Back to school pressies!

My Summer break is officially coming to an end. It always feels like it's just not long enough hehe. These past few weeks I've had some meetings and trainings so, it's been exhausting! 

I wanted to share this with you because I think it was such a sweet detail and, it made my day.

I don't think I've talked about this in here but, I love my English coordinator. I started working with her last year and she's just great, she's a great guide and support and and you just learn a lot from her. To welcome us to the new school year, she prepared this type of basket (more like a tray) full of goodies for all the english teachers. I didn't check what the others received but, I really liked what she gave me. She didn't only include things we could use at work but also personal, cute things.

This is the basket she gave us last year. I didn't share it here but it had some tea, hand cream, stationery and other goodies.

This year my basket was super personalized, everything is pink! Hehe. She told me she picked the items thinking about the things I'd like.

Let's take a look at the goodies!

This is how the tray looked when I received it.

Flor de la paz chamomile tea. It is an organic tea and it's perfect for a very needed relaxing afternoon. Especially with this rainy weather.

She chose strawberry Tic Tac for me because, they were pink, haha. But, they are also my favs.

"Pink Paradise" Sensa Zen Dreams body mist. It's a sweet but floral scent with great durability.

For stationery, I recevied a pink Sharpie, cute paper clips and post it labels.

She also included some cute accessories!

This is defo one of my fav items here, a vitamin E Moist Lip Plump by Saniye.

Harajuku Lovers Lil' Angel mini perfume. It smells delish and it has the cutest size! Perfect to carry around with you.

Mini hand sanitizer wipes. They are always very helpful.

Bailey's chocolate and a cute badge that says: "The future is now"

And of course, the bin/tray thingy. It's a plastic pink one. I'm sure I'll use it for some organization around the house.

And there you have it guys, my back to schoo pressie. My brain is not ready to fully go back to work yet but, I don't have another choice, hehe. Someone's gotta pay those bills. 

See you next time~! ♡

What I've been watching lately | Summer 2023 |

Summer came with lots of new anime seasons and I couldn't be happier about it. But, some of them are not over yet so, I'm only including the ones I'm done watching. Also, some of these shows are not Summer shows and I watched some of the before it started but, I really enjoyed them and wanna recommend them.

As expected, we have some anime and kdrama as a part of this list. Let's do this!

☆ The Glory 

This K-drama was my mom's recommendation, we waited every week to watch a new episode. It is a revenge, psychological thriller about a woman who was badly bullied at school. This made her drop out of school and start focusing her life on planning her revenge. I gotta say it was super different to the dramas I usually watch and, I loved it. There was no plain, boring episode. Apparently this 16 episode long show is based on a true story.

☆ Good Bad Mother

This k-drama is said to be a family, comedy, slice-of-life kind of show but I'd say it's pretty dramatic too. It's about a prosecutor who has an accident that leaves him with the mind of a child, this will help him to heal his relationship with his mom. It is 14 episodes long and they are a roller coaster of emotions. It made me cry! In the end it is a beautiful story, defo worth checking out.

☆ Sweet Magnolias Season 3

I have talked about this show before cuz it's the 3rd season! As the previous seasons, the show follows the life of 3 longlife friends, their families, relationships and struggles living in a small town. I always enjoy watching this show, they just take forever to release new seasons and that makes me forget some things that happened in the previous seasons. Oh well. This season only has 10 episodes that went by super fast. Now I can't wait for another season.

☆ Yamada-kun

I won't talk about this one much because I have a separate post dedicated to it. Yeah, I loved it that much. Hehehe. But I do have to say it is defo worth watching. I can't wait for a second season!

If you wanna check the blog post, click here!

☆ Oshi No Ko

I'm sure most of you have heard or even seen this anime but, I still want to include it because, it's something completely different from what I've seen and, I really liked it. It was a recommendation from a friend and, once I started it, it didn't take long for me to get caught up. 

The first episode is a longer episode (we can call it a mini movie) and works as an introduction of what will happend later in the show and why.

Synopsis is from My anime list:

"In the entertainment world, celebrities often show exaggerated versions of themselves to the public, concealing their true thoughts and struggles beneath elaborate lies. Fans buy into these fabrications, showering their idols with undying love and support, until something breaks the illusion. Sixteen-year-old rising star Ai Hoshino of pop idol group B Komachi has the world captivated; however, when she announces a hiatus due to health concerns, the news causes many to become worried.

As a huge fan of Ai, gynecologist Gorou Amemiya cheers her on from his countryside medical practice, wishing he could meet her in person one day. His wish comes true when Ai shows up at his hospital—not sick, but pregnant with twins! While the doctor promises Ai to safely deliver her children, he wonders if this encounter with the idol will forever change the nature of his relationship with her."

