To-fu & Sg toy con!!!

Sg held its first ever toy con which i never thought would happen....we have dozens of computers and electronic fairs but toys!?....err...are you kidding...but sure it did arrive to our friendly shores...and i don't have to be envious for once of the toy cons that never make a stop-over here....the reception was exceptionally good given the throng of visitors...and there wasn't even much publicity efforts....i almost missed it myself if i didn't catch the advert a day before...

toy lovers must have been joyous...lugging around bags of their precious finds...but i wonder if the crowd were attracted by the freebies or for the love of toys....the freebies redemption counter seemed to be the main attraction...hah...i wanted to try my luck at getting a blank tofu given only as a fair redemption but i could never fight with those who earnestly queued for the redemptions...but i did manage to bag my share of goodies(wanna guess?)....

the reason why i even went.....for the devilrobots tofu oyako figures of course!....they even had signing sessions!...pete fowler who did the monsterism range was there too!....i liked his works...but as a poor fan-girl of tofus...i cannot afford to sell my kidneys for more than one designer range sadly....

i wanted to take my time to look around...to see the exhibited toys and probably source some bargain finds...but having to squeeze my way through the crowd...Tat...was not possible....it took me much effort to find just the devilrobots booths alone...the coordination of the staffs and layout of the booths were just bad...i couldn't even get an answer to where i could buy the merchandise so i asked around when i spotted visitors with those goods...took me hours!...

i planned to buy only two 2.5inch tofus from the new vinyl series and get them signed...i was going to be contented with just that...(i didn't mean to spend beyond my intentions...cos my budget for toys is now strictly restricted to a few must-haves as i have more important stuffs to fund for)...as a souvenir from the first ever toy con i attended...

but....with all the toys glittering in the glass displays...resistance is futile....and with them priced at a hefty sum lower than retail...everyone became weak kneed...i too was an unfortunate victim....in addition to the two mini tofus....never would i have imagined...at least not so soon...that now am a happy owner of a 16inch tofu...and the 16inch joyous strawberry gum to-fu is now a welcomed member to my family of a wierd assortment.

Omg...a 16 inch tofu vinyl!! residing in my room!!!?....another bout of excitement rises....


Tofu Oyako.......BANZAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the weather this summer is just erratic...it either gets unbearably hot or rain a storm....last week, it's been raining almost everyday in the mornings and had a week of overcast days....i like it actually...it creates a very comforting mood...and i love staying home on these days...everyday just drifts by....it's so surreal....and i've lost my perception of time...it didn't really mattered...although it did in a way when i do household chores...laundry is such a pain on rainy days since it takes days to dry and i'll need to keep a lookout for sunshine...other than having a quarter of my time spent on housework...(if you wish, household chores are never done, there's no end to cleaning) if you are in the mood for it it's gd...but it seldom happens...although it's pretty gd to vent your frustrations if there's no alternatives....

despite how mundane life is...it's actually quite an experience and enjoyable to boot (dn't laugh) given the deviate from my usual non-vacation days...

of the things i've been doing....
i spent a day cleaning the house cos i woke up one morning to my horror....witnessing armies of ants from the kitchen all the way to the bathroom and was determined to bust their ant-hole...so i diligently traced their routes and demolished every suspicious hide-out...they took a different path (towards e bathroom ceiling...i nvr knew they climb walls) after the ambush of insecticides....so i wasted the day....killing ants....

no...of course i didn't spend the whole week laboring on these works...i was happily indulging in my fix of dramas, films and music and a little reading and.....spacing out...or just staring out the window....

i dn't really like the view of the ugly block of shopping mall right out the window....the humming of its ventilators gets annoying at times....and the trucks arriving early in the mornings at the loading bay...robs me of my peaceful sleep and quiet mornings...oh well...at least it is compensated for, by the beautiful dusk and dawn sceneries....i have a clear view of the vast sky at least and maybe i should be thankful for it...

probably because i see the sky three-quarter of a frame at eye-level from my window....weather conditions play a considerable part on my moods....and cool, overcast days make one at the peak of inspiration....but i was too engrossed in my dramas and music....so i didn't write a few more blog posts which i should have....cos emotions/feelings/thoughts cnnt be reiterated again without experiencing it all over again...maybe i could have wrote a couple of poems....i read a few famed japanese haiku's....although i didn't really like it for it's extremely short and simplistic nature....too zen for my liking....unless i'm also at some pavilion overlooking lotus ponds....however natsume soseki's works were particularly fun to read with its wit and humour...
i love poetry.... read on rainy days, to elicit the right atmosphere and emotions....

anyhow...i didn't really spent time reading, instead more on listening to music....and surprise....surprise....it's classical....i never really start or got into classical music until recently...i'm growing very fond of mozart's because his pieces are so lighthearted and pure fun to listen to...like how i love chocolates...mozart's are like chocolates....and i like haydn's symphonies...gonna listen to all his works....i'm penniless to acquire any more cds...but i'm truly yearning for some jazz albums...i want those john coltrane & miles davis albums....arghh!!! i need $$$.....anyone willing to donate...i'll sell you my labour....

days are lax for me....and i think i'm enjoying way too much at the heavy expense of debiting my bank account to nothingness....

had enough fun.....and before i start to dwell and worry about stuffs & all trivial matters....work pls come my way!.....so i can start feeding my pathetic bank account....

yo!....how's life on your side?

Solitude makes you observe and be aware to things....
like a glass of clear water, it is nothing more...and nothing less....
it fills, raises the depth and reflects light at various angles.
In its tranquility it soothes and brings comfort but with it too,
it beckons you to see...in its clarity....