Cuteness overload ♥ Gurashis featured in books

During the past few years, i have gradually rekindled (no pun intended) my old love for reading and books   
only old-school hardcopy ones please! no kindle/internet for me (: 

Especially after i started teaching, the hope that my "kids" will someday realise the joys of reading has made me spends hours in the children's section of bookstores in search for good books for them (:

 Heading down to the library on one of my weekly/fortnightly trips to borrow books for my class' mini "library", I thought: "maybe there are books about Sumikko Gurashi!" (I am a huge fan of these San-x characters ). But i searched to no avail ):

Then...

While browsing at Kinokuniya (JEM) a few days after... I glanced passed the Chinese Section Highlights and saw that it was featuring a Sumikko Gurashi comic book! 

(It felt like a wish come true! 
and in Chinese too! finally something i can actually read!)

 

角落生物的生活  S$17.35

(roughly translated as The Life of Summiko Gurashis)

Milk Tea pearl and Tempura plushies not included :P

And then I happened to be at Takashimaya the week later and i spotted this!  

Sumikko Gurashi Japanese Book  S$18.20

 This was in Japanese though, but still bought it to enjoy the pictures. (:

(The Japanese book seems more like a storybook, unlike the Chinese book which is a comic book, ie: the pages are in comic strip form)

Curious as to whether the Taka branch stocked the Chinese Sumikko Gurashi book, I asked the counter staff and he led me to the 小品 section which had SO many different books based on all the cute characters! Can't believe i had missed this section all along!

...and so my last pick was this!

 

 Kutsushita Nyanko book S$16.80

 

My haul! 

Always believed that buying books isn't a waste of money as it shows support for the authors/illustrators who write them and helps to keep the bookshop industry alive too!

 (Anyone else misses the HUGE Borders @Wheelock? It was such a big part of my childhood!) 

Stumbled upon any good (or just plain cute/fun) books recently? (:

Cuteness overload ♥ monkey year cuties

To celebrate the Lunar Year of the Monkey, here are a few monkey cuties to cheer up your day (: 

Disney Tsum Tsum monkey! 

 

Oh wait! It's a Tsum Tsum piglet!

 Nope! Its both! (:

Disney Tsum Tsum monkey piglet S$16.50  Seimon Cho

Thc cute banana peel on the top was what caught my eye. too cute! (:

 

And haha 

♥ 

 

 

 Disney Year of the Monkey 2016 Tsum Tsums!

photos credit to Disney Tsum Tsum 

Gund Monkey Plush S$19.90

Cute monkey keychain S$12.90  A'N'BC

The small things in life ☺3

Attended a housewarming last week

good Food. good Fun. good Friends. (:

Thankful for being able to become part of the big R family. 

Can't ask for better colleagues who make worklife so much more memorable and homely (:

新年快乐 2016!

HAPPY MONKEY YEAR EVERYONE! (:

(haha. yes this post is a bit late but technically its still the new year! 初十五 hehh)

Clockwise from top left:

Yusheng with the family! - Lo Hei is a CNY must for dad (:  -

Yearly ritual of getting flowers on the eve of CNY eve. (Just before shops close for the long CNY)

CNY buffet at Hotel JEN

Annual steamboat with the TQ (:

 

 

How did you spend your CNY? (:

猴年蒙恩！

The small things in life ☺2

After a long day.... 

Sumikko gurashi bed S$10.90 8.70  Papermarket

Kutsushita nyanko plush S$8+  Seimon Cho (IMM)

 Coming home to a warm and cozy bed & snuggling with my softies (plushies) 

- yes i'm still a kid at heart. haha -

Thankful for a nice warm bed and a roof over my head. (:

The small things in life ☺1

First Toastbox Wednesday of 2016 (:

Mee Siam, Teh, Butter Sugar Thick Toast (S$7.80)

2016 Planner (Little Twin Stars)

Deco (washi) tape S$3.90 S$2.70 each @ Papermarket  

Decided to start a new section - The Small Things in Life - to blog about things that I'm thankful for/things that make me happy throughout the year.

Wednesday breakfast/brunch treats - #perksofbeingintheafternoonsession ;) -  are something that i look forward to.

*Spending quality time with my mom on her off-day.

*Savouring my Toast & Teh @ a relatively hidden and quiet branch of Toastbox.

*Enjoying the fountain just outside the huge windows.

*Scribbling down upcoming events into my planner (complete with stickers to personalise my planning)

A perfect mid-week treat to recharge for the rest of the week ahead!

What's your way of recharging?  (:

Around Singapore - Christmas is coming...

 ...the geese pigs are getting fat. haha. (: 

Uniqlo  - Customisable tee

Christmas is coming in exactly a week's time! Love soaking in the festive atmosphere and enjoying all the cute decor.

Here's some pictures to give you some Christmas cheer! 

Have a blessed Christmas everyone! (:

My pick for favourite Christmas tree:

 

 Gund plushie tree @ John Little (Jurong Point)

I'm a huge Gund plushie fan so I squealed a little when I saw this tree decorated with mini Christmas versions of the bears from their "Fuzzy" line. 

Cutest -and fuzziest ;) - Christmas ornaments this year. 

...along with more plushies from the Gund Christmas line.
 "Why so grumpy kitty?" ;)

 

 Laduree macaron tree @ Ngee Ann City

 The huge Laduree macaron tree comes in a close 2nd. Who can resist this lovely pastel yummilicious tree? 

 

  You can get your own mini macaron trees too! 

Really expensive though! 

The smallest 20-macaron version (the pink one pictured above) is selling at S$140 and the largest 370(!!!)-macaron tree costs a whopping S$1,997!

More trees....

Gingerbread-themed Tree @ Isetan (Shaw)

 

Wintery Red-nosed Reindeer Tree @ Tangs (Marriott)

Under the Sea ~~ Tree @ 313 Somerset

LOVE how all the malls and shops put in the extra effort to enhance the "Christmasy" mood.  

 

 Christmas pushcarts @ Bugis Junction

Merry Christmas Red-nosed Kitty! (: 

@NEX

"Why, hello there Mr Penguin! (:"

@ Tangs (Marriott) 

Last but not least, was trying to hunt for cute logcakes/christmas cakes with cute snowman/decor on top. 

But none of them were as cute as THIS!

 

 Snowmallowman Christmas Cake @ LINE PLAY 

 Haha. Okay, so it's a virtual cake ... Oh well. If only they had a real-life version. (: 

Blessed Christmas 2015 again everyone!