<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145</id><updated>2011-08-18T05:50:10.520+10:00</updated><title type='text'>「sonying.blogspot.com 」</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>300</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-4805679157707887567</id><published>2010-01-16T01:01:00.012+11:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T15:29:11.025+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Selling iTunes Gift Card $20 (Australia Store)</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Edit: This item has been sold. Thank you!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi guys!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyone interested in buying an iTunes Gift Card $20 (Australian Store) from me? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.dutchblitz.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/itunesgiftcard.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Someone gave it to me as a Christmas present but I have no use for it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm selling it for a discounted price of AUD$18, via PayPal. Once the funds are received, I will email you the code. Therefore, note that I will NOT be sending the card to you by mail. There will be no physical card, just a code for use in the Australian iTunes store.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summary of details:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Item: &lt;/strong&gt;$20 iTunes Card (Australian Store)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Price: &lt;/strong&gt;AUD$18&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Method: &lt;/strong&gt;Paypal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're interested, please leave a comment in this post with your &lt;em&gt;email address&lt;/em&gt; and I will get back to you asap.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-4805679157707887567?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/4805679157707887567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=4805679157707887567' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/4805679157707887567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/4805679157707887567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2010/01/selling-itunes-gift-card-20-australia.html' title='Selling iTunes Gift Card $20 (Australia Store)'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-2241215915565935048</id><published>2009-12-01T02:00:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2010-01-16T01:01:11.298+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Away for December 09</title><content type='html'>SOn is away from blogging for the month of December 09. :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-2241215915565935048?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/2241215915565935048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=2241215915565935048' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/2241215915565935048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/2241215915565935048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2009/12/away-for-december-09.html' title='Away for December 09'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-2612465588615312226</id><published>2009-11-01T01:56:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2010-01-16T01:00:08.636+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Away for November 09</title><content type='html'>SOn is away from blogging for the month of November 09. :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-2612465588615312226?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/2612465588615312226/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=2612465588615312226' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/2612465588615312226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/2612465588615312226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2009/11/away-for-november-09.html' title='Away for November 09'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-1918447245784688039</id><published>2009-10-15T20:30:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T23:18:47.944+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Tesselaar Tulip Festival Melbourne 2009</title><content type='html'>Although I have no idea what a Tesselaar is, I went to see the Tulip Festival anyway. I also have no apparent interest in flowers, but thought this might be a good opportunity to take my DSLR for some outdoor shooting. Weather on the day was splendid - it had to be 30 degrees or so. The trip was tremendously long and tiring, and the entrance fee was expensive too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$16 bucks for an entrance fee without any free gifts. That is a rip off just to look at some flowers, so we took back some for ourselves. Most of the pictures in this post will have no flower names whatsoever because I honestly did not bother to check.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Macro shot upon arrival.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nice orange flower&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02386.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;This part of the exhibition hosts a multitude of colourful anonymous flowers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02406.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02534.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02389.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02411.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shooting any pictures here was particularly difficult due to the amount of people waiting to shoot theirs. Among this bunch, pesky kids are the worst culprits, screwing up beautiful shots with their untimely intrusion while destroying flowers in their path. Never bring kids to a flower festival.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;White tulips&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02420.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02425.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the middle of the festival garden stands a metal tree with 77 branches symbolising modernisation in a naturally green world. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;THE metal tree&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02448.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can actually count the branches with 7 representing 7 days in a week. I have no idea what the other 7 is for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A long walk down south sees the main attraction of the venue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;2km stretch of tulips&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02502.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02465.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amongst the flowers are a few statues and recycled metallic shapes for sale. This is pretty cool - It sells for AUD$6,000. Gundams would've sold for more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Robots&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02469.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;lol Hi guys&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02471.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, this arc thing is worth mentioning. It is slightly cheaper - AUD$1,800. I guess it would do as an over simplistic time machine. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02476.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Everybody loves evil bunnies and their evil drawings&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02479.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02481.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Some more pics of anonymous flowers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02483.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02504.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02531.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02427.