Beat the heat with something sweet!

Ahh, Japan is frying itself on the surface of the sun and what do I do? I rade second hand shops and clearance sales for A/W clothing! Even though I'm into fashion I can't really say I give a penny for wether or not I'm wearing this years or that years collection, so If I really like a garment and it's dirt cheap because it's no longer "trending", well good for me! (and my wallet).

Soo, these are my recent gets

First up two second hand coats by EMODA

                         

　　　　　　　

I really wanted to buy these boots from LIP SERVICE last winter, but I never got around to and they sold out. Then a few days ago I just happened to stumble upon a random site that still sels them for a great clearance price :D Also when I got the boots I found the shop had packed a little present for free, a cute flowery make up box^^

During the weekend I just aimlessly wandered around the neighborhood and came across a 100円 shop where I found these adorable chopsticks, OWLS <3 

Last but not least, I had run out of most of my The BODY SHOP products so yesterday I went on a quest to get new ones and came across this heavenly smelling raspberry body lotion.

Good things comes to those who wait, and apparently I like waiting (for cheap stuff lol).

Internship ranting and some OOTDs

I'm falling way behind on this blog, but I really don't have time to update much as of recently. School takes all my time and pretty much kills any inspiration I might have had about blogging -_-

Anyhow in about 6 weeks I'm heading out for a 3 month long internship, I still don't know where I'm gonna end up though, I'm sure it will be interesting, and probably pretty horrible according to any person who have ever done an internship at a Japanese hotel. What I'm most worried about is that I'm gonna flip a table and loose my temper, because the way interns are treated in Japan would probably not be legal in Sweden... And since I'm white and a WOMAN (omygosh!) I've been told I'm gonna have an even tougher time. Well they've probably never run into a Swedish viking girl before. To be honest I'm not really sure if I have the right kind of personality for the hotel world (at least the Japanese one), I do NOT take lightly on rasism and sexism, and as harsh as it sounds I'd rather quit than having to bow my head while having to take crap like that.

To get myself out of some negative thinking I've been going through my beloved closet, realizing I have a lot of clothes, sadly pretty much every morning I stand infront of the darn closet thinking, "I have nothing to wear". I realized it was mostly because I have a hard time coming up with what would actually go nicely with what, seeing as my closet is always a mess no matter how hard I try to organize it... So I came up with the idea of making outfits and taking pictures! That way I can look at those pictures for inspo when I feel like I have nothing to wear.

Skirt CECIL McBEE,  T-shirt Hyphen world gallery

Shoes EGOIST

Shorts Forever 21

Hat Fig&Viper T-shirt Cecil McBEE Shorts H&M

Necklace EGOIST T-shirt Lip Service Pants OZOC

Sunglasses MA*RS

I'm gonna try and post some outfits every other second week or so, that way I might get some posting motivation back and I get to play around with my beloved clothes and accessories <3

And I can't believe I missed Coldplay when they for once came to Tokyo ;___; They played in a ridiculously small hall and the tickets went out through a lottery, luck was not on my side. Hoping they'll come back soon to play at a big arena, if it's at festival I'm gonna drag myself half over Japan if I have to!

Well I'm off to kick som kanji butt, take care ya all~

Hakone and Sea Paradise!

Wow it's already the middle of December! Not that you could have guessed it judging from the weather though, today it was thunder and raining hard. The good thing is the daylight lasts much longer compared to Sweden where it's dark most of the time during winter…

Anyhow thought I should post some pictures from my adventures in Hakone and at Sea Paradise!

First out is Hakone

Mt Fuji!

 

Hot spring

 

Black eggs boiled in the hot spring

Next up Sea Paradise

 

Got to do some fishing haha

 

Also we got to eat the fishes we had caught, yummie!

 

Santa has changed his job a bit...

Both these trips were so much fun! Just being able to relax and enjoy the day with friends and loved ones. It's too bad Sea Paradise is so far away from where I live or I would definitely go there more often.

Also the yen is crazy low right now compared to the krona so I'll post some pictures of some recent gets next time, so stay tuned folks!

Accessory time!