It has 11 episodes with a bit of everything, comedy, mystery, drama, etc. The characters are great and I think what I liked the most about it, is the fact that it covers dark real life situations.

☆ Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii 

Same as with Yamada-kun, I have a post about it and the live action movie. In this case, I recommend the anime a lot more than the movie. It's not that it's bad but, I didn't love it.

Wanna read about the anime, click here.

Wanna read about the movie, click here.

And, that's that guys. I might share another show recommendation post when I finish the shows I'm cuttenly watching. 

See you next time~! ♡

🛒 Walmart Finds | July 2023 |

I've been a big Walmart (and Prichos) fan for a long time now, especially because it is like 5 minutes away from my house. In the past, I used to go more than once a week and now that I buy for my own house, there are so many things I feel like sharing with others. That's why I thought I could start this series of posts whenever I find something fun, delish or just worth trying.

And I don't mean just food, I might also include house related things and pet stuff. I guess it'll depend on what I find and like.

I'm not sure this will be everyone's cup of tea or even if it will be a monthy thing but, I'm still doing it, hehe. 

Here are my July favs~

The Barbie Movie fever made me do it and I haven't even watched the movie yet, hehe.This ice cream is by Awesome Foods and it's called "Strawberry Dreams". It's well, a strawberry ice cream. To me it was more like a strawberry bubblegum. It's not your regular strawberry flavor but, it's nothing way to special. Don't get me wrong, it was delish but I wish came in a bigger presentation (it was only 473 ml) There's also a "Pink lemonade" one that I really want to try.

Other Barbie yummies I got from Walmart~ 💕

This bread is not a July find, I actually tried it a couple of months ago at my bestie's and I've been loving it ever since. This Cruapán by Bimbo is fairly new and as the name says, it is a mix of a croissant and bread. It is very buttery and it does taste like a croissant. It's delish when you toast it. It only comes in one size of 360g. Then again, I wish they had a bigger version.

These Great Value peanuts are my latest addiction. They are called "Salsas Negras" but I'm not sure what kind of sauces it includes. All I know is they have soy sauce for sure. They may not be everyone's favorites tho. At first I thought they'd be similar to the Doritos Incognita peanuts (that I also love) but, they're not. This are slightly spicier. (not too much tho). Idk, it's a different flavor that I think it's worth trying.

Hide Junmai Sake is not new to me but, I found this special edition bottle with the Samurai head. It's just soooooooo pretty and, as a sake lover, I had to get it. 

Now let's move from the yummies to the pet goodies.

I found these paper bags with catnip from Fancy pets, cats love hiding places so I thought it'd be a good idea to get them and see if they liked them. The package comes with 2 bags that are made of 40% catnip. I'd say they are medium bags and have different prints on both sides.

All the cats in my family tried them and, Masha (first pic) didn't pay much attention to it, Sassy (middle pic) liked it and Michee (last pic) looooooved it. To me, making these babies happy makes it all woth it.

And, the last ting I wanna share here is from Prichos. For those who don't know, Prichos is a kind of dollar store that is inside some Walmart stores. They sell lots of different things like kitchen stuff, pets accessories, toys cleaning supplies and decoration goodies, all for the same price. I check it everytime I go to walmart and end up getting something most of the time so, I'm sure I'll end up sharing at least one favorite thing every time I make these posts. 

This time my favorite is this cute bunny boiled egg molder. It is super easy to use and makes my eggs look adorable! I'm a sucker for everything cute so, I'm happy I got it. They also have a bear one and they are part of the Back to school collesction. I guess for the lunch and stuff.

And, there you go guys, some of my Walmart favs. I know you can still find these things if you're interesested in trying them.

Alright, I'll see you next time~!! ♡

Ichiban Kuji | NERV Neon Genesis Evangelion hand towel |

This is going to be a short post but, I really wanted to share my new NERV hand towel because, I am obsessed with everything NERV realted. 

Hand towels seem to be very popular in Japan, I actually have a Sailor Moon one I bought years ago. Earlier this month I went to another anime event with my friends and got this Neon Genesis Evangelion hand towel. It was not my first time seeing these Evangelion towels but I never really felt like buying them until I found this one.

It is 10 x 10 inches, everything is buel and we have a pic of the NERV headquarters and the legend "Special Governmental Agency", it's really simple but, I love it.

These hand towels are part of the Ichiban Kuji, that are lottery prices some konbini in Japan have. 

Plus, it's a licensed product.

