Newspaper Buildings

Hi, it’s me, 9J, again!

Last Sunday Anita went to the Heritage Museum to lead some tours.  I tagged along to offer her moral support.

At the New Town Plaza in Shatin, we encountered a strange cityscape…

Shopping

In this post I’ll show you places where Anita and I went shopping.

Brea Mall (L.A.)

The Easter Bunnies decorations at Brea Mall

Mission Valley Mall (San Diego)

Mission Valley Mall (San Diego)

Fashion Valley Mall (San Diego)

Fashion Valley Mall (San Diego)

South Coast Plaza (Orange)

South Coast Plaza (Orange)

South Coast Plaza (Orange)

Wishing Well at South Coast Plaza

Easter bunny merry-go-round at the South Coast Plaza

The huge Gucci store in South Coast Plaza

We love Target!

Another cheap place to shop (BabyJ and MiniJ say hi)

Vons, a supermarket

Costco = large quatities

Handkerchief and pens

On our trip to Ngau Tau Kok, we went to Amoy Plaza, which was right there, for a spin.

Workshop: Making of Scratch-Art

I went to this Scratch-art workshop at the Hong Kong Museum of History today.

We lined up to wait for the scratch-art workshop to start.

My Scratch-art

Let me introduce to you, our new friend: Big Black Bear J.

It was very interesting.

Black Bear

Black Bear is a character created by Miffy’s creator Dick Bruna.  It was originally used as a logo for a series of books that were published by Bruna’s family’s publishing company.

I found this at the Sekiguchi store at Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.

Black Bear

Let us welcome — RelaxJ

Our new friend — RelaxJ (original name: Rilakkuma)!  She (he?) came to us from the Circle K convenience store (site is in Chinese).

RelaxJ is eating some chips.

There’s a zipper on RelaxJ’s back… but it cannot be unzipped and no one knows what’s actually inside!

Christmas tree, plastic bag and DanJ reading

Order of business in this mishy-mashy post:

1. It’s the holiday season and I’ve never had a “holiday tree” of my own, so imagine my joy when I get my order from Japan (through a brick-and-mortar shop here in Hong Kong).  It is a metal tree with magnetic ornaments.
2. The plastic bag that comes with the order of the tree.
3. DanJ reads with me in bed.  The book he is reading is what I use for work to teach English phonics.

See how “Teko Teko Square” is transformed during the holidays!

While picking up the Christmas tree at the shop, I also bought some folders there.

Sale!

On my way to lunch I saw this:

Miffy Sale! Up to 80% off!

Miffy Sale! Up to 80% off!

I did not know such a store existed. However, I didn’t think twice before marching up those stairs. On the way up, it occurred to me that, be this a sting operation or a set-up, I could be dead meat.

Unfortunately, I did not find anything very interesting to buy. They mainly have a lot of pouches and little bags. The store owner and I exchanged business cards and hopefully when they get a shipment next time there will be more other types of stuff. If you would excuse me I have to home and check if there are any pouch and bag in my collection needs replacing!