tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66068590639026672202024-03-19T04:01:41.356+01:00Orb-Morgenroete-IncA blog about Life-style, Otaku, Videogaming, Anime, Travel, Gundam modeling etc. Feel free to share & contribute!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-5354598273893015132014-11-08T19:00:00.000+01:002014-11-09T11:15:51.596+01:00Again a good hunt this summer (part 2)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After 5 days we left Osaka and took the LCC Peach, based in Osaka. Although the bagage dropoff and all the procedures at the airport was not that smoothly, it was a nice short flight. It lasted 3 and a half hours.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It shouldn't have been longer, because the seatplan by Peach is very narrow and cramped. Most shocking was that 90% of the cabin crew was not able to speak English properly! This is really astonishing. It was overall quite a problem to get around in Japan with just speaking English. Ordinairy Japanese do not speak English. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At HKIA the aircraft was parked next to a KLM Boeing 747-400, our national flag carrier. Next to the KLM Boeing there was a Airbus A350-800 parked. Probably an aircraft for test flights around the world. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Within an hour and a half, we were checked in at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Causeway Bay (again). So there was plenty of time left to pay a visit to my grandparents in the New Territories. Later that day we had a diner at gramps.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have had a lot of diners at the foodcourt at Times Square Causeway Bay. The court has been renovated and the waiting time for your dish is decreased with the buzzer, at least the time you spend in fornt of the cashier's desk.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At that period, the Hasbro MP-03h Grimlock was just released in HK.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Toys R Us sold it for HK$ 1199,- but there was a leader class Optimus Prima as a gift enclosed. I passed, since the Age of Extinction line sucks all the way. Even a freebee could not change my mind.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm glad I passed. A few days later I purchased an MP-03h Grimlock at Ins Point (Yau Ma Tei) for only HK$ 890,-. Not that I needed one, back in 2013 I hit a Takara version of MP-08 Grimlock (25th anniversary) already, but this one I purchased for sale. The retailer told me the price at TRU are always too high.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He was right. I took a picture of MP-Prowl Hasbro version TRU which costs HK$ 650,-. For example, the Takara and thus the better version will be yours at the local retailers for about HK$ 460,-. So the inferior US crap is HK$ 190,- more than the superior Takara version.....</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Same goes for the MP-Sunstorm which was released at the same time.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And people are still buying it...unbelievable </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The main targets this year were some last 'big' pieces, like Masterpieces MP-09B Black Rodimus Convoy, Maketoys Gaint Type-61, the 4 cars of Fansproject Intimidator (Menasor), Some G1 reissue's and Generations FoC Bruticus Set. I found this one at Tokyo Station for a bargain. The set of 5 Combaticons (Takara version!!) was handed to me for HK$ 699,- ( US$ 90,-)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Afterwards, the MP-09B proved also to suffer the brittle knee-joints parts.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Luckily, Robotkingdom - a HK based webshop for TF, released metal knee joints for MP-09 in September, so the problem is fixed now. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also got 2 DOTM Deluxe Class cards. I'm not too fond of the Movie toylines, but these 2 were cool in my opinion and they were quite cheap, so I picked them up. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The total of acquisitions was nearly as impressive as the one in 2013 (SGP/HKG).</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have anticipated on this and got myself a new travelcase. The Samsonite Spinner is replaced by the German Rimowa Salsa Deluxe 81 cm Seal Grey. I'm very happy with it!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ow and on the very last day, I purchased the fresh TF Masterpiece Guide!! It was just released less than a week! What a luck! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hereafter a list of acquirements and some images of the rest of the trip. Unless stated, all items are Takara versions.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Generations Deluxe Class: TG-12 Air Raid</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Generations Voyager Class: TG-13 Soundblaster + Buzzsaw (2x) </span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- TF United UN-04 Megatron WfC (SOLD)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- TF United UN-05 Soundwave WfC</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- TF Collection 07 Sideswipe</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- TF Re-issue 16S - Megatron Special Edition (2001)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- TF Encore-03 Soundwave (SOLD)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- TF Encore-15 Cassette Volume 1 (Very hard to find!) </span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- TF Encore-16 Bruticus Scramble City</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- 3rd party: Fansproject CA-03 Thundershred (Scrapnell)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hong Kong:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Armor accessories for FoC Grimlock Voyager Class</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Fansproject: CA-09 to CA-12 Car Crash/T-Bone/Down Force/Last Chance</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- MakeToys Giant Type-61 full set</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- DOTM Deluxe Class Armor Topspin</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- DOTM Deluxe Class Topspin </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Dengeki Hobby magazine September</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Generations Deluxe Class: TG-03/04/05/06/07 Combaticons</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- TF Masterpiece Guide</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- TF Commemorative reissue: Dirge (Hasbro)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- MP-03h Grimlock (Hasbro - SOLD) </span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- TF MP-15 Ravage & Rumble (SOLD)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- TF MP-17 Prowl (SOLD) </span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">TF MP-18S Silverstreak</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- TF MP-09B Black Rodimus Convoy </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's been a while since I have had updated the blog. And as we speak, I'm back from another summer holiday trip. This year I went back to Osaka (Japan) and of course Hong Kong to pay a visit to my grandparents. The trip starts with a comfortable flight with a KLM Boeing 777-300ER to Osaka. We had a row of 2 seats at the back of the aircraft. These seats required an additional fee of € 30,00 (Thugs!). After the gate closed it became clear the seats behind us weren't occupied, so.....I moved a row back and we were both having a lot of space. From that retrospective the extra fee was a bargain to gain an extra seat! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The focus of this story will be on the Transformer/ Collectible hunt. Since I have been Osaka earlier and Hong Kong is practically my second home, I won't do much of city-trip review. Of course I will upload some pictures of the trip itself. Should you be more curious about the cities themself, take a look at these links: <a href="http://orb-morgenroete-inc.blogspot.nl/2010/08/two-weeks-in-japan-part-1.html" target="_blank">Osaka</a>; <a href="http://orb-morgenroete-inc.blogspot.nl/2009/06/city-trip-hong-kong-sar.html" target="_blank">Hong Kong</a>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So first stop is Osaka. The <a href="http://www.kikuei.com/" target="_blank">hotel Kikuei</a> is situated in Namba, the southern part of Osaka. Very crowded and from the hotel, one of the 3 centered Transformer retailer was visible: <a href="http://www.herogangu.com/" target="_blank">Hero Gangu</a>, Nippombashi. (site is Japanese only)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The loot here was quite good: Fansproject Causality CA-03 Thundershred.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The other two pieces were more than JPY 12.000, while this one was only JPY 5700. I tried to find out why, but there were no signs of being eventually a K.O version, so that's a bargain. Secondly I was looking everywhere for the now hard-to-find Encore 15: Mini cassettes vol. 1 consisting Ravage, Eject, Rewind and Buzzsaw. Guess what...I found it here. It was JPY 9800 (€ 71,00/ US$ 94,00). Considered the availability and the price on ebay it's a steal.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Furthermore my 2nd loot from <a href="http://jungle-scs.co.jp/sale_en/" target="_blank">Jungle Entertainment</a> (Site do have English!) consists: </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">- TF Encore 16 Bruticus (Scramble City)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">- TF Collection 07 Sideswipe (Takara)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">- TF UN-04 Megatron Cybertron Mode (FOR SALE!)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">- TG-14 Voyager Class Soundblaster + Buzzsaw 2x (1 for my brother)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">- TG-12 Deluxe Class Air Raid </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Both TG were available for a 'wooden nickel'.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The last resorts for a good hunt were both Mandarake shops in Umeda and Shinsaibashi. Thanks to the toy-shop map of <a href="http://heroicdecepticon.blogspot.nl/" target="_blank">Heroic Decepticon</a>!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Furthermore we bumped in Namba on Super Potato, a shop for retro-gaming.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is also a heaven for the good old days of the Famicom/NES/Superfamicom etc. It is really incredible when you see their inventory. Next time, I'll grab something from here!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Well, that's it for now. Part 2 will follow soon!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9NHpdheALkrwPkoizU0yjrI1mAR8sdQtWRvngZor2oALgg5yBDJ-vsyh8KMax7QxNBH7XgKJzJIHN8QKRnjZucMuR9pSmNBXdrrubW4AtTbH8qmTO4aQzf7vQCvIZh5x9NdHwUd_BtQ/s1600/foto+2(4).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hereafter some images during the Japanese part of the trip</span></a></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Osaka, Osaka, Japan34.6937378 135.5021650999999634.4848083 135.17944159999996 34.902667300000005 135.82488859999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-9728605608539319112013-11-17T18:46:00.001+01:002014-11-09T11:14:51.259+01:00A Successful Dinosaur Hunt!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As said a few months ago, I was travelling to Singapore & Hong Kong in mid August. One of the objectives was hunting for some collectible Transformers. The then (there is actual news as of September '13) very hard to find Masterpieces were among them. De citytrip started with a four-days stop in Lion City Singapore.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My brother hasn't been in Singapore yet. Since the city has much in common with it's rival city Hong Kong, it was both a new and familiar experience for him. Aside from the usual sightseeings, we were also hunting for TF collectibles.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our first attempt was at the Funan Digital Life Mall. Although it is a mall for electronics, there are some good shops to get some TF's. My brother got his superbargain: Encore 05 Ratchet for SG$ 25,00 (about US$ 19,00).</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also got my Encore 18 Skids.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next day we got our first Hasbro Masterpiece, Thundercracker at the Toys 'R Us in Harbour Front - Vivio City. We were planning to get this one in HK, but the price was also lower than expected, so we picked up this one here. On the third day we went to the famous China Square Central. This mall has a somewhat steryle impression. We got there actually too early. Like in HK, the shops aren't open untill noon. But we had to go in for some cover as it was raining outside. We decided to come back later that day/evening.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Guess what......I found my piece of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimlock_%28G1%29/toys#Masterpiece" target="_blank">gold</a> MISB at the shop: Ace Ventura (2nd floor).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The same day my brother found his MISB MP-08 Grimlock at the MRT location of <a href="https://www.simplytoys.com.sg/" target="_blank">Simply Toys</a>! We were both very happy to get these MP's since they are hard to find in MISB for half the price on ebay! After these acquisitions, our city-trip was a success already and there was much more to come.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The total amount of collectibles is quite a long list. I'll put it on the bottom of this blog. In Dragon City Hong Kong we bumped on the Gundam statue at Times Square (Causeway bay). The project Gundam docking at HK was running from July 26th till the 1st of September. We got a lot of TF's and Gunpla hobby stuff at Mongkok area (Hobbybase at Sino Centre) and at In's Point (Yau Ma Tei). Our main targets are Masterpieces (from MP-08 on till current issues. The pre-MP-08 issues are in my opinion not worth collecting, since I want them all in de same scale), TF Encore G1, Generations/United, Henkei and Classics. I also picked up a few MP's I already owned, but this was just for my webshop Morgenroete Inc. to resale.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Totalled box of MP-12, shame on you HK Post!</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The MP-09 Hotrod/Rodimus Convoy was also a bargain in a set of 2 consisting MP-09 & MP-10. The most valuable items were carried in my suitcase, but a large batch had to be shipped per Airpost by HK Post. They have dissapointed me. The M4 package arrived in terrible condition and the box was nearly totalled although the box was very strong by itself. Luckily, my brother advised me to let the items in their respective plastic bags!!! So the damage was reduced to some Encore boxes (Devastator) and 1 MP-12 Lambor. This was a bummer, because it was an item to sell. I had to reduce my asking price since the item wasn't MISB anymore. The outerbox was damaged, but luckily the item itself was in perfect condition. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So the conclusion for the hunt this summer is a successful one. Especially my hunt for the Dinobot Grimlock MP-08! It was truely a good Dino-hunting!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Size difference G1 & Giant-Type 61!</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">TF Masterpiece </span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- MP-08 Grimlock</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- MP-09 Hot Rod/ Rodimus Convoy</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- MP-10 Convoy (for sale)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- MP-12 Lambor (for sale)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- MP-12T Tigertracks</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- MP-14 Red Alert </span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Hasbro MP - Thundercracker</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Devastator (Encore 20)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Skids (Encore 18)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Hoist (Encore 14)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Insecticons (all 3 - Universe G1)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Astrotrain (Commemorative)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Wincharger (G1 loose)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Sandstorm (voyager class)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- TFC - Uranos : Blackbird + Phantom ray</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- TF Autobot bag</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a few weeks I'll travel to Singapore & Hong Kong for a vacation and pay a visit to our grandparents (HK) with my brother. Of course the vacation isn't complete without a good hunting for Transformers G1/Encore and especially Masterpieces. Lately I've been scouring around on the internet and was wondering how our heritage from the <a href="http://orb-morgenroete-inc.blogspot.nl/2009/06/golden-age.html" target="_blank">Golden Age of the 90's</a> would perform on such platforms as e-bay or our own Dutch <a href="http://marktplaats.nl/">Marktplaats.nl</a>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well......after doing some searches the results were incredible. The G1 was performing outstanding. For instance, my G1 Dinobot Slag's condition is Mint In Box (No insert card although), but the asking price is about up to US$ 140,00 sometimes. My grandmother bought it for me way back in 1989 for HK$ 139,00 which is in nowadays currency US$ 18,00.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">G1 Ratchet about the same story, it was a birthday present from my father in 1987 when I turned 10. It costs in those days HFl 45,00 (Dutch Guilders) - US$ 29,00. That was typically for an medium Autobot Vehicle. The modern reincarnations known as Masterpieces are even more jawbreaking. MP-10 Convoy is already up to € 250,00 to € 300,00 and still rising. The only one which is being out of this world is MP-08 Grimlock, the current bids are topping on more than a Grand.....</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So....the coming weeks I should probably hunt for dinosaurs.......perhaps MP-08 might be as even extinct as it''s real counterpart....I'll let you know if my hunt is succesful.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is also another source...games from the 80's & 90's. As some followers may know that we played a lot of games in the 90's and went<a href="http://orb-morgenroete-inc.blogspot.nl/2009_12_01_archive.html" target="_blank"> hunting RPG's </a>around the end of the SNES' lifespan.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Somehow I never managed to get the 2 classic Super NES systempushers 'Super Mario Kart' and 'Zelda - A link to the past'. Why I didn't? Don't ask....I don't know myself either......on the Dutch site Marktplaats (Marketplace literally) I found a US version of Zelda - A link to the past in very mint condition. The only thing missing was the map. But hey....e-bay has everything!! It cost me a few bucks, but the result is that I've composed a MIB Zelda for SNES!!!! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I prefered the US version over the PAL version, since the US card runs 15% faster than it's European counterpart. (60 Hz vs 50 Hz). During those days NTSC - PAL regionlock was still an issue. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did the same way for Super Mario Kart. I purchased it at a retailer which is also selling 2nd hand and retrogames. The condition was very good, so I am very happy with both new acquisitions! I know it's a shame to get these game only in 2013, 21 and 22 years after their respective initial releases. But hey...better late than never.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Running another e-bay test and research resulted that most of these precious 'gold' is skyrocketing nowadays. You should try a few of the games shown on the 4th picture and don't forget to support your jaw to prevent it from dropping on the ground......Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy III are sometimes going all out for a mindblowing US$ 800,-!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To protect these golden pieces I purchased some neat stuff at retro-retailer named <a href="http://www.retrogamefreak.com/" target="_blank">The RetroGameFreak</a>. Got some dustcovers for the US cards, some paper inlays to refurbish my old game-packs and....25 (together with my brother) so called <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swPWANT3ElQ" target="_blank">Snug-fit box protectors</a>. These transparant protectors are made from Polyethylene which has the size of a SNES game pack. This prevents the paperbox from scratches, dust, bumping and crashes.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most of the games are covering a story. When and why I purchased it. How come that it is invaluable to me.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nearly every game-pack has a story. So it's not the economical worth that I cherish, but it is - like many - the emotional worth of an item. How much the price is rising, these games and TF's will never leave the establishment where I also live..... </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a result all of the precious gold from the Golden Era of the 90's is secured now........A Golden Security! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hereafter some pics.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you have similar items you cherish that much?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After quite a long hiatus, I finished a project that should have been a short project between the larger projects like MG's. Since the building frequency has been lowering significantly, it took a long time to get this one ready. I started the SD Sword Impulse way back in 2011. Well....in the meantime we have a new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Willem-Alexander">Head of State</a> in The Netherlands......</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjiM5kiIUqwUWtNnHr8SS4dpDXWowJ4k3mUlNABO03eqGSgM9kYdIwsbWUypPZJMH7hr35HxZH5vfQPey7kr2K5CW2itQpRaToCWkgxjxEgDbt5feR-PMq6lakN3x8JJFJSGrueoVkfoM/s1600/DSC_0847.