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Black leather Songmont Medium Yore tote bag with a cluster of charms hanging from its gold ring see it on songmont ↗ + my keychains!

What's in my BAG

22 things1 tote0 regrets*

Everything I carry around, from an emotional support Nalgene to the lip liner I've been loyal to since I was fifteen.

The Bag: Songmont Medium Yore Bag. This fits my entire life in it!

p.s. Usually, I'll also have a packed lunch or gym clothes in here too.

*except the perfume. see below.

01 the tech

Silver laptop with stickers

Laptop: <3

Kobo eReader open to East of Eden

Kobo: eReader!

Black Canon G7 X compact camera

Camera: this was my mom's but she didn't use it and very kindly gifted it to me!

Tangle of black wired in-ear monitors

Wired earbuds: Jerry Harvey, noise cancelling, probably bad for my ears but yolo

White Xiaomi portable charger with a built-in cable

Portable charger: this has served many people

02 the face (& hands)

that's a lot of lip stuff...
Open black makeup bag with a red lining

Makeup bag: small but mighty

Orange Tide to Go stain pen

Tide pen: this is also used a lot

Small white bottle of eye drops

Eye drops

L'Occitane cherry blossom hand cream tube

Hand cream: my friend went on exchange in Paris and got me a set of minis. This is the last one!

Slim orange travel perfume

Perfume: a few years ago, I saw Zendaya advertise this so I bought it. It doesn't smell very good (it's still full). I should get rid of it

Mauve lip liner pencil

Lip liner: now this... Maybelline Magnetic Mauve Color Sensational Shaping Lip Liner. I found this when I was 15, and it is still the only shade I use. Nothing compares!

Pink lip gloss with a gold cap

Lip gloss: thank you Avrel!

Round gold Elegance face powder compact

Elegance face powder: didn't know I needed this in my life until my mom went to Japan and brought it back

Pink Dior lip glow balm

Lip balm

Small tin of rosy Vaseline lip balm

Lip balm: but more lowkey

Touchland power mist hand sanitizer

Hand sanitizer

03 the essentials

Burgundy leather card wallet

Wallet: $$

Pack of 5 React Mint gum

Gum: it feels good to chew 5gum

Butter yellow Nalgene water bottle covered in stickers

Emotional support Nalgene: people don't like this colour (piss yellow), but to me it is pleasant (butter yellow). Would I choose a different colour now? Definitely.

Five pens: red, blue, translucent and black

Pens: pen of choice: Muji

Journal with a cherry blossom tree on the cover

Journal: this is my current diary, guys. No one will ever read it 😛

Tortoiseshell banana hair clip

Banana clip: why is this called a banana clip? Perhaps the shape

01 JIAYI LI / OCTOBER 2026
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