But no we did not eat Kobe beef.

On the third day of Christmas of Kansai trip 2012, we took a day trip to Kobe to meet Cheesie’s reader Akiko.  She’s the one with the nail salon and she so sweetly did our nails for free T_____T

Yay nice nails for Chinese New Year (and once in my life cos I super rough every time do manicure sure chip within a day even if it’s gelish)

Took the Hankyu to Kobe.

Our footwear.  On the right are my extremely trendy yet painful rabbit fur boots which nearly crippled me for life.

Suddenly I think hats do so much to complete an outfit!  Imma wear a hat everyday now wtf.

The Hankyu train.

Foruchizu on the train!

Kuman-san! So called cos he looks like a bear (くま) hahahaa

Then half of Foruchizu promptly falls asleep.

My friends used to think I have some sleeping disorder cos can fall asleep anywhere anytime -_-

Arrive in Kobe and meet Akiko!

That’s the camera crew setting up at the restaurant we were having lunch.

Akiko is like the epitome of Japanese femininity.  She speaks super softly and gently and covers her mouth when laughing/eating/breathing and does everything sooooo slowly!

Including eat pasta!  In the time she takes to pick up her fork and spoon, twirl her pasta into a neat loop on her spoon, I’ve already finished one and a half mouthfuls of pasta.  And I don’t even eat fast!

If she wasn’t so nice I would have hated her for making me feel like a bear.

Yamada-san, Akiko-chan, #addiction and me.

Went back together to Akiko’s mansion (small apartments are called mansion in Japan) where her nail salon also is.

Even her apartment is the epitome of Japanese grace and femininity cos it’s really small yet neat and decorated beautifully.

Brb while I go kick my clothes under the bed.

Her display of nail colors.  They’re gorgeous!  They have so many shades that I have never seen in Malaysia! Or Bangkok for that matter sigh.

Woohoo nail doing time! Akiko did Cheesie’s nails while her friend and colleague Yamada-san did me <3

See see see.

Chose a red and gold design for Chinese New Year. No la I wanted something a bit more mature than my usual cutesy bows and shit.

Alternate red with gold lettering and pastel leopard prints!  Got my initials some more AO hahahaha.

I might be biased but I think they’re world standard wtf.

Kobe Chinatown!

Coat from SLY, Lena fur boots from minimaos, hat from EMODA.

Cheesie’s outfit!  Cannot remember her outfit from where sorry!

Super happy cos Ogihara Momoko got similar type jacket lololol I am so trendy *idolizes

Saw this sign in a Chinese grocery store in Kobe which I thought was quite cute hahahaha.  They extended the characters from the top word (おみやげ) which means souvenir to make a whole phrase about asking you to buy bak kwa hahaha.

Why have I not discovered the joy of hipster glasses earlier.  Don’t wear a lot of makeup also look nice!  And for some reason it makes your face look ten times smaller.

Hello film crew! Higuchi-san, Kuma san 2, Imai-san and Kuma-san 1.  Then we filmed a bit in downtown Kobe.

By we filmed I mean they filmed Cheesie and I acted as a prop *accomplished

Kobe city is actually pretty beautiful at night!

For some reason the buildings in Kobe are super not Japanese.  They look European actually, not sure where the inflluence came from.

By then freaking cold and I nearly died and was going to start resenting Imai-san for making us film repeated shots wtf.

But worth it la now cos the pictures of the buildings (and us WTF) are quite nice wtf.

TOok the JR back to Shinsaibashi.

Ahaha artistic shot.

And back to our hell hole of overshopping wtf.