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our lunch for the day. No, not flowers for lunch. Some irish deep fried beef stick with mayonnaise sauce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Irish stick ftw&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02533.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This would be a great trip for tulip lovers, but I got my fair share of my $16 bucks with a great day out in the sun shooting stuff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/photo"&gt;Photography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-1918447245784688039?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/1918447245784688039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=1918447245784688039' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/1918447245784688039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/1918447245784688039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2009/10/tesselaar-tulip-festival-melbourne-2009.html' title='Tesselaar Tulip Festival Melbourne 2009'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-3715116138704845405</id><published>2009-09-06T22:32:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2009-09-06T22:39:06.167+10:00</updated><title type='text'>I is back in September</title><content type='html'>After being away on a 3 month hiatus, I shall come back with 2 random pics! Enjoy my random pics collection!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Swanston Library after the rain&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC02063.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Metsu... Hadouken!!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01928.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know it's not much but I'll come back with more very soon! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/photo"&gt;Photography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-3715116138704845405?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/3715116138704845405/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=3715116138704845405' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/3715116138704845405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/3715116138704845405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-is-back-in-september.html' title='I is back in September'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-1357419691953908662</id><published>2009-08-01T22:20:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2009-09-06T22:19:21.073+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Away for August 09</title><content type='html'>SOn is away from blogging for the month of August 09. :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-1357419691953908662?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/1357419691953908662/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=1357419691953908662' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/1357419691953908662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/1357419691953908662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2009/08/away-for-august-09.html' title='Away for August 09'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-835487891586897616</id><published>2009-07-01T22:18:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2009-09-06T22:18:49.993+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Away for July 09</title><content type='html'>SOn is away from blogging for the month of July 09. :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-835487891586897616?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/835487891586897616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=835487891586897616' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/835487891586897616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/835487891586897616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2009/07/away-for-july-09.html' title='Away for July 09'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-2670238910528967130</id><published>2009-06-01T22:10:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2009-09-06T22:14:24.726+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Away for June 09</title><content type='html'>SOn is away from blogging for the month of June 09. :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-2670238910528967130?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/2670238910528967130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=2670238910528967130' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/2670238910528967130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/2670238910528967130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2009/06/away-for-june-09.html' title='Away for June 09'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-6358828019817994553</id><published>2009-05-27T23:47:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2009-05-28T01:06:09.551+10:00</updated><title type='text'>MasterChef</title><content type='html'>After watching &lt;a href="http://www.masterchef.com.au"&gt;MasterChef&lt;/a&gt; for weeks, I was inspired to be a Masterchef! As the first steps to my successful career, I tried to prepare a dish that would &lt;i&gt;impress&lt;/i&gt; the judges. Without further adue, I would like to present my dish. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;My MasterChef Masterpiece&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/mc2.png"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/mc1-2.png"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ingredients and recipe can be found right here! Yes, I would reveal my special ingredients now. You can find all of the ingredients in a packet of indomee. The recipe is that you mix them all together and end up with a delicious looking plate of food, MasterChef quality. You could also spread the sauce like I did, MasterChef style!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, I believe I have a great pallette and understanding of food. I should also get some creativity points for adding a dash of red chilli in the middle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I hope the botak, fatty, and beckham judge will like my dish and my MasterChef skillz. Hopefully I won't be in the bottom three =/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/blogging"&gt;Dreamy Blogging&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-6358828019817994553?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/6358828019817994553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=6358828019817994553' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/6358828019817994553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/6358828019817994553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2009/05/masterchef.html' title='MasterChef'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-8870119107955742099</id><published>2009-05-16T18:14:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2009-05-16T18:34:23.483+10:00</updated><title type='text'>1/100 Cherudim Gundam Part II</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01875text600x399.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is how Cherudim looks like in mid-air poses; I've got rid of the action stand in this pic but will post some pics of the stand soon. Stay tuned!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/gundam"&gt;Gundam&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/photo"&gt;Photography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-8870119107955742099?