What's with Hello Kitty?

"What's with Hello Kitty?  Isn't it for kids only?".  That's how my friends would always react everytime they see me with my hello kitty collections.  What they don’t realize is that hello Kitty is just almost my age. In fact, she is a year older than me. Hello Kitty was born on November 1, 1974, in suburban London, England.

I started to love her when I discovered what’s behind her character. I should say that we are so alike in so many ways. She is very energetic and loves to play outdoors, in the park or forest, but you can also find her happily practicing on the piano or baking a cake too. She is Very happy and cheerful, she loves to meet new people and make new friends.

Like Hello Kitty, I am an outgoing person too, an "anyway the wind blows" type of girl! Never get tired of discovering new places, chose to be one with nature at times, can easily get along well with different types of people in different walks of life. And of course! Cooking and Baking has always been part of my existence.

Hello Kitty lives in London, England with her mother, Mary, dad, George, and twin sister Mimmy. Kitty is curious whereas Mimmy is shy. Hello Kitty symbolizes generosity, innocence, kindness and most importantly... friendship. Her friends are Cathy, Tippy, Joey, Jodie, Fifi, Tracy, Tiny Chum, Rory, Mory, Tim and Tommy. Both Hello Kitty and Mimi have many friends at school and, together, they share many adventures. When school's out Hello Kitty travels the world making new friends. Her generosity and kindness endear her to everyone she meets. Her favorite thing is do tea parties and her hobbies include music, reading, eating the cookies her mother bakes, and best of all making new friends. Like she says "You can never have too many friends."

Funny sometimes, when my friends join me in shopping hello kitty stuff, and the moment they saw any hello kitty toys, they will immediately give it to me and I will say, “nah! That’s not hello kitty, that’s Mimi, her twin”, with astonishment in their faces, they ask, “How did you know? They look exactly the same!” Well, MIMMY - Kitty's twin sister always wears a ribbon on her right ear, while kitty wears ribbon on her left ear, so people can tell her and Kitty apart.

Now meet the other members of hello Kitty’s family: GEORGE - Kitty's Papa. He has a fabulous sense of humor and loves to make his family laugh. George works for a trading company. He is always hardworking and dependable, but sometimes a little absent-minded. MARY - Kitty's Mama. She is very kind and loving. Mary loves cooking and taking care of the house. Her apple pie is famous. ANTHONY - Kittys Grandpa. He knows lots of neat stuff, and can tell great tales. Also he loves to paint. MARGARET - Kitty's Grandma. She is a master pudding maker. And she loves doing embroidery in her rocking-chair.

Today, as I re-visit all my hello Kitty collections, I realized that I have been collecting them for more than a decade now.  Thanks to my mom who consistently give me hello kitty stuff in every occasion of my life, to my sisters who always buy me Hello kitty when they have extra money, and to all my friends who always get out of their ways to look for a new hello kitty stuff that they can add to my collections.