And now for part 2 of my previous panda-related post, but this is a little weird haha. Especially if you aren’t familiar with the concept.

I’m sure most of you instantly spotted that bright red ribbon, (also from the weird picture at the back~) But as you can see, she’s not her ordinary self. This was one of the artworks at the exhibit to celebrate Hello Kitty’s 30th anniversary, last July 31 2004 (yes, two thousand FOUR) at Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum and the Laforet Museum.

In it they asked artists to make their own renditions, and a certain Nagi Noda, in charge of the hanpanda collection, came up with this. Close up:

I bring you, Hello Kitty HanPanda! LOL. This is probably gonna be really cute or really weird to you. It’s half panda, half Hello Kitty, but in a weird way. Hahaha~ it’s huge too. So whatchu think?

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Oh no, this isn’t the regular pink Hello Kitty pistol that you see around. You may or may not be aware of this, but Hello Kitty is a souljah! LOL.

Hahaha I love the expression on the guy’s face XD He’s like, “Hey heheh how ya’ll doin.” And the guy behind him’s probably the one who convinced him to have that picture taken or something ROFL

I got this from Gates of Vienna haha. If I’m not mistaken, it’s an armalite, but I don’t know much about guns Somebody correct me if I’m wrong But it looks like an actual modified gun, I mean not just some prop for a picture, eh? Or did they merge a toy with a real gun? Hahaha~

If anyone has more info on this, please let me know! XD Well no purchase info this time folks I just thought this looks really fun haha XD

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This is a Subaru Impreza WRX STi, this particular version (WRX Type RA STi Version 2 V-limited) came out around mid to late 90’s if I’m not mistaken. Haha yeah that’s a product of research, because I do like cars but I don’t know much about history and models Credits to Karl Qi for the image~

NOW, I’m sure you can see that blue Hello Kitty design on the hood, isn’t it cool? Haha nothing like a fast car with a touch of KT, I must say. There sure are a lot of Kittified cars coming out. I wonder who drives this one? XD

Anyways! For the challenge, spot the hidden KT! There’s another Hello Kitty in that picture, but you have to look real hard, feel free to zoom in and stuff. Cookie for anyone/everyone who gets it~ Good luck!

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Whoa, I can’t believe I only saw this now! I present to you, THE Kitty life care of the Taiwan’s Grand Hi-Lai Hotel!

I’m as shocked as Kitty seems to be haha! That’s a pic of the Hello Kitty Suite — 50 square meters, with a living room, dining room and master bedroom. Everything is KT-themed, and in a very stylish way might I add! Check out the pics from the bathroom, which btw has a bubble bath moohahaha~

There’s another type of room, the Hello Kitty Room, is a bit smaller (33 square meters) but still comes with a lot of Hello Kitty stuff, like KT curtains, a KT lamp, postcards, notepads, letter paper and envelopes. You also get stuff like KT slippers and bathrobes~ Here’s a pic from this room:

And finally, there’s the Hi-Lai Kitty House at the hotel lobby, and if you’re a KT fan.. You. Will. Spaz.

In the Kitty House there are lots of limited edition stuff. Oh the frustration~ Erhm. Anyway, as you probably expected, this KT paradise doesn’t come cheap. A night at the Suite is NT$18,000 plus 10% tax (Total of about US$550), and at the Room it’s NT$7,800 plus 10% tax (Total of about US$260). Eeek! That’s a huge chunk off my savings! Hahaha~

Anyway in case anyone’s interested, you can visit the site. They got some of the details mixed up though, but it’s easy to figure out. That’s where I got the pics btw.

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First, to satisfy any craving for cool KT stuff, I bring you this:

KT Sushi~ Now THAT’s definitely good enough to eat~ I love how the maker had enough patience to get those little details in! But I don’t know much about sushi, what kind are these I wonder?

