Hey, hey

So... I didn`t tell yet but the bath in the youth hostel I stayed at was onsen style (japanese public bath) but divided into men and women, of course. So I didn`t take a bath for 3 nights. Just kidding. Of course I did. I was lucky anyway I didn`t bathe with anybody else.

I think everybody should go to an onsen or public bath at least once in their lives (when I saw onsen it`s always separated into male and female). It`s amazing how everybody`s in their birthday suits and not caring about it like we normally walk without clothes along the streets.

Anyway, before going to Kyoto we stayed at a Ryokan for 2 days and 1 night. A ryokan is an inn with a hot spring (which is in onsen style too). It was, as expected, full with old ladies. Anyway... on our first night in the ryokan, Bloc Party was performing in Club Quattro in Shibuya(?) and it was a huge bummer that I wasn`t able to go. But the hot spring was good anyway. Besides, it`s not often that I get to bathe with a bunch of old ladies in a natural hot spring. (It`s not often that you get to be supposedly near a location some band from miles away is playing at, too.) Bummer. And no other good band is playing in Shibuya or Shinjuku or wherever near Tokyo.

Drifting to another topic...

It`s such a pleasure to spot sales in Japan... and now that there`s a coming season shift, there are sales again. (I can`t believe I`m talking about sales.) I got a pair of really good beige straight pants for Y500 (P250!) and a cool shirt at Uni-Qlo. (Because I found a .uk version of their site... so that`s why they have a lot of designs from Europe... must have franchised and recruited from there.)

By the way, Uni-Qlo is the shiz. 2 years ago they sold these boring shirts with bad grammar on them but now they have recruited works and designs from (as print on their shirts): Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, London/Paris/NY Selections, Barbara Kruger(sp?), etc. They produce a lot of the shirts, sure, but they still kick ass. And they have good pants too. And comfy hooded sweaters in many colors. And considerably cheap.

There`s this shirt I found which had this printed on it with hearts and cursive writing:
Don`t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddamn rules.

Would`ve been cool but didn`t get it since I didn`t like the T-shirt material and I can live without it.


Shirt I got from Uni-Qlo.


Pants from Uni-Qlo

I also found a new line of shirts called Happy Warmingman (I think it involved Sony but what the hey.) Happy Warmingman is hilarious. See and visit him at http://www.warningman.com

Recently, since about 2 months ago, I`ve been developing an affinity for coats of all kind. (Speaking of coats, maybe Danny from McFly and the cute jap guys are more attractive because they wear suit-like coats/jackets casually? I dunno, I find it amusing.) So, I have finally bought a longer than normal coat (I`m not sure if I should really call it a trench) and it`s lovely. My dad bought this ridiculously light pink trench coat but it`s turning out to be cooler than it first was. My dad bought a pink denim trench-like coat months ago too, I think. But I haven`t seen it yet.

So yeah, you might see me around UP wearing a coat on a rainy day or a chilly Philippine December day.

Whatever.