It's friday! And so another week of school has come to an end, gonna celebrate that by making Jack and Coke drinks once my bf gets home, if he manage to get home before 10pm today… Seriously the japanese working days REALLY are too long, no wonder people work them selves to death..

Today I went on a hunt for cheap accessories, I don't buy stuff like earrings or bracelets very often so sometimes it's fun to go on a hunt. Went to Shibuya 109 'cause you can actually find nice priced accessories there. So this is what I ended up with~

The necklace and bracelet is CECIL McBEE and the earrings are just some random brand. Now since the yen is so cheap it's like shopping at H&M haha. I really love the necklace and it seems the blue one was the last on in the shop so I was lucky!

Then I came across this coat, and I just totally fell in love, it's not often it happens but this time I just couldn't stop myself from buying it even though I don't really need another jacket, or maybe I do since I seem to have some sort of allergy to my autumn one :/ The mirror is really dusty, sorry ><

The only thing that is a little bit irritating is that there is nothing holding the belt in place, so when you put it on you have to manage to keep the coat closed (there's no buttons either) while you put on and tie the belt, it will take some practice^^; The brand is DaTuRa, it's my first time buying anything from them since their clothes are a bit over my budget. This time the coat was on time sale though so this was probably a one time purchase haha.

And on sunday it's first Advent, which means I'm gonna christmas decorate at home! Finally ^___^

I know my bf doesn't really care for christmas stuff since it's not a big deal in japanese families but at least I'm enjoying it to the fullest. And we're gonna buy a chocolate calendar haha.

Until next time, take care!

Me and fashion, the little doll who once again became a doll

I never really talk about fashion with my friends, mostly because, well, pretty much non of my closer friends have any interest in it. Sometimes it gets a bit lonely I must admit, when you can't really share one of your biggest passions. It's not like I haven't tried find people with an interest, is more like those people I HAVE found I pretty much don't have anything else in common with. I mostly always stand out as the odd one in many of my group of friends, my personality do not match my outside, at all. And neither is there any reason why it should, why couldn't a girl wearing cute clothes be a big fan of metal and loves going crazy at those concerts? But we do judge after the outside at first sight after all and I guess that's why at first I always end up in groups that I find myself not really being comfortable in, because people see my appearance and befriends me based on what I look like. Actually it's hard to explain so I guess I should leave it at that haha.

Well I have changed styles like a roller coaster ever since my child hood, like I guess most people have. When I was 3 or 4 years old I had really long curly golden hair (actually I had that until I turned 8) and my mom just loved it so she always dressed me up as a little doll, and I always felt like I was uncomfortable. So when I started school and was old enough to decide for myself what kind of clothes I liked I started to dress like a boy, actually in many cases buying clothes from the boys section in the cloth shops. It wasn't only because I thought they looked cooler but because they could withstand more rough playing. I was always playing with boys as a child, and they were not inside playing with dolls.
When I started the swedish equivalent of junior high I did drop some of the boyishness and started to dress kind of feminine, however at my last year I really started to like listening to rock and metal, and so I once again started do drop the more feminine style in favor of trashed jeans, black shirts, studs and long wild hair. And that was the style I kept all through high school. But during my high school years I had started listening a lot to japanese music, and then mostly the bands who dress visual, visual kei. And so a while after I had graduated high school my new passion was to dress like visual, feminine looking asian men. Nooo, it doesn't sound confusing at all, does it? So I had short multicolored hair, LOTS of piercings and very visual clothing. And it was during this period that I found most of the people who I today love as if they were my family, even though most of us have dropped the visual style now haha.
However preferences changes and as I got older I started to feel uncomfortable in the visual style, I just felt like I couldn't really feel like a woman while dressing like that, or rather it didn't feel like me anymore. So then started my transition into looking like a very feminine girl, with a lot of drop backs to the boyish looks thanks to me feeling insecure about my new style. So in the end the doll once again became a doll.

And not really that anyone care but since this was a post about fashion I though I should post my winter closet, that I must say I'm super duper happy with <3

Also got myself two pair of packages of fake nails, since it's my bf's sisters wedding tomorrow I though I'd try to at least get my horrible nails to look decent -__- Haven't decided which ones to wear yet!

