Maggie Parr

I was first introduced to Magie Parr's artworks during my visit to HK Disneyland, and back then, I wasn't aware that she was the genius behind the paintings. I distinctly remember walking inside Banquet Hall and seeing the Snow White painting, I squealed like a little girl and rushed to it to take pictures. Then I noticed that there were other paintings beside it with the same art style and I felt like I was gonna die of excitement. Haha.

What struck me at first about her paintings was the colors and lighting. It gave out an air similar to that of old renaissance works of art. I love how she made the Beauty and the Beast artwork most especially because it's so early century-ish! Belle looks a bit huffy here though at first glance, hehe.

I was lucky to have come across a website once which accurately provided the artist's name, since I really had no idea who did these paintings. So I researched more about her works and found out that she was in fact commissioned to do a lot of portraits for the different Disneyland Resorts. I was able to gather some samples of her works as well.

Probably my favorite series is the one where she imitates the styles of famous pieces like the Mona Lisa (which she wittily named Minnie Lisa) and one of my personal favorites, The Swing. I have already had ideas of creating a similar set (actually I've already started before, with my Last Supper drawing), but I wasn't able to push through with the plan, partly because I felt that my flat colors wouldn't do the paintings justice. But maybe I shall get around to continuing that idea next time.

Disneyland Gifts

Milka just wrote something in her blog about how a friend saw something cute and instantly reminded him of her. I then remembered these! Hehe.

These are gifts from three different friends who went to Disneyland and brought me home something because as they said, these reminded them of me. It's really funny cuz all three of them gave these more or less around the same time frame, it feels as though they talked about it, haha but of course they didn't cuz they don't know each other or anything. Anyway... blab over.

The one on the left is a black Minnie Mouse pen from Juy. I love the super cute ribbon on the pen!! I have this thing about not using pretty things. So this pen is just standing there in my pen stand, hehe. It's so cute. The one in the middle is from Abs. It's a really nice keychain. It looks so vintage! I'm using it right now for my house keys. And the last one's from Harold. A very cute and funny Minnie Mouse umbrella. Beats me where I'm going to use it, haha but I still love it anyway.

Thanks super for these, Juy, Abs and Harold. I love them very much. Heehee. Just like what Milka said, I'm very honored that people remember me when they are in nice places, like Disneyland! Yey!

Still Enchanting

"I've been dreaming of a true love's kiss, and a prince I'm hoping comes with this...."

One of the most delightful films this year, Disney has proved that they still have it, with Enchanted. I'm so glad that Walt Disney Pictures has decided to return to 2D Animation. Although I did find Meet the Robinsons fairly cute, Chicken Little was just really bad, so let's leave the 3D thing to Pixar for now, ok?

When I first heard about the plot, I really thought it was gonna be bad. I expected nothing more than the average cliche twisting of fairytales kindda thing. But when I first saw the trailer, it was so funny and it got me all excited! It was what I've been waiting for for forever. And it did not disappoint me. This film is just so cute, witty, funny and very VERY DISNEY! I hope they continue to produce princess films again. And I LOVE THE SONGS!! My friends were laughing when they asked me if I knew the songs (as I do with the other Disney films) and then I started singing "When you meet that someone, who was meant for you!..." haha.

One of my friends was squealing "Sheena! You should've watched with us! It's such a "you" movie!" after he saw the movie (yes it's a he) with my other friends (I had classes that time). And a few days later, another of my friends texted me and asked if I had already seen the film because according to him (yes it's another he), he could just imagine me singing in our local park, just as Giselle did at Central Park. It's was so funny! Haha. And I'm so proud that my friends thought of me while watching this movie! Hahaha. I'm such a Disney girl.

