Some update of the blog [はじめまして、ヴィンテージアです]

*Japanese below*

Hello, long time no blogging. From today I will try to write in both English and Japanese, though I am not that good in neither Japanese or English meh :P. There are still mistakes in my writing, so please forgive ^_^

I am planning for a new shop called Vintasia. It will be a "zakka" shop (雑貨 - japanese word to call various types of cute small things from accessories to daily goods). I still have a big love with Morning Mori and I know you like it, too, right? (´∀｀*). But due to some changes in my life, I thought that it would be more appropriate for me to do a zakka shop rather than a apparel shop.

 I spent the whole day to think of new shop's name. It was hard T___T.
I hope you'd like its name, and the shop itself in the future. I am still planning to open it this October, and I will update here every steps it take... It would be very lovely that I can share the growth of the shop (*'▽'*)♪

To close this very short update, I would like to post some photos I took recently: sunrise and sunset.
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久しぶりです。
ヴィンテージアとして、はじめまして！
今日から英語と日本語両言語でブログを書きます。日本語も英語も私のネイティブ言語じゃないですが、頑張ります（笑）

本日からこのブログはヴィンテージア雑貨屋のオフィシャルブログとなります。よろしくお願いします。
お店のオフィシャルブログと言っても、マネージャー（私）の生きる・感じる・楽しむ毎日もお送りしたいと思います。私と一緒に毎日をエンジョイしてくださいね。あと、日本語がおかしかったら直してもらえばうれしいです（笑）

お店は10月にオープンする予定です。そこまでは一歩一歩準備しております。たくさんシェアしますので、お楽しみに～(*'▽'*)♪

最近撮った写真をアップさせて頂きます。日の出と夕焼けの写真です。Hope you like them ^_^

ここまでは日の出でした。

Can you see that little star? あのちっちゃい星は見えますか？

夕焼けも綺麗ですね。

日の出と夕焼け、どっちの方が好きですか？Which one do you like? sunrise or sunset?

Don't give up! あきらめないで

Hello, from Japan.

How was your Mother's Day? Did you say thank you, I love you to your mom, grandmom or family ?

This entry will be just some of my thinking I want to write, to say it out, to share with somebody. Not like other photo entries. Sorry...

I have continued running Morning Mori for nearly 2 years. During that time, I have learned a lot of new things, like how to open an online store, how to design website, how to take and edit products' photos. But, most of the time I didn't try my hard, that's what I realized recently.

One more thing is that, running a online shop is really difficult, really taking time and money. That's what I realized today.

Now I found a job. From next year I can work and earn a lot more than what I made from Morning Mori. I can quit Morning Mori and I'd feel relieved from every daily must-do things like worrying about why there's no order for the shop ><. I did every thing I can, or every thing I think I can. But no result...

Yeah, to be truthful, Morning Mori doesn't have a lot of customers. But, each time we receive order from somebody, we have the confidence to make each customer satisfy! If not on the products then at least on our service. We always try to deliver the items as soon as possible, because we understand the exciting feeling of customers when they found a cute dress or one-piece, and want to try it, have it right away.

When I first opened Morning Mori, my aim was to create an "air", a place where Mori style lovers can gather and share interests about what they like.

It seems to be not fulfilled now.

Maybe I'm not the type who can be a shop manager?

Maybe I'm not trying my best?

What I want to say is, I will try my best. Say to myself, say to my shop, and say to the world. I will not give up on Morning Mori. It has become my son (I mean my daughter) and I will treat it as important as my most valuable treasure.

I will try my best...

Please support me ><

Good night...

[Tonight's music: Ghibli animations soundtrack mix from 8tracks]

Mori shopping corner #6: SM2

One of the most popular brands of natural style and mori style is SM2. Their products are really cute, easy to wear and coordinate.

