Updates, and Yes I'm still there. :P

I do apologize for not posting anything for over a month now. Got hooked up with Skype and building more kits. haha.

I do have my flickr photostream up there and you'll see uploaded pics of what I've been doing.

If you find this blogspot before my youtube channel, please check that one as I usually update that more than this blog. As well as, visit the gundam forum I frequently go to, www.gundam-eclipse.com

As for Gunpla updates....

- I'm painting my SD GG Gundam kits. I think I've painted 3 already...a couple more to go.

- Going to pick up my papercraft diorama project started awhile back.

- Need to do a couple more SD reviews, as well as the Advanced Hazel and Hrairoo Gaplant.

My contest is about to end soon next week. Still hoping to see more entries.

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Going to be a bumpy ride...

Things will get crazy lately... I didn't quite make it to one job i'm hoping for to get in. But luckily I do get an opportunity to apply for another position. On the other hand, I'm leaving my part-time job due to certain reasons which I will not fully disclose, but to give you an idea...I don't like the working atmosphere. There's also another job opportunity that I have take a test as well next month. I have a couple of lines casted....but something tells me I need to bring a huge net to catch something, heck I'll even settle for a mackerel but a salmon would be awesome.

Gunpla....

I'm close to hitting 200, just check I have 199 subs. lol. Hmm... maybe time for subscriber's special--a contest!! hehe.

A lot of things happend since last time I posted. Not sure where to start. hmm...

Seems like I'm getting more subscribers and a lot of 'em really like reviews. I'm very thankful. ^_^ I do find it difficult to thank all of the recent ones, there's so many... I'm starting to think I should stop doing that and just make a video thank them in general. But deep down...I want to thank each and every single one of them. It's just a matter of time. haha.

Hmm... I wonder what kit to open next. There's the Tenshio Shiba-I Sazabi (probably mispelled. lol) I might do that one. Also, my sister (the older one) wants to give SD gunpla a chance. Might let her start on a kit that was supposedly for my other sister, SD Gundam Leopard.

I'm also finding that I still can't control my impulse gunpla buying...which is really bad considering what i've mentioned above relating to my part-time job. Maybe I should create a penalty if I do go on impulse again.... I was thinking of hosting a contest--meaning I'll lose one of my kits in the process O_o each time I break my promise (lol that rhymes). But we'll see, might be too daring. haha.

On other things...

Got a couple of upcoming tests for jobs. Need to get cracking on those.

Also I need to redeco my room to be more presentable....make it my "pad" haha. I'll probably end up doing garage or online sale of my stuff (well except for gunpla. :P)

Promise is a Promise

I've been having this problem since I can remember. I keep commiting to promises that I know down the road I'll break one way or another. But I do keep most of my promises, but we usually find the small amount of false promises outweighing the rest.

I promise myself with Vek as my witness (lol.) that I'll hold off my gunpla purchase for the sake of my wallet's health and to trim down my backlog. Unfortunately, I made a promise to a fellow SD Gundam enthusiast that I'll get him this SD kit that's hard to get in his area nor the interwebs (actually it'll be a gift for him for his upcoming bday. Ain't I nice? :P ) So now my predicament of holding those two promises. I could argue that I'm buying the SD kit for someone and not for me. lol. But the place I'm getting it at has that "buy one full price, 2nd half off" deal. It'll be hard to resist to not get another kit to avail for the discount. I could buy another one and use that as a price for my upcoming contest on my youtube channel (which still under formulation. hehe) But then again, I already have a spare SD NT-1 Alex that I can use as the prize (which I think is one of the best SD kits out there.) We'll see how it goes as I visit the hobbystore to acquire the sd kit as I've promised.

Gunpla...
- I'm working on a kits for about 3 days painting 'em. I've finished 1 and almost done with the other. I do however reviewed 2 (one of which i finished awhile back) on my youtube page. I'll be finishing that another one and as well as work on mobile goohn.

- Funny how there's more attention towards the SD Onimitsu Ninja Naomaru (#279) than the SD Bukiri Maru (#250) which I put more effort on. lol. It has to be the shiny gold plating. :P

- I'll be making more SD 4Koma as well as comics (more than 4 panels). Stay tune for those.

- Unboxing another kit. I'll probably find one that doesn't require painting that much as I've exhausted myself. lol.

- I'm also getting curious of getting some SD gundam gashapons... I wonder if anyone will be willing to trade some of 'em for stikfas kits. hehe.

Other things:
- I'll be celebrating my sister's graduation this upcoming weekend. Which reminds me, I need to fix her computer.
- My knee still hurts a little bit, can't wait for it to fully heal so I can run again.

Camping Trip

I had an interesting first time experience camping with my family and friends at Pinecrest. It's really fun especially if the group you're in is huge. The trip going there is quite exhaustive as it's 3 hours just sitting and waiting. I did bring a gundam kit, advance hazel, with me to work on. I manage to finish the main body by the time I arrive there, and work on accessories sometime in the afternoon while waiting for dinner.

I actually don't know what to expect to a camping trip. I thought there would be more pesky bugs bothering me. But there's hardly, well there's on occassion minute spiders that will drop down on you. lol. I don't mind them, if I have it would just drive me crazy. I did find cool, creepy and interested bugs which i took a digital macro shots with my camera. I also took some nature shots with my SD Gundams: Alex and Zaku. hehe. Having a nature as a background does make the kits more epic. ^_^

I also had fun playing with the kids over there. One of 'em is really good in chess, which i got 'pwned' a couple of times, I only beat him once when he went easy on me. haha. We also had a fun time chowing down on grilled shrimps covered in garlic sauce and other yummy dishes brought by one family. Actually each family pitched in to a meal, my family was set for the next day's lunch. As most camping goes, we also had a campfire and melted some marshmallows. I find it easier to toast 'em near the edge of the ember, as suppose to the top. I got quite a sugar rush that night, which followed by a drowsy state afterwards. lol.

One thing i forgot to bring was a flashlight. It was so dark and there's only a handful of light source. The light from the cellphone was okay, but still a bit difficult to manage with. Good thing my dad brought his. It's a bit difficult to sleep at night. I'm actually used to sleeping at the ground, so no problem there. I had my own tent and I slept with luna, our chihuahua. She has a tendency to snuggle near your neck. I initially had her inside my jacket wrap near my body and arms. But she manage to crawl up to my sleeves and to my shoulder. lol. It was cold that night, good thing I like cold. But from time to time I hear my family talk, I guess they can't sleep due to the temperature or something.

Then my dad start calling Luna. O_o. She sprung out from my jacket and tried to get out of the tent. I tried a couple of times to calm her and put her back in, but no avail. I eventually asked my dad to pick her up...lol. The following morning it's quite cold and a bit moist from the morning dew. They're already starting breakfast and another day for my camping trip.

Overall, I really like my camping experience. We'll do it again this coming September. I'll be sure to bring my flashlight and maybe more gunpla. hehe.


Gunpla:
- I finished working on my SD Zaku Eggplane. Quite happy how it turned out. ^_^
- I'll be making my 4Koma (4 panel comic) using my SD kits for Z's contests (gunpla-inochi.com)
- Soon I'll be painting DokkanMaru
- I'll also be doing some vids later tonight regarding the gashapon djinn (i think that's what it's called).
- Still waiting for the result of 2old4toys contest. I hope I win. hehe.

Other things:
- I need to fix my schedule....need to find a way to limit my gunpla to at the most 1-2 hours per night and not the whole night. lol.
- Need to work on fixing my sister's computer...
- Also I need to contact my cousin and friend to play Magic: The Gathering this weekend.

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.

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(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.