Monday, December 4, 2006

Blew money! Had Fun!


Had been to Akihabara over the weekend..kown as the electric town it has more than 500 electronics goods shops.
Jam packed with shoppers its a "must go" place for anyone visiting Japan, especially gadget freaks :)

Laox is a well known chain of duty free shops selling everything..cameras to souvenirs. Especially good for desi shoppers because they have sales guys who can manage to speak some english. Spent a lot of time and money at Laox..

Akihabara has this shopping festival going on in this festive month. Most shops hand out a "scratch card" ..if your luck is shining and you get to scratch the right card you get to shop for 100000Yen :) adu bittii (my favorite kannada word..means Freeeee)

We got some 3 cards at Laox..eagerly scratched away..and guess WHATT??
We won nothing :( I coudnt believe my eyes..NOTHING!!

I was positive that I would win a fundoo camera or something.. :( GRRRRRRR..NOTHING!

Ashith managed to console me..told me ivatthu raahu kethu position sarigilla..we will try again some other day antha.. :) Now I have it all figured out..Will be trying my luck next wednesday.

Ended up buying this awesome camera.. http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/a710.html

Adi thanx for this link..helped me a lot. You should also check this http://www.myproductadvisor.com/mpa/camera/inputSummary.do

So me very happy..Will be posting lotsa train pics (dunno why this obsession with jap trains)

10 comments:

Adi said...

Yahoooooooooo
im famous!!!!!


hey gurl no sweat on the camera...


happy scratching.... the scratch cards.

hehe

Unknown said...

Hey that 'my product advisor' seems to have been designed by a sensible person .... good link!!

Amele they make some crazy robot puppies. Buy yourself one.. and train it to fetch your camera everytime you leave it lying around. Roundabout way but i guess the jap way ;)

SeReEn ThOtTaN said...

Hey Dee..

The damage was worth it!!! and looks like u can go under cover and train hoppin for more train pics...
...i guess wat u need next is a GPRS for ur cam....

Kar said...

yenu hudugi....adella just sales trick aste. scratch card ella sumne oolu :))


And ur new cam is very good. You not posting enough images. Atleast, forward maadu.

Kar said...

Also, u could have looked for some kinda tiny (japanese ladies kinda...lol) spy camera for those under cover pics.....i mean for clicking the boots on the trains!!

Kar said...

wow!!! cant believe that the food wasnt original. 90$??? they can as well cook it everyday and display like some small hotels do in india :))

The food looks very interesting! Did u guys try any of those? of course not the plastic ones.

I sure know u missing the pani puri's out here in india. Well, for pani puris, u definitely dont need replicas to tempt u! What ???? Ur mouth started watering?

Vc said...

oooho u even have GOD dropping by...wat next karma karma

Deee said...

Uhahahhahhahah :)

Deee said...

Please dnt mention paani pooris :(
Cnt swob the floor over and over again..lol :)

D said...

So u bought another camera eh Dee?? Wow! some Jap in a Japanese park is gonna get lucky very soon...will be the proud owner of a brand new camera!! N u actually fell for tht rahu ketu rot :D