Until we meet again Tokyo! The last days of awesomeness

And so it's finally here, the last day in Tokyo before I'm heading back to Sweden. Since last time I updated Beata and I have celebrated our namnsdag the best way possible, fika, a long walk in the nice weather, a good movie (Gantz - perfect answer, seriously see it, it's a pretty awesome movie) and a round of at an izakaya, and while we were there we also got the chance to feel the ground shake again..

And this thursday we went to W-inds concert in Nippon budokan. It wasn't planned at all, but Beata found out she would write a review for it and since I found out their music is kinda catchy I decided to tag along. We had a wonderful walk in the warm and sunny weather on our way to the arena, and I have totally fallen in love with Kagurazaki. When we arrived the place was packed with people everywhere, not so strange since 14000 people was to hang around, quite the sight. After some much needed coffee we went to find our entrances, mine wasn't too hard to find and it wasn't long before I was seated at a just perfect spot inside the arena. I'm still a bit bitter though, when I went too see the Gazette last time I was here I ended up at the far back and there weren't even any big screens, this time, with a band I don't really care much fore I get a perfect seat on the first floor really close to the stage, I didn't even need to look at the screens to get a good view of the members. Well guess I can be happy for my seat 'cause this concert was made of so much fun, even if not all their songs are my cup of tea there was still awesome breakdancing going on on the stage, and yeah the guys definitely knew how to entertain, and I think I've turned into a Ryohei fangirl, he's just so cute and an incredible skilled breakdancer! So after the gig I did not feel I had wasted my money.

The night after it was time for the final party night. We first went to our italian restaurant in Shibuya and after that we went to Shibuyas HUB, only to find it was really crowded, but we endured to drinks before we decided to hit Atom, it was just that when we arrived at Atom the place was about to close in an hour due to reconstruction work. We felt it wasn't worth paying the entrance fee so we took the train back to Shinjuku and went to our beloved HUBs in Kabukichou. The night had been uncharacteristically normal, usually things have at least started to get a little crazy, but then Beata nudges me and says there are two guys standing behind me that looks like they seem interested in talking, and I guess they were, 'cause we ended up spending the rest of the night with them at HUBs and then had a quite epic karaoke experience later on. But the poor guy I was sitting with, I got him totally drunk of his ass XD So yeah it was a totally awesome way to spend the last night of partying, but man was it hard to say good bye to Beata, I'm gonna miss her and a lot of other people so much!

So today I went to eat lunch with Noriyuki, and he ended up treating me, he's seriously cute^^ And now I'm waiting to head out on a date with the guy from last night, seriously doesn't people always date on their last day? :O

Time really flew this time, can't believe I've been here for two months already! This journy has with out doubt been the most awesome thing ever. I've experienced earthquakes, powerplants exploding, travelled around south Japan, had a crazy time in Seoul and many crazy nights of partying in Tokyo. I didn't get to go to many concerts but man everything else have been far more epic. It's like, wow can you really experience this much under just one travel? XD But seems like you can. So when I get home I will have so many fun things to think back on so I don't even know where to start.

Tokyo it have once again been a wonderful time, またね！

IKEA, random clubbing and SCREW-fangirling, one hell of a weekend!

So, more randomness since last time? Pretty much yeah... Aside from making friends out of random people I've made a visit to IKEA, had a random easter night and went to SCREW's awesome live.

