Kawaii ne?

The mega difference between Yivon, Shuxin and me is that they are the kawaii types and I'm so obviously not. I don't look nor sound cute and cannot even act cute to save my life. So I'm rather surprised that I like taking neo-prints (essentially a girly, squealy, giggly activity) ever since I discovered the new breed of neo-print machines!

Here are some tips:

(1) Neo-prints are meant for couples so if you have 4 people or more in your group, be prepared to position yourself in front of the TINY screen within 5 seconds or you'll end up looking like you popped into the pic at the last minute.


(2) I cannot emphasize how important positioning is especially when they give you about 5 seconds to pose. Case in point: Yiwei looks dismembered (on the bright side, she looks like a genie emerging from a washing machine) while Shuxin looks erm, indescribable.


(3) Be prepared for bruises when you have 4 not-so-thin people trying to squeeze on a tiny bench. Unanimously, this is our favourite pic albeit a major (directional) flaw.


(4) Choose nice backgrounds and embellish them. No additional cost.


(5) Pray that someone in your group knows how to read Jap. Though Yiwei and Yivon are relatively fluent in Jap, they could not understand some of the instructions so we had to randomly select the options.