Sorry to all who was looking for an update yesterday. I was too tired to write one.
Yesterday I went down to Shinjuku. It's supposed to be a popular hangout spot for teenagers. Think Orchard Road combined with the CBD area, except ten times larger. The main shopping area of Shinjuku probably makes Orchard look like some slums in a third world country. It's filled with huge neon advertisments, beckoning potential customers into spending with the dazzling displays. Pretty cool stuff.
I got forced into going to some lame-ass flea market by CA. No bargains can escape her scrutinizing eyes. Apparently her idea of being in Japan is to look at the unique things they have here. Well, I'm not going to browse through boring used stuff that nobody wants or clearance sale items that I'm not interested in. I eventally couldn't take how boring it was and came back into the house. They continued looking around for another 2 hours or so. No idea why these things can captivate these two women into wasting so much time. Maybe Bargain Virus has been spread on to princess as well. Fuck.
I don't really have an idea why princess would want to see boring stuff like the observatory tower. Maybe I'm being a cynical old tart, but I honestly don't see the point in looking at shit I can easily find on the internet.
Apparently, in some convenience stalls they have an area specially for people to eat their purchases there. They even provide wet towels when you buy food there. Again a Japanese standard you never see in Singapore. I also like how they actually provide quality food in restaurants. The fried meat they serve there are actually thick and meaty, unlike those stingy bastards back home where they would add dough in the meat to make it chunkier. Learn to be more generous and people will buy from you, idiots. Long term gains outweigh the short term costs.
The size of Isetan there is probably bigger than Plaza Singapura. Yes, one department stall occupies the entire building, from b2 to 8th floor. Shopperholics would probably faint from the idea of browing the entire store, except for the fact that the things there are pretty damned expensive.
I haven't finished browsing through the entire area of Shinjuku, including the red-light district where I dare not venture into at night because that place is known to be "slightly dangerous" to the Japanese thanks to the yakuza-run business. When the Japanese mean slightly dangerous, it probably means a more aggressive version of Geylang. I'll venture into that area when I come with Kok again.
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