My Visit at Vektar's

It's actually my first time to meet an online friend. hehe. I've only known Vek from gundam-eclipse.com forum as well as talk at skype. He's a really nice guy and shares similar views as me, which is quite nice as we're usually on the same page. hehe. Since he's near my area compared to other GE members, I decided to go visit him and have a little gunpla building session. I always wanted to share my kits to my immediate friends, but none shares the same passion as I have. Well now, I have at least one friend that I have shared a kit with. ^_^

Vek's place is quite nice, he lives near the center of the city and convenient to go around places. I got greeted by two of their family chihuahua, there's bebe and forgot the guy's name. lol. Then in his room, which is in spacious and in order- I really need to fix my room one of these days. haha. I finally saw his Master Grades which nicely display on top of his huge HD TV. I also get a glimpsed of what the gundam series looks like in blu ray, I must say it's epic watching in HD.

We then decided to grab a bite out and check the locals, there's an ongoing anime convention. But we forgot our camera. d'oh. We went to a gourmet pizza place and stuffed ourselves with this awesome pizza that has thai chicken, shitake mushroom, garlic sauce and cilantro on one side then a ham and pineapple with other seasoning at the other half. We then set off to check the local hobby stores. Found some great old kits on the first one. Then we went off to check out D&J Hobby (I think that's the name) and got modelling supplies. I got myself a hobby knife, fine grit sandpaper, and Tamiya paints for my upcoming Banshee customs. ^_^

We went back and started building SD kits, I shared my 2nd SD Cobra Maru. I also brought one of my SD and we did a Built Challenge on who'll build it first. I didn't realize that i have less parts and thus finished earlier than him. We also played a bit of Versus games on his PS3. I got pwned a bit in Tekken 5. lol.

Overall, it's a fun experience. I finally able to share my hobby with someone in person which I rarely get a chance to. I wish to find more ppl around my area willing to hang out. But I will definitely visit Vektar in the near future, g2g back to that pizza place. lol.

Thanks again Vek for an awesome day checking out stores around your area and having fun with gunpla.

,,V,^_^,V,,

(and now off to a camping trip for two days. lol)

I finally finished my Custom Entry: SS Gundam

SD Super Saiyan Gundam:

I finally finished it yesterday. ,,V,^_^,V,,

Why do some always want to get ahead of others? (crab mentality)

I find it silly at times hearing or seeing someone trying to get ahead of others by inflicting some sort of harm or problem to the victim. I'm not going to point out names but, here's an example. There's a schedule street cleaning every week at a certain time of that day. Sometimes it falls at morning, quite early for some. lol. You have to make sure you don't park at that side of the street else you'll get a citation. I know someone who will diligently monitor the streetsweeper car if it passed by, so that the car can be parked back in front of the house. One day, there's a car that wasn't moved. This person saw the citing 'officer' (usually on those 3 wheeled motorcycle/car vehicle) coming to check who hasn't move their car yet. Being proud and all that his car is already out of 'harms' way (parked on the opposite side) and there's this one car left on that block that he purposely call the attention of the citing officer. I didn't get the details on how it went, but from what i can infer the citing officer didn't cite the car and just passed by. Now you wonder why? It's actually a government car. lol. No point citing a gov't car if funds ends up back to them.

But it does make you wonder why did the person want to bring trouble for someone. Is that person trying to be a firm law abiding citizen, even at the cost of his neighbor's time and money? I mean he could just not do anything as the officer pass by, and if it did get cited then that's the neighbor's fault. But purposely pointing at what seems to be obvious...are you trying to be a snitch? Good thing nobody saw him, well not sure if someone did. But you'll be creating enemies that way and will be labelled forever as the neighbor's "snitch." So why did that person do that? Does it give him gratitude that he's able to point someone out? Why? Sometimes my people are labelled with "crab mentallity," someone who purposely drag others down so he/she can get on top. I for one refuse to believe that and quite dismayed being stereotyped with that behavior, cause I'm not. I know for the fact that this person hates ppl that have that mentality, which in return makes him a "hipo" ~hypocrite. He's breaking the golden rule, "do to others what you want them to do to you." lol. Which is quite sad to live like that.