Also, I was tagged by Luty with this yay, so here are my answers.. The five best nights of my life~ ^^

1. One night at my grandparent’s place. They live on a hill far from where I live now, but we used to visit them a lot there (they live here in the city now, left their house with some other relatives). Anyways, one night me, my brother and my cousins were playing hide and seek on a bright moonlit night, and all the stars were out. I don’t remember seeing so many stars anywhere else, there were so many! It was so dark with the trees and all, but at the same time so bright because of the moon and stars. I was a kid then but I remember that feeling, I was so happy~ ^^

2. Night at the rooftop with best friends. We were at school, and we’d stayed till around 11PM because of some event we were organizing for the next day. We were tired and dirty haha (paint on our hands and clothes), but we went up to the rooftop and it felt so good. We had a nice talk there, and looked down from there (4-story building), we imagined what it would be like to jump and fly haha XD

3. Spontaneous overnight stay at a friend’s house. We’d originally planned to stay at someone else’s place, but because of some sudden developments, we had to stay at another friend’s house. We played videogames and Scrabble (one of the guys was a GENIUS I tell you), and even Monopoly. Then we watched Kill Bill. We all fell asleep on the couch lol, but we had so much fun. I miss those guys.

4. Senior Prom. Well, although I have a bucketful of miserable stories from that night (hahaha) I love it because after everything, I realize that I learned a lot about friendship, love, infatuation, and about guys. Plus, in general it was a good night ^^;

5. Night at the park with best friend. She left for the US a year ago, and we still talk a lot, but I remember before she left we used to hang out a lot at the park, with coffee. It was always freezing out, with the wind so cold and strong. We’d talk about everything and nothing, but we never ran out of stuff to talk about.. Good times.

So there. Haha my five best nights. I just realized that they aren’t really special in themselves (well except for the prom), but it was the people I was with that made them special~ ^^

I tag: angelchao, mufflednoise, zakura and happyness! Oh you don’t have to though haha I don’t feel comfortable imposing, but only if you want to~

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As stated in my old post about Hello Kitty euros, they will be showing Hello Kitty enjoying the good life in different places. These coins are silver euros, part of the collection~

The first coin shows Hello Kitty in a cafe in Paris, in the second one she’s flying over Paris (with an umbrella haha~), and in the third one she’s shopping. She’s wearing heels and a nice summer hat, as you can see, very Paris

The numbers on the captions are how much they are in yen, to convert to US dollars, just divide the number by 112 on your calculators They’re not nearly as expensive as the gold ones I previously featured — you can buy all three for half the price of the cheapest gold one. Plus they come with designer luxury cases too. You can check them out on the official Sanrio Shop

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I’m sorry I just really have to talk about this. It’s two days from now and I would’ve wanted to go T_T

It’s The Hello Kitty Fantastical Adventure. I dunno I’m an oldschool person haha, I really love plays. When I first heard that they were gonna do a Hello Kitty play, I really really hoped they were gonna do one in the country.. But alas (yes, alas!) it’s only in Hong Kong, Bangkok and Dubai. Why? Why would they not come here? T_T

Anyways, this is the story summary from the Official Site:

Once upon a time, there is a place called Happiness Land where is full of joy, love and peace. One day, her Princess Kitty is kidnapped by the Bad Badtz Maru, the Lord of Badtz Kingdom. So Prince Daniel leads his trusted noble knights, Konitchua and Pom Pom to save the princess right immediately. With the assistance of Magical Bracelet, Princess Kitty is rescued from that devil place.

On their way home, they run through the musical jungle, a beautiful place full of music and lots of dancinf, and meet the Chief Tabo-Yo-Yo. They have a good time in musical jungle and resume the journey. But at this moment, they face another challenge — they are trapped in Fire Gorge where fuels the evil power to Bad Badtz Kingdom.