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjiM5kiIUqwUWtNnHr8SS4dpDXWowJ4k3mUlNABO03eqGSgM9kYdIwsbWUypPZJMH7hr35HxZH5vfQPey7kr2K5CW2itQpRaToCWkgxjxEgDbt5feR-PMq6lakN3x8JJFJSGrueoVkfoM/s320/DSC_0847.JPG" height="213" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The modification wasn't that difficult. As base there was the original SD Force Impulse Gundam. But since there wasn't any additional Silhouette-pack, I was forced to use another pack. For the Sword Silhouette pack I used the No Grade 1/144 Sword impulse Gundam. The only difficulty was that the 1/144 pack wasn't wide enough the get directly attached to the SD. So I cut off the the part that should attach to the Impulse from original SD Force pack and forged it together with the Sword Silhouette and that problem was solved. The Anti-Ship swords could been shortened </span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">easily by cutting the middle part out. Tamiya Super Glue did the rest of the work.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The color scheme was no problem. The only thing that matters was that the original blue color had to be whitened before painting it red to prevent the red becoming too dark. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">All images are taken with <a href="http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/dslr/d600/">Nikon D600</a> (24-85 mm)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you like to modificate SD kits?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Masterpiece line and several 3rd Party Transformers are the newest additions to the Gundam Franchise at Morgenroete Inc.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So if you are looking for the hard to find MP-10, check out Morgenroete Inc. Gundam webshop! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The MP is less bulky and smaller than it's predecessor. It also comes with less DieCast metal. But in terms of articulation it's far more superior than the MP-01/MP-04. Besides, it also comes with the famous trailer including Roller and a Spike minifigure. The Laser Rifle is foldable and can be stored at the back of Optimus. An Energon Axe is also included.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In altmode, the Semi Trailer Cab-combi is reallly awesome. Both Bot and Alt mode have striking rescemblance with the original cartoon version. The Takara Tomy version is in my opinion better than the US Hasbro version, which has a slight lighter blue color scheme.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Futhermore, a Bio-Tech card of OP and an in-depth instruction manual.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For more info, do not hesitate to contact us. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At the end of October we are receiving the MP-12 Lambor/ Sideswipe, which is now open for pre-order. Don't miss it if you're a G1 Transformer fan! </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-60614227653124322792012-05-20T22:52:00.000+02:002014-11-08T18:49:26.376+01:0010th anniversary Gundam Seed: New Seed MG 1/100 kits<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">2012 is the 10th anniversary of Gundam Seed. To celebrate this happening Bandai announced a whole bunch of releases in addition to their HD Remastering of the series. February of this year saw the release of the MG 1/100 GAT-X102 Duel Gundam Assault Shroud. At the end of 2011 I was a bit suprised because there wasn't any news from the Seed line for a while.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But the announcement was a welcome, especially for the Duel because over the years I started to appreciate this model by it's simple design and in the series the Duel has been pushed to the limit by it's pilot Yzak Joule. Next month (June 2012) will be the release of the GAT-X207 Blitz Gundam which I'm also looking forward to it. Simply because the design and possibilities are way better than it's NG 1/100 counterpart. September will see the release of the GAT-X103 Buster Gundam and the GAT-X303 Aegis Gundam will probably following in November or December this year.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At this moment the prototype of the Buster is ready and shown at the Shizuoka Hobby Show in Japan. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hopefully Bandai will continue MG 1/100 releases of the Seed series. Some of the wishes are the Justice, Providence and the 2nd generation G-units: Raider, Calamity and Forbidden, whereas the latter one would be really awesome.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Although the first MG Seed models, GAT-X105 Strike (+ all Striker variants and sister unit Strike Rouge) and the ZGMF-X10A Freedom marked the 2.0 frames era way back in November 2003, the frames of those are a little outdated in comparison with, for example the GAT-X102 Duel.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The community including myself demands a 2.0 version of both the Strike/Rouge and the Freedom.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Are you looking forward to the </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Gundam Seed </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">MG 1/100 releases?</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com08312 Creil, Nederland52.7632436 5.658542152.724810600000005 5.5795781 52.8016766 5.7375061tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-82054578650841369612012-04-01T17:30:00.002+02:002014-11-08T18:49:08.237+01:00A week in Singapore (conclusion)<span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCBht1yOrJm1ixaszzl2HWRMDb2yA_DfwTLrgXvSYc1ccg9Ww6XDcMDqr9YkHtAVISrhyZWfc30BA7-Ggfpfyrj59vpJqIAlmE2AwRSGy390rTozfeArQihWsSqPzntzVAa8J6RFWDCI/s1600/DSC04278.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCBht1yOrJm1ixaszzl2HWRMDb2yA_DfwTLrgXvSYc1ccg9Ww6XDcMDqr9YkHtAVISrhyZWfc30BA7-Ggfpfyrj59vpJqIAlmE2AwRSGy390rTozfeArQihWsSqPzntzVAa8J6RFWDCI/s200/DSC04278.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726433814687395938" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The last day I spent on walking around in the </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Centr</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">al Business </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">D</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">i</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">s</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">trict</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of Singa</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">pore.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The area is very busy </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">and buildings are b</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">uilt very near to each oth</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">er. On a strip of reclamated land</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> lies the newest </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">landmark of Singapore: <a href="http://www.marinabaysands.com/">Marina Bay Sands</a> re</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">sorts.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This hotel consists 3 towers of 200 meters high above</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> sea level. Upon the roof lies a 'boatlike' 340 m spanning </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">skyterr</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ace. I</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNr5h9LXjDfmNhoYhr39bHrhuYgw3avhGwz8k3jU-r6M08lBt4MKNVbsgpWXKiAtcZ1ENAWRlxXnUswQ6qKUVH8keZ8h0ykvlAXZjDtFcvUCryK7cqp7e5OpXSMH72i7YD8F70sx-85g/s1600/DSC04276.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNr5h9LXjDfmNhoYhr39bHrhuYgw3avhGwz8k3jU-r6M08lBt4MKNVbsgpWXKiAtcZ1ENAWRlxXnUswQ6qKUVH8keZ8h0ykvlAXZjDtFcvUCryK7cqp7e5OpXSMH72i7YD8F70sx-85g/s200/DSC04276.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726434879269689890" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> wasn't</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> able to get a reservation in time and the next day I was flying back to The Ne</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">t</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">he</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">rlands. So at the end</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of this month I'm going</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> to visit a</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">g</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ain and I will take time to enjoy the magnificent view over Singa</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">pore.<br />During a walk alo</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ng</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> the Singapore river and the well-known Quays I spotted the statue of the f</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbzokRZCPM6Mvpmvy_ixzYb9LBqaNHJXJY_fbKuIrGiH2Eggc9T5Jnvz7ipPk4q7gbLKM5j5bjw5uUW0yg4fAAyYe8dCPkuS379uiCoix7N9rxqm3gotJ_20hufwAlqC5h5VHfDX0Myw/s1600/DSC04353.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbzokRZCPM6Mvpmvy_ixzYb9LBqaNHJXJY_fbKuIrGiH2Eggc9T5Jnvz7ipPk4q7gbLKM5j5bjw5uUW0yg4fAAyYe8dCPkuS379uiCoix7N9rxqm3gotJ_20hufwAlqC5h5VHfDX0Myw/s200/DSC04353.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726440369185778322" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 112px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ounder of Singapore, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_Raffles">Sir Sta</a></span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_Raffles">mfor</a></span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_Raffles">d Thomas Raffl</a></span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_Raffles">es</a>. Due to the connec</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">tions of the nearby D</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ut</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ch Eas</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">t </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">India</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">n, there are also Dutch influences. The economic models</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of both countries are similar, since both Singapore </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">an</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">d Th</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">e N</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IzTaKt_QSRH8ZKdUXQOngviLOiUwknMQciX53UDjU9HJQyEfPbOBtzgv3UkoelBcuqB1mXOsH2XZRqX-yXDP9ANqybwLPXgma85jXaVSR9IQu3kULezcNCCqrFJiu-OoqNb1F0HrMwo/s1600/DSC04404.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IzTaKt_QSRH8ZKdUXQOngviLOiUwknMQciX53UDjU9HJQyEfPbOBtzgv3UkoelBcuqB1mXOsH2XZRqX-yXDP9ANqybwLPXgma85jXaVSR9IQu3kULezcNCCqrFJiu-OoqNb1F0HrMwo/s200/DSC04404.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726441024529084898" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">etherl</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ands do not have many production indust</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ries</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of the</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ir own. Export, t</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">rading and service are the keys.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Former prim</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">e-mi</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">n</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ister Lee Kw</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">an Yew had Dutchman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Winsemius">Albert Winsemiu</a></span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Winsemius">s</a> in </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">charge to reform the economic model of Sin</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">gapore into a modern economy.<br />Like in Hong Kon</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">g, there are many </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">walking routes to tr</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">avel throughout the district by foot.<br />There are some pede</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">strian subways</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> to cross busy traffic sectio</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ns. T</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqMXFZNx93hBRO5KKOoyA-O2mfahcfMRlglq9SmCIbxj3WA3mFOtPNqMzeUsWUtp199wSjIIevVZ0j4q3elgqHd0CDDGj1qUM63W8QsphEv8nBv3Yu4fKqV4w6C1m-pFjObSUN8nCAZ4/s1600/DSC04535.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqMXFZNx93hBRO5KKOoyA-O2mfahcfMRlglq9SmCIbxj3WA3mFOtPNqMzeUsWUtp199wSjIIevVZ0j4q3elgqHd0CDDGj1qUM63W8QsphEv8nBv3Yu4fKqV4w6C1m-pFjObSUN8nCAZ4/s200/DSC04535.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726445950609127458" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 107px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 192px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">he</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Aqueen Hotel </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lavender is situated in Little India. </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A district in the east of Si</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ngapore and</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> directly on the route to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changi_Airport">Cha</a></span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changi_Airport">ngi International Airport</a>. My flight back to Amsterda</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">m was </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">very smooth an</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">d c</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">omfortable. Within a half </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">an hour I </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">arrived at the airp</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ort from the hote</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">l.<br /><br />Hereafter are som</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhveX99DvlLmRn7WZPEJzxQsWeQa_8tR3FPOzny3HbJB-fHcH6VJv2x4qw4GmG5wINlfSFM5PDdFAs7L1J7xM5IaANxxfk6cGzbrju4pS268LBFhfA8MY0ytxNXGyR0deGodjuhF8xsbnQ/s1600/DSC04541.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhveX99DvlLmRn7WZPEJzxQsWeQa_8tR3FPOzny3HbJB-fHcH6VJv2x4qw4GmG5wINlfSFM5PDdFAs7L1J7xM5IaANxxfk6cGzbrju4pS268LBFhfA8MY0ytxNXGyR0deGodjuhF8xsbnQ/s200/DSC04541.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726458938900727650" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">e more pictures. I hope you like it</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">!<br />On April the 28th I'll visit Singapore a</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">nd H</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ong Kong in a </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">multiple city trip with a friend.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It features also my first flight with Singap</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ore Airlines' <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A380">Airbus A380-800</a>. Looking forward to it!!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have you ever flown with the Airbus A38</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">0</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">?</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Quays, MBS Skyterrace & pedetrain su</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">b</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">way<br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpsmjDb1auV7iDhs10-cegt5XU_FKmuUYDqCHPYCSGrUoBp0LG5giUx5298ZnsJgArbYvNSciY3uQnBq0Bs_AarHS1j12CdPYIEqprTcXHnBvHbwxsJyBeoXRPzv7kVwGMn-Kv-u5NAs/s1600/DSC04357.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpsmjDb1auV7iDhs10-cegt5XU_FKmuUYDqCHPYCSGrUoBp0LG5giUx5298ZnsJgArbYvNSciY3uQnBq0Bs_AarHS1j12CdPYIEqprTcXHnBvHbwxsJyBeoXRPzv7kVwGMn-Kv-u5NAs/s200/DSC04357.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726449839375301282" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AqcLnFiVh2OfuhGLtxcBUK4pLOGCHPyu8R3JGJw-99b1eR7QjaJ9bbLQuc2H4xzr30Ky6L8c-k7QY0F7w5aO3dwngyKQLCJgwEuDXtYiAlI8GtpCWX4fg9WzgBX6TlHGL9wPL5Ddlq0/s1600/DSC04413.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AqcLnFiVh2OfuhGLtxcBUK4pLOGCHPyu8R3JGJw-99b1eR7QjaJ9bbLQuc2H4xzr30Ky6L8c-k7QY0F7w5aO3dwngyKQLCJgwEuDXtYiAlI8GtpCWX4fg9WzgBX6TlHGL9wPL5Ddlq0/s200/DSC04413.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726453934100093378" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_hjtyu_vGSwkGapJxgn0SIBhVp4WnuCKnnj1EAQgl4Npx5ExbBRR3zWwJ8Ik8R7k_S7nZOztFMSETO5Wg7Jg-v2kEZ_8zibqCENbeMANa4O-03vEycsnY0MjT4rS6RbtWDsA_sQXfDE/s1600/DSC04507.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_hjtyu_vGSwkGapJxgn0SIBhVp4WnuCKnnj1EAQgl4Npx5ExbBRR3zWwJ8Ik8R7k_S7nZOztFMSETO5Wg7Jg-v2kEZ_8zibqCENbeMANa4O-03vEycsnY0MjT4rS6RbtWDsA_sQXfDE/s200/DSC04507.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726458193979214050" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 112px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Central Business District, Remarkable (2) & Speak</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">er's C</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">orner</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLDc29sb_1ZydH_FdMQMlBCzfj2PY7iqIOVexLBeVdtm4yp0GMeDxfWFT8H6oVp27fcwWYjVNTUiCWvD2xe8KPDDMIb2cMqKmueb9p22bwxdM6pCkTvwEb0eopF98_DgFWqfM2S8aykSQ/s1600/DSC04407.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLDc29sb_1ZydH_FdMQMlBCzfj2PY7iqIOVexLBeVdtm4yp0GMeDxfWFT8H6oVp27fcwWYjVNTUiCWvD2xe8KPDDMIb2cMqKmueb9p22bwxdM6pCkTvwEb0eopF98_DgFWqfM2S8aykSQ/s200/DSC04407.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726453627751724146" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0D_3SoVeSbgMHP2zVfUFG6rIBu6sTZJmOpSO0TuX7h0j_zm1vg15WKkrjtx50g1EbcsgGNxO6_vtHklqNUAWGcnE-nRbO0iSAbmLTRjn4p02A5E98Jsl__FYXjMpiRl3fbHcV25qrvdg/s1600/DSC04391.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0D_3SoVeSbgMHP2zVfUFG6rIBu6sTZJmOpSO0TuX7h0j_zm1vg15WKkrjtx50g1EbcsgGNxO6_vtHklqNUAWGcnE-nRbO0iSAbmLTRjn4p02A5E98Jsl__FYXjMpiRl3fbHcV25qrvdg/s200/DSC04391.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726450291633738770" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9nTvOermFmjG8RvGpKM-tR-rNMAvTWxxKylUk9TwF0ujpPnxtW2dbObyvoCMtrch6zY8-_uPF-EtlpviOTYOb26VBJkENXO1maJBVS7Qr5GDtzDVjs30_afLOIqLRKdWWm9YdCMHXOw/s1600/DSC04495.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9nTvOermFmjG8RvGpKM-tR-rNMAvTWxxKylUk9TwF0ujpPnxtW2dbObyvoCMtrch6zY8-_uPF-EtlpviOTYOb26VBJkENXO1maJBVS7Qr5GDtzDVjs30_afLOIqLRKdWWm9YdCMHXOw/s200/DSC04495.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726458545140101394" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 112px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Singapore Airlines, Aqueen Hotel Lavender & Singapore Flyer<br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElGXXY1WanwyzHKrd-xa9LcHEYAQuDkgxaEMADcByPomcLR1UE9Hn5lWNkxiaM46kUlgQhejU7NpUf3SkXLNPm1bzNi7pYqOmRxyy6-_vTx0YVpop7DaZNWd6NpHQ3nsxik9S5ASwSxs/s1600/DSC04453.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjElGXXY1WanwyzHKrd-xa9LcHEYAQuDkgxaEMADcByPomcLR1UE9Hn5lWNkxiaM46kUlgQhejU7NpUf3SkXLNPm1bzNi7pYqOmRxyy6-_vTx0YVpop7DaZNWd6NpHQ3nsxik9S5ASwSxs/s200/DSC04453.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726454258555914130" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzSHRh_MR5gZT2PWu1B4Q2wAPWRjpGPcTCq9xfO0GyNngqvd6I7M5l8hv1yd95q9w1RQqrIJGIg2ZGQTO6KHh0KdulaKujTCL45yzaSp_JyyfNyx-YNjvqI3LhCJjv18BaSeozZwtbPE/s1600/DSC04510.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzSHRh_MR5gZT2PWu1B4Q2wAPWRjpGPcTCq9xfO0GyNngqvd6I7M5l8hv1yd95q9w1RQqrIJGIg2ZGQTO6KHh0KdulaKujTCL45yzaSp_JyyfNyx-YNjvqI3LhCJjv18BaSeozZwtbPE/s200/DSC04510.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726454762326902930" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGBL02HeZf6mnTqlYoL4_deaxzRD5HwuSC_ZrAd_Ozqw8JXZcouqJa3-OV77O1qAc4PfLHSSPnFEDU_zJpbe5znl687rzGB53Q_G0J-XcFcJjpfzIqFV44xBbID1A3D1gQLSSyh3WW4f4/s1600/DSC04493.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGBL02HeZf6mnTqlYoL4_deaxzRD5HwuSC_ZrAd_Ozqw8JXZcouqJa3-OV77O1qAc4PfLHSSPnFEDU_zJpbe5znl687rzGB53Q_G0J-XcFcJjpfzIqFV44xBbID1A3D1gQLSSyh3WW4f4/s200/DSC04493.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726455158077621346" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 200px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 112px;" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lucky 'bastard', Changi Airport & Airbus A380<br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RubGFQ4jEkLKA2T522rpRi0YXxMebKHR06_LAsWSR1Hmo2MhqKN2GaynYz40XwFheuYKD2UCgTiA66dwKBY0hNmcDXQYMv25lYKIpJJQqmiANRXpvnhDnW7hKnMNNk_GU6qOeKCEkys/s1600/DSC04504.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RubGFQ4jEkLKA2T522rpRi0YXxMebKHR06_LAsWSR1Hmo2MhqKN2GaynYz40XwFheuYKD2UCgTiA66dwKBY0hNmcDXQYMv25lYKIpJJQqmiANRXpvnhDnW7hKnMNNk_GU6qOeKCEkys/s200/DSC04504.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726456521466606898" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJL66w1fXl4frbbepgREJW87a7ZQthXNcbDip0w87UC49cWdrJHbMh_RZSJl1_VSUPw9cGg8Oz_METf53DCZvd5bHohZWVZVxFpGe_0aiJtmVU_QEGwuyQ85FLFtXZLihne5jIiHAMHPc/s1600/DSC04552.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJL66w1fXl4frbbepgREJW87a7ZQthXNcbDip0w87UC49cWdrJHbMh_RZSJl1_VSUPw9cGg8Oz_METf53DCZvd5bHohZWVZVxFpGe_0aiJtmVU_QEGwuyQ85FLFtXZLihne5jIiHAMHPc/s200/DSC04552.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726457321121968882" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAcZ_YHV-Wu7iuJ7jw9QQwefUtHDUSWh4qKXAy_Gs5dsLcKd0JJEEmfWB6WBR1AutftWvCpNcLWYyk1mPq2UED302Wdth_4eMrgaZS4AX26Mjmre0jj8BCupDrtdEPzCBZ22slSZj-_k/s1600/DSC04534.