Japanese Goodies

I gave my room a huge clean up yesterday, including an entire re-organization of my wardrobe, re-stacking of magazines and a clearing my desk and floor space. Underneath my bed I found a crate filled with a bunch of goodies I purchased in the US back in January, which I still hadn't opened/used/eaten. Above is the first item; miniature japanese foods and kitchen items. On the box it says "Is Dinner Ready?!". And if anyone can translate the japanese text... ^_~

I'd already opened the on on the right in the US the day I purchased it from this store that sells all imported toys, stationary, home wears and lollies from Japan. It's a mini gyoza/dumpling set, which I love because they are one of my favourite foods om nom nom.

Gyoza, anyone?

Opening the second box...

Yes! The dish washing set!

Complete with a real sponge and little brown furry scrubber thing

(does anyone know the names of those?)

In the packet containing the two above items, there was this little note.

Again, if anyone can translate the japanese...? I'm very curious as to what it says.

Eek! Now you can see what a terrible polish job I do of my nails.

Second item, orange/mandarin lip balm from EPCOT.

Orange is my favourite flavour of everything, especially lollies... and orange chocolate! :)

Most people I know find this really weird.

Is anyone else out there a fan of orange flavoured things?

Okay, Munny is the one part of this post that is not Japanese. Munny is actually by Kidrobot. But it would have been a little awkward to put "Japanese and one American goody" as the title ^^

I got this one at the MoMA in NYC, along with a blue one and a

white one (which I gave to my brother).

I am a huge fan of Kidrobot designs. They were a big influence in my visual arts major work, (which I'm still in the process of making). A couple of years ago I visited their LA store, which was amazing! I could look at all their little figurines for hours.

Munnys come with a pen (to draw designs on their bodies), a planning sticker,

a name tag and a surprise accessory. I'm too scared to draw on mine in case I ruin them,

so I just leave them blank.

I got a hat!

Yo!

What the?!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend~

xxx

Another drawing!

By Vanessa of The Monday Issue.

=D

MISSHA

Apologies for the break in posting, I've had a lot of school exams and assessments lately ( three this week >_< ) so I've been spending the majority of my time studying or essay writing.

I picked up a sunblock and violet nail polish from Korean cosmetic brand MISSHA. Have you heard of them? I'd never really known about them until I visited one of their stores in the city.

Being very fair, I have to be cautious when in the sun and wear an SPF moisturiser every day. It's rare to come across any creams over SPF 30 in Australia unless they are imported like these MISSHA products, so I was thrilled to find one that was SPF 45! (They even had an SPF 50, but I decided to start off a little lower).

Do any of you use sunblock every day?

EDIT: By the way, the prices are quite reasonable. The polish was $3.95 for the mini bottle and the sunblock was around $19, which is great value considering it's a very high SPF.

Oh and the little gold keychain was a freebie for the stores recent opening!

My sister purchased a small haul from MISSHA and received the key chain and a MISSHA cookie mug too. Sometimes I find there's nothing more awesome than a free gift :)