Toh-ki-oh!

Okay, Tokyo was kuh-ray-zee and kuh-wa-ee! This was my first trip with Mom. Japan was certainly a strange choice to go with Mom. Or, Mom was certainly a stange choice to go to Japan with. Anyhooooo, we had fun. It was a good bonding experience. And we even saw snow (the locals on the street shouted "ahhh yuki!!!") - in March!

H&M

For the longest time, H&M was an exclusive privilege for people who traveled to Europe and North America. Their stuff was literally cheap and chic. Got this £20 top (pic above) from H&M in London before I went up to Scotland, thinking I wouldn't see it when I'm in HK.

But since H&M was preparing for their first flagship in Asia and basically covered the whole of Central in ginormous Madonna posters, H&M is now a household name (and most HK people probably think the M stands for Madonna). The Madonna effect certainly worked for H&M - on weekends you can see thousands and thousands of people carrying H&M bags and you still have to queue to get in the store.

Just the other day, I saw a student wearing the exact same top at school. Damn you, Madge!