The Lomo effect

I'm about to buy a Lomo camera in a week now and as I was browsing through the net for prices, I thought of editing my photos to make a Lomo effect in Photoshop. I tried it moments ago with the help of a tutorial (where I get it I won't tell). After an hour and a half of editing, I came up with this:



There is an old school feeling to it and it appears like it was taken from a foreign country like Russia or Germany. I do not know why but that's what I imagine every time I look at it.

I think it's much better than the original version:



I chose to edit this photo because I like the light's artistic feel to it, the problem is the way I captured it. I didn't actually prefer it to be somewhat unbalanced. Well I took it hastily since the Barista told me that it was prohibited to take pictures inside the coffee shop.

I don't know if this is going to be my last lomo effect since I'm about to buy a real one next week. Another thing is I do not want to ruin the Lomo' credibility, I'd rather stick to the film-based camera than spend wee hours editing photos.