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAcZ_YHV-Wu7iuJ7jw9QQwefUtHDUSWh4qKXAy_Gs5dsLcKd0JJEEmfWB6WBR1AutftWvCpNcLWYyk1mPq2UED302Wdth_4eMrgaZS4AX26Mjmre0jj8BCupDrtdEPzCBZ22slSZj-_k/s200/DSC04534.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726457543882077762" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 200px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 112px;" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-71129628246181511512012-03-01T12:00:00.004+01:002014-11-08T18:48:51.337+01:00A week in Singapore (part 2)<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsf2McDDqg8QjrsV9ktT8OqGX_hG3ZgUeoDlN8DtDFqokkRAqw44MybspDRN0XIDRLvKIK2iEflJTGj9YMsi8YQ88X8tGXzWKbWhRywCfxTmw0y-2wUJkw0mEavnQlkpXQwmIcpjaFJE/s1600/DSC04207.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwsf2McDDqg8QjrsV9ktT8OqGX_hG3ZgUeoDlN8DtDFqokkRAqw44MybspDRN0XIDRLvKIK2iEflJTGj9YMsi8YQ88X8tGXzWKbWhRywCfxTmw0y-2wUJkw0mEavnQlkpXQwmIcpjaFJE/s200/DSC04207.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714854748166870226" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 118px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 221px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;">After a very long time a continuation of my trip to </span><span style="color: #33ffff;">Singapo</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">re</span><span style="color: #33ffff;"> </span><span style="color: #33ffff;">las</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">t y</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">ear. Ir</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">onically.</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">..I will visit Singapore agian next month </span><span style="color: #33ffff;">with </span><span style="color: #33ffff;">a f</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">ri</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">e</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">nd of mine. It's be</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">en </span><span style="color: #33ffff;">almost a year now.....</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">The <a href="http://www.science.edu.sg/Pages/SCBHome.aspx">Science centre</a></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"> is a lovely attraction like every SC in oth</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">e</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">r cities in t</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">he world. It's interactive and </span><span style="color: #33ffff;">many groups of pu</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">pils of primary</span><span style="color: #33ffff;"> school</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">s are visitin</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">g the </span><span style="color: #33ffff;">centre daily. Unlike our government in The Netherlands, th</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">e Singaporeans are investing in </span><span style="color: #33ffff;">ed</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">uc</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">at</span><span style="color: #33ffff;">ion and try to stay on </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1s3AdecJHnJzUU5tgcIzei3E6JwAusl8ofiLMbVXkDnqChBVJTwn0JOixhAU-HNkGTXuuLNj2NbGqRhZMwe2ZANzUHC2CDlWOhis5U-qq0RHebkMhI61m4_08T6tuSUNBsx2OgP6QVc/s1600/DSC04223.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1s3AdecJHnJzUU5tgcIzei3E6JwAusl8ofiLMbVXkDnqChBVJTwn0JOixhAU-HNkGTXuuLNj2NbGqRhZMwe2ZANzUHC2CDlWOhis5U-qq0RHebkMhI61m4_08T6tuSUNBsx2OgP6QVc/s200/DSC04223.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714856204387784130" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;">world's top on knowledge and technology.</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> There was also the biggest <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil">Tesla Coil</a> of South-East Asia, which genera</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">tes a massi</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">ve 3.5 millio</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">n Volts. Next to the centre, there is also the Omni </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">Theater to watch Imax movies. At </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNL059y9yC-tXu5FeELr7ZVNygrYtXBiVqh4XjrKRoEoEQn9p7Hp7S0ZVBFwTRfrScKL0VGofKu0P8PqXTkZnXl7shJgWCk07T-PDTruaUrl31R4cf7IM78tHC1ZMLzuXXehg5SqkINjg/s1600/DSC04247.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNL059y9yC-tXu5FeELr7ZVNygrYtXBiVqh4XjrKRoEoEQn9p7Hp7S0ZVBFwTRfrScKL0VGofKu0P8PqXTkZnXl7shJgWCk07T-PDTruaUrl31R4cf7IM78tHC1ZMLzuXXehg5SqkINjg/s200/DSC04247.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714861100505888610" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">that time the </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">movie 'Legends of Flight' was running. It was all about t</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">he efficient flying tec</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">hniques and the forthcoming development </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">of the brandly new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamliner">Boeing 787 Dreamliner</a>.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">I also visited Sentos</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">a Island. This is a kind of</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> island resorts, which is partly reclamated land. With 5 m</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">illion visitors a </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">year it is a cash-generating entertainment</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> machine. Nice for one day I guess. I bought a combined ticket which gave me a ride on the <a href="http://www.mountfaber.com.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=11">Je</a></span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.mountfaber.com.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=11">wel Box</a> (a cable car ride), an admission to Underwater World and a 3D movie calle</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2eQUK5qDJOOSHIu6vSLXgBf2FFStsexDL2nQYLmngzt72aKI405uBJqs4tOIPh5_9KI1CWOSYUVJ0SE5vnYM3I6fLMCiD8qX9bEHfSNjp0N1aWqp8u0dNLoPL9FJ_C0WYnZlqTd46nI/s1600/DSC04451.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2eQUK5qDJOOSHIu6vSLXgBf2FFStsexDL2nQYLmngzt72aKI405uBJqs4tOIPh5_9KI1CWOSYUVJ0SE5vnYM3I6fLMCiD8qX9bEHfSNjp0N1aWqp8u0dNLoPL9FJ_C0WYnZlqTd46nI/s200/DSC04451.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714870170113410178" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">d <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NqGJECeQxY">'Extreme Log Ride'</a>. It is actually 4D, since the se</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">at was a moving </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">rollercoasterseat. Very funny!<br />At the end of the </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">week I went to the famous Orchard Road. This is a bu</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">sy retail</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> & entertainment area. The <a href="http://ionsky.com.sg/#/this-way-up">Orchard Ion Sky</a> towers 218</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> meters above sealevel. To be ho</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">ne</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">st...I was a little disappointed whe</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjAFPdINUOgL9Foh65IM_UfnhbHqckr0EcS9BBAJnjI32rbpjahvkRmk8pmsiq3CDIfAX1be7z0bTC04-IPmUV5R_F9hNIfB5WzmSE6I2IWRMls2V26eHsJzLDwIoNRjAelbMdB8nrPI/s1600/DSC04483.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjAFPdINUOgL9Foh65IM_UfnhbHqckr0EcS9BBAJnjI32rbpjahvkRmk8pmsiq3CDIfAX1be7z0bTC04-IPmUV5R_F9hNIfB5WzmSE6I2IWRMls2V26eHsJzLDwIoNRjAelbMdB8nrPI/s200/DSC04483.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714874967089916978" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">n r</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">eaching the top. The top level was a sterile room with a very few </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">facilities and po</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">ssibilities, especially</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> when </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">compared to the Cosmo Tower in Osaka (JPN).<br />The mall wa</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">sn't that </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">impressive either, the road itself did impress me. It's comparable with <a href="http://www.aviewoncities.com/hongkong/nathanroad.htm">Nathan Road</a> in H</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">ong Kong. Very busy and a lot of activit</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">ies during the day. Ow...in a small retailer I found a piece of youthsentiment. A perfect re-issue of the transfo</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0KKjX7ky3xAC7sFNbP5uMBmlbvIK9phxx4SuzrezNCSpY2EeA-nzLZalU18PdOSGOdi9d1DxQCD0mk6MHpHSPXIPUVnLOFAxFD5lCgLaMY1nA2p6IoESPqn08VcDsxG88oX64m4-E0I/s1600/DSC04397.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_0KKjX7ky3xAC7sFNbP5uMBmlbvIK9phxx4SuzrezNCSpY2EeA-nzLZalU18PdOSGOdi9d1DxQCD0mk6MHpHSPXIPUVnLOFAxFD5lCgLaMY1nA2p6IoESPqn08VcDsxG88oX64m4-E0I/s200/DSC04397.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714883944940396962" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">rmer 'Mighty <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_%28G1%29/toys">Megatron</a>' Generation 1. The issue i</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">s No. 2 of the Transform</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">er Encore series. Just for SG$ 119,00 (= € 64,00). A bargain knowing the internetthugs are asking about US$ 220,00 at the moment!<br />With no hesitation I</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> picked it up, I may </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">never have this chance again....</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><br /></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-24959895457277570682011-12-31T01:40:00.006+01:002014-11-08T18:48:34.083+01:00Ford Focus 2011<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I almost forgot to </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9aagtXr006rIQRwJe4QagHMAs6IyLOJJf6RkNG3Gu8ZpIxNA4vvHbKmmnugCV8VYAIwlPkRF_cYUtiN371Ft5FDKnLrFXF1Gc6EN-6GBBRQz9NYcEIkPmwcI9_QtRBDVAiQes2f3abmo/s1600/DSC04580-2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9aagtXr006rIQRwJe4QagHMAs6IyLOJJf6RkNG3Gu8ZpIxNA4vvHbKmmnugCV8VYAIwlPkRF_cYUtiN371Ft5FDKnLrFXF1Gc6EN-6GBBRQz9NYcEIkPmwcI9_QtRBDVAiQes2f3abmo/s200/DSC04580-2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692074706287614370" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">mention that my <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Focus_%28second_generation,_Europe%29">Focus Mk II </a>has been replaced by the new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Focus_%28third_generation%29">Focus Mk III</a> </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2011 as of June 2011. I wasn't really looking for another car, but since I'm doing less km a </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">year (ar</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ound 18K-20K), m</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">y </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Focus II with a</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 2.0 L TDC</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">i dieselengine was, due to the tax systems in The Netherlands, becoming too expensive to hold </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">on. And after all, I'm </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">a </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'petro</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">lhead'....</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">.<br />The Mk III was presented on the Detroit Motor Show way back in January 2010. At that time I wasn't very impressed </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">and even disappointed. Kno</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6WzeXSuHaYHHEFstHtsfcIn-xyLnqrBx2rquvCJWcO6WEnuFRWyqRcPa3hv_RKU13yLmNNf0dYD2U11AdkHA0T0zHdbc0JboRBS2nRpTszMx9HeyI-n7AcHPEwCdyV1SljDQIxHKPmw/s1600/DSC04589.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6WzeXSuHaYHHEFstHtsfcIn-xyLnqrBx2rquvCJWcO6WEnuFRWyqRcPa3hv_RKU13yLmNNf0dYD2U11AdkHA0T0zHdbc0JboRBS2nRpTszMx9HeyI-n7AcHPEwCdyV1SljDQIxHKPmw/s200/DSC04589.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692075021751068962" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">wing that the car was not too ph</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">oto-genius, I</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> waited to see the ca</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">r in real. In Ap</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ril of t</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">his year the car ar</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">rived in the </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Netherlands and in real life the car has much m</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ore looks </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">than on pics.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After a testrun with a friend </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">and collegue of mine, I was convinced. The car has inherited the short and extreme cornering technique's</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Focus_%28first_generation%29">Mk I</a> an</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">d the long int</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">erchange cornerings (especially cloverleafs) of t</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1FEsKh86o1CVicEAyjSMPJYS97lM7lFXk7L_K0DudrOFWQHnSz7nQOP2KI3VHLMRY7lR2Q7VXyD4XMB4jHUoO3QyOtggxAfO6T09zwhQprR62NkNIsqfmtgt68MAYj6LIOKFLQj0qfo/s1600/DSC04593.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1FEsKh86o1CVicEAyjSMPJYS97lM7lFXk7L_K0DudrOFWQHnSz7nQOP2KI3VHLMRY7lR2Q7VXyD4XMB4jHUoO3QyOtggxAfO6T09zwhQprR62NkNIsqfmtgt68MAYj6LIOKFLQj0qfo/s200/DSC04593.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692082585798901922" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">he Mk I</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I. A perfect co</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">mbination with a lot of comfort and silence aboard.<br />In the US consum</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ers are very happy with the global project of the Focus, especially t</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">o repla</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ce the previous NA </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">model which is in fact th</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">e first European Focus (1998-2004). Since the higher driving standards of European cars, it's no suprise that the d</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">esign and dev</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">elopment has taken place in Germ</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">any.<br />In Europe we are very fortunate to get the car with the </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecoboost">Ecoboost</a> </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">engines. This means a 1.6 Litre 4-Cylinder dir</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ect injected inli</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ne engine with</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> a midrange turbocharger add</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ed. The performances are</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> fair eno</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBAwaFZU60byFV59NTTyrqIkJcq9afin7gj23XDEE0tPEeml4S00D2mPsdiM66iElWANiDzW7yan42IuHFNabintfoMmxxgWJ8_ORMsyNOnQa-KU-XzrMyZUa2sINq13UCRW4ZiAExG7w/s1600/DSC04578.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBAwaFZU60byFV59NTTyrqIkJcq9afin7gj23XDEE0tPEeml4S00D2mPsdiM66iElWANiDzW7yan42IuHFNabintfoMmxxgWJ8_ORMsyNOnQa-KU-XzrMyZUa2sINq13UCRW4ZiAExG7w/s200/DSC04578.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692075962048619762" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ugh. Max output will be around 150 hp (there is another </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">type 1.6 with 182 hp) and a torque of 240 Nm and an </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">additional 30 Nm to 2</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">70 Nm in overb</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">oost modus. Powertrain is combined with a 6-speed manual gearbox. The </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ecoboosts are standard fitted with city start</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">/stop system.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The US</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lzAJ5T2yABG8y5F03zV6YnM3jX1UCQlJfLeCvE64C38fjPfCRIFLMNCSCgfWRBQuSva7cVkRickMEzBvAYeUs15auW3zrpJ5er51T2phkRikZl8ZG9Zxg95JWvlhyPHbBNXcpDZ0j6Q/s1600/DSC04605.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lzAJ5T2yABG8y5F03zV6YnM3jX1UCQlJfLeCvE64C38fjPfCRIFLMNCSCgfWRBQuSva7cVkRickMEzBvAYeUs15auW3zrpJ5er51T2phkRikZl8ZG9Zxg95JWvlhyPHbBNXcpDZ0j6Q/s200/DSC04605.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692076173144163650" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 112px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> customers unfortunately will have to do it with an very ancient 2.0 Litre 4-cylinder natural aspi</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">red</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> engine wich </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">gives 160 hp and a torque o</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">f 198 Nm, </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">all combined with an also</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ancient 5-speed gearbox. The fuel consumption performances will be less good than it's European Ecoboost counterp</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">art.<br />The car</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> c</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">omes with a good equipmen</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">t like half-leather interior; heated seats</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">; heated windshield; dual zone climate control; LED </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">rear lighting; Interior ambi-lighting; Hill start ass</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ist; tyre-pressure control and ESP.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The car features new (green) technologies like: </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">active grill shutters, parkist assist, lane departu</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">re warning & correcting system, active c</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ity stop, traffic signs recognition, light control, Bl</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ind Spot recognition and for exceptional cornering performances: Torque Vectoring Control.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My car is personalized with metall</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ic paint: Midnight</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sky, Large rearspoile</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">r</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">, 18 inch alloy wheels official Ford-desi</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">gn (225/40/R18). The car is wearing Michelin Pilot Sport 3 shoes.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For the winterseasons I'll use Vredestein Sportrac 2 (205/55/R16).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Active grill shutter & en profil<br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAKTSrejS5eMzSf91pdHQWY_JaD8LGEe7WOtLE6v_XAjKZfNzjrwwzK7wT6dAreh7iTMZ_95L3M8XB1NfmDyZ1xTsXNKPqiBdWtC2MnEqSvObRCDXE9m2vd_J8v7pgGMHbyOrciBPpeQs/s1600/DSC04575.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAKTSrejS5eMzSf91pdHQWY_JaD8LGEe7WOtLE6v_XAjKZfNzjrwwzK7wT6dAreh7iTMZ_95L3M8XB1NfmDyZ1xTsXNKPqiBdWtC2MnEqSvObRCDXE9m2vd_J8v7pgGMHbyOrciBPpeQs/s200/DSC04575.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692079913134793106" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtE3dIxewOvHKLU3eb6sc0Icjyl4XDwRgtcw1nRJI7A6Oi2w8Oa3uytN3njusvO-e5xiQ1V5Wa1NmadCvvM5OQBLm1gzO3Nr-IGYD-FwvJCH3faKZSj8ZS5lZYEgKPWEKMeNVWZ2m_dM/s1600/DSC04598.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtE3dIxewOvHKLU3eb6sc0Icjyl4XDwRgtcw1nRJI7A6Oi2w8Oa3uytN3njusvO-e5xiQ1V5Wa1NmadCvvM5OQBLm1gzO3Nr-IGYD-FwvJCH3faKZSj8ZS5lZYEgKPWEKMeNVWZ2m_dM/s200/DSC04598.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692080978039639458" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Ambi lighting & Ecoboost engine</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br />Original Spoiler & Lar</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ge Spoiler<br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWtGYON66LjeaAi5uM34MK7in1lZivMOTL0jqfy_43M9uUWHgjkFqqLm68MgiynoqR5EX9-aBG0rIGxZtblQ54sIejJYHk76xjdndZo-h3QztubytfUXvkHo3io7bxm5hlkQzhMvu6nQ/s1600/DSC04583-2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWtGYON66LjeaAi5uM34MK7in1lZivMOTL0jqfy_43M9uUWHgjkFqqLm68MgiynoqR5EX9-aBG0rIGxZtblQ54sIejJYHk76xjdndZo-h3QztubytfUXvkHo3io7bxm5hlkQzhMvu6nQ/s200/DSC04583-2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692081874706495410" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganYJ92zSxNxmEkW0ft79V1w36s0R5bAOKdNletX3dpbrjicwdCiCdIM9MR9f7YutIIU8j62to7C6sn8GgvLUhnCoWIyuxPRREu5wWLWPqYYKFt8fCuI-8aoWKAZ0qVt4QDWAvx2yBQpo/s1600/DSC04597-2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganYJ92zSxNxmEkW0ft79V1w36s0R5bAOKdNletX3dpbrjicwdCiCdIM9MR9f7YutIIU8j62to7C6sn8GgvLUhnCoWIyuxPRREu5wWLWPqYYKFt8fCuI-8aoWKAZ0qVt4QDWAvx2yBQpo/s200/DSC04597-2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692082763571587058" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br />My previous cars: Focus Mk I - 2001 (& Alfa Romeo 146) & Focus Mk II - 2006</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /> Ford Focus Mk III - 2011<br /><br /><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzreYdr311RuQT5d-vDpzd4fM4qOw0Kru6ys0foAf96hF6fTefXTLp2sH5WARSA02BSb1yf_9LDMNDtnaxstPbY-8CXqsfOoB3jspPHIPJX5U5RqQBMl5hzIZYWLwu6ztuEslVEyZqAPY/s1600/DSC04600.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzreYdr311RuQT5d-vDpzd4fM4qOw0Kru6ys0foAf96hF6fTefXTLp2sH5WARSA02BSb1yf_9LDMNDtnaxstPbY-8CXqsfOoB3jspPHIPJX5U5RqQBMl5hzIZYWLwu6ztuEslVEyZqAPY/s200/DSC04600.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692085511213709346" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 112px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-2641621113885614622011-08-23T20:17:00.004+02:002014-11-08T18:48:20.062+01:00Rest well Nick Ashford!<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On August 22nd <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashford_%26_Simpson">Nick Ashford</a> has passed away of complications of throat cancer.
