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printer – single function inkjet
A bare-bones but reliable printer. Doesn’t have duplex function but rarely jams. I think someone won this printer and then gave it to me because they heard I needed a printer to make books. Unfortunately, toner ink was discontinuted in 2014. Features lyrics of a song written on masking tape. Donated in 2013
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electronics – webcam
Likes to auto focus all the time. Likes to never to be in focus really. Can sit on top of a monitor or on a flat surface. 720p resolution. Used to be considered really HD and made you look nice when video conferencing. Uses USB-A connection. Not adaptable but is reliable. Memory Express in 2013
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electronics – laser mouse
A laser mouse with 2 buttons and a scroll wheel. Despite its age, is surprisingly still not outdated. Connected to devices via USB-A, allows for user to interact with digital contents with ease. Not suited for precision tasks, like shooting digital enemies or drawing an MS paint masterpiece. More than suitable for playing solitare and […]
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electronics – headphones with mic
Features an ambidextrous mic. This headphone with mic set is lighweight, ideal for Skype dates, online gaming with friends and/or enemies, and conference calls. Requires separate headphone (green) jack and microphone (pink) jack or an adapter to use at full potential. Memory Express in 2013
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electronics – full rubberdome keyboard
Features 104 keys (or maybe 108 keys?) for all yourkey needs, like a full numpad, F-row, and scroll lock. Is slightly curved to make typing slightly not straight. Comes with feet that flips to change typing angles. Switches are rubberdomes. All these features make this keyboard ideal for environments with more than one person, like […]
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USB – half moon credit card
A credit card shaped and sized USB drive. Features a half waxing moon on one side or half waning moon on the other; a design to make sure it can cover all possible moods,but only at half. Was also the first time trying to order something on Alibaba. Ailbaba in 2017
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stamp – 🙁
Pocket sized so you can show your 🙁 wherever you go. Comes with a red string to fasten to your keyring or your phone. Probably used by school kids to show how they feel to each other without getting scolded. Hong Kong in 2015
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stamp – O.K.
A convenient stamp of approval to give mass approval without needing to put too much effort into it. Hong Kong in 2015
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roll – laser disc foam nubs
Sticky foam nubs to store your CDs and DVDs anywhere: on the wall, on a book, on a cd player, etc. A roll comes with 1000 nubs. ULINE in 2016
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roll – fake wood cloth tape
A cloth tape adorned with the colours and shapes of would-be wood. Can be used on wood and other surfaces to bring more wood into a space. Home Depot in 2016
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jar – paper lucky stars
A jar of lucky stars. Contains around 30 origami stars to give you a head start on folding that 100. Looks a bit like candies, but please don’t eat these. Handmade in 2016
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DVD – empty case
Empty DVD cases for all the loose CDs and DVDs occupying endlessly stuffed and forgotten drawers. Also useful for containing and sharing hard-to-find, bootlegged movies with friends and loved ones. Donated in 2017
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container – milk crate
The most versatile object: can be a seat, a table, a shelf, can store and move things around, be table legs, keep plants off the ground, keep other boxes off the ground, and be stackable with other milkcrates. It’s so useful that they’ve made it a punishable criminal offence if you own one that you […]
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box – fortune cookies
Unsealed box of 250 unsealed fortune cookies with 250 unsealed fortune slips. Probably still edible. Probably a little stale. Fortune probably still valid. ??? Richmond, BC in 2017
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basket – neon orange
A basket that can also be a strainer. Good for keeping things from getting moldy or wet, like clothes, dishes, napa cabbages, etc. A neon that’s really fluorescent and reminds you of fish markets. Hing Wah Imports in 2016
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bag – various sized googly eyes
A bag of assorted googly eyes for assorted objects that needs eyes. Makes a fun “sha-sha” sound. Was used as the replacement of the “O” for the book titled “Yolkless”. Michaels in 2016
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plant – red orange fake aquarium
