Weekend look ~

 

It's Carnaval weekend and I went out to see some friends at a BBQ yesterday ~

Did you know? Brazil is the only country in the whole globe to not celebrate Valentine's day in February, but in June instead. There are a few reasons for that, and the Carnaval holiday is one of them. It's the most important holiday and fest of our culture and although you might think that it looks similar to Halloween because of the costumes, it's a lot larger than that. In southeast, celebrations can last about a week, but in a few states in the northeast they can go for a whole month. There are many ways to celebrate Carnaval, whether it's by going to the so called "blocks" (street parties guided by a small float that you're supposed to follow around), traveling with your friends and families (most commonly to the beach), attending private parties, watching the samba schools parades or throwing a BBQ at home. Traditions can differ from state by state too.

Samba schools parades are aired on TV and you should definitely watch one someday. They get even more impressive every year! Every school presents a specific theme and as the holiday ends, they're judged and scored as in a sport and a winner is chosen. The judging is aired as well. The preparations for the next parade start as soon as the season ends – there are A LOT of blood, sweat and tears involved. Although I've never been in a school myself or can't even dance samba, I have a lot of admiration and respect for these artists! Not to mention that they're born from the Afro-Brazilian communities, so there's a deeper meaning to it than pretty girls dancing around. Definitely worth researching and learning more about it 

Now to my look... 
I think this is the most hime I looked in a while  I couldn't take any good pictures of my co*de though 

 Diamond Lash "Glamorous eye"

 Shein

 MAC "Fleshpot"

The only "outfit photos" I took was in a glass door at the train station 

Idk if you can even see anything but...

Dress is Shein, shoes are Vivienne Westwood-inspired off-brand, purse is Petite Jolie 

I have a good picture of the shoes though 

NGL... I was very happy with my hair! Although it was not curled, I managed to create some volume with teasing 

It's crazy to go out as a gal during carnaval, because everyone will assume you're in a costume  I think it's a delightful time to try manba, though! Maybe I'll do it next year!

2026年02月12日

 

I called in sick at work today, but don't worry, I'm fine!  I just had a torticolis from improper stretching and thought I could use of some rest + proper medication. So I went to the hospital and they gave me a shot of anti-inflammatory~

I didn't think that my first time using the Suntan Kitty bag would be like this though  I was surprised with how much stuff it can fit! I brought cookies, the flat pouch from the same collection that I use as a card case, keys, earbuds, phone, a box of Band-Aids, lipgloss, pads in a drawstring pouch, pocket mirror, phone...  waaaayyyy more storage than I expected!

After I left the hospital, I went looking for an USB adapter for microSD cards because I thought mine died out (will talk about that later...) and had lunch at Sukiya 

SUPER CUTE deco UV cabins I saw at a beauty supply store!!! I want one!!! 

I ordered a bowl of yakiniku with cheese and strawberry lemonade, but I immediately regretted the cheese part. Almost every time I order something in a "westernized" version, I regret it  I thought the cheese made the sauce tasteless and it felt heavy, overall not very tasty. But I enjoyed the meal anyway and I loved the lemonade, it was very cheap too ~ since my local Sukiya is about 5 minutes from my home, I'll order it all the time now  next time I'll order the OG yakiniku for sure 

So about the USB adapter... Boring talk, but it might help someone out.

Back in 2024, I was playing Lego Batman on my Nintendo DSi and it suddenly crashed and I couldn't get my R4 card to work again (in case you don't know the R4 card is a device to put as many games you wish in your (3)DS for free and it relies heavily in a firmware you download and insert in the root of an micro SD card).

Since I didn't have a computer back then, I left my DS in the drawer and waited for the opportunity to show up. In my first attempts to transfer an updated firmware to the SD card, the Windows kept freezing everytime I tried to plug the adapter in. After some research, I concluded that the issue might be the adapter because it's quite old.

I got the adapter. However, it didn't solve the freezing. I couldn't even format the damn card, but luckily I could save my game gallery and data. That's when I realized that the issue wasn't the adapter – the card died out.  I was so freaking mad that I spent money on the wrong stuff 

So I transfered every data in the micro SD of my Nintendo Switch to the console and formated it to use in the R4 while I don't get a new one. Andddd it worked 

One of the best DS games if you ask me!

I spent the rest of the night playing Style Savvy  But also, I realized that most of the stickers on the inside of my DSi fell off  I'm so sad bc they were ballet-themed from the Happy Meal toy of "Barbie and the Pink Shoes". I had a swan, pointe shoes and two dancing ballerinas... But I'll replace them with Suntan Kitty stickers 

I can take my Nintendo DSi with me wherever I go now once again!!! 

New GET + About the Suntan Kitty-chan collection at Daiso! ☆*:

 

SOOOO, I found one more item from the Suntan Hello Kitty collection at Daiso!  The PVC Tote bag! 

At this point, I own most of the collection... But there are two items that I really wanted and there are no signs of them in any of the stores  The lash case and a little rectangular case...

I already have a Kitty-chan lash case that was released in the late 2010's, but her face was scrapped out of the plastic and it's SO dirty with lash glue because I used it a loooot back in 2022... I already have two cases like the rectangular one too, a classic Hello Kitty one in where I keep lashes and a My Melody one for band-aids that I carry in my everyday bag. But any of them has Ganguro Kitty-chan!

There are these four other items I haven't seen around here yet.. A cotton swab case, nail stickers, mini nail file and a coin purse. But I'm not too concerned about them, so personally, I'm fine if they don't come.  I have the same swab case but with My Melody. The nail file is super cute tho.

Also, I'm still pondering whether if I should get this keychain or not, because I already have a similar one from McDonald's that I got last year when they brought some of the 50th Anniversary prizes to LATAM...

I didn't get the card case too, I already have a Cinnamoroll one for my bus ticket and I'm not sure if I like how it looks like  and I've already told about why I didn't buy the drawstring bag in a previous post ~

This is what I got in the blind packs 

Some of the stickers are missing because I already had put some on the back of my phone ww

I attatched the rubber phone charm to the acrylic charm because I thought it was a bit too big to wear on my phone

The Melo-chan one is from her 50th Anniversary phone charm blind pack, also from Daiso 

I wasn't really happy that I got Dear Daniel in the acrylic charm pack, so I went back to Daiso to get another one, and this time I was lucky to find Kitty-chan with sunglasses, and attatched her to my phone charms  I left Daniel and the rubber charm on the flat pouch ~

There are 6 different acrylic charms to collect and link to each other and now I really want the Mimi-chan one because the yellow hibiscus reminds me of Zara Larsson 

Now I CAN'T WAIT to open the blind box my brother is bringing me! I'll only have it later this month tho