<br />A great Soul; R&B and disco performer, with his greatest years in the 80's with Motown.
<br />Such artists are very hard to find these days.....
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</span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-57122521398270717372011-07-17T15:10:00.006+02:002014-11-08T18:48:06.489+01:00A week in Singapore (Part 1)<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It has been a long time ago I updated the blog, so after a very bus</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_E9hHmbs6FUIgCGhX5KMF-6m586ZNm1kc3jAUXKdLSDwH_-P_Areaz0bc2dBsBzxIhrlX2AZ4rIG0ag4Qkdvu0JQxGTSybu4oxnXOmAnIIjF6pnGoF8KEanp5G2_ifACzPyBqkrdAj4Q/s1600/DSC04199.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_E9hHmbs6FUIgCGhX5KMF-6m586ZNm1kc3jAUXKdLSDwH_-P_Areaz0bc2dBsBzxIhrlX2AZ4rIG0ag4Qkdvu0JQxGTSybu4oxnXOmAnIIjF6pnGoF8KEanp5G2_ifACzPyBqkrdAj4Q/s200/DSC04199.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630081296962907698" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">y period I guess it's time for a some news. So I start with a city-trip I made</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> l</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ast May.<br />Destination:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore"> Singapore</a>. My interests are the greater </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">metropolis i</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">n</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> East- a</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">nd SouthEast Asia. L</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ast year I've been in Japa</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">n (O</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">saka/Tokyo</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">) </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">an</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">d </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">o</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">f course Hong Kon</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">g. Another city among</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Asian_Tigers">Four Asian Tigers</a> I hav</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">en't been yet </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">is Singapore.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A republic at the </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJrZahgiYZfp1B8pOwTMHNSzwlSHOOp44y8_iw2UcdApkStUywxoVKUBRgYikYCFRl2BJBkB_sYHRjne7PgHef78QT0uFmH2B5c6nRJHHUbGlhOOPKRaUPCpGtUrWTz7jaCe78_HUSiE/s1600/DSC03980.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJrZahgiYZfp1B8pOwTMHNSzwlSHOOp44y8_iw2UcdApkStUywxoVKUBRgYikYCFRl2BJBkB_sYHRjne7PgHef78QT0uFmH2B5c6nRJHHUbGlhOOPKRaUPCpGtUrWTz7jaCe78_HUSiE/s200/DSC03980.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630305448974814338" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">southern tip of the Malay Peninsula which has been repelled from the Malay Federation in 1965 after racial riot</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">s and other problems. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew">Le</a></span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew">e Kuan Yew </a>became</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> the first </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Prime Minister of the newborn Singapore and was </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">governing the state for 3 decades. Singapore became</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">one of the wealthiest n</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ations in the world and i</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">s wi</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">th Hong Kong SAR the m</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOw0HETjo2yCKjtGxhUK3ByBJVTUAylVrA6_0dZ49xQvVIX-Hxv03Tp7_2F4JIOJOBZHmVs84XTjPPm90lUbSPV3Pc06R0DNzrj_-uKxH_8YG6nvqawbuMyCRxlV-S-yiKx6evS96SI8/s1600/DSC03914.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOw0HETjo2yCKjtGxhUK3ByBJVTUAylVrA6_0dZ49xQvVIX-Hxv03Tp7_2F4JIOJOBZHmVs84XTjPPm90lUbSPV3Pc06R0DNzrj_-uKxH_8YG6nvqawbuMyCRxlV-S-yiKx6evS96SI8/s200/DSC03914.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630089864797258930" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ost powerful econo</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">my in the as</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ian region. It's after New York, London and Hon</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">g Kong the 4th leading Internationa</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">l Financial Centre in the World.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Back to my trip. O</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">n Dutch Queensday I flew with </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Singapore's fla</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">gcarrier <a href="http://www.singaporeair.com/SAA-flow.form?execution=e2s1">Singapore Airlines</a>. A</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">s many travellers </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdmezlxkRV9nqy6_dacpE8o3meYNWi1_BdQxF7246hmYETM9wYu-FyvoHcsbmovb8KYQMV3eAeGWUosyADdLr4TkjIibkaa_T3Wyrs4x09XtuvHEBxUnOZCy2plreIpy6F08ONFkBxPs/s1600/DSC03900.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdmezlxkRV9nqy6_dacpE8o3meYNWi1_BdQxF7246hmYETM9wYu-FyvoHcsbmovb8KYQMV3eAeGWUosyADdLr4TkjIibkaa_T3Wyrs4x09XtuvHEBxUnOZCy2plreIpy6F08ONFkBxPs/s200/DSC03900.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630084859359308498" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">may know <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Airlines">SIA</a> is one of world's leading </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">airlin</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">es, so the fligh</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">t wa</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">sn't a punishment at all. Great services onboard, a 35-in</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ch pit, Personal AVOD, Diner menu cards, flight </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">amenities, re</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">al metal cutl</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ery and drinking g</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">las</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">s for di</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ner.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifklmU36pbunSAVnu1z0kqn3Tm0pkTe7bDdEZIM9QDoX13zcbWJW8kT2OP_F9TQwIvKmnj2_mdsjWLeqAtAB1qSkM0Q7IYUPSyjkRf3ymYS6OKDS-ez7F7D5qEzNNGTw8oPS0S1T7Ib24/s1600/DSC03936.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifklmU36pbunSAVnu1z0kqn3Tm0pkTe7bDdEZIM9QDoX13zcbWJW8kT2OP_F9TQwIvKmnj2_mdsjWLeqAtAB1qSkM0Q7IYUPSyjkRf3ymYS6OKDS-ez7F7D5qEzNNGTw8oPS0S1T7Ib24/s200/DSC03936.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630233054280581250" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Once arrived in Singapore I took a cab to the hotel in the district 'Little India'.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">By coincidence t</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">he cabdriver </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">was a Singaporean hab</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">itant </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">with Cantonese roots, so</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RN-GJZe7on8O5PQ28oQFPXOUwbBH7gTSDGgYOwVPxxyRuXCu7ixVelP_WSmGKoF07kJNBaMKhSk7fNJ2GkU1iCOLq6oly7eijAYCp2LtInWcSS3w2dzFTLA6LkRjyMO53qo94AuKQK0/s1600/DSC03934.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RN-GJZe7on8O5PQ28oQFPXOUwbBH7gTSDGgYOwVPxxyRuXCu7ixVelP_WSmGKoF07kJNBaMKhSk7fNJ2GkU1iCOLq6oly7eijAYCp2LtInWcSS3w2dzFTLA6LkRjyMO53qo94AuKQK0/s200/DSC03934.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630231237662825554" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> the conver</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">sation we</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">nt smooth and felt like a warm welcome.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As I dr</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">opped my luggage at the hotel, I went into t</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">he Cen</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">tral Bu</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">siness District b</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">y subway which is familiar and of </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">c</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ourse super-efficient like in HK.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Like Victoria and Nathan were important pe</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8C8Pvz2v-IKY4wrNVBxSQ0wmW-LgfQEku34eSjgbwoYPHCdElezYnzJtQ6u9Fi6JjglbMizmCiQ-VP1EESr-YeUwm3bjiTTZhb3BLaekPx2iD3W1jTifJ-D2mvQOANcuNGlr_qhSt44/s1600/DSC03945.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8C8Pvz2v-IKY4wrNVBxSQ0wmW-LgfQEku34eSjgbwoYPHCdElezYnzJtQ6u9Fi6JjglbMizmCiQ-VP1EESr-YeUwm3bjiTTZhb3BLaekPx2iD3W1jTifJ-D2mvQOANcuNGlr_qhSt44/s200/DSC03945.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630303789021301282" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">rsons for HK,</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> the British <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford_Raffles">Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles</a> has been t</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">he founder and indire</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ctly responsible for the Singapore of nowadays. Today, there a m</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">any legacies of Raffles, like several places in the CBD, streets and SIA's First class is named Raffles</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Class.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A short while ago, the brandnew</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Marina Bay Sands has </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">been opene</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgBBsqyZvQd665WL0OlB-skmHxcU8oM43ZQlaNDpq4hA4mzPXJPYg657AE4y2bJikZKXFt0PNmOOmAo3TafmwbP5Rn4dlxW4LEl4Xgg6g8-FDo0HIqxGsXE8enMIWJUm82NKNjCmyTdY/s1600/DSC04303.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgBBsqyZvQd665WL0OlB-skmHxcU8oM43ZQlaNDpq4hA4mzPXJPYg657AE4y2bJikZKXFt0PNmOOmAo3TafmwbP5Rn4dlxW4LEl4Xgg6g8-FDo0HIqxGsXE8enMIWJUm82NKNjCmyTdY/s200/DSC04303.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630309831558098306" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">d. This megastructure</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> is a </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">3 column Hotel which towers more than 200 m above sea level with a </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">350 m curved,</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> boatlike skypark across the 3 towers. Very impressive since it stands on reclamated land</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOV5kIz06C1BLsyBO68hnJcuPfjELnoxzcHcBvUwNuDyZsyik0VjAGLEQl_ZSF88ueO0N-IvJFSA899kFAjs_ap2zfDKM4jXwKwE2VXfpKo9op9Pjk4BTTaIN3NycpoKi0clUCejqJDIE/s1600/DSC03994.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOV5kIz06C1BLsyBO68hnJcuPfjELnoxzcHcBvUwNuDyZsyik0VjAGLEQl_ZSF88ueO0N-IvJFSA899kFAjs_ap2zfDKM4jXwKwE2VXfpKo9op9Pjk4BTTaIN3NycpoKi0clUCejqJDIE/s200/DSC03994.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630305713883835426" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the CBD there are a lot of heritages</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> from the colonial </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">era under Britisch Straits Se</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ttlements. The Fullerton Hotel is settled on the corner of Singapore Bay and is a former Post Headoffice.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today, many luxury sportscars are crowding the parking lane.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">At Singapore R</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgymUBwf00_TyuFy0v4ngmBF5y2dhtjz6d0jQMpnwh0iHmJGhzF0r84HcLp2Pt7X63nBE78nOFuGjzbturGrXb2ZRarcMmEI0ubr51_BRvLn3bh7BNXHsZ56C8WeZDLSV3QPqehMJI1tI/s1600/DSC03953.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgymUBwf00_TyuFy0v4ngmBF5y2dhtjz6d0jQMpnwh0iHmJGhzF0r84HcLp2Pt7X63nBE78nOFuGjzbturGrXb2ZRarcMmEI0ubr51_BRvLn3bh7BNXHsZ56C8WeZDLSV3QPqehMJI1tI/s200/DSC03953.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630304071492729650" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">iver are many ancient tradehouses which are nowada</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ys</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> restaurants and cafe's. On the background you'll notice </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">the business district.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXe5VO9R9fh9lK155Scrz6F7kCUHX5yiBVal_U5wJokWaRI_ICJUUNxmHgoA9k3iVikewmIM-X1zdFvWCHGTi90zsWJyf26hv19l8Vq1trYtxH5PExNNEKn3imindf6iryRDSR-leoy4A/s1600/DSC04014.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXe5VO9R9fh9lK155Scrz6F7kCUHX5yiBVal_U5wJokWaRI_ICJUUNxmHgoA9k3iVikewmIM-X1zdFvWCHGTi90zsWJyf26hv19l8Vq1trYtxH5PExNNEKn3imindf6iryRDSR-leoy4A/s200/DSC04014.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630307356659594498" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 112px;" /></a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Singapore</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> maintains 4 official languages: English, Chinese Mandarin, Malay & Tamil.<br />Later that day I went to the Esplanades, a twin Dome p</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">erforming arts centre which has a shape of two <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian">Durians</a>, the king o</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">f fruits.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next part: Sentosa Island; Science center and Orchard Ion Sky.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">At the time of </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">sh</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ooting this picture, several PG kits were already shipped to customers.<br />This is what's left for now. Of course amongst them, one is kit is mine ;-)<br /><br /><span style="color: red;">UPDATE:</span><br /><span style="color: red;">3rd batch has arrived and this week there are some interesting offers on</span><br /><span style="color: red;">Morgenroete Inc. Gunpla store!!</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Will you get this PG kit for Christmas?</span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-29583301171160806772010-11-27T16:50:00.003+01:002014-11-08T18:47:39.110+01:00Two weeks in Japan (conclusion)<span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKJxBZedxSuFHSt5SKeRNYPj7S84X9iAO1qH8D4zsaAiR8YYhcYw4PZsoaSC7P42YMqJ_bJyENSv0moLmVfGuYZ6CIaKYP4tNjPKw8BFA8hhznG7GHrv31YS5fIO9U_QEib8YBooDLP4/s1600/DSC03714.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKJxBZedxSuFHSt5SKeRNYPj7S84X9iAO1qH8D4zsaAiR8YYhcYw4PZsoaSC7P42YMqJ_bJyENSv0moLmVfGuYZ6CIaKYP4tNjPKw8BFA8hhznG7GHrv31YS5fIO9U_QEib8YBooDLP4/s200/DSC03714.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541959076088264418" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After a long period finally the conclusion of the Japan trip. After the ar</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">rival in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo">Tokyo</a></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo">metropolis</a> we headed directly to the Tokyo Tower. As usu</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">al there was a lot of smog, what </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">resulted in a ghost-city like picture at 25</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkXPIHkEa03mzCNFXsLYZCojDt46u43B-ctUQQP3SX-rOJp2nlfpGXoy5MKtT5F_JbWxk7SqAp15B612CjSTG6UiEVk3S4g_9olhBOyZItTVwlytK2L6R-zfNYtTsCzk_pocg5ZKSeaLw/s1600/DSC03721.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkXPIHkEa03mzCNFXsLYZCojDt46u43B-ctUQQP3SX-rOJp2nlfpGXoy5MKtT5F_JbWxk7SqAp15B612CjSTG6UiEVk3S4g_9olhBOyZItTVwlytK2L6R-zfNYtTsCzk_pocg5ZKSeaLw/s200/DSC03721.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541961099141701298" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">0 m </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">height.<br />On Saturdays all</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">most every citizen of Tokyo is ru</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">nning and jogging along the Tokyo parks near the residenc</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">e of the </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">emperror of Japan. It doesn't matte</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">r the conditions are h</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ard. With temp</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxWa2zqLjCdyfzQXshgmjVQ7HDWa7CTGQt85VMHKp3cG3dXqpNscNloqBXyhZoF_d4dFvCaDpNcw7hKM-S9VESElhj4OgRxNXf6awj60HuPQBXxKh-zPTYwKrOPOyeJ2Fbp4es47J0QE/s1600/DSC03748.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxWa2zqLjCdyfzQXshgmjVQ7HDWa7CTGQt85VMHKp3cG3dXqpNscNloqBXyhZoF_d4dFvCaDpNcw7hKM-S9VESElhj4OgRxNXf6awj60HuPQBXxKh-zPTYwKrOPOyeJ2Fbp4es47J0QE/s200/DSC03748.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541961823973650402" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 112px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">eratures of 37 degr</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ees Celsius and humidity of 90% peop</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">le keep on </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">running. We also visited the business district Shinjuku and the 'twin towers' of T</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">okyo</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Government</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Building which are 202 m high.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The next day I spe</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">nt a d</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ay with my niece </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">who was graduating in Japan for Biomed</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ic Technologies a</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">nd would return to the Netherlands within a few weeks.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXlw5Xa3rpppvCSPAqpy1Z4yZlzI_qEU2-S-0WblquKFpcwam0OGFKKewmvtIdHZ9WejKuerFTBfGMz-EAJ6-UTUPoHwHQzzuYhQZ9aIZR4dY7yRoDxrVkTICxMg3KasD3IgL_M7Q3FAE/s1600/DSC03755.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXlw5Xa3rpppvCSPAqpy1Z4yZlzI_qEU2-S-0WblquKFpcwam0OGFKKewmvtIdHZ9WejKuerFTBfGMz-EAJ6-UTUPoHwHQzzuYhQZ9aIZR4dY7yRoDxrVkTICxMg3KasD3IgL_M7Q3FAE/s200/DSC03755.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541963704177004786" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">She showed me A</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">kihabara, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku,_Tokyo">Shinjuku</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Shrine">Meji jungu</a> i</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">n the Shibuya district.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />As known the Akihabara dist</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">rict </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">is </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">a heav</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">en for otaku. All electronic gadgets, videogames and cosplays are concentrated in this area. Fascinating....</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was also able to get my hands on new </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">SNES carts fro</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">m the 90's. I love it!!!<br />The</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> store was c</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf72cOZReo-t2u-YVwnU92wlC0-u6rwST51yNPrMenKtMfn-Y3QdcGV2MKcTrNMn1pVXkWsPwEdGMS4xD6V7ADQfYUq9snPGVay5AAmrPBwGaNr-BmVQ5fFZ1h7wrIna6fIen30OkXAnM/s1600/DSC03758.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf72cOZReo-t2u-YVwnU92wlC0-u6rwST51yNPrMenKtMfn-Y3QdcGV2MKcTrNMn1pVXkWsPwEdGMS4xD6V7ADQfYUq9snPGVay5AAmrPBwGaNr-BmVQ5fFZ1h7wrIna6fIen30OkXAnM/s200/DSC03758.