Well the IKEA visit was epic win, seeing all swedish names in katakana, god it was hilarious, and we took the opportunity to buy some swedish food at the food market. And just imagine our surprise when we go to the restaurant and discover they have typical swedish easter food! We couldn't have been happier, and they also had semlor, so yeah it was perfect except they didn't have "snaps", but we bought 4,5% cider instead, only in Japan you can buy that strong alcohol at IKEA... After that we went back to my place to eat Ballerina and kanelbullar, only to discover that kanelbullarna wasn't baked, so we tried to use the "toaster oven", but the result wasn't that fantastic, either they got burned and looked like a lump of coal or they barely got baked at all -__- Later that night me and Sofia decided we would go clubbing after all, so after running from some creepy guys we ended up at Atom as usual, only this night they celebrated an anniversary and it was more packed than ever (the place is stuffed as it is usually), it was actually a bit annoying as you could hardly move. So we spent most of our time sitting for once. But then we decide to hit the dance floor one more time, and some sort of randomness hits, Sofia had seen some half fail western host looking guy and we kinda laughed at that, just so happen to be the failish guy has a seriously hot friend, and after that things just got kinda random, I'm pretty sure I have traumatized some poor soul after mistaking a normal apartment door for the exit door, I blame all on sleep depravity and some kind of stress of knowing I was hitting a concert just a few hours later and I had to get home to change and stuff -__- And then the rain starts to effing pour and I had forgot my umbrella at home, so I passed on actually borrowing one not knowing I had forgot it...

So after drying up for a bit and hastily getting some sort of nutritions into my system it's off to Shibuya for SCREW's tour final. I end up walking around the block for a bit since I'm one of the last persons to get in anyhow, so I ended up randomly shopping haha.

Well what can I say about the live, it was just so freaking awesome. They really rocked the hell out of it, lately they've been adding kind of an electro vibe to their sound and it worked perfect live, they also played all my favorite songs, even some older ones! The concert went on for almost 3h I believe O.o And all the members got so emotional it was impossible not to be touched yourself. It was also one of the few VK concerts I've been to in Japan where people have actually fainted during the live, but it WAS incredibly hot in O-East that night, I think the AC might've been broken or something, I was sweating like hell and I stood by myself at the back, I can only imagine how hot and stuffed it must have been in the middle of the crowd...

After the gig we we're told the concert would later be released as a live dvd, of course I will buy it, that was one of the best gigs I've been to, it will be a wonderful memory.

On my way home some guy randomly gets me under his umbrella, mine had died for good so I was walking around like a drenched cat... I'm forever thankful, even if I turned down the guy for a date, I just needed the damn umbrella to be honest XD

Today I completed two missions, returning my key to my old guest house and returning the tickets for the cancelled concerts. I also bought a ticket for W-inds concert on the 28th, I'm still a bit confused about myself haha. But I actually think it will be fun and I'll get to visit Nippon budokan, that's pretty awesome!

So a busy week lies ahead, I'm to meet up with a whole bunch of people to say goodbye for this time, maybe meet the guy from friday, going to see the new Gantz-movie with Beata, doing some final shopping and on friday it's good bye party till you drop, so I kind of booth do and don't look forward to it, bah final weeks are always so hard emotionally!

random nights for the epic win

Now I think it's time for some more epic adventures!

Friday was supposed to be a great day, then in the morning I find out it's not going to be great at all, practically everything sucked that morning. But after whining about this to Beata she thinks I should join her and Malla for a walk in the really nice weather. Really glad I did, we bought some alcohol, cookies and ice-cream and went to a pretty park. Kinda like a late hanami, it was great and I felt a lot better. Sofia and I had also decided we we're gonna hang out at Atom later that night and I asked Beata and Malla if they wanted to join so it was decided four girls we're gonna party that night.

Sofia was gonna meet up with us later so we decided to go eat in Shibuya before the clubbing and omg we had some epically funny discussions about starting a band.

Later I got responsible for finding Sofia since I'm the one who knows the best what she looks like, only that it's just too many asians everywhere lol, and I end up finding this guy instead, it was totally random and I find out he used to have a swedish girlfriend so he can speak a little swedish! We keep on talking for a while and we decide we're gonna hang out later, so yeah if you wanna find random friends just go hang around the Hachiko statue, it seem to work for everyone... But we find Sofia eventually and the four of us head to Atom. I had decided I was gonna have a pleasant evening that wouldn't turn out too crazy, but hey this is me, I should know by now that if I'm involved things have a tendancy to go a little wild^^; I think all was fine until Sofia and I decide to do a tequila bomb, after that rationality seemed a tad bit more boring, and when this vk'ish looking guy starts talking to me and he buys me some drinks I decide screw this bad morning this night is gonna be effing fantastic, and in one way I guess it kinda was, my god I don't know when I laughed this much, this night didn't win in any prizes for being serious that's for sure!

