a touch of color
hut hut!
Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 8 March 2008 in Miscellaneous and Portfolio.
In Taiwan there's a huge trend in small gifts. If you spend a certain amount of money at their convenience stores, they give you a sticker. You keep those stickers, and once you have ten, they give you a tiny prize. They can range from magnets, stickers, to toys. My aunt happens to have a row of them sitting on top of her monitor. :)
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Photo taken in Taipei, Taiwan on December 13, 2007.
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rain girl from Delhi, India
this is sooooooooo cute!!! :D am jealous of your aunt ;)
8 Mar 2008 7:03am
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Quite cute toys, my son likes collecting these kinds of things, and like your aunt, he too lines them up on his monitor.
8 Mar 2008 1:29pm
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
This is hilarious. I love the military precision combined with the silly expressions.
8 Mar 2008 2:02pm
Man With 101 Names from Hamburg, United States
this is very cute e. , thanks for sharing this with us !
8 Mar 2008 2:08pm
Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands
The supermarkets do the same here, my son is collecting a series of "smurfs". obtainable when you spend a certain amount. Nice picture, I can imaginge they cheer up dull pc work such as photoblogging :)
8 Mar 2008 2:53pm
Levine from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Just an opinion, maybe u could crop the image to remove the distractions. And some white balance fixing too. Just my opinion. but if u like it this way, then yes i agree, very nice.
8 Mar 2008 5:08pm
bronzebilly u.k. from Barry,Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom
Luvs the focus/lines/and colour on this shot, e ,...a great fun image...nice work..
Billy...
8 Mar 2008 10:46pm
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
Cool shot. There is always some kind of collection going on in the convenient stores. Last summer I was collecting the tokidoki bears that came with bottled tea. And it goes on and on and on...
9 Mar 2008 5:40am
Japanalia from Yokohama, Kenya
This doesn't sound strange to me! In Japan there all sorts of tickets or coupons they give you in stores....if you are patient enough to collect them, you might get some nice things. On the other hand, if you go stuff yourself with donuts at MrDonut, you're in for very cute necessaries.
9 Mar 2008 6:33am
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