Originally bought this for my first pet betta fish, Ten, who passed away in 2019. The foliage is fairly soft and malleable, ideal for fishies to hide in. Looks better under aquarium light. Is generally a good decor to have around. Petsmart in 2016
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LED – SMD strips
A no frills way of lighting anything and everything, even comes prepared with 3M adhesive on the back of each strip. With the right connectors, you can attach many strips to each other to create infinite lines of rainbows. Though make sure to buy from the same brand or else the colours might be different […]
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grass – plastic fake short crop
This is what people imagine when you say “fake grass”. Feels nice when you rub your bare feet and hands across the surface. Still has a hint of plastic, manufactory smell. Little bits likes to fall everywhere every time you move it. Basement spiders and ants likes to live and lay eggs on these. Canadian […]
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grass – plastic fake long crop
Unsure where or when these patches of long grass were acquired. Very realistic fake grass with soft blades. Even features slightly dried parts to simulate reality. Grass is high maintanence though, as it’s hard to straighten after being flattened. For real grass replacement, it’s a lot of work. Naturalized in 2018
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apron – beige plastic
Somewhat heavy, it kinda hurts your neck if you don’t bunch the neck loop up. One of the waist straps is hand sewn poorly back onto the apron after it got ripped out when trying to make the neck loop hurt less. The plastic is great for any work with liquids, as they fall right […]
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zip tie – neon pink
50 ties per package. Smallish in length and width. High visibility for an already high density of things in the periphary of attention. Stays locked unless you know the trick. Has the kind of glow you would never find here. Temple Street Night Market, Hong Kong in 2019
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water dispenser – plastic jug
A large jug that can carry a lot of Ribena or chilled roasted barley tea for sharing with others. Hong Kong Supermarket in 2019
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utensil – spatula
A spatula with a semi-soft head for clean and easy transferring of gloopy food like unset jellies. Can also be used an impromptu spoon. Is probably also used to beat children who don’t listen. Hing Wah Imports in 2019
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utensil – red plastic chopsticks
Smooth plastic for smooth noodle slurping. A red chopstick that reminds you of eating noodles in the sticky heat outside with strangers, asking you what you ordered. Hong Kong Supermarket in 2019
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utensil – mint soup spoon
A soft mint. Soft plastic. Soft curves. Soft like visiting your grandma overseas while lying on the floor looking at worn wallpaper. Nicely shaped and sized to fit everything: rice cakes, noodles, jellies, rice cakes in soup, human mouths, soup, other soup spoons. Hong Kong in 2019
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tray – tofu press
A small tray and press to make a small block of tofu. Not suitable for anyone who is looking to make tofu for their family. Engineered to make the perfect tofu, so long as you do everything else correctly. Can be used to press other things, like red bean paste. Tray is soy coloured. Hing […]
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tray – 15 eggs
15 spots for your dozen eggs. Great for dishes that need a lot of eggs with quick access, like making tea eggs. Just make sure to remember the expiry date before transferring the eggs over. Tray is eggshell coloured. Lucky’s Supermarket in 2019
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stool – red plastic
Stackable and easy to clean, can also be used as a makeshift table. The holes in the centre is for you to lock the seat(s) up after hours so people can’t steal them. Also helpful if you’re wet for some reason, it helps to make you less damp. Comes with little bumps for your sitting […]
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slippers – grey plastic
Shower slippers that are ribbed all around to ensure there’s no slipping on the wet floor and between feet and slipper. Has stains as if it’s been used by multiple other people who have also rented the same AirBnB. Size 9 womens. Ladies Market, Hong Kong in 2019
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sign – plastic transparency
A transparent print made to be backlit, like on commercial fridges. This print is B-stock with apparently some printing mistakes, somewhere. ??? print shop in 2019
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plate – plastic floral
Oblong shape is other oblong things, like subs, rice cakes, chopsticks, and carrots. Hint of floral around the edges to accelarate your journey to auntie-hood, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, and sibling status. Hong Kong Supermarket in 2019
