in secondary school i used to take the bus with the same 3 people every day. one of those friends, Juu, had a plushie pencil case since yr 7 that broke in like yr 10/11. since i changed schools for sixth form, on the last day of yr 11 we went to a Kaspa's waffle place to celebrate goodbye. i bought 4 matching dog plushie pencil cases (each was a diff breed/colour) for us and this photo is of my one that i used throughout sixth form and some of uni. i had also written a goodbye letter that i read, but i remember being annoyed because an annoying song like Dance Monkey or smth was playing in the shop and really ruining the moment... lol
gift my tita Josephine gave me when my extended family were at a beach in the Philippines
made by Kim as a leaving gift from the Filipino boba shop i worked at when i was 16-17
celestrial spirit gate keys from Fairy Tail - gift from Kallum
portrait by artist Ning - each of my bandmates received one as a gift
Panther Lily from Fairy Tail and Deadpool from Marvel Funko Pops - from my kuya Jerome who lives on an island in Scotland
Nishinoya from Haikyuu plushie - secret santa (i think) gift from Juu
Young Voices keyring. YV was a thing when like all the primary school choirs in london were invited to the O2 arena to just become like a massive choir. i was there for both the 2016 and 2017 YV.
souvenir from the yr 6 residential trip to the Isle of Wight. my roomate for the trip hid the skull and then convinced me it was haunting the room... he then proceeded to pretend to be possessed and dragged down the stairs. i was fully shook, icb i believed it loll
pin from when i volunteered with St John's ambulance cadets for year. RIP the Streatham branch, had good memories. loved playing interactive games with everyone for an hour before actually learning first aid. big up the olders for balancing uni to keep it running for as long as they did
runestone i carved in yr 2
accessories i wore to become Simon the chipmunk at a halloween gig my band performed at. Xanne was alvin ofc, and Marshall was Theadore. reused these when i went to comic con 2025? with blou
stick i found on the floor during paintballing for Alanis' bday with friends. i thought it coincidentally very kunai shaped and a fitting souvenir
came with a Vinted parcel, how cute!
souvenirs from the UoR BioMedical Engineerig open day. fsr the open day played a huge factor in me deciding to go there for uni. too bad the course ended up sucking
first place in my first and only ever freeskating tourni (only a Silver level local tourni against liek 2 other people but still proud)
pins i got from a Hyper Japan fest
souvenir from the Philippines. a toy for my daughter now.
exclusive pin from watching Spider-Man: Brand New Day at the cinema on Spidey Day (1 August)
gift from Hayley
from my first cross country run
souvenir from a museum
went to a catholic primary school. they used to have these ARK (Act of Random Kindness) awards every week if you did something kind
mood ring souvenir from the Jordan River (free Palestine)
