So right, I've started animating again, I'm working on a test right now, and I'll be begginning work on a music video for a family friend soon, but in the mean time, I've still been getting my relaxation in.

Today, while rummaging through my family's pantry I came across something special.

[link] Yan Yan
A choco cream treat.

Now Yan Yan, from the makers of Hello Panda, is another one of those odd treats from across the orient that I had to try. At first glance it looked a bit like a Pocky rip-off (which it probably is) but upon opening the packacge, I found it's true charm.

To start off, Yan Yan is basically a series of little pretzel-like sticks that you dip in chocolate contained in a little tub attached to the container. It all seemed mundane enough until I noticed something odd. Each of the little stick crackers had little animals on them.

After a slight double take, and then reading the packaging again, I learned that each stick includes a "fun line" consisting of an animal, it's name, and a small blurb about it.

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it's kind of cute how each stick entertains and educates us in a weird jumble of eastern ideas, and western sentence fragments. Some show the noise or lifestyle of the animal, while others teach numbers and classic animal mythos.

There are, however a few odd ones:
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I'm alittle curious what exactly "think big" or what exactly is doing some undisclosed action "only at night. More importantly, what is the point of the mysterious "golden egg"? Could it be a portent of luck, like the little indian on the wrapper of a tootsiepop, or perhaps a prize winning piece like a golden ticket. On the other hand, it could just as easily be something thrown in to save ink, and entertain small singaporean chlidren.

*shrug*

who knows,
Vince