A rountrip airticket to Japan/Korea used to be at least RM4k or around that rate...but now...u can get there with less than 2k!!!! Dear Win Yang just came back frolm Korea (she's a BIG shinhwa fan--went there for their concert..), and her roundtrip fare was around RM1.8k or RM1.4k? I cant remember..But still it's less than 2k..
An image from google of roughly how it looks inside..the one that we went in was smaller.
An image of the maids from google, but it looks the same....it cost to take photos inside, around RM11++ per photo..
....since I just came back from a major trip for the year.. NO chance I can go for another..
ugh...I still feel like running!!!
ANYWAY....
Osaka ---Nanba 5th April
We went there at our first weekend..
Situated in the city site of Osaka, packed with anime, mangga, video, electronic stores..the whole street of buildings are actually shops, with at least 2 storeys of goods mentioned above. Although I am no big fan of either manga or anime, but it was still an eye opening event..My friends practically went CRAZY...going into one after another shops that seems to be never ending..
Of course, we also got the opportunity to "explore" the X-rated sites. Well..they actually not covering up, selling those along with what you call "sensible" mangas and animes, in ROWS of shelves.. So..basically it's EVERYWHERE. Well...At least we don't see it in Mal right..
Although I have people telling me that electronic devises in Japan are dirt cheap, but through all the stores I had went into, the good/new ones aren't cheap, just reasonable. Most of the Vietnamese who were with us bought cameras there though. Still, I think Malaysia would be a better place if u are not looking for those high-end products.
AND...here comes the madness...
We, me n 2 of my close friends (Deng and Xin Yin) actually took the guts to walk in a MAID CAFE...which turn out to be "memorable"..
Yea..with all the waitress dressing as maids serving you, addressing you as "master/mistress". If you have a "thing" for these stuff, quit reading, it will upset your stomach...
To state it clear...I m no fan of these kind of---i dunno what to call it. So no offence for what ever i published.
and the rules are, you are not supposed to take any picture, and hands on any of the "maids" (which includes sexual harrasment). It was stated on the walls.
The one we went into weren't that big, looks like a doll house, u know..
The maids announced "Welcome back, master" when you entered the doors. Which gave me goosebumps...
I didnt really notice my surroundings untill I was seated, which was when I started to feel drowsy.
Situation 1 : There is these 2 geeks sitting rite on my left (tables are small and seatings are close to each other), drooling over something.
My friends: wei, u c the 2 ppl beside u.
me: uhuh?...seems fine to me r..
My friends: NO, see what are they holding.
Then my eyeballs nearly dropped out..
They were actually drooling over a LARGE collection of maid keychains, posters, models, cards...and they were smilling dreamily..comparing with the real live ones infront of them.. u get that picture.. which i went "omg...."..
Well, they are what we call---the "Otaku"s
And as I was the nearest to them..their conversations were quite clear to me..
And...trust me you won't want to hear it..flrting with the maids, toying words with them..ugh..
(Btw..we didnt bother to whisper while gossiping, as we spoke in Chinese...)
Then, from there onwards, we started noticing stuff..
Situation 2: The table on my right, seats a young girl around 15 -18 yrs old..and 2 kids.
She is wearing some..what they call " Lolita" wear. with frills, corset..i didnt take any pics of her..so just an image of what is "LOLITA" wear..
and Deng started a conversation with her, discovered that she is just an high school student, bringing her sisters out for lunch...BUT to a maid cafe?? well, according to her, she says she likes these stuff alot..and was a regular..
Situation 3: There is this guy, around age 25++ walking in, and seats right opposite our table. He looks quite decent, "normal" dressed, compare to others...But then, he started getting weirder and weirder..
1. his face started flushing (I thought it was the heat, but NO it's not. I found out later on.)
2. He got more and more excited (his movements..)
3. 10 min later,he walk up to a waitress, request for a photo session.
4. ok...photo session is fine, but he started fishing out his "gadgets" - a pack of cards to put at his waist, a flashy belt that holds it, and a piece of card (some game card..) which he posed with it, and got the "maid" to pose with it as well.
......he was either stuck in his own fantasy world or watched too much anime.
And we just...STARED.
he is right in front of us. As mention, the shop wasn't big, and we have no where else to settle our eyes.
Oh yea...did I mention we went in for lunch? Yea...lunch...
We seriously dunno what we put into our mouth...
I had omelette rice, which I get to draw whatever image that i like on it with tomato sauce, erm, correction, the "maid" drew it.
I don't really remember how it taste like..
we got so sick of the environment, that we quickly finish our meal and left.
really memorable...if you feel you are insane, go there, and you will feel right again.
You will probably be the only "right" ones in there...
no offence to all Otakus...
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