There are too many designs, pilots, eva units and other NERV, SEELE and WILLE towels. I'll defo buy a red, classic NERV design if I ever find it.

Honestly, I won't use this one, I have it in my kitchen as decoration. It makes me feel as if I was part of the NERV staff, hehehe.

Anyway guys, this is it for this post, hope you liked it.

See you next time~! ♡

Audiobook bits | Minka Kelly Tell Me Everything: A Memoir

I had no idea Minka Kelly had written a book until a few weeks ago when Youtube randomly suggested me a video where she was talking about her book and I decided to watch it. The book is still pretty new tho,it was published back in May this year.

I loved her back in Friday Night Lights, she was so beautiful and her character was dating Taylor Kitsch, one of my big crushes, I had no idea they actually dated in real life too. When the show ended, I stopped following her career, dunno why. After watching that video, I kinda started remembering when I watched FNL and felt like giving it a chance. I didn't expect anything, especially not for it to kit me this hard. 

I didn't read the book tho, as I did with the Jessica Simpson's Open Book, I binge listened to the audiobook. It was so good, I listened to the almost 9 hour long audio in just 3 days.

In this book, Minka shares her story being raised by a single mom who used to work as a stripper and dealt with addictions. How they always struggled with money and never felt she had a home. She also talks about love, loss and how she got to the point where she is now. There is so much I didn't know about her. It's weird how sometimes we just think of actors as the characters they play on TV and never really imagine what they go through in their real life.

This book became a little more personal to me when she started talking about her mom getting sick. She died of stomach cancer, and the way she narrated part of it, felt so close to the things we went through when my dad got sick. It made me remember the whole thing, from getting the diagnosis, to losing him. It was hard and it made me cry a lot, I'm not gonna lie. It's still a very sensitive topic.

I really believe she poured her heart and soul in this book. It is very raw, very real and having her narrating it makes it even better. Defo a 10 / 10.

I don't know if these type of autobiographies are your cup of tea but, if they are, I totes recommend this one.

Manga Reading: Nana Volume 7 🍓

"Nee Nana, forgetting about our mistakes and our wounds isn't enough to make them disappear. even now I keep calling your name despite my pain, I'll keep doing that until you answer me"

I finished reading this volume last month but, it took me forever to sit down and write this post. But, here we are now, even if I'm almost done with volume 8~

Volume 7 is another orange volume, we see both Nanas in what seems to be the subway station, they are checking a "timetable" book. They look really happy. ♡

As we all know by now, this volume is divided in 4 chapters, from 21 to 24 so, let's get into it!

Chapter 21 starts with Blast's third concert in Tokyo, which was super crowded. Hachi and Misato-chan were already there. Jun-chan and Kyosuke arrived a little later but didn't see the show, the decided to let two other girls in cuz there were no places available anymore and they were clearly, hardcore Nana fans. They did pretty well, which was perfect because a person from Gaia Records was there too, and he realized how good the band was and their popularity.

He meets them at the end of the show and offers them to discuss a few things so they could have a chance to debut as a professional band. Because of this, Hachi and Misato-chan went back home right after the concert, Jun-chan and Kyosuke gave them a ride and also invited them to their art exhibition.

Nana calls Hachi to let her know they won't be back until very late cuz of the meeting. Even tho, she is happy for them, she can't help to feel a little left behind, especially cuz she prepared a lot of food to celebrate with them. Hachi and misato-chan end up eating part of the food she made and chatting for a while. Since Misato-chan will spend her Summer break there, Hachi decides to message Takumi and let him know so he doen't randomly show up while she's there. Takumi calls her just to make sure her visit is a woman, he smiles as soon as he hears her answer. Hachi also tells him she misses him and wants to see him. She leaves the apartment as soon as they hang up to meet him, leaving Misato-chan alone. Reira heras their onversation and pretends to feel sick so she can stay at the same hotel as Takumi and call Shin-chan. 

Then we see Blast going back home after the meeting, Yasu says he'll think about Gaia's proposal and give him an answer soon. Meanwhile Nana, Shin and Nobu share a taxi, Nana is planning to go back home to see Hachi while Shin receives a message from Reira and leaves the taxi before the others.

When Nana arrives to the apartments, she realizes Hachi is gone, she also notices a new microwave oven Hachi bought, a lot of food and a cake in the fridge, this makes her feel bad cuz she knows Hachi prepared it for them.

Hachi and Takumi reunite, at the same time as Shin-chan and Reira.

