SMASH*

I am very excited! I found this in Fukuoka. I already knew that I would take it home with me even before I took it in my hands. What I didn't know about was it is K&Company products, so I was sure that I wouldn't regret about spending money on this when I saw the logo. Let me introduce my new partner, SMASH*!





It's a scrapbook / journal book. Very cute inside, a lot of pages with all different pattern papers. They have some types, it has all different color on the side of binders. I bought a pink one "Pretty Pink" which is all pretty girly theme pattern papers inside, and a mint green one "Baby" which is obviously the baby theme. The inside of pink one is like this;








It's just a few of them here but actually this book contains a lot of pages! For a scrapbooker like me would feel happy just looking at blank pages of this book!

Each book comes with this awesome pen which is a pen on one side and a stick glue on the other side!





I paid about 2000yen, I think. It's not bad at all. I also bought a pink pen, a blue pen, and some of their accessories.

So after I brought this babies home, of course I did some research about this products. I guess it's popular in the states (for scrapbookers, at least), and there are many you tube videos of how to and all. This one is the official one;

It looks so fun! Doesn't it?? I can watch this video over and over! I love scrapbook, and I can't help checking out new products though I've done almost nothing lately. And I realized that the style has been changed a lil bit, and I think I like this style better. Again, I haven't gotten a chance to try these new style, as this video said "MESSY & Beautiful". It's almost like teenager's journal. I sure need to practice my handwriting and doodling some cuties.

I just wish there was a good (and not so expensive) portable photo printer for iPhone, so I can take some snap shots print them out right there, and SMASH those in it. I may just buy Cheki...

Oh, and one thing I regret, I should have bought ALL the SMASH* products there in Fukuoka... I guess I just have to ask my hubby to take me back there sometime VERY soon...lol

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Because they want to be separated...

It looks weird. It looks silly. It looks not fashionable. I never thought I would have one of these... But I tell you, this is the best thing!!!




I usually don't like to wear socks all day. All this time, I thought that's because my feet get too hot. But I found out that my toes wanted a lol privacy from other toes.lol Now I can still wear my flip-flops with my socks on!!

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Heat Teck

It's getting cooooooold!!! It'd been 5yrs since last time we had a real winter time(if I count out San Diego too, cuz it still was not this cold!), it'd been 7yrs since last time I had Japanese winter. So I've almost forgot what it's like in this face rippin cold air. But Japanese ppl are very smart when it comes to "stay warm but not look like stuffing doll".

Heat tech. They made this material very thin but very warm. With this heat tech material, this inner shirts are great for us females, we can wear these without look fatter.lol I already bought some of it, n I am wearing today. It sure is warm n comfortable. They have many colors n designs now, so it looks just like regular long shirts n you can coordinate n all, but it much warmer than regular shirts.

Now, they didn't just make shirts with this Heat tech material. They made this down jacket with this Heat Teck, which is called Ultra Light Premium Down Jacket. I got one for me, one for John, n one for Michele. I was gonna get for my hubby as well, but all the sizes they have are "Japanese Size" which is way too small for American guys' shoulders n arms. *I am pretty sure they sell American size at UNIQLO in N.Y. If you are interested. (UNIQLO is Japanese Brand which is as known as inexpensive brand, n is most popular brand when it comes to Heat Teck kind. They've opened the store in N.Y. sometime this year.)

I haven't started to wear mine yet, but kids are already wearing because morning is freezing cold everyday. It's still November, which means it still will be colder, but we might be okay with this Heat tech thing this winter.;))










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Rilakkuma

I LOVE anything cute. There's a lot of cute things you see here in Japan. Like, as you know, Hello Kitty is made in Japan. After I came back to Japan, this new character caught my attention...



This is Rilakkuma. "Kuma" means bear in Japanese. So this was named as "relax bear" - give us relax by just looking at him, relax-kuma, then Rilakkuma.lol

They sell a lot of Rilakkuma items. I always have to fight myself to ignore from this cute face at stores. Oh well, I lost this time, so did my mother...lol so we bought the stuffing Rillakuma for Michele, n I bought this for myself.



Now this is my favorite mug cup. I don't drink coffee in regular basis, but it's getting chilly all of sudden lately, n I enjoy instant mocha in this mug cup every morning now. N my mom bought this lilttle pouch.



N this is the cute part, its' back...



Haha, yea my mom is late 60s n she has this in her bag! But this bear really makes us smile! Now he is Michele's favorite too.



She named him James n she takes him everywhere now.:))

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"I heart ?a?a"

At our favorite store, Jusco, they sell this series of baby clothes that me n my hubby like. "I heart" series, just like "I heart N.Y.", but this one is MaMa, PaPa n Family instead of N.Y., of course.

