🔖 Recent Reads: Full Metal Panic! | Collector's Edition 3 |

It took me a while to finish this one since I started reading it at the end of January. A part of me refused to finish it, and sometimes I didn't have the time to dedicate to reading it. But I can tell you, I enjoyed every part of it. This baby, the Full Metal Panic! Collector's Edition 3 was a pressie I received last Christmas. I love Full Metal Panic! so, so much! It is one of my favorite anime ever. And I feel it's super underrated and doesn't get as much love as it deserves.

I'll give you a quick summary in case you're not familiar with the story:

"The series follows Sousuke Sagara, a member of the covert anti-terrorist private military organization known as Mithril, tasked with protecting Kaname Chidori, a hot-headed Japanese high school girl born with strange abilities that attracts the attention of various antagonistic groups."

The anime was released back in 2002 and has 4 seasons so far: Full Metal Panic!, Full Metal Panic! Fumoffu?, Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid and Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory. I am obsessed with them and the main characters but, I have never read the manga or the light novels, especially because it's very difficult to find FMP! merch where I live. (of course you can get some online)

This book has a beautiful hardcover book with an illustration of an Arm Slave and the title in silver. Which makes a perfect contrast against the dark blue background. It's simple, yet cool. This novel by Shoji Gatoh and illustrated by Shikidouji covers volumes 7 - 9 of the light novels and the last animated season, which is the only season I haven't rewatched a millions times. But, even tho I don't remembered every single detail, I did remember some of the things that happened as I read.

I'll include the back cover for you to see what each volume is about instead of trying to write a not-so-good summary, hehe.

Since it's not a manga, it only comes with a few illustrations. Some color illustrations at the beginning and other black and white ones along the chapters. I really, really love the illustrations, not only here but also the ones from the anime.

The book opens with some of the color illlustrations, some of them are the light novel covers.

All I can say is, I am obsessed.  My favorite part was seeing how close Sousuke and Kaname were at this point and they way the gave each other the courage they needed to continue with just a short conversation. I had all types of feelings as I was reading this, I felt sad for Sousuke and everything that was happening to him and around him, he just never gives up and I love that about him. There's a lot of action and of course, I got all emotional towards the end. Yup, I cried. And I remember feeling the same way when I saw that scene in the anime years ago. I also had to read lots of militray/guns related stuff, haha. It was fun.

This novel ends exactly where Invisible Victory ended, cliffhanger~ And since I don't know when they'll give us another anime season, I'll have to buy the next book to know what happens next. I know I want to buy the previous ones too. They're too beautiful not to have them all.

This!! I just can't, I love them too much! ♡

I think this is one of my most all over the place book posts, I defo recommend watching this show or reading the manga/novels. Some seasons are darker than others and it has some comedy too. I know I will be re-watching Invisible Victory now that I had finished reading this and I have all the info fresh.

See you next time~!💋

Mini Story Time: From Dracula To A Spike Bust Statue

By now, we know I love Spike from Buffy The Vampire Slayer, do I need a Spike bust statue? Definitely not but, now I have one! And that's what I'm gonna show you today cuz, when it comes to him, I'm a big fangirl.

Let's go back to September 2025 when I randomly found this funny looking Dracula bust for a very, very cheap price. I'm always looking for halloween, monsters and horror stuff so, it was tempting, plus it was the only one in the store. My sister told me if I got him, she would transform him into a Spike bust for me and, I went for it. 

This was our first pic the day I got him, haha. We didn't spend much time together cuz he went straight to my sister's house right away. 

I don't have many pics of how he looked before but, as you can see, the paint job wasn't great and her was a little damaged. The eyebrows were hilarious and he had this dark purple lipstick going on.

I'm gonna share some of the pics my sister sent me while she was transforming my vamp. I don't have many but, it was cool to receive some updates on the process every now and then. I don't know the exact material she used, but I know she re-painted the whole bust, gave him some hair implants (lol) to give his hair some volume before turning him into a bleached blonde. 

