Unboxing the boxes: Gift 1

This is my favourite of the gifts. It's a 10" figurine entitled Kill Cat which is based on the Kill Bill movies. In Kill Bill The bride (Uma Thurman) wears a yellow and black jump suit, sports a ninja sword and hacks down about 50 yakuza inside a Japanese restaurant - including the Yakuza boss (Lucy Liu) and her lolita school-girl sidekick. I can't find much information about this little guy online but I want it. It's expensive, but thats why its a collectible. RM240.

Unboxing the boxes: Gift 2

A company started selling birthday bears. Each month is a different color bear and each bear has a day of the month on it. The idea is that you get the birthday bear for your loved one - so its ultra personal. Yellow is for September. Price: RM15

Unboxing the boxes: Gift 3

This is a soft mummy, filled with polystyrene beans. Size is about 4 inches. Price RM10.

Unboxing the boxes: Gift 4

This is a cute little plastic ninja with evil eyes and an angry mouth. Its about 3 inches tall. Price - maybe RM10

Unboxing the boxes: Gift 5

This is a teacup, will a which plugs back into the saucer which contains a silicone receptacle. The whole thing can stand on its own. Probably around RM20.

Themed Tuesday : Water Bottles Part I

I saw this at the Nike shop. It's really nice because it has the Asian Cup logo with the countries involved. Also yellow and black is the National colours of the Malaysian football team. The team didn't do so well but the water bottle is excellent. I really like it but I can't really justify RM19.90 for a water bottle. Sorry.

Themed Tuesday : Water Bottles Part II

This bottle I got for free, with purchase of Horlicks. It's tiny - probably fits around 300ml. You can say that I paid for the bottle and got the Horlicks for free. I've had it for a while, but never posted it because I never used it. I was collecting dust, until I took it for a bike ride. RM12 for the Horlicks.

Themed Tuesday : Water Bottles Part III

Felton is a local manufacturer of stationery and also makes polycarbonate and aluminum bottles. It's MUCH cheaper than the expensive SIGG bottles. The SIGG bottles look nicer, but this will do. Price RM10.

Themed Tuesday : Water Bottles Part IV

Saw this water drinking bottle last month and decided it should be part of a themed tuesday. I missed doing it last week so here it is now. This one is plastic, with a unique curved spout. It looks quite nice for under RM10.

Karcher

Following up on logos and brands, this brand (Karcher)makes sucky appliances. Well they make vacuums and water pumps and they always make them yellow and black. Which is really good because they will automatically have me as a customer. If I had to choose between a plain old orange vacuum versus a yellow and black vacuum. You know what I'll pick.

Sit on it

Imagine my surprise when I walked into a office and saw... TWO meeting rooms filled with these yellow and black office chairs. They are kinda nice too with mesh backs, and arm rests. I can't stand an office chair without arm rests, I think they protect you from falling off the side, which is quite plausible if you happen to enjoy tilting back in your chair and putting your feet up on the table. The brand is something like MaryWeather or Mayweather. I'm not sure - I was focused on my meeting but I did manage to get the shot above. Price - probably around RM500 a piece. This office had eubic slots on the main meeting table. Luxury. Personally I think the chairs are UGLY. But they are yellow and black and that's what this site is about.

Beannie Baggie

I don't make it a point to get the price of every yellow and black thing I see. It's nice to have, but it's just too much effort. And if there's one thing I am against, it's effort. This bean bag beannie baby (because there is no other name to describe it) fits in your hand. It also has a pink cousin. I'm not sure what you would use it for. Maybe your phone can use it to sit on. Estimate price: RM10. Ok if you notice by now, the latest photos on this site have a watermark. I've noticed other bloggers have it on their photos. I figure I should have it too. So from now on, when its not too much effort, I'll watermark every photo posted so that people who steal it.... will have a hard time erasing it.

Collecting coins can cover costs of collectibles

I think the Chinese characters mean money box. I actually don't know the price of this money box but since it comes from a collectibles store its probably in the range of RM30. Besides that I really like to look of it. All the wording seems to be saying a lot of saving money, and probably a warning that taking the money out should be done carefully. It probably also has a philosophical treatise on the advantages of putting your money in a yellow and black box. I want it.

Blug blug blug

The picture isn't very good but this is the bottom half of a mini water dispenser. It's capacity is 8 glasses of water (I think 2 liters) which is the recommended daily water intake per day. You can fill the top part - which is a transparent mini water container with anything you like. A little too much effort to do everyday. But its an interesting idea anyway. I saw it at Jusco in Sunway Pyramid for around RM60.

Rabbits and yellow

In the world of Chinese Zodiac Animals, I am a rabbit. A gentle, peace-loving, cute, cuddly, sweet, rabbit. So a yellow rabbit toothpick dispenser is a great attraction to me. Pull on the rabbit ears, revealing a cup where toothpicks fall out to the side. Release the ears and the toothpicks fall back down, hidden from view. The rabbit eyes are black which completes the yellow and black look. Get it from SJ or other 'lifestyle' stores. These stores sell an inordinate number of toothpick dispensers - as if, the current template for toothpick dispensers need a redesign.

m&m&m&m&m&m

This is a no-brainer. Yellow and black chocolate goodness. Saw these m&m tin cases containing about 50 m&m's. They are more of a novelty than an actually food item - because of the price RM7.90. That's some expensive chocolates - but really I bought it for the tin. I don't have the chocolates anymore - but I ate them so they are still OWNED.

Score with these

It's been a dryspell of yellow and black things. Ironically its not because there are fewer yellow and black things. It's because there are too many. What makes yellow and black so appealing? These football boots are appealing. I like the design but there's a bit too much yellow for my liking. Not that I play football. Price RM250.