Remember when you were a kid scouring the shelves of a toy store and coming across something and begging your parents “PLEEEASEEE Can I have it???” Well – This guy was one of those moments for me. There isn’t much cooler than a giant stomping Dinosaur looking robot that transforms into a military base. Of … Continue reading
Good Japanese food can be hard to find at a reasonable price. Not only that but if you’re anything like me you want to be able to TASTE the freshness in the fish when you’re eating sushi and sashimi. After all 95% of it will be raw so it better be good. On the back … Continue reading
The day I always dreaded has finally arrived… My son walked into the lounge and I called “Hello my little Autobot!” as I always do. He quietly slinked up, looked at me somewhat guiltily with his eyes tilted down and said “Mummy I have something to tell you.” “Ok?” I questions curiously. He paused, then … Continue reading
My daughter is going through a wolf phase and thus the annual “what do you want on your birthday cake this year?” was met with “WOLVES!” Alas time was against me and I didn’t have time to give her a full sized cake but as she was having a small sleep over party anyways I … Continue reading
Warning: photo intensive review and comparison post follows… Last year Hasbro ran a series of voting amongst their fans via their Transformers mobile app to help design a “fan-built” combiner. The multiple choice questions gave 4 or 5 options for attributes such as gender, name, vehicle options (VERY LIMITED), rival, etc. The end result was Victorion – an … Continue reading
Yeah… I know, I know… Silent and neglected. That’s been this blog for the last several months. I’ve been hanging out with Optimus and his beach babes! *I WISH* NAAAAAH! Seriously! I apologise. Life is a chaotic maelstrom isn’t it? I’m not going to offer a string of excuses or apologies. I’m going to get … Continue reading
So now that we’ve tackled the important bit of Ani-com (Transformers), let me show you a few pics from the rest of the show. This post is basically going to be a plethora of photos celebrating the glory of geekdom so prepare for an image intensive overload. I’m going to start with the *cough* figure *cough* that … Continue reading
It’s that time of year again when the biggest anime gaming and comic convention hits Hong Kong and (of course) I couldn’t resist the urge to trek over to Wan Chai and take a look. Just like last year, I’m going to split the posts and do one that focuses specifically on the Transformers we … Continue reading
I haven’t posted any pictures of the adorable Ragdoll kittens my bestie Fiona in New Zealand breeds in quite some time, so I thought I would rectify that by sharing photos of some of her most recent fluffy babies. While we were talking about how adorable and well adjusted her cats and their babies are (they’re brought … Continue reading
You might remember a while back the french artist Invader hit the shores of Hong Kong and left some beautiful 8-bit ceramic tile graffiti on the streets for those of us who live here to appreciate and those in government to swiftly remove many of them… Well – Look what has popped up on one … Continue reading
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