Pocky Diaries Final – Part 10

At last, the pocky diaries series come to a close on this Valentines’ Day, with – you guessed it – lotsa love from a box of heart shaped pocky! Heart shaped strawberry pocky (as i call it) – 140 yen, available from the usual supermarkets in Japan. Three packets of 7 sticks in a box! [...]

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Pocky diaries- part 6

Presenting to you a special edition… *drum roll* … China-edition pocky! I got to try this after my friend from the a cappella circle got this as a souvenir from China for all of us to taste. Oolong Cha (oolong tea) pocky Price- unknown, but probably cheap because it’s from China hahaha (well cheaper than [...]

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Pocky diaries- part 5

Today’s pocky features a fusion of some dark chocolate-white chocolate with a tint of orange-red tea kind of pocky. Sounds good already huh! Chocolate-orange-tea pocky (i don’t know the real name )- 148yen (about S$2.50) Apparently it is a joint promotion from Pocky and this magazine called “Mart”. Looks limited edition to me! Such girly [...]

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pocky diaries – part 1

Everyone loves pocky, right? Inspired by my friend, who asked me to search for a blueberry pocky, I have decided to start a small 10-part series of interesting-looking pocky that can be found in, but not limited to, Japan. Timeline given to self: this 10-part series shall be completed before the start of the new [...]

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Project Yume: the sweetest gift (:

I have a good Singaporean friend in my school, Dennis, who has been working on this project called “Project Yume” together with Peter Draw, a Singaporean charity artist who lives to draw for charity, ever since the earthquake, and he has been talking and blogging about it a lot. Although I do admire his efforts [...]

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is japan ok?

It’s been two weeks since I’m back in Tokyo, Japan, but it sure feels like i’ve settled in for a long time already! xP Since the earthquake struck, plus the ongoing nuclear crisis, many people have been asking me about the current situation in Japan, whether everything’s ok and all that plus many others asking [...]

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Disaster in Japan: how to help (:

A helping hand goes a long way. Here are some ways we can contribute! For Singaporeans: – “Ganbatte! Japan from Singapore” is a large donation event has been set up for the tsunami and earthquake victims in Japan. The event if coming up on Thursday, 17th March at Blujaz. It will have 3 floors of creative activities [...]

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homesick, now? =o

I wonder if any of you studying or living overseas feel the same way, but it is strange, that only when I’m back in Singapore do I somewhat feel “homesick”.  And what I meant by “homesickness” is that the longer I stay in Singapore, the more I dread that I will miss home when I [...]

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yosakoi- a japanese dance

I went to a Yosakoi competition in Ikebukuro yesterday to catch my friend in action. =D You can reach ikebukuro by (you guessed it) JR Yamanote Line, which, you all should know by now, is the line I love the most lol. (sorry for the poorly taken pictures, it was soooo crowded! ) Just to [...]

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testing… a pix & a link

ignore me… just testing how a pix and a video would turn out in wordpress… =P ~success~! xD

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