nicklwc's Xanga

A move...for good

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:20:57 GMT

I've been trying out so many blogs that I kinda lost count. Ok. Fine. Three. Xanga. Blogspot. Wordpress.

After a couple of affairs with all three, I have decided to stick with one, and sorry Xanga, you are not the chosen one. Don't cry now. You still have other people on your network.

For my fans (if I have any that is), my new blog is located at http://allthingsnick.blogspot.com

Toys, toys and more TOYS!

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:47:54 GMT

Recently, I went to GACC which is a games, toys and etc convention held at MMU Malacca. I went there to demo games for Toybox and you can find more about it at our website, www.toybox.com.my. You can also find a link to more pictures of GACC there.

But what was more interesting is that from that convention, I managed to get more toys for myself! Yep, gashapons galore at Malacca. This was even better than the selection I could find in KL!

First up, although I haven't seen the anime, the figurines were too good looking to pass. I had to take them and it was only RM70. Worth every cent in my opinion. The pictures don't do justice to it as the level of details on these guys are amazing.

Of course, I wouldn't go around looking at gashapons without looking for my favourite Naruto gashapons. Needless to say, this pet series was a good one for me as well. They had Naruto and his lil frogs, the 4th Hokage and Jiraiya and their giant frogs, 3rd Hokage with his monkey and finally Kakashi and his dogs. Yep, good stuff indeed.

And finally, my collection of toys so far!

That would be my Keroro Gunso models and the Full Metal Alchemist set. Below you will see a limited edition err funny looking guy and also Crossbone Ver KA box. Its still unassembled.

My Saviour HG model, the Naruto pet series, Gundam Seed gashapons and Naruto Action Figure (bought by my sister).

Introducing Keroro Gunso...

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:31:52 GMT

As I mentioned in my previouseh post, I am into Keroro Gunso. No idea why but it just struck me that those dudes will look good in a display shelf. Do I have a display shelf? Not really but that isn't the point. The point is that I am going to buy Keroro Gunso stuff because they look cute. So, who is Keroro Gunso you might ask? Well, let me introduce the family...

The green dude in the middle is the leader of this band of froggies. Meet Keroro. On his right, the guy in black or dark blue, is Tamama, the cutest of the lot. When he is not annoyed of course. On Keroro's left, the red frog, is Giroro and he is the most serious of them all. He is very unhappy that he got Keroro as his superior. On Tamama's right, is Kururu or Kululu as some sites have spelt his name. He is an inventor but he is kinda whacky. And finally, the blueish dude beside Giroro is Dororo. He is a ninja. Yep, a ninja frog. Now what can be better than that?

I have the first half of the series from Episode 1 to 32 and I am enjoying the brainless moments that these anime gives me. Soon, I will have my Keroro collectibles! Oh my personal favourite, Tamama of course.

Yep, Tamama - Private 2nd Class. Innocent lookin fella...

Hobby binge...

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:14:59 GMT

Recently, the lack of 360 and Wii games made me go on an alternate hobby binge. It started innocently enough with a trip to a local hobby store. I saw the Gundam Saviour and I thought, maybe I will just spend some time assembling this. Then, while I was there, I thought why not get the gashapon set as well since I am quite a gashapon fan myself, so that was that. And below lies the result of my purchase!

So, of course, I decided to go walk around yesterday and stepped into this hobby store again and lo and behold! A Freedom Strike, and Master Grade no less. I was thinking, since I already finished that model, why not get another one? This time I had no other gashapon sets to get so it was only a single purchase. And on my bed lies the huge box...

Was charging my Canon batteries so I took a snapshot with my trusty ol' K750i. Of course, that is not the end of the story because while I was at the shop, I spy something cute, something that seems interesting enough for me. Keroro! And now I am hunting for this little froggie dudes. Wish me luck.. I hope I'll be cured soon..

Gunpla craze...

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:54:48 GMT

I am a sucker for hobby kin da things which brings me to my current state of being poor. The latest addition to my long long list of hobbies is Gunpla which is essentially Gundam model assembling. It is not really building because all you do is just cut and snap things together. But after seeing some friends do it, my hand got itchy and I went to try one myself.

Who knew it would take so long to snap things together?! I think it took me about two days to put together this damn thing, and about 8 hours of sitting in front of the TV, cutting plastic parts and snapping it together. Then, I tried to draw the lines and horror of all horrors, my marker was too thick which meant I have to go hunt for a fine marker now.

