Annual Secret Shiba Gift Exchange

mastersake:

(3/366) Rainy Vancouver ..

yinian:

1/366

We had a meetup with Tokyo, Rinji and Mika at the Papago dog park today. It’s a nice start of 2012: spending time outdoors, hanging out with the Shibas and friends and kicking start this interesting project — things I’d like to continue doing for the rest of my life. It’s a challenge but that’s really the fun part, right?

@Wondermonkey2k is the person that inspired me to start this project. You can see his wonderful works 366 Days of Wonders here.

I heart tokyo on flickr. 

yinian:

2/366

With the superior organizing abilities of my mother-in-law’s, we pulled off a wedding in 2 months, which is less than 1/10 of the time that Kyle and I were engaged. To display some of my ‘culture’, we came up with this idea: roses in a Chinese take-out box. (More preciously, it’s the Chinese culture that most Americans are familiar with.) To keep the flowers fresh and prevent the box from tilting, we had foam and clear marbles at the bottom of the boxes. It was a fun project to do with my wedding party.

The Arizona climate dehydrated the roses perfectly. I think the new look gives them more character.

table decor from our wedding on flickr

yinian:

3/366

Kai and I brought these 2 Mickey vinyl figures back from our Disneyland trip back in 2009. They’ve been sitting on our office desks since then. Mike (on the right) never blinks at me at work. He moved several offices with me and made me more interesting to coworker’s kids. Sometimes his smile looks sweet, sometimes snarky. He’ll travel more strange lands with me in the future. He looks a bit excited.

Vinyl Figures on Flickr.

yinian:

4/366

A couple of ladies and I thought it’s a good idea to replace our office chairs with yoga balls, at least for a period of time every day. It’s actually easier to get used to than you’d think. Given the simplicity of putting my butt on it, I still spend more time looking at it than using it.

Hopefully it doesn’t become a metaphor of my life - not making improvement for no good reasons. Now that I took a picture of it, it feels official: it’s high time that I threw it away.

Yoga Ball under Office Desk at flickr.

As any hard-partying Shiba knows, the day after is always filled with questions, concerns and regrets.

I DO NOT RECALL DOING THAT! HOW DARE YOU LODGE THOSE ACCUSATIONS AT ME?

Luckily, when it comes to the day after the SUPER GINORMOUS 2011 INTERNATIONAL SECRET SHIBA GIFT EXCHANGE GRAND PRESENT OPENING EXTRAVAGANZA, no such problems exist.

Or do they …

Last night is so hazy … is there something on my head?

Tons of pics have already been posted to Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook, and every spoiled shiba looks more than pleased with their pawesome gifties, treats and fun-time toys.

In the spirit of Type A organization, I’d love for everyone to email me their best Secret Shiba gift picture(s) and I’ll put together an epic Gift Reveal to End the Ages post so that everyone can see just how splendiferous the Twibas of the Interwebs really are!

Once again, a huge arigatou gozaimasu to all of this year’s amazing, enthusiastic and beyond generous participants and donors. We certainly have our work cut out for us in 2012! I’m not sure we’ll be able to beat this year!

tar0shiba:

I posted some pics on flickr of me opening my awesome secret shiba gift from Copper and Miracle. Go check the pics out!

inuandneko:

Aiden was beyond excited to open his Secret Shiba package this year!

He could definitely smell something delicious!

“What’s in this one, mommy?! Can I eat it yet?!”

“Mommy, this has my face on it! I approve!”

It’s hard to read, but Aiden wrote a Thank You Note right away. He…

inuandneko:

Aiden was beyond excited to open his Secret Shiba package this year!

He could definitely smell something delicious!

“What’s in this one, mommy?! Can I eat it yet?!”

“Mommy, this has my face on it! I approve!”

It’s hard to read, but Aiden wrote a Thank You Note right away. He…

(via fyeahshibainu)

littleshiba:

I have also came to a realization today, that it is fun to give too !!! (…well….only one day out of the year….the rest of the time EVERYTHING IS MINE!!!) …

I was Queen Misaki’s secret shiba this Christmas as a part of Twiba Secret Shiba so graciously organized by Phin’s mom Noelle @Dangerkitty2020 .

I am really happy that Misaki enjoyed my giftsies! Check out her blog for the reveal!!! :-)