Ari travels: heidi. in Cologne // Purikura in Berlin // Highland Games in Peine

Hey guys (^.^)v

I'm so sorry it's been so long since my last post q.q 

actually I planned to blog on sunday, but then the charging cable

for my phone got missing and I couldn't get the photos I needed

to my computer and stuff q.q 

But now I have my cable back and finally managed to transmit the photos

and now I can show them to you ^.^

So first of all, I want to tell you a little about the heidi. concert last month in Cologne ^.^

heidi. is one of the bands I listen to for a long time now

and so I was super happy when they finally announced a Tour in Europe *-*

 But a few days before the concert, I cought a cold q.q

Nevertheless I went to Cologne that day with my friend Eiri, who was sick too..

but we still managed to arrive in time at the concert hall x3

This was my outfit for that day:

 I felt really bad that day and I think I even had a fever,

so we just headed for the back area of the hall and enjoyed our first concert sitting xD

Anyway it was still much fun and one of the best concerts I've ever visited ^.^

And I'm so happy to got this pretty towel at the merch stand:

Last saturday than I headed off to Berlin early in the morning to 

meet my friends Riyoki and Kamiko ^.^

It was my first time travelling the way with a bus.

It was much cheaper than going by train and even better than it.

I didn't have to change, having a seat was guaranteed

and they let me sleep the entire trip without waking me up to see my ticket!

I will definitely use the bus more often now ^.^

 
My lunch box that day ♥

When I arrived Riyoki and Kamiko picked me up at the station

and then we went to the J-Store to make some Purikura *-*

It was my first time doing this and it was really fun ^.^

I hope you like how the results turned out:

 
And finally we had some ice cream ♥
mine was pomegranate and 'kinder pingui' - soo delicious \(*Q*)/

And last but not least I also visited the Highland Gathering in Peine
with my mom and my boyfriend ^.^
I always wanted to see Highland Games in real live!
The events are 'Putting the stone', 'Tossing the caber' and 'Tug of war'.
We sadly missed the last event, because it was so cold and windy that day that
we decided to go home earlier to not catch another cold..
All the competing men were dressed in a kilt and most also wore redhead wigs x3

please click to enlarge ^.^

Tossing the caber

 But there we not just the Higland Games, there also were
many dance groups, pipers and you could by lots of food ^.^
I bought a bar of my favourite chocolate ♥
Usually you can't buy it in germany at an accteptable price, but this was ok x3

soo~ delicious ♥

so, now you know about the past few weeks

and tomorrow I will be off to Japanday in Düsseldorf ^.^

maybe we can meet there? ♥

bye bye for now (^.^)

Meet Dizzy Bear and the Creeper! Listen Flavor purchase ☆

Hey guys (^.^)v

nice to see you back again ^.^

and thank all of you so much for all the encouraging

comments I got during the past months ^.^

I'm really happy to see that you might like what I post ♥

Did you also notice that your cursor (hopefully) changed? x3
I now have a Bulbasaur-cursor on my page *-*
It's so cool ^.^ I hope you like it, too.

Before I show you my Listen Flavor purchase, I would like
to introduce my friend Kiki's blog to you ^.^
She just started it this month and has already some really cool entries
 with wonderful photos. For example she wrote a nice report
about last Harajuku Fashion Walk in Düsseldorf 
(which I sadly couldn't join q.q)
So feel free to have a look at her blog ♥

And now, back to the actual topic x'D

So some weeks ago, I ordered my first items at Listen Flavor \(*-*)/

(a japanese clothing brand) 
I love their clothing so much at the moment *-*
it became one of my favourite brands ♥

One week after I paid my order, the items already arrived here in Germany.
And after another week and some conversation with not so customer friendly 
german DHL I finally could try on my new clothes *-*

And this is what I got:

Dizzy Bear Star Pattern Shirt - lavender

the back

The Creeper Short Sleeve Shirt - black x crazy

I even got a gift for free \(*-*)/
have a look at this super cool bag:

and last but not least, some worn pics for you (^.^)v
(sorry for the bad quality and the messy room Q_Q)

Soo these are my new clothes ^.^
do you like them?

leave a comment if you like 
and thanks for reading (^.^)v

Cooking Japanese: My first Dorayaki try *\(^O^)/*

Hey guys (^.^)v

today I' ve just a small recipe for you ^.^

Some weeks ago I've managed to bake my first selfmade dorayaki!

Dorayaki basically are japanese pancakes filled with anko (red bean paste).

I love them so much and always buy them

when I'm in Düsseldorf ♥

this is what they look like when you buy them

I'm not really good at cooking, so I'm very happy this one worked x3

I used the recipe from nekobento.com but it's in german only...

 For about eight pieces you need:

175g Flour

150g Anko

80g Sugar

3 Eggs

1 Tbs. Honey

3 Tsp. Water

1/2 Tsp. Backing Powder 

Then you just mix everthing, except the Anko,

and let it prove for about half an hour

(the actual recipe says for 45 minutes, but I did it the first time

and my pancakes became so damn fluffy that it was

hard to eat the two of them with Anko inside x'D).

After this is done, you are ready to bake small pancakes ^.^

They should have a calibre of 7cm and have a round shape.

It should be around 16 pancakes in total,

so you can make 8 dorayaki out of it.

Let the pancakes cool down and then just spread Anko

on one pancake and put another one on top of it. Done (^.^)v

Not as good-looking as the ones you can buy,

but my family and I liked them ^.^

Plus: they are much cheaper to make it on your own

than to buy some x3

See you next time (^.^)v