Was it worth the effort? Well, there is the satisfaction of making something yourself and it is no different here. I am certainly happy with my first time effort although there is much to be done before I complete the Gundam model. Some filing and some more cutting as I left bits and pieces here and there since I was too lazy.

My finished Gundam Saviour! Next stop, Freedom or Justice!

Sometimes you just wonder...

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 03:28:56 GMT

Sometimes there are so many things that doesn't sit right in life but we seem to take them for granted. For example, paying tolls to get stuck in jams, paying SOCSO when you are not eligible for it and my latest grudge is against the word "Auto Pay".

You see it almost everywhere now, almost every carpark in Malaysia claim to have this feature, the "Auto Pay" feature. Problem I have with this feature is that I still need to pay. Nothing is getting automatically paid. I still need to MANUALLY go to the machine, insert the token and pay the parking fee. Notice nowhere in the process that "Auto Pay" is used.

I mean if they are saying its "Auto Pay", shouldn't the token be already paid for when we take it? I mean that would be automatic. Heck, I'll even settle for press a button and the token is paid for. Why do they keep taking money from me? That's not automatic. Unless they can find a way to deduct the money from my wallet without me whipping it out.

Actually, I never really had a problem with it until yesterday after a movie. The movie screwed up my brain so bad I decided to nitpick on everything I see. What movie? EPIC! I think they should call it epicly stupid, epicly boring and epicly NON-EPIC! Scary Movie was alright, the parodies were funny at times, but with EPIC, you just wished the movie was over the moment it started.

Not to mention, the con job of a food place I went to after the movie. Nanxiang whatever bun. RM15 for a soupy thing that isn't bigger than my palm. Not to mention the no-taste-cooked-by-very-frustrated-chefs glutinuos rice thingy that they have (which they gave a thumbs up in the menu). It was a bad day yesterday in terms of getting ripped off.

To end it all, I had to pay RM1 for parking in an "Auto Pay" carpark. Sigh...

Maybe it is time I blog again...

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:58:23 GMT

I went on a long disappearing act from blogging so much so that I jumped from Blogspot to Wordpress and trying out different topics and theme for a blog just so I could keep writing online.

Nothing worked though so I thought why not just use Xanga again since it is here anyways. Been running out of inspirations to write any stories so I decided to read more again. Have been so busy lately that sleeping itself is considered a luxury. I really need to get my act together once more.

So what have been keeping me busy? Work of course for one. Its been a hectic end of the year which has dragged on to the start as well. I have been given more responsibilities and seriously, it takes a lot of mental power for me to try and rise up to the challenge.

Secondly, Toybox. Business has not been exactly ideal and more efforts are needed to make it work. We are all trying our very best and sometimes, it just feels that we are doing so much and getting so little in return. Last but not least, my ever increasing list of hobbies. From collecting toys to console gaming, spending time for my hobbies is getting more difficult.

I really need to manage my time better so that I can spend more time with my significant other when she is in KL this year. :)

Back to work now, and hopefully, I can blog again later today with some pictures of what happened over the weekend.

Maybe its time we start living...

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:41:49 GMT

"Hey, did you hear about the latest board game?" A friend asked me while we were driving to work.

"No, what is it about?" I love board games and it was quite surprising that my friend who had absolutely no interest in my geeky past time suddenly appeared interested in what I liked.

"Its about terrorism, simply titled War on Terror. There's been quite a lot of negative comments on that game. Personally, I think it is sick what they did."

"Huh? Dude, its only a game. How is that even sick?" His face contorted into a shape I never thought possible before it turned into a scowl.

"Are you out of your mind?! Of course it is sick, 9/11, Bali bombings and now you make a game out of terrorism?" He was certainly bent on turning me to his side.

"Look, 9-11 was a tragic event and so were the other bombings but its over. We were sad when we had to be but it doesn't mean the world has to stop moving."

"But it doesn't mean that they can go out and make a game out of it. What about the survivors feeling? What about the victim's families? Don't you think they deserve a little more respect?" For a guy who was not even there, I thought he was really blowing the whole thing out of proportion.

"Its been years since the incident. Frankly, I am quite tired of having to watch what we say and what we do just because some guy from the 9-11 bombing might feel slighted. The bombing took away the lives of those who perished, let's not have it take away the lives of those still living."

He stared at me. Obviously speechless on what I was saying.