Anways Gundam Updates:
- SD Gundam stop motion....done. Quite happy how it turned out. I'm able to put 3 transformation on one clip. hehe. I did made a mistake, but overall i'm satisfied. It does have a lot of room for improvement. hehe.

- SD Gundam/DBZ crossover... slowly working on it. Due this friday >_<. Hopefully I can finish it by then. I'll be adding yellow/gold tonight.

- I unboxed mobile kapool. I really wish they make a HG or even a MG of that kit. Still thinking of a good color scheme.

- Zaku Eggplane...still no progress on this one. Probably work on it next week.

- Might do another unboxing video...hmm which kit to open next? lol

Other things:
- I'm still debating of whether i should post my origami plane tutorial.

- hmm...what to do for memorial day weekend.

Trying out new things...

I recently got a haircut. Got a lot of compliments about it. hehe. I guess I should visit the barber more often to keep my hair short and neat. I'm actually hoping to impress this girl that I like though not sure how she feels about me yet, she's really 'friendly' among her friends including me. hehe. Maybe I need to start shedding some weight as well, might take awhile. haha. I also need to find a way to spend more time with her. I don't really want to do the usual dating thing with dinners, movies and so on. Maybe take a summer class with her? I think she's taking some dance lessons. I'm a novice in dancing but would be great to learn to dance with her. hehe. Maybe invite her to go running or exploring. I'll think of something.

Gunpla...let's see...

I've review two kits which I've painted one of them.

Stop motion. It's kinda cool, though need to have a storyboard and work out the effects/gimmicks. Probably more test vids.
Stop motion Ideas:
- "Zakuto" rasengan w/ kagebunshin and hitting the wall or enemy. I need to create the razengan sphere as well.
- Weapon shooting and hitting. I need to find a way for cotton to stick w/o peeling off the paint off my kits. hmm...thinking of using post-its.
- Masurao whipping around his beam Katanas. The beam hilts (no beam effect yet) will be held by an electric wire on one end. Masurao will whirl them around and when it's full stretched, the beam katanas will be emitted.)
- SD Gundam Transformations...I have tons of SD's with cool transformations: Zeta, Unicorn, Baki Maru, Cho Shogun Touga, Aegis, and many more. lol.

I finally assembled SD Unicorn, I'll do my impression/review on it this week.

SD Gundam/DBZ crossover, I'm starting to dread this lingering WIP. lol. I'm not even sure I can pull it off, but we'll see.

Zaku Eggplane... Might be something I'll work on later this week.

Other things:
- I'm enjoying my new camera, though I can't edit my videos. But I'm able to stich them together which ain't bad. Might also do some Slideshow using WMM. Ohh almost forgot, I need to do some HD vids (raw vid upload), which probably last only 2min. (again with the 500mb upload limit) lol.

Decisions...decisions....decisions...

Sometimes it's really hard to decide on things, especially if you always feel that you might regret it later on. Deciding if I want to eat at an all-you-can eat sushi buffet, but later feel too full and sleepy. lol. Well not that kind of decision but more about life. I've this decision to make of whether I help save lives or protect/destroy it. Since my career is not getting anywhere at this time, my parents tries to persuade me to try other things. I could go back to school and study 'nursing' as the medical field seems to be booming today. Or I could join the military and get training to become an engineer. Either options have pros and cons which I have to weigh out the one best suited for me.