Of course the cheeckbones had to be sharper, she also replaced those thin brows for a lumpy forehead and Spike's scar and, I believe she also worked on his lips. Basically, we had a complete nip and tuck. His clothes changed too! Now he has a black leather jacket and a fabric collar thing covering the tiny bow tie he was wearing before. In other words, he's cooler now.

The before and after 🧛

He was supposed to be ready for Halloween but, it took her longer to finish him. I believe I brought him home at the end of January. It was defo a big transformation.

Right now, this bust is in my living room, I don't know if he's going to stay there forever but I know he's not gonna be just Halloween decor. I'm happy to have him even if it's a very random thing to have. Love the vamp too much.

I'll see you next time~!❤️‍🔥

Time for our February Recap 2026!

On my last post I said January was my hibernation month, this was the opposite. It was busy, more socially active and, kinda tiring to be honest. Not complaining tho, slow life feels nice but, it's way too easy to get used to it. 

Happy Lunar New Year 2026!

This month I told myself I was going to be more constant with my exercise, I haven't talked about it much around here cuz, it's not going the way I planned it, haha. And it's not even going to the gym or something like that, I'm just following 25min. full body workouts. The plan was to do it 3 times a week in the morning but, since we had family over, work pendings and other things going on, I started slacking and, I've spent that time getting my shit together instead of working out. I think I only did it for like... 2 weeks this month. But, it's ok! We can always try again next month. Heheheee.

A big highlight was having my aunt and uncle from Canada over, it has become a tradition now to spend sometime together at the beginning of the year. We always have a fun time together, catching up on life, remembering, laughing and, eating and drinking a lot. And since they visit other family members when they are here, we got to see family we hadn't seen in ages! My mom was especially happy cuz they have so many memories together. It was really, really nice.

On February 11th was one of my closest friends' birthday and we got together to celebrate it a couple of days later. It's always fun to hang out with my friends cuz I feel like I'm recharging some energy when I'm with them. We didn't do anything for Valentine's day but, I still received some gifts from them and my family too. Honestly, I didn't plan much for Valie's this year. It's funny cuz I used to care SO much about it in the past and, even tho I'll celebrate if someone asks me too or have some small gifts for some people, I don't really care about it that much anymore.

Something I've been doing and enjoying lately is to make myself some hot drinks and even iced coffee at home now that the weather is getting warmer, instead of buying them somewhere else, especially during the week. Not saying that I don't like to buy them anymore, I'll always love to explore coffee places and try new drinks but, there's something fun about treating myself to something yummy I make. 

After a long time of me yapping about Jujutsu Kaisen and how good it was, my sister finally started watching it, she's really liking it so far and, I couldn't be happier. Now I can fangirl with her too. And, even tho I'm currently watching the latest season, I decided to rewatch the first season too, so we can talk about the episodes and all that fun stuff. Plus, I feel like I forgot many things since it's been a while~ Now that we're talking about shows, I finished watching Glass Heart starring Satoh Takeru my love and Star Search, which was kinda different cuz I hadn't watched talent show competitions in a long, long time. I mostly watched it because Sarah Michelle Gellar was one of the judges but ended up enjoying it a lot and picking some favs along the way. I'm also still watching Oshi No Ko every week and random episodes of Crayon Shin Chan at night. It is one of my comfort anime to watch when I want something funny.

When it comes to reading, not much has changed, I'm stull reading my Full Metal Panic! novel. I haven't dedicated as much time to it as I wanted but, I'm enjoying it everytime I read it and, that's what matters.

Lastly, let's talk about music. Glass Heart, the Japanese drama has a great soundtrack and I've been listening to it a lot lately. I love everything Take-chan does and that includes his singing voice too. There's this song called A Song For Us To Sing by TENBLANK (feat. Yukino Sakurai) that I didn't like that much at the beginning and, it ended up being one of my favorites. The other new song I've been playing a lot is Time After Time by Ejae. It was released this month. I didn't love it at first cuz I wanted it to be a nice ballad like In Another World, but slowly growing on me.