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/8870119107955742099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=8870119107955742099' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/8870119107955742099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/8870119107955742099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2009/05/1100-cherudim-gundam-part-ii.html' title='1/100 Cherudim Gundam Part II'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-8463712454764167905</id><published>2009-04-20T20:13:00.005+10:00</published><updated>2009-04-20T20:54:29.669+10:00</updated><title type='text'>1/100 Cherudim Gundam</title><content type='html'>Cherudim is my first gundam to escape the blue/white/red theme. Sadly, it may never unite with its fellow Gundam buddies, as it's the first gundam I have completed here in Melbourne. It's also the first to feature only long-range armament, without close-range combat weapons. Cherudim has only 2 weapons, a pair of GN Beam Pistols II and GN Sniper Rifle II. For defence, it has 9 Shield Bits, in which they can be deployed to automatically block and intercept incoming fire. In the Gundam 00 series, Cherudim acts as a back-up shooter for the team, providing ground and anti-air support fire from long-range. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this kit, special features include a sniper scope when the red cap is pulled backwards, enabling far-range sniping. Something special about Cherudim is that there is only one yellow "antennae" on the left side of the head, creating a cyborg feel whereas other gundams are normally symmetrical in this area. A holoscreen is also provided for even further range sniping during Trans-am mode. Sadly, the holoscreen is in clear plastic, not blue as illustrated in pictures. Moveable mini stands behind the heel also allows for improved stability, which is especially needed in sniping positions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is my first post of Cherudim, and more will come when I finish the Shield Bit and Action stands. Trans-am mode will also only be featured in future posts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cherudim Gundam&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01654.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cherudim with GN Beam Pistols II guarding my desk&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01494.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;More pistol action&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01559.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01539.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;GN Sniper Rifle II&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01579.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01614.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Zoom. Notice the red cap revealing the sniper scope beneath&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01585.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;My very own anti-air pose making use of Shield Bits&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01688.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01705.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mini-stand&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01640.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gundam 00 Season 2 was a blast, and so was this kit. I enjoyed building it; simple yet beautiful design. I initially intended to get Dynames, its predecessor in Gundam 00 Season 1, but the squarish design of the shields put me off. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I get some more spare time, complete the stand, I shall. More sniping goodness to come then!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/gundam"&gt;Gundam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-8463712454764167905?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/8463712454764167905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=8463712454764167905' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/8463712454764167905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/8463712454764167905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2009/04/1100-cherudim-gundam.html' title='1/100 Cherudim Gundam'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-1901725217307533384</id><published>2009-04-11T16:00:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2009-04-11T16:20:30.162+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Smiggle Brick Pencil Case</title><content type='html'>After much consideration, I decided to get a new pencil case and abandon my 8-year-old one which I had been using since Form 3. The baby blue colour, along with the "Smiggle" zip and cute brick characters had me sold. It's only $4.95 anyway, and all my weapons of mass destruction fit in perfectly. Sadly, I have to be careful as I've drawn a little line across it which seems impossible to clean. It also feels soft and wobbly but I like the texture of the material. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Smiggle! I think they only have this brand in Australia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01471.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Smiggle printed zip&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01477.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The three brick characters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01472.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;My favourite brick guy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01473.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Personally I think Smiggle is a cheap brand, but quality wise it's not too bad. Its shops are very colourful, and shelves are normally packed with all sorts of stationery. It's very enticing from outside when you see the colours, and when you step in you feel like playing with everything there. Not to mention I also bought a round Smiggle box (only $1!) for putting all my Gundam parts like hands and the like - I'll include this in my next Gundam post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/showoff"&gt;Show Off&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/photo"&gt;Photography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-1901725217307533384?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/1901725217307533384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=1901725217307533384' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/1901725217307533384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/1901725217307533384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2009/04/smiggle-brick-pencil-case_11.html' title='Smiggle Brick Pencil Case'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-5060735239660506134</id><published>2009-03-10T16:51:00.006+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-10T18:05:02.456+11:00</updated><title type='text'>My dSLR α700</title><content type='html'>Recently I decided to buy a dSLR to get into a whole new level in professional photography. I sourced for many days through the internet, looking through Canon, Nikon, and Sony models. Initially I did not know which one to look for, because it is a different case with Point-and-Shoot cameras. With those cameras, the higher the megapixel, the better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I slowly learnt about entry-level, semi-pro and pro levels for dSLRs. I looked at tons of reviews on cameras such as Nikon d90 &amp; d300, Canon 50d, and also the Sony Alpha series, mainly the α350 and α700. I also had the opportunity to get a grip on every one of these cameras, and found the α700 to be the most suitable one for me. Canon was too heavy and bulky and also did not have Image Stabilization on the body.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, there was limited stock on the α700 as it is a fairly 'outdated' model. I was somewhat coerced to buy the α350 model due to the lack of stock. I finally decided it was the α700 or no buy. Finally, I got the α700 with the 18-250mm kit lens along with a UV filter that would protect my lens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;α700 with box&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://blog-imgs-19.fc2.com/c/h/i/chillipepper/071109_a700_01s.