Yesterday was supposed to be a mugging day, but I attended the Japanese Festival with Melissa instead. 
Melissa dropped by my place earlier in the day at around 2pm to try on the 浴衣 and wheeee it was a perfect fit! We wanted to leave my place by 4pm, but erh, because of certain crop ups (i.e. Melissa’s obi), we couldn’t. Anyway, by the time we left, it was RAINING so badly that my dad called a cab for us to get to Expo.
We reached Expo at around 5.30pm and saw Jon lingering around there. Mel’s friend, Lynn, came slightly later and we helped fix Melissa’s obi that was poked by zillions of safety pins. Managed to catch the shuttle bus and we zooooooomed all the way to the Japanese school.
IT WAS SUPER CROWDED THERE OMG. Especially the ヨーヨーゲーム at the ゲームコーナ。It was supposed to be super fun, but unfortunately luck wasn’t on our side. 
When I was trying to hook up the ‘yo-yo’, the HOOK DROPPED OFF!!! Argh! Very very sad. The guy in charge told me nicely that I could just choose one yo-yo. Yay! I managed to kop Jon’s hook also and I tried to fish for another yo-yo… but the hook dropped off. -_- wah lau. So the guy just smiled sheepishly and told me to choose and take another yo-yo. Very sad lah. Everyone managed to fish 12345678910 yo-yos but poor me only got 2. Bad luck seriously.
Other than that, we tried some Japanese food such as the Japanese curry there. Not bad lah. The 蛸焼き was also not bad, but it cost $5. x_x I spent at least $50 there man. Completely bonkers… luckily my dad gave me $50 before I left. Roar. I removed my makeup halfway during the festival because the mascara was getting a bit heavy (Mel lah, tell me to put make up zzz). I think we left at around 9pm and we went to Paya Lebar to grab another burger.
WAH SUPER SCARY. When I was removing my contact lenses, they BROKE. Like, this is the second time within a year that my contact lenses broke — same brand some more! Argh I knew it, I shouldn’t have trusted this brand of contact lenses even though the salesgirl said that there was no reported problems so far. It’s damn freaky when the lense breaks because there may be some fragments left in the eye. Damn scary. Sadly that is the only brand that has daily contact lenses that are gray in colour. Freak man. Why doesn’t Johnson&Johnson produce anymore coloured contacts? Their contact lenses are the most awesome man.
In any case, Japanese festival was rather thrilling. I’m looking forward to my scuba diving next month! It’s less than a month already actually — September 14th~! I’ve yet to source for a housing to rent because I plan to take some photos while diving. I think I’ll be renting some strobes too to go along with the housing. Hmm, gotta call up Underwater World to check if I can bring in my D80 to take. By the way, those who go to support me and Mel will get 20% off for Underwater World, yay! Anyone who wants to tag along can ask me, though it’s subject to first-come-first serve basis. 
Anywaaaay, pictures of Japanese Summer Festival!
Many other people were also wearing their 浴衣 at the festival. I saw this really cute white kid donning one too!
Me and Jon at the festival, with a balloon flower that he bought for me.
Cos it was raining so heavily before, the chairs and tables were all wet. Many camped inside to eat instead, clogging up pathways and everything else.
Me with the wonderful fan that the sponsors provided for the festival. Taken outside the Sports hall where a mass dance was conducted.
ヨーヨー！Really damn cute right! Ahaha it’s even more funky when you loop it around your finger and play it like a yo-yo. Look at the MacDonalds reflection
Me after removing the freaky contact lenses. Anyway when I came here to get my meal, everyone was looking at me with a weird stare cos I was wearing my 浴衣. A very interesting experience, nonetheless.
I’ve been listening to quite a lot of ballads lately, for some strange reason or another. Good ones include Hotel California by Eagles, American Pie by Don McLean and Say Anything by X Japan. By the way, NO ONE should call themselves a Japanese fanatic/freak/fan if they have not heard Say Anything. It is a very powerful ballad (and yes, it is also defined as a power ballad) and the lyrics are nice too. It’s Japanese by the way, so you may need to find the English translation if you want to find out the meaning.
Alright, I think that’s enough writing for today. Off to do my work. Lalala.
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