And, I think that's that for this month guys, I feel like I didn't have many favorites to share this time but, not much has changed since last month and I haven't tried new things.

I'll see you next time~!💋

Toyo Foods Haul

We have a bit of a different haul today, a food haul! Not really a groceries one, just some fun things I got from Toyo Foods, which is a store that sells Asian food, snacks, drinks, ingredients, etc. I love Asian food and I want to start making more dishes this year so, I'm sure I'll be going back to get more things. 

I enjoy grocery hauls from other people so, I thought I'd make my own, haha. Haven't tried everything yet, that's why I'm not going to get into much detail on some of these things. I also bought some gummies but I gave it to my mom and my sister before taking a pic of them. My sister algo bought a few things and we shared, I'm including those here too. 

I got a bag of DayLee Pride Chicken Gyoza. I just love gyoza! Plus they are super helpful whenever I don't have time to make something and, they are great in ramen. I haven't tried this brand yet, I usually buy the Bibigo ones but, I'm excited to try new brands.

Calpi Sui. Which is basically a calpis drink. I got the 500ml presentation, but they had a bigger one too. I like calpis but I bought it becuse I want to try some cocktails I've seen that include it.

I cannot live without my coffee and yes, I do drink instant coffee too. I got this Nescafé Excella to have some iced coffee at noon when I feel like I need an extra caffeine boost. It's actually pretty strong and, pretty good. 

I've been meaning to buy some curry and, this was my chance. I bought two, haven't tried any of them before. I think I've only had curry twice in my life. I bought 2 different ones: House Foods Curry-ya and S&B Golden Curry Sauce with Vegetables. They are both instant curry sauce, that way I can just make the rice and the meat, chicken or whatever I'll have them with. One day I'll learn how to properly make it, hehe.

My sister got me this watermelon Cantabile Korean Pouch Drink. I've seen them around but it'll be my first time trying it. Apparently it is super sweet so I think I'll add some sparkling water or something whenever I try it. I noticed they also have coffee, I might get some next time. They just look like a lot of fun to drink!

I also got some instant ramen and yakisoba by Sunahoshi. Cuz instant noodles are a must in this house.

I love to eat these Kasugai roasted green peas, the normal ones tho, I hate the wasabi version.

VICPIE (Victory Pie) My sister bought a box of these cookies/pies and shared some with us to try. They are thin chocolate pies filled with strawberry jam. Not too sweet but, really good. The box came with many individual pies.

Kewpie Mayo, I just love Kewpie, hehe.

A box of Choco Pie that I shared with my mom and sister.

And well, these are not from Toyo Foods, I found them in a supermarket we went to later on that same day so, I included it here cuz it was my first time seeing them and buying them. I got some kumquat! I had no idea how to eat them and stuff but, they are so cute, sour and fun. I saw you can make some jam with them, dunno if I'll try that, I think some of them are not ready to be eaten yet.

And, that is it for this beautiful, food haul. Haha. Let me know if you'll like to see more hauls like this in the future with more Asian yummies or just fun things I randomly find when I go grocery shopping. I love food and I'm always looking for new stuff so, I'm always happy to share those around here. 

See you next time~!💋

Small Things That Make Me Happy Lately ✨

Today I have a bit of a random post sharing the small things I've been really enjoying lately. Not like a favorites post, it's more about every day things that had made my days happier ✨

 Slow mornings ⛅, cuz it's just so nice to take my time enjoying breaky while watching something without having to rush. Of course this can change depending on the day but, most days I have the chance to take it easy and enjoy my morning before getting ready to start my day.

