Philippine Pavilion at the World Expo

We got up early on our second day in Shanghai because we were heading out to the World Expo site.  This year's expo is said to be the biggest in history with 242 countries participating!  Every country would have a pavilion to showcase their culture and history.

As we were going inside we saw a lot of people rushing to get in.  I even thought to myself: "Hmm, this isn't so bad!"  because I was expecting to see a LOT more people.

So we took time out to take photos of the entrance... or what we thought was the entrance! 

Ni hao, Popobe!

My sister just got back from China and she came home with these cuties.

a 4 inch Popobe figure that comes free with a McDonald's happy meal! I hope we'll have this here too :)Chinese fans, lions, postcards and a mini expo mascot

lots of cute postcards. drop me a note if you want me to send you one via snail mail. I have 2 extra designs :)

Um, beef jerky that looks like candies (for the meat eaters here)

and a nice cat coin purse for me by artist Jimmy Liao

Last week, she came home from Japan and got us these yummy goodies from the convenience store since she had no time to shop. I've always wanted to go to Japan but I would really have to save for it since it's quite expensive. Oh, and I also need a visa!

Hello Kitty, Meiji and UCC coffee sachets (from the hotel! yay!)I love Japanese packaging design!Sushi candies that are too cute to eatthe green tea chocolate is really green inside!