BEYOOOOONDS-Now Now Ningen Reaction

 Hello, I have uploaded my first reaction video on this channel. Honestly, I really need to say more stuff but I didn't. I hope you enjoy!

Socially Awkward Asian Ep 2: Middle School Cringe/10 years on YouTube

 For the second episode of Socially Awkward Asian, I talked about my first few years on YouTube. I hope you enjoy!

Ai's Otaku Life Ep 1: Becoming a fan of a group for the first time in 10 years

 I have started a new radio series on SoundCloud called Ai's Otaku Life. I decided to make this about things that I feel like aren't as interesting to post on YouTube or things I don't feel comfortable talking about on it. For the first episode, I talked about becoming a fan of a group for the first time in 10 years. I've always liked the same groups since I was in middle school and haven't really changed. I'll try to keep this short but basically, this is my first time getting into a group since Morning Musume. I still do like Morning Musume and Hey! Say! JUMP which I forgot to mention in this but I guess the simplest way to explain this is that I have added another group that I really like to my list.

Ai · Ai's Otaku Life Ep 1: Becoming a fan of a group for the first time in 10 years

Socially Awkward Asian Episode 1

 I have decided to re-record the first episode of Socially Awkward Asian and upload it to a new channel. I hope you enjoy! 

Japan Trip 2019-2020 Day 1: First Full Day December 28th, 2019

Due to jet lag, I had a pretty early start. The first thing my mom and I did was go to a cafe to have breakfast in Akihabara. I don't remember the name of the cafe but it is a franchise and a place my mom had been interested in going. It was a little disappointing since it smelled like cigarettes and had an intimidating atmosphere. But the food seemed pretty good. I got a warm strawberry milk while my mom got a breakfast menu with bread and coffee.

After eating, we went to Asakusa to take some pictures and explore. My mom wanted to get some instagram worthy pictures. Since it's not as crowded in the morning, we were able to get some good shots. After taking some pictures, we explore Nakamise dori and got ichigo daifuku. The ichigo daifuku was very good. On the way back, we took a taxi back to the hostel since we realized that it was a bit far. The taxi driver talked about how Sumo is the main thing people go see when they come to Asakusa other than the Nakamise dori area but other than that, there's nothing else.

 

After going back to the hostel, we took a quick break before I went to go get my haircut. By then, my roommates were already awake. Having roommates was an interesting experience. Majority of them were Chinese and they were pretty nice. I did feel different from them however because I'm not someone who tends to care much about appearance while most of my roommates spent hours doing their hair and makeup in which I had to go up a different floor when I wanted to brush my teeth or just wash my face.

So I left, I believe a little bit before 11am since that was when my mom scheduled my appointment. The salon itself was a bit run down but overall, I had an good experience. However, when I went go get my haircut in March of this year, my hairdresser was very surprised about the way the hairdresser that I went to in Japan cut my hair. It was just very different from the way she cuts people's hair from what I have been told. The haircut took probably about an hour and I really liked how my hair looked. 

After getting my haircut, we went to Tokyo Dome in order to know where everything was. For lunch, we had sushi. It was quite big so I wasn't able to finish it all unfortunately and I was also feeling a bit sick. 

  After we had lunch, I went to line up to get some concert goods. I lined up for a good hour or so. It went by pretty smoothly. One thing I liked is that there were stands specifically for those to pay with debit/credit cards. There were not as many people lined up there so it went by a lot faster. When I finished buying these goods, I tried to look for my mom but it took forever to do so. She wasn't very specific about where she was so I had a very hard time trying to find to her. While I was looking for her, I saw this girl who I believe is Fuwameru(ふわめる). For those who don't know her, she is a well known Yamada Ryosuke fan. She writes very obsessive tweets and instagram stories about him such as how much she loves him, how he looks in almost every picture and has been obsessing about what he looked like when he was younger. Basically, she's pretty controversial especially when she posted on her instagram story of Yamada's previous address although she did not disclose in full detail by putting circles and triangles. In summary, she is a crazy/obsessive Yamada fan. From what I saw, she was very small and didn't seem that much taller than I am. 

When I finally found my mom, she was very excited to see what I bought. I showed her the things I bought and then she made me take pictures with my Yamada uchiwa that I just bought. It was very awkward to do so because I don't like to show that I am a fan. I didn't realize what my mom was making do was something a lot of fans do when they take pictures. After this, we parted ways since my mom had to start heading to Osaka while I went back to the hostel to rest a bit. 

Around 4:30pm, I headed to Akihabara to go to the Hello! Project store. I was surprised that there was quite a few people there. It's normally quite empty so I wonder if it was just because of the time I went there or because it was getting close to New Years. I thought this was cute so I decided to take a picture of this. 

I regret not buying this since my hair was short at the time and I believe that these stuff were a bit pricey. After this, I went to Don Quixote to buy a towel since I did not bring one and the one I rented was taken away by the cleaning lady. It was quite hard to find where everything was since it's so big. For dinner I went had McDonald's because for some reason, I was craving it. I got a Filet-O-Fish, fries and the Sankaku Choco pie. For my drink, I got a Fanta grape. For the Filet-O-Fish, I noticed that it was less oily compared to the one in the United States. Also, I'm sure the size of the drink would most likely be a small here as well. Overall, it was good.

After having my dinner, I went home to rest for the big day ahead. That is it. I will try to have the next post out on next Saturday.

Black Friday Haul 2019(I know, I'm super late)

 I was initially planning on making this post as soon as winter break began but didn't have the time to do so(aka being lazy about it). Since I finally have some time, I will be showing the the clothes I bought on Black Friday. 

I will start off with my purchases from Adidas. 

 

I got this crewneck long sleeve shirt. I first bought this in pink and also wanted to get a black one after seeing it at Macy's. It was originally $60 but got it for $36. 

 The second and last thing I got from Adidas is a hoodie. The size for it is XS, however it is still very big on me but it's nice to wear it oversized. It definitely came a lot bigger than expected so the next I get a hoodie from Adidas, I shall order one from the kids section. 

Next, are the purchases from Levi's. 

I got these two shirts for I think $10-$20. I can't remember whether it was $10 for each shirt or 2 for $10. I got these in size small in which I thought were a little too big. I was debating whether or not I should get them in XS but these fit pretty well. A little big but more comfortable this way. 

 

Lastly, I got this long sleeve. I just like how simple it is and it's very comfortable to wear. I don't remember the price for but I think it was around $20. 

These are the things that I got. I know it's not much and I regret not posting this much earlier since I would've remember the prices more.

September

 It is already September in which I cannot believe. This crazy year is already going by super fast. I honestly do wish everything will go back to normal eventually, however it looks there is still a long way to go. It's weird how we were all so afraid at first but I think many of us are getting used to the new normal. I do also wish that I can travel again. When the pandemic settles down, it would be nice to go to Japan again and do the things that I was not able to do the last time I went there. Lately, I have been watching a lot of past travel vlogs, food vlogs and packing videos. I think this is a perfect time to plan any future travels and find places to go and things to do. 

I finally finished my summer course. It was a very stressful term. Although I only took one class, it was still tough. The class itself was very unorganized and I think my professor got lazy with it in the end. But I got through it and that's what it matters.