"紅著眼 走遠 昨天 還在草原安睡 靜靜的白茅搖曳 突然間變成了 刀和槍的樂園"
We decided to head to Birdy's house for a game of Monopoly during one of our usual daily flying email exchanges.
Hmm.. actually I cant rem what sparked the sudden interest in Monopoly. So starts the planning, RR to lug her sis's board over, and the rest of us to meet up at Birdy's place.
We made a reservation at Lei Garden for some good food after RWS (it was full during lunch time when we showed up at their doors!). Heard plenty of good reviews about it.
Paid a visit to the Peranakan Museum while bringing my KL friends around during one of my off days and boy, it was pretty interesting, more so if you're one of the millions of "Little Nonya" fans (I'm not).
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Had been opening my eyes widely over in Japan and found the following figurine loots!
Oh my I simply love those shops that sells gashapons in individual pieces!! Hohoho~~ I can finally buy the individual pieces without getting the full set and those that are out of production!! Weee~~~
Photos after the break..
Canaan!~
Ok this is another Cagalli factor in play that got me to grab this with BRS. Got her for probably 2100 yen? Cant rem... Its about 30-ish bucks.
I was contemplating on this for probably the longest time, simply bcos I dunno BRS/dun understand the craze but it jus pops up in every corner of your eye!
I'll probably say the whole Chuo Dori of Akihabara is full of them!
Got these at Kotobukiya in Akihabara after eyeing them for a few stores.
Costs slightly cheaper than SG retails and they're seriously nice with very good quality.
The thing that sets these One Coin series apart from other gashapon sets is the magnet or metal pieces which is embedded in the figure, attracting it to the magnet/metal rod for display. That reads as easy assembly!
Waiting for Round 2 from Latendo...
From left: -
Top: Toudou Heisuke, Saitou Hajime, Hijikata Toshizou, Okita Souji, Nagakura Shinpachi, Harada Sanosuke
Bottom: Saitou Hajime, Okita Souji, Kazama Chikage
This is one anime where literally every male blood is an ikemen/bishounen. To the point that I cant put names to faces! (Not that I'm good at doing that anyway)
Thus I had to list them out with the help of RR's blog above. HAHA! I'm not as into Hakuouki as her, thou I did complete the series after coming back, I'm very sure I'll forget who they are very soon.
And yes, this is the set Birdy thrusted into my hands over at Yodabashi and I simply went to pay without knowing who they are!
Now I noe..
Went on both Saturday and Sunday and it was Sunday that gave me the goosebumps with all the nostalgic feeling.
What's with the full Sailormoon force and the 2 Power Rangers and the couple of Mario brothers running around!?!
awwwww~~~
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(BTW, pls let me know if you would like to have any of the pics in original)
起初,有想過要買票去. 但想到是在Expo而不是室內體育館就作罷了.
太遠了啦. 還有Expo的音響也不是很好,座位也不是階級式的,看不到就掃興了.
沒辦法,誰叫草蜢來襲,把體育館霸去了.
而且對陳綺貞的認識只屬還好而已. 只買過她的<太陽>專輯, 也只懂那幾首歌.
慶幸Leslie大哥給了我們官方門票!
From left -
Top: Russia, Liechtenstein, France
Bottom: Holy Roman Empire, Chibitalia, China
The Hetalia collection started with a gashapon machine at Yobadashi or Osaka Tower (cant rem as usual in gashapon machine country), to which I donated a couple of 100 yens and out comes Russia and CHIBITALIA~~
Went on to complete the set, shop-looting China for 240 yen, Liechtenstein for 400 yen, Holy Roman Empire for 150 yen (wonders why he's so cheap..) and France for 200 yen. Chibitalia was going for around 600 to 1000 yen at the shop!! (cant rem, only rem he/she's freaking expensive!~)
Total cost, 1190 yen~~~
From left -
Top: Austria, Japan, England
Bottom: America, Italy, Germany
All the main leads! (+ Austria HAHA~)
Got these from one of those gashapon stores over at Nakano for 1195yen to accompany Set 2. v(^.^ )
An irresistably cute set that was picked up from the Tokyo Dome Jump Shop, and which I repeatedly asked RR if Latendo had sent out the preorders for this.
Its made from similar stuff as nendoroids so the quality isn't that bad.
Too cute for words!
Chopper in Strong World (Adventure clothes version)
Got him off the shelves at 2,100 yen which was pretty cheap.
Displaying both versions together.
Trafalgar Law, Captain of Heart Pirates and a doctor (!) by training.
Interest aroused when he saved Luffy in Marineford, claiming that he's a doctor before Buggy hands Luffy over to him.
Hehehehe. Had wanted to get it from Latendo initially but they did not bring in individuals for Law.
Starting off my loot introductions with the best find!
サンジーノ!!!
I was pretty bored looking into hundreds over of rental showcases in Akihabara that are selling more or less the same stuff, till I spotted this fella at a corner showcase, in a dark corner with Luffione in front and surrounded by platoons of OP SD figures.
As per tradition, I'll be doing a round up after each big trip.
Previous roundup could be found here.
Ok I din mention the manga/anime haven in Akihabara for the previous trip as the other group doesn't seem that much interested in these and I wasn't as crazily into figurines as now. Also, there's the ka-ching factor.
And since I've written about my tourist's view, I shall do a comparison post for this.
So... WHAT DO I MISS ABOUT JAPAN!?
Onigiris
Definitely! The small, triangular object that boasts little calories but at the same time able to fill your tummy! What's more, they're TASTY! I'm saying those mass produced and sold at convenience stores thou.
SG needs these in their 24 hours shops!!
Bargain buys along Akihabara/Rental display storefronts watever-they-are-called
Absolutely regrets not lugging more nendoroid sets back! Just a lot of legwork needed not to commit suicide at the next store that sells the same toy 100 yen cheaper.
Oh, I miss the stores that sells unboxed gashapons/trading figures so that I do not need to buy the whole set just for that one toy!
Vie De France!
Misses their soft and yummy bread!!
Climate
Not saying I miss the freezing cold or the bitter wind, but when perspiration starts forming the moment we exit the terminal doors of Changi, yes I miss the jacket requirement for outdoors and cosing up under the comforters in Japan.
The leg warmers in trains/buses
Obviously only needed in cold countries but they're really life saviors with a drowsy effect that makes one sleepy within a couple of stations.
The serenity in the trains
I do not need noise cancelling earphones with music to block off the chatter and banter!
Yodabashis, Hands, and the other all-in-one stores
Easy, convenient, all-in-one shopping!
Not an exhaustive list but these are the stuff I'm missing at the moment..
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Click to go to RR's blog for more pictures!
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Time to bid farewell to our beloved Japan.
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Mistress's street!
Sadly, our last full day in Japan already. Time flies (like how I took 4 months to finish blogging.. :p).
