'Kay, so...
Today, I went out. To buy KOREAN FOOD (kimchi ftw). *victory dance*
And, um, I don't know about you other Asians out there, but I go to this place called H-Mart (although I've also been to places like Assi, Galleria, et cetera), which is kind of like a hole in the wall, but it's not bad or anything, it's reasonably sanitary (which is unheard of in Asian supermarkets) and has a decent food court and cellphone store...
But, anyway, so, that was my first stop. And I'm approaching the door to get a cart, and there's this cylindrical contraption at the front of building. It's smoking, and I suppose there was something burning inside of it, and I was just kind of like: O.o
But, yeah, so I walked past it and into the supermarket, and I'm walking by the Shrimp Chips and whatever, and there's this guy carrying a box of about 20 potatoes.
And at first, I thought he was an employee and he was putting away the potatoes or whatever, but then it occurred to me that he was in the snack section. And then, I realized that he was wearing the most adorable hat in the world.
It was a Pikachu hat!
And you know those hats where it has two dangling strings on each end? His had little Poke-balls on the ends! And it was super cute, but he was, like, a full-grown adult or something.
So, I'm trying to get out a camera, right? And then he moves. He finishes whatever he was doing with the potatoes and walks around the corner.
I finally get my phone out, follow him around the corner, and HE'S GONE.
There's like, 10 people taking a look at Bok Choy and Gala Apples, but HE'S GONE.
Like, disappeared. Gone.
So I continue my shopping and jazz, all the while kind of looking around for him, trying to see if I can get a picture.
I go through the whole supermarket (reasonably quickly, 'cause I didn't have much to buy), and I couldn't find him anywhere.
And that absolutely ruined my day.
So I pay, and I'm exiting the supermarket, and I'm walking past the bakery, I round the corner, and exit the building, and standing right next to that contraption is the Pikachu-Man.
So I whip out my phone, right?
And as I'm fiddling with it, he comes back into the building and walks past me (I didn't want a photo with his face in it, to preserve his privacy and make it less obvious I was taking a photo).
So I wait for him to pass, then I start clicking, but he has very long strides, and I couldn't zoom in enough, so the photos aren't too great, but you can still see them.
And he stopped to talk to some sales dude, so I got a decent (meaning 'not blurry') picture.
And then my day wasn't ruined anymore.
So I exit the building, and I'm getting into the car, and Pikachu-man is sitting next to the burning thing. He's fiddling with the kindling, or something, I still have no idea why he was burning stuff in the front of a supermarket (out in broad daylight, too, right outside the entrance).
So, then, I was feeling happy, so I figured I'd go out and do something happy (like, not go grocery shopping).
So I went to Menchie's. And Great Clips (the hair salon) was down the street. And this guy in a dog costume was wearing a sign that said 'Haircut for $7.99' or something like that. He was just dancing around. And I don't know why he had to be a dog.
And I tried one of Menchie's 'frozen yogurt sandwiches' (it's basically two waffles with frozen yogurt in between). It was good, but not great.
And then I went back out to the car, and there was this big truck parked next to me, and it had this ugly hood ornament shaped like a bulldog.
Or maybe it wasn't ugly, I just don't like bulldogs.
But, yeah, Pikachu-man was the highlight of my day, today.