In Japan, most of lil kids call their mom n dad "mama" n "papa". No, it's not Japanese(obviously!), as you know we use a lot of mix language, which I call Japanglish. So this "papa" means daddy.

Anyway, when we buy these kind stuff, there's always a silence battle between me n my hubby. Yes, which one we will buy "I heart MaMa" or "I heart PaPa" is what we battle for. First we grab same thing, except the word after the heart. When we can buy both, then we get both, like the pacifiers n baby bottles we bought. But if we wanna buy only one... Yea, we wouldn't fight or argue at store, especially it's about baby clothes, but there sure is a cold war going on between us.lmao

So we wanted to buy only one clothes for Baby Ilah. Of course our eyes were on "I heart ...". Let's see, which one we got...?



I let him have it for this one.lol Actually I thought, obviously I am always with her, I am the one who's gonna take her around everywhere. So, i think it's cute of her to show her love to her daddy. When I picked this one, he said "Are you sure?"lol

N I put this one on her today, so I took pics n sent it to him. I thought that picture would make him smile when he's working hard. But he didn't think so. Later he called me n said "I'm a lil pissed because you put the clothes on her when I am not around!"lmao I guess he wants it all.lol So I said "well, it's just a clothes, why don't you wash it n put it on her again when you take her somewhere?"lol Haha, he's not really mad, of course. But maybe he wanted her to wear that when she's with him! Don't worry, PaPa. She heart you always!;))

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Her Favorite Bottles n Binkies

First, we found these pacifiers at the store. We loved these right away, because of it looks. I grabbed the one says "I (heart) mama" n Chris grabbed the one says "Papa is the best!", n we had to get both...lol

She's been very good with pacifiers, so we knew she would take those new ones no problem. Then she tried... She loved it! She doesn't even spit it out!

Meanwhile she was having some problems with bottles. I did both breastfeeding n bottle feeding, about 50/50 to both John n Michele, n I am planning same way to Ilah. But it seems I'm making more breast milk this time, I would say I breastfeed her over 80% of time now. But still, sometimes it's not enough, so I have to use bottles. The thing is, she's getting picky about "nipple". Well, not just "nipple" for us. Milk leaks from some bottles, or she spills milk right out from her mouth... With some bottles, milk doesn't come out n she suck so hard she gets tired without getting any milk...

Then we remembered that they sell the same brand bottles as that pacifiers at the same store. We went to the store n we got the bottles(with same kind...lol). Guess what, she loves it too! Or should I say we love it?lol Anyway, she drinks milk so smooth with this bottle, n no spills from her mouth! We found the right bottle for her!



I found their website, didn't know that is Swiss brand...lol Not only its' looks, but its' quality is great as well. Their product is 100% Bisphenol A free, Phtalate, PVC. Visit bibi at http://www.bibi-uk.com/ for more information.

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Cream Puff… Yum!

When I see somebody eating something on TV… then I feel like that food. My husband always tells me “You just wanna eat it, because you saw it!” Yeah, that’s right. I wanna eat what they eat! So today, not TV, but I was reading somebody’s blog… She was talking about the cream puff with strawberry n whipped cream which she found in her parents’ refrigerator, n she ate it in the morning. She was so nice so she put the pic of the wonderful cream puff on her blog as well…
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“I WANT TO EAT CREAM PUFF!!!!!”
My hubby cannot say no to his pregnant wife’s sudden cravings.lol So we went to get some cream puff. There is one good cream puff store called “Beard Papa’s” near our house, like 5 mins driving.

This “Beard Papa’s”, actually from Japan. By now, you probably know that Japanese sweets are not too sweet, which is GREAT! So this store is one of my favorite.

See? Now you wanna eat it too, don’t you?lol We all love it!


Kids like chocolate cream ones, my husband likes their éclair, n I usually get their original vanilla one, but today, this new one caught my eyes…
Strawberry Short Cake!!!!!
Original ones are custard cream inside, but this one is whipped cream with a bunch of fresh strawberry inside… mmmmm… YUM!!! It’s definitely my favorite now!

Purple Doritos

I found this Purple Doritos... it's Spicy Sweet Chili flavor, at Subway, it was like... 6months ago? I don't like... more like I CANNOT STAND those all Cheese flavor snacks. So when I found this Purple one, I was so happy n it was very YUMMY! Unfortunately since then, I couldn't find it anywhere else.

Then just the other day... we went to Best Buy, n we found this by the cashier! WOW! But why Best Buy??lol

Anyway, for those who never seen this Purple Doritos... This is it!

What!? Secret Menus @ Jamba Juice???

