I'm Sorry I Couldn't Help You

I’m Sorry I Couldn’t Help You

This is an article created from tweets that I made back in November of 2024. The situation of street cats in my city has given me a lot of heartbreak since moving here. It's hard to sit down and focus on the suffering of these animals that I love so much,…
Help Street Cats Event

Register & Comment to Help Street Cats! – Event

I need your help. Or better yet, the street cats in my city need your help. I am starting an event to help the cats in my area, and it will cost you not a single penny to contribute! Here is the plan: I am running this event from TODAY (December…
Christmas Gifts 2024

A Surprise Christmas Package!

Yesterday I picked up a package. It was from my brother and aunt! A small package for both my birthday and Christmas - with two lovely Christmas cards inside. But the small package was packing quite a few things I didn't expect to find in it! Allow me to share some…
Kawaii Finds

Small Kawaii Finds For My Daily Routine

I don't have a lot of decorations in my current rental apartment. So as far as my own kawaii lifestyle goes, it's pretty minimal. Having said that, of course I do like to surround myself with a couple of smaller kawaii items. Kawaii Cinnamoroll Notebook I got this super cute Cinnamoroll…
Memories of Bucharest

Memories of Bucharest (Romania, 2023)

Last year around this time (from October 15 to January 11), we were in an Airbnb in Bucharest, Romania after moving out of my childhood home. Life has been quite the adventure since then, and needless to say, I still often feel sad about my parents being gone. A new chapter…
Memories 2007

Today Marks 1 Year Since Moving To Eastern Europe

The bikes of mom and me, in the park in our hometown in 2007. Today marks exactly 1 year since moving out of my childhood home in The Netherlands. It was a cold Sunday morning as we woke up on our mattresses in the empty living room, in our empty house,…
InspireMari turns 15 years old

InspireMari Turns 15 Years Old!

Wow, time sure flies! I wanted to create a celebratory post about InspireMari.nl turning 15 years old this month. I purchased the domain in 2009, and since then, this personal blog has went through a lot of changes. However one thing remained constant: I always posted kawaii and beautiful visuals and…
Pocket Pikachu Color

Pocket Pikachu Color

Ah, Pocket Pikachu Color, my beloved! Pokemon brings me a lot of happy memories. Today I would like to take a moment to talk about one of my all time favorite Pokemon items from my Pokemon collection, this so-called "Pikachu Tamagotchi". It may not be called a "game", since Pocket Pikachu…
new mini games page

New Mini Games Page!

In order to ensure that all Mini Games work well in your browser, I moved the mini games section to their own unique section on InspireMari! Sometimes, the scripts interfered with the WordPress scripts, making it extremely hard or even impossible to make the games run... So, I decided to give…
Peng Friends

How Do I Find My Fandom Community Nowadays? A Genuine Question

There are a couple of things that I am passionate about. Pokémon being one of them. More specifically the earlier Pokémon series, and some of the Pokémon games. Back in the day, I used to browse Pokémon fan sites every single day. There was this website called Anipike.com which listed tons…