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Published: January 15th 2011
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OK, my last diary entry about my summer holiday, and there really isn’t that much to tell actually, well nothing that is over the top interesting. The next day was the 1st of October and we only had 3 days left together so our main focus was to spend time together and not to overwhelm ourselves with new places etc. However on that day we did go to an area of Tokyo that we hadn’t been to before, a suburb called Ikebukuro. We went there to have a look at the shops mainly; we did a lot of shopping didn’t we? In fact as far as boyfriends go in that area I think I am pretty lucky because Glenn likes shopping just as much as me, oh OK, maybe not as much as me, but he does like it! So I could indulge myself without him being bored. In fact, for the next few days our main purpose for shopping was for him, so he could buy things for people back home and himself etc.
So that’s what we did that day: went shopping in Ikebukuro. The very first shop we went to was a shop with about 7 floors
or something and each floor had something different on it. It was called Tokyu Hands. And aside from clothes, I think it pretty much sold everything else. One of the floors was dedicated to hardware and tools, so needless to say Glenn was on cloud nine. He walked around looking at all the tools with his mouth hanging open; in fact I think I could almost see the drool coming from the corner of his mouth!!! No, just joking! But he was in a blissful state for the 30 minutes we were there. I have to tell you girls out there that if you want to go shopping with your boyfriend/husband/brother etc. take him to a tool shop first, let him go wild and for the rest of the day he will be happy and you can shop to your hearts content!!! That was a massive generalization I know, but if Glenn is anything to go by…
The next day we went back to Harajuku, where we had seen the crazy youths and did yet more shopping. The last time we were there we saw a shop that sold lots of traditional Japanese type of things, like kimono (the
very cheapest kind), sake cups, fans, dolls, chopsticks, all the typical Japanese things, so that was a good shop to buy presents, which is why we returned there. In the afternoon we went back to Akihabara, the electrical district, to see if it was worth Glenn buying an ipod/MP3 player etc. We didn’t end up buying anything though; we procrastinated too much, that has to be one of my faults when I buy expensive things. Even though I really want it and even if I know exactly what one I want, once I get to the shop I start looking at the other types and think too much about it, and the end result is usually that I don’t buy anything at all. I have too much information in my head and it gets all too confusing, etc etc I think Glenn is a little like that too so we left Akihabara without anything!
That brings me to Glenn’s last day in Japan and our last day together. He wasn’t leaving until 8pm that night so we had all day, but we had to check out of our hotel room in the morning. Our last day wasn’t filled with
much, we spent it walking around Shinjuku, the closest area to the hotel, and had an early dinner in a park before returning to collect Glenn’s bags and go to the airport. I think we both didn’t want the day to end really so we sort of wandered around Shinjuku like lost soles, not really knowing what to do with ourselves. Waiting for the inevitable: having to say goodbye.
And as you would expect, saying goodbye was extremely hard, our 2 weeks went so fast, but we had so so so much fun. We both have a lot of good memories. I tried to be strong, but I have to admit that returning back to the hotel by myself after saying goodbye was the hardest thing, walking past all the same things that we had walked past together just the day before. You wouldn’t think that in a city as huge as Tokyo, in a city with a population as big as Tokyo, that you could feel so alone, but I was. However, the more time that passes the closer I get to seeing him again, so I have that to look forward to.
If there is one
thing that he has taught me, it is to be positive and strong. So I will soldier on!
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