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The above image is not my α700, I just took it from some random site cos it looked nice. The lens doesn't look that good though, lol. So along with the purchase of my dSLR, I am suddenly bombarded with stuff like focal length, aperture, ISO, shutter speed, white balance and all the other good stuff. I've been experimenting to take some decent pictures and am doing fine so far. Here are some of the pics from my visit to the Puffing Billy, Yarra Valley and the 49th Moomba Festival over the weekend - a very eventful weekend indeed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The following are pictures of the Moomba WaterFest.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fire-whip-man at the Moomba WaterFest&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00952.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Yarra River view from Federation Square&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00961.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ferris Wheel - What's a festival without one?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00974.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sky getting darker while the time for fireworks approaches&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01082.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Continuous Drive Mode attempt to capture fireworks&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01120.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due to the smaller dimensions of these pictures after resizing, the quality of the photos may not be as clearly noticeable. Due to this I will upload one selected photo with minimum size reduction, which would consume a lot of my bandwidth LOL.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And that particular picture can be viewed by clicking right &gt;&lt;a href="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00968.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Next are the trips to visit the greenery of Melbourne, with the bird park as the first stop.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Birdy photo upon arrival - Close-up focus shot&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01153.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;My dear Ying with the cute white parrot with wide focus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01155.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Puffing Billy ride&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01184.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This ride was particularly scary at the part where we crossed a bridge up on higher grounds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Then we went on to look at the iconic wildlife Aussie has to offer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Cute but deadly bear&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01236.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I was sick of kangaroos already, I decided to close-up on a Koala instead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pelican?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01256.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was a view I particularly liked, as there was a dark brown contrast along with the lighter browns, &lt;br /&gt;greenery, and water ripples.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All in all, I liked how my new α700 performed, as pictures were sharp when focus was right. There's still a lot of stuff to learn though, and I'm still slowly reading through the guidebook. I'll take more macro shots in the near future, as this is my photography preference as opposed to landscape views.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/blogging"&gt;Dreamy Blogging&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/photo"&gt;Photograpy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-5060735239660506134?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/5060735239660506134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=5060735239660506134' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/5060735239660506134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/5060735239660506134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-dslr-700.html' title='My dSLR α700'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-325493121304419001</id><published>2009-02-19T21:12:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T21:18:43.888+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Unboxing my iPhone 3G</title><content type='html'>The following are pictures of the day I brought back my iPhone 3G 16GB Black. It was 08/09/08. The date is messed up by the 9 in the middle, though I wish I could have gotten it in August. It includes the pre-paid pack attached to the box and is shrink-wrapped. The pics were taken with my Sony Cyber-Shot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;iPhone 3G still in the box, can't wait to be let out&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00896_renamed_26945.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;iPhone 3G next to the live-sized cover&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00900_renamed_9070.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;iPhone 3G's first time in my hands, still with protective sheet&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00903_renamed_2233.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;My iPhone home screen after activation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00904_renamed_21871.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Gundam Exia wallpaper on my iPhone. First wallpaper!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00905_renamed_20872.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This phone remains my favourite over all the new Sony-Ericssons, Nokias, Blackberries and Strawberries. My only gripe with it is its battery life. I miss my previous w850i's 1-week lasting battery! Though I'm not willing to fork out a fortune for another iPhone 2 should Apple decide to release one as near as next year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/techtalk"&gt;Tech Talk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-325493121304419001?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/325493121304419001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=325493121304419001' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/325493121304419001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/325493121304419001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2009/03/unboxing-my-iphone-3g.html' title='Unboxing my iPhone 3G'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-2689870190170009102</id><published>2009-01-28T16:12:00.003+11:00</published><updated>2009-03-09T21:17:47.717+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Life</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X33f0ygi3Oo/SZuZ5AfarWI/AAAAAAAAAGA/Er2rtFeuQKk/s1600-h/DSC00184.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X33f0ygi3Oo/SZuZ5AfarWI/AAAAAAAAAGA/Er2rtFeuQKk/s400/DSC00184.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304002190822255970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life as a baby is the happiest :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/blogging"&gt;Dreamy Blogging&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-2689870190170009102?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/2689870190170009102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=2689870190170009102' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/2689870190170009102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/2689870190170009102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2008/01/life.html' title='Life'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X33f0ygi3Oo/SZuZ5AfarWI/AAAAAAAAAGA/Er2rtFeuQKk/s72-c/DSC00184.