So, in relation, I've been trying to draw Enchanted fanart since last month, but I've always failed. I've done two drawings with Giselle in a her ball gown but I could never get the background colors right. So I decided to change costumes and did this instead, one of her in her adorable blue dress. Heehee. It's so bright (the color of her costume) and I love it. I wanted her to look extremely delighted, but one of my guy friends pointed out that she looks extremely scared of the squirrel HAHA so I don't know... I guess I still failed.

If you haven't seen the movie yet, go see it now! It's really really adorable. And if you love Disney, you'll surely love this one. I can't wait for the Princess and the Frog and Rapunzel (though Rapunzel is 3d, I'm glad they're back to fairytales). Hope they're even better than Enchanted.

Year of a Million Dreams

Introduction

(skip this part if you are aware of the campaign)

Disney Parks introduced their campaign "Year of a Million Dreams" last 2006. They extended it to 2007 and just recently, announced that they are extending it once again to 2008. This is a year-long campaign wherein Disneyland cast members pick guests at random each day and give them special rewards, from simple things such as fastpasses, to irreplaceable experiences such as a chance to stay overnight at the Cinderella Castle or have breakfast with all the Disney characters smack down in the middle of Main Street USA!

Take a look at these videos regarding the campaign (links at the bottom of this entry). The first is the official commercial. More visual imagery than info about the project. You can learn more about the project with the second and third video. The third link is just a link to the official website, but usually they have a video at the front page. If you're too lazy to open and watch them all, at least open the first one and tell me if you still don't believe in magic. :)

Cinderella Castle Suite

The prize that almost everybody wants (including me, of course) is the overnight stay at the Cinderella Castle Suite. This room is just amazing. It's very huge, the beds are very beautiful, the draperies are so detailed and elegant, the ceiling on top of your bathtub is full of sparkling stars and everything is just perfect. What could scream 'Princess for a Day!" more than an overnight stay here?!

Dream Makers

In their website, you can view videos of different cast members talking about their most memorable wish-granting experience. Some stories would really touch your heart, like letting a little girl (who has been looking for Snow White the entire day) actually meet and walk down the streets with her favorite princess. Or like giving fast passes to a little boy who had to leave early because he had a plane to catch despite not yet having ridden his favorite ride. I just find it so amazing that these lucky people are paid to make people's dreams come true. They're paid to be fairy godmothers! I wish my future job would be as satisfying. ^^

Annie Leibovitz Photoshoot

To promote this campaign Disney hired famous photographer Annie Leibovitz to portray famous personalities as Disney characters. The original set included pictures of Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella, Beyonce as Alice from Alice in Wonderland and David Beckham as Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty. When the campaign was extended, two new photos were created, this time featuring Julie Andrews as the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio, Roger Federer as King Arthur and Rachel Weisz as Snow White. (Pictures shown above, click for a bigger resolution)

I love EVERYTHING about this photoshoot; the concept, the artists they chose, the photographer, the slogans, EVERYTHING! The one with David Beckham was really amazing, like, this is exactly how you'd imagine your prince to be! And Scarlett Johansson and Rachel Weisz make the best princesses. Unbelievable. They chose just the right people and everything is perfect.

I've always wanted to be a photographer (just for good fun, not really professionally) but because of my many other hobbies and interests, I don't get to pursue all my dreams. If I ever do though, the kind of pictures I'd take would have concepts similar to these. I want to make stories, fairytales and other abstract things into something that people can now see and become more real to them.

Going to Disneyland!

Experiencing the everyday magic at Disneyland in itself is already a dream come true for many -- for me too! Being able to walk inside castles, hearing the magical music, going inside colorful and happy shops... this is what my heaven is made of. When I heard about this campaign, I got so excited and now, I don't think I've ever wanted to visit Disneyland this bad!

The last time I visited the Disney Parks in the US was when I was still 8 years old (1996) and since then a lot of things have already been added. Also, since I was still young then, I couldn't remember everything anymore. The other Disneylands were great (Tokyo, Disney Sea, Hong Kong) but nothing compares to the one at Florida and Anaheim. I want to go there next year! I don't care if all I get are silver mouse caps. Heehee ^^. I want to stay at the park for 5 days straight (since I spent 2 days at HK Disneyland, whose size is a million times smaller than the ones at the US haha).

