Invasion and heels.

No matter how tired i am, or how terribly bad a day has come, i try to keep a smile on my face when i'm out there. It's my job, it's what i do.
My life isn't as glamorous as it may seem. Every family has its secrets and untold tear shedding stories. All i can do is try to live my every day trying to improve and to bring a better chapter into our lives. It doesn't matter how you start or how it ends, what matters is; your effort.
The baggage on my back isn't getting any lighter, thats my life. No matter what the Masters say when they read out my life and fortune i still try my best to keep my head up and believe that even though some things are written, you can always change it.

Todays dream for the dream bank.

Mysterious creatures fall from the sky
An invasion to earth
Humans, family, friends, captured under these unearthly creatures
I plan an escape
I break loose, along with a friend
Wearing 6inch heels
Running away, far far away
Carrying a large baggage on my back, twice my size
Something drops on the ground
I bend down to pick it up
Can't stand back up...
Down on my knees and hands
Baggage was too heavy, My heels were too narrow
Legs - weak
I sat down and said to my friend, "I'm sorry, I have to sit down for abit, I'm so tired" 
My friend looks at the distance and looks back down at me 
She sits next to me, accompany's me.

I wake up.

The Chinese Udon Monster with bling nails.

Blehhhh~~ Chinese ghost alert! haha, Chinese food ghost more like. Starved and in progress of a photo shoot. It's so typical for people to think models don't eat. I'm sorry, i frigging eat, can't work with an empty stomach. Hehe.



Alright, that was until i remembered i was going to be stripped, then i was like "GAHHHHH why does this always happen to me?!". It's like i'm Usagi from Sailormoon or Miaka from Fushigi yuugi - Once faced with food i forget where the hell i am... D:

Today nails where super bling'd up again. This time with Gems and golden accessories. I really don't see the use of such bling nails other than the fact that, they are very pretty and someone was seriously had lot's of patience to do something so artistic and delicate. Just bad luck it's on someone like me who will probably destroy them when i wash my hair tonight or something haha.




Just kidding, i will do my best to preserve them as long as possible. Afteral, most girls like pretty things and... apparently if you get these nails done outside it will cost a bomb! D: I'm not touching anything for a while lol.



I really do like the hair and make up in this shoot, can't wait to see the final outcome hehe.

Miss Golden Treasure Chest.

It's coming to the end of the Chinese New Year and this year i spent it fully in Macau dressed up in Gold and... GOLD! lol

The dress was extremely heavy and even lighted up, super cute right?
The problem was the amount of people who wanted to touch the coins and gold blocks on my dress. - It's a luck thing, The chinese think that touching gold would bring them luck. Parents even told their kids to give me a hug or a kiss because it would bring them good wealth and luck. One mother even told her son (looked around 6 years old) to give me hug and hopefully his future wife would be as beautiful as i was. I was so embarrassed........

Thinking about it, Lukian does mean "bringer of light" and my chinese name means "The Kings Precious". I guess i'm a pretty good person for the job during the New Year haha!




I didn't have it as bad at my friend dressed as the chinese candy box. It was so heavy i couldn't even carry her dress off the table. What made it funnier was that everyone kept trying to open up her skirt to see what's inside. Haha! She was literally drumming her dress shut.

It's the first time for me to be away from my family for the whole of the New Year but i guess it is also can be seen as a great start for the Year of the snake to be earning lots of cash haha! Bad thing is, it's Macau, basically the chinese Vegas. LOL Lucky i don't itch for gambling, otherwise i'm fucked! LOL

The CLASSIC shabu shabu.

Seryna (since 1961), recommended as a good place to entertain important clients. Being brought here today i guess it makes me feel special haha! And Seryna Ginza defiantly would not be able to disappoint anyone!
Famous for their Crab and Beef, shabu shabu and sukiyaki they were all ordered. It was Minus degrees in Tokyo today so points defiantly doubled to come here.




The house specialty, horsehair crab. As you know i do not eat shellfish but just by the looks of how fresh the crab legs were i wished i wasn't allergic. I watched my friends cook and eat the crab without hesitation with the words "OISHII" coming out repeatedly after each bite. My friend then told me "I have yet to find a place that serves such delicious crab in Tokyo." Damn. I defiantly should try it even though i'll suffer afterwards haha.



Since i couldn't eat the crab, beef was the other choice. We ordered the best beef they had, Kobe beef. It's definatly not my first exposure to kobe beef so i thought, "what's the big deal? Especially, when boiled in the shabu shabu manner." After i tried the Kobe beef here i wondered to myself, WHAT THE FUCK WAS I BEING SERVED BEFORE?!
Once cooked, i dipped it into the sauces provided and once it hit my tongue it fucking disappeared! Like butter! Just like my super fatty toro experience but, this was beef!? I mean, just look at the photo! The fragments of fat and beef are so well balanced and the colour looks beautiful! Oh god, i was over the world. I had the biggest food coma after that once slice of kobe beef, i just sat there thinking, "what the fuck just happened?!" I tried another slice, dammit! Same thing happened, i wasn't dreaming at all! I ended up ordering another round of kobe beef haha.
Seriously, if you like shabu shabu and you like beef. No other place in my dictionary anymore.