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-8651943958727435356</id><published>2008-12-31T19:03:00.010+11:00</published><updated>2009-01-03T19:49:26.850+11:00</updated><title type='text'>8 flights in 7 days</title><content type='html'>A couple of weeks ago, I had the “pleasure” of flying 8 flights in a week. The first 6 were a business trip to visit a yard, courtesy of Shell Bhd, as part of my internship attachment and they were so nice to give me business class all the way. The hotel and food were also sponsored; pictures to follow. It was a really informative trip, and as I went on business class, I had the opportunity to look at several Golden Lounges. They all look alike, but of course KLIA’s is the largest. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, during business class flights they call you by name, and one MAS air hostess mixed me up with an uncle who seemed a little pissed off when called Mr. Sim. I, on the other hand, couldn't be bothered being Mr. Kong for just a short duration of the flight. Following are pictures of the 6 flights.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bizniz Class, but on a working trip&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01014.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;My Room&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01016.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Me taking a rest on the king sized bed&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01021.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following 2 flights, although only economy class, and not sponsored by Shell, was a much more entertaining and smashing trip (pun intended). It was the Super Series Masters Final. I was there for 3 days straight, starting from the quarter-finals to the finals. Due to unforeseen traffic complications, I had to miss Taufik’s match with Andrew Smith, which I think lasted for less than half an hour anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;My Tickets&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC01093504x378.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I remembered the last time I visited a live badminton tournament was sometime in 2003, and it was in the exact same stadium, except the event was the Malaysian Open. At that time, Lee Chong Wei was a substitute player and made his first appearance against Chen Hong. Of course, he lost to Chen Hong at that time, along with then Malaysia No.1 Wong Choong Hann. Back then, I managed to take photographs with Chen Hong, Xie Xing Fang, Sony Dwi Kuncoro, and a few korean guys. It felt so good to be back here, and this time "Yonex balloon clappers" were handed out free. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But this time it was harder to take pics with the players. I managed to take with Lee Chong Wei, Wong Mew Choo, Tan Boon Heong and Koo Kien Keat. I tried my best to catch hold of Peter Gade, but the bloody guards didn't let me pass. He muttered something about an accident with the players due to letting some idiot pass and take a few pics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The crowd was awesome, and everyone cheered on as Malaysia swept 3 titles. Men's singles was too easy for Datuk Lee; anyway it was nice to watch him dominating the court again. I would love to go to Malaysia Open which starts on the 6/1/09, but one trip too many would be tight on me budget. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plus the chinese are still rebelling and are ever so unwilling to step on Malaysian ground. They cited injuries and training for their players, but anyone older than 3 knows the truth.. And I end this post wishing our Malaysian badminton team success &lt;br /&gt;in the year 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/blogging"&gt;Dreamy Blogging&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-8651943958727435356?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/8651943958727435356/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=8651943958727435356' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/8651943958727435356'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/8651943958727435356'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2008/12/8-flights-in-7-days.html' title='8 flights in 7 days'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-3361194980111507418</id><published>2008-11-30T02:17:00.006+11:00</published><updated>2008-12-03T02:28:39.884+11:00</updated><title type='text'>1/100 MG Strike Freedom Panel Lining</title><content type='html'>Over the past few weeks, I took Strike Freedom out and re-did some of the panel lining and markings. With my GM-01 marker almost drying out after Exia, Strike, and Strike Freedom, I managed to finish off the remaining few of the 8 dragoons and complete the panel lining. It looks quite magnificent now, as if I just bought a new Gundam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have yet to complete the full burst stand with all the poles and stuff, but I'm sure that will be a breeze. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dragoon Panel Lining&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00972f.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This picture shows the difference between a panel-lined dragoon and a plain one. &lt;br /&gt;The sandwiched, middle, in-between dragoon is the plain one. Can you see the difference?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Panel Lined Strike Freedom&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00980fbg.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00981f.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm afraid that's all I can update for now. I shall update in the very near future as I have a lot of work to be done :( &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/gundam"&gt;Gundam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-3361194980111507418?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/3361194980111507418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=3361194980111507418' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/3361194980111507418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/3361194980111507418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2008/11/1100-mg-strike-freedom-panel-lining.html' title='1/100 MG Strike Freedom Panel Lining'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-7386924730092829674</id><published>2008-10-31T23:04:00.010+11:00</published><updated>2008-11-02T00:28:19.602+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Fourteen</title><content type='html'>Today was my first exam paper, and I have to say I’m quite pleased with it. Just so you know, this post isn’t about exams so if you’re going to stop reading after the first sentence, I suggest you don’t. After exams I took the tram back to my place as usual, and at this time of the year the mini train is usually jam packed with students. Unfortunately, trams are my only transport to the exam venue and the daily ticket costs AUD$6.50. That’s enough to buy you a hot-bar meal – steamed rice with two dishes of your choice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the purchase of my iPhone 3G, I never had any ‘real’ use with the applications that developers deem useful. Apart from the iPod and of course, SMS and Call features, I did not think that I would use them - that was until today. The aforementioned expensive tram decided to stop in the middle of nowhere and I had to find my way back myself. Being terrible with directions, I just followed a group of students for a while. After some time I figured that they looked lost too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suddenly I thought of my iPhone. This was a good time to test its abilities. So I took it out, went into Settings, switched on 3G to enable faster data transfer, and then enabled Location Services for it to track my current position with the built-in GPS. &lt;br /&gt;Then I tapped the Maps application, &lt;img src="http://images.apple.com/iphone/features/images/fn-maps20080609.png" img style="border:none;"&gt; tapped the little target icon on the lower bottom left of the screen and it started pinpointing my location. This is a pic of how Maps looks like.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;iPhone 3G Maps App&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.apple.com/iphone/features/images/main_maps20080609.