Yep, that's what I found out today. Did you know that? I would be shocked if everybody really knew about it after I call myself Jamba Lover!lmao

Well we(me n Lani) are already behind about this, cuz last week, when we went to Jamba Juice at Ala Moana Shopping Center, we noticed that people(even tourists from Japan!) were ordering "White Gummy Bear"! N we were like WTH is that!? But we didn't really ask them or anything...

This morning, one of our neighbor kids who goes to school together, she told me about those secret menus of Jamba Juice! Even a 6th grader girl knows it already!?

Anyway, I checked the Internet(this girl gave me the URL to get some secret menus...lol), n yep. Thanks to Mighty Foods, now I know many secret menus! - Trend: Secret Menus (Jamba Juice)

Let me put the secret menus here...

• White Gummy Bear
• Red Gummy Bear
• Chocolate Gummy Bear
• Blue Gummy Bear
• Pink Starbusrt
• Peanut Butter and Jelly
• Raspberry Dreamin'
• Pineapple Dreamin'
• Bluetopia
• Sourpatch Kid
• Now and Later
• Apple Pie
• Push Pop
• Skittles
• Pink Fruity Pebbles
• White Fruity Pebbles
• Strawberry Shortcake
• Peanut Butter and Jelly
• Skittles
• Bluetopia
• Chocolate-covered strawberry
• Butterfingers
• Thank You Jesus Drink
• Recess Pieces
• Rainbow Sherbet
• Andres' Surprise
• Lemonade Lightnin'
• Tropical Tango
• Pacific Passion
• Berry Depressing

Ok...lol That's only what I found on this site, but there are so many comments n they seem keep coming up with new ones... N, it looks like, these secret menus are not available to all Jamba Juice, so please ask your local Jamba!

Alamoana Shopping Day

But I didn't really shop for myself.lol That's what I wanted to do today though. Michele got her school backpack at Disney store, it was like a half off, I love that store...lol Anyway, Michele possibly be able to get in the free pre-school program in the same school John goes to, because of her speech delay. So she's already so excited about it, I hope she'll be accepted.

N I got some books at Barnes & Noble... I got "Where (he Wild Things Are", n bought that monster doll(I haven't read that book yet so I don't know the name of that monster) so John would be more into the story, I thought...

I want my kids to be always "kids", well I let them watch WWE n stuff, but what I mean is, I want my kids to enjoy "kids" stuff as well. Now there are awesome games, all character toys n stuff, which my kids have a lot of those too, but I also want them to experience those old days' kids stuff, like when they didn't have all games n stuff...

So another thing I bought for kids today is those crystals n shiny rocks at Thinker Toys. My kids loves finding shiny rocks. Unfortunately there are not really enough to find around here... So I guess I use "my" imagination n add some stories with it...lol

God, I love being a mom... I love to shop for kids, n get excited!lmao

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Windward Mall

So we are here @ Windward mall to get our hair cut. There's a line, so while we are waiting for it, we were looking @ stores, n get us lunch...

This top pic is one of my favorites fast food meal, Wet Mondo @ Taco Del Mer. It's sooooo big... I usually cannot finish it...lol

N the bottom pic, this place called 808 Bounce in the mall has about 6 bouncers(John call it "Jumpolin"), just pay about $8 per kid n kids can play all day. Which my kids' favorite. There are tables n chairs, we can bring food from outside n eat here, they also have wi-fi connection, so this place is very good for adults too.lol

When my hubby come home... We can come to this mall, he can stay here with kids while I am shopping...hehehe.

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Grocery, check!

A-ha! We could finish our grocery shopping right after we got pay this time! Yay!

Since we can shop @ Commissary, total cost $228. Hehehe. Under budget! Good job, MAMA!lol

My hubby would say "Uh... BTW, why are you showing our grocery to everybody...?"lmao Because... I was so proud of myself!!!!!lol

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Window Shoppin' Fun

Dammit! I totally forgot to take pictures of this fun time today!lol I went out with my best friend Lani, just for window shopping... Yep, I'm broke! I spent too much money for John's b-day... Oh, well...lol So we went to the mall, but you know, window shopping could be so much fun, all depends on who you go with!

Me n Lani are always finding some fun everywhere... We are bad though...lol Well, besides finding cute things n adding them to the wish list, just finding so many curious things, mysterious fashion... I guess we are just talking bad?

Like, there were these red lollipops sold in Borders. It caught my eye, n I froze a second... WTH? When they start to sell adult novelties? Am I in Spencer's??? Yep, that lollipops looked like man's pe**s!! God, I should have taken a picture of that... Well it was actually... well, supoosed to be an airplane or a spaceship or something... But I had Lani look at it right away, n she had a same reaction! Yay! It's not just me!lol

So, these things, we find n we laugh... It's just so fun... I guess I am still in "girl" category, not "lady"category... in a good way...lol