They day after me and Beata are heading for Kashiwa, only that booth of us are totally dead after arriving home sometime after the sun had came up, so we're like two zombies riding the train, but all gets well after some VERY needed coffee and cake at our italian café that is practically everywhere you go. After that we head to the live house for ダウト's concert and we're discussing the best place to stand to avoid getting things falling on your head in case an earthquake would hit, yeah I think we're a little damaged in our heads after all this...

Anyhow the gig was great, they played all my favorite songs except koi no bakansu, but I'n not surprised since it's actually a cover song. The guys were kinda freaked out about a potential earthquake but we in the crowd was like -_- calm down we're used to this... They also stated that even though they're going major they wont start making boring music but will carry on like they always have, that I approve of very much! So yeah the whole concert made a very happy Tess^^ After that we went to a restaurant for dinner, it was yummy indeed! On the train back home we were once again dead and spent most of the time "observing" the guy sitting opposite us and wondering why we can never find a japanese guy built like that, you know your judgement is seriously damaged when you start considering men a just a couple cm taller than you as tall... But then the object of observation got of the train and I had a very hard time keeping myself awake, and this coughing is seriously starting to kill me ><

But we got home eventually and I went straight to bed and slept 12h.

So next update after the next epic adventure, probably won't take too long, like after tomorrow? Meeting up with this random guy from Shibuya, just whished he would stop flirting with me, he already has a girlfriend ffs -__-

Borta bra men "hemma" bäst

Och så en Sydkorea-resa och några efterskalv senare är det lite aktivitet på bloggen igen, tänkte jag kanske skulle försöka sammanfatta resan lite, även om vissa saker är lite suddiga haha.

Det hela började helt fantastiskt bra med att Beatas bankkort blir uppätet i bankomaten på Incehons flygplats, men efter en lång radda förklaringar om att kortet inte alls är stulet får hon tillbaka det, dock är kortet spärrat nu. Sen glömmer jag min väska på toaltten, får smått panik och håller på att springa in på killtoan, bra där! Vi hittar iaf flygplatsåget och lyckas utan vidare missöden ta oss till vårt vandrarhem i Hongdae, vi har dock lite ångest om vi kommer hitta tillbaka till tunnelbanan igen för vägen till vandrarhemmet gick i den bästa av kringelkrokar.

Stället visar sig iaf vara jättetrevligt och fräscht, dock minus på att toaletterna låg i duscharna så att golven alltid var genomvåta -__- Vårt rum delade vi med 6 andra mer eller mindre partyglada människor. Första dagen pallade vi inte göra så mycket så vi knatade mest runt och spanade in omgivningarna, sen blev det middag på en indisk restaurang där dom visade en helflummig bollywood-film, det blev många skratt den kvällen.

Dag två bestog av att spana in Hongdae och gå i affärer, hittade en del roliga affärsnamn, bla Tess, Åland och chinchin.

Dag tre åkte vi till Myeongdong för att shoppa, shoppingen failade lite men vi kom upp i Seoul tower iaf, gud vet att man fick motion när man skulle ta sig dit. Tornet ligger på ett berg som va en bit över en km högt, trappor säger jag bara... Men utsikten var helt fantastisk! Man såg verkligen hela Seoul därifrån, inget man kommer glömma i första taget. På kvällen hade vi planerat in att klubba, och vår husvärd erbjöd sig att ta med oss ut tillsammans med några andra från vårt och det närliggande vandrarhemmet. Det här var när vi fick lära oss att koreansk alkohol är farlig... Men lol att ens husvärd ger dig en flaska starksprit och uppmanar dig att halsa upp den på gatan, ja herregud... Men öh det va en iaf för mig lyckad kväll som vi inte nämner så mycket om, men det va intressant att ta sig hem mitt i natten från ett ställe man inte hade en aning om vart det var, man måste älska utmaningar!

