Before I go on more with talks about my Chinese New Year experience, I must apologize for not updating my blog as frequently as before. The last entry was 6 February, which was two weeks ago. Since then, I was being busy cleaning out the house (Chinese: 大扫除) for the New Year. It's to get rid of any unwanted old stuff so that new ones can come in (Chinese: 除旧迎新), for the belief of getting blessing of course.
During the Chinese New Year, most Chinese, including my family were busy welcoming coming guests to our house, or to make our friends and relatives busy by visiting them :-) Anyway, everyone's enjoyed themselves since this is the biggest event for Chinese, plus there were a few days of public holidays not to be wasted.
Food at Mindy's house
Mindy (center) at Mindy's house :-)
Lulu at Selena's house
Lulu wishes a Happy Chinese New Year to you~
Many things happened during my period of absence from blogging, for example my computer was under virus attack, and my laptop’s mouse is dead ToT Very unfortunate for me, because this must be the 4th mouse broken by me in two years. This despairs me a great deal, since my Chinese Zodiac is the rodent, and I can’t take care of my mouse. As absurd as it might sound to you, it does mean quite a bit for me.
In the world of Gundam, most GUNPLA lovers are busy building Master Grade Hi-Nu Gundam I assume. If you're planing to get one, check out Dalong.net (completed) and Gunplablog (in progress) for their reviews on the kit. Hi-Nu Gundam is also the 99th entry in the MG line, meaning to say that the next one to come out will be MG No. 100. It does seem like No. 100 will be Zaku II Ver. 2.0. Personally, I think it’s just fair that Bandai showing more emphasis to the Zeon’s MSs after so many Gundam-type models. Just look at the recent MGs: F91/ Harrison’s F91, Crossbone Ver. Ka/ Full Cloth, Strike Gundam IWSP, Strike Freedom/Full Burst and Hi-Nu. Where did the bad guys go? And, want to bet who’s going to be MG No. 101? My guess is Char’s Zaku II, the green and the red always come out one after the other.
MG Hi-Nu Gundam - Image from The Gundam Base Side 1
Also, the so-called Gundam Fix Figuration Simplified Dendrobium is finally out. Definitely not impressive for me. Don’t be surprise if you can’t find much difference between the new GP03S and the ones from the anime or HGUC and MG models. Hajime Katoki, the designer for GFF is the one who created GP03S for UC0083: Stardust Memory. I think it would be quite agonizing for him if he were to refine his creation, without having to contradict the one everybody is familiar with from the anime, and not to stray too much from the mechanical line of UC0083 MS.
GFF GP03 - Image from Amiami
For those of you who love Japanese Idols, the annual Wonder Festival was held in Japan several days ago. Not the event for hardcore Gundam fans like me since there are almost no Gundam to be seen, but some figures will make the guys salivating all over. Check out HK DMZ Plus, Toycan and Danny Choo's Blog.
Haruhi's figure! I also want ^o^ - Image from HK DMZ Plus
A brand new season of Sentai series, better known as Power Rangers outside Japan, called Juuken Sentai Gekiranger is out. My kanji is close to nil, but Juuken can roughly be translated into “animal fist”, so I assume there will be a hell lot of punching, boxing, and Bruce-Lee-Jet-Li type Kung-Fu stuff in the series. These days, Sentai series are getting more and more violent (for a kid like me who came for the olden days :-) Three Rangers this time: red, blue, and yellow which are boringly the same as what we get at the start of the previous Magiranger, Abaranger and Hurricanger. Well, it would be easier to extend the gang in the future, plus more room for character development. Their robots, better know as Zoids if you follow the Power Ranger series, consists of a tiger, a cheetah and a wolf, and features the extension system, where new animal robots can be joined with the Zoid for special abilities. Cool, but nothing new really, since the original idea of this extension system came from Gaoranger, which must have been five or six seasons ago.
The Juuken Gattai from Juuken Sentai Gekiranger - Image from Robot Japan
On a personal account, my blog’s visits has just pass 10,000! Not a big thing for super bloggers like Danny Choo or Gunota Headlines, but definitely meaningful for me. I thank you for your support, and will Gambatte more for more updates in the future.
HGUC Bawoo wishes you a prosperous year of the boar
