Catchin' Up

I've been a lot lazier at blogging my second year. Can you tell? Hehe. Anyhoo, lemme tell you what's been happening lately. Before you leave to grab that donut and return in hopes that you can indulge in my bewitching anecdotes, stop. Seriously. My life is really not that interesting. Seriously. K, now that you've been warned, let's continue...

Oh yeah, I still need to post Taiwan pics. Patience is a virture, my friend. Goodness, where did that come from? Wait a sec...no one says 'goodness' any more either, huh? Dude, I should really hire a paraphraser....you know, one that paraphrases. K, looks like I'm in desperate need of one. What is wrong with me?

Movin' on.

A couple of weeks ago, Jeff and I went to Tokyo for the long weekend. We were super-tired of hanging out in Gunma yet another weekend, so we decided to see what Tokyo had to offer. Our biggest complaint about Tokyo was that it's always the same; the same places, the same things, just the same. Thus, we decided to visit some random new places. Our first destination was Odaiba, a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay. On our way there, we stopped by Shinbashi station, which turned out to be an awesome station b/c, of course, they have tons of food places that looked yummy! Haha. Also, they have an awesome Anpanman store. And yes, surely we couldn't resist the urge to buy more toys for our desks at work! Hehe.

After finally reaching Odaiba, we didn't spend much time there as it was a bit um, touristy? They had this one place that was an exact replica of the shopping area at Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. Seriously. After Odaiba, we headed to Nakameguro, a cute little riverfront area recommended by a friend. It wasn't what we were expecting, but it was nice and quaint, nonetheless. I'd definitely go back some time. After having a couple of tacos there as our pre-dinner appetizer (*ahem*), we went to Harajuku to our favorite Indian restaurant. Omg...it's sooo good. Mmmm.

We decided to stay the night in Tokyo, as Jeff had to be in Tokyo the next day anyway, and I didn't want to rush back home either. Our goal was to stay in a themed love hotel. For those of you who don't know, love hotels are places that rent rooms for a few hours or for a night. Hmm...I wonder what for. Anyway, they are VERY popular in Japan, as many young people live with their parents, or married couples have kids in homes with very thin walls, etc. So yeah, this is a way for them to do their business in private. Also, it's a great place for affairs. Hehe. You may think that that's sooo dirty, and you'd be right, except that it's in Japan, meaning the dirtiest of places are probably cleaner than your local Motel 6 at home. Seriously.

We must've looked at 20 to 30 hotels (it is quite popular to window shop since you don't have to face anyone....a mysterious hand just pops out of a sealed window to collect your money and hand you your key...for privacy) before we chose our lovely room. Oh yeah, there are lit-up menus to show you which rooms are available so you just press the button, pay the mysterious hand, get your key and off you go! How exciting! The room we chose was a city-themed room. It was AWESOME. Love hotels ROCK!

In normal lighting, our room just looked...normal. However, once we turned on the black lights, it was CLAZY! All the walls had a night cityscape painted on it; it really felt like we were in the city...in like the cheesiest way possible! Awesome. Also, they had a HUGE TV, a DVD player, a satellite radio with a million channels, and a huge bathroom! We wanted to be as Japanese as possible, so we watched The American President on the DVD player. Seriously. Hahaha. We definitely got our moneys worth by leaving both the black lights and the radio on while we were sleeping. Hehe.

If you ever get a chance, I'd TOTALLY recommend going to a love hotel at least once. It is quite affordable and very clean for what it is! We already want to go back again! Our next destination is an ocean-themed room!

More of this "catchin' up" stuff later...I'm sreepy!