Just to be able to visit the two Disney Parks again would be a dream come true for me already. I wish we would be able to visit next summer, though those are not yet part of our family plans.

But I guess I just have to never stop dreaming! Like they say, you'll never know when someone decides to make your dreams come true!

Links

Million Dreams Commercial
Million Dreams Promotion
Disney ParksOfficial Website

Watch the videos and fall in love with magic.

Favorite Disney Films

Everybody has their own favorite Disney feature film. For years I've been trying to find that one single movie which I can call my "favorite Disney film of all-time" but I could never really pick just one. And I don't really have to! Disney has produced a LOT of beautiful animated feature films and it's near impossible to pick an all-time favorite.

So I chose my top 3 favorites and those are Aladdin, Mulan and Peter Pan (in no particular order). The reasons why these three are at the top of my list is because they stood out for me personally. More than the other films, these three are the ones which bring back memories and make me feel different and happy in their own wonderful way.

The story of Peter Pan has appealed to me since the beginning. A story about a boy who didn't want to grow up, now what can be more sensible than that? I love the entire concept of Neverland, and the way it's divided (Mermaid Lagoon, Indian encampment etc.). I love the colors and the blending (which I have to credit partly to Mary Blair again! The genius has struck again!). My favorite scene is the one with the mermaid lagoon. I loved that scene as a kid and I still do up to this day. And of the nicest parts in the film was when George (Wendy's dad), at the last part of the movie, mentioned about the ship being very familiar to him. It's so sweet and nostalgic and that is my favorite emotion!

Aladdin has been my childhood favorite and Jasmine was my idol. I found that a lot of young girls my age back then all has Littler Mermaid as their favorite movie but somehow, Aladdin appealed to me more. I love the story, the concept and the theme. It's a breath of fresh air to see different cultures portrayed in Disney films. I also love how the scenery in Aladdin changes from time to time and never just stuck in one. It also helps that the backgrounds were very stylized. Watching behind the scenes features of this movie helped me understand and appreciate it even more. It's witty, funny, beautiful, but most of all, a classic.

With Mulan, it all began with my affinity to the Chinese culture obviously because I'm Chinese! The traditions, culture, beliefs and people were all elements that I was very familiar with and this was very nice to see in a film. I love Fa Mulan's legend and her character is just inspiring.

Which Disney films are you're favorite? :)

Mary Blair

Disney Press has just released "Walt Disney's Cinderella", the latest Cinderella picture book to date. So what makes this book so special? They used Mary Blair's art, of course.

Mary Blair is a Disney legend, for having drawn such magnificent concept arts for the old classics such as Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and Cinderella. She's also done a lot of work for the original Disneyland. If I'm not mistaken, she contributed much to the "It's A Small World" attraction. If you haven't seen any of her drawings, you're sure missing a lot. They are so rich in color, very whimsical and just prefect. I love her art style and I just wished she lived to this day so that we can see more amazing artwork from her.

The movies that Mary Blair worked on are some of the most stylized Disney films. I don't know if it's just me, but though Cinderella isn't my favorite movie, I never seem to get tired of watching it over and over again. Now I know that it's probably because of the artwork. The movie is an eye-candy!

It is rumored that Disney Press will be releasing more picture books such as this one if this Cinderella one sells really well. Let's all hope that it does. I have yet to see this in local bookstores over here.

Ever since I learned about Mary Blair, I've been looking all over for ALL her concept arts, but I haven't found that much. I want to get this book, so that at least I can finally view all her Cinderella artworks. I bet her Peter Pan works are even more amazing. Can't wait for them to release that one!

Disney would probably still be in their golden era, if she were alive today. Imagine how recent movies would have looked like in her style. Treasure Planet would have been a hit.

