{"id":489,"date":"2012-05-23T03:26:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T03:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/?p=489"},"modified":"2012-05-23T03:26:54","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T03:26:54","slug":"the-day-i-met-hello-kitty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/?p=489","title":{"rendered":"The Day I Met Hello Kitty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanrio_Puroland\"><strong>Sanrio Puroland<\/strong><\/a> is a fairytale realm outside of time and space.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-490\" title=\"Puroland\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Puroland.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Puroland.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Puroland-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s quite <strong>pink<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-495\" title=\"ThePinkMyEyesThePink\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ThePinkMyEyesThePink.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ThePinkMyEyesThePink.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ThePinkMyEyesThePink-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and sometimes, I thought, a little <strong>sinister<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-496\" title=\"FaintlyOminous\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/FaintlyOminous.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/FaintlyOminous.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/FaintlyOminous-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;but it&#8217;s also romantic, sweet, strangely glorious, and much to my surprise <strong>I loved it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-491\" title=\"YouAreScaringMe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/YouAreScaringMe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/YouAreScaringMe.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/YouAreScaringMe-300x135.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d come to see <strong>Hello Kitty&#8217;s house<\/strong>, which was full of furniture and objects in the shape of her own silhouette.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-493\" title=\"Classy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Classy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Classy.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Classy-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amazingly we also got the chance to meet <strong>Hello Kitty herself<\/strong>, who kindly posed for this pic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-494\" title=\"WeAreHonoured\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WeAreHonoured.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WeAreHonoured.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mynameiso.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WeAreHonoured-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I have to confess that I found myself getting a little bit <strong>shy <\/strong>and<strong> flustered<\/strong>. But she charmed me completely with her delicate hand gestures, gave me a hug and waved as we left, keeping with her a small piece of my heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sanrio Puroland is a fairytale realm outside of time and space. It&#8217;s quite pink&#8230; &#8230;and sometimes, I thought, a little sinister&#8230; &#8230;but it&#8217;s also romantic, sweet, strangely glorious, and much to my surprise I loved it. 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