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mortar & pestle – red plastic and wood
A large, deep mortar with many tiny teeth on the bottom half, making it ideal for mashing things like veggies and fish into paste without worrying about getting the paste all over you. The wooden pestle is nicely shaped to nicely fit into your hands as you pound and mash violent without worry of it […]
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mat – green plastic anti-slip
Looks like grass. Feels not like grass, but nice to rub your bare feet, face, and hands over. Can be used for anti-slip purposes, like in showers, kitchen shelves, and claw machine interiors. Can attach to other squares of green rubber mat to make infinite lines of anti-slipperiness. Smells like warm plastic and dusty incense. […]
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light bulb – CFL warm white
A fluorescent tube that glows a warm white. Makes a nice, soft glow that gently but uncompromisingly filters its surroundings. These bulbs acutally need to be run from a 220v circuit. So make sure you use this with a converter if you live in place that doesn’t have 220v! An A19 bulb. Hong Kong in […]
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light bulb – CFL pink
A fluorescent tude that glows a warm pink. Used to be used in meat shops to indicate that it’s a meat shop and to make the meat look nicer. Now people use LED lamps. A good bulb to use when you want to feel like romantic meat. An A19 bulb. Jeonju, South Korea in 2019
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light bulb – CFL blue
A fluorescent tube that glows a warm blue. Good for spaces where you can still see what you’re doing, but less harsh to your eyes and still do things safely. An A19 bulb. Jeonju, South Korea in 2019
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ladle – blue plastic
Commonly used in shower rooms to transfer large quantities of water into buckets or to pour over yourself. Also good for carrying large quanities of soup into other buckets and your goldfish into other aquariums. Arirang in 2019
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label – fire extinguisher
A simple sign to tell you where the fire extinguisher is. Please put it away if there’s no fire extinguisher where the arrow is pointing, otherwise you might make a bad situation even more bad. Canadian Tire in 2019
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gloves – red plastic (long)
These gloves are great for any tasks that you need to put your elbow into, like cleaning large pots, making kimchi, and washing your dog. These gloves are the back up gloves in case they broke. The original gloves were left behind and location is currently unknown. Amart in 2019
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fan – cyan portable with clip
USB micro charged with a colour-matched clip. Has 3 speeds: gentle, medium, desparate. Only good for one person or small number of persons huddled really close together. Can be used clipped onto a surface or standing on a desk. Hong Kong in 2019
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cup – teal stackable
Stackable drinking cups that are suitable for street food stalls. Sized similarly to a large fountain soda cup, but without the lid and straw. Matches nicely with the teal water jug, for a nice Ribena sharing session. Hong Kong Supermarket in 2019
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cup – teal plastic funnel
A large funnel that is nicely shaped to handle large quantities of liquids, or if you’re unable to control the speed of the pouring. A little light in weight, which can cause stability problems. Hong Kong Supermarket in 2019
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container – red plastic tub with sesame seeds
The plastic container used to house packets of assorted fruit jelly cups before being filled with sesame seeds, which might be a bit stale. There’s enough sesame seeds in the container to make sesame sauce, another container filled with roasted sesame seeds, make more sesame sauce, make more roasted sesame seeds… Hong Kong Supermarket in […]
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container – compost bin
This bin can only be used as a compost bin, as it’s the colour of the compost bin that the city gave each household: dark beige with white cover. A fairly deep container, it can hold more compost waste before emptying. Might smell like stale coffee grounds, like a lot of other compost bins. Naturalized […]
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bucket – blue plastic
Periwinkle blue, though doesn’t speak the language of flowers. The perfect colour for an object that exists at the edges. The perfect height to dry mandarin peels by a window. Smells a bit like handsoap, bleach, and incense. Most importantly, the perfect size to carry all your paper burning needs, just be sure that nothing […]
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bowl – yellow plastic stackable
