27 Nov 08

27 Nov 08 - Osaka, Japan!

Touched down at around 8AM Japan time, and headed towards our hotel.
It was a rather…difficult journey LOL.
The stairs were a killer. We almost died hauling our luggage up and down the stairs omg.
No pictures on the way cos…I was too lazy to reach for my camera. ㅋㅋ
So we located our hotel, but were told we could only check in at 3PM.
Oh bugger. Left our luggage at the reception area and went out and about.
Stopped by this pet shop nearby and most of them went inside to look at the cute puppies and kittens.
Then we went for lunch…



We totally didn't dare to touch curry rice after this meal LOL.
After lunch, we split up and went exploring our hotel vicinity.
The shopping street is just next to our hotel, and it's super cool.
It's like…Bugis Street but 50 times better xD





We met back at the hotel at 3PM, and finally checked in.
Got to our rooms, unpacked and freshened up.



Tracy & Geral's room…





Yun & Mag's room…feat. Ricia xD

Then…it's officially SHOPPING TIME!



Tracy wanted to try okonomiyaki
So we stepped into this small restaurant


















Explored the shopping street after eating, and I SPOTTED THE SANRIO SHOP!





I was so tempted to steal that tree home LOL!
Yeah so of course we went in, and I totally didn't want to leave the shop xD

Saw this when we were in one of the many cosmetics shops around…


It's NEWS! xD Ryo-chan~~~ <3333



Bought a pair of Nike high cuts muahahaha xD



Was deciding between this pair and another one which was white and dark blue, but Maggie said this pair looks nicer so I got this!
And you know what, Japanese have super duper good service.
The shop attendant took a pretty long time getting the shoes in my size, and I thought they had no more stock.
The poor guy ran in and out, up and down thrice just to check and confirm the model number.
I wanted to tell him it was okay if they didn't have my size but ta-da! He re-appeared with a shoe box in his hands.
In Singapore, when we try shoes, we usually take it from the shop attendants then go try it ourselves
But in Japan, ZOMG, they'll motion for you to sit down, then place the shoes right by your feet for your convenience.
So so so cool! I love good service!

The shops close pretty early, due to the season I guess.
So by 9PM Japan time, there's nothing much left to shop.



Returned back to our hotel and practiced singing for training the next day at OSM.
Fell flat on my bed at around 11+PM cos I was really sleepy xD