Ask and you shall receive.

Tita (what I call Brian’s Mom) asked me what I wanted to do. I told her whatever as long as there is a Gift Gate involved and places for me to take pictures… Within the day, I visited my very first Gift Gate in TriNoma, or Triangle North of Manila Mall. ^_^ Shopping with Tita and Brian’s cousins and his brother Mark = very very dangerous! They encourage me to get A LOT of Hello Kitty goodies — and even make suggestions of what they find cute, lol… Tita said when I go back to the states, I won’t be able to eat because I will have no $$$ (I believe her too).

A short video for you guys:

Gift Gate at TriNoma Manila Mall from Hello Kitty Junkie on Vimeo.

Things I currently desire:

There were a few each of the above pictured products and they are pretty costly so I am not worried that they wll not be there when I go back… And if they are out of something, the stores usually contact other Gift Gates in the area to see if they can have the items sent over. The malls in Manila are HUUUGE! And one is right across from the other — very crazy!

Yes, I did make a few purchases — haven’t taken pictures yet… But of course I will share! Later…

I am finally in Manila (13 hour direct flight from LAX) and I just ate breakfast with Andrew, Brian and his family! So yummy — garlic rice, Filipino style hot dog, corned beef, papaya, eggs (I did not eat any because I don’t like eggs), sweet cheesy bread (forgot the name already but this was my highlight)…

The flight was not too bad… I slept for most of it. I got to see most of Kung Fu Panda, which was a very cute movie. I wasn’t crazy about the airplane food, but they sure did feed us a lot — full dinner and breakfast meal… And Andrew and I lucked out by getting a couple of empty seats between us… Enough room for my favorite travel buddies — I brought along a couple extra plushies this trip and Charisse got me one too!

I am just resting in Brian’s old room… Watching You Don’t Mess With The Zohan… Saw some Hello Kitty stuff at LAX but I will resize and upload later… I am looking forward to shopping at Gift Gate (I am told I have access to a couple of nice malls in the area)… ^_^