Another decision I have to go through is with relationship. I really find this one friend really cute. She's quite friendly and charming. I had a relationship before which didn't end well...which kinda leads me to the whole "isolation after university". lol. Note to self...try not to stick to just one (best)friend, it's hell when you lose that person. Anyways, back to the girl that I like. I get to hang out with her with our group of friends. We did went to the same high school and I guess we're back again after college/university. I wanted to ask her out on a movie but failed. lol I guess she thought we're going with the rest of our friends, which I let it be. We didn't go to the movies but did play this fun boardgame and had a blast laughing all night. Also, I was informed that movies aren't best for first date as there isn't really much interaction. Maybe it's a blessing in disguise that the plan didn't go through? hehe. I really wanted to know her more, but just don't know what to do. haha. One of our friends, did mention that she's probably not interested in me and that's just her nature of being friendly. That friend might be right about her, but I still want to try till I hear from her personally. It's a nice feeling to like someone and be like back.

Gundam Updates:
- I finally reached 100+ subscribers. *pat at the back* lol.
- HG 1/144 Masurao...done. I'm really happy how it turned out. ^_^
- 2old4toys contest entry... I really need to get myself together to work on this.
- I'll unbox another SD kit later this week. Might open the one with the cute bug. hehe.

My thoughts about the Gundam 00 theme contest:
- I was hoping I win the contest. I really wanted to get the 1/144 Flag kit. hehe. The winner did an awesome job painting the Tieren kit. Then there's actually a consolation prize and I thought maybe I'll get picked, but not as well. My impression of the contest is to pick a gundam not from the 00 theme and customized it to make it fit the line. Both winners have 00 gundam kits. I also thought that idea put into customizing the kit counts not just how good your paint job is, as other judges have mentioned on their video. I did put a lot of thought in making my kit, adding LED's, incorporating my origami plane, and transformations. I also think I had a good concept idea for a GN drive (or 'ZK' drive. hehe) But I guess, the winners were picked by the host. I have a hunch he got persuaded by the diorama. hehe. Furthermore, The winner gets another Tieren...lol. Actually, If I win the SD kit I'll be very happy, I don't have that kit yet. Also, I would like to hear his thoughts about my custom "Zeekay" as other judges. Would be nice to get recognize. hehe. I think my real competitor in that contest is the other entry with the God Gundam, it's an awesome custom/kitbash. I don't hold it against the decision, afterall the contest is his and he gets to make the rules. Though If i know it's about the paintwork, I could've gotten a FG and customized it like what i did with my Strike. ^_^

Other things:
- I need to edit my origami plane tutorial
- I'll be unboxing Hasegawa's Eggplane (Thunderbolt) ^_^

Growing up....

Sometimes I wonder how old I really am. Seems like it's yesterday that I would study for an exam in high school. I even remember way back when I'm enjoying my handheld radio while I relax on top of a bunkbed on a sunny afternoon (I was 8). I have this uncanny tendency to recall things in the past and yet I have a mediocre short-term memory (I can't remember phone numbers nor names if i don't refer to them often enough). But once I've known and use that person's name and phone number, remarkably I'll remember it (I still remember a couple of my classmate's names when I was 10 yrs. old).

Maybe I'm a slow learner? Takes awhile for things to sink in? I did excel in Math and Science in my curriculars. Or better yet refuse to accept what is now? Maybe that's the case. I do tend to resist change sometimes, especially if it's something of a habit.

I still look like a teenager, with or without the added facial hair. lol. But I think I've grown quite a bit in terms of thinking/analysing things and situation. A friend of mine always wonder how I can point a different perspective when shared a problem with me. I guess I should thank another 'friend' for that, learned quite a lot from her and she always been more mature than me.

I guess I'm just scared to grow up. It's not really about the responsibilites, cause I'm able to cope up with them lately. But I guess there's certain unresolve things in past or maybe I just enjoy being a teenager. I think they're right when they say "high school is the best years...", it's true for most but not all.

Trying to find a way to snap myself out of this dillusion. I'm actually glad that I'm learning a great deal with reviewing kits in youtube. In some ways it help me to communicate better and prepare beforehand. I actually recommend it to anyone to do reviews, and it could be about anything. It's a good transition/start to public speaking and doing presentation. Maybe they should have a class for that. lol.