Chapter 22 Nobu hears someone knocking on his door at 6am, she opens thinking it's Shin but, it's actually Nana, who brought part of the food Hachi made and the cake. He wants to thanks her right away but, it is way too early for that. so they have an early breakfast together. At the same time, we see Hachi getting ready to leave the hotel, she realizes Takumi was still sleeping, which surprises her. She feels bad for calling him when she feels lonely even tho he's tired and leaves him a note before leaving. We also see Reira and Shin-chan in their hotel room. Shin refuses to take Reira's money this time, telling her she paid a lot last time so he'd take that as a part of last night's money. (My sweet Shin-chan's life is so sad sometimes 💔).

Later that day, Hachi starts worrying about her future, not only because she feels lonely but also because she doesn't have a stable job and she feels stuck. When she arrives to the apartment building she notices she received a letter from Mizukoshi-san, her former boss, telling her he recently got married, which makes her feel even worse.

As soon as she gets to the apartment, she's greeted by a very happy Misato-chan, she's happy because all Blast members (except Nana) are there. Shin-chan immediately runs towards her to give her a big hug. They start talking about the record label and how they should accept the offer they are making. Hachi tells them how much she likes their music despite not knowing anything about punk, besides knowing the Sex Pistols because of a movie. She's sure they'll be a big success. 

At some point, they run out of alcohol and Shin asks Hachi to go get more, Nobu offers to go with her. She feels a little awkward cuz she doesn't know wha to talk about when they are alone, especially now that she knows he has feelings for her. She apologizes and tells him she's glad they met again cuz she thought he wouldn't want to see her again. Hachi tells him he might be idealizing and that once he knows her true self, he'll be disappointed, to which he tells her she should go ahead and disappoint him or he won't know how to let her go otherwise. They just hug after that.

Back in the apartment, Shin asks Yasu about his relationship with Reira, he wants to know if he was ever jealous of Takumi. Yasu admits he was, but not because of Reira, he was a little jealous of his talent. He also shares a little bit of how their relationship evolved until he realized he could never help her when he needed him. Suddenly, Nana arrives and wonders where Hachi is, Shin tells her she left with Nobu, this makes her really happy for some reason.

Then we go back to Nobu and Hachi. As they're are hugging, Hachi realizes she really has to end things with Takumi if she wants to have something with Nobu, that hug made her feel really good. Then, they kiss.

Chapter 23 After sharing a kiss, Hachi and Nobu hold hands and walk to the store but, she keeps wonderin what could be on his mind after everything that had happened between them and Takumi. In the apartment, Nana asks Yasu to tell the man from Gaia to prepare a contract as soon as possible, then she decides to take a bath  as everyone starts leaving assuming Hachi will spend the night with Nobu. 

When Hachi and Nobu are at the convenience store, they see a poster about a firework expo, Nobu asks her if she wants to go with him, this makes her happy and, of course, she says yes. They walk back to the apartment holding hands again and start talking about random things that lead them to end up talking about Takumi and how Hachi didn't want anyone to find out about them. Nobu understands and tells her he's willing to wanit for her and do everything he can to make her happy. 

When she arrives home, Misato-chan is surprised she came back alone. Hachi goes to the bathroom, where Nana is already taking a bath, she undresses and jumps in the bath tub with her and tells her about Nobu inviting her to see the fireworks together. Nana seems to be a little upset cuz she expected Nobu to do a little more than just inviting her to do that. 

Now in her room, Hachi thinks about ending things with Takumi through the phone, then she takes down the Trapnest poster she had. Then we see Trapnest talking about how the paparazzi had been following them and how they have to be very careful with everything they do. Especially Ren having Nana staying at his place. While they're at it, Takumi receives a message from Hachi asking him to call her whenever he can, he calls right away. Even tho she was planning to end it, she couldn't do it through the phone, it didn't feel right so she asked him to meet to which he replies he can't because they're in the middle of shooting a TV show. He quickly asks her if she's pregnant, feeling releived when she says no, telling her he's glad cuz it'd be "bothersome" if she was. This makes her feel angry so she tells her not to call her again and, hangs up. He doesn't seem to understand why she got so upset. Hachi waits for a couple of minutes to see if he'd call her again but, he never does. She realizes she was hanging onto a man who didn't really care about her but, at the same time she's proud thinking she broke up with him. In a way. 

The next day, Hachi unexpectedly visits Nobu at work, he's surprised cuz he thought it'd take longer for her to end things with Takumi. After work, they go to his apartment and, sleep together.

