A Day in Asia: HUGE post with art, food and cuteness!

Hi there! Yesterday I felt like I was in a different city, like I was somewhere far faaaar away. But in reality, I was only a 20 minute walk away from my house. Let me tell you how this happened!

First, I decided I wanted to visit the World of Manga exhibition! So I walked there. This museum is always one of my favorites to walk to. The gorgeous trees and houses (and vintage cars!) I walk by always amaze me. Once I got there, the nice lady who got me my ticket complimented me on my hair n.n

I didn't take any pictures because I forgot to take my camera out of my bag x.x The exhibition itself was a little less exciting as I thought it would be. It was super interesting though to learn about all the various gods/demons/history that have influenced manga from the very beginning. It all started very dark on the first floor, and the second floor was all pink and dreamy!

My favorite part was the last part, focussing on anime. They had a space with 4 big screens that showed parts of the anime Wolf Children, with piano music playing in the background and a round couch in the middle. It was so beautiful and relaxing, I could've sat there all day. The scenery in the movie looked breathtaking and I definitely want to watch it sometime soon now!

In less than an hour I stood outside again, proud of myself I didn't buy anything at the shop (I was drooling over some adorable Hello Kitty x Momiji dolls..). I also found out there was going to be a new Future Pass exhibition in February 2014!! I hope it'll be around for some time, since I probably won't be here then. But omg I'm so excited! The last Future Pass exhibition was one of my favorite art exhibitions EVER.

I didn't feel like going home yet and was craving more Asian inspiration! So I headed to the Chinatown side of town! There I finally got to visit two of my favorite 'kawaii' shops, the 'Gift Shop' and it's slightly more expensive sister Wah Kiu. At Wah Kiu they had the greatest gigantic Chococat Plush EVER. I cried a little inside when I saw it was 114 euros... Someday chococat, someday...

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They also had some REALLY cute tea and Wah Kiu. I snatched a folder of it so I could at least look at the pretty artwork a little longer and read a bit more about it. It looks so cool (or should I say hot?) and delicious. I definitely want to get some sometime soon!

All the different packaging!

Probably the prettiest blooming tea. Want!

This tea makes your eyebrows super long??

Then I came across an Asian supermarket I hadn't been in before, so naturally, I dived right in! I went straight to the snacks and candy section and almost died Cx they had a lot of cute goodness I hadn't seen in any other stores before! I only took a small selection with me since I knew I'd end up eating it all in a day. Walking there, hearing everyone talk in languages I couldn't understand really made me feel like I was in a local supermarket somewhere in Asia for a little bit.

Cuteness in a bag!

Then I was hungry and my feet were tired so I walked back home, to nom on all the cute snacks! The Double Pretz with Strawberry Cake flavor were my #1 favorite. DELICIOUS. The Pooh bear biscuits with creamy lemon filling were super yummy too though.

Greatest sticks ever. Ignore my horrible nails...

Soooooo adorable.

Omnomnom

Pooh bear shaped biscuits c:

Kawaii Mickey!

Holographic tape *__*

These weren't that delicious, but I only got them for the cute tin anyway n.n

Oh and I got a new Hello Kitty figurine to add to my collection! I hadn't gotten a surprise egg in ages, and I was happy I didn't have this one yet.

Tiny Kitty

And since we're on the subject of Asia/Japan anyway, yesterday I got some awesome stuff at Zara! They had a sale, and I still had a giftcard lying around (score!) and they had some amazing Asia inspired shirts. I got a Tokyo crop top and the greatest bat print sweater ever. Honestly, my heart skipped a beat when I saw that sweater. It's perfect. Also got a striped bodycon dress at H&M for cheaps, some knee socks and delicious smelling bodybutter with grapefruit and lemon!

Wow, that was one long post, but I just felt like sharing LOTS of fun and cute stuff with you today. Just remember that just because you might not have to money/time to travel far, doesn't mean you can't have any fun! When you look carefully, your dream holiday/fun vacation spots might just be around the corner. Go explore! That being sad, I shall now leave you with this delicious coconut pudding with mango sauce.

