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Wednesday, October 26, 2005
gacha gacha
gacha gacha may sound foreign to you, but actually we all see it ard and have played with it sometime in our life.... it actually refers to those machines where you insert a coin and turn the dial, and a random ball will fall out, where inside will be some cute stuff that you may or may not want in the first place.
well, obviously it is still a big thing in japan. yodobashi has rows and rows of such machines, having stuff to cater to all differing taste of consumers. well at this pt, i do remember a certain james, who spent over 5000 yen (close to 100 SGD) becos he wanted to collect a whole set of bleach figurines, but just cant get his hands on the 6th and last one. haha... idiot. in case you dunno, you can go some toy shop in akihabara or somewhere, to buy such figurines opened and separate, albeit at a marked up price (usually only about 30-50%, also depending on the rarity).
anyways, this post is not talking about these kinda 100/200/300 yen gacha gachas.. me talking about 1000 yen ones (theres 2000 yen ones too).
1000 yen = 14.80 SGD
what the hell can i get for a 1000 yen gacha? well it is actually some sort of a lucky draw... these machines pack the lure of goodies such as PS2, PSP, IPOD Nano, LV wallet, Gucci shades, etc. etc. etc. obviously as you can see, some stuff are catered to guys, and others to entice women.
for 2000 yen, you get to try your hand in getting a 20GB Ipod.
anyway, when i first saw it, I was contemplating whether i should waste this money, or rather it's a risky investment. i walked away, shop ard a bit more, had dinner, while thinking of the opportunity costs of the 1000 yen gacha.
1000 yen can get me:
- 2 cheap meals
- 1 meal at pepper lunch
- 1 movie
- 5 mins of pachinko 'fun'
- cal's disastrous dinner on the same nite
i guess the last 2 were the ones that convinced me to go for it and try my luck, more for the fun of it and nothing else (cos if i am compulsive, i wouldnt stop at 1, would I?). i decided on dinner that nite, and calvin spent close to 1000 on a horrible dinner, so i felt kinda bad at wasting his money, so why not waste mine too? ;p
i didnt have a camera with me then, so no photos of the machine, but here are some photos of the orb... and my Ipod Nano winning voucher!
this black ball costed me 1000 yen... better gimme my ipod nano or else...
ok... a peek into the contents.... something soft... could there be a voucher inside here?
anyone care to guess what's inside?? hehe... after you guess liao, scroll down for the answer...
a satin panty!!! wtf?????!!!?!?!?!?! (the visible lace in the previous pic should haven given this away ;p)
i thought i got something, when i felt some hard and thick paper-like object in the glob of panty... but it turned out to be the label... sigh...
well, at least i was a bit comforted to see the label... i had to.. lol.
fine touch - 1470 yen
great. at least it wasnt a wasted investment... i got a 1470 yen panty for only 1000 yen... good deal huh?
now to figure out what to do with this...
anyone wants a M-sized good quality panty?
if no takers, as calvin suggested, i may give this whole thing to a female fren of mine whose birthday is coming up soon... haha... i hope she takes the joke ;p
guys who read this, dun let the cat out of the bag hor...
posted by winz at 10:38 AM
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