Disney DVD Collection Update #1

Here's my first update to my Disney DVD Collection Entry (link at the bottom of this entry).

So around last month, I bought 3 more DVD's and just today, 3 more! I'm so happy! My mom was mocking me. Poop. She said I was like a kid because I was so excited when I saw that the DVD's were all on sale! Oh my god, who wouldn't be -.- ?! Ok.. rhetorical question.

So now I have 5 new titles! EEK! The three of those I got for 299php again; Mulan, Cars and Monsters Inc. All 2 out of the three are 2 disc editions. The exception is Cars, but that's ok. I loved that movie so much. Then the ones I got today, mehn, you won't believe, it's just 150php. HALF THE PRICE! I visited this unknown video store inside a super big mall, and I think they were already down on sales that they had to cut down prices big time. Haha. So I got Bambi, The Incredibles (both 2 discs) and the 25th anniversary edition of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh! Heehee. I feel giddy seeing them up on my shelf hahaha. Ok, sorry I'm weird.

I was so happy about the Winnie the Pooh thing!! I'm not sure yet (I'll only know for sure once I watch it on DVD already), but I think the stories in here are those stories that I always played when I was a kid on laser disc! OMG! If those are it, I will die of extreme nostalgia.

So now I have a total of 15 original dvd's. I WANT MORE!

Link to the original entry: My Disney DVD Collection

Before and After Drawings

So here's another edition of my Before & After thingies! Yey! I rummaged through one of my folders labelled "Very Old Drawings" and found some ancient works (hmm.. haha)! The ones on the left are drawings from 2005 and the ones on the right were made mid 2006. Funny how, in just a year, I was able to change a lot of things ^^.

A Whole New World

This is probably my favorite of the three transition drawings (or maybe I'm just biased since Aladdin is my second all time favorite). So things that changed, well, I stopped using the stained glass effect on photoshop. I also made the carpet straighter. I know the carpet looks more stiff on the second one, but it's harder to make it all soft and moving. Haha. Hmm, what else, imrpoved on the colors as well and the palace was also more stylized now. I love Jasmine's transformation here; now she really looks cute with her poofy pants!! Heehee. I love Jasmine and all her poofiness (as you might have read in my other posts).

Cinderella & Prince Charming

Removed the ugly fountain, replaced it with an empty bird bath (HAHA). Ok, so maybe I have to improve more but that's the best I was able to do a year ago. Hmm, what else, added some cute little rosebushes, improved on their faces and clothes. Cinderella's hair is one of the hardest to do, but I'm glad of the way it came out in here. Hmm what else..? Changed the tones a bit too. ^^ Gosh that fountain is ugly... haha.

Belle and the Sheep

Honestly, I'm not happy with the second version still because of that STUPID fountain. Grr.. And actually the hoses at the back need a little work as well. This is one of my favorite scenes frfrom the movie and I remember that when I started drawing Disney (2004-2005), this was also one of those first scenes that I practiced on drawing. Sadly, until now, I haven't been able to make a great reproduction. Ah well, at least there's a challenge! Anyway, as you can see, colors changed a bit, made it warmer... I don't know, I think I like the cheescake tones better (the one on the left).

Disney Princess Keychains!

I've never met this girl in real life, but I can honestly say that Joanne is one of the sweetest girls I've known. ^^ Joanne is a self-proclaimed fan of my drawings heehee and she's one of my nicest customers ever too (I do commissioned artworks, in case you were wondering).

Anyway, here's the story! Just today, I received a package from Joanne and inside were these super duper cute Disney Princess keychains! According to her, this was supposed to be a birthday gift, but it came in really late (no worries at all Joanne!). She also said that these looked very much like my drawings and that these fit me. And guess what? I absolutely love it!!!

