ANA Experience Japan Fare

I recently booked tickets to go to Japan in May from Scoot for about $370. Pretty good price, amirite? I was really excited about it and went ahead and roughly planned out the trip and then booked all the hotels for Tokyo, Hakodate and Sapporo. I intended to just take the train from Tokyo to Hokkaido. I knew in the back of my mind that it was a pretty long journey, but I thought it wouldn't really matter. I had taken the trip from Tokyo to Osaka before and it was pretty comfortable as far as train rides go. Then I started to really plan out the trip and started freaking out. The trip would take about 7 hours on train *gulp* And the return trip from Sapporo to Tokyo would be about 8.5 hours.

Was I really ok with spending nearly 20 hours of my vacation stuck on my butt on a train? A quick research on the internet found most people recommending taking a flight instead, much faster and possibly cheaper than buying a JR pass. Started looking for flights to Hokkaido and guess what, the flights I could find cost more than $400!! How come, you ask? Well, friend, turns out I had booked tickets to go to Japan right in the middle of Golden Week, where loads of Japanese people would also be taking trips due to the public holidays. $400 just to fly from Tokyo to Hokkaido? That's even more than what I paid for my flight from Singapore to Tokyo!

I was resigned to my fate to sit on a train for 20 hours, but then I came across this:

JPY 10,500 each way on ANA from Tokyo (Haneda) to Sapporo seemed reasonable enough. But booking a ticket through the website turned out to be another tribulation. After entering all passport and contact details and whatnot for each passenger, the system told me the tickets that I had booked were sold out! And they wouldn't tell me which flight was sold out. And when I went through the whole process again, all the flights were still shown as available. I was pulling my hair out at this point.

Fell asleep trying to book the frigging tickets and woke up at 3 am with an idea! This time I tried booking tickets from Tokyo (Haneda) to Hakodate and from Sapporo to Tokyo (Narita) on the day I was due to fly back to Singapore.

Hallelujah, it worked! They finally let me make the purchase!!!!!!!!1111

Finally, everything was booked! Gosh, planning a holiday by yourself can get so stressful sometimes. Ended up paying about $270 per person for the domestic flights. Not the cheapest but I think I was pretty lucky to get them at all since it was Golden Week. Hopefully I will also be lucky enough to see the cherry blossoms in full bloom when I'm in Hokkaido :D

Nana's Green Tea Weekday Lunch Set

Nana's Green Tea Weekday Lunch Set is really value for money. For $13.90 you get a main course plus a matcha drink of your choice (up to $8.00). It seemed too good to be true, the main course items itself cost about $15! And you get a $8.00 drink on top of that WHAT.

I couldn't believe it, I even checked with the staff to make sure I didn't somehow misread the promo (lol @ me).

My fave, the very expensive unagi ^_^

Our drinks, topped with whipped cream and kuromitsu. ~heaven~

Nana's Green Tea's specialty is of course their matcha drinks and desserts. The main courses kinda pale in comparison, but for $13.90 per set, I'm not complaining!

*puts on Arnold voice* I'll be back.

Balenciaga Ultraviolet Mini Twiggy

The Purse Forum is a really evil place. I haven't visited the forum in a while, but for some reason I went back one day and the next thing I knew, I had my eye set on the new Ultraviolet Mini Twiggy.

I couldn't get it out of my mind, I had to have it. Went to the SG store but they didn't have stocks available and I actually had to order one directly from the George V boutique myself.

My dog just had to get in the shot. When I'm trying to take a photo of him, he shies away. When I'm trying to get a photo of other stuff...

Isn't she a beauty? *heart eyes*

Next on my list: Givenchy Pandora or Nightingale muahahaha

/no shame

Samantha Thavasa Bear Bag Charm

Christmas is around the corner and I am so tempted to buy a Samantha Thavasa bag, to, y'know, reward myself and all. This working and studying part-time is really taking its toll on me. I feel like a zombie half the time. But now the exam is over, I'm fairly sure I'm going to do well, so it's time for some retail therapy!

Since I already have so many bags, I couldn't justify buying a new purse. Decided to buy a bag charm instead, to give one of my bags a new look.

Damage = SGD70.00

Thor: The Dark World

Haven't blogged for a while but I'm dying to win complimentary passes to catch Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World premiere so here I am again ehehehe.

Brother vs Brother

They say that 'a hero is only as good as his villain' and I believe 'Thor' has one of the best villains. Loki, the charismatic God of Mischief and the younger brother of the film's hero, Thor. One of the things I really liked about the first movie was the relationship between the brothers and how Loki's brotherly affection for Thor turned into hatred when he learned of his true parentage.You can't help but sympathise with him even as he descends into villainy. His whole life has been a life. His belief that Thor was their father's favourite has been validated by Odin's confession. Tom Hiddleston played the character to perfection. I was partially rooting for Loki by the end of the movie. It helped that he was hot ;)

Looking like a prince out of a Disney movie.

Planning shenanigans of a sinister nature but still looking hot hot HAAAWT. Very Vogue tbh.

I really hope Loki will redeem himself in Thor: The Dark World, unlikely as it may be.

I remember Loki didn't even appear in one of the first trailers they released of the movie and I literally screamed when he appeared at the end because:

Dat fabulous hair lol

If I had Mjolnir for a day I would do this tbh:

It made me laugh so much when Thor placed Mjolnir on Loki to keep him in place. It's such a brotherly thing to do. I can imagine Thor doing this whenever Loki was being an annoying little brother lol.

No but seriously, since I can't get close enough to Loki to place Mjolnir on him and have my way with him, if I had Mjolnir for the day I would use it to fly myself to Japan for a holiday. Imagine that, a free trip! But since I don't have Thor's upper body strength I would probably fall into the ocean while flying across the border lol.

BYEEE!

Catch Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World” in Singapore cinemas this 31 October 2013! For more updates, like the Official Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World Singapore Facebook Page, and subscribe to the Official Marvel Singapore YouTube Channel!