Hello Kitty

Who Really Caused the Subprime Mortgage Crisis

by Mitja on September 23, 2011

Sure sure, we all know the roles Goldman Sachs, Countrywide, Bank of America and the like played in the mortgage crisis but only now can the leader of the shadow agency behind these firms be revealed. Are you really surprised? I believe the rough translation is “Bow down before your new overlord!” Photo taken in [...]

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Hello Kitty Chorus Line

by Mitja on October 28, 2010

We visited Puroland in Tokyo earlier this month, the home of an indoor Hello Kitty theme park.  I have a lot of photos and video which fail to completely capture the mind-blowing experience.  But here is a brief clip from one of the many musical revues. Watching one performance like this is just silliness.  Seeing one [...]

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Halloween 2009, Singapore

by Mitja on November 1, 2009

We flew back from Bangkok today, our flight schedule timed to get our daughter home in time for trick-or-treating.  Citrus loved her Hello Kitty costume so much from last year that she wanted to wear it again.  Not that there were many alternatives lined up.  The best idea I could come up with was to get [...]

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Hello Kitty Passenger Lounge

by Mitja on July 6, 2009

Hello Kitty may be global but we now live closer to the epicenter.  There is a Sanrio Puroland theme park in Tokyo, a Hello Kitty castle for rent in Taiwan, and even Hello Kitty-themed S&M love hotels in Osaka where you could use your Hello Kitty shoulder massager. On our flight from San Francisco to [...]

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