My favorite here is Jasmine, because of her pants which are all POOFY! Haha! They're all so adorable!! I can't decide where to place them for the world to see, so for the meantime, I'll just display them on my shelf! Ack! They all look so perfect! Thanks for this Joanne, these are really great and I really appreciate them! Hope you'll always keep in touch. Good luck with your work, I know you've been busy!

Walt Disney Classics Collection

The Walt Disney Classics Collection (WDCC) is a collection of wonderfully done sculptures of different characters and scenes from the various Disney movies.... AND I LOVE THEM! Just looking at pictures of the sculptures makes my heart melt (with crazy happiness because they are so beautiful, and with envy because they're so expensive). I have an entire folder in my desktop dedicated to just pictures of the hundreds of sculptures and I ogle at their beauty. I use them as references for my drawings from time to time as well. They're just so good...! Anyway, Here are some of my favorite pieces. I'd buy them all if only I were rich. Haha.

My absolute favorite is the Indian scene of Peter Pan. It's so cuuute! And Peter Pan's my favorite Disney movie as well (next comes Mulan and Aladdin). Wendy John and Michael's positions look so natural here and it's amazing. Also Tiger Lily, look at her, the way she's positioned, you almost actually believe that she's really dancing. The craftsmanship is amazing. I like the totem pole at the back as well. Heehee and the color scheme also! Heck, I love everything about it. It's so perfect!

Another one is the Pinocchio set, one with Gepetto working on Pinocchio at his toy shop. I haven't seen the movie for the longest time but the detail in this piece is just perfect. I love the wood was done, and the details on the shelves and the other props (like the cute clock) are just so pretty. I love how the color red isn't so saturated here. It makes the colors blend well. The tone is just perfect and nothing seems out of place. The warm colors make it all so inviting, as though you'd like very much to join the scene. At least that's how I feel about it . Heehee.


Next one's the model of Cinderella's first dress. I remember when I was kid, I really hated the part when the evil step sisters ruined Cinderella's pink dress because I honestly loved her look more when she had that dress on rather than the blue silver one that the Fairy Godmother conjured up. I love this pink dress, it reminds me of a very delicious cake! Look at the little birds with the ribbons ^^. Heehee. So cute. The one on the right side, with Cinderella holding her dress, is so pretty! Her expression is so cute, I love it. She really looks so happy. And the way the dress 'swings' is so o__o. How do they do it?!

I love the set versions and another pretty one is this Beauty and the Beast set, just after the curse was broken. I love that scene. The human forms of the characters were done so nicely heehee, they all look so cute still even when they transformed already. Cogsworth and Lumiere are the best turn-outs. I love their human outfit. It's so clock and candle ish still. Haha! Anyway, like before, the movement is depicted so well in this scene too, especially in Belle. I like how they drew the french maid's costume. Sexy but not slutty. lol. Still very Disney!

And the last one that I'm gonna post here is this Mulan one. Again, movement. But what I love most about this is the color scheme that they used... and Mulan's costume. I'm glad they didn't do the army costume, I honestly hate her look there. So manly (yes, I know that was the point of it but I still didn't like it). The colors aren't so bright but they still managed to make it look lively. I really love this piece. Mulan looks great here.

One other favorite set of mine is one with Alice having a tea party. I'm not gonna place a picture here anymore because the entry looks super crowded already haha. But it's one heck of a design really. Go look for it. It's so cute. Reminds me of my Polly Pockets. It's super colorful too!! And you know how much I adore color!!

The sculptors for these collections are really amazing. I admire their skills. Sculpting isn't really one of the art forms that I know how to appreciate but expert or not, anyone can appreciate the sheer beauty of these pieces, and I'm sure to that you'll agree.

I have only seen these in real life once, and that was in Hobbes & Landes at Serendra if I'm not mistaken. And only once because, I rarely go to Serendra(I'm always at Rockwell, haha, you'll see me there every Sunday if you frequent the mall). I want to visit that place again, and I will soon (whenever I'm not at Rockwell, lol). They're such eye candies!!

