After my great Snoopy fiasco of this year, I vowed not to enter or compete in any more contests where the prize is something that must be worn. Instead, I’ve turned my attention (aside from equine pursuits of glory) toward the 7-11 Doraemon and Friends plush collection!
Well, not really. I actually just go by the 7-11 almost everyday and they just kept giving me these stickers. I had heard of Doraemon in my beginning Japanese class [oh yeah, I've been sitting in on a 'survival' Japanese course, which is doing amazing things with my Cantonese learning] but I really had no idea what it was all about. So, today, I started watching episodes on Doraemon. At about 9 minutes each, they are quite cute little adventures that always end in a non-cudgeling moral. I did some more research and I learned that the little earless-fox-robot-thing is quite a popular Japanese manga/anime character (he even has official government ambassador status).
So, armed with the knowledge of Doraemon, I decided to see how many stickers I had. I placed them in their little booklets and walked on down to the 7-11 to claim my prizes! When you turn them in, you get 1 little box for each little booklet. As I held my two little boxes, I realized there were 7 plushes, and I only knew who Doraemon and the little boy (Nobita). Suddenly, sadness overtook my joy. “Well, I hope one of them is Doraemon,” I quietly said as I returned to my room.
Opening it the box, the bright blue plush simply made my day. Victory was mine…
