Tifa in Harajuku Girls Fashion

Harajuku is an area in Tokyo between Shinjuku and Shibuya where the infamous Harajuku Girls fashion became a hit among Japanese youth in the area. According to Wikipedia, the term Harajuku Girls has been used by English-language media to describe teenagers dressed in any fashion style who are in the area of Harajuku since 2004. These girls may be affiliated to some youth groups such as Gothic Lolita, Ganguro, Gyaru, and Kogal, or may often cosplay as characters from an anime, movie, or manga which explains the character designs of the Harajuku Fashion.

Currently in the Philippines, despite it’s being a tropic, Harajuku fashion is becoming a hit among the youngsters and young adults. I don’t know how they cope with this kind of fashion in a tropical country but who cares anyway. Fashion is fashion and is never a crime.

When we came across a flea market selling Harajuku Girls clothes for kids, we can’t help but look for something that will fit Tifa and haggle until the price is right. At least it’s cold in this part of the hemisphere so Tifa could deal with the Harajuku.

Here’s Tifa in her Harajuku attire. I hope we could find a more Goth Lolita or at least when she grow taller.

Halloween party, anyone?

Daddy sings a love song

Truth is, my wife and daughter won’t be here with me until October 17, 2008. That’s exactly 47 days more but as each days pass and the Big Day comes closer, the more I get excited and anxious at the same time. Excited because, after so many years of being miles apart, we will finally be together to start with our happily ever after. Anxious because I’m not sure how long will it take before Tifa would recognize my presence as her father. After all, we’ve only been together during her Christening, her first birthday and their one-month stay here in China last year. Other than that, we only got to see each other on webcams in awfully low resolutions.

But this time we have a lot more time to have our father and daughter bonding activities. We could run after each other in the vastness of the city parks until we both reach the limit of our stamina. Goodluck for me then

Here’s my theme song for our lovely angel.

Track: Everything
Artist: Michael Bublé
Album Call Me Irresponsible


Digital Scrapbook layout created using The Great Outdoors, Grandma’s Pressed Flowers, Lost in Translation and Wild Kingdom: Butterflies.

The differences of formula milk brands

For two consecutive check-ups, our pediatrician told us that our daughter wasn’t having enough improvement on her weight so we were suggested to change her milk formula. Tifa is currently taking Enfagrow A+ (Wyett) and the pediatrician recommended Pediasure (Abott) instead. My wife was surprised to know how much the cost of Pediasure is as compared to Enfagrow A+. Pediasure is priced at Php900.00 per 900g can while Enfagrow A+ only costs Php560.00 for the same content.

In preparation for my wife and daughter’s arrival here the next month, I went to the local supermarket to check whether the same milk formula is available. I was glad to know that it is indeed available but I was more surprised, if not shocked, to learn how much it cost in the Chinese market – RMB200.00. That’s approximately Php1,200.00 which is 25% higher that the price in the Philippines. Whoah!

Chinese consumers often prefer to buy local brands instead of foreign-made products (notice the flag on the tag price, Denmark). They have their own brand for everything which could probably explain why the high difference in prices. Maybe when my family finally arrived here, we could ask the local pediatricians for local formula milk brands though I’m not very sure if they would have any difference in terms of nutritional values.

Meanwhile, the prices of diapers are overall high because the Chinese is not accustomed enough to using it. They much prefer the bare necessities.

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