Japan is my spirit place

I am proud to announce that ever since I first laid eyes on Japan (on tumblr) ... it has changed me. Forever. 

Japan has always held such a special place in my toki doki 💓. Precisely why I decided to do a whole series of blog posts on my first trip to Tokyo. I remember going there and FRANTICALLY trying to take photos of everything. EVERYTHING. Whatever I see in Tokyo I make sure my camera remembers it for me. 

I said this before but if the tiger is my spirit animal...

In the kingdom of spirit animal, the tiger puts a special emphasis on raw feelings and emotions. The tiger spirit animal symbolizes primal instincts, unpredictability, and ability to trust yourself. By affinity with this spirit animal, you may enjoy dealing with life matters spontaneously, trusting your intuition and acting fast when needed."

Then Japan is my spirit place.

I mean I've only been to Tokyo in Japan, but the reasons why I love Japan as a whole will take forever to talk about. And I am not about to hit everyone with a semi-emotional post 💣. To put it simply, I first fell in love with Japan when I was browsing Tumblr a lot. A LOT.

I still have my tumblr but its dead.
(Click for dead piece of Tumblr)

As I grew older I realised I have better things to do/no time at all than to browse tumblr.
Now we have Instagram.
Twitter.
University.
Friends.
Boyfriend.
Family.
House. 
Commitments.
Plans for the future to think about...
but I am forever grateful for the things Tumblr has exposed me to. I found Japan in a hopeless case ;-)

Ever since I saw all the beautiful photography of Japan I've been wanting and DREAMING of going there to see it all for myself. So naturally, the first trip was very emotional for me (also because of many other things) but it was like meeting your unrequited love for the first time. 

Besides Tumblr of course, I was into jpop a little after my love for kpop went downhill. So there was a lot of gravitating-towards-the-Japanese-culture, the Japanese language... the Japanese way of doing things. And at a time where your life was such a devastating scene to look at, appreciating Japan virtually became a sort of comfort. SO there goes my love for Japan.
I love Japan. Japanese food loves me. 

Thus... I was thinking if I should continue with my Tokyo series!!!
DAZED IN TOKYO II 
Just so I can look back in another 2 years time and relieve the moments all over again. (Shout out to my boyfriend for being here this time to share these memories with me because reminiscing by yourself can be a very lonely, depressing task 😔) My only problem is that I did not take a lot of visually appealing photographs???????!?! I wasn't desperately trying to grab onto something this time. I have to see what I can do.

In the mean time, here's a photo of some sushi:

... after we went clubbing. mmm fatty goodness. How did this happen again? @Lawrann 💬

And a photo of myself in 2014 and now:

Was so happy to take photos in Japanese toilets LOL

By the way I left one of my inner shorts thingy in Ginza's H&M's fitting room. This gives me another reason to go back to Japan :-)

TAKEN ON OUR FIRST NIGHT THERE. Interesting fact!!! (That I suaku and did not know 🙊)

Ginza's alleyways ARE FILLED WITH RATS.

Fat, greyish rats. And on our first night, I was so eager to explore the alleyways LOL that I just went everywhere, I went all out.

Thank god I wasn't ambushed by any rats because the subsequent days... it dawned on me... that they are filled with rats. INFESTED WITH RATS!!!

Jeng jeng jeng.

Why? Why is nobody doing anything about it? :-) I ask myself this every single day I was there.

Especially at night when all the shopkeepers place their bags of garbage outside... you will see... rats... hovering 👻  around trying to tear the plastic apart. the place apart. my love for alleyways apart.

To my Cancerian boyie however it was "cute".

Lawrann: "Why are you scared of them? They are so cute!"

NO. They are ferrets

Ver 👶