http://blog.sanriotown.com/kamijoanna:hellokitty.com ishiko's adventures in hello kitty online land Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:03:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en North American closed beta is scheduled to end this coming Saturday! Even through out my frustration I thoroughly enjoyed this round of beta testing. The quests became more challenging and because of that the game was much more addictive. I am sad that I didn't get as far as I ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/kamijoanna:hellokitty.com/2009/09/16/the-end-is-near/ Well, after several hours of work mining the Crystal Veins, hundreds of Croogers, and a lot of repetition I finally have my lvl 4 farm! ...all the work just to harvest lettuce, jeeze. I walked all the way to Paris and got a new hairstyle, but I'm not really in love with ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/kamijoanna:hellokitty.com/2009/09/15/bought-the-farm/ I finally finished all the quests in Florapolis. It took much longer than I had anticipated especially because Purin's coffee mini-game broke on me the first time I attempted to play it. I finally figured out the fix and now I'm back to the Quests in London. I'm avoiding the ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/kamijoanna:hellokitty.com/2009/09/14/on-with-the-quests/ I finally gave up and decided to stop grinding for hours and hours to collect all the materials I needed. Instead I headed to London where I could just buy the materials. Of course now I am struggling to get anything done because I spent all my money on materials ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/kamijoanna:hellokitty.com/2009/09/11/why-is-this-game-so-frustrating/ Hello Kitty Online is back up in beta thanks to Aeria Games! I started playing it this past weekend. I was glad to see that the quest are slightly different from the previous founders beta. I have to say that I did have a difficult time with the surfing mini-game. ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/kamijoanna:hellokitty.com/2009/09/09/hko-is-back/ This certainly has been a crazy year. I realize I haven't posted anything since late February, so I suppose it's about time for an update. My huband and I are buying our first home. We are moving out of NYC and into a more suburban area on Long Island.  We started ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/kamijoanna:hellokitty.com/2009/08/18/time-for-an-update/ It was quite a surprise when I logged in this morning to find out that my blog had been featured on Blog All-Stars as the blog of the week on February 11th I don't always get a chance to check my HK email but I was very excited when I ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/kamijoanna:hellokitty.com/2009/02/25/blog-of-the-week/ Sadly, I've left Tokyo behind and returned home from my honeymoon. My hubby and I are already saving for another trip back to Japan. There were a few things I never got a chance to post about. So, I guess i'll give a little summary in this entry ~ Tokyo Tower We took ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/kamijoanna:hellokitty.com/2009/02/05/back-from-tokyo/ Shopping at Maruione was a lot of fun yesterday...strange that I didn't take any pictures of the shop. Well, Marui (aka 0101) is a department store in Shinjuku. There are others around but I like the ones in Shinjuku the best because that's where the rest of the Gothic Lolita ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/kamijoanna:hellokitty.com/2008/12/28/maruione-in-shinjuku/ I'm definitely starting to feel a lot less jet lagged but I can't seem to sleep past 7am, which is pretty frustration. My back as been hurting as well. I think the bed isn't as comfortable as I first though...I feel like an old woman. *sigh* Anyway...I couldn't go to Shibuya ... http://blog.sanriotown.com/kamijoanna:hellokitty.com/2008/12/27/shibuya-harajuku/