Daily Shots: Keychains

My middle sistar is a collector of key chains. I always make sure to bring her back one from every single city that I travel to. I think she has all her peeps doing so. And the result: A massive mess.

Thingits: Moofia

I finally got my first four Moofia's! It's a series of mini figures created by SRANGEco and Tokidoki. There are 11 dairy-flavored characters total (Soya, Leche, Latte, Low Fat Milk, Mou Mou Milk Bottle, Baby Milk Bottle, Choco, Japanese Milk, Riso, Creamina and Fragolina) and they join their leader Mozzarella in her quest for schoolyard justice. Yeah. Whatever that means. They're blind boxes so you don't know which one you're getting. But it's okay cos they come in these super cute milk cartons. Groovy man!

Placenter: Tansu

321-B W. 19th St
Houston, TX 77008

I ordered my first Momiji doll on Amazon the other week thinking that there wasn't a single store in Houston that carried these little figurines. I was WRONG! I noticed that my little Momiji was shipped from this store called Tansu and it was right here in Houston. So I made a special trek over to the Heights area to check this place out. It's so crazy how much the Heights area has changed! From what I could see just driving by, there are a lot of cute stores and cafes and I have already begun rounding up some folks to go back there with me one day when I have time. So the only store I went to was Tansu. Tansu specializes in trinkets, novelties, origami and even furniture. It's basically all things cool in my book. I would have loaded up on all this junk if things were just a tad bit cheaper. I visited the mini wall of Momiji's they had to offer. The bf rolled his eyes as I gushed over which one I would get. The worker lady there told us that she ships out at least twenty of those suckers everyday. See, I'm not the only wasteful person out there. Hah! I already have one for myself, which I'll introduce in another blog, but I went ahead and bought two more since I have two friends who have birthdays in September. The bf queried my friends possible disinterest in these things. I actually don't really care. It's either this or no gift at all! I actually should have bought three since I have a friend with a birthday THIS weekend. I may have to make a trip out there sooner than I thought. I must apologize for the crappy looking photos. The worker lady was super nice and said it was cool if I took pictures, but I didn't wanna walk around flashing all over the place.

Tansu sells a lot of unique cards.

I super love cherry blossom trees. They're just gorgeous and supremely romantical!

I'm so silly. I have this yellow origami bird that I got from this Yellow Magazine event from awhile back. Like almost two whole years ago. And the word Tansu is written on the bird. And I remember telling myself, I should go there one day.

Momiji heaven!

Whenever I get my own place, I don't want a fancy schmancy dinner table, I want a picnic style family table just like this one!

Oh Really?: Fuwa

The Fuwa ("good luck dolls") are the official mascots of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. I'm about to literally write verbatim from wikipedia. There are five fuwa, each one representing many different elements such as the colors of the Olympic rings. The theme of the day is me wanting something that I have deemed wickedly adorable. Seriously. I crave and I covet these cute cuddlies. The mascots were created by a famous Chinese artist, Han Meilin. The names of the five fuwa are BeiBei, JingJing, HuanHuan, YingYing and NiNi. Taking the first parts of each name and combining them yields: "BeiJing HuanYing Ni" which translates to "Beijing welcomes you". Although they were supposed to represent luck, recent events in China have led the Chinese to believe that each of the Fuwa have cursed their country. Read each Fuwa description for more detail.


Name: BeiBei
Gender: Female
Cultural Inspiration: Fish; Traditional Chinese New Year lotus and fish design.
Olympic Ring: Blue
Element: Sea
Fengshui Element: Water
Sport: Aquatic Sports
Curse: In June 2008, one of the worst floods in 50 years hit much of Southern China and forced 1.6 million people to evacuate their homes.








Name: JingJing
Gender: Male
Cultural Inspiration: Giant Panda; Song Dynasty lotus.
Olympic Ring: Black
Element: Forest
Fengshui Element: Wood
Sport: Weightlifting, Judo, etc.
Curse: Who could forget the massive earthquake that devasted the Sichuan Province in May 2008. The Giant Panda is the animal native to Sichuan.








Name: HuanHuan
Gender: Male
Cultural Inspiration: Olympic Torch; Fire design from Mogao Grottoes.
Olympic Ring: Red
Element: Fire
Fengshui Element: Fire
Sport: Ball Sports
Curse: The Olympic torch relay was dogged with protests. Some cities even opted not to participate because of escalating danger and riots.








Name: YingYing
Gender: Male
Cultural Inspiration: Antelope; Tibetan and Xinjiang ethnic costumes.
Olympic Ring: Yellow/Orange
Element: Earth
Fengshui Element: Earth
Sport: Track and Field
Curse: Two words, Free Tibet!









Name: NiNi
Gender: Female
Cultural Inspiration: Swallow; Sand Martin Kite
Olympic Ring: Green
Element: Sky
Fengshui Element: Metal
Sport: Gymnastics
Curse: Nini is a swallow that resembles a kite. In April, there was a deadly train crash in the city of Weifang, also known as the 'kite city'.