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After it’s done with my location, I tapped the ‘Directions’ button and entered my destination point address, and within seconds a route was tracked for me. The route is shown in purple in the middle iPhone picture below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;iPhone 3G Maps App with Route&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.apple.com/iphone/features/images/supp_maps20080609.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was also a ‘Start’ button with detailed descriptions such as “First, turn left on Noob Street, after 0.5km turn right on Pro Street.” Within minutes I was on the right track, looked for the tram line on the map, and was on my way home. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a side note, the PSP game I was eagerly waiting for, Star Ocean: First Departure has amazing graphics, as shown in screenshots. But the storyline is terrible. SquareEnix fails on this title… You get to play delivery boy again, running back and forth villages; it’s like watching filler episodes on Bleach and Naruto where all these unnecessary action deviates from the main storyline. Speaking of which, Bleach: Soul Carnival was great. The best game out of so many Bleach fighting series so far. Finally they changed the genre to action RPG with level-up systems and such. I’ve just started playing, and although the levels are quite repetitive and the whole game is in Japanese, I love the boss fights. The characters are well drawn and they will use Bankai in the middle of a fight. This gives it a very realistic feel similar to watching the anime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’ll probably post a bit more frequently soon. I’ll get to replying comments and e-mails now. I'll also post pictures of my iPhone 3G as requested by some of you in a separate post. As for the coming days, I’ve got a couple of papers coming and will most likely hit the books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/blogging"&gt;Dreamy Blogging&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/techtalk"&gt;Tech Talk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-7386924730092829674?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/7386924730092829674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=7386924730092829674' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/7386924730092829674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/7386924730092829674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2008/10/fourteen.html' title='Fourteen'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-5468503047126590447</id><published>2008-09-30T23:00:00.008+10:00</published><updated>2008-10-01T00:49:46.898+10:00</updated><title type='text'>iSOn 3G</title><content type='html'>It's been a quick one and a half months; how time flies. I've been busy with several things, particularly watching TV and relaxing. I apologize for not replying some of your comments and emails and will get to doing that soon...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;most probably on my new 16GB &lt;a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/"&gt;iPhone 3G&lt;/a&gt;. I got it last month, and have never regretted since. It's the best phone I've ever owned - I honestly think it's a revolutionary phone! Though the camera might not be that great, and has no video, it makes up for it by having a large screen for taking pictures. There are also really cool apps on the app store like PocketGuitar and LightSaber Unleashed which turns my iPhone into a guitar and a Lightsaber. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Currently my favourite apps are LightSaber Unleashed, Cannon Game, and Fuzzle. There had been ridiculous apps lately such as the "Knocking on Wood" app where you just knock on a piece of wood for luck. Mostly the good apps are paid apps. And it would be great if someone could donate me a few iTunes Gift Cards so I can fill my iPhone with those cool apps LOL.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So.. there are also racing games that are played with tilting the phone left and right as if it were a steering wheel. The list goes on and on, which includes a guitar tuner, metronome, etc etc. The best part about internet surfing with the iPhone is that 3G is fast. And with the iPhone there is no need for a mouse, so in my opinion that makes mobile internet surfing much more feasible. I've had my mind set from the first moment it caught my eye; I was never going for another mobile phone other than this one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was a little worried about updating to iTunes 8 and the latest iPhone Firmware 2.1 due to Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD) issues with Vista. Thankfully mine worked fine. And at least Apple listed the fixes this time rather than the occassional "bug fixes". Here are a few pics of the iPhone 3G from google to finish things off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;iPhone 2.1 Firmware Update&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://assets.gearlive.com/blogimages/iphone-21-update.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;iPhone 3G Album Art&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.mobilemag.com/content/images/16258_large.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;iPhone 3G Photo View, Calling, &amp; Voicemail&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.themaclawyer.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/13/iphone.png"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/blogging"&gt;Dreamy Blogging&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/techtalk"&gt;Tech Talk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-5468503047126590447?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/5468503047126590447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=5468503047126590447' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/5468503047126590447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/5468503047126590447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2008/09/ison-3g.html' title='iSOn 3G'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-6113347629305741590</id><published>2008-08-07T23:30:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T00:52:20.207+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Lucky Number 22</title><content type='html'>I got this green baby for my 22nd!! Thx guys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sennheiser Headphones&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/products.nsf/resources/2159A389DDDC1BE5C125743200805B11/$File/MXL70VCSport_ProductImage.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mine is the &lt;a href="http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/home_en.nsf/product.html?ReadForm&amp;path=private_headphones_sport-line&amp;product=500495&amp;row=2"&gt;MXL 70 VC Sport&lt;/a&gt;. Gotta love the green; sorta like the green in my banner, but even fresher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key Features&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lanyard earphones &lt;br /&gt;Balanced &amp; detailed sound &lt;br /&gt;Sweat- and water-resistant &lt;br /&gt;Integrated volume control&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dinner was super full and I enjoyed it. Initially planned on eating Chinese food but damn the Chinese restaurants are always full. Western was a good change. And I'm currently enjoying music on my new earphones. &lt;br /&gt;Viva La Vida~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/blogging"&gt;Dreamy Blogging&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-6113347629305741590?