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541964684169859010" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">alled Retro store....catching! All video</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">g</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ames systems from the 80's till now are a</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">vailable!<br />As you can se</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">e: Loads of</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> retro gam</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">es</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">!</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPuCEd3kb6cP7HK4SAisEgg46XczzGRErufL7IDnp7Yo0Yht4PCAgmpPcCxboT3I1TMPRBYpOVMB9LuYDNdhODsPuxWzGHUpKjpYAcKoyEp2O0XTzV76qoB_V4cxzkr-I3df__lMFvRg/s1600/DSC03847.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPuCEd3kb6cP7HK4SAisEgg46XczzGRErufL7IDnp7Yo0Yht4PCAgmpPcCxboT3I1TMPRBYpOVMB9LuYDNdhODsPuxWzGHUpKjpYAcKoyEp2O0XTzV76qoB_V4cxzkr-I3df__lMFvRg/s200/DSC03847.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544246898397252370" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Late</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">r that day we sp</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">en</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">t</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> some time on</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">w</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">orld's famous </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">crossing poin</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">t at the </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibuya,_Tokyo">Shibuya</a> district.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two days later w</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">e concluded our jo</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">urney in Japan and returned to The Netherlands with a dayflight with KLM.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The return flight was a litt</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">le less comfortable due to a </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQCSm3NfRyjrEvfNKxddSiY6OtPtlNnkY0WU7ZPylAjxh9SxUDfcbXiG8vxZmL_o8NCHeOn_r04beRxShYE9btyliguIRgiIn-VH1Ivb57Wo2JEcEKlR0RfxQ1TiEsYE8FbPNTALTpw8/s1600/DSC03864.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQCSm3NfRyjrEvfNKxddSiY6OtPtlNnkY0WU7ZPylAjxh9SxUDfcbXiG8vxZmL_o8NCHeOn_r04beRxShYE9btyliguIRgiIn-VH1Ivb57Wo2JEcEKlR0RfxQ1TiEsYE8FbPNTALTpw8/s200/DSC03864.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544249646104910498" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">lot of turbulence during the flight.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was a great way to </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">expl</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ore the Kansai region and Tokyo metropolis. Somewhere in the future, I would like to take an</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ot</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">her trip to Japan.<br /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The remarkable English skills of the Japanese &</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Wedding</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> in Meji Jungu<br /><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dUE93N8Bqz33RDWNfbSiO5IjdxUfS2I73goWeYsk-B0VkvMieFzmoazvQTpK75FnGfwzGcdLWEskpDcVYxnE5bzPT6HSrGe0xpb7owlEPsFz84QU3T4aDIDeMI_yrkfQ1nbh2TB2Fok/s1600/DSC03815.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6dUE93N8Bqz33RDWNfbSiO5IjdxUfS2I73goWeYsk-B0VkvMieFzmoazvQTpK75FnGfwzGcdLWEskpDcVYxnE5bzPT6HSrGe0xpb7owlEPsFz84QU3T4aDIDeMI_yrkfQ1nbh2TB2Fok/s200/DSC03815.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544252983910111682" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1s0vmvEy8_xSdvPEKvktH78EoCSvIWdxTsmfqs6U7bY245K-3ChmUqhQQqrWzeRjl3GO_66VPriDb5TDBpv5CG0EEgSrlWbbY78od1upLb1GKhFJ9N6fF8ohx-V31pDcqV0-IDQxF4o/s1600/DSC03848.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1s0vmvEy8_xSdvPEKvktH78EoCSvIWdxTsmfqs6U7bY245K-3ChmUqhQQqrWzeRjl3GO_66VPriDb5TDBpv5CG0EEgSrlWbbY78od1upLb1GKhFJ9N6fF8ohx-V31pDcqV0-IDQxF4o/s200/DSC03848.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544253226118447714" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a></span><br />
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Nara wa</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">s also the capital of Japan in the 8th century. Today it is a small town with </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">approx. over 4000 habitants. </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">But the history remains. This </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">year is the </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdSx7N5CZpH0Ge3i6FTA5r65Kq6dR3M1TQ4LKxWsTd9HZfwm3Qjd-iNxIM-gUzAvt9sxDQ7eeTSdlBoc4Ipy3UphX1HLsc_sJCroRH-aKejVqI92zOPtdGkawKYj5tK5ldRJ_SH_3Ny-8/s1600/DSC03397.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #33ffff;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdSx7N5CZpH0Ge3i6FTA5r65Kq6dR3M1TQ4LKxWsTd9HZfwm3Qjd-iNxIM-gUzAvt9sxDQ7eeTSdlBoc4Ipy3UphX1HLsc_sJCroRH-aKejVqI92zOPtdGkawKYj5tK5ldRJ_SH_3Ny-8/s200/DSC03397.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504070859751544114" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">celebration of Nara's 1300 years a</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">nn</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">iversary.<br />Throughout Nara t</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">here are nearly 'infinite' amount of </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">deers walkin</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">g around for som</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">e sempei (a sort of biscuit) from tour</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">ists.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3foAccIys6nASFZ0lFrt5bPwbrZdAZN9RNJoqH4Qc-Frf3FFY430xSANytBcyQpT6SIq_e8Et5NcqYPkMeBMEY4BvdSH5j6_QsnXQeHaY5kxAmDrqdMibTC-8wEFdpYAmGVsEF9BdTw/s1600/DSC03488.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #33ffff;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3foAccIys6nASFZ0lFrt5bPwbrZdAZN9RNJoqH4Qc-Frf3FFY430xSANytBcyQpT6SIq_e8Et5NcqYPkMeBMEY4BvdSH5j6_QsnXQeHaY5kxAmDrqdMibTC-8wEFdpYAmGVsEF9BdTw/s200/DSC03488.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505295728770357138" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">We also have visited th</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">e hi</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">ghest building in the Kansai </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">reg</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bRTgL9YALzCrhsoGUQlbis77_S6FQczrF7xaVS8anTUVyGMp9jeGSBXLNQ8EyvCApL5JbQIaGUSPK2hHoYIodtQ7IqbQh0oNeIDbPtN1p30qTWvofvDHfuI6vycNUhyphenhyphenV_W_qZvO8QlQ/s1600/DSC03508.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #33ffff;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-bRTgL9YALzCrhsoGUQlbis77_S6FQczrF7xaVS8anTUVyGMp9jeGSBXLNQ8EyvCApL5JbQIaGUSPK2hHoYIodtQ7IqbQh0oNeIDbPtN1p30qTWvofvDHfuI6vycNUhyphenhyphenV_W_qZvO8QlQ/s200/DSC03508.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505296153073044978" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">ion, the Cosmo WTC tower, </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">which is a</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">b</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">out 260 m high</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">. We had a </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">nice and clear view over almos</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">t t</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">he whole Kansai region</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">. Eve</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">n the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashi-Kaiky%C5%8D_Bridge"><span style="color: #33ffff;">Akas</span></a><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashi-Kaiky%C5%8D_Bridge">hi-Kaikyo bridge</a> in Kobe (Worl</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">d's</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> longest suspension bridge</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">) could be see</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">n.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">Kobe would be th</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">e next place to visit. Though in 1995</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> been smashed by mother </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">nature due</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> th</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIK70D9ItnqEGoxHd8p0AnbyuBhDw23RZxlc76SSfmugxJnuAJ88GW06CFERMJowmDmpOwibTFlZlG4YDBXjcIKylvcpC8yP5b9gw7Co8kbE7m_WDC-K5GDMpxU0-3zTSmYaUUopHwM-s/s1600/DSC03553.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #33ffff;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIK70D9ItnqEGoxHd8p0AnbyuBhDw23RZxlc76SSfmugxJnuAJ88GW06CFERMJowmDmpOwibTFlZlG4YDBXjcIKylvcpC8yP5b9gw7Co8kbE7m_WDC-K5GDMpxU0-3zTSmYaUUopHwM-s/s200/DSC03553.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505297651845953666" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">e e</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">arthquake, Kobe has been r</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">ecovered quite fast. Besides a monumentary a</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">t the Ko</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">be tower at the port,</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> there is not m</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">u</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">ch left that </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">reminds you of the catastroph</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">e </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">from 15 years ago...incredi</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKeik1MVgL1PNubBfIHqjgrvtMjl5kIpAtXPMv-nf2FSnuZ3C-7SkJ9KPmCEZxiFdqkDJwPu29GgpH5HUg-us8VHgvec3Rw5n-x5qSRcjK-9dfzP3dUHhXnimiN7K-LFJOPJwSCgLAmc/s1600/DSC03586.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #33ffff;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKeik1MVgL1PNubBfIHqjgrvtMjl5kIpAtXPMv-nf2FSnuZ3C-7SkJ9KPmCEZxiFdqkDJwPu29GgpH5HUg-us8VHgvec3Rw5n-x5qSRcjK-9dfzP3dUHhXnimiN7K-LFJOPJwSCgLAmc/s200/DSC03586.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505297993790579602" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">ble. </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">We also took the bus and cross the Akashi bridge to</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> A</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">waji Island. There is </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">not much to do, but it </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">wa</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">s </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">quiet</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> and beautiful to see some</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> more nature. Back in Kobe we visited the Kobe </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">Tower which is 108 m </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">high.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">A platfor</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeTur5xlg-Pj2JV1Svf3ZTXWUQDgu9H5x9AarSZyqYM5NNmzJAbsqGn4r2zYwuJuXBduhLaP2iZob-gMCN38QOesc9DCB-g6LDFd4xz23NODVBWVxE5vpXkwwRqgi6c6HSz1_v0AtyQY/s1600/DSC03606.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #33ffff;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeTur5xlg-Pj2JV1Svf3ZTXWUQDgu9H5x9AarSZyqYM5NNmzJAbsqGn4r2zYwuJuXBduhLaP2iZob-gMCN38QOesc9DCB-g6LDFd4xz23NODVBWVxE5vpXkwwRqgi6c6HSz1_v0AtyQY/s200/DSC03606.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507571987823543138" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 112px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">m at a</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">bout 90 m turns around in 25 minutes. We enjoyed the view with a </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">good</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">glass</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> of beer.<br />Another day passes by and we decided to visit the Botanic Gardens nearby the Nagai Stadium in Osaka. It lies in the southern district Minami. We were amazed by the exc</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">el</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">lent sports-a</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWmFpu6PDkpWqIvbYIEt04GKA3HwCbCRH_AV1O9Z_iqatE1_7zXvKJpmJEXakNpD8VDlcljpUvn5JiXP4bFGWljGOwx7vnoDL7P8ekZTnafCFqhu8GDe_jILTWKrMAqhB55NiQ8MYTik/s1600/DSC03614.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #33ffff;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWmFpu6PDkpWqIvbYIEt04GKA3HwCbCRH_AV1O9Z_iqatE1_7zXvKJpmJEXakNpD8VDlcljpUvn5JiXP4bFGWljGOwx7vnoDL7P8ekZTnafCFqhu8GDe_jILTWKrMAqhB55NiQ8MYTik/s200/DSC03614.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514992127603024210" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">ccomodations for public and </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">professionals. The athletic stadiu</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">m of </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">Naga</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">i has also a soccer</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">-fi</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">eld which surpasses many rek</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">nown s</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">tadiums in Europe in facilities </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">and con</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">dition.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"><br />On July 23rd we travelled fro</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">m Osaka-City to Tokyo Metropolis.</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> Of course, we took </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">the famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen">Shinkansen</a>, known as the bullet-train, which is a </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">misconcept since the</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> bullet-design dated </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">from</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qmHjTnL_uW_3p5Wx9ot8TL-Lt3PVkkDSYVikq9bwyOpazDQ2U7YWjywPpcj8kjf4S67GwsCRBpy2QbumcsD8xGzQ2G6aQSG1yrZQGBeotvxxIwZozTw-olSn_8-R2RO1LE1mUj9zOeQ/s1600/DSC03674.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #33ffff;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1qmHjTnL_uW_3p5Wx9ot8TL-Lt3PVkkDSYVikq9bwyOpazDQ2U7YWjywPpcj8kjf4S67GwsCRBpy2QbumcsD8xGzQ2G6aQSG1yrZQGBeotvxxIwZozTw-olSn_8-R2RO1LE1mUj9zOeQ/s200/DSC03674.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514993967464347186" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> the 1960's and is obs</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">olete by now.<br />The dis</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">tance between saka</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> and Tokyo is approximately 600 km. We did it in 2h4</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">0m</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">in. with th</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">e Shinkansen Nozumi 700 Series and a rms speed of +250 km/h....amazing.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TsP1Pfoju4EUmsjkT5UbxddKKrcR8OCWIr-0ZnpbEq6jhWWDWOp6kOeFU014sMl6fxctvvlcrOEl9EIrQMGmXUPag9QQi5PYcdWgcF_FHh3LEsaYk0tYWA4Pk8_kqixXeDJ7eksl_sk/s1600/DSC03507.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #33ffff;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TsP1Pfoju4EUmsjkT5UbxddKKrcR8OCWIr-0ZnpbEq6jhWWDWOp6kOeFU014sMl6fxctvvlcrOEl9EIrQMGmXUPag9QQi5PYcdWgcF_FHh3LEsaYk0tYWA4Pk8_kqixXeDJ7eksl_sk/s200/DSC03507.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515001327515262914" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately there was a l</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">ot of smog that day. So we weren't able to catch a glimp of mount Fuji between Shizuoka and Kanagawa.<br />That's it for no</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">w. Next time, the</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> conclusion of the Japan trip.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"><br />Shinkansen N700 Interior</span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-37495506590090534612010-08-04T23:39:00.029+02:002014-11-08T18:47:05.182+01:00Two weeks in Japan (part 2)<span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJGSXURyQ5ajlZ-gMTQfl6G6gqG1cojOnOLf4jzu8bhK6Z9qqpk7_NlUkBdyfg7cAJueHGsV8YHFQfW0wLwVbmzppa6-Z86A_OErnCECwAOYQ5iLJNg9n3eX1_t2MrqOe2gLHF6XNWNE/s1600/DSC03162.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihJGSXURyQ5ajlZ-gMTQfl6G6gqG1cojOnOLf4jzu8bhK6Z9qqpk7_NlUkBdyfg7cAJueHGsV8YHFQfW0wLwVbmzppa6-Z86A_OErnCECwAOYQ5iLJNg9n3eX1_t2MrqOe2gLHF6XNWNE/s200/DSC03162.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502051679503794914" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Part two starts with a daytrip to Japan's former capital </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kyoto. We visited the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkaku-ji">Ginkaku-Ji</a> temple and garden.<br />At first we missed our get-off </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">point at the temple. After a while we concluded that we should go bac</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">k </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuN22Qcx8tomGaqPS7PXSQt1O_6GzRROeGJrF0YOtqEbmBQA0g-PFyQtxm5EPfcsoerflUKmtM8qvNJO0liSAZESjYYuq80MAWCBUfdtXBlbIQ7Q_I1mYfrjdJRGgWLihVgTRo0siAaI/s1600/DSC03173.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWuN22Qcx8tomGaqPS7PXSQt1O_6GzRROeGJrF0YOtqEbmBQA0g-PFyQtxm5EPfcsoerflUKmtM8qvNJO0liSAZESjYYuq80MAWCBUfdtXBlbIQ7Q_I1mYfrjdJRGgWLihVgTRo0siAaI/s200/DSC03173.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502052811691400162" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">a few km. A local on bike who was initially a little irritated </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">because we were stan</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ding in t</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">he way, was very kind to help us. He was one of the very fe</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">w Japanese who spoke properly English. The plan was to walk along the 'path of philosophy' to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanzen-ji">Nanzen-Ji</a> temple. But halfw</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">a</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">y we decided to get of the track and take the bus back </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">to te centr</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-rwZ4MFBmWEA_0iyI1NPuO4B7vU-NUwrHJbfZov-i2fyKSiRY88qZJxyLTbmmupUIDl223ISnHgkE8ef88Hu1RaAs3vipIxUwXbsNdIX-KUXBWEW35DevxqncNwpJRwD0rYZV0mCLoc/s1600/DSC03185.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-rwZ4MFBmWEA_0iyI1NPuO4B7vU-NUwrHJbfZov-i2fyKSiRY88qZJxyLTbmmupUIDl223ISnHgkE8ef88Hu1RaAs3vipIxUwXbsNdIX-KUXBWEW35DevxqncNwpJRwD0rYZV0mCLoc/s200/DSC03185.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502054206614008706" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">e of Kyoto due to th</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">e high temperature rising </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">till 36 degrees Celsius. At </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kyoto station we visited a</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">noth</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">er t</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUm0cKwAxPYph5xTomKnTtpCux0va7iUs6gLVQOKNba5IDzlnbAWjymTBr1i48ZNg0zO996BN937Dg6cnDAReDZC8RDcCGYCy2smyXiwVbowHELCnTAERu-gsrP19OSzJC2NH7NB2DvE4/s1600/DSC03210.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUm0cKwAxPYph5xTomKnTtpCux0va7iUs6gLVQOKNba5IDzlnbAWjymTBr1i48ZNg0zO996BN937Dg6cnDAReDZC8RDcCGYCy2smyXiwVbowHELCnTAERu-gsrP19OSzJC2NH7NB2DvE4/s200/DSC03210.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502054950952067954" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">emple and also the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Tower">Kyoto Tower</a> which</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> is about 130 meters high. A new record in c</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">omparison to the Tsuten</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">kaku tower (103 m).</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Kyoto station was also very impr</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">essive. a high rised building with many escalators. One after anoth</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">er going sky-high!</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGkbg_yERJ8eg8FgrYUSV3lNmMATcQrG99nRkzcgLc6bMaB-dmNKaOfzM0nqCohyaxlS_m4pHbC5uyHF2J4ujHl9P30NmaqwsI5OFmT902CL5SNYmq_SY7k-avOmS5WU2yf5-NXAj4KM/s1600/DSC03256.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGkbg_yERJ8eg8FgrYUSV3lNmMATcQrG99nRkzcgLc6bMaB-dmNKaOfzM0nqCohyaxlS_m4pHbC5uyHF2J4ujHl9P30NmaqwsI5OFmT902CL5SNYmq_SY7k-avOmS5WU2yf5-NXAj4KM/s200/DSC03256.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502259226252433954" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The next day was</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> another day in Great</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipa7lXEAj8Br7MuwrjaW26WV7tsyorHH8fwdZyVaGUmbk67d2m3bB_d328Ve1oT8gQc2X6sJyaHheAaNrCnRmsbHSfzuWBtnwMaHwKrmeXUTB69Zh_Bmy5tXFcRCFu40wEtawzmfVKRwo/s1600/DSC03274.