Back for the weekend!

Ah.. time flies! Was just in yesterday morning for my ICT, and here i am back home for the labour day weekend. As usual, time was spent waiting, i guess things could have been sped, but this is as efficient as the army gets.. :p

Day one was first aid and weapons handling tests, we had a night's off, so went to clementi and IMM to walk. :) Got up early this morning to wait ( see? it's becoming a theme ) for the bus, and headed to PLC for a simulated shoot. It was a 'high-tech' shoot, impressive technology, but man, millions of dollars and as my buddy says, no better graphics than quake?

Well, i didn't get to shoot at all cos i was sitting at the back juggling beteen 'tasks' (can't elaborate here in case this page is seen.. ;p )

Haha, my question is, wtf do the amphibious tanks drop the men off 200m from the shoreline, and expect them to swim ashore? :)

This weekend! :D

Yum! 25th was anni for wifey and me, so headed down to shokudo at Heeren to makan! It was not very packed, so seating wasn't an issue.

Started the day off by heading down to kitchener to pick up spares for my chopper... man! They're running out of spares! But i've already gotten a few upgrades for the V4... swapped out for xtreme blades and motors, got a battery surge protector. Also tried out a few mods to the heli.

Changed the servo horns to longer ones, it extended the servo range of motion, but made it really jumpy! :P Guess i won't be fiddling too much with it anymore, time to move on... to something like this perhaps? ;) Now, THAT'S sweet! I saw another RC shop at Fook Hai Building which had the innovator, so it'd be interesting to see how much they charge for it.

Anyway's going in-camp on wednesday, so now doing the ardous task of packing!

Games to look forward to...

Bayonetta! Looking better and better, hair as clothes? Check! Guns in boots? Check!

Seems to be slow flow of games coming in, but some to check out are Velvet Assasin, Bionic Commando, COD:MW2, Ghostbusters. Battlefield : BC2, Halo 3 : ODST, Lost Planet 2 and Dead Rising 2! (Notice how many are sequels?)

Replayed COD4 recently, man, now that's a good game i feel, all the elements of a good game are there, more importantly, the pacing is great.

Then again, if the formula works, there's no need to change it; case in point, DoW2 and CoH:ToV... :p

Sweettt.... New Mazda 3

Came across this on the intertubes, was never really interested in the mazda series of cars, with the exception of their RX-8 of course. Mazda cars have a reputation of being fuel guzzlers due to their heavy body weight vs. underpowered engines.

But the 2009/2010 Mazda 3 caught my eye; it's like they cross bred a rx-8/mazda 3sp/peugeot car to make this! Apparently they're using the engine of the Mazda 6....

But here's the kicker, it costs US$19,000 for a Sports version in the States.

It's launching this Saturday (25th April) in sillypore. My estimates? $70K for the no frills 1.6(A) version.

Thanks LTA/Laolee! I hope you all managed to buy your summer homes! :p

Adieu and all the best!

Had a farewell lunch today for a colleague who's leaving to further her studies in Germany, headed down to beauty world with a few other coligs and decided to try out a Korean restaurant at the top floor.

What you see at the side are just the side-dishes which are sorta free flow! Kimchi, sweet potato, some veges and mussels.... main dish was BBQ pork, and the portion was generous. :) Still feel that the shop at the former Meridian hotel is better though! But still, not too shabby!

Another day.. :)

Whew! Another day at work over... :) Rather quiet actually, seems a lot of people are on leave.

Soon it'll be time to serve the Nation again! :p Although it's only a week, it should be an eyeopener...

First Post!

Well, i guess it's be interesting to put up stuff i have bought/seen/heard/eaten. Guess now's a good time as any!

Recently got into RC helis... i'm no pro mind you. My only other experience is with the PicooZ micro copter. My buddy recently got a very cool Syma S002 copter, which is a 3 channel beast compared to the Picoo... plus it flew really well!

That got me looking for a copter too (thanks buddy! :p), and after browsing through the web, i decided on the Esky Lama V4 chopper... man, i didn't know what i was getting into! Suffice to say, a electric RC chopper is a different thing altogether.

This is the Lama V4...
... not this. :p

The Lama V4 is a 4-channel co-ax copter, so no tailrotor needed. It's ready to fly outta the box, so just charge the battery, and off you go! Simple right? No way! It's pays to spend a few hours to get a hang of the controller and the four channels - throttle, rudder, elevator, aileron.... as they say... "simple to learn, difficult to master"!

Getting this is my first step to another class of choppers, the 6-channel ones......... considering a TT Mini Titan or the Align Trex 450/500... but i really gotta think carefully... expensive hobby! :)