Just as i thought i was getting full a wonderful old lady dressed in Kimono came to serve and ask how we were all doing and insisted for me to try her cooking. I was in no condition to pass on that haha! Apparently she's been working in Seryna for over 30 years. She cooked some udon into our soup base with her "secret ingredient" and i must say. It was very delicious.
We were having a big Shabu feast and she asked if we still has space to try the sukiyaki. Okay, i'm a pig who doesn't know when to say no to food and since the others were also up for it too i said, ALRIGHT LETS DO IT! We already tried the fantastic Kobe beef, so she recommended us to try Tenderloin for sukiyaki and she will personally cook for us because she can do it perfectly with her secret teriyaki mixture. Secret again? Okay! "Surprise me!" I thought. Whip me off my feet! ......and she did.





I must say, if i had the choice of Kobe beef and Tenderloin back home i'd always go for Kobe beef no matter what because i'm often disappointed with Tenderloin. I realize now it's not Tenderloin's problem, because the sukiyaki tenderloin here was also very soft and extremely juicy. Back home and in Japan the beef price is similar but quality wise, i really cannot compare. The beef here wins for sure.



Overall for Seryna, Expensive? Yes. Decor? It's alright. Service? Excellent. Food? 200% Delicious and well presented. I will defiantly be back every-time i visit Japan and that's a promise. It's definaly going to take some getting used to when i get back home now that i've tried Seryna's beef.

SERYNA Tokyo
3-12-2,Roppongi,
Minatoku,
Tokyo,Japan 106-0032
http://www.seryna.co.jp/en/index.html

Long time no Purikura.

The thing about meeting an old friend in Japan is, it makes you somehow desperately to have that photo memory, so we headed to the nearest Purikura stop (sticker photos).
Its been years since i have taken them, especially in Japan and BOY! had it changed. I don't remember purikura being this funny. You'll see why...
So the first thing i see before going into the Purikura arcade were these signs!!




And i remember just bursting out with laughter.
Purikura Arcades now have rules!!! No man is allowed to enter the arcade without a female companion and you may not enter the arcade if you're drunk. LOL!!! They seriously exaggerate it too!!! Look at the patterned repeat of posters!
Other than that something else that's new: you can also rent cosplay costumes inside the arcade to take puripuri. Now that i found pretty cool!

And that's STILL not the end of it! Purikura machines now have a new feature: They have an auto eye enlargement effect and a Slim face effect selection!
Not knowing what to pick me and my friend just decided to go for the "Recommended" settings and BOY did we regret it...LOL





The big eye effect made me look like an animation character and was too OVER THE TOP in some of the photos. What made it funnier was that Jinki was with us and for girls, we can just say "It's over the top" or "Look like an anime character" but when these settings are done to a guy.................IT LOOKS FUCKING FREAKY AS SHIT!
Now that's when we cried from laughter looking at Jinki's eyes in every pic, It didnt look like him at all and so... feminine.... hahahaa!



So anyway, today ended with tummy aches and watery eyes from laughter. It defiantly has been a long time since i've laughed so hard and i laugh hard all the time because i'm so easily amused. Oh i miss them both already.

Birds of Gold?

Todays introduction is by my friend Jinki who kindly recommended to me and my friend Shino a Chicken Fillet joint 金のとりから (Kinnotorikara) a finger food joint that will surely take away your money, accidentally? haha.




The chicken on it's own tastes real soft and since it's freshly made right after you order it its tongue burning nice and hot! It's not dry so i was glad of that.

I tried to mix and match the selection of sauces provided, i used the bukkake mayonnaise and added some sprinkles of cheese powder on it!, their original spice! Tasted actually pretty fucking good! Haha.



Trust me! you got to try all the different sauces and take your time in finding your best combination hehe! But anyway they all taste good!




The Chicken is in a long stick shape which would be super great food to walk around and eat i would imagine. But me and Shino has already spent the day wondering around and outside was too cold so we just spent some time raiding the sauce counter and taking photos haha.

If you ever get peckish after some shopping i highly recommend you try this place out! They have many chained stores so it isn't difficult to find.

http://www.shimanaka.co.jp/

If you like Chicken Wings...

Toriyoshi, If you're a chicken wings fan this is the place to go!
Famous and popular for its chicken specialties such as fried chicken wings and half a fried chicken.
Of course they don't just do chicken wings, their menu lists a variety of Japanese and Asian pub fare as well, including salads, yakitori and tofu.
But for this blog, just the chicken wings.




So anyway, really just came here for their famous chicken wings which were scrumptious!
It's not those big juicy wings which you'd get full after 4-5 pieces but it's those super crunchy, little meat and basically can eat 10-20 of them while having a good beer or sake.

The chicken wings comes in different spices, though theres no real difference between spicy and not spicy.
But anyway! Take it from a chicken wing lover, It's addictive!

Toriyoshi
3-18-16 Minami Aoyama,
Tokyo, Japan

If you have trouble finding it, it is right behind exit A4 of Omotesando station.