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipa7lXEAj8Br7MuwrjaW26WV7tsyorHH8fwdZyVaGUmbk67d2m3bB_d328Ve1oT8gQc2X6sJyaHheAaNrCnRmsbHSfzuWBtnwMaHwKrmeXUTB69Zh_Bmy5tXFcRCFu40wEtawzmfVKRwo/s200/DSC03274.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502259436592105922" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">er Osaka. We visited the famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_Aquarium_Kaiyukan">Kaiyukan</a></span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> aquarium. </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The theme of this aquraium is '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire">The ring of fire</a>', because it shows the species from all </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">arou</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">nd the Pacifi</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">c Ocean. A great watertank filled with 5,4 million liters </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">of water and</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> their famous residents: 2 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_sharks">Whale Sharks</a> and 2 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manta_rays">Manta Rays</a>.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Later that day we visited another tower: the Umeda </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsS0YhegGYxVN20nZIrbpRDpiepFoukM9C9pvZ6m6Vm_H-ITY1Gt9VESTcxC5CwV7yHoojV-GC3iATm1m0_VLcwfh2HK1S32ktlD6QzZKbQrpf3d6-IEQOmwC6U6fovHmYrD8SCP0zOJQ/s1600/DSC03364.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsS0YhegGYxVN20nZIrbpRDpiepFoukM9C9pvZ6m6Vm_H-ITY1Gt9VESTcxC5CwV7yHoojV-GC3iATm1m0_VLcwfh2HK1S32ktlD6QzZKbQrpf3d6-IEQOmwC6U6fovHmYrD8SCP0zOJQ/s200/DSC03364.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502260090638488082" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Towers. An</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">other new height has been reached: 173 m.<br />The view was again....amazing....pictures were taken from the floating garden between the both towers.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Later tha</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">t ev</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ening we also to</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ok a break at Namba parks before getting dinner. A park that has risen on the roof of the shopping mall in Namba. More pics are coming up!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Umeda Tower at distance and Namba Parks</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-89529038505210216612010-08-04T23:30:00.003+02:002014-11-08T18:46:49.876+01:00Two weeks in Japan (part 1)<span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeyO88WuuCW4JeLA0faIjCI2XfR9yzbqpXXVaHsUN67l4P-BLy2ZNavEtHYgjhROLt7V1xcE7sK5YDlkr1PzDGYJPLCyk6V3fgXCA320gEU2Q7W3FxzceZKsPx4tDJDsNgowzeDSNN_I4/s1600/DSC02979.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeyO88WuuCW4JeLA0faIjCI2XfR9yzbqpXXVaHsUN67l4P-BLy2ZNavEtHYgjhROLt7V1xcE7sK5YDlkr1PzDGYJPLCyk6V3fgXCA320gEU2Q7W3FxzceZKsPx4tDJDsNgowzeDSNN_I4/s200/DSC02979.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500894850787439954" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">It's been quite a while since my last post. So here's a new post about my last vacation to the land of the ris</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZh_KMFvYs00_VToE7_ycMX4iM9QgZ94zxCEA5i33MnHOC3d30zbcPOS6BopJcu_m05ycEh_zDGip4haGTdRyDGKJQ7Apa6Mm8uElvXBflzyxCNdMb99O6XSxin-hRNJqeU8KAPKTHPC8/s1600/DSC02999.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #33ffff;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZh_KMFvYs00_VToE7_ycMX4iM9QgZ94zxCEA5i33MnHOC3d30zbcPOS6BopJcu_m05ycEh_zDGip4haGTdRyDGKJQ7Apa6Mm8uElvXBflzyxCNdMb99O6XSxin-hRNJqeU8KAPKTHPC8/s200/DSC02999.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500896280116258306" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 112px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">ing sun and the origin of Otaku....Japan. Having been in </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">Hon</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">g </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">Kong earlier this year (May), I thought it would be a nice extension to explore the Farther East. We started the journey with a flight from A</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">mst</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">erdam to </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">Osaka in the Kansai Region. Many people will</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"> think about Tokyo first, but the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_region">Kansai Region</a> is also interesting, because of the well-known cities as Kobe (Kobe-beef and unfortunately also the 1995 earthquake) and the former capital of Japan, Kyoto, which has far more history than </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhoNSi7Zmt93dsgTn675ZGmVAjLTWJH4OBlZKcFvR2nVzfwS4BZpv7qk-SkKqcuS23xKNSqPs5rQYyXcTwqwkjvF1AOpV9ry3t02IoTFurYof44_H3NjwLqAcSEO-uJ02jTw87GG82XiI/s1600/DSC03002.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhoNSi7Zmt93dsgTn675ZGmVAjLTWJH4OBlZKcFvR2nVzfwS4BZpv7qk-SkKqcuS23xKNSqPs5rQYyXcTwqwkjvF1AOpV9ry3t02IoTFurYof44_H3NjwLqAcSEO-uJ02jTw87GG82XiI/s200/DSC03002.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501263779131599394" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">the n</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">owadays Tokyo metropolis. The first flight towards Osa</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">ka </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">Kansai International Airport was a comfortable one with a KLM Boeing 777-200ER. Although having flown for many times in widebodies like 747-400, it was actually my </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">first flight in a triple seven.<br />We were staying at a hotel in Nipponbashi nearby the busy district <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namba">Namba</a>. We discovered that it w</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">as</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicgFthnouk-BH5TFqPWuQKBWMEBXqWJAx5e5HP5Hf7pv_zj8Pgb-dYHPR1adIqpGnOymh3nb4-Nt3guIXzkxHJVH_R6jrL2MrhVP4obM6UvPIJ5jC8eK9HkrUaEjYBVltEbqz4Y4yw4rU/s1600/DSC03022.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicgFthnouk-BH5TFqPWuQKBWMEBXqWJAx5e5HP5Hf7pv_zj8Pgb-dYHPR1adIqpGnOymh3nb4-Nt3guIXzkxHJVH_R6jrL2MrhVP4obM6UvPIJ5jC8eK9HkrUaEjYBVltEbqz4Y4yw4rU/s200/DSC03022.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501312402894890706" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 112px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"> located in the mid</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">dle of</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"> Den Den Town, a shopping area for electronic</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"> equipment, ga</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">mes, anime and a heaven for Otaku which is comparable with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihabara">Akihabar</a></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihabara">a</a> in Tokyo.<br />Our first activity was visiting the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ts%C5%ABtenkaku">Tsutenkaku tower</a> in Naniwa ward. It gives a </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">great view on the southern (minami) se</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">ction of Osaka. It wouldn't be the last tower we are going to visit.<br />We also visited </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3XqoiEpC7EIikQQGjEGPhhtGRB2kGErjsBPoJkEn-UNQbzyftYdWdYUrPTJWvHdHPKl4aBRZMFuhiXTL2oKwAjsgPBeEvGqQbfjCNbvO1sH9mDdFyvFEqMsyt2Wv_JqTccFm2BdvY48/s1600/DSC03061.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh3XqoiEpC7EIikQQGjEGPhhtGRB2kGErjsBPoJkEn-UNQbzyftYdWdYUrPTJWvHdHPKl4aBRZMFuhiXTL2oKwAjsgPBeEvGqQbfjCNbvO1sH9mDdFyvFEqMsyt2Wv_JqTccFm2BdvY48/s200/DSC03061.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501474484773353250" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">the Osaka Zoo for the time being till we could check in at 15:00 later that day.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">The next day we went to the famous Osaka Castle. It provides a great view.<br />Unfortunately the world famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himeji_Castle">Himeji Castle</a>, one of the few original </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">surviving castles in Japan from the 17th century, was under renovation at this</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cSMjTbAi45brbJqHfj8rHZM5aL0PbrBrVGoObKVXebRfQQUkKq_uTVMPI58JwrdMUEChpskmFNRw-Pj-o3rY1IrlfJ_Ie1ArxuQFc9ExKbH2vsRhYSeWJttR4o_AQNTMlJ0yJyGOVg8/s1600/DSC03106.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cSMjTbAi45brbJqHfj8rHZM5aL0PbrBrVGoObKVXebRfQQUkKq_uTVMPI58JwrdMUEChpskmFNRw-Pj-o3rY1IrlfJ_Ie1ArxuQFc9ExKbH2vsRhYSeWJttR4o_AQNTMlJ0yJyGOVg8/s200/DSC03106.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501666594865835042" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">time which will last till 2015! The southern districts, k</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">now</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">n as </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">Minami has the Shitennoji-temple. The narrow streets has the well-known electricity- and telecommunicationpoles and cables. Well, that's for now. More reports are comin' up soon!</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAcKHpNe00dtnW4TCh411l2eplNlG-wq5hB4V-DWS9eHl0r-C_JCMdd8vczTs40SW_eLd2mqzJUD9XrUshdDOkLtE5Gkwa5kna-F9VYQfvhqarD5ezj1AVQja7BlVBIcAMmtTaS47S2s/s1600/DSC03115.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAcKHpNe00dtnW4TCh411l2eplNlG-wq5hB4V-DWS9eHl0r-C_JCMdd8vczTs40SW_eLd2mqzJUD9XrUshdDOkLtE5Gkwa5kna-F9VYQfvhqarD5ezj1AVQja7BlVBIcAMmtTaS47S2s/s200/DSC03115.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501666772925507106" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><br /><br />Are you g</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;">oing on a vacation this summer?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Great view from the Tsutenkaku Tower<br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXBvIoRJSbmpF7VOuq21Bg381HCoTmMsSGjcHpTb_oEAi_5IbqQA14ldZzJ7xX26DY7SVoli8_VhuS1BHdXtdj3C1dWoRXRvYSLd5zvVAE586Srclle1hUx7SE8twSzY3UVksfhreORU/s1600/DSC03010.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXBvIoRJSbmpF7VOuq21Bg381HCoTmMsSGjcHpTb_oEAi_5IbqQA14ldZzJ7xX26DY7SVoli8_VhuS1BHdXtdj3C1dWoRXRvYSLd5zvVAE586Srclle1hUx7SE8twSzY3UVksfhreORU/s200/DSC03010.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501668841389383154" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 112px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>A rollercoaster in the middle of the city! Only possible in Japan!<br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMClF7bd4dlTumZfgqQVruWLhvUMxBZik1NGsdIaQFd1hG0c4A2Z0Aft6jNKuHGjbPiKqyluTkY2yJvCEamkDT8pFLaLsxl-zsTnwgyocA_dxpd5WvqMc3WA37e7Bru8JzfOMq7o3Nvk/s1600/DSC03025.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMClF7bd4dlTumZfgqQVruWLhvUMxBZik1NGsdIaQFd1hG0c4A2Z0Aft6jNKuHGjbPiKqyluTkY2yJvCEamkDT8pFLaLsxl-zsTnwgyocA_dxpd5WvqMc3WA37e7Bru8JzfOMq7o3Nvk/s200/DSC03025.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501669662601639234" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 112px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span>All pictures taken with Sony-Alpha A-300 + 16-80 mm Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-37838988745380065792010-03-21T12:12:00.005+01:002014-11-08T18:46:31.953+01:00Review - Macross Frontier kit VF-25G Messiah Valkyrie Michel Blanc Custom<span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho86VUS7GUf2jL0xSpy17H0CBq5Mlzsu4A5xph16T5ONRk6TCz6z4wJHOD5hce91Bv4QYE-aoyfgBdsN5O5hC0Vt-VDxxN9zAJNxiuNCWbj5_G9OL0TZzA2g6ygq1nqY70cx97CbRZSk4/s1600-h/DSC02210.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho86VUS7GUf2jL0xSpy17H0CBq5Mlzsu4A5xph16T5ONRk6TCz6z4wJHOD5hce91Bv4QYE-aoyfgBdsN5O5hC0Vt-VDxxN9zAJNxiuNCWbj5_G9OL0TZzA2g6ygq1nqY70cx97CbRZSk4/s200/DSC02210.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450776746243395890" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 150px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lSGyn-ItaOoDefaC4gEJVNMV2LpjFtVjsVz5Nd_RSqhUa3H9BRWUuuzWMTW8UIyDnbnkf7jQcuZKBAVbXpnqkoziNrlO9qo2hMUcFgv51kP0wi94J_YFtg7sPudf7tfez9dBVX0d6bY/s1600-h/DSC02211.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9lSGyn-ItaOoDefaC4gEJVNMV2LpjFtVjsVz5Nd_RSqhUa3H9BRWUuuzWMTW8UIyDnbnkf7jQcuZKBAVbXpnqkoziNrlO9qo2hMUcFgv51kP0wi94J_YFtg7sPudf7tfez9dBVX0d6bY/s200/DSC02211.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450776827573005762" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 150px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As promised, here are the pictures taken from the VF-25G Messiah Valkyrie Michel Blanc Custom. The kit is </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">supposed to be at a MG level, but there are some downfalls to mention.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Overall design is </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">excellent, colorschemes are good and...amongst the three modes, the fighter mode is by far the best pose.<br />There are 3 m</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">odes for the macross frontier kits. The first is the Fighter mode. In contradiction to the Gundam Franchise, the Fighter/ jet mode is the primary mode for these models. It declares why the Battroid Mode is less attractive in comparison to the G</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">undam-designs.<br />Of course there is </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkS42n3tss1jfxlVqNbzAOt4sE3j7W1BUFQqNLjlwJPcPmJtzOeggkGP7vyyv4gSgykXers_92D2-ktTpsSDm1kwJT5KCXsLDNhby5WItQL0KYFQpGCFcjQXrCdgM7NxYItNi3lrJICo/s1600-h/DSC02215.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHkS42n3tss1jfxlVqNbzAOt4sE3j7W1BUFQqNLjlwJPcPmJtzOeggkGP7vyyv4gSgykXers_92D2-ktTpsSDm1kwJT5KCXsLDNhby5WItQL0KYFQpGCFcjQXrCdgM7NxYItNi3lrJICo/s200/DSC02215.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451035601879939826" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">a 'robot'mode called Battroid mode. This is for battle-scenes which do not require to much velocity and becomes ha</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ndy is space-scenes.<br />At last, there is </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">a gerwalk mode. This is n intermediate form between Battroid and Fighter mod</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">e.<br />As if a Fi</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">g</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">hter has a pair of legs an</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBoztGUXImFe9FkScPROc2BUM8YZHG0WD-xB8fz1dmXm0FLQKHI-bxPrqunewQTijJyVG085XXSysK-lVPFOxYCMzT3SjXDjIb0DUxjnaaLl3dvpyTHtyim11jsi13Toul4UThmwRfmDs/s1600-h/DSC02213.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBoztGUXImFe9FkScPROc2BUM8YZHG0WD-xB8fz1dmXm0FLQKHI-bxPrqunewQTijJyVG085XXSysK-lVPFOxYCMzT3SjXDjIb0DUxjnaaLl3dvpyTHtyim11jsi13Toul4UThmwRfmDs/s200/DSC02213.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451036041539559154" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">d arms. in the series it became useful in narrow spaces were no velocity cou</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ld </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">be generated.<br /><br />Back to the building proces. the internal parts of the inner skeleton are tiny and delicate. But a pain in the ass to built.</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> As the skeleton became ready, it was a little bit loose as a whole. Transforming to Battroid mode </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDMoVwMYZBVMK_dTiV2NPduBbnVqWJinByqXQkXwiOin1wvVSK0dNfUO_9WuHIvQk6f5FGuXa_qYExmfqeIN8sPhDYfjGdXT8Wg_UQNiaZqL0h-Bdzch1eU5JLpn4amUeJTnjrXdArCI/s1600-h/DSC02217.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDMoVwMYZBVMK_dTiV2NPduBbnVqWJinByqXQkXwiOin1wvVSK0dNfUO_9WuHIvQk6f5FGuXa_qYExmfqeIN8sPhDYfjGdXT8Wg_UQNiaZqL0h-Bdzch1eU5JLpn4amUeJTnjrXdArCI/s200/DSC02217.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451037010029275234" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">or Gerwalk mode is a mission apart.<br />Because</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> all the parts have not much of a margin left, the whole kit is a little unstable if the parts do not fit correctly. During transformation it will give loads of frustration. I've been messing for two hours to get this photoshoot done! Thats why it took so long for a review. I wasn't looking forward for an afternoon like this.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The additional action base 01 S.M.S. version is very good and a nessecity to pose the Valkyrie properly.<br />As I'm a huge fan of ther series and MF models, the kits are somewhat dissapointing. That means: The thought was very good and the meaning also, but the execution did not met the idea. The majors flaws in my opinion:<br />- Knee-cover are loose.<br />- Decals,</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> tons of it to cover </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQablgYhff59r1xbpKrUmC_e3Dj8TKQNQQ2PtXvK3dXCo_-9FrzR6LEH-E-X2xifq6pO81h1Td0znHWG-VpitJLxRAdFp-pwI0tOLoC3q5lD8PTeXEZ50CVkpByzRXaiAE3-0BA_-TcUs/s1600-h/DSC02221.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQablgYhff59r1xbpKrUmC_e3Dj8TKQNQQ2PtXvK3dXCo_-9FrzR6LEH-E-X2xifq6pO81h1Td0znHWG-VpitJLxRAdFp-pwI0tOLoC3q5lD8PTeXEZ50CVkpByzRXaiAE3-0BA_-TcUs/s200/DSC02221.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451038924707392258" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">wrong colors!<br />- Some parts which are supposed to be white, were blue!<br />- Parts fit too tight!<br />- Transforming means frustraton.<br />- Sniper Rifle is a bit loose. By all this, the kit will be showed as a fighter, not because it's th</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICdIjiLNqiPkqtNCqNGKVs-otnAeRgwiuq7T1vpp0tqJiGc700g522q2xzOfjdro-vIS92B_1n6LdV5u43JDSsX9QINr5Kxnsm4T5njzOKUAcVfpoGtngS8G4wv4oURj8zRkCctsITHg/s1600-h/DSC02212.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICdIjiLNqiPkqtNCqNGKVs-otnAeRgwiuq7T1vpp0tqJiGc700g522q2xzOfjdro-vIS92B_1n6LdV5u43JDSsX9QINr5Kxnsm4T5njzOKUAcVfpoGtngS8G4wv4oURj8zRkCctsITHg/s200/DSC02212.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451043085695331906" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 150px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">e best pose, but also most stable form. The limbs are not as posebale like </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">a MG Gundam model, so in Battroid form it looks a little stiff, like the Valkyrie is</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> stored in a hangar.<br />Here are the rest of the pics.<br /><br />In conclusion: I still have Ozma's and Alto's Super and Armored Messiah's and I will build the</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">m in the distant future, but the original idea to collect them all is not anymore. It's quite hard to built them and show properly like I have in mind.<br />But the awesome design makes the hesitation thumbling toward building them.<br /><br /><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCu9ATAH0Mw9jPE0_UprYDnUmm8xl-vM6u4R4ylULy2F-WiBgXC_z3Hn8zAbulF_oMq4jCcy1sMAYO5T3q4v_OT2OiN3QKNMgz7DkWSiSEdHUGr4UdXwFdwfAxMWb2DBGESpVODED1vyo/s1600-h/DSC02212.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbFok_Y7R_-pW1rpub0wgQt7rycj76L86MaYLRh-JGPeKuyXIRvimAL0iztf1dXUq0cXD7p-pwZsOYAo57oyeIQIZcwN7rVCtvIdQNhsBK5df3qJvBvwW13EKQmzDQwQAO-HU3NrwC1zM/s1600-h/DSC02216.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbFok_Y7R_-pW1rpub0wgQt7rycj76L86MaYLRh-JGPeKuyXIRvimAL0iztf1dXUq0cXD7p-pwZsOYAo57oyeIQIZcwN7rVCtvIdQNhsBK5df3qJvBvwW13EKQmzDQwQAO-HU3NrwC1zM/s200/DSC02216.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451041909482958850" style="cursor: pointer; 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display: block; height: 150px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;">Are you planning to built more MF kits?<br /><br />All pictures are taken with: Sony DSC-P8, Digital Compact.</span></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-43011039873882337892010-02-02T21:08:00.006+01:002014-11-08T18:46:13.576+01:00Preview - Macross Frontier kit VF-25G Messiah Valkyrie Michel Blanc Custom<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">At the end of December 2009 I started to assemble Macross Frontier kits aside the Gundam Lines.<br />The following pic</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNsLMcMS74jWPInwYo63BmKssXX7UD-eskaa1XynDjAY9aSzMg_NvJ0B3R0yn4vZ7rtYc72JATwQaVYPXfIT7PYt3TVbMippePQF-J0wzl8wug9-wGAYUMi0f7EYsBdOcvPKl_50E0Gus/s1600-h/DSC02207.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #33ffff;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNsLMcMS74jWPInwYo63BmKssXX7UD-eskaa1XynDjAY9aSzMg_NvJ0B3R0yn4vZ7rtYc72JATwQaVYPXfIT7PYt3TVbMippePQF-J0wzl8wug9-wGAYUMi0f7EYsBdOcvPKl_50E0Gus/s200/DSC02207.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433742535353845650" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">t</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">ures are a little preview of the VF-25G Messiah Valkyrie </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">Michel Blanc Custom.<br />A complete revie</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">w is coming in the near future, but one thing I have to say already, is that</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;"> the MF 1/72 kit is quite complicated due to the transformable features. I </span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">also assembled an Action Base 01 S.M.S. version.<br />This is really a good and nice action base and si</span><span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana;">mple to build.