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Sunday 16 October 2016

New Hair Style

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I thought it's about time to get things done professionally. After two-three DIYs that is.

I mentioned before that I don't really like the punctuality of this salon. I booked a day earlier and I still waited for 30 minutes.

Bellatrix Lestrange-ing

Coming in, I showed my stylist a reference picture and I told her that I wanted a lighter and brown hair and she was like, that may not be possible right now because the red tone in my hair is still overpowering so she was like, can we just stick to the red? What can I do, right? She dyed the roots and then bleached some parts because bleaching it all will cut the end of my already damaged hair. My poor hair.

I don't really know what this machine is for but maybe for treatment or something. Better absorption of damaging chemicals maybe? ;)

After Salon

The Next Day

I kind of liked my hair curled. Should I consider? Well quite a long a time ago, I've been told that my hair wouldn't actually hold curls so who am I fooling? Ciao!

Wednesday 21 September 2016

Day in a Life | Playtime

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Went to Nagahama and had a bowl of delicious ramen. We always go back to this place. It's so satisfying to gulp down this fatty broth.

We then went to Don Quijote because I wanted a home button sticker. Random! Also because I finished my perfume and wanted to buy a replacement. And as I always do, I check out phone cases because it's my thing. And if there's any place to find cute/silly cases, it's DonKi.

That Gudetama case though. Like, why? I was asking Bry why would anyone want this kind of casing because I can't help but wonder.

I don't know if I like this actually. It's too strong for my liking. Because I don't, I can only imagine my cousin Cat really liking this.

Ice Cream is ❤️

We then went to Round1 to play billiards and that was actually my first time and really glad I get to experience. One thing I've learned is that it's still a very long way to go for me to be an okay player. For starters, holding the stick is very tricky for me. I think I made progress though.

Posting this selfie because I got a new phone case this moment and my thick screen protector is a hinder for it to fit so it made a filter out of itself. Kind of cool if you ask me.

Thursday 25 June 2015

Japan Dentist Experience

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One thing you have to know about dentist here in Japan is that it takes time. Like, so much time. You have to go there every week or when your next schedule is due. Don't get me wrong though! Many of my workmates testified that dental stuff done here is almost good for a lifetime so if you're staying here in Japan for quite a while and considering having some dental works done, then I suggest you start now.

Me at the dentist! Anyways, being covered by the Japanese Health Insurance, it didn't cost me much. Or so I would like to think. But I also think that it's expensive. Let's just put it this way. The "discounted" price per session that I paid here is the full price I would have to pay in the Philippines. Or even more! Even though apparently, Philippine Health Insurance system doesn't think oral health is of importance. I'm just saying. But in general, one should not convert/compare currency when in different places (I ALWAYS DO).

Anyways, I was actually kind of hesitant to go to the dentist here because of that matter. But when I got to the dentist, voila! All of the fillings done in the Philippines were digged and refilled. I'm no expert when it comes to this and for all I know, all my previous fillings are good but apparently, not good enough. I'm totally okay with it though. Thing with dental clinics here is that they don't care what you think is wrong with your teeth. THEY WILL FIX EVERYTHING. Is that a bad thing? No. If you're in a hurry or something, maybe.

Can I just brag that except for this one time, I was never late for my dentist appointment. This is a mystery because back when I had my braces, I think I was always late for my adjustments.

I was told that my oral health is now at its best and that I have to check in after a month for cleaning then after 3 months then 6. To give you an idea, I started May 2 and officially ended June 23. I spent a total of 21,200 yen for a total of 9 sessions. Not bad!

Monday 23 June 2014

The Rant Club

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You don't have an idea how I want to change my blog's name to something relevant to being pissed all the time. But nah I'm not turning this blog to a rant blog. Just tempted. Anyways another entry for y'all.

So as I was in a hurry to go home because the bus would always be full at 6 am, right? Then it happened. The driver said "last two person" and we were like 10 remaining. Great! And I was like joking around and blocking the person in front of me but she was able to go in of course. I was not even second so I know I wouldn't be able to go in. Anyways. What pissed me off is the TAXI INCIDENT.

The driver told us to go up and talk to the people at the office so that they could give us the tickets for taxi and then two of us did. One Nepali and I. I don't know why the rest didn't go though. So yeah that happened. When we went up, they were questioning why the rest didn't go up and demanded we call them and that they wouldn't call the taxi if the rest wouldn't go up. Sounds about right. I think. The person who went up with me tried to called a friend who's downstairs but that person's not picking up so I volunteered to go down instead and call them up. Also, she really wanted to go the bathroom and so I let her. But then I didn't know that the office person went down with me with the tickets. WTF!! He said he only got two tickets with him and that he'll request for another one. I then called the person I went up with and asked her to go down then informed that someone that the person I went up with tried to call her like five times. Anyways. She (tried to contact) got hold of a ticket and the other ticket went to someone else. She then grouped me to be in a taxi with her. So it was me, a Japanese, her, and the person I went up with. Settled. We waited for the taxi and then the first came after 20-ish minutes and then we decided to go first but guess what? People who are not even part of the settled group went rushing in. The person who went up with me and the person holding the ticket were able to go in though. I was like, what just happened? The person holding the ticket was apologizing to me and since it's not really her fault, it's really okay so I said okay. Ang lakas maka The Fault in our Stars diba? LOL.

Then the second taxi came and since I don't really know whether they already settled their group or not, I let them go. The Japanese went up to get the ticket they promised but I think the office demanded that we all go up again and it would have been better if the taxi division would be like 4-3-3 so yeah it ended up being two full taxis and two remaining with no remaining taxi ticket. We just then decided to wait for the 7a.m. bus. Sucks!

What I want to rant about is the fact that even though I was the one who went up, I wasn't able to get a ticket so how so evil of these people to go ahead and ride earlier than I did, right? It's just so frustrating how thick skinned can people get sometimes. I think a normal person would feel shy at least but no. The nerves! I hate dealing with people like that. Like, seriously. GTFO. Ano ako tagakuha niyo ng ticket? The end of rant.

On a lighter note, I took some photos at the park nearby. It's completely washed out but the background is actually my work place.