Nu visar sig mitt utmärkta minne men jag kommer inte ihåg i vilken ordning vi gjorde saker sen så jag rabblar bara lite. Vi åkte till Dongdaemun bara för att upptäcka det fantastiska många av ställena inte öppnade förrän åtta på kvällen och hade öppet till fem på morgonen, galet.. Sen blev det ytterligare en klubbkväll när vi skulle besöka populära electrostället M2, det belv den förmodligen mest random kvällen i mitt liv. Inte långt efter att vi hade kommit in såg jag att en av killarna kollade på mig, kul tänkte jag och sen tänkte jag inte så mycket mer på det. Sen mot slutet av kvällen när jag och Beata har satt oss kommer sagda kille fram till oss och undrar om vi vill följa med ut och dricka, klockan är 4 på morgonen, vi tycker detta låter utmärkt, dessutom kunde varken killen eller nån av hans kompisar engelska, tjohej. Vi åker iaf först hem till killen som hade kollat in mig, han skulle visa oss sin sportbil som hade det mest pimpade PA systemet ever, vill ha! Sen skulle vi åka till nån izakaya men på vägen blir det nåt krångel med en av bilarna, klockan är nu 5 på morgonen och vi sitter i sportbil nånstans som vi inte har en aning om vart det är, minst sagt random. Efter visst krångel med den ena bilen kommer vi iväg iaf, det är nu ljust ute, precis sen tidpunkten då man ska börja dricka. Stället vi kom till va jättetrevligt och dom hade god mat som killarna va sjysta nog att bjuda oss på, sen shotades det souju och flummades allmänt. Sen vet jag inte hur orädd jag har blivit men jag ville iaf inte åka hem med Beata så jag blev kvar i en helt okänd stadsdel, lagom mycket spänning i tillvaron, jag kom iaf hem elva på morgonen sen var jag död för omgivningen, men man får ju älska att taxi typ är gratis i Korea, åkte i säkert minst 25 min, det kostade mig ca 50kr.

Sen var vi och besökte palatset där vi blev guidade av en jättegullig liten kille som säkert inte kan ha vart mer än 11. Sen gick vi på folkmuseet som det tog en absolut evighet för oss att hitta, men det var kul att få veta mer om landets historia och kultur!

Sen var vi i en stadsdel som jag inte kommer ihåg va den heter, men den var inte speciellt kul iaf, sen gjorde vi ett återbesök i Dongdaemun för att kolla in dom nattöppna affärena, sen hittade vi det "svenska" fikastället, det va lite epic.

Vår sista dag innan flyget gick spenderade vi med att köpa "fina koreanska saker", vi skäms nu lite över oss själva... Vi hade nu också blivit ordentligt sjuka så det va riktigt härligt att ta sig hem med feber och shit. Men döm om vår förvåning när vi verkar ha fått åka första klass hem, åhh jag kommer lida så mycket på mitt skruttflyg hem nu :(

Det va riktigt skönt att vara tillbaka i Tokyo igen, trots att det började skaka i stort sett så fort vi kommit tillbaka...

Men trots viss förkylning lyckades jag iaf ta mig ut med Sofia till klubb Atom, som va ett totalt toppenställe! Snyggingar, billigt inträde, asbra musik, vad mer kan man begära?? Hade dessutom turen att hitta en sjukt gullig kille där, kan lätt säga att det va en av dom bästa kvällarna i mitt liv, och ska träffa honom igen på fredag, det lär nog bli skoj hihi :3

Sen har jorden fått tokspatt nu och det är det ena skalvet på det andra, vi höll på att trilla av stolarna igår när vi skulle ta en fika och sen har det typ skakat konstant här och där efteråt.

Men nu ska jag kurera mig fram till fredag med min underbara drogande hostmedicin haha.