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-38968075562257084582009-12-20T15:45:00.015+01:002014-11-08T18:45:55.772+01:00RPG Classics<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Although the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_game_%28video_games%29">Role-Playing-Game</a> genre has been around for a long ti</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">me, </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yJlxarA4bnKSRZjTH18lKw0JmTTIXv1UBoqBhN3zrzUzNLH1BVHATWJob_9DwG0KcyYoetHKj1TnpoMj7uS2TF04IyZmV6z5zXi-ShWFgNr2Izu7IycsIp95djcA5NpGJC9Cb_0KzXo/s1600-h/secret_of_mana.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yJlxarA4bnKSRZjTH18lKw0JmTTIXv1UBoqBhN3zrzUzNLH1BVHATWJob_9DwG0KcyYoetHKj1TnpoMj7uS2TF04IyZmV6z5zXi-ShWFgNr2Izu7IycsIp95djcA5NpGJC9Cb_0KzXo/s200/secret_of_mana.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417307147866164194" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I didn't care about it till the mid 1990's. Before this era I was very hooked of the 1-on-1 Beat-em-up's like Streetfighter II (Turbo), Fatal Fury and the KoF seri</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">es.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The following R</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">P</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">G-t</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">imeline </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">describes the developments </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">from 1992 till today, with spotlights on the classics on the SNES.<br />In the fall of 1996, it was like I stood up on a day and must have thoug</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ht</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> there must be more than no-thinking games like SF etc.<br />So I bought <a href="http://mmxz.zophar.net/rpg/mana/som.html">Secret of Mana</a>, which I also purchased a few years earli</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">er, but swapped </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">it for another game due to not understanding </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">the R</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">PG genre.<br />I was hooked ag</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxprHcqkdogjoQwF4Du7JWuByJVoZtDOC3Hpyd_cPztbwaFNoXdF9orW0XbtK0y8PC6WNB5wQ6i_BBPkNhmSIu2J_c2n_M0zjnGfNYD11nMh_fju1ZerH0H1C2YwDRR3gMnjV74b0VGs/s1600-h/zelda3_logo.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxprHcqkdogjoQwF4Du7JWuByJVoZtDOC3Hpyd_cPztbwaFNoXdF9orW0XbtK0y8PC6WNB5wQ6i_BBPkNhmSIu2J_c2n_M0zjnGfNYD11nMh_fju1ZerH0H1C2YwDRR3gMnjV74b0VGs/s200/zelda3_logo.gif" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417315875846660098" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 132px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ain and the RPG virus never left me since. Because it was also fall in the lifespa</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">n of the best gameconsole ever, the SNES, my brother and I were hunting for all the greatest RPG's on this system for about two years.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The result was a</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> very i</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">mp</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">re</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ssive list of great RPG's. Most of them were in new conditio</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">n.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A unique feature at the time for Secret of Mana (16-Meg) was the real time action where most of the rivals were menu-driven or turn based. The latter method was because of the limited processing power to realis</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">e real time </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">action. There was also a 3-player mode which gav</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">e the players more fun. My brothers and I are still playing it nowadays!<br />Father of the SNES RPG is without a doubt '<a href="http://mmxz.zophar.net/rpg/zelda/zelda.html">The legend </a></span></span><a href="http://mmxz.zophar.net/rpg/zelda/zelda.html"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">of Zelda I</span></span></a><a href="http://mmxz.zophar.net/rpg/zelda/zelda.html"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">II - A Link to the</span></span></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> past' (8-Meg). In those days - and still- a fantast</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ic in-depth </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">story w</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgiZ_U5-wsPkhudOv6AbI1d-Won4Xt5KDN3uoRqm3Aq88y-PQT-fOeStDeX4HBbwCDbCt8yMnCpR7AVP6hdZZlM_JN5rGRTmOg34vDkJP4wPzGD5skCVHQyc9rbwJ8o3egQspmaWMAMLI/s1600-h/522596_28412_back.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgiZ_U5-wsPkhudOv6AbI1d-Won4Xt5KDN3uoRqm3Aq88y-PQT-fOeStDeX4HBbwCDbCt8yMnCpR7AVP6hdZZlM_JN5rGRTmOg34vDkJP4wPzGD5skCVHQyc9rbwJ8o3egQspmaWMAMLI/s200/522596_28412_back.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417349157780016306" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 140px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ith lots of action released by Nintendo itself.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Squaresoft (Good old times without Enix) was already a specia</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">li</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">st in RPG's and had released Final Fantasies 1 -3 for the NES. Though the s</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">tory</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of FF IV (8-Meg) was very good and today's classic, the graphics were reminding of a pi</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">mped NES. Till winter 1994, Square releases her </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Golden E</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">gg - Final Fantasy VI (FF III in the US) with rendered graphics, great music an</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">d a epic story stored in - at the time huge cart - a 24-Meg ca</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">rt. Since then Square's star has rised to heaven a</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">nd the following succes were even greater. This time, there was besides the turn based, the introduction of active </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4nKD7OdcPURlOCWraEaNvAI6a0eGI4nWapI5vxY5OygbZdL7NX_P3BXhCpNXHikUanoHqcpJ9AGJqcLuvqzc4m643KRrnjDg3MA6BspB03stcaA1Hj4zz7AuBGH5E3m5Ew5eg78XkgXg/s1600-h/chrono-trigger.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4nKD7OdcPURlOCWraEaNvAI6a0eGI4nWapI5vxY5OygbZdL7NX_P3BXhCpNXHikUanoHqcpJ9AGJqcLuvqzc4m643KRrnjDg3MA6BspB03stcaA1Hj4zz7AuBGH5E3m5Ew5eg78XkgXg/s200/chrono-trigger.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417311655216237746" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 135px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">time battle, b</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">etter known as real-time battling menu-driven. In 1994, just after finishing FF VI, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hironobu_Sakaguchi">Hironobu Sakaguchi</a> put together the so called dream team consisting </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABji_Horii">Yuji Horii</a> (Dragon's Quest), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Toriyama">Akira Toriyama</a> (Dragon Ball) and Sakaguchi himself to work on a project which turned out to be the best RPG ever </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrono_Trigger">Chrono Trigger</a> (32-Meg!). Aside of them, there was the debut for music composer Y</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">a</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">sunori Mitsuda. It was a gamble, but it turned out fantastic. Mitsuda asked too much from himse</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">lf and suffered from exhaustion. No</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">buo Uemats</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">u finished his soundtrack with a few tracks, but Uematsu states that the credits goes to Mitsuda.<br />This game was special because it didn't had to change the field screen to action/fight screen. A few extra </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIgSvsnkYU9qSHWoXdf36K_7P6jyXAIbUzG_lfSubFROsvy6gAlpMxXgNeqJDk5rGi32At23tu17MrEKIYiqmmbnocPxFPEiLF2IX7g8rI4dhLTm3DPh0kueafWrn_g1MvW2PGrq2MC4/s1600-h/Chrono_Trigger_Lightning_II.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIgSvsnkYU9qSHWoXdf36K_7P6jyXAIbUzG_lfSubFROsvy6gAlpMxXgNeqJDk5rGi32At23tu17MrEKIYiqmmbnocPxFPEiLF2IX7g8rI4dhLTm3DPh0kueafWrn_g1MvW2PGrq2MC4/s200/Chrono_Trigger_Lightning_II.png" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417321146809901090" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 175px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">menu's appeared when confronting the e</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">nemy and there was a smooth transition in the music. The unique style for the Chrono Series was also the Tech-ability. Depending on wh</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ich character you were using, you could spread a g</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">reat arsenal of magic and fighting combo's, just fenomenal! Of course the activ</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">e time battle system was featured here.<br />Besides of all, ther</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">e were mu</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ltiple endings, depending on what kind of decisions you had made in the past. Now this is Chrono (time) Triggering at highest level!<br />The new game+ feature boosts up the replay value. You</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> can replay the game without searching all the valuable items/ techs once </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">again.<br />Later in 1999</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRZ3F6gm0fLycnqB4zihUgLn0idhlrNxdsxj94MY_klLPt6IKfNr5xi5srekx-MSxNotW8wzvhl4cK7lnOC_nFayXavCSr_OD7gwO7csfOLDr4HOk5JXE5IO0LNdECkIlQQyL9lCv1Nf4/s1600-h/ChronoCross_1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRZ3F6gm0fLycnqB4zihUgLn0idhlrNxdsxj94MY_klLPt6IKfNr5xi5srekx-MSxNotW8wzvhl4cK7lnOC_nFayXavCSr_OD7gwO7csfOLDr4HOk5JXE5IO0LNdECkIlQQyL9lCv1Nf4/s200/ChronoCross_1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417322478499727730" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Sony would also release a 'sequel' named <a href="http://na.square-enix.com/games/CC/">Chrono Cross</a>. This is not a really sequel, because it has no direct connection to the events of Chrono Trigger, but takes place in the same universe about 20 years later. The extra dimension of CC was that it also junps to parallel universes, which explaines the title Chrono Cross.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Due to the arrogance of Nintendo to keep the support of cartrid</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ges, Squaresoft switched and gave the licenses to Sony to release titles</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_%28brand%29">Playstation</a>. This is because the CD-rom (and later DVD-rom) could store much more data, which gave more opportunities and possibilities.<br />The results are known, FF VII till FF IX were cashcows for Sony.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvXUGInt85U5xTLU8KRa_OFezZJUnbP9na5mKvM3dnWeG4Rkyd_hI5PeDDzS2ZRPKgYkHg00yiK9-xuXs0fN1ZQguYlVnCCXJAKyFrUG9YVHrS833bRONMdCLJtPB36M0JL4FnFRff9k/s1600-h/FinalFantasyIXBahamutvsAlexandre1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvXUGInt85U5xTLU8KRa_OFezZJUnbP9na5mKvM3dnWeG4Rkyd_hI5PeDDzS2ZRPKgYkHg00yiK9-xuXs0fN1ZQguYlVnCCXJAKyFrUG9YVHrS833bRONMdCLJtPB36M0JL4FnFRff9k/s200/FinalFantasyIXBahamutvsAlexandre1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417641003149556946" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Many people claim that FF VII is one of the best episode that has been ma</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">de. It was a high quality title with a good in-depth story. </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For me, FF VI is still the one above all, nothing beats the 16-bit era. FF VII & FF VIII was a little change in tactics and technical choices. The party you were playing consist 3 characters. Why Squaresoft made this choice i</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">s unknown. In FF IX was a return to the roots.<br />The characters were more animated like and the music is familiar with the pre-32 bit era. The party you're travelling with consists 4 characters, like bef</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPCB0kHeOo1hk_6Qlr1aEhyx1naTn7Qrqiuzj0XBmm7EJILUI1Ucg8JKla4ehWq0fb08gy_kueOl7tecITodgVl97cID-2RghJwC-fPqqxZ8_fsZEBVlqpR2haOBLrc6rW70qoDxHKHg/s1600-h/logo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPCB0kHeOo1hk_6Qlr1aEhyx1naTn7Qrqiuzj0XBmm7EJILUI1Ucg8JKla4ehWq0fb08gy_kueOl7tecITodgVl97cID-2RghJwC-fPqqxZ8_fsZEBVlqpR2haOBLrc6rW70qoDxHKHg/s200/logo.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417641314957665890" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 137px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ore.<br />The summons are mostly the same as in FF VI.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the early 2000's Squaresoft merged with Enix, it's rival compa</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ny, to the biggest console RPG developper. The merger is comparable with </span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">that of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas in the aviation-world.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Critisism said it hasn't brought that good to the development of the products, I agree. The saga continued on the PS2 with FF X to FF XII. Now in March 2010 the 13th episode awaits for the PS3.<br /><br />Do you look forward to Final Fantasy XIII?</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />A few titles (brandnew) acquired during our hunt late 1990's:<br />Chrono Trigger, FF III (US), Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, S</span></span><span style="color: #33ffff;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">uper Mario RPG, Breath of Fire 1 & 2, Lufia 2, Terranigma, Illusion of Time, Seiken Den Setsu 3 (Secret of Mana 2), Treasure Hunter G, Romancing Saga 3.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-43572350307089880282009-11-14T11:40:00.021+01:002014-11-08T18:45:36.848+01:00New additions<span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGDWRV17W6GWmZM6lnWZIqCUNC8aNsxXhWeSuyDBzvK_QYomXjLliPY2RdkMqmUeRNG3WxV4ZajvoRnKXWYahjO54mTE8VVxqh9aCWUcNtPV95o1wLaIlph5a6NfIKy2vKubJTiNEly0/s1600-h/DSC02191.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGDWRV17W6GWmZM6lnWZIqCUNC8aNsxXhWeSuyDBzvK_QYomXjLliPY2RdkMqmUeRNG3WxV4ZajvoRnKXWYahjO54mTE8VVxqh9aCWUcNtPV95o1wLaIlph5a6NfIKy2vKubJTiNEly0/s200/DSC02191.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403907672020076642" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It has been quite a while since my last p</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">ost. So it's about time </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">to pr</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">e</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">sent my newest additions to my Home Theatre & Home Entertainment. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Th</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">i</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">s</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> time it is a mix of </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">modern computergaming and old school retro gaming.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">At the end of October I bought the new <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/consoles/sony-playstation-3-slim/4505-10109_7-33765068.html">PS3 Slim</a> with a 120 GB </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">HD</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">D</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">. I already know the possibili</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">ties and a few systempushers like <a href="http://www.konami.jp/kojima_pro/english/index.html">Metal Gear Solid 4</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_4:_Modern_Warfare">CoD</a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_4:_Modern_Warfare"> 4 Modern Warfare</a> and the newly released CoD MW2 have con</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">vinced me. T</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">he PS3 slim has more HDD space and a renewed OS</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">. A few features didn't c</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">ome anymore with this version, but it's worth it. PS2 support is not available, whi</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg60LizS79_ECEulvpSq__vE1xks-nfD4nwIC2f4YHTKpw33tVkYK7tfvhmb5RYtRgE4LAs8eXMlXSFsri2LdnTMSnYP6bQxz9Tliq-q5CICy_MMl8LHCuvl3eopi8Ynv0tUqAv1NDjLh0/s1600-h/DSC02196.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg60LizS79_ECEulvpSq__vE1xks-nfD4nwIC2f4YHTKpw33tVkYK7tfvhmb5RYtRgE4LAs8eXMlXSFsri2LdnTMSnYP6bQxz9Tliq-q5CICy_MMl8LHCuvl3eopi8Ynv0tUqAv1NDjLh0/s200/DSC02196.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403910182941227778" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">ch is a downside, since the PS2 is still the cashcow after 9 years of life. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Directly after release I purchased the Hardened Ed</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">ition</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Modern_Warfare_2">CoD MW2</a>. This version includes besides the game disc, a steelbook</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> case, plastic overall sleeve, a booklet with concepts & art-work an</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">d a voucher to download the first CoD, known as CoD Classic.<br /><br />Furthermore, there is a new handheld. The <a href="http://www.nintendo-dsi.org/">Nintendo DSi </a>black is a lovely gadget to play presen</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">t g</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">ames, but also timel</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">es</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0TvZSi32WpcOuy7I5_l8gQ8k0AFBmFtmMaWGBxe4PH8Tcx_PTmCcklbhvigFfpJ9Hqf-PH1haGrRfyPTv9dZTCYoLkj_k1te6HIECqN_Qa7JWHNqp6aEAL3Ue-O9Nu3DrHv9zliENE0/s1600-h/DSC02195.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0TvZSi32WpcOuy7I5_l8gQ8k0AFBmFtmMaWGBxe4PH8Tcx_PTmCcklbhvigFfpJ9Hqf-PH1haGrRfyPTv9dZTCYoLkj_k1te6HIECqN_Qa7JWHNqp6aEAL3Ue-O9Nu3DrHv9zliENE0/s200/DSC02195.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403915520286914114" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">s classics as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrono_Trigger">Chrono Trigger</a> DS.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I love this game and also got the original br</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">andly new SNES cart title from 1995 (purchased in 199</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">8).</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Speaking about the</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System">SNES</a>, i already own an PAL version and shar</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">e</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> a U</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">S SNES with my brother. But if this one dies, it will be difficult to play US games. And I got a good library of </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">fantastic SNES RPG's. So'I purchased a spare US SNES on E-bay.<br />It took me € 5</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">5</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGtLXKrML2Y69hC8bCtLOUn63lxf5NUUfSL_GFnolcAS3HFEBrSJsFHqcwUdHaORc4v-hgVEN3YR39XtKt08oWkTaACd6h_jt0ucDQjZ7qEAynj3cIVeX75f5XZ_OvZFSXB0VRJopOfs/s1600-h/DSC02187.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGtLXKrML2Y69hC8bCtLOUn63lxf5NUUfSL_GFnolcAS3HFEBrSJsFHqcwUdHaORc4v-hgVEN3YR39XtKt08oWkTaACd6h_jt0ucDQjZ7qEAynj3cIVeX75f5XZ_OvZFSXB0VRJopOfs/s200/DSC02187.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403915672698154162" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">,00 shipping from US included, but hey......this brick is</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> gold! The US controlle</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">r, RF</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">-switch and AC-power adaptor are rubbish, but I got a tons of PAL controllers and a</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">ccessoiries. Ow...a Super Mario World game</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> pack was also a free</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">bee.... Nice!<br />But aside from it's uncool design (known as the Brick) the US SNES has a few points over the PAL version. It supports RGB-signals which was comparable with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdmi">HDMI</a> nowadays. The colors of the US SNES were far more brighter, colorful and thus superior to it's PAL nephew. Another good thing is that the Brick is running on 60 Hz due to NTSC, which is 17 % faster than the European counterpart and the black boxes on the top and bo</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">ttom of the screens will not be shown.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Later this year I will spent an article about the classic SNES RPG's.