So, This last week was Golden Week here in Japan and we got a couple days off from work to enjoy ourselves! 

On Saturday, Vin and I headed into town to visit Harajuku and Yoyogi Koen!

Harajuku was crazy crowded! 

 But really, that's to be expected when it's a holiday! This is the first time I've ever seen this colorful octopus.

We found this amazing little Brazilian? cafe on Takeshita street that was SOO delicious!!

 This was my meal! Small salad, small corn soup, steak with 'ragu' sauce and rice! Delicious!

And of course when in Harajuku, you have to get a Marion Crepe! 

Yoyogi Koen was also pretty crowded. So many people walking, sitting, playing badminton.. nice for a lazy day of walking and spending time with the boy!  

 2 unedited pictures from that day! 

After we were finished in Yoyogi Koen, we headed back home and decided to try the little French restaurant that is right across the street from our apartment.

They have a course menu, so we got the traditional course.

 1st was appetizers! 1 for each person. I have no idea what they are called, but the Japanese wife of the chef (who is French) said "It's like meatloaf and salami" so.. yeah :)

 Main dish. Thin steak with caramelized onions on top and potatoes and mushrooms under it. SOOO good!

 And desert! As a service they gave us each of the deserts! Chocolate Fondant (which was like a really creamy brownie) and cheesecake!! SO GOOD!

It started raining before we got to the restaurant, so I look a mess but... lol!

Thanks for reading!!

Ravin

The last 2 photos from our Spring Photoshoot are finished!

I'm really in love with how this photoshoot turned out! It was such a beautiful day and we were having so much fun, and I think you can really see it in the pictures!!

 Also, the first picture from the newest shoot is finished. 

This one came out so well that it didn't really need any editing!! THANK YOU MAGIC HOUR!!

AND, modelling aside, It's GOLDEN WEEK!! 

So, I'm going to have tons to post about in the next couple of days!

Vin and I went to Harajuku and Yoyogi koen yesterday and tomorrow we'll be going out with one of my former co-workers and her friend to Asakusa Shrine! 

I'll update on all that shortly!!

In the meantime! Stay Awesome!

Hi Guys!!

So, I just recently ordered some new lenses from Pinkyparadise!!

I've been thinking about getting some red lenses for awhile now, especially because Halloween is coming soon... (wait what? Halloween isn't for almost 6 months!!! SHUT UP! It's never too early to start planning!)

With this in mind, I decided to try some red lenses out.... But, I didn't want to go too crazy on my first foray out of my comfort zone (you know, brown). 

I settled on:

Vassen Natural Sparkling Red

Well, because they looked pretty awesome on the model and because they had 'Natural' in the title... sounds pretty good to me, right?

Anyway...

Diameter: 14.5
Water Content: 42%
Base Curve: 8.6mm
Life Span: 1 Year Disposal

 Cosmetic: Even though these say they're only 14.5, they look a lot bigger and give you a BIG EYE effect! They do a really decent job of enlarging your eyes without being too big and buggy. The color is very natural, but still RED! Exactly what I was looking for! 

My only complaint with how they look is the outer edges are mostly clear!! So, depending on where your contact drifts, you'll get a bit of a halo effect around the outer edge. For the most part, this is fine, but if they drift off at a strange angle (my contacts constantly feel the need to go for a walk in my eye! does anyone else have this problem?) the white-ish halo can look a bit awkward... But overall, pretty awesome!

4/5

Comfort: I wore these for a photoshoot where I was out in the wind for a couple hours. They held up wonderfully! They did get a little dry when I was force to stare into the wind, but otherwise they were quite easy to wear.

5/5

Coupon Code: l0ck-heart 

 OMAKE!!

The boy and I!! HAMMM!

 As I said, coming soon: a photoshoot with these lenses! It'll take a little while to get the images edited! But, STAY TUNED!

As always! 

LOVE,

Ravin

 Was able to get out of the house and get in a new spring photoshoot!!

We found a really beautiful walkway to shoot in, and went to town. There were tons of old people walking along, though. So it was interesting to watch the reactions they had to us. 

I'm really loving all of the great pictures we were able to get! We've gotten through editing 5 of them so far! The rest I'll post up after they're finished!

As always, head over to my modelling page on facebook and give me a like!!

Ravin Modelling

Photography by Vin Hill

OH!! And since I've been out of the loop so long, recommend me some other blogs, tumblrs, facebooks, etc. to check out!! I need inspo and new friends!

GAH!

It's been absolutely ages since I updated this thing! 

As usual, a ridiculous amount of things have happened in the last several months! I'll give a quick rundown of the highlights!

1. The Boy is still with me! 

 We've been together for an entire year now, and I honestly don't know how he puts up with my crap! I know I'm a handful to deal with even on my best days, so it's a testament to what a saint (or absolute fruitcake!) that he's stuck around... that isn't to say that there aren't days that I want to throttle him, too. But, alas, that's the nature of relationships!

So here's to hopefully many years of our awesome fruitcakey goodness!!

2.I've been directly hired by a city to teach English in Junior High!!

Now to those of you who don't know the score in AET-ing, there are a couple levels to the English teaching racket. 

Probably the bottom rung is private lessons and the likes, either on your own or at companies such as Aeon or Gaba.

 Now some people would disagree and say this is actually the best because you can choose you're own schedule and can deny clients you don't want to take. However, what they don't tell you is the fact that you only get paid for the number of lessons you teach and that you pretty much have to pimp yourself out in order to get and keep clients. Blah!

The next rung up is the dispatch company AET. 

This is when you get hired by a company such as RCS or Borderlink and are then sent to work in a city at either elementary or Junior High (or both) level schools. You usually work in the same city for 1 year before there is a literal biding war between the companies to decide which company will provide the AETs for that city the next year. Sometimes, if you're extremely lucky, you'll be placed in the same city... more often than not, you're relocated to a new school where you have to re-learn all the teachers, how to get to school, and sometimes even have to move to be close enough to avoid a 2 hour commute to school. 

At this rung, you're also subject to harsh pay-cut-penalties for taking days off, offered an extremely low salary and have to contend with overworked middle management who hate their job and can't help you 9 times out of 10 even when that's their job. 

This was what I've been doing the last year, though I'm a veteran, so I can pretty much do my teaching thing in my sleep, so no biggie.

Finally, The coveted DIRECT HIRE

This is when you are actually employed by the city and are treated like a real person with feeling and such. This is the type of job every AET strives to achieve but rarely ever manages. Pay is fan-fucking-tastic, you get sick days and holiday pay, other teachers treat you like a teacher, etc. etc.

Somehow, this year I managed to grab up one of these positions!! WUT! WUT!

Ok, yeah, I know, that was completely uncalled for, but it's pretty exciting!!

3. I've started legitimately modelling.

I haven't had any major jobs or anything of that nature, but I've had a couple shoots and the likes. It's mostly just something I'm doing for fun and to pick up a little extra cash on the side.

And to what most of my readers usually come here for: the pictures!!

There are more on my portfolio website! SO, go check that out over on wordpress!

Ravin Modelling

I'm going to try to get back on updating this blog more often. We'll see what happens!