Hope everyone is having a great week/summer so far!

Thursday Tasting: Strawberry Milk Tea!

The other day I was walking around my local asian grocery store, when this cute cup caught my eye:


Strawberry Milk Tea! Milk Tea + Strawberry + cute pink packaging = NEED! The only thing that made me hesitate getting it was the fact that there were no dutch or english instructions on how to prepare it, but I figured I'd be able to figure it out with my awesome cooking skills. Let the experiment begin!

This is what was in the cup when I opened it. A packet of milk tea powder, packet of tapica pearls and a bendy straw n.n

With my awesome language skills I figured out that I had to put the powder in first (I don't think it the order  matters much though.. T.T) The powder smelled HEAVENLY, if you've ever had milky strawberry snacks/ice cream/whatever before, you'll know what I'm talking about. If KAWAII had a smell, it would smell like this.

Next, I decided to add boiled water! It already started looking like something drinkable and delicious...

Aaaaaand finally: throw in the pearls! I didn't photograph them, but they're basically little brown tasteless gummy balls :P This resulted in...

SUCCES!

Then it was time to taste this little baby. I waited for it to cool off a little bit an d then took my first sip. OMG WHAT IS THIS MAGIC? Seriouly, it was delicious. The pearls weren't really necessary though in my opinion. Most of them didn't get through until I was almost through the entire thing, but since they're packed seperately you can just leave them out if you want c:

If any of my Dutch readers want to try it too: you can find it at Amazing Oriental.
Have you ever had milk tea? Did you like it? Have a wonderful day!

Sunday Swift and Strawberries!

Since I'm feeling more inspired than usual this weekend, here is more artsy stuff n.n

For drawing class we have an '100 portraits' project going on, which means I've got to draw at least 20 portraits every week. I'm keeping up good so far, and it's a great practice! I've even worked on a more detailed portrait of Taylor Swift. It's been ages... I used to draw portraits all the time in high school. It was good to find out I hadn't completely lost my realistic drawing skills.

I starting regretting having picked out Taylor when I started on her hair. I should've gone for a bald person... Lots of tea in kitty cups and vanilla scented candles on pretty heart shaped trays were used during the making of this portrait ♥

I also made this cute little tamagotchi gif, inspired by the one I posted a couple of days ago. All the gifs I've made kinda come together in this one! SPARKLES. DONUT PLZ.

Gifs like this require lots of kawaii, sugary snacks. Omg those egg rolls with strawberry filling are HEAVEN. I still can't get over it. I ate the entire bag in two days and I have no regrets. And yes, the theme during my grocery shopping trip was pink an strawberry. I think I did a decent job sticking to the theme.

Look at that sugoi happy strawberry! I have yet to taste the lemonade, but I mainly got it for the bottle n.n It's just so cute! Happy Sunday everyone!

BOOM. SUMMER.

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I can't believe how summery it is all of a sudden! From one day to the other I can suddenly walk around without a scarf and warm socks! I got an instant cleaning fever (best thing ever) and a craving for summer fruits and fresh salads n.n and all these other things!

Indie City playlist on 8track! 

Great way to start off a summer day <3

This skirt!

This is one of those skirts you can only wear on a super hot summer day, which it is today! I got it at a vintage shop in hipster Williamsburg in New York! I remember how it was super hot that day too and that Kimya Dawson's Tire Swing was playing and for a moment I felt so incredibly happy and lucky to be there. I miss New York summers.

Baked Oatmeal

Ok so this might not be a very 'summery' thing, but it's so delicious! I love it with pears (like in the picture) I believe I now have a baked oatmeal addiction. But I guess I could pick worse things to be addicted to, so it's all good!

My new ring! It's pink, it's glittery and it's BIG. It's perfect.
Working on my fairy tale's illustrationsThey're really starting to come together now. I'm so excited!
You can also check out my first short animation called Cucumber Cannibalism on Vimeo! I'm no animator, but I'm still pretty proud of it :)
Hope you're all having pretty weather too and a great Tuesday!xoxo