a lot of the stuff they sell are japanese-region only. maybe they assume most japanese ppl here have region-all dvd players or something?? I HOPE SOMEONE WILL SUB GENJI SOON!! maybe a lot of toma fans have already watched the raw by now, but i'd rather wait for the subs...
( more pics!!!!! ^_^ )
so i went to the beach on a cloudy day and everything was grey and boring. here in california, we're having "june gloom", which means that most days and nights are cloudy. i hate it cuz i can't see the stars/moon that much at night before the clouds come and cover everything. but at least cuz of this, the weather is still pretty cool, though it's already summer. i love the mild, mostly cool + sunny california weather. hehe...
i saw this genji poster at the dvd place at mitsuwa last week!! hehe. i guess it's possible for me to rent/buy the genji dvd there, but it would still be in japanese and i wouldn't understand anything. and i think a lot of the stuff they sell are japanese-region only. maybe they assume most japanese ppl here have region-all dvd players or something?? I HOPE SOMEONE WILL SUB GENJI SOON!! maybe a lot of toma fans have already watched the raw by now, but i'd rather wait for the subs...
( more pics!!!!! ^_^ )
my new crush...Kirisaki Shin. xD
Jun. 8th, 2012 12:15 pmfrom the Lovey Dovey manga. xD shin is just super cool, cute, sweet and sexy!! and the manga is really awesome and addictive and everything!! i read it too fast at first, so i'm trying to read it slower so i won't finish it too soon. lol.
(credit: hyde, at http://www.gakky.org/2010/04/exclusive-animated-gifs-created-by-hyde.html)
i tried so many times to make the part where it's windy + she is laughing into a small gif 2 use as an icon, but this gif is too big or something. when i edit that part, it comes out all messed up, all black!! so weird, it never happened 2 me before! oh well.... =T
this gif is also too big to share at tumblr, so i'll just post it here. xD
pink-chan is at mizza's university now!!
Apr. 28th, 2012 11:10 am
(i put pink-chan in a ziplock bag be4 putting her in the bag with everything else i was sending mizza in case the box got wet or something. i'm always super careful when i'm sending a package. xD)
(other plushy-chans sitting close to her on the last day. =T)
(i know they all look the same, but i can tell the difference + i use the tags they have to help me tell which is which. xD mizza's pink-chan is the left bottom one in this pic! oh, and in case anyone is wondering, my pink-chan is the left top one. the right top one is the 1st one i bought for mizza. the bottom right one is the 2nd one i bought for mizza. lol.....)
so, here's what happened...
i planned on giving mizza a pink hannari tofu plushy (but i think these are supposed to be sakura mochi??) since last year, for xmas (but i wait till april to send the package cuz her bday is in april). so i bought her one in september or something (from mitsuwa!) and then i bought 1 for me too. then i got attached to the one i was gonna give her, so in november, i bought another one. xD but then i got attached to that pink-chan too, so i bought her another one in april! LOL....so that's why i had 4 pink-chans in one of the pics above.
i was reallyyyyy sad to have to say goodbye to pink-chan in the middle of last month even though i've only had her for almost 2 weeks then... =,( but i like to think that my plushies can teleport, so she can come back and visit me anytime! hehe... i hope she is used to the hot weather in malaysia by now. =T i miss her... but i'm glad mizza likes her very much. ~__~
our kitty (temporarily)... ^.^
Apr. 28th, 2012 11:04 am
(at first we just kept him in a box cuz he was tiny. here's pink-chan posing for a pic above him! xD)
(he was so cute and small just 1 month ago!!)
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i never delete msgs, so yesterday i reached 700 in my LJ inbox!!! lol.
it's kind of cool, because it makes me feel like i'm super popular. hahahaha...
i got the MORE magazine!!!! mitsuwa had a ton of fashion magazines, so i hope there will be more nice toma photoshoots in those magazines. xD and it would help if they had an english name, which most of them do! ~_~
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it's kind of cool, because it makes me feel like i'm super popular. hahahaha...
i got the MORE magazine!!!! mitsuwa had a ton of fashion magazines, so i hope there will be more nice toma photoshoots in those magazines. xD and it would help if they had an english name, which most of them do! ~_~
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thanks to kavya, i found out that these gorgeous new toma pics
are from this magazine, a fashion magazine, MORE, the may 2012 issue.
had to zoom in quite a bit to be able to make out toma's name! (i underlined it below, in blue! xD)
i never noticed the fashion magazines much, so i'm not sure if sanseido at mitsuwa sells it???
even if they do, i think it'll take a least 1 week for it to reach them, since it was only
released in japan days ago....hmm...i reallyyyy wanna get it....*__*
and it comes with a kinda cute bag too. xD and Haruka Ayase is on the cover!
dunno much about her except that she's really famous, but she looks pretty in this pic. ~__~
hope i can buy it! *fingers crossed*
btw, u can order it from CDJapan, if u want:
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=NEOBK-1032948
so, some pink-chan + random pics again!! hehehe.... xD
CLOSE-UP!! i'm hugging her in this pic. <3
yummy (soy sauce flavored) ramen!! xD
this display for some kinda cherry blossom air fresheners is so pretty!!
the fake sakura is soooo nice and looks like the real thing. ~__~
pink-channnn. ~__~ like a little princess neeee. she's actually a little furry,
u can only see that from the really up-close pics like this. she's super soft, though!