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/6113347629305741590/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=6113347629305741590' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/6113347629305741590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/6113347629305741590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2008/07/lucky-number-22.html' title='Lucky Number 22'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-335482015795314766</id><published>2008-08-03T22:04:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2008-08-03T22:09:06.000+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Apple iPhone 3G 32GB White</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_X33f0ygi3Oo/SJWfNiXt8QI/AAAAAAAAADw/M1j4Zi9VxuU/s1600-h/iphone+white+32GB.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_X33f0ygi3Oo/SJWfNiXt8QI/AAAAAAAAADw/M1j4Zi9VxuU/s400/iphone+white+32GB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230261597174100226" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The iPhone 3G 32GB white version has just been released at the beginning of August 2008. This is the best iPhone and I reckon it would sell at above AUD$1000 (&gt;RM3000). The downside is that it’s a bit thicker than the 16GB and 8GB versions but gives an extra space of double its predecessors. So far I am not sure as to what the buttons below the screen does. I’m sure they are there for a reason though, since it’s a revolutionary phone. It’s too bad that I can only get such a small picture of it, let’s hope for a bigger and clearer picture soon. I really like this version and hope to get one for myself too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Currently there is little news and information on this new model but I’m sure there will be some available in the near future. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/techtalk"&gt;Tech Talk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-335482015795314766?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/335482015795314766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=335482015795314766' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/335482015795314766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/335482015795314766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2008/08/apple-iphone-3g-32gb-white.html' title='Apple iPhone 3G 32GB White'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_X33f0ygi3Oo/SJWfNiXt8QI/AAAAAAAAADw/M1j4Zi9VxuU/s72-c/iphone+white+32GB.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-5081381290096162916</id><published>2008-07-27T15:27:00.005+10:00</published><updated>2008-07-27T16:16:42.300+10:00</updated><title type='text'>My wishes over their airspace</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/airspacesharpen500x281.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00814f500x446.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another Gundam post!! Lol I tried to make a replica of the screenshot I took during the opening song of Gundam 00. I particularly like this screen a lot, especially this part of the song. It's the climax of the song and Exia is displayed while slowly zooming out from a low angle. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think it turned out pretty well except for the background. I wish I had cloud and rock props I could use. Next post will be a non-Gundam post, I promise. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/gundam"&gt;Gundam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-5081381290096162916?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/5081381290096162916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=5081381290096162916' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/5081381290096162916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/5081381290096162916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-wishes-over-their-airspace.html' title='My wishes over their airspace'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-8406075147927179326</id><published>2008-07-21T14:33:00.007+10:00</published><updated>2008-07-21T15:09:07.562+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Short update</title><content type='html'>A few pics of my &lt;em&gt;completed&lt;/em&gt; Exia before we begin:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00797f500x375.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exia on clear stand &lt;em&gt;(not included)&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00839fb500x375.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00844f500x412.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;More details of Exia will come when I compile all the pics&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uni starts again!! Today was my first day at uni again. The boring life resumes. Courses seem to get harder and harder; and I reckon there would be a shitload of stuff to do very soon. Things to look forward to are only badminton and maybe snowboarding. Also, I thought of purchasing the iPhone as it can hold so much crap (16GB of it) and would entertain me when I'm bored.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As soon as I reached Melbourne, I went looking for the iPhone. Stocks are terribly limited - whole Melbourne sold out 3 days ago! Everywhere you see posters teasing "Oh sorry, no iPhones today". And the phone is expensive without plans. $199 only holds for a 24-month contract with a phone company, so $199 is only an eye candy advertorial 'hoax'. Hence my plans for one would have to be put on hold.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reason I did not put up an official Exia post is because I feel there are more pics that can be shot, and it's too early to stop discussing about Exia. I will do that once I have enough time and the same applies to Strike Freedom. I plan to collect more Double-0 Gundams, particularly 1/100 Gundam Dynames. Hope I get one soon free of charge; if anyone would be so kind as to send one to my mailbox that would be great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's it - a short update, and in the meantime I'll be waiting for stuff in my mailbox. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/blogging"&gt;Dreamy Blogging&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/gundam"&gt;Gundam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-8406075147927179326?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/8406075147927179326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=8406075147927179326' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/8406075147927179326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/8406075147927179326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2008/07/short-update.html' title='Short update'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-5954473429995587172</id><published>2008-06-30T12:22:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2008-06-30T12:38:39.595+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Half time Exia</title><content type='html'>Time passes so quickly; I'm already halfway through my holidays. I've been spending time doing all sorts of stuff, and one of them is my new hobby - building Gundams. Some people may ask, what are Gundams? Unsurprisingly, the answer can sound very childish and silly. It's as silly as saying, "They are robots", which is in fact exactly what they are. Actually sometimes I'm tempted to just say they're a type of sport car. Undeniably, cars sound better than robots at my age.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first thing to come to mind is that this University student is still playing with toy robots. I was once asked the second following question, "What are they made of?" The answer sounds no where less terrible than the previous one, which is "Plastic". So this University student spends his time fiddling with plastic robots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though much effort and time is required to model a perfect looking kit, it can sound so unappreciative and time-wasting. But I guess the incentive is that moment where you stop and look at what's been accomplished, and admire the ammount of detail that was put in to create a 3d model of a seemingly, fully functional Gundam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mentioned "much effort and time", and that is really the case. I started assembling my 1/100 Gundam Exia since the start of the holidays, and have completed the upper part of the torso and two arms thus far. I've also picked up panel lining, which is the main reason it takes so long to assemble. For those noobs, panel lining are the black lines you draw with Gundam Markers to show more depth, 3d-ness, and can make the parts look more realistic. Here are some pics I've taken of my work over the span of a week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Starting with a pic of me panel lining&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/panellining.