I've been so busy lately trying to settle down in Hong Kong.
Didn't even notice that I haven't blogged for almost a week!
Last Thursday September 19th was Mid Autumn Festival!
For some reason, BBQ is a tradition in Taiwan on this day.
Besides that, we eat moon cakes and watch the moon at night.
We also eat Pomelo fruits and decorate them
(basically draw on them with permanent markers)
or cut it open and put it on cat's and little kid's heads
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Sogo Department store was also celebrating it's birthday!
So there was a huge sale.
You get 10% back on everything you buy in cash coupon form.
My mom needed some stuff for the new house she just bought
So it was perfect!
The only thing was that the coupon redeem is on 13F
And the stuff she needed was on 11F & 10F
So we kept running up and down these floors
Exchanging coupons as we bought stuff to get the max discount
And then each floor had their own discount coupon redeem as well
(like spend xxxx amount on this floor, and you get xxx back)
This was the Japanese food feast on the 13F
Things were displayed in Japanese.
Taiwan is still heavily influenced by Japan.
You can see Matsusei supermarket in the background.
I always wondered, if Japan didn't lose WW2
(not in a good or bad way, just if...)
Everyone in Taiwan would be Japanese!
Infrastructure, education, economy, people's mannerisms would be better
Not that Taiwan is bad or anything
But we would be even more like Japan!
And live a better life.
Everyone would be Quadrilingual
(Japanese, Mandarin, Taiwanese, and English)
They were selling Taiyaki on the 13F !!!!
Made on the spot, really fresh
Taiyaki
たい焼き
This was 10F I think?
Still very heavily Japanese influenced
Fake cookies making me hungry
Digital rice cookers, multi functional cookers
ranging from $200 USD - $700 USD
One was a rice/bread/pressure cooker
I saw this crazy coffee machine
Looks like it belongs to a chemist.
Priced at $270 USD
Wonder how many cups of Starbucks coffee you have to drink...
And I found this really pretty purple chair on the 10F
Unfortunately they only sell bedding, they don't sell the chair
One Japanese custom is to have Elevator ladies
They handle pressing the floor buttons
making sure no one gets caught in between doors
and announces each floor when the elevator stops
and greets customers.
This keeps elevators running much more smoothly and orderly.
For lunch, we had dim sum!!
After lunch, we finished up shopping
Kinokuniya bookstore!
There's also branches in Seattle, LA, and New York.
Colorful Ukelele
And I found Liz Lisa!!!!
My favorite Japanese clothing brand.
It's sooooooo girly and cute.
Full of floral patterns and fluffy elements.
I didn't end up buying this dress since I didn't like the neckline
I felt like I was being choked.
And that plus Asian sweaty weather is not fun.
But the fabric and design is amazing!
It's original price though... kind of Pricy
(Around $140 USD I think?)
This jacket on the other hand I HAD to buy.
It was 50% off.
Liz Lisa jackets are usually priced at $200 USD
So that means I get it at $100 USD
Plus this thickness is perfect for winter in Asia.
So I quickly LINEd my mom
She was on the 13F, I was on the 3F hahaha
Who LINEs with their mom anyways.
No one's so trendy like my mom
And this is just my outfit.
It's the aqua dress I talked about before.
Mom also bought a ton of skin care stuff for me.
I have really bad dark circles (because of allergy)
and also puffy face since I got back go Asia
So these might help!
And time to head back home!
Because Asia is so crowded, we need double deck parking spaces.
It moves the cars around like puzzle pieces!
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Getting ready for BBQ!
Getting the grill hot!
Grill everything!!!
Steak, pork chop, fish balls, sausages, bamboo, clams...
SQUID!!!!
And some Kirin Beer
"Happy Mid Autumn Festival" says Hamster
"Okey, back to bed now.
Shoo, go away, don't bother me."
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