You can see so much more from this site (Thanks for the link Mari!) http://www.wdccduckman.com/ Check them out, you'll be inspired (that is, if you admire amazing creativity and/or adore Disney haha)!

Before and After Pictures

I was looking through my old photo albums because I wanted to scan some childhood pictures which I can post here. At first I was just pulling out pictures of my past Disney cakes (they were plentiful, mind you haha), but then I started to notice something eerily familiar about a lot of pictures. Take a look at these three sets, and I think you'll get what I mean... Just a note, I did NOT do this in purpose (by this, meaning, actually take pictures of my present self copying my kid pictures). I really just saw the similarities the other day. Everything is just coincidental. Really.

MICKEY MAN

A friend of mine once told me that I was "born a Mickey Man". He gave that statement when I told him that I just realized that the first words I ever spelled were MICKEY and MOUSE because of that Mickey Mouse Marching Song. Haha! Oh, sure, I may not know I was spelling then (or maybe I did, you'll never know), but I still SPELLED, technically. M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E! Mickey Mouse! ^^

My brothers laughed when they saw this set. Look at my extraordinarily happy expression on both! And the pose! The pose! It's almost the same even! Haha! I don't think I still have that Mickey hat. Boo.

BLUE RIBBON

Everybody who's met me in person know that I always (ALWAYS) wear a ribbon on my hair. I have a bunch of ribbons of all colors and friends who visit my room alway point to my ribbon rack thing and some even take pictures (lol). Yes, it's one of the main attractions in my room. Anyway...

I did NOT know that I used to wear ribbons when I was little too! I remembered wearing headbands, but not really ribbons. I love this kiddie pic because the hair looks exactly like my present hair (only my bangs are a little more styled now). I showed that childhood picture to my friends before and the first thing they'd say was always "Oh my god, you were wearing ribbons already then?!" Hahahaha...!

WACKY BIRTHDAY PICS

One other well-known Sheena fact, I love doing wacky pictures! Especially wacky pics with my fingers in a 'peace sign', Japanese style! And I recently just got my brothers into having wacky pictures with me. My mom hates it. Haha. But I hate not being happy in pictures. Doing wacky poses always make you look so happy! Look at our childhood picture!!

And if you noticed (It's more unnoticeable on the left pic), both pics were taken from my birthdays! Yey! Look at the cakes (I'll post a more detailed picture of the kiddie cake)! And we're on the same places as well. Heehee. Now you can see how the three of us looked back then.

I think I was nearing my awkward stage during that time on my kid pic. That explains my weird hair...

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NowI have only one thing to say: some things never really change, now do they?

My Disney DVD Collection

Fake DVD's are so rampant here in the Philippines that it does not even SEEM like a crime anymore to buy them. You can buy SO many movies for only 50php (what's that, less than a dollar now?) and the quality of most of them (that is, if you know how to ask and where to look) is GREAT; the subtitles are correct, the pictures are clear, audio is wonderful, it's PERFECT. Perfectly illegally as well. Sure the government raids fake dvd hotspots once in a while, but they resume their activities almost immediately. You can't blame anyone for wanting to purchase these fake dvds when the copies are as good as the original and when the original costs more than 10 times the price of the fake one! Anyway, I could go on about this, but I am not blogging here to rant about the way some systems work in the Philippines. Moving on!

So as you've probably guessed, yes, I admit to buying unoriginal (note the euphemism) movies for 50php at Metrowalk. I have an odd sort of philosophy when it comes to this. I believe in buying the original only of those movies that you truly truly love; those movies worth spending the extra cash on even for just those short behind the scene clips that they can't include in the fake ones, those movies wherein you know that the people behind it really really gave their hearts out for the film. Not many movies have those qualities, and so, I do not own a lot of original dvds. Enough said.

