(◕㉨◕) UFOキャッチャー

In this blog I will show you the 'GETS' from these wonderful arcades in Japan. The picture is from Juu's own personal Facebook, so credit to her. We possibly did spend hundreds in here. Each go is roughly 100JPY or 500JPY for 6 tries, depending on machines, prizes and skill level. If you want an item moving closer to better your chances of winning, you can ask the Staff who will either move it, or give you hints and tips on how to win. Also depending on the machine itself, they may not move it, as we discovered in one arcade. (つд｀) Uggh~

Since we visited the arcades often - almost daily for Purikura, we of course got distracted and ended up playing on many of the UFOキャッチャー!  If you can see in the picture above, 'プリクラ' is on the lower floor, so coincidentally you have to walk through the arcade. Great idea!

Here is a picture of just some of the smaller prizes that we won.  Though the majority are only small - oh and the reason why we have so many ガチャピン / Gachapin? Well, Juu really wanted the Rilakkuma Pudding keystrap, but beneath it were dozens of Gachapin straps. (o´ω｀o)
But I really do love Gacahpin anyway. Although I didn't see many - if any - huge Gachapin prizes, or Kapibarasan, so that was saddening. But there was a K-ONxKapibarasan, whaaa!?
Overall we got a very cute haul of prize gets!

On the second to last day, Juu had come back with this beast of an Alpaca, seriously it was huge!! ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ We sat and laughed at it for sometime - and tried to work out the possibility of it fitting into Juu's case. Poor thing. But she managed to squeeze him into her case, she also won a huge Hello Kitty!

Eventually - four or something weeks later -- I finally have gotten around to taking a couple photos of the prizes I managed to claim. Weeh~ I am such a sucker for cute things. ヾ(✿❛◡❛)ノ

  

Juu and I got (obviously) matching Gachapin keychains, both the jelly kind and the bear/pig. I was so thankful to not get Mukku, he scares me. The little Dragon on the right was adorable, we won him in Akihabara, and Juu won the Rabbit version. We were slow to realise these are actually Sanrio characters! The title on the tag is called 'Wish me mell'. Honestly I am not a fan of many Sanrio characters but these ones are adorable. Official Blog for 'Wish me mell' - enjoy! I am struggling to find out the Dragons name, Juu managed to win the Rabbit, who is the main character called 'Mell'.

That was pretty much all to say~ once I get around to it, I will post my other GETS from Japan to save this from getting incredibly long.

｡◕ ‿ ◕｡ Happy New Year

Firstly, I would like to wish all my readers a Happy New Year! I did two countdowns this year, for my Friends in Japan, although I didn't 'celebrate' - I simply wished a few Friends a wonderful new year. I still have to write to my Friend Rei - I haven't spoke to her in almost 9 months now. Then I joined my Family for the first time in nearly five years. In the past I have been either with a partner, or in Japan.
In 2009 I was in Japan for New Years Eve, it was so amazing. Although it was spent inside a venue, we counted down the year with many bands. The second year for 2010 was the same, although I am not a huge fan of Daizy Stripper, we counted the New Year in with them. Japanese fans are so Friendly, so we all hugged and wished each other a safe and happy new year. A little awkward because my Japanese was so limited. So it was nice to spend New Year with my Family. （*＾＾）＾*） ☆Chu！！

So, the big question now is, What is your New Years resolution? According to statistics, the top 5 are:
1. To lose weight.
2. Become more organised.
3. Spend less / Save more.
4. Appreciate and enjoy life.
5. Stay fit and healthy.

I personally think they are very boring New Year resolutions. Because naturally people try to do all five at some point during the year anyway? So let's be realistic and creative! (But also keep it within a goal you can reach.) ( ﾟ∀(・－・)


My top 5 would be:
1. To get a job, full or part time that is not agency.
2. Learn Japanese, practise daily (if I can).
3. Save more - I cannot actually spend LESS.
4. Get evening classes towards Summer.
5. Become more sociable.

I am hoping to achieve all five! There are other goals that I would like to reach but for now they're not that important. 

A little after Christmas I finally got my gifts from my Friend in America, Aurora. I sent her a pack of fliers, and a bunch of other goodies which I had obtained from my Japan trip. She also recieved お遊戯ゎが魔々団×【PaRADEiS】cheki and comment DVD which I hope was a great surprise, she seemed really happy. 
Here are my gifts! She sent me such a big selection of goodies! Waa!

 

I got some nail strips! These seem to be super popular as of late, so I cannot wait to try them out. She sent me the colours: Blue ice - Glitz Blitz - Bling it on - Cry baby. I really love the 'Bling it on' colour and name.
Growing Duck - my first reaction to this was, 'What would happen if I eat it?' My Father said, 'You would be very stupid to try that.' But hey, curiosity didn't always kill the cat. I also got a cute bracelet, and a necklace from Forever 21. WHICH, I need to go visit when I am next in London.

Sunglasses, these are an 'inside joke' However I love them. I cannot wait to deco them either. Then the inside joke may - or may  not become clear. The pencil case is so cute too, oh gosh I have so many pencil cases unusued, so I may TRY and use this as a make up case to keep in my room so it doesn't get dirty. 

Next she sent me STITCH IN A CAR. AHAHA. I love Stitch, she also sent me Nerds, guys, in England we do not get these any more, I remember eating them when I was younger but now they have been removed from the market and are impossible to get here - unless you go to Cyber Candy and pay insane prices. This box is HUGE too. ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

(●´ϖ`●) ガチャピ ガチャピ ガチャピ ガチャピ (●´ϖ`●)

This is the best part of my gift! Having asked Aurora for the Gachapin book on the left for such a long time, the online shop was American based, so P+P to Europe was pretty crazy. So I asked Aurora and I would pay her back, only she took forever, and we sorta forgot about it, until now. She actually got me the whole Gachapin set too. I have a letter set and stickers. So much Gachapin! I absolutely love Gachapin. (●´ϖ`●)

That was all~ including a letter, fan art and a 「東京指定」 flier I haven't got yet. It made my day happy so much, since I had to cancel my pre-order for Super Lovers lucky bag. I had it on order since November, but the shipping was increased and it was so expensive. It reached 10,000yen. Instead I will order ジグラット and コドモドラゴン! 

Oh one last photo! I already have Stitch in his Car, but a red version. Now I have an orange version! One day I will perhaps show you my Stitch collection (o*･ω･)