Used in the same way as the small metal bowls, but cuter and more stacking efficiency. Can also be used as a serving bowl. Lucky’s Supermarket in 2019
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bowl – pink plastic personal
Is lightly speckled to lightly imitate stone textures. The kind of bowl you would trust to survive street food stall life while providing street food stall portions. Matches the blue bowl. Amart in 2019
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bowl – mint plastic personal
A soft V shaped bowl (or a sharp U shape?) that’s suitable for carrying noodles, soups, stews, or enitre tables worth of side dishes. Is slightly ribbed, makes holding the bowl easier, or is it so it can contain more soup? Matches the pink bowl. Amart in 2019
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bowl – green plastic
Has a nice bluish green colour. There’s a slight cracker on the lip but still very functional. Great for quick and aggressive work where you don’t need to think about possibly breaking something. Hing Wah Imports in 2019
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bottle – yellow plastic
A little short, this bottle is great for things that are high in concentration and need only little drops, like sesame oil. Comes with a convenient cap holder when cap isn’t holding the contents of the bottle inside. Yellow body is slightly transluscent, ideal for gauging whether you need to refill the bottle soon. Hing […]
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bottle – red plastic
The perfect bottle to house all your red sauces, like ketchup and for gochujang cold noodles. The slightly blubous tip cap makes this bottle a nice addition to the dining table; to make your space look like a hole-in-the-wall you might encounter while travelling abroad. Hing Wah Imports in 2019
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bottle – plastic spray
A tri-coloured spray bottle, this bottle is a great size for many needs, like sanitizing tables, moisturize eye bean bags, and keep your noodles moist. Comes with a convenienent clip in the back so it can be hung in various places. Hing Wah Imports in 2019
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bottle – mint top plastic
Somewhat tall and squishy, it’s ideal for liquid things, like soy sauce, so you can squeeze the liquid out and see how little you have left. Although the cap sometimes doesn’t like to stay on, so be careful when storing. Hong Kong Supermarket in 2019
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basket – red tray
A deep, rich red, almost like #0000FF coloured. Comes with small handles for small lifting. A little short, it’s good for also other slightly short objects, like brushes, spatulas, and small bottles. You never have enough red around, so may as well also have your baskets red too. Bianca Amor’s Liquidation Centre in 2019
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basket – pink
A tall and narrow basket with a lot of holes. Not recommended for storing chopsticks. Instead, use it to store soup spoons, small bowls, and tea cups. Has a soft, matted feel that’s nice for wet dishes and is nice to touch. Amart in 2019
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basket – light blue tall
A nice periwinkle blue basket with thick handles. A little small for normal laundry but is perfect for small laundry, like 20 dirty hand towels and tofu cloths. Can also be converted into a bathroom rubbish bin if you wrap a grocery bag inside. Hing Wah Imports in 2019
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basket – blue tray
A deep, rich blue, almost like #0000FF coloured. A perfectly-sized basket to fit into other perfectly-sized things, like shelves. Can also hold other perfectly-sized objects like boxes and bags of spices. Hing Wah Imports in 2019
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basin – pink plastic
A nice size and shape to make homemade kimchi with. Bonus for being pink, therefore less likely to stain from the gochugaru paste. Is stackable with the blue version. Bianca Amor’s Liquidation Centre in 2019
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basin – blue plastic
A nice size to store large amounts of dirty dishes, like 20 ceramic bowls, many chopsticks and soup spoons, slurry of leftover soup and sauces, and whatever else people like to leave behind. Is stackable with the pink version. Bianca Amor’s Liquidation Centre in 2019
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apron – yellow plastic
Has 2 convenient front pockets for things like mung bean pens, towels, and a snack. Water resistant and fairly flexible, good for fast pace work in kitchens when thinking about anything other than cooking is a nuisance. Makes you kinda sweaty. The kind of yellow that matches well with many colours. B&J Equipments in 2019
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LED – faux neon
Meant to emulate neon lighting without needing to use neon gas and artisans to make. Easy to bend into shapes, like a flamingo. But kinda unwieldy when not tied down; likes to curl and do whatever it wants to do. ??? in 2019