<br />For now, i present a few screenshots which are upscaled by my superb <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/av-receivers/onkyo-tx-sr876-black/4505-6466_7-33270781.html">Onkyo</a> beast and full blown all channel stereo (There wasn't any Dolby Prologic II or DTS HD yet in 1995). The shot of CoD MW 1 & MW 2 is a little blur. Apologies for that.<br />(All pictures are taken with Sony-DSC P8)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">Which type of gaming do you like? Retro, Modern gaming or both?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2iIdTyJYuy_AE0nAXo2jKMt2HjpiDNxF1HzLgjdulKY1Irn-OJeJ-nEywzbenUyi4pLi6cx26dph71jerElosjlccnWRx0yTJzR0lK7P2xLstdlgbcG9vXJg49-8KIJZGkbZeK250Cc/s1600-h/DSC02188.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2iIdTyJYuy_AE0nAXo2jKMt2HjpiDNxF1HzLgjdulKY1Irn-OJeJ-nEywzbenUyi4pLi6cx26dph71jerElosjlccnWRx0yTJzR0lK7P2xLstdlgbcG9vXJg49-8KIJZGkbZeK250Cc/s200/DSC02188.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403918820053370034" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 150px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaN0K0hejFDyVU-AWaK5rVvdgJdxoyOBZtLFY2RT3NXoVZjl5w7Yp6Dd2axvNg8e8FSpPuIVhzMwA4wtNNTh1DQKeXYQN5zvU79m78he1sF1kB05Z0-dMw5307M3HDswxpsbjDMmz2QyE/s1600-h/DSC02192.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaN0K0hejFDyVU-AWaK5rVvdgJdxoyOBZtLFY2RT3NXoVZjl5w7Yp6Dd2axvNg8e8FSpPuIVhzMwA4wtNNTh1DQKeXYQN5zvU79m78he1sF1kB05Z0-dMw5307M3HDswxpsbjDMmz2QyE/s200/DSC02192.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403919181955416114" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 150px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinM2ni-JuiHsXfruEPoxIiQnTe2LB5KB7uojvAyRXJstjqH7fm8GdliTf_YOsfZlV5zfVMA6WtWUfzC42JbQ-WyArtR1Qjojm3QqJD6jlCXX8Ucwy0jbeGRlYzb7dK7SodU-NUP7A2YIc/s1600-h/DSC02193.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinM2ni-JuiHsXfruEPoxIiQnTe2LB5KB7uojvAyRXJstjqH7fm8GdliTf_YOsfZlV5zfVMA6WtWUfzC42JbQ-WyArtR1Qjojm3QqJD6jlCXX8Ucwy0jbeGRlYzb7dK7SodU-NUP7A2YIc/s200/DSC02193.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403919489264517522" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 150px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-14903111505392630772009-09-18T22:52:00.006+02:002014-11-08T18:45:17.630+01:00Poll Results<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Again, the poll has already been closed for a while. The results shows that amongst the High End line of Bandai's PG series, the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam is the most popular version of all. If we look closer to the second place, the MBF-02 Strike Rouge, we'll learn it is the same frame. So, actually the G-frame owns 63% of the votes.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;">Final results:<br />GAT-X105 Strike - 36 %<br />MBF-02 Strike Rouge - 27 %<br />MBF-P02 Astray Red Frame - 18 %<br />XXXG-00W0 Wing Zero Custom - 18 %<br /><br />Thanks for voting and a new poll about the Macross Frontier kits has been added.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqshfsQ6oRrvppmC4_4b8xSu9uGQGPwdlgrl6129_QPi1aHfkMbuhGfgEDSi1YsHhg9gnnACORisAySegSfc661t4TJxnUGmx-6IPnXKNgkERVawLEKbAE42wn4fO0uAiHeZ1U7zhvpw/s1600-h/2691533335_54ab407fcc.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqshfsQ6oRrvppmC4_4b8xSu9uGQGPwdlgrl6129_QPi1aHfkMbuhGfgEDSi1YsHhg9gnnACORisAySegSfc661t4TJxnUGmx-6IPnXKNgkERVawLEKbAE42wn4fO0uAiHeZ1U7zhvpw/s200/2691533335_54ab407fcc.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382916972167642082" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 133px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Picture: Thanks to Danny Choo.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-86084755689825967922009-09-05T15:39:00.036+02:002014-11-08T18:42:57.492+01:00Home Theatre - Next Generation<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Way back in January 2004, half a year before I moved into my current residence, which I've h</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fMcYWVRY2OelN3JpAk4UzRLKhxnsyPYn7nCidoidTRiNUBV9ymLSeUUlBkmQpoqhQHayFrWg2Y19G8nr7yCBQ-x067UZogBialTA6F9EOoAaIBbyd7LDoO8WreUrwRuHTaDH2AAJ4UA/s1600-h/sony_dav-s880resize.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fMcYWVRY2OelN3JpAk4UzRLKhxnsyPYn7nCidoidTRiNUBV9ymLSeUUlBkmQpoqhQHayFrWg2Y19G8nr7yCBQ-x067UZogBialTA6F9EOoAaIBbyd7LDoO8WreUrwRuHTaDH2AAJ4UA/s200/sony_dav-s880resize.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377985743489275746" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 167px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">ad build then, I purchased a Home Theatre system</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> to enjoy the new era</span> of home entertainment. The <a href="http://www.dealtime.co.uk/xPF-Sony-DAV-S880">Sony DAV-S880</a> was a good all-in-one choice at the time. My budget at that time was not that big due to my movement and the purchase of my house. For displaying the video I bought the Sony KV32FQ86 including the complementary furniture. A CRT TV with a 32" display, very big at that time. All together it had cost me about € 1900,00 (US$ 2680,00), € 600,00 HTS and € 1300,00 for the TV. In the mean<span style="font-family: verdana;">time I've hacked the regioncodes a</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">nd it is regionfree since then. But there were also some major flaws. The main shortcoming was the passive subwo</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">ofer. So th</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLohFIqhs4AqYZnEoFBi6lnrlXChj_kv5_GRm-jdcnPS6KXXiNlHnGrAjpjGLdQYHEvRzHtorynU_285B99fNT3spifQQTRtxAIGJ5i7_n9Olsp8UAEDbi3Hb110_XfPJXL6TTJvqu2Y/s1600-h/489.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnLohFIqhs4AqYZnEoFBi6lnrlXChj_kv5_GRm-jdcnPS6KXXiNlHnGrAjpjGLdQYHEvRzHtorynU_285B99fNT3spifQQTRtxAIGJ5i7_n9Olsp8UAEDbi3Hb110_XfPJXL6TTJvqu2Y/s200/489.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377991107706615074" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 198px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">e power of the sub wasn't that high, since it had to drain it's power from the main receiver causing the temperature rising rapidly. The satellite </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">speakers were </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">good with a power of 100W rms per speaker. But as usual, satellite systems are not made for audio or music events. The mid-range frequencies were not that goo</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">d. S</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">ony's S-Master digital a</span>mplifier system made the AV-receiver very compact and gave it a superslim design. But the drawback was that it could, despite the S-Master technology, overheat. Slowdown processing and even crashing could be the result. And as time goes by, the still goodlooking Home Theathre System has became a fossil in the HT scene.<br />This summer I <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_xXHZxI2AiZbRu6qcMUMNeLHjwC1ml-GnXP7L9E83H51swZsqyYCO8FzCdmPzKJyC0by8ZLN83SBayrLeJAcE4bdUNyFEqmTnqoGxlJisWkf2RxS-X2gfpY9Q5e3Ds3GZcfHZ6q4Hss/s1600-h/DSC02184.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_xXHZxI2AiZbRu6qcMUMNeLHjwC1ml-GnXP7L9E83H51swZsqyYCO8FzCdmPzKJyC0by8ZLN83SBayrLeJAcE4bdUNyFEqmTnqoGxlJisWkf2RxS-X2gfpY9Q5e3Ds3GZcfHZ6q4Hss/s200/DSC02184.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377988971874456466" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a>assembled my next generation Home Theatre System. First thing first. The heart of a HT system is an A/V Receiver. My choice is the <a href="http://www.onkyousa.com/model.cfm?class=Receiver&m=TX-SR876">Onkyo TX-SR876</a>. A high-end receiver and top of the line along with the TX-NR906. The receiver has an output of 200W rms per speaker and has many features like 7.1 with all Dolby True HD and DTS HD Master Audio + variants, Bi-amp wiring, up to 3 zones performing. The <a href="http://www.thx.com/">THX</a> Ultra 2 Plus and ISF calibrating is also incl<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEroa-nQc2zM_y6cZTr29QVtJzx5iHyMhJQ1Uw6booSDD2c9Ye50mIzeau_AB0q9Dgj2PDzFQ9EVt6pfW-irytpZeW8XtVIcHpTC-xPzVqAaE0Vi3-eZyZ10lTlLUwAa0NGiprA3YQbQ/s1600-h/DSC02167.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEroa-nQc2zM_y6cZTr29QVtJzx5iHyMhJQ1Uw6booSDD2c9Ye50mIzeau_AB0q9Dgj2PDzFQ9EVt6pfW-irytpZeW8XtVIcHpTC-xPzVqAaE0Vi3-eZyZ10lTlLUwAa0NGiprA3YQbQ/s200/DSC02167.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377998249612237250" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a>uded. One of the great things is the upscaling proces to high defintion display with its advanced HQV Reon-VX video processing. This guy is really big and weights 24 kg! Ironically, as I'm writing this blog now, the successors of the SR876 and the NR906 are presented as the NR3007 and NR5007 respectively. Speaking of first things first. It was a pain to get a new AV furniture since the depth of the Onkyo is 46 cm. Besides of that, the old AV furniture was a part of the CRT TV and the glassplates would explode in thousand pieces should the Onkyo be placed onto it. So the German company Spectral was the solution. The <a href="http://www.spectral.nl/tv-meubelen/brick/br1500-v2/">B</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVnKpiTyXLnuz8BHpiEK6YamUdyw6LfotB2UTujDsFQpRHKdtMmO6DupZ9FutAEcAZmzHhvaXlj1S35g2itWvoXFaPDxV8kEdxyHv2Aq7br663gOotYLD5uJ2CzZ-CS4xt4yGqA5di1o/s1600-h/DSC02185.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVnKpiTyXLnuz8BHpiEK6YamUdyw6LfotB2UTujDsFQpRHKdtMmO6DupZ9FutAEcAZmzHhvaXlj1S35g2itWvoXFaPDxV8kEdxyHv2Aq7br663gOotYLD5uJ2CzZ-CS4xt4yGqA5di1o/s200/DSC02185.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378000339622993794" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 150px;" /></a><a href="http://www.spectral.nl/tv-meubelen/brick/br1500-v2/">rick 1501</a> was my choice. My version is a black one with black glass on top and front. To get a good sound, I choose between Focal Sib & Co (JM-Labs), Mordaunt Short and <a href="http://www2.kef.com/us/SurroundSound/kht/3000">KEF KHT 3005SE</a>. Since the first two were hard to get and becoming obsolete I purchased the KEF. The black high gloss version has a good design and even the sub is very stylish. The performance is very good and in pure audio setting the satellites have enough power of their own.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QaoESvSCq6wtPDyZLtkJC7uU_UMXMZ1-GYwkZSYyEdQNXa5EfDCyni_uI7ymjhOw6GiVufU2B3UmkJOhyYRkm9SQwiEz_IZsr4PimTQ_BvPh0uf4ic6ps_0KlUCwdEKmNfdCWTB5viw/s1600-h/DSC02171.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QaoESvSCq6wtPDyZLtkJC7uU_UMXMZ1-GYwkZSYyEdQNXa5EfDCyni_uI7ymjhOw6GiVufU2B3UmkJOhyYRkm9SQwiEz_IZsr4PimTQ_BvPh0uf4ic6ps_0KlUCwdEKmNfdCWTB5viw/s200/DSC02171.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378000788561109458" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a> <span style="font-family: verdana;">The packaging of the speakers also gave me co</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">nfid</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">ence since it has a precious sleeve to protect them.</span></span></span> <span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For the video features I purchased the <a href="http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=television&type=television&subtype=ledtv&model_cd=UE46B7000WWXXU">Samsung LED LCD-TV UE46B7090</a>. A 46" (117 cm) wide flatscreen<span style="font-family: verdana;"> with an ultraslim design. The screen</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> is only 3 cm (1,18") deep!! Originally I ordered the B7000, but it was not in stock anymore, so the retailer offered m</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">e the B7090, which has no red lighting edge. I didn't bother, so I ordered the B7090.The specs are the same as the B7000.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">At this moment, </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3ZrnISV-Al1uu8lk_GcvZ1z0qH5-ao6pNDOTpHw8WlRYt96IX4q3X09wIXGDU-yOtg3bHtgjMZ59EidtKsuKbJEO401FJE2wdvJ0URSBzHQKZwO3UpcUdU9rfcQKmkgBQE-rDtW6Iyw/s1600-h/DSC02177.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3ZrnISV-Al1uu8lk_GcvZ1z0qH5-ao6pNDOTpHw8WlRYt96IX4q3X09wIXGDU-yOtg3bHtgjMZ59EidtKsuKbJEO401FJE2wdvJ0URSBzHQKZwO3UpcUdU9rfcQKmkgBQE-rDtW6Iyw/s200/DSC02177.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378004774533476354" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a>I do not have a really DVD player anymore. I borrowed my brother's PS3, so I can also play Blu-Ray movies. I'm considering to get a PS3 (or the new <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/18/sony-debuts-slimmer-ps3/">PS3 slim</a>) of my own, because it can also play videogames and has several other multi-media features, which a regular BD-player doesn't have. Besides, it is said that the PS3's Blu Ray player has better performances than many other players. the last thing I noticed is that the PS3 slim will support DolbyTrue-HD and DTS-HD, something the PS3 Fat doesn't do. This is something I have to think about<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0UIpRigODmpV31INGTfJlAEhtzkwE5G96YopGuHKOmEYaVux6m2sFF3xPrpKcqqIsmZOxhsOA0TcceCQ7t2gLHsmMR14KdcmeMv6pfj0RXRkthKhjjRcUTjAuD_Dlch2GydXUHknxw0/s1600-h/DSC02180.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0UIpRigODmpV31INGTfJlAEhtzkwE5G96YopGuHKOmEYaVux6m2sFF3xPrpKcqqIsmZOxhsOA0TcceCQ7t2gLHsmMR14KdcmeMv6pfj0RXRkthKhjjRcUTjAuD_Dlch2GydXUHknxw0/s200/DSC02180.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378006499146118050" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a>..... Of course, there will also be a cheap DVD player next to it which accepts all legal and illegal crap from all over the world.<br /><br />These finishing touches will be coming soon.<br /><br />Suggestions for the choice between a regular BD player or a PS3 are welcome. (Except for the first 2 pictures, all pictures are taken with: Sony-DSC P8)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-83808040423147982352009-08-23T11:54:00.014+02:002014-11-08T18:44:38.140+01:00Gundam Fall 2009<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmX1TQRVtdMc1iUM50u0YeZPjpOLePcFOrNUteVcdPeqxmzF0Vz7TjMseuDBa1gMFVY3NFeoQWODtlwWkbfbI_ynlGxqvJmsNjAS9YLS2K8Pi7LytnmfTKYZOA2SespNpXQuJHDE4epA/s1600-h/g029.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdmX1TQRVtdMc1iUM50u0YeZPjpOLePcFOrNUteVcdPeqxmzF0Vz7TjMseuDBa1gMFVY3NFeoQWODtlwWkbfbI_ynlGxqvJmsNjAS9YLS2K8Pi7LytnmfTKYZOA2SespNpXQuJHDE4epA/s200/g029.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373096438325585682" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 133px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a> <span style="font-family: verdana;">The currently running Gundam Big Expo reveals a lot af interesting kits for coming fall.</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">The most forward looking kit for almost a year will be the MG 1/100 RX-75 Guntank.</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">With this MG kit Bandai finally completes the Operation V team.</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Even the Box-art is ready. Release of the MG Guntank will aproximately be late September.</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">At this moment I don</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhndoA66MbY8Ub0mYZXBX6FL1yU6cPw_HPMMMAu61ldCNpBcRAT-VXWPhTUWpAzDm68O62tsmfsnSig9QyuG0gBpM-SDwn1nBuc5zgl2h4bjPr1g_b1BxnQYAnwGHWwCiem2werYCLFn2c/s1600-h/g030.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhndoA66MbY8Ub0mYZXBX6FL1yU6cPw_HPMMMAu61ldCNpBcRAT-VXWPhTUWpAzDm68O62tsmfsnSig9QyuG0gBpM-SDwn1nBuc5zgl2h4bjPr1g_b1BxnQYAnwGHWwCiem2werYCLFn2c/s200/g030.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373097118981523458" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 133px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">'t know yet if the MG Guntank will come with new gimmick</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">s like flash LED's or anything else.</span> Bandai has becoming known as the source of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory">Chaos Theory </a><span style="font-family: verdana;">lately due to the unlogical strategy of release</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> of kits.</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Now it is revealed that there will be a MG re-incarnation of the MBF-P03 Gundam Astray Blue Frame 2nd L revise (Lowe Gear), which already has a HG 1/100 version.</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Just half a year after the Release of the PG Astray Red Frame. It is the second MG kit </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">that comes after a PG version. The first one was the Gundam Wing Zero Custom.</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">My guess is that a MG Red Frame release will be realised in a distant future.</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">I will probably get this kit anyway, due to the originalit</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEith5p_JhsHUcbxDubkddFDqWli5j7ebXjO_h_1Fq06bvr92xkswLU9cg_609HcXH7DQ4HjC13X37NMpQN9XugUDCOB1dj9vnjp2I6irX8XxzJa_dP5uoO8OMKR7K0sosz1rgK27SbkTRY/s1600-h/g033.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEith5p_JhsHUcbxDubkddFDqWli5j7ebXjO_h_1Fq06bvr92xkswLU9cg_609HcXH7DQ4HjC13X37NMpQN9XugUDCOB1dj9vnjp2I6irX8XxzJa_dP5uoO8OMKR7K0sosz1rgK27SbkTRY/s200/g033.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373099165391728914" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 133px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">y and technical quality of the design.</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Speaking about des</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">ign........ I am a great fan of the Cosmic Era (Gundam Seed), but the future releases of Seed vs Frame Astray makes the C.E. a little ridiculous and insults the current line-up. Look and make up your mind.</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">From left to right: NCYS Providence; Hail Buster; Gail Strike and the Regen Duel. </span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">The Buster and Strike will be released on August 24th, the Providence and Duel will be released late September.</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Designs are very undeliciou</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">s in my opinion. It lo</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAz4mOykVcrv3nZnJ3hxGTtUN487bcyEfMak23k0PYqJw4UZbjrSsdV-_3MkFcCz5tDIbc97O-F9EwoOdCsl_eo2cXsPUNM6WkGbYmDxdrxa2-fGVAmMhrzAGm_700VgzVQSNOZvmUfk/s1600-h/g035.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNAz4mOykVcrv3nZnJ3hxGTtUN487bcyEfMak23k0PYqJw4UZbjrSsdV-_3MkFcCz5tDIbc97O-F9EwoOdCsl_eo2cXsPUNM6WkGbYmDxdrxa2-fGVAmMhrzAGm_700VgzVQSNOZvmUfk/s200/g035.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373100801629337282" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 133px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">oks like the designs are coming from an artstudio with some rookie students. Every one can redesign this through replace the MS parts on a different location. I do not wish my future car will be one with the wheels on the roof....defenitely a No No to me.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />For now the last fact: This is the first glimp of the next Perfect Grade kit - The Gundam 00 Raiser.<br />Probably a very good design and a very large kit, since it wil<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJF3zjyR3-_pBkxgDXSw5TeENbRJbIiFlLJnEo3L74q-7BokKaFDp0wo03-43KJdEE1EB36nzb9si0ZSttAIZffhdx58qeC91byYKKGm1GKLkVo8JDvrTEne6MDU5S5AJzxPxCjs-vXWs/s1600-h/g037.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJF3zjyR3-_pBkxgDXSw5TeENbRJbIiFlLJnEo3L74q-7BokKaFDp0wo03-43KJdEE1EB36nzb9si0ZSttAIZffhdx58qeC91byYKKGm1GKLkVo8JDvrTEne6MDU5S5AJzxPxCjs-vXWs/s200/g037.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373103273624316082" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 133px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a>l come with the 0-Raiser.<br />My expectation is that the box will has the size of his successor PG Red Frame and the earlier PG Zeta and Strike Rouge + Skygrasper.<br />Although I'm a major fan of the PG kits, I think it is a little overkill with in mind that the last PG Red Frame release was just 8 months ago by the time the 00 Raiser will arrive.<br />The timelag between the PG Red Frame and the ultimate frame PG Strike (+Strike Rouge) has been 4,5 years! What has Bandai been doing all these years?<br />There is no doubt the PG 00 Raiser will be a succes, since the meta series <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam_00">Anno Domini Gundam 00</a> is a commercial succes. I wonder if the Gunpla fans can catch up this tidal wave of new and good releases.<br />Time will tell......<br /><br />All kits will be available at <a href="http://www.marktplaza.nl/winkel.php?shop_nr=485202">Morgenroete Inc.</a><br /><br />Do you like the Seed vs Astray models design?</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606859063902667220.post-80390011623526662112009-07-27T09:10:00.009+02:002014-11-08T18:44:23.359+01:00Gunpla releases Summer 2009<span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcusY6nGJvlLLRp7Iuh-jqCVgkpddeOs_-8I-nwSDi9m_nX-PtWU2Nlasjo0scCWkCd5FCeEJxAR9XE1nLitVbiEet5yC2s7jgwGAEqMWwnk5kx7RdhX1Johkmc16Aa__8dfRudYw-o0/s1600-h/DSC02151.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcusY6nGJvlLLRp7Iuh-jqCVgkpddeOs_-8I-nwSDi9m_nX-PtWU2Nlasjo0scCWkCd5FCeEJxAR9XE1nLitVbiEet5yC2s7jgwGAEqMWwnk5kx7RdhX1Johkmc16Aa__8dfRudYw-o0/s200/DSC02151.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363443234629486994" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 150px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Amongst of the releases, the main focus this month is defenitely on the MG 1/100 GN-001 Gundam Exia. There is also a different kit, MG Exia Ignition Mode. This kit is a limited release with extra parts to make the Exia Repair II mode. Lots of gunpla builders are looking forward to it. So do I. But all other releases are also very interesting and can be ordered at <a href="http://www.marktplaza.nl/winkel.php?shop_nr=485202">Morgenroete Inc.</a> for Benelux Gunpla builders.<br />The first batch has arrived!<br /><br />Second batch is following very soon!<br /><br />Do you like the MG 1/100 GN-001 Gundam Exia?</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4