Shopping in Tokyo 在東京逛街

So what to do when you're staying in Shinjuku? Of course, SHOPPING!
住在新宿能幹什麼呢？當然是逛街啦！

Harajuku is dotted with many famous foreign brands like Gap, Laura Ashley, Chanel, Bulgari, etc. There's also a huge Nike retail shop which allows you to customize your very own shoe for approximately 19,000yen. You can choose a shoe design which you like, then use their computer to change the color and material. I'm saving up for it!
原宿到處都是外國品牌的專賣店，而且你可以花約19,000yen，在Nike設計你自己的鞋子。首先要選擇你喜歡的鞋款，然後利用他們的電腦把顏色和布料換掉，製作只屬於你自己獨一無二的鞋子喔！

There are many shops selling interesting goods and I became especially fond of this second-hand branded bags shop...
我特別喜歡這間賣二手名牌包的店...

Just look at that lovely price tag for a well-maintained 30cm Birkin! It's approximately SG$11k, including tax. Of course, I will just admire it from the window now...
30cm的Birkin只需要749,880yen! 扣稅之後會更划算吧！當然我現在只能在窗外欣賞而已。

Besides retail shops, there is a tremendous amount of night clubs. In fact, I see more "hosts" than "hostesses" at night giving out pamphlets to invite ladies to their clubs. Every single one of them look like someone who just came out from Final Fantasy. I wonder how often they dye their hair and if they finish one tub of hair wax per night. Anyway,  they all look very similar...
除了商店，新宿也有很多夜間俱樂部。晚上可以看到很多男公關在發傳單招客，每個都好像從Final Fantasy跳出來的人物一樣。我在想他們是不是每個月都去染髮啊！？而且會不會每晚都用完一罐髮膠呢！？不過很殘念的是，很多都不高，而且都長得好像。

Here's my small collection of tissue papers collected while walking around Shinjuku. I think you can collect at least 2 tissue packets per shopping trip to the city. No need to buy!
這是我在新宿收集到的面紙戰利品。 我想一次出門可以至少收到2包面紙，無須購買！

We found a shop in Harajuku which we really liked called ainz tulpe (what a strange name). Anyway it sells a lot of skincare, haircare and body care products both from local and overseas. It was quite cheap, with Shiseido Baraen series at 30% off! The lady also gave us some free lip gloss samples to try with.  So I bought...
我們在原宿那裡找到一間不錯的護膚化裝店叫ainz tulpe。那裡有賣好多外國和日本的人氣產品。例如資生堂的玫瑰園，現在打7折！買多了還贈送一些護唇膏試用品呢:D
我的戰利品：

• hand cream 60g for 700yen
• body wash 300ml for 700yen
• body milk 200ml for 1050yen
• Elizabeth Ardeen Green Tea body cream 400ml for only 2000yen!?!
• Clinique moisturizer 125ml for around 4400yen
• Nanoce BB moist cream 40g for 1800yen
• Toothbrush (its very strange but I couldn't find those fancy oral-B/Colgate manual toothbrushes with gum brush, protruding tip and tongue cleaner)

I returned to find my Japanese moleskines already delivered although it was a public holiday! Delivery service here never rests!
回到宿舍後發現我的繪圖本已經送到了。即使是公共假日，宅配便也照常服務呢！

Talking about these "legendary" moleskines, I own one which was bought 8 years ago. It was really expensive because it was made in Italy by modoemodo. However to my dismay, now with the same price, I'm buying those made in China. The quality seems about the same, except for the paper color!
The black cover sketchbook has a more yellowish tint than its fellow China sketchbook. I feel that things made in the past have better quality than mass products now, especially electronic goods and art materials.
說到這些Moleskine。我8年前買的時候是義大利製作的，有點貴。不過現在以同一個價格，買到的卻是中國製造的。雖然品質差不多，但是紙的顏色倒是不一致！黑色本子的紙張和另一本也是中國製造的紙黃很多。我覺得以前的東西，特別是電器和美術用品，品質都比現在大量生產來得好。