I would be the first to admit that i'm really no fan of the Cute/Kawaii culture i see flourishing ALL OVER the world. It's even mind boggling to me that the Cute Fad has even become a CULTURE. You feel and see the Cute Fad in the way people dress, in their homes as decorative piece, in the food we eat, and worse (the one i loathe the most) is the way girls talk! Migod..give me Garfield anytime !
I once knew this girl that i worked with in a restaurant- she was like big sized the typical ah-Lian type whose also loud-mouthed and real opinionated. I thought she had personality, even with the ah-Lianness, i thought she had spunk. But after a few HI-s in the mornings, she was really getting on my nerves! She'll walk in, give u a BIG CUTESY SMILE, with her right hand raised up to her forehead doing a peace sign, tilting her head slightly, attempt in a most unnatural cutesy voice saying HI! Geez, migosh, we're talking about a full grown 28 year old here. All I could croak was a mellow and dull G'morning. I hope we all agree that we should leave the 'I am so cute" phase to the tiny tots where it's rightfully theirs.
I feel i should add that the Kawaii culture was adopted from Japan..starting with the Hello Kitty fad. Yes, Hello Kitty is a giant, the most famous of the Sanrio characters- surpassing most beliefs that dolls are just for kidsplay. With careful publicity and few effective marketing strategy, Hello Kitty soon became an obsession not only to kids in Japan but also teenagers and 20-somethings. The most notorious story spun from the Hello Kitty fad was the Hongkong Hello Kitty Murder. A night club hostess was kidnapped and tortured for a month and then died of drug overdose. Her body was dismembered and her head stuffed in a Hello Kitty doll. . . . . . . Ain't so cute anymore, is it?????????
Last words...please refrain the cute fad in the preferably 0 -12 years of age. It should be maintained there! Its not cute anymore when 20 somethings attempt to pull a cute STUNT- its just pure irritation and eyesore and gutwrenching. Do me a favour, alright?
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goodbye-kitty
hello kitty has no mouth.. i say to those airheads who WANTS to be oh-i'm-so-cute like Hello Kitty, get your upper and lower lips surgically zip-zapped together.
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