japan 'n' joolia time

so here i am in tokyo but unfortunately i had quite the non-fun evening! since i arrived ive been in some shitty shape but today i couldnt breathe deeply without my chest hurting like a bitch so since i have gimp lungs we figured it'd be best to go to the hospital. so not a good idea! i had a swab put through my nostril and into my throat, 3 vials of blood taken (and since im harsh needle-phobic, immediately started crying. yes, im a total pussy.); basically it sucked a lot. and in the end they decided i have a slight fever and dont know why im in pain and gave me a whack of pills. and to get the depressing shit outta the way, it was absolutely miserable travelling to tokyo from phnom penh. it took like 24 hrs and 4 countries and it was just crushingly painful, both emotionally and physically. but then i got here and so that's good!

what's surprising is how much harder it is to travel around in japan than the other places ive been to so far. i hadnt been on public transport in a while and their subway system is hella intense. also most people dont speak english; apparently we were damn pampered in vietnam and cambodia. thankfully sweet sweet joolia's here! her japanese is damn good now yall should hear her! but yes its very hard to get around. most cab drivers dont know where anything is and you have to give them precise directions. but last nite we had a map and everything but the cab driver was just like no, dont know where that is, get out and get another cab. we got booted from a fucking cab! it was wiiiiiiiiiierrrrdddd. ok but no more whining cause japan is lovely.

the first day was a bit of a write off since i just arrived but our hostel was amazing and it was so clean and refreshing. we wandered around a bit in asakusa and had dinner with joolia's aunt and cousin at a posh posh sushi restaurant. apparently george bush ate there joolia's aunt informed us. anyway the food was amazing and it was very nice to eat in a family setting again, even if it isnt my family.

the 2nd day was the big day: disneylandsea! we didnt go to tokyo disney since wed both been to disneylands before so we opted for this crazy ocean/water-themed disney park they only have here and it was sooo fun! it was especially great since were both crazy zealous over disney movies and were both verrrry in touch with our inner child. we were there for 11 hours so id say we totally worked it well. it was also great to eat again with my girlfriend! since my girls from back home are all champion eaters and since apparently most other people arent, it was great to have someone around who wants to pig out just as much as me. basically at disneyland, we were either feeling nauseaus from the rides, or eating. it'd be like 'are we too nauseaus to eat? no. let's eat a churro!' by the way, i totally just downed 3 kinds of painkillers so i cant promise the rest of this post will make sense. anyway disneyland sea was soooooo fun, we were ceaselessly entertained and giddy. we just ran around all day like 5 year olds. we even bought matching little leapord print minnie mouse ears that you clip on like hair clips. by the way, joolia says she thought she was gonna die on the tower of terror and since im a wuss i totally didnt ride it and was very glad afterwards. joolia's super brave and i salute her!

oh by the way, the people here are intensely stylish. if i felt like a hobo before, i feel maaaajorly like a hobo now. oh and its fucking freezing! as in like vancouver winter cold! and since im such a smartie i pretty much have ditched all my warm clothes so i think i'll basically be wearing just one outfit every single day for the next 2 weeks. ok im going off track...yes the people here are super stylin and the boys are right up there with the chicks. boys here are so adorable and at the disneypark, theyd wear the mickymouse ear hair clips too and get all decked out in disney gear. boys back home could really learn a thing or 2 from the japanese guys.

and today we went and viewed cherry blossoms and while eating cherry blossom flavoured ice cream nonetheless! yuummmmm. then we went shibuya where they have the world's busiest pedestrian crossing. i think there are something like 4 or 5 crossings and they all go at once and its just a giant mass of people zig zagging all over the place at the same time. we also went to an all girls mall where the girls are all self-tanned orange, have big dyed and curled hair, tons of makeup and crazy get ups. after that we went to harajuku but we unfortunately didnt really see any harajuku girls but it was still a cute area with some crazy shops. lots of goth shit going on. oooh we also went to the harajuku daiso! i forgot daiso even existed.

anyway what was really fantastic today (and this is gonna sound kinda pathetic but i dont care) is that joolia's aunt took us to see a movie! shes so adorable and is all about things that are no. 1 so she took us to the premium seating theatre to watch the holiday and the seats were so great, they reclined! and we ate popcorn and it was just heaven. im not even sure if the movie was actually that good but it seemed great to me. anyway now im tired and im off to bed!