My Full Metal Panic! novel I've been reading lately. FMP! is one of my favorite and comfort anime. Even tho I can't dedicate a lot of time to read everyday, when I start, I just can't put it down. 🪖 Plus it's a moment to cuddle with my fur babies, can't get cozier than that!

When I was younger, I had a sticker album, I wish I still had it. I've seen collecting stickers is kinda popular in Japan right now and, since I have a ton of stickers, I decided to make an album again with some of the ones I have. Of course, this time is just a normal notebook but it's still fun and therapeutic. There's nothing aesthetic about it, I'm just having fun with it.

Adding marshmallows to my coffee. I know it's not the healthiest and, it's not something I do every day, it's mostly on random weekends. There's something fun and magical about it, hehe. And just a happy way to start my day. 

Talking with my sister about Jujutsu Kaisen, after years of kinda talking about it and recommending it, she decided to watch it and actually liked it. I'm so happy I can fangirl with her now too!! 

I can't remember the last time I watched a talent competition. But, Sarah Michelle was one of the hosts so, I had to watch it. And I'm surprised with how much I actually enjoyed it. Didn't miss it twice a week and, even tho I didn't vote, I did have some favs. Sadly, it's over now but, It was still something I was looking forward at the end of some of my working days.

And that's that! These things might change with time so, I'll probably share other posts like this in the future. Feel free to share some of the things that make you happy.

See you next time~!💋

Pressies From Canada🍁

Last week my aunt and uncle came to visit, they usually come for vacations during the cold Canada winter and, we had the chance to spend some time with them before they returned. We have met around the same time for 2 years straight, I hope it becomes a family tradition. It's really nice to catch up, laugh and, of course, eat a lot and drink together hehe.

We had a great time. Mom got reunited with her aunt and uncle she hadn't seen in a long time too. They were all very happy to see each other.

They didn't have to but, they brought some pressies with them and, you all know I love making these posts. So, I'm gonna show you what I received, starting with the clothes.

This pieces are from the Cardinal Golf Complex, they are sporty clothes, super comfortable and have great quality, I already have a beanie my uncle gave me last year, it's great for the Winter time!

Excuse if my descriptions aren't all great, I know nothing about sports wear, hehe.

First we have a gray (looks too light on the pic tho) golf sweatshirt from TRIMARK, I already wore this one and it is the best! It is not thick at all, yet it keeps you warm without been too hot. I like the zipper detail on the front. And, of course, it has the Golf complex's logo. 

Next, is a red and gray jacket from ELEVATE, that even tho is not a rain jacket, it is waterproof. It's perfect because I don't own many jackets, I usually don't like them because most of them are really big and make me feel like a big, furry bear and find them uncomfortable to move around. This one is light and thin but, it gives you good coverage.

The last piece of clothing is this black sports jacket, super comfy and breathable. This one is a collab with Adidas and has the Golf Complex's logo on the back.

And now, we're gonna move on to bags.

Starting with the most special ones because they were both made by my aunt.

I had no idea my aunt could make this, but she made a different bag for me, my mom and my sister. Different styles and colors. 

I love mine! I feel like it's something Nana Komatsu would have, hehe. The bag is pretty girly and the pearl charm makes it super cute! And the fact that was handmade and no one else can have the same bag, is pretty cool.

This one made my mom cry. My aunt used a sweater that belonged to grandma and made small coin purses for the girls in the family (she made one for my cousin too). It was the sweetest, most meaningful gift. Is defo something I will always carry with me in my bag.♡

The other bag I received is this adorable cats, knitted, beige tote bag from Maple Moose. They said they thought it'd be perfect for my laptop and, it actually is! It's fits perfectly but, I think it could make a good bag in general since it's strong and can carry a lot in it. Plus, we all know I am a cat lover. 

And with that, I'll end this pressies haul. I've been really enjoying everything. And just the thought behind all these things makes everything extra special. 

I hope we can reunite again soo, it's always so much fun!

See you next time~!💋