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.

Long weekend!

Think I deserve a little break... Today's a public holiday and took leave tmr... so I have a total of 4 days to 'recuperate' a bit. Weather these days have been very December-ish and gloomy weather outside now makes me feel super stay-homish. Nice weather to snuggle in bed all day ;) Thus also decided to take the time to change my blog pic again... ;) S once commented that the dogs in my pic look Chinese, with slity eyes and all... maybe they were just cold. These cute furry creatures were quietly sitting on the roof of a Tibetan temple in Shangri-la, Yunnan Province. Skies were blue but temp was prob hovering around 0C...

Atonement

I really want to watch this :)

I bought a lot of things....

Isn't this pendant lovely. Saw this in a tray of 50% off sale items at Fie Japan, and HAD to buy it, cos it's totally like something i would draw. Then i very boliao, spent a good 20 min or so at 1am in the morning trying to take nice pic of it at good angle. Aargh spent a lot of money today... but feel somewhat proud of myself that though I did spend quite a bit, I also got many many things (mostly on sale!). But once again fishing for bargains entails wading through irritating crowds (times 5 due to Christmas)... which is very very tiring. Sigh, no pain no gain... ;)