(pink-chan: hi, everyone! thanks 4 saying i'm cute. *blushy* heehee...)
at the park with pink-chan...^.^
pink-chan got too close to the camera! hehehe....
since my bday was last month, i bought some things for myself (mostly food. hahaha!)
and took a lot of pictures.... the most recent pics are posted first, and u can click on them
2 see them in a bigger size. ~_~
oh, and have a good weekend, everyone!! :D :D
(oy, this took so much longer than i expected!! -___-
someone, please comment. ^_~)
the weather was mostly cool/cold with drifting clouds
and a refreshing breeze. ahhh...my favorite kinda weather! :)
the earth bath roman bath salts brand that toma did the CM for!! xD
i wish they were sold in a smaller size so i can just buy 1 and try it, but they only have it in 1 big size. =T
pink-chan, milk-chan, and some snacks i bought from mitsuwa. ^.^
( a lotttt more pics...^^ )
old toma/gakky gif. ~_~
Feb. 25th, 2012 02:39 pmi was gonna post it at tumblr, but so few ppl reblog toma pics that i post up (and dunno who made this), so i'll just post it here. xD i wish there were more cute moments between them, though they really just seemed like they got along well. still...i hope they can work together on a CM or drama sometime!! (this gif is from the 100 yen show during hanamiz promo time. that man was shaking her hand 4 a kinda long time, and so toma was like "that's enough!" xD) (JUST REALIZED THIS IS MY 100TH ENTRY HERE!!!! hehehehe. yey me. :D)
i just found this super cute LJ icons community yesterday!! they are mostly cute gif icons....of them blinking/moving a little. also rilakkuma icons there too! go there and take some to use for your LJ!!! (i wanna use some, but i like my current icons, so maybe later, but i really like the ones above a lot!!!!! ^_^) http://creamiicandy.livejournal.com/
i took these pics around mid and end of january.
somehow they always bloom around cny/my bday.
and my neighbor's tree just started blooming recently,
so i'm glad i'll keep seeing them thru the end of this month probably.
it's actually kinda tricky to take pics cuz there are often bees flying around the flowers!
pink-chan was really scare to get close 2 the flowers, but she looks better with the flowers than i do. haha...
pink-chan was really scare to get close 2 the flowers, but she looks better with the flowers than i do. haha...
oh, i actually have 3 of those plushies right now. lol. at 1st i was only going 2 buy 1 for mizza, but then they're so cute, so i got 1 for myself. but then i got really attached 2 the one i was gonna give mizza, so i ended up buying another 1 to give mizza later. lollllll. they're sooooo cute and soft and blushy neeeeee!! and always smiling. i think they're supposed 2 be sakura mochi. i guess i should call them hannari-chan but i'm used 2 calling them pink-chan. heehee... (the pink-chan alone in all these pics is mizza's pink-chan, btw! and she says "hi!" to everyone here!! hehehe...)
btw, i tried 2 press the flower petals using a method i found at the link below where u use a microwave and it's supposed 2 keep the color but the color is already starting 2 fade. >__< IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW 2 PRESS FLOWER PETALS AND BE ABLE 2 KEEP THE COLOR, PLS TELL ME, OK? THANKS!!!
http://www.ehow.com/how_5689289_press-dried-flowers-keep-color.html
[how 2 press flowers and keep the color]
mostly craving takoyaki right now, though i only tried it once so far!! 
i actually just like the batter and sauce and
the crunchy outside, soft inside, more than
the actual octopus, but still.....
IN THIS PIC, IT KINDA LOOKS TOO GOOEY AND YUCKY, BUT if you've eaten it be4,
u know it's sooooo yummy!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/akatayama/2502283379/sizes/m/in/photostream/
also, i want some sakura mochi!!! =T
it's not that tasty, but i love the gooey, sticky texture and it looks so pretty!! =P
i actually just like the batter and sauce and
the crunchy outside, soft inside, more than
the actual octopus, but still.....
IN THIS PIC, IT KINDA LOOKS TOO GOOEY AND YUCKY, BUT if you've eaten it be4,
u know it's sooooo yummy!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/akatayama/2502283379/sizes/m/in/photostream/
also, i want some sakura mochi!!! =T
it's not that tasty, but i love the gooey, sticky texture and it looks so pretty!! =P
youtube.com/watch?v=wIna-hBTbcY
so many of toma's cutest/coolest moments from 2006-2009!!
1 of the best toma MVs ever!!<3
(i re-uploaded it, so sorry, kinda blurry.
please don't favorite it or share it with too much people
or it will get removed quick. o_____O)
youtube.com/watch?v=0ELWs3erGX4
all of his different expressions are so cute!!! ^^
youtube.com/watch?v=rh0qLszquzo
beautiful and special toma moments (mostly from the short documentary about him)
so many of toma's cutest/coolest moments from 2006-2009!!