Also found a really cheap bracelet at Shibya 109, so cute!!

Well that was all for this time, have a feeling I might write more about fashion from now on, or maybe not, time will tell!

Autumn greetings

Yeah, autumn is finally coming, even though you couldn't have guessed unless it was for the leaves changing their color. Autumn in Tokyo is far cooler than summer, but that doesn't mean it gets cold like it does in Sweden, it's still at least 25 degrees most days, and humid...

So what have been going down since last time, well I guessed you could say a lot.
I moved from my beloved Ikebukuro to Kita-ayase, that pretty much is in the middle of nowhere, but the  apartment is great non the less, I could never afford a place like this in central Tokyo. Also things have finally cleared up for my bf so he will move in with me next week, can't wait, it's gonna be like living with your best friend! And yes I already know we're gonna fight over stuff like cleaning since I slightly believe in organized chaos and he is a complete neat freak lol. Luckily we have both pretty much accepted each others flaws by now.

I've also finished the intermediate level in my language school and will start the advanced level next week, both excited and a bit worried. But at least class MUST be more fun now than it has been the last 6 months, no more Minna no nihongo books. They were OK for beginners level and the start of intermediate but after that, NO.
And on the 25th we're gonna go to Hakone with school, really looking forward to it since it will be my first time going there!

Also I applied to a technical college today where I hope I'll be able to study high class hotel service. I'm faaar from sure I can get into that school, you need to pass an interview and a language test, but I would really regret it if I didn't at least try.

And soon it's my birthday, so I'm gonna throw a home party for once. I will also be joined by 3 of my best friends from Sweden who're coming to visit me for 2 weeks, so excited! We're gonna have so much fun, izakaya, karaoke, random craziness in Tokyo to put it simple.

I don't know why but lately I've felt more culture clashes between Sweden and Japan than normally, maybe a sign that I'm being dragged into japanese society on a deeper level than what I've experienced so far, it's a BIG difference just living here having fun and REALLY living here, hard to explain but I guess it's just about getting deeper into society.

Well this turned out to be far longer than I had intended, but here take some pics from my camping in the mountains last month, over and out~

Dying the sweet Tokyo summer death

I'm always late on making updates, sorry...

It's almost a month since the breast exam and as i hoped there was nothing wrong. The doctor just told me I could feel this way because I'm going trough a lot of stress in my daily life and that effects my hormones that in turn goes kind of crazy and stops to cooperate with the rest of the body. Having been told that I guess I should stress less in the future, but living in this country makes it kind of impossible to not stress over a handful of things -__-;

Also finished the final exams for intermediate level 2 without any problems, but now I'm kind of fearing level 3... But the next semester will just go on for one month before it's time for 2 weeks summer vacation! I have no made up plans as of yet but I'm gonna go to the beach for sure!

Right now I'm just dying the heat death and seeing it's gonna lean towards 33C at the end of the week I just want to hide indoors and not go outside until autumn. But since school starts tomorrow I don't have a choice. A lot of people left school after last semester so this time schools gonna feel a bit empty for sure. But I hope to met a lot of new people!

And during last week, since i had a week off from school, me and one of my best friends from Sweden took a trip to Jeju island, it was a really nice vacation and it felt great to get away from busy Tokyo for a while. Here's some pictures from the trip;

If I ever have the chance I'd love to come back to Jeju with my boyfriend, it could be a really romantic vacation^^

Without going into details, I'm still living in my own apartment, the moving in together thing got postponed into the future. Outer factors will always be a pain in the butt I guess, but those are just the things you can't do anything about.

But my biggest problem right now is probably the whole practical college/university thing. It's about getting time to choose now and I have no idea what to do since I will probably not be granted study loans for that. I'm so stressed I just want to punch a hole in the wall. I can't imagine leaving my bf and going back to Sweden without him next year, it's just, no. But I don't really now what to do right now, argh.

Well all I can do right now is just hoping things turns out for the better for my bf, that the heat doesn't kill me and that I'll get through this semester as well.

Over and out.