Tuesday Treats: Hello Kitty Mints + Mini Scones

Nerdy Hello Kitty raspberry sours, gift from Sarah

Mini scones at Tuesday Tea at 3

Carvary wrap with house & spicy BBQ sauce

Happy Tuesday, folks. It's been one crazy long weekend finishing my 29-page research thesis, staying at Relay for Life from 6PM-6AM (saw the sun set and rise outside in the same sitting, slept under the stars, had difficult moments of remembrance), studying for the straggler exams before finals and graduation. Thank goodness for Instagram for snapping the yummy moments of everyday. My username is @pandaphilia. Outfit posts soon!

Readers - do you Instagram?

Tuesday Treats: Red Wine & Portlandia

Portlandia is so beyond hipster, it hurts. I honestly think Fred and Carrie have multiple personalities, and I'm okay with it. It's a comedy set in Portland, Oregon and sooo random. Drinking my fave red wine from champagne flutes, with bigass ice cubes. Red Rosé tastes a bit sour and tangy and this monster cost $7. This is how you unwind after a hard day. It's Tuesday and still thesis-ing!

Readers - how do you unwind?

Tuesday Treats: Bubble Football

If you need a good laugh: grown men running around in clear hamster balls, playing soccer. Warning: gut-wrenching, side-grabbing laughter will most likely ensue after watching them bounce around, fall over, and tackle each other bouncily. Coverage starts at 1:30; enjoy this very belated Tuesday Treat and stay tuned for a spring outfit post in the morning!

Hi-Chew

Pudding, preserved plum, candied strawberry Hi-Chew

Black cola, cola, orange soda, grape soda, lemon soda, white soda (like ramune) Hi-chew

Lemon, green apple, strawberry, peach, grape Hi-chew

HI-CHEW is a chewy Japanese candy that usually comes in many fruity flavours that actually taste like the real fruit. It's so refreshing to eat a grape candy that actually tastes like grape. You know what I'm talking about ... fake cherry or banana Laffy Taffys, orange and lemon Starburst? Of course most candy is yummy but Hi Chew takes the cake (or should I say, candy?) on realistic tastes. For example, their Cola flavour tastes exactly like pop/soda/cola! The Pudding one even has chewy bits that simulate the caramelized sugar and Kiwi has little black "seeds." They come in little individually wrapped cubes and sometimes are white with a pastel colour center but the taste is especially impressive for such a modest looking candy. Though, as a warning the ones made in Asia do taste different and better than the ones in America. Thanks to my friend Francis who brought this goldmine all the way back from Taiwan over break. Most of this stash is long gone, absorbed into my food-loving tummy keke. Hurray for Tuesday Treats!

Readers - what's the most interesting flavour candy you've tried?

Matcha Green Tea Kit Kat

Thanks to my friend Mike for bringing back these delicious matcha green tea Kit Kats from Japan! They taste like green milk tea and even have green filling between the wafers inside. Excuse the face - it was a lazy weekend no makeup day. Big shocker: I actually look like this most days, the glasses/eye bags/pimples look in vogue, the battle scars of many nights of studying late. So much green in these pics, right? It's my favourite colour and almost everything in my room (yes my desk is lime green!) - desk, lamp, edamame peas plush - is this vibrant and lush colour. Enjoy this edition of Tuesday Treats!

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