Goodness me, even more randomness from Shanghai

[cerealjoe]

I want some green tea cherry blossom scented KitKats. Why have I other places to be besides Japan these days? I have a feeling my life would be more complete if I tested what they taste like. Speaking of weird things I quite enjoy, here's some photos of the random stuff that amused me in Shanghai.

Elmo and Tchorny quite enjoyed Pocky sticks, even if they came at extremely high costs. The green tea ones didn't really taste like much but it's the thought that there are green tea pocky sticks that makes me happy.

As I said, small things amuse me.

I wish they also have the pronounciation guide on those cookies... just the characters do not help me much.

From one of the 2 yuan shops we visited when we ended up in a shadier part of town.

Another great find in a 2 yuan shop. I wanted the same fridge magnet but they were out. Now this proudly hangs above my calendar from L'viv.

I did not reverse this image, the bag is really printed backwards. As you can guess, it's also from the 2 yuan shop... and I'm not quite sure that DBSK agreed to have their image on that. (if you didn't know, DBSK have many names, one of them is TVXQ, you can read them all on wiki)

For this you are allowed to go wtf on this one. I just bought this drink (or gel or whatever it was) because you have to give props to the guy for trying to make drinking something look badass. No really, don't you just feel like you'd be a total badass like him if you tried this?

I'll admit it, my extended knowledge of Asian entertainers fails me this time, I have to clue who the dude is.

But come on, he's even looking badass on the back. Just how much more awesome can you get?

Japanese M&Ms, oh what wouldn't I do for M&Ms?

I'm from the Dragon Ball and Albator (Captain Harlock) generation so Pokemons are not really my thing... but hey, I got a trading card or something of the sort. Does anyone collect those? I still have it if someone wants it.

Meiji approach to M&Ms: external cardboard package, aluminium package, humidity remover, candy. Seriously, humidity remover for a bunch of candy?

The colours were bright and shiny though. I was happy. I'm really not crazy but maybe there is a reason why people joke that I should not be allowed to travel to Asian countries. I want to try all the weird stuff there is. I bet it's the same when others come to France or Finland, although maybe the prospect of trying viili isn't as appealing as trying weird flouverd pocky sticks.

How about some getting to know you questions for this Sunday too? 1. Showers or baths? Showers... because I don't have a bathtub in my flat and overall baths take too much time. 2. Do you have any crazy urges? I have crazy urges to take photos of stuff I find extremely amusing even though it earns me some weird looks. 3. What is one thing we don't know about you? I have completely given up on going to Finnish classes (bad, I know!) because it really stopped being fun. Right now I've also given up on Chinese for a while and I'm starting to learn Korean because there is an actual alphabet. So far, I must say it's been fun and I'm making quite good progress. 4. Exercise..love it or hate it? Love long distance running, swimming or some sports like ping pong. Anything else bores me to death, especially weight training or some repetitive crap like that. 5. Do you think you have a good body image? I have a much better body image these days than a couple of years back. Maybe my increase in terms of ego helped with that. 6. Flour or corn tortillas? I'll be honest, I haven't had enough of either to be able to say. 7. How do you celebrate Easter? Baking paska, joking with peeps about hiding eggs in the garden, acting like a kid and trying to find eggs in the garden, enjoying my mum's food if I'm back in Marseille like I am this year. 8. Hard boiled Easter eggs or plastic eggs? Real eggs! If they're real pysanky then it's raw eggs that are then emptied. Otherwise it's hardboiled.