Pardon the grammar, I guess Hong Kong people wrote it ^^; Hrmm it says it starts Aug 17, so yeah here in Asia that’s two days from now. Aww… look at Prince Daniel in that pic. They describe him as “Confident, courageous and determined. A man of Honor with stout heart.” Weee prince prince~ I feel like a little girl hahaha~

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More Swarovski~ @_@

This is a dog house. Indeed it is. And I hereby announce: It costs US$31,660. O-u-c-h. This is part of the Mitsukoshi Department Store “Hello Kitty Showcase” I mentioned in my last post.

You might be thinking, “Who on earth’s gonna buy these crystal stuff?” Well, in Hong Kong and some other asian countries, Hello Kitty is a big name (and fashion statement) among office ladies, and these people have money. Hey I’m an office lady, how come I don’t have money? Maybe it’s strictly a Hong Kong thing hmm rofl. Erhm, this very special dog house has 7,600 beads on it.

I like the post on USA Today about this:

Tohmatsu declined to speculate on whether the doghouse might help ease often fractious relations between cats and dogs.

“It’s not something we really had in mind,” he laughed.

Haha, cute~ XD Anyways, the girl in the picture is a  Fumina Takada, Sanrio employee. This should be out already in the Mitsukoshi store, but I’d like to remind you of the price hahaha. >_< Again, ouch.

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Okay, first, I’ll say this: Whoa. You will understand, as I explain what this is.

This is a Hello Kitty Maneki Neko. If you aren’t familiar with the term, maybe this image will help:

Aha. Well, here’s the description of the Maneki Neko from Wiki:

The Maneki Neko (招き猫, literally “Beckoning Cat”; also known as Welcoming Cat, Lucky Cat, Money cat, Fortune Cat) is a common Japanese porcelain or ceramic, which is believed to bring good luck to the owner. The sculpture depicts a cat beckoning with an upright paw, and is usually displayed in stores, restaurants, pachinko parlors, and other businesses. A raised right paw supposedly attracts money, while a raised left paw attracts customers.

I see this a lot here, especially in ChiTown, and honestly I didn’t know it was a Japanese thing till reading that article on Wiki >_< I’d always thought it to be Chinese hmm… Anyways moving on

That huge Hello Kitty figure up there is part of the “Hello Kitty Selection” event at Mitsukoshi Department Store in Tokyo. It’s a Hello Kitty doll, the centerpiece of the event, and it has 62,000 Swarovski Crystals. Yes, 62,000. And it costs a whopping 8M Yen or over 66,000 USD. Ouch. I’m not sure how big she is, but judging from the kid in the picture, I’d say she’s pretty big.

The event features 800 unique Hello Kitty products. I’ll most probably be featuring some of the others here, stay tuned~

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OF ULTIMATE CUTENESS! Oh my goodness!! Okay I need to breathe. Breathe in. Breathe out… WAH. What are these they’re so cute hahaha~ Nyaaaa~!

Okay erhm. Plush Capsules T_T In a previous post, I wrote and featured about gashapon, and now consider this part 2 of that. These are indeed gashapon toys, BUT they’re at least a million times more fun, coz they’re tiny plush toys! Hahaha. Those things must be no bigger than 2.5 inches in diameter, awww. Poke the round plushies heeheehee. I’m sorry but they’re just so silly-looking, in a fun way, and I want them so badly.

It’s actually from McDonalds, as you’ll see in the above pic, but only in Hong Kong, as far as I know. I’m not sure how this was distributed in McDonalds, probably one of those minimum-purchase-required thingies, but this is so cool coz it really is a gashapon machine. You turn the yellow knob and then a random capsule toy will fall out. Waaah.

While there’s some of this up on eBay, it’s a little too pricey for me T_T It’s one of those “mind is willing but wallet is weak” kinda things haha. Bidding starts at US$30, and shipping is US$20. Ouch. But for 14 super squishy, super pokeable plush toys (12 KT and Friends + 2 Special Edition), I highly recommend this moohaha~ Somebody please buy this and take a picture of one being poked. LOL.

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