I'm a Japanophile...

Yesterday was an unintentionally japanophilic day for me. After doodling around the whole afternoon, went down to Suntec BookFest with family (cos Teacher sis wanted to get stationery and stuff in preparation for sch reopening) while I just tagged along. Though I love books, I have enough of unread ones sitting on my shelves for the time being ;) However, I stumbled across this display of 'classic movies'... and though at first glance I dismissed them as forgettable movies, on closer examination I realised that they were the old, GOOD movies... And this was how I discovered some good Japanese classic movies, such as Tokyo Story and Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru... Also got Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, all for $5 each! In addition, I splurged on the first volume of an anime series - Monster (Started watching it on Arts Central last week; it's kinda dark (NC 16 for cartoon...), but seems to have a very interesting plot) ... Haven't really 'chased' after any anime series since my Naruto craze :) So... yeah, am very happy that I have some really OLD but good movies and an anime series to keep me occupied during my leisure time.

Also discovered a huge MUJI store at Marina Square yesterday... And bought myself some yummy green tea mix! Actually it was while studying for JLPT did I realise that 'muji' reallly meant 'plain' in Japanese... esp wrt to clothes/paintings.... Though am not sure this store was named MUJI because of that; it certainly made sense to me! The name certainly befits the minimalist/simple (but tasteful) designs of its products.