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old photo from high school, but still cracks me up ^_^

Greetings and salutations, my name is Téa (tay-uh). I'm a college student studying International Relations and minoring in Chinese. I was born and raised in Shanghai, China but I've lived in the US for most of my life. I'm really interested in learning different languages and exploring other cultures. I dream of traveling the world... I hope to travel to as many places as possible in my lifetime!

I only swap during holidays. I enjoy swapping around Christmas time to give and receive more presents, or swapping during other special holiday occasions. I'm currently back for Xmas 2011!

PM me if you're interested in a private swap. Since I'm freshly back on SB after a 2-3 year break, it'd be really nice to swap with some familiar people that I've swapped with before... As well as new swappers! I remember a lot of you, but I'm shy to ask to set up a personal swap because I'm afraid that some of you won't remember me. I mostly swap for kawaii but I like any profile based swaps! :)

Blind box toys, matryoshka dolls, kitsch, kawaii, inanimate objects with faces, retro, takochu (cute octopus), miniatures, mushrooms, woodland creatures (deer, squirrels, hedgehogs, birds, owls), wolves, turtles, elephants, cherry blossom, lotus, clouds, funky/cute erasers, handmade items, pin-up, ninjas, robots, pirates, gingerbread man, rubber stamps, mail stamps.

My favorite colors are seafoam, periwinkle, chartreuse, robin egg blue, dusty pink, and black.

I love foreign things. African, South American, and Indian jewelry are really cool. I love Japanese things, doesn't have to be kawaii. I really like the sweets from Australia. And I love the fashion in Europe.

I love when the package that the swap is sent in is nicely decorated. Adds an extra bonus point in my book =)

• foreign fashion/beauty magazines (esp japanese)
• nylon magazine
• tim tams
• japanese kit kat
• opi and essie nail polish
• artbox items (esp the gingerbread man character)
• paperchase items
• my paper crane plush!
• bloomination lights
• takochu figurines
• hannari tofu figurines
• swap cards / address labels (kawaii)
• hand-carved kawaii stamp
• pretty origami papers
• japanese capsule toys
• capsule stickers with liquid in it
• onsen manju plush or plush cell charm

Books I Want (preferably new, but slightly used is okay)
* The Catcher in the Rye
* Lolita
* Flowers in the Attic
* The Giver
* Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
* The Stranger
* Choke
* Fight Club
* Cat's Cradle
* Catch-22
* 1984
* Invisible Monsters
* Into the Wild
* On the Road
* Watchmen

I really like foods with faces, and other inanimate objects with faces. Can't go wrong with mushrooms and purin (pudding)! For animals, I love it when they're drawn really tiny (think tiny pandas, bunnies, and hamsters!)

Characters I love: tiny cafe, yogurt kun, milkuma, smile pocket, purin, hannari tofu, onsen manju, capsule children, takoyaki, milk kun, kinokoron, kogepan, nyan nyan nyanko, sweet coron, chocopanda, beer chan, panzac village, caramel box, etc! I'd probably also love any similar characters.

The above mentioned characters are just an idea of what I like... I don't expect them for swaps since they're relatively harder to find than most other characters. I like the older kawaii stuff that is considered rare now, but I still like a lot of the newer ones. My favorite stationary companies are mindwave, crux, q-lia, san-x, and kamio. I also really like artbox, swimmer, decole, and cram cream.

White and dark chocolate, dolls, beads, buttons, candles, craft supplies, anime, dollar store & walmart items, avon & mary kay items, american cartoon characters, disney, diddl, baby infinite, kerori, kamo platypus, kutusita nyanko, pictures of real animals, generic non-brand kawaii, plain bento boxes, lisa frank, tea towels, the smell of smoke.

Kawaii characters/things that I adore BUT have too much of so please don't send
* hello kitty
* sanrio (unless it's an older character)
* rilakkuma
* usacolle
* natto chan
* sea paradise
* kawaii brands from korea or china

Please don't send me junk! I appreciate a partner who takes the time to look over my profile and gets me stuff that I like, not just someone who sends whatever to meet the swap requirements. I give hearts to well-thought out packages. I prefer to receive brand new items, but some slightly used items are okay. Nothing that looks old and clearly used please! I also dislike the scent of cigarette smoke on swap items.