"An expensive taste"

One fine day, wanted to have ice-cream. I suggested McD's sundae.. nice and cheap. But ended up with...



Haagen Daaz! Nice but
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I wonder how on earth the bill came up to about RM30!! To their credit, they serve each scoop inside a chilled cup, bringing an extra coolness to the ice-cream. Even provide us a cup of water with a hint of lime. Wahh~~ Crap. Next time, McD will suffice! :S

"G.I.Joe: Rise of Cobra collection!"

More stuff from the year-end madness! Among all of last year's movies, I really liked G.I. Joe a lot and when TRU had their massive sales, my collection also grew massively :P

Each figure was only RM29.90 (instead of RM39.90) and if you spend RM150, get RM20 voucher, spend RM250, get RM40 voucher! At the end of it all, I had ALOT of vouchers which can be used to buy even more :D





Everyone together for the class pic~~

G.I. Joes:



Who better to start off introducing the team than the coolest character of them all: Snake Eyes! And I have 3 versions of him..



Duke...



Scarlett, Ripcord



Heavy Duty, another Scarlett and Breaker



poor Cover Girl, General Hawk and Sgt Stone



These guys didn't appear in the movie, but I got them anyway because they look so cool~~



Another Heavy Duty and Duke

Cobra:



The hot Baroness and Cobra Commander



Snake Eyes' sparring partner, Storm Shadow



Zartan, troopers...



More troopers



And more.. There are not too many bad guys to buy actually. Most of them are troopers.



Team shot... macho men and woman~~



Snake Eyes taking on Storm Shadow in the final battle!

Unfortunately, Hasbro seems to have decided that the G.I. Joe line is not making as much money as expected, so I have a feeling that it's going to suffer a similar fate as the Indy line. The last few waves were almost impossible to find. In fact one wave never even made it here. It's a pity really, because the quality and design of the G.I. Joe figures were exceptional. Well, it was good while it lasted!

"Macross Zero: Yamato 1/60 VF-0S!"

Finally... a valkyrie from Macross Zero: this is Roy Focker's VF-0S and it comes in this massive box!



In terms of chronology, Macross Zero is placed 1 year before the events in Macross TV series:

Macross Zero
Macross TV series/ DYRL
Macross Plus
Macross 7
Macross Frontier

... so the VF-0S is the predecessor for the more common VF-1 series.

Fighter:






with a mini Roy Focker.

Gerwalk:




Transformation is very similar to VF-1, only thing to be careful of is the tiny spoke at the nose cone.

Battroid:





Now this is my favourite mode for VF-0S! Check out his awesomely cool face ~~!



VF-0S stands at least 2 heads taller than a standard VF-1.

This baby costs RM615 and I got it during the end of year spending spree :P There is another VF-0A, piloted by the main hero, Shin Kudo, at a cheaper RM515, but I prefer the VF-0S anytime ;) Also, now need to search for the QF-2200D Ghost booster to complete this picture:




**drooling**

"Iron Man 2 Trailer!"

Wow... :D

"Macross: VF-1J with Armor Parts & Macross 7: VF-19 Kai!"

I wanted to write about some stuff at work, but then it would only get everyone down. Instead, lets look at more Macross! This one is coming anytime now... Hikaru Ichijo's VF-1J with Armor Parts from the Macross TV series~~






Armor parts removed:



Retail price about RM680. Buy? Not sure... I've been reading in the Macross forums lately and there seems to be a complaint that the shoulders on this VF-1J is prone to breaking. That doesn't sound too good. Maybe just save money for my next target:

Nekki Basara's VF-19 Kai from Macross 7!





Coming end of Jan, this is a new line from Bandai called VF HI-METAL at 1/100 scale. Retail price RM320. Can't wait ^_^

Totsugeki Love Heart!!!

"Happy 2010!"

I haven't gotten all the photos for my wedding yet, so lets talk about the 2010 countdown first! We actually came back to Penang on 29 Dec. Wife (cannot call Gf dy :S ) had to attend a teacher's seminar on 30 Dec in Permatang Pasir. And there, she got the letter stating she would be posted to a primary school in Penang. Hurray, so now she's back here (and I don't have to eat alone) dy!

On 31 Dec, the school principal asked her to go to school for awhile. "Awhile" my @$$! I waited outside for more than 2 hours!! Got rather hungry while waiting so I went looking for food. Ended up at Lorong Selamat, and there was THAT Char Kuey Teow (CKT). Yeah, the most notorious one. I always wonder what's so special about it that they can charge exorbitant prices and yet people still keep going. Twice I wanted to try but it was always full. Now it was almost closing at 6PM and there was only 1-2 tables occupied. OMG.. this is my chance!



You can't miss her with her signature red beret.

After 5 minutes, my plate arrived. RM6.50!!!




3 huge prawns. Was it worth all the hype about being the best CKT in Penang?? One bite... then another... mmm.... yeah, I can safely say that it is the best CKT that *I* have tasted! A tad too oily maybe, but there's no doubting the intricate flavours blended inside. It *is* different. Really glad that on the last day of 2009, I was able to try it. Haha...

I tah-pau one pack for Wife and she liked it too. It was getting rather late when the principal finally let her go. She wanted to see her idol, Taiwanese duo of Power Station who were going to perform at Queensbay for the 2010 countdown. There was a massive amount of cars when we got there. But as we moved closer, the path to the carpark was actually clear! Hurray~~ the Force is really with us!



Nice lighting at QB's entrance

We had our dinner/supper at Sakae Sushi while waiting for Power Station to show up. They are the biggest act, so should be the last to appear :P The mood in QB was fantastic. It was like, hey everyone, it's the last day of 2009, lets party, sale, sale, additional 10% sale, let everything go! Even Sakae opened late, with no clear closing time. We were still eating at 10.45PM!



It was still early by the time we went to the concert area at the open carpark. Another artist was still singing. I don't listen to Chinese music much, so not sure who he was. But the crowd loved him~~



And what a crowd. The organisers estimated 40,000 people would be attending. Looking at this sea of people, I don't doubt it!

Everyone was screaming mad when Power station appeared~~







After a few songs, it was time for the countdown.. all the artists that night came out..



.. and countdown then fireworks!



Boasted as a 5-minutes showcase of fireworks playing to musical themes... well, it's ok la.. not too special :P

After that, Power Station continued to belt out their songs, but we went straight to the carpark to beat the jam. Nah... where got so lucky all the time. Got stuck in the carpark for nearly an hour, reach home almost 1.30AM dy. Next day just stay home :D

Ok la, wishing everyone a Happy 2010!

"Back to work!"

OMG, holiday is over, tomorrow back to work! BLUEEEEEE!!!