Brand name: SM2
Official website: http://www.sm2.co.jp/
Online store: www.canshop.jp/
Style: Natural, Mori :")
SM2's concept is "Not only wearing but also enjoying our lifestyles"

"着ることだけでなく、ライフスタイルを楽しむこと"

ココロの豊かさを求める女性たちに向けて
「遊び心」を大切に「楽しさ・やさしさ・心地よさ」の提案をしています。
ナチュラル感やぬくもりの感じられるような
着心地の良い商品を取り揃えています。

Good points:

• Items are irresitable cute XD. Simple, cute, natural, adorable :">
• Prices are cute too xD. They are quite reasonable, can be said expensive in some senses but worthy :p
• Good web design.

Bad points:

• No international shipping

Photos are from SM2 clothes website 

For more information visit SM2's official website. They have published a soooo lovely Autumn collection lookbook.

Enjoy shopping ^0^

"To keep balance you must keep moving"

[ Tokyo, a rainy day]

 I call myself Midori. My real name is Thuy (means green). I'm not Japanese though I'm living in Japan. I'm living here as a student studying abroad.

I still remember the several first months away from home were tough. Sickness was the biggest problem ^^. Then weather, language, money, food, friends, love, study...I don't have any specific reason but I think that students studying abroad have to try harder than domestic ones, in some senses. Sometimes I ask myself "Why Japan?", "Why studying abroad?", but until now I hadn't regretted choosing Japan.

My major is business. I sometimes ask myself why I chose to study business. Is it because when I made the decision I had no specific interest? Is it because I was said that business is the fastest way to get money, a little or a lot of money (Well people do say that in my country).

I really did struggle for a long time about my decision. I realized that there are many people who don't work in the field of their academic major. And I thought that I would be like them in the future...and so on. That was the time I fell in love with Graphic Design.

I learn Graphic Design as my hobby. Love colors, love layers, love Typography, love to see gorgeous designs, love to make an amateur poster or something, and get comments from friends....But I found that I got stuck there with Business study and would never get a chance to study Graphic Design T__T

Then one day, I fell in love with fashion (what!?) (haha who doesn't? esp girls). I found Mori-girl style by searching every single key-word about Japanese fashion (It took me about 15 minutes). I loved the style for a long time, saw my friends wearing it but had no courage to ask. Then one day (that day) I thought it must have a name. So I searched and found. It is not only a fashion style but also a living style. Love it right away ^^

Not related (actually it is related) but back to my business study. I didn't remember the moment I decided to open an online clothing shop of favorite style, but I think it was because I found the love of business in me (did I? =) ). I just know that I wanted to have my own clothing shop. I wanted to do something.

Opening a shop wasn't as easy as I thought. I had plan to study everything related to Web design, Web developing or Marketing and so on, but failed due to the busy studying. If Tohru didn't help me, I would never be able to fulfill my dream. Something of your own means you have to decide everything around it, from the smallest things like which color would be good for texts, to bigger things such as how much money it would need to open a online shop. I read books and articles about online business, marketing and accounting. I care about it as if it is my son, my daughter, my pet (though I don't have any one of those :D ). It is my dream, a small one though. It is a part of my life, and I love it.

My favorite quote is a quote by Albert Einstein: "Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep balance you must keep moving". I want to keep moving and I will keep moving.

There are still many things I don't know in the world. There are still many things I want to experience in the world and I am moving.

[For me, my shop's preparation and its future] 

PS: Things I want to experience like: studying Italian, traveling to Europe, America and Canada, and Greece, and...(too many to be listed), get on every Ferris wheel over the world...

PS 2: The weather is so cool today. I went to Fuji Mount last weekend and got on the "King of Roll Coaster" - the biggest, fastest coaster in Japan.   It was ROCK !!!

PS 3 (I swear it would be the last): The shop is in preparation for the opening in Oct 3rd. It is still messy but it would be unfair for Momori (shop's name) to not include its Official Website in this entry =). So here it is www.morningmori.com