Hello Kitty

August 7, 2007 at 5:21 am (Uncategorized)

Nows the time to bring up Hello Kitty. Check out the following link: http://www.statesman.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/Feature_Stories/ODD_Hello_Kitty_Cops.html

Talk about the “picture of cute”. It does not matter what age you are in Thailand, but Hello Kitty, stuffed animals, and cartoon-branded products are not just for children. Here, it appears that it is an ageless brand since most of my students, who are over 30 yrs old and college-aged people LOVE Hello Kitty paraphenalia. Just about all the women I know have a Hello Kitty purse, cell phone dangley, cell phone case, T-shirt, or accessory. This is such a different place than the U.S, where kids shy away from anything “childish” (such as cartoons or cutesy things) by the age of 10, am I right? HK here is stylish, a mark of trendiness. Or so it seems!

5 Comments

  1. bethany said,

    August 9, 2007 at 11:48 am

    that’s hysterical! i knew there were some gifts that i forgot to bring back for people – i should have tried to bring the “cell phone dangly” trend here to m st.

    i miss you!

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  2. Emmy and Asa said,

    August 9, 2007 at 5:08 pm

    Hey…I just bought the Em-ster a new HK headband at Tesco today.

    Bethany…we could bring you some Hello Kitty goods in November.

    Tim

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  3. Graham Waterhouse said,

    August 9, 2007 at 5:37 pm

    Becky! I have to tell you this story. One day I got into the car with one of my students at New Community. There were pink HK throw pillows on the back seat, a pink HK trash can on the floor board, pink HK cozies on the seat belts, pink HK covers on the sun visors, a pink HK cell phone holder that was strapped to the driver’s seat belt and Hello Kitty herself dangling from the rear view mirror. Talk about culture shock. I asked her “do you have children?”. “No, ” she replied, “why do you ask?”. “No reason” I said. And off we went.

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  4. Mary said,

    August 11, 2007 at 2:38 am

    same here in Japan! Hello Kitty started here, so it so popular, and it knows no age limits!!! miss you guys, see you soon!!

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  5. Jim Ungaro said,

    August 21, 2007 at 3:18 pm

    Dear Becky,

    Hey, how are you and Andrew doing? Do you all have an email address that I can write you at? I have a question about living in Thailand.

    Thanks again for your friendship for me and Wendy while we were there. We really appreciated it.

    Yours,

    Jim Ungaro

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