"I'm looking for a house..."

Ah yes. It's finally reached that moment. Time to make some 'adult' decisions: Buying a HOUSE! Yeah, staying with my brother is nice. Got Astro, got Streamyx, got Super Tanker food court just opposite. Near to office some more.

But you know, after 4+ years, it's about time to get my own place. Then I can decorate the house according to my liking, maybe finally put up the Museum dedicated to my Star Wars collection ;) haha...

And have my own carpark! Wow... then I don't have to park outside, get bird shit all over, get knocked everywhere and have my car lamp stolen... wonderful :D

Thanks to my lunch mates, I am now aware of a few places of interest. In particular, this one, by IJM, called the Spring.

Here, I do some free advertising for them:




All units face the sea, so it's gonna be quite a view..

(The sea is at the bottom of the picture)

And a layout of the biggest unit:


Starts frm Rm240k (OMG... ) and what they say that it's in the process of being converted to Freehold, which makes it interesting. The bad part though, is that it's quite close to the Jelutong Expressway (read: Mat Rempits) and there's this gigantic drain next to it. It doesn't help when there's a housing estate with 3 storey super bungalows in front of it (Nautilus Bay). It makes the Spring look 'cheap'.

Anyway, time to open eyes wider and see where else got place ;)

"When the lights go out...."

More pics from Melaka during the Christmas period! This time some night shots ;) Tricky, yes... but when you get it *right*, it sure beats the heck out of day shots :D

And where better to take them than the most photographed place in Melaka Bandaraya Bersejarah: the 'Red Houses'!

Colourful trishaws... unfortunately, the guy turn off the lights after he saw me snapping pics... heh... no free rides :P



Notice the party-goers wearing Santa hats in the background... :) :)

And a 'special' shot...

(actually I caught it unintentionally... but sure looks like those we find in magazines, where the car lights streak past :P)

Sg Melaka underwent heavy renovation/beautification lately. It is now transformed into this classy place...


And finally, my current fav shot... being used as my desktop wallpaper :D

"Star Wars Vehicles Part 2..."

Today's a public holiday! Yay..... actually wanted to go to office (!), but then think think think... dun want lah.... finish fast kena scold, finish on time also kena scold... so what the heck... let me open my remaining Star Wars vehicles ;)

Lets start with Mace Windu's Jedi Starfighter, seen in Clone Wars Season 2, when the Separatist attack Coruscant....


Although it's a repaint of the Anakin/Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter (sigh), pressing the trigger to spring open the wings is always fun :P


Every Jedi needs his trusty droid. This little one is called R4-M6. Amazing, eh... has its own name some more...

Next, the Hail-fire droid from Ep 2...

Only 16 out of the 32 missiles actually 'fire' though...

Finally we have the Trade Federation Tank from Ep 1...

...of coz, with Jar-Jar Binks causing havok to it :D

To snap that pic, I had to dig open some ancient storage boxes... so while we're at it, lets snap a few more Ep 1 pictures....

TC-14 serving Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon on board the Trade Federation station...

And see if you can name all the figures below! (Click to enlarge it...)

"Star Wars Vehicles!"

ShopOwner: "Hey, your stuff has arrived..."
Leopard: "Great!"



A fresh case of Star Wars Vehicles! Lets see what's inside...


V-Wing starfighter!! It's ok if you never saw this in SW:Episode III. It appeared for <2 seconds, when Darth Sidious brings the badly burnt Anakin to get medical treatment...

Darth's Vader's TIE fighter! Time to shoot down some X-Wings!

Anakin's Starfighter.... again... :-S I already have the 2005 version, though this one has a much nicer package!

Mace Windu's Starfighter.... as seen in the Clone Wars Series!

Trade Federation Tank!

Hailfire Droid!

Managed to open the V-Wing and DV's fighter...


The wings spring open :D


Darth Vader... waiting to blast some Rebel scum!

And here's an update on the 30th Anniversary Coin Collection:

The first 2 panels are complete... but the third...

Aiii.... #48, 50 and 60 are missing! So damn close. Some more with the 2008 line starting soon, these will be a little harder to find......... :-S

The pain and pleasure of collecting!

"Christmas @ Portuguese Settlement!"

Here's how Christmas is celebrated in Portuguese Settlement!

Adorable Annie is absolutely gonna kill me when she sees these pics! She wanted to go take pics there on Sat nite, but we reached at 1.30am; everything close dy! That's why, should take Monday off, then Sunday nite is de perfect time to go there.. :P

Fyi, going on Christmas Eve is a MAJOR NO-NO! Well, unless you are prepared to brave the SUPER JAM OF THE YEAR! Cars parked for few kilometres along the main road, along EVERY possible road! Even right till the front of my house... fuh...

Ok, let you be the judge if it's worth it!


Main Street

Ah, what's Christmas without a tree...

The stage, with few Santas... great stuff for kids; they give lots of prizes for doing things like singing, dancing, and kissing Santas!

Ok, those were cool, but the main attractions were the decorations put up by the residents themselves. Each house was LOADED with unique decos, each apparently trying to outdo the other! :P I read heard that they spend thousands on deco and there's even a contest for the best one. Neat, huh. It's really the biggest celebration of the year for them!

This is one that I like. Can't miss it; it's the most obvious. (Pardon the camera shake.. taking photos under these conditions, without a tripod, were a real challenge!)

One of the reindeer moves...



Ah, cute little thing..

More shots from everywhere....







I like this one.. with the scene (birth of Christ... Am I right?)


This looked kinda scary to me... Like a Death Knight....:S

And this is why I don't put many pics of myself.... Just had a haircut and looking totally weird...... :#

Next: More pics from elsewhere in Melaka!