Mt. Fuji

Just some pictures I took during my new year shopping trip in an outlet mall near Mt. Fuji.

I took this picture on train.

I was soooo excted to see big Mt. Fuji or  Fuji-san, I can see Fujisan almost everyday from where I live but it's small from here.

An onigiri

We had some onigiri while waiting the train. I woke up quite early on that day because the journey is quite long, about 2hours and half and I wanted to go there as soon as possible before all bargains were bought by other shoppers. I was at my nearest station around 7am, changed trains like 3 or 4 times, so I was so hungry when we reached the last station to change train.

Onigiri is a rice bowl with topping inside (?), my favorite onigiri is salmon flakes and okaka, dried tuna flakes with soy sauce. Other popular onigiris are tuna mayonnaise, sour plum, and cod roes.

Doves

Doves in station were quite big, or just I rarely see doves this closely, they were cute, they didn't run away even we came nearer to them, so I kejar-kejar until train comes.

Nyum!

Makin dekat kt area Fujisan, makin sejuk sebab jauh dgn bandar.


No pictures were taken during shopping time because I was too busy!lol
The sale was quite good, Coach and Samantha Thavasa offered 50% discounts and Coach gave another 30% discount to people who bought a hand beg. I didn't buy any because there was nothing that I really liked. I bought a train pass holder from Kate Spade, actually I wanted a purse but didn't find any that I really liked. Maybe next time. :)

I was saving my money from December for this trip and I really enjoyed it! For now I will save money again for summer sale in July. But I'm going to Australia and I hope I can go to Europe again so I should save more.. :(

Body Shop's Happy Beg

Salam, and a happy new year again!

Ok for this entry, I want to write about what's inside of "happy beg" that I bought on 1st January. In Japan, happy begs or fukubukuro are sold during new year's sale. Basically, it's a beg that contains many products from that shop or brand, and usually you can't see what't inside but they claim that total products' price inside of the beg is more than the price of the beg itself. But since you don't really know what's inside, it's like a happy draw, and people here enjoy it as a new year's tradition to test out their luck for the year.

For me, ofcourse I did research first on internet, and I thought buying fukubukuro from Body Shop is  a good idea. They have 3 types, 3500yen, 5000yen and 10000yen. I bought 5000yen one (around RM204 or 51euro.

Actually you can see what's inside of beg and choose what you like in Body Shop, so I chose one that has a shampoo set, I really needed new ones at that time.

I got:
1. Shampoo and conditioner from same line.
2. Hair treatment
3. Wide comb
4. Small body wash and lotion set with bath lily.
5. 2 shower gels.
6. Hand cream
7. Nail file
8. 4 pencils

Rainforest Volume Shampoo

 I was looking for a non-silicone shampoos, and that's why I chose this beg. They smell like cranberries, I think, and I like it. This is my first time using non-silicone shampoo, so I'm not used to the feeling yet, the shampoo doesn't make foams as much and my hair is not as smooth as before. But I will continue to use this because non-silicone shampoo is good for my hair, insyaAllah. :)

Wide comb and Rainforest Radiant Hair Treatment

I already have a wide tooth comb to comb my hair before shampoo, saya jarang sikat rambut so I don't use this much. I use this treatment together with Volume shampoo and conditioner. and this one smell nicer than them, it's like yummy sweet smell like cake or kuih. I wanted this series of shampoo set if I could. This hair treatment doesn't contain silicone too.

Small Moroccan Rose body gel set

I totally happy to get this set because Moroccan Rose is my top favorite smell from Body Shop and I use its perfume too. This is a travel size so it will be handy when I go to a trip.

Full size body gels

I was interested in this series since it was launched in summer, I thought of buying it to use during my morning shower so I was really happy to get not one but two of them! I tried only one of them, FIg and Rosemary one but oh my goodness, it doesn't smell good! When I use it, I feel like a chicken to be marinated because of the rosemary smell. It's still tolerable to use but I will not choose to buy it myself. It's just....erghh. BUT, my skin become really smooth and soft after I used this. I think I will use it once a while and enjoy it's not-so-good smell, but not confident to use it until end. The other Lemon and Thyme one has a refreshing, pleasant smell, I'm thinking of use it after gym session or in the morning when I want to be refreshed.

Hemp hand protector and nail file

I love collecting hand cream and lotions so I love this. I didn't buy it by myself before this because it's expensive for a hand cream, but I know it's really popular item and Body Shop. I'm using it right now, typing this entry with cotton gloves on, gloves that I bought from this brand as well. I love that it's in aluminium tube. For nail file, I think I'm not gonna use it because I don't like the feeling, I just feel nervous macam calar kukur je. Geli.


For pencils,I don't know what to do because I don't use pencils anymore and I don't have exams that have to use pencils. I don't have any pencil sharpener in my dorm room. =,= But they are pretty so I will use it to take notes in room or give them to my little cousins.



That's all. Thank you for reading<3

Summer Sale

Yesterday was such a joyful day for me. Although I had an Italian class at 10am, but it was fun and the teacher praised my hijab like usual *ehem* and I did a nice shopping!

It's already summer here in Japan, and you should know that summer in Japan is soooooooo torturing! I mean, I am form Malaysia, a tropical country and it's hot and humid throughout the year but it's even hotter and more humid in Japan! You will sweating like a glass with ice inside (no I don't want to mentioned that animal's name in my blog, lol) eventhough you are just standing there! If it's raining in Malaysia, the temperature will drop a little bit and we can enjoy a nice short nap in a rainy afternoon. But here, jangan harap la..tetap panas like in a sauna.. :'(

So I decided to go buy things that I will need to survive this summer. I bought cooling gel, cooling spray, blanket with towel-like fabric, white shirt and dresses. Why white? So that people around me do not ask me whether I'm hot or not. Oh please I SUPER HATE that question. It's summer, and summer is hot! It's not that because I wear hijab and clothes that cover all of my body, I'm the only one who will sweat and feel hot. Everybody is hot ok! perghh panass hati.hehe

Then I went to my nearest station's shopping complex. Actually I wanted to buy salt and blackpepper with mills. Nak rasa hebat ckit la time masak-masak nanti padah masak sume simple je. hehe Unfortunately they were sold out already so I just had a free coffee and bought prunes and spaghetti there.

like these. with mills. picture from google

Time frust tak dapat beli garam dgn pepper, I strolled around the building and did some window shopping. I saw a shop, Earth Music & Ecology with time-sale signs. I walked in to see some one-piece. At first I only wanted to buy one skirt, but when they told me the price, it was 50% off from price in price tag and plus 10% off from that!! So I macma orang dah kena pukau, pusing2 kedai tu and at last I spent about 17000yen for 6 pieces! memang langsung lari bajet but I like it<3

from google

Hasil pertarungan 

I bought 2 skirts, a maxi dress, a blouse, a denim jacket, and a denim pants. That is from that shop. Kt kedai lain, beli jugak some pieces.hehe

So I am soooo happy noe because I have many clothes to wear this summer and it's all (almost) from brand that I like. I hope I can wear like a faithful muslimah with a touch of modern fashion. insyaAllah. Heat and pressure from peers can't make me to loose my faith. :)

Let's enjoy summer!!!