But I do have an original dvd's collection and this includes the Lord of the Rings Trilogy (I have the boxed extended versions), Star Wars 1-6 (but I'm currently lacking the 2nd movie still), the Harry Potter series (though it does not really fall so much on the categories I mentioned above, Harry Potter is something I love so, there), and of course, my Disney collection.

The thing I love most about Disney dvd's is that they release platinum, special, gold and/or two-disc editions of some of the movies. The best ones I've watched were those of Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast because they had entire sections truly devoted to the making of the movies and the commentaries were not at all boring to watch. I would always prefer to get the two disc edition, but on some cases, I've settled for the single disc, like my Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland dvd's.

But you have to understand that original dvd's here aren't really cheap. The usual two discs (or even one discs) cost 750php, roughly $15 up. Luckily (or unluckily) though, because of the rampant selling of fake dvd's the companies here are forced to slash prices off. Disney dvd's are always on the slashed off list. From 750php, they'd be reduced to 299php ($6), yes, even those special editioned copies! This is when I buy them! And since they would usually go back up, you have to keep a look out when they'd start marking them down again.

Collecting Disney dvd's (or any sort of dvd for that matter) isn't really that easy, or at least, I don't want to think that it is. It's always happy to go to a store, find that they've lowered prices, and scrounge for those title that you're looking for. And since, not all Disney titles are sold here in the Philippines (I think I've memorized even what titles are sold on which shop -__-), I still have to buy some online, but I don't do this often. The only ones I bought online are Peter Pan and Little Mermaid, and whenever I buy online, I use the money I earn from doing commissions ^^, and that makes it even more rewarding. And of course, since Disney wants to create even more hype (hype is what I'd like to think they're making, not profit), they've released only limited editions of some titles (like Snow White and Sleeping Beauty) and you'd have to go looking for these copies at various collectors shops. I heard once that they had dvd's which they sell only in Disneyland Parks, but I forgot what titles those were.

So let's list what I have so far:
1. Aladdin
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. Beauty and the Beast
4. Cinderella
5. Hercules
6. Little Mermaid
7. Peter Pan
8. Pocahontas
9. Tarzan

So you're probably asking (if you haven't realized already) how I watch the other films? From unoriginal copies, I'm afraid. While I'm still waiting to acquire the other titles, I've settled myself on watching the films on fake dvd's, but I can assure you that it is only temporary. Once I get my hands on those real ones, bye bye to my old copies!

It may take me a little more time to complete my collection (I have like... 20+ more to go? haha) but that's the fun of it! Disney, release those platinum editions now!

Minnie Mouse Pin

Last May, we visited HK Disneyland. Many people find it odd, but I had the time of my life! Me and my brothers were just running like crazy! It was so much fun! (More details on my future posts)

On our second day in the park (we were there for two days and we slept at the Disney Hollywood Hotel), while I was walking around, I noticed that my shoes made a funny clicking sound every time I stepped. *Click click* *Click click* It was as though a rock got stuck. At first I just ignored it, thinking that the rock would probably just fall off as I walked a few more steps, but it didn't stop! Finally, I got really annoyed so I sat down, looked at the bottom of my right shoe and guess what I found?! A Minnie Mouse pin, punched to the bottom of my red rubber shoes!

You must understand the gravity of the matter. First, thank goodness I wasn't injured. HAHA. Ok, so nobody really gets injured by a silly little pin, but hey! It punctured the bottom of my shoe (not severely of course, but still, it did)! Secondly (and the most important point of it all), I now had the perfect souvenir! It wasn't just something I brought out of the store, a real silly experience of my trip was attached to it. Now, every time I look at the pin, I remember that time, and it makes me happy! My brothers were laughing at me because of all the silly things to get stuck in my shoe, it had to be a Disney related something.

Plus, the design is very special! It features Minnie, in her Disney Cuties form (it reminds me of my own drawing style ^^) AND she's holding chopsticks! Heehee. The chopsticks are the best part, since I got it from HK Disneyland.

All hail pins that get stuck on our shoes!