I also need to find another inspiration to get myself back to my career. For one, I do need to get a good paying job to support my family as I've been "freeloading" for some time now. I guess it's a combination of rejection and economic recession that I sorta give up looking for a job. It's quite a dismay for trying a couple of months and not getting anywhere. I'm probably doing something wrong, maybe i'm not qualified or i'm applying to the wrong industry or both. lol. I am trying again to apply to job opportunities. Hopefully they'll consider 'Meads'. hehe.

And lastly, maybe it's whom you hang out with. Since I came back from college, I haven't really made any new friends (well except internet friends. lol) I catch up with my highschool friends which is nice. But friends from college, we went on our separate ways--I still talk to some of 'em. I did have that isolation phase after college. I can't really go out due to lack of funds (no money) or finding people who shares the same interests that I do. I turned to the internet for that and found great friends (varying ages) But still would be nice to have actual friends that you can meet in person. I guess blaming "lack of money" is a lame excuse. I don't really need to spend a significant amount of money to hang out with friends. Hmm... just need to find a place to meet new people. It's always been easy to do that in school, but I guess it's a challenge now that I'm not.

Gundam Updates and Reviews:
~ I started reviewing the chibi SD's. I'll do another unboxing tonight.

~ I need to get working on my custom for 2old4toys' contest. lol.

~ Thinking of building my 1/144 Masurao as a little break to my usual SD's.

~ Might review another Stikfas kit. We'll see...

Other things:
~ Quite tempted to get the Hasegawa eggplanes sooner. I've been planning to get it when the D-style Glint comes out, but that's late June. But got to think about my backlogs and my WIP's. lol.

~ I need a new belt. The current one i'm using is about to snap in half.

Who am I without my wallet? 0_o

(as homer puts it) D'oh!! I forgot my wallet. Good thing my mom and I takes the BART at the same time in the morning. I wanted to go back and get my wallet, but my mom reassured me I don't need it. She asks this questions..."Are you going to drive?... Do you need money? I can lend you some." Which she is right, I won't be driving and I can borrow money enough for today. (note: other question she could've asked "Are you going to go drinking?" which of course she wouldn't :P. lol) My mom is always been there for me, I'm lucky to have her. ^_^

But sometimes don't you just feel you lost your identity or can't function if you forgot your wallet or even your cellphone(I didn't forget this one. hehe) It's like you got to have 'em just in case of emergency or other things that might need them.

Gundam Updates:

Zeta w/ decals....done.

100th Video SD collection...done. I'm close to 100 subscribers...what to do? lol.

SD Gunner Zaku Warrior...done. Finally got those three finished (well still need to add finer details later on...maybe even customs.)

I'll be unboxing one of the chibi SD gundams tonight as well do one stikfas review (probably the robot one.)

I'm also thinking of discussing Youtube's "other channel" option. I find it very helpful for other reviewers out there to get subs.

Other Things:

GSAM just updated their inventory. I'll probably get my SD Unicorn Gundam there if it's not sold out by tomorrow. Waiting for them to update the monthly/club specials tomorrow as well to complete my list.

Planning to get a new camera....but it'll cost quite a hefty $$ on my part. About $150+ for a decent Canon Digital camera. I'm waiting for this particular site to go on sale...maybe Memorial day Weekend? Kinda weird day to celebrate a sale. lol.

Just when you think you can ship something out...

I really want to ship this package out. I wanted to do it last Thursday, but it turns out the postal service close down early. Can't really do it on Friday as I'm out all day at work. Saturday comes, the closest one is closed on weekends & holidays. T_T Went to the main postal office, but found out it's already closed by the time i got there. Sigh... And to complicate things, I need to get some packaging material to send it off. Don't really want to depend on my dad to do it. He's quite oblivious on my hobby, or actually a lot of ppl around me do. haha. I'll try to package it some way and ask if he can ship it Monday. I apologize if it's taking awhile, "J". but rest assure it will get there eventually.