Madman is having a huge sale at this very moment!

I was kinda bummed when I sent a few Gundam links to my brother but it turned out they were out of stock… was I too late in visiting? The problem was Madman doesn’t label their email properly, it says from ‘newsletter’ and the title didn’t mention it either, just something along the lines of ‘Otaku wear’, actually, here’s the full title as it was written:

from: newsletter – OTAKUWEAR AND COLLECTABLES CLEARANCE SALE!

Anyhow, managed to visit it earlier and woah, quite a few rare figures =o go have a look now! And click the ‘read more’ to find out what my brother and I ordered for ourselves ;3

Fwee~ our very first ‘proper’ figures order, Shin buys all his Gundams in Sydney and the only figure I’ve bought was at Smash , a Haruhi Nendoroid, which you can see on my About page.

While not huge fans of the Evangelion series, it was one of the first anime series we ever watched [during its first screening on SBS] and so will always have some sort of special meaning to us. Plus we’re artists and love figures in general for inspiration ;3

As for Yagami Light, I prefer L, but Light has a more flexible outfit, you can take his jacket off :3 I’ve been wanting a Ball-jointed doll for ages so when this one came up at only $150, I jumped at the chance [my brother actually pointed it out, I missed it while browsing xD;;]. For a good quality BJ Doll, you’re looking at over $500 for a standard version, even more for limited or special editions.

Once our loot arrives, I’ll be sure to take lots of photos and such so keep an eye out~ ;3

Ya, visited Dannychoo.com and found this photo like it was just for me xD; I spent a good 2 hours or so creating orzaku as I’m short a tablet pen =/

Anyhow, main reason for this post is a short apology for anyone who’s been visiting and found this blog dead and for my blogroll friends as I haven’t visited your blogs or commented, sorry u_u~
There’s no real reason for disappearing, I simply tend to disappear from online communities without notice at random times, this is probably the longest I’ve lasted and the shortest time away xD;

Thanks to Dannychoo.com, I’ve been able to meet a lot of lovely people online who share the same interest and a few in real life :3 I’ve also gathered up enough courage and enthusiasm to start up a proper blog and comment fairly regularly on other blogs as well. I would love to meet more people, but I can’t kid myself, at the moment I’m just not very good at dealing with a lot of people and I wouldn’t be fair on you if I can’t share myself with a genuine heart.
If I comment on your blog or happen to add you to my blogroll, it’s because I really enjoy what you share on your blog and what you say is important to me.

I guess my main point is, if I ‘disappear’ for a bit in the future [hopefully not, finger crossed], it’s not you, it’s me, lol. Problem seems to be that I have too many interests, have personal and professional projects popping up everywhere and/or simply loose track of time, I honestly hadn’t realised how many weeks had passed ^^;;

With all that said, I’ve been visiting a few of you in the last 2 or so days, but I thought it might be best to write this up before I continue. I’ve also made a few changes to the blog, you probably won’t really notice them, but they’re not so important anyways. And I’ve updated 1 or 2 links perhaps, those are important ^_~.

Any comments, etc are always appreciated and I hope to see you again soon <3

Used a nifty plugin to upgrade straight from admin, very easy to use. It’s called Wordpress Automatic Upgrade, yes I know, not very a original name, but it works =D

What plugins can you not live without? I have a few… which I won’t be listing now as I should be in bed orz lol. Also, do you upgrade regularly (if indeed you do need to)?

One of things Danny is well known for on his website, dannychoo.com, is his Tokyo Storm Trooper videos from around Tokyo, Japan.

He’s been to Akihabara and Shibuya, two very popular hangouts in Tokyo for otakus and the younger crowds of Tokyo, now he’s appeared at the iPhone launch in Omotesando.

You can see him on the CNN website, or for a limited time (probably a few days?), I’ll have it available for download as well =D

Edit: You can see Danny’s coverage of the iPhone lead-up and opening on the following links (in order of post):
iPhone 3G japan Launch – Short article leading up to the opening
Danny on CNN – See the coverage for his appearance on CNN
School Girls and Trooper – Caption this~ fun at the launch
iPhone 3G Tokyo queue – Another short article, links to more photos
iPhone Japan – main article, lot’s of photos =D

Mozilla has announced a Guinness World Record! I received the following message via email just 25mins ago.

“We did it!

We set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in 24 hours. With your help we reached 8,002,530 downloads.

You are now part of a World Record and the proud owner of the best version of Firefox yet!

Don’t forget to download your very own certificate for helping set a Guinness World Record.”

You too can download your very own certificate =D

Who else downloaded a copy on this day?

There’s a sale on at CDJapan at the moment, you might find something you’ve been looking for on sale at up to 90% off =D

Sale lasts from 27th June ’till 31st July 2008.

I’ll be checking it out too (early b’day present? xD) but visit CDJapan to find out more.