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Day 29 - Ashly's Birthday
[note] Most of my blogs/journals are written in groups as you may have noticed. Don't mind it because I'm usually too busy/tired to write them on a daily basis. --> Likewise with the pictures, I was finally able to sort & upload at least a few for each of the blogs.
Today was Ashly's birthday and to celebrate we had arranged dinner in a restaurant called the Lock Up. The name was interesting enough, but the atmosphere we were to expect was what got us to go. After school most of the people who were planning to go went home -- and the girls from our building picked out a cake to give her later on in the day. I went with Luna to Shinjuku to show her where the cheap 10yen CD place is.
While I was there, it seemed as though they re-stocked what they had, and I was able to find so many different artists I didn't see just the day before. I picked out yet another 33 CD's including my favorite 'Younha' and a few other well known artists. Another 530yen spent and more space taken up in my suit case.
When I got home we gathered everyone to surprise Ashly with the cake the girls purchased, since we didn't do the morning surprise we did for Daniele. Minutes later we were ready to head out to the Lock Up in Shibuya. We met the others at Hachiko and counted a total of 20 going to the party. Once we reached the restaurant, we noticed it wasn't just any restaurant. It begins with a staircase down into a dark black-light lite hallway with surprises around the corners. Ashly, Nami, and Joy walked ahead first, and we were just behind them. As they turned the corners, we heard nothing but screaming because there were animated monsters behind cages there to scare the unaware.
Once we got seated in the jail-looking prison of a restaurant, we began ordering our drinks. They had the regular cocktails, and some very interesting special drinks. Some include having a pudding eye-ball in the middle of the drink, or drinks with flavored alcohol you pump in with a fake plastic syringe. I had a few drinks and tried what they called 'the pill'. I swallowed it just thinking it was alcohol, but soon to find out it was about 96% alcohol mixed with sugar. Never the less, I didn't feel it so it was a waste of the 100yen it cost me.
We sat around and drank/ate for a few hours and were surprised by the entertainment they provided. In the middle of dinner, the lights cut and the girls started screaming again -- and flashes of light lite the room enough to see people dressed in costume face to face with everyone including the birthday girl.
After the lights came back on the guy in the mask presented a birthday cake with whip cream that would soon be smeared among the girls closest to her. Some laughs and many napkins later, it was getting late and many people decided to leave. We ended up staying there until about 15~20min before midnight (last train leaves at midnight). As soon as we paid, we were rushing to the train tracks, which seemed now a mile away when running out of time. When we got to the station, some people ran into the trouble of having to buy tickets when the lines to buy them were quite long.
Clinton and I, who had money remaining on our passes were already beyond the gates and wanted to jump on the train that just arrived. But, good guys as we were we waited impatiently until everyone was able to cross. Fortunately, when they did, the 'last' train showed up and we squeezed on with the hundreds of others waiting until the last minute to go home.
Today was Ashly's birthday and to celebrate we had arranged dinner in a restaurant called the Lock Up. The name was interesting enough, but the atmosphere we were to expect was what got us to go. After school most of the people who were planning to go went home -- and the girls from our building picked out a cake to give her later on in the day. I went with Luna to Shinjuku to show her where the cheap 10yen CD place is.
While I was there, it seemed as though they re-stocked what they had, and I was able to find so many different artists I didn't see just the day before. I picked out yet another 33 CD's including my favorite 'Younha' and a few other well known artists. Another 530yen spent and more space taken up in my suit case.
When I got home we gathered everyone to surprise Ashly with the cake the girls purchased, since we didn't do the morning surprise we did for Daniele. Minutes later we were ready to head out to the Lock Up in Shibuya. We met the others at Hachiko and counted a total of 20 going to the party. Once we reached the restaurant, we noticed it wasn't just any restaurant. It begins with a staircase down into a dark black-light lite hallway with surprises around the corners. Ashly, Nami, and Joy walked ahead first, and we were just behind them. As they turned the corners, we heard nothing but screaming because there were animated monsters behind cages there to scare the unaware.
Once we got seated in the jail-looking prison of a restaurant, we began ordering our drinks. They had the regular cocktails, and some very interesting special drinks. Some include having a pudding eye-ball in the middle of the drink, or drinks with flavored alcohol you pump in with a fake plastic syringe. I had a few drinks and tried what they called 'the pill'. I swallowed it just thinking it was alcohol, but soon to find out it was about 96% alcohol mixed with sugar. Never the less, I didn't feel it so it was a waste of the 100yen it cost me.
We sat around and drank/ate for a few hours and were surprised by the entertainment they provided. In the middle of dinner, the lights cut and the girls started screaming again -- and flashes of light lite the room enough to see people dressed in costume face to face with everyone including the birthday girl.
After the lights came back on the guy in the mask presented a birthday cake with whip cream that would soon be smeared among the girls closest to her. Some laughs and many napkins later, it was getting late and many people decided to leave. We ended up staying there until about 15~20min before midnight (last train leaves at midnight). As soon as we paid, we were rushing to the train tracks, which seemed now a mile away when running out of time. When we got to the station, some people ran into the trouble of having to buy tickets when the lines to buy them were quite long.
Clinton and I, who had money remaining on our passes were already beyond the gates and wanted to jump on the train that just arrived. But, good guys as we were we waited impatiently until everyone was able to cross. Fortunately, when they did, the 'last' train showed up and we squeezed on with the hundreds of others waiting until the last minute to go home.
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