Better start blogging again

...before I stop entirely heh. It's been a solid month since the last entry, and quite a few things have happened between then and now.

Firstly, Bangkok!

Left for BKK the next morning after my last paper, spent a grand total of 4 full days there with the gf. We had a ball of a time shopping and shopping and shopping! Stuff there was really cheap (except the imported stuff), which made it that more satisfying to buy stuff :) We walked essentially the entire morning to evening, went back to the hotel to rest our aching feet, and went out in the evening again to the night market (on two of the four nights anyway). We eventually amassed quite a mountain of stuff between us, and actually managed to lug everything back. Our luggage was severely UNDER the weight limit, which was a real waste, cos I would've liked to bring back more food!! Oh well, next time!

Toys-wise, they're generally more expensive than anything we get here, which I guess is expected. Despite all the news I hear about Thais being huge Toku fans, I only found three or four shops selling toku and stuff on the third day, and more expensive than what I could get back home. Did manage to pick up SH Zanki for cheap tho, which was great since I was looking for it for awhile.

Second, We Will Rock You!

Well, it rocked! We got seats three rows from the front, off to the side, which gave us wondrous views of gyrating, taut bodies singing the best from Queen. The downside was that we almost went deaf, cos the speakers were more or less in front of us : But it was entirely worth it when it got to the last 20 minutes of the show, cos it became a real rock concert! Excellent experience and musical that I recommend to anyone who's familiar with Queen's music, and even if you're not, you will be shaking to the tunes anyway!

Thirdly, the TRU sale :)

Decided to go early to the TRU sale on the member's preview. Ended up as the tenth or so person, not too bad. Saw some huge boxes of Zoids, so I was crossing my fingers to get those, butttt the first guy swooped those up :\ No worries! I immediately went for the KR stuff, grabbing the lone Kaixa belt, Denliner Ikajichi (Gun form) and SIC Doras and ZO, before making another round to and realising there was a Faiz belt as well! And as I picked THAT up, a whole pile of treasure was below that: Kaixa Blaygun and DX DenLiner (!!!). Eventually picked up a Kaixa Pointer and Shot, as well as the last Faiz Shot. All the above for only $85! The prices were seriously amazing, especially for the Denliners, really surprised to find them there :)

To log down my other purchases for the last month:

KR
SH Figuarts Rider No.1
SH Figuarts Rider No.2
SH Figuarts Rider V3
SH Kiva

TFs
Stealth Bumblebee (my like, seventh '08 : )
BWX Tigatron (Cheap!)
Henkei Astrotrain

SS
Baenetnasch Eta Mime

Others
Mugenbine Powerful Tyranno Clear Red Version
Guitar Hero guitar (fun as heck!)

Whew, I'm about caught up for the month, til the next post!