Go PSP!

Eegads! Rumors of a PSP2 were not unfounded as pictures of the new PSPgo were leaked 3 days before E3 started. :p Read more about it here. So the PS3 slim ain't too far away then!

To Boldly Go...

Caught the new Star Trek movie today by JJ Abrams, decided to watch it after generally favourable reviews... plus i find TNG and Enterprise pretty cool to watch anyway. :) (No, i'm not a trekkie!)

This movie IS a reboot from the original series, without too many spoilers, i can say that it's an alternate timeline or reality from TOS. They've also got a new younger cast for the crew, chief of all is Chris Pines as James T. Kirk and Syl... uh, Zachary Quinto as Spock. Most of the other characters are ok, maybe a bit overacted ( esp. Uhura who was like a stuck up beyotch in heat, and Leonard "I'm a Doctor, not a physicist" McCoy.)

But the pacing was good, and the action non-stop. This took away the smaller flaws in the movie and made it immensely fun to watch. Thumbs up, definately more interesting than wolverine, i'd give this show a 7.5/10.

Shoryuken!

Ok, i suck at SF4, so dun challenge me k? :p There's a certain depth to 2D fighters; and i'll always be amazed at how ppl throw out the moves so easily! :D

Was on leave today, so had lunch out with my wifey. Weekend was spent at a preview of the circle line... yes, rode the train from Serangoon to Bartley, then to Marymount and back to serangoon... It'll be good when it opens this week, at least it'll be easier to go back home from Bishan! :)

Caught Wolverine over the weekend, so-so show, the effects are nothing we've not seen before. Pacing was ok, but man, was gambit gay! And the bone claw thing... always found the idea cheesy... :p Well, it's gonna be a short week, office is closed this Friday for "Eat (with) your family day"... ;)

Dreams?

Ah! I reminded my self to put this down before i forget! Had a wierd dream two days ago, but real vivid; i was (of course) in some other place, i now can't remember the details, but it was this old house which is kinda like a farm, you know, those thachted one with clay and all, i think it had two floors... anyway, in one part of the dream, there were a lot of poor/tired people suddenly approaching the house, so i started preparing the kitchen and getting drinks for them...

... anyway, next thing i knew, i was looking across something like a savannah, i can still remember what it was like, it was dawn, and there were some animals in the foreground. There was something like a river in the distance, and beyond that, there were two trees.

Both trees had a beautiful shaft of light shining down on both of them at an angle. I told myself i had to take a picture, so i took out my cameraphone (yes, my phone :p) but before i could take the view, the light shining on the tree right in front faded away; there was still light on the other tree.

But the large tree now had a backdrop of thousands of stars against a purple sky... man, it was beautiful... i could almost smell the clean air.

Am i going crazy? I dunno, but it was all so vivid and real.... :)

Monday post!

Ah, another week begins anew! Din really have a fab weekend; most of it was spent sleeping off a fever i caught on Saturday... and myteriously as it came, the next day i was fine! Still, din go out much, and rotted at home. :P

Brought my King 3 up to "flightworthy" status, so decided to fire it up for a bit, darn thing kept spinning in circles! Then realised i had the tail belt reversed. After that was fixed i throttled up for some flight; highest i got was like 2 inches off the ground as the was twitchy as hell!

Robo on the right is the 1/60 scale VF-11B from Macross Plus, just released about 2 weeks ago. This is the latest iteration of this toy, previous ones were in 1/72 scale, and weren't too sturdy. This one is not too bad, except the arms go only to 90 degrees (why not double jointed like the VF-1's?) Anyway, lucky i decided to open it, as i discovered a major problem; they gave me TWO of the fast packs on the legs of the same side! WTF, sure touch 4D lor, anyway, managed to make a swap, so all's well!

Update for the week..

Ah, been a bit since i've updated this. Found out on Tuesday night that my granddad has a fall at home and was admitted to hospital. Apparently he had a mild stroke and fell against the fridge in the kitchen.

He had some haemorraging in the brain so he's under observation. He's not out of the woods yet even though he looked pretty ok just now, he couldn't talk, but could grip our hands, and opened his eyes to see us. I guess it feels better now that i have seen him, it sucks not knowing how he is. :p

We'll all praying that he recovers, and with rehabilitation, gets better.

Happy Mother's Day!

First of All, i'd like to thank my mum for being there for me all these years and for all the love she has given to me! :)

Had dinner at my sis's place for Mum's day earlier on, yummy zhichar! :g

Well, it's been a restful weekend.. was out in town wif wifey yesterday, suprisingly was not very crowded. Back again to work tomolo! :p

Latest Haul and a visit to the rc doc...

I know i'm supposed to cut down on things like this... but these were pre-ordered months ago, so i had to collect them right? ;) On the left is the 1/100 VF-25S from Macross Frontier, it's a 'partsfomer', as in not a perfect transformation like the 1/60 series from Yamato.

I don't think i'll collect the rest (although i do still have one on preorder); too expensive and spindly to be worth the money. On the right is the Bandai 1/60 VF-25 "Messiah" with super pack.. the bot i got a while ago, but the armor was what i got. It's a web exclusive from Bandai... bastiches... thinking of all ways to make money!

VF-11B and VF-1A Max also out... ouch. :p

On another note, learned a few things today :

1) 6ch CCPM helis are REALLY loud.
2) At full throttle, you can lose your limbs if you're not careful
3) 6ch CCPM helis crash REALLY HARD.

WTF, i had training gear on and i still kinda smashed it... but i wasn't prepared for the power it put out.. it's a monster! Well, it's out of action until the replacement parts come in! Oh, one other thing... ball link pliers are a MUST! :)

Home again!

Ahh... good to be back after a week of NS training. :) It really wasn't so long cos of the labor day holidays in the middle, but being in camp, time goes by soooo sloowwwwllyyyy..... :p

This is the 8th ICT, next will be a 3 day low key sometime in June 2010, wow. Is it me, or is cookhouse food progressively getting worse? It was ok for the first 3 days or so ( briyani, etc ), then they started having crappier and crappier food for the last 3 days. Urgh, they should just stick to all food being fried, and all will be ok!

Well, back to work tomorrow, a different battlefield! :P

Post for the weekend...

Went AGAIN to rotor at kitchener, the people there must recognise me by now! :p Anyway, went and got myself a E-sky King 3 RC copter. :p I only did that cos i told myself that i would get it if the shop had it.. and didn't expect them to!

Quite sweet this baby, it has a very solid feel to it, and access to the inner parts is easier.. uh.. the manual is so-so, typical china english... :p

Another reason why i got this is cost, for a 400-450 copter, this is cheap... the total cost is not even enough to buy a good JR or Futaba controller! :p I figured i'd get used to bashing this 6-channel first before i move to bashing a $800+ chopper!

Weeelll... no time to fly it anyway! Battery is still charging!!! : And i'm booking in for the remainder of my ICT tomorrow... so prob only next week then will i have a chance to test fly.. :)

IRON MAN MK II

Ooooo! Toy poison, Hot Toys from HK has been churning out really good stuff lately, like the Appleseed Deunan/Briareos 12" figs, The Joker deluxe fig, and recently the RE5 figures. Just out is the Iron Man MK II armor (which tony stark used for testing before building the MKIII armor) and it's too cool. :)

This is all pretty impressive as i think their headscuplts beat most other 12" manufacturers out there, even medicom i feel. Another one to check out is Enterbay whose Bruce Lee, Godfather and 24 Jack Bauer figures rock.

Check out the review of the MK II here.

Finally... new mammary rendering technology!

Hehe, it's about time! Aren't we all sick of the oversized jiggly bits? ;)

Check out the news here.