"Do we want to give those terrorists the joy that they have ultimately changed the way we live? Look at it this way, its a game, if the game is bad, it will die off. But if it is a good game, why not enjoy it? Why keep all this pent up anger? Why be so sensitive? Is that the way you want to go through life? Looking at everything in life and seeing if they somehow hurt you?"

He was still speechless and by his looks, he certainly disagreed with me.

"Look, all I am saying is, maybe its time we start living."

Ermm..uhmmm..

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:10:49 GMT

My name is Raja. I am your typical SAP consultant, wearing glasses, sitting quietly in the corner not attracting any attention to myself. What free time I have, I spend talking to my friends online and playing games. You must be thinking I am a geek, a loser with no life but on the contrary, I do lead a healthy social life. Just that I have not found the person I want to commit myself to.

It all happened pretty quickly, it was a typical morning but it hit me fast, and hard. The moment I stepped into the office, I knew something wasn't right because there was this beautiful girl standing there with a big smile on her face as my boss was introducing her to the receptionist. It was then I fell in love as my boss introduced her to me. Dia, what a unique name. What a beautiful name! Okay, so it might be the stupidest sounding name ever but it certainly didn't sound that way to me.

My life in the office took on a whole new purpose. I was no longer blankly staring at quotations, requirements, and designs. This time, I took every opportunity to steal a glimpse of her. She was on the same floor as me so that made it easier stealing those glances. Going to office was no longer a drag, it was actually something I look forward to. In fact, I dread the end of office hours. The only regret I had is that I can never say more than hello to her. Even our teatimes seem to be on a different time zone.

But finally, the sun and the moon and all the stars in the galaxy decided to align and I saw her making her way to her teatime. I knew it then, this was my chance. I had to make my move then. She was walking towards some street vendor who is usually here during this time selling snacks. I smiled at her when I reached there and ordered the exact same snacks as her hoping to strike a conversation.

No luck there, as she just paid and quickly walk away. I chucked a stash of money into the vendor's hand and told him to keep the change. Without giving it much thought, I just blurted out.

"Hey Dia, wait up."

"Yes, Raja? What's up?"

It was now. I could sense it. Even she was looking at me with a sheepish grin, was she blushing?

"Was just wondering if you would like to have dinner sometime."

"O...ermmm...uhmmm..." She hesitated for quite some time or maybe I was just too impatient. I took it that she was looking for a polite excuse to turn me down so I quickly interjected.

"Hey, its ok. You might be busy and all since you are new here. Maybe some other time."

I smiled, turned around and felt like the world was going to end.

"Hey Raja!" She called out. My smile returned.

"Yes, Dia?" She could see me grinning from a mile away.

"Ermm...uhm..just wanted to tell you that.....your zipper's open."

I blushed. Ok, more like all the blood in my body rushed up to my head and turned my face bright red. I managed to mumble a thanks and almost broke into sprint to get away from there. Maybe I should considering handing in my resignation.

Then...

"And about the dinner, I am free Friday night."

Sayang, just for you...

Thu, 10 Nov 2005 07:23:12 GMT

How do you know that you truly love someone? That has always been on my mind. Do you love someone when you want to spend every waking moment of your life with them? Do you love someone when you say I Love You at every opportunity that you have? Do you love someone when you feel like you are missing something when they are not around?

I am in love and I am in love with someone who is in love with me - or so I think. Sad to say, she is not getting the best man because of my warped sense of a relationship.

You ever get that feeling that you want to just drop everything in life and be with the person you love? I do, and I must say that I have never been able to do it. It's not that I don't love her enough, I love her alot and she means the world to me, but somehow, I just can't drop my responsibilities. Does that make me a bad boyfriend? I guess only time can tell (and maybe my exs too)

I am never a guy who would tell my feelings out, even to my girlfriend. I keep things to myself and figure out way to work things around. Maybe that is my problem, my lack of courage to open up. And some might say my lack of time for people.

I am not justifying what I do is right. I am not saying that I don't love someone just because I don't spend every minute of my life beside them. In fact, I am saying that I do love you (you know who you are, Sharon).

I love you enough to try and make things right for you. I love you enough to try and make you happy (with disastrous results). I love you enough to say I Love You and mean it. I love you enough to hope that you love me too.

I guess this is not the perfect blog entry about you, but you mean alot to me. I just hope that I am everything that you wanted, and if you ever decide to leave me, just know, that you will always be someone special within me.

I love you, sayang.