Chapter 24 We see Hachi and Nobu in bed, talking about his family, Nana back in high school and their relationship with Ren. The next morning, Hachi arrives to the apartment, finally finding Nana there. Hachi's nervous to tell her about what's happenening with Nobu and tries to avoid the topic but Nana asks her if she was able to find him at work. At some point, Hachi starts crying and tells her she's fallen in love with him. Later that day, Nobu and Hachi go to Jun-chan and Kyosuke's art event, which took Jun-chan by surprise. After the event, she meets with Kyosuke and Shouji at Jackson's Hole and tells them everything about Hachi's new relationship. There are some cute Jun-chan x Kyosuke scenes after that, where they talk about Hachi and Shouji and what made their relationship fail. They are always really cute together.

Takumi tries to call Hachi but the calls won't go through, this annoys him. He kinda complains about it with his bandmates and, even tho Ren knows about her new relationship with Nobu cuz Nana told him, he doesn't say anything. We move on to Nana and Nobu talking about Hachi. He thanks her for helping him and supporting him through it all which to she replies she wasn't doing it for him, she only used him to "keep Hachiko tied up in her garden", Nobu is shocked but doesn't have time to say anything cuz Hachi arrives, interrupting them. 

Nobu decides to talk to Shin about it, Shin admits Nana can be a little too possessive and also points out how toxic her relationship with Ren is. In the end, Nobu tells Shin he should try loving someone but Shin says that is impossible for him.💔

We move on to see Yasu and the guy from Gaia with Shin's step-dad since they need his approval to sign the contract. Yasu realizes the man doesn't love or care bout Shin at all, which is pretty sad.

Towards the end of the volume, we see Hachi and Misato-chan painting Hachi's room, she wants to get rid of the mark the Trapnest poster left on her wall. In a way, it is a way to officially leave everything she had with Takumi behind.

And that is rhe end of volume 7. As always, there's a Junko's room section that keeps getting weirder and more random each time.

Oops! I think this was a long post again. I'll keep my thoughts short. I think now that I read this volume, I realized that Nana and Hachi's friendship was a little toxic too. Too many toxic relationships in this story, omg. Still love them so much and I think Nana is the coolest. 

Anyway, the links to my previous Nana manga posts will be linked down below in case you haven'r read them or feel like doing it, hehe. (They are all super long tho)

Manga Reading: Nana Volume 6🍓

Manga Reading: Nana Volume 5🍓

Manga Reading: Nana Volume 4 🍓

Manga Reading: Nana Volume 3 🍓

Manga Reading: Nana Volume 2 🍓

Manga Reading: Nana Volume 1 🍓

Naruto: Shippuden S.H.Figuarts Uchiha Sasuke - He Who Bears All Hatred -

Guys, it is time for another (Sasuke) husbando post! I think we all know how much I love Sasuke by now.

I received this Naruto: Shippuden S.H.Figuarts Sasuke figure on my birthday and, OMG he is so handsome! Even tho, I don't know much about figures, I gotta say this is one of the nicest I have.

According to the box the figure came in, "S.H.Figuarts is a standard action figure series that uses the art style and technology of Tamashii Nations to persue character expressions through humanoid action."

I don't really know where to begin so, I'll start with the packaging. The box  has a transparent part showing the figure and most part of the pieces it comes with. We also have the name of the figure in japanese and a pic of Sasuke mixing the figure's face with some cartoonish lines on his body. I found it kinda cool. This is an official figure so, it also comes with some logos and stamp thingies. On the sides, we see more pics showing the figure and, on the back, they show some of the things and poses you can do with this figure. All in all, I really like the box. And this is not me being biased, hehe. 

This figure also comes with an instruction manual.

Moving on to the figure, it is approximately 5.9" tall and it's super articulated! Like, you can even move his toes so, yeah. It comes with 4 different face expressions, 5 pairs of hands, a sword, scabbard, a half-drawn sword and the Chidori effect. I'm defo keeping all the parts I'm not using in the box cuz I don't wanna lose them.

The details are just great! All the faces are beautiful, loved the eyes and also the fact that you can even see the nails on each pair of hands. 

I love how this figure can stand without having a base.

From what I've seen online, some people like to recreate specific scenes/attacks from the anime with these figures, I don't think I'll be doing that but, I'll share some pics in here for you, hehe.

I'm not that good at describing figures since I don't know much about them. All I know is I love him and I proudly display him in my living room to admire him. ♡

Anyway guys, this is it for this post. I just really, really wanted to share this figure.

Other Sasuke related posts:

❤ Part of my Uchiha Sasuke goodies

❤ Boruto: Naruto Next Generations | Sasuke Uchiha Funko Pop! Keychain

❤ Sasuke Retsuden | My favorite SasuSaku moments 💖 |

(Video made by my friends, hehe)