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Strike Freedom I completed several months ago&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00460.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00687.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now a series of pics of my partially completed Gundam Exia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00741.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00742.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00745.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00746-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00747.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00748.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/DSC00750-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Considering this is the first time I try panel lining, I think I did a pretty good job. Exia would look awfully plain without panel lines, so when I decided to buy Exia, I had to indirectly force panel lining upon myself. The Strike Freedom and Exia will get their individual posts once I complete everything 100%. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a side note, I actually stayed up to watch the Euro 2008 Finals of Germany vs Spain. I stayed up late just to watch my team lose on me. It was terrible play in the mid field, with possessions lost almost on every occassion. However, Spain played tremendously well, and they deserve to win.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; Filed under: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/blogging"&gt;Dreamy Blogging&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/sonying/gundam"&gt;Gundam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;「 sonying.blogspot.com 」&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18824145-5954473429995587172?l=sonying.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/feeds/5954473429995587172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=18824145&amp;postID=5954473429995587172' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/5954473429995587172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18824145/posts/default/5954473429995587172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sonying.blogspot.com/2008/06/half-time-exia.html' title='Half time Exia'/><author><name>SOn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10815180534172406915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18824145.post-7259592729769558481</id><published>2008-05-26T00:00:00.003+10:00</published><updated>2008-05-26T02:03:35.515+10:00</updated><title type='text'>More than Happy Birthday</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g189/sonying77/happybirthday.png"&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To my dear Ying, I am out of ideas of how to wish you a very, very Happy Birthday. Hence I would like to wish you Happy Birthday in 159 languages, consisting of all the languages in the world. I wish I can pronounce all of these to wish you with all my heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To my dear,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Veels geluk met jou verjaarsdag, Urime ditelindjen, Gueter geburtsdaa, Melkam lidet, Eid milaad saeed, Taredartzet shnorhavor, Eida D'moladukh Hawee Brikha, Ois guade winsch i dia zum Gbuadsdog, Suma Urupnaya Cchuru Uromankja, Zorionak, Ungil el cherellem, Shuvo Jonmodin, Maogmang Pagkamundag, Hapi betde, ParabŽns a voc, Deiz-ha-bloaz laouen deoc'h, Chestit Rojden Den, Som owie nek mein aryouk yrinyu, Per molts anys, Biba Kumplianos, Sun Yat Fai Lok, Shen Ri Kuai Le, Sretan Rodendan, Vsechno nejlepsi k Tvym narozeninam, Tillykke med fodselsdagen, Ne gelukkege verjoardach, Fellisiteert, Prettige verjaardag, Fan herte lokwinske, Proficiat, Ne geleukkege verjeurdoag, Gefeliciteard met oen'n verjoardag, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hartelijk gefeliciteerd, Felichan Naskightagon, Palju onne sunnipaevaks, Zorionak zure urtebetetze egunean, Tillukku vid fodingardegnum, Tavalodet Mobarak, Hyvaa syntymapaivaa, Bonne Fete, Joyeux Anniversaire, Lokkiche jierdei, L‡ breithe mhaith agat, Co` latha breith sona dhuibh, Ledicia no teu cumpreanos, Gilotcav dabadebis dges, Allis Guedi zu dim Fescht, Ois Guade zu Deim Geburdstog, Allet Jute ooch zum Jeburtstach, Es Muentschi zum Geburri, Ewllews Gewtew zewm Gewbewrtstewg Mew, Allmecht, Iich wuensch Dir aan guuadn Gebuardsdooch, Haerzliche Glueckwuensche zum Geburtstag, Haezzlische Glickwunsch zem Gebordsdach, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ick wuensch Di allns Gode ton Geburtsdach, Ich gratelier Dir aach zum Geburtstag, Allet Gute zum Gebuatstach, Alles Gudde for dei Gebordsdaach, Herzlischen Gliggwunsch zum Geburdsdaach, Aelles Guade zom Gebordzdag, Ois Guade zum Geburdsdog, Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Eytyxismena Genethlia, Eytyxismena Genethlia, Inuuinni pilluarit, Fielsteerd mit joen verjoardag, Janma Divas Mubarak, Saal Mubarak, Vy-Apave Nde Arambotyre, Hau`oli la hanau, Yom Huledet Same'ach, Masadya gid nga adlaw sa imo pagkatawo, Janam Din ki badhai, Boldog szuletesnapot, Til hamingju med afmaelisdaginn, Selamat Ulang Tahun, La-breithe mhaith agat, Buon Compleanno, Bun Cumpleani, At faz tent avguri ad bon cumplean, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu, Bouon Anniversaithe, Huttida Habba Subashayagalu, Mayap a Kebaitan, Voharvod Mubarak Chuy, Tughan kuninmen, Quchjaj qoSlIj, Saeng il chuk ha ham ni da, Rojbun a te piroz be, Tulgan kunum menen, Fortuna dies natalis, Daudz laimes dzimsanas diena, Sveikinu su gimtadieniu, Nkwagaliza amazalibwa go amalungi, Vill Gleck fir daei Geburtsdaag, Sreken roden den, Pirannal Aasamsakal, Selamat Hari Jadi, Nifrahlek ghal gheluq sninek, Kia huritau ki a koe, Wadhdiwasachya Shubhechha, mo swet u en bonlaniverser, Leleng ambai pa mbeng ku taipet I, Torson odriin mend hurgee, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bil hoozho bi'dizhchi-neeji' 'aneilkaah, Ick gratuleer di scheun, Janma dhin ko Subha kamana, Gratulerer med dagen, Janmadina Abhinandan, Masha Pabien I hopi aña mas, Padayish rawaz day unbaraksha, Tavalodet Mobarak, Maligayang kaarawan sa iyo, Wszystkiego Najlepszego, Parabens pelo seu aniversario, Feliz Aniversario, Janam din diyan wadhayian, Janam ghaanth ri badhai, khoob jeeyo, La Multi Ani, Feneligiz Cunumplegeanagonos, S dniom razhdjenia, Lihkos Riegadanbeaivvis, Manuia lou aso fanau, Ravihi janmadinam aacharati, Achent'annos, Vill Glück zum Geburri, Srecan Rodjendan, Vsetko najlepsie k narodeninam, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vse najboljse za rojstni dan, Masego motsatsing la psalo, Feliz Cumplea–os, Suba Upan dinayak vewa, Wilujeng Tepang Taun, Mi fresteri ju, Hongera, Grattis pŒ fšdelsedagen, Tahnyotho, Maligayang Bati Sa Iyong Kaarawan, San leaz quiet lo, Piranda naal vaazhthukkal, Janmadina subha kankshalu, Puttina Roju Shubakanksalu, Suk San Wan Keut, Droonkher Tashi Delek, Putudina dina saukhya, Dogum gunun kutlu olsun, Mnohiya lita, Janam Din Mubarak, Saalgirah Mubarak, Chuc Mung Sinh Nhat, Malipayong adlaw nga natawhan, Penblwydd Hapus i Chi, Imini emandi kuwe, A Freilekhn Gebortstog, Eku Ojobi, Ilanga elimndandi kuwe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Happy Birthday!!!”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love,&lt;br /&gt;SOn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;rarr; 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