1 of the best toma MVs ever!!<3
(i re-uploaded it, so sorry, kinda blurry.
please don't favorite it or share it with too much people
or it will get removed quick. o_____O)
youtube.com/watch?v=0ELWs3erGX4
all of his different expressions are so cute!!! ^^
youtube.com/watch?v=rh0qLszquzo
beautiful and special toma moments (mostly from the short documentary about him)
i love u love u love u!!! <3
Jun. 7th, 2011 12:12 pmi love u soooooooo muchhhhhh honeyyyyyyyy!!
i'm already so excited about our 1 yr anniversary.....♥♥♥♥
(credit: http://love-life-happiness-.tumblr.com/,
http://lovepics.tumblr.com/)
mood: high xD
this is random, but i LOVE LOVE LOVE this waffle love ring!!! xD
http://www.shanalogic.com/girls/jewelry/rings/heart-shaped-waffle-ring.html
soooo...
i was looking for kissing pictures 4 my new banner @TL-chan (like a summer love theme~ ^^) at http://weheartit.com/, my NEW FAVORITE PLACE TO TO LOOK FOR PRETTY PICTURES, and i saw IT.
this super recent picture of selena & justin bieber at the beach.
OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.
this is sooooooo wrong!!!! >___<
not because i'm against couples being intimate in public
(though it is a little too much for her to be all over him like that!!)
but cuz it just seems kinda skanky/stupid that she's just with him cuz he's super famous.
I MEAN, COME ON, WE ALL KNOW THAT'S WHY THEY'RE TOGETHER.
maybe she was pressured to date him by disney, actually. BUT STILL!!! she doesn't have to be all over him like that!!!! and in other pics, they're always kissing and he's got his hands all over her. O____O I JUST HATE SEEING HER LIKE THAT.
for now, my i-like-selena phase is over. =T so fast ne. (though i still like the wizards of waverly place show!! i just like her character alex less now. =T) that's why i got rid of all her icons and i had to look for new ones.
BUT CUZ OF THAT, I FOUND A LOT OF REALLY CUTE ICONSSS AND SITES!!! YEY! HERE'S A BIG LIST OF ALL OF THE LINKS I RECOMMEND U CHECK OUT:
-- http://heysayeah.tumblr.com/
[cute J girls pics!!! +fashion, +KPOP GUYS +cute +random]
-- http://assortedshizz.tumblr.com/
http://giingerpepper-.tumblr.com/
http://coralbeads.tumblr.com/
if u like pics of girls standing alone somewhere (like grassy fields or beach) with their perfect hair blowing beautifully....
or girls in dresses from the chest/waist down...girls holding vintage cameras in front of their faces...THERE'S TONS AT THESE TUMBLRS!!! ~______~
THESE ARE A BUNCH OF LJ'S THAT HAVE TONS OF NICE ICONS!!!
http://goutdevodka.livejournal.com/
http://jcons.livejournal.com/
http://cuteicons.livejournal.com/
http://community.livejournal.com/_fandom_icons_/
http://doramacon.livejournal.com/
http://iconsnightlight.livejournal.com/
http://iconaddicts.livejournal.com/
http://iconlounge.livejournal.com/
[this 1 is super organized with a super long tag list!! =D]
http://wild-plums.livejournal.com/2494.html#cutid1
http://bloodstnedtears.livejournal.com/51080.html#cutid1
http://bloodstnedtears.livejournal.com/83071.html#cutid1
http://www.glittercandybox.com/2011/05/love-icons.html
[LOVE ICONSSSSS!!!!!]
and some pretty hair bun picsssssss.... <3
i'm watching a korean drama, my girlfriend is a nine-tailed fox. xD
it's funny, cute, and sweet. but it's sad too.
forbidden love is always so tragic. >_<
why can't two people (or a human and a magical being xD) who love each other be together,
no matter their differences, even if they belong to 2 different worlds????
i think forbidden love is so much more meaningful and beautiful...
you have to makes sacrifices...you have to keep it secret...
you love each other despite how tough it is for you two to be together.
it makes me think...
what if i had to give up certain things to be with my lover...
would i be able to do it???
i don't know if i could be so selfless...
but i guess i won't know what i'm capable of doing for love unless
i'm somehow in that situation.
it would be so hard to choose!! =T
recently,
i bought selena's CD, A YEAR WITHOUT RAIN.
I LOVE MOST OF THE SONGS!!
especially A year without rain.
the MV is so amazing and cool.
(my current default icon is from that MV!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8uPvX2te0I
Selena Gomez & The Scene - A Year Without Rain
and i love how the CD pics are so dreamy and pink-ish...^^
this is my 2nd favorite song on the CD!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpbADZm9tPI
Selena Gomez & The Scene Off The Chain (with Lyrics)
( LOTSA CUTE GIFS F/CRUNCHYROLL!! )
