CNY Dinner at Kee Palace

And so, on the next day of CNY (or if you want, the day after the day that we thought was the day before), we all rushed to the Palace of Kee-ness. This is where all the Kee Members in the society of kinship gathers. Only this year, we're missing one Kee to unlock the treasure of Hapiness. Come to think of we, we're actually missing two Kee's.(OK, if you don't get it, nevermind).

Did I forget to mention that this is my third Yee Sang?
No, OK, this is my fourth Yee Sang.

Through the wonders of Internet and the fact
not many people were surfing, we found one
of the missing Kee.

Everyone was so happy that we all decided to perform
an episode of "The Deadliest Catch" our style. If this
video goes viral, it is not my fault.

Well, well, well, what we're seeing here,
is actually someone trying to help some
else to grow up faster.

And now, for the Intermission

Act2 Scene 3: Godzilla menacing the Wasabi men

The girls showing part of the Yee-Sang ingredient. Its
also the Chinese version of The Matrix; Choose either
the Red Packet or the Green Packet....

OK, we really have to stop him here because
the red cherries, are not edible... and we do
not want Godzilla to terrorise the Nurses too.

"Grraaaghhhhh!!"
Godzilla speak for Don't come any closer! I am
taking the Red Packet!

Erm.. I forgot what this was.

And while they're torturing the poor Donkey,

Someone came up with the iPad again and it was
peace all over the valley

Hours later, it was still peacful in the valley...

That is, until the battery ran out and
now, their attention went to the doggie

Kristine with one of her favourite cousins

When the iPad was recharged, it was peace all over
the valley. That was, until someone said, "Dinner Time!"

Did I mention that this is my, oh, never mind
I already forgot how many Yee-Sangs I had

Getting a kick out of everyone's favourite cousin

The two days of CNY

For the first two days of CNY, we did what we were supposed to do, and when that was done, we did whatever else we think needs to be done. What that was done, we just did more of what everybody thinks that we thought should be doing. And we did nothing of that sort.

I mean, it would be a waste of time marinating fish with lime and then letting them dry at 100Km/h under the gunpowder mists.

OK, so I was bored if you couldn't tell.

And so, on the first day, after the tea
ceremony, the girls tried their skills
at Caligraphy and then putting them
into Ang Pows.

The girls helping with the furniture after the Family
photo taking ceremony. we do this every year for
the sake of doing this every year.

Before we all could hide ourselves and go off the grid,
some visitors came and I had to put on my scary face
to scare them into behaving themselves. If I got paid
for doing that, I would be charging three bars of bars
and a kettle of red herrings soaked in sublime sauce.

See these two little mischevious imps? They
took turns to steal the food off the Yee Sang

Did I forget to mention that this is my second Yee
Sang? No? OK, this is my second Yee Sang.

Hapy Chinese New Year 2011

2011 is here. The rabbit kicked the Tiger's Ass.
And come this new year, I will have something
new to tell you . Soon, my friends, soon.

Oh, in case you haven't noticed, I have been secretly updating my Blog (October 2010 to January 2011) fir the last few days and there's quite a lot of entries there. Hee hee hee.

Picking her nose

Everyday, I pick my nose because it has a lot of stuff trapped in it. And if I don't, it will accumulate and suffocate me in the long run. And this goes the same with my Bengmobile. Its been years since I changed the air filter. I used to change them an every oil change, which is roughly every 5Km. So, for this case, I have not been changing it for about, well, more than 60Km (or more, I forget).

I really need to change them because if the car cannot get enough air, well, bad things happen and its usually the wallet that suffers in the end.

And when I opened the air filer box, this was the
sight that greeted me.

Inside the box tells of a lot of story too. Such as the
stupid fat owner forgot to change the air filter.

There were so much trapped particles in there, the
moment I took the air filter out, it started to pour
onto the battery.

And so, I banged the air filter onto the floor
repeatedly. This is the amount you see after
about 30 hits. And there is more to come.

The Hasbro Snowspeeder

The Hasbro Snowspeeder is very very nice. And if you have the 1980's Kenner version, there is a stark contrast to their details. At that time, the details on it was the usual looks-good-enough-to-fool-people. But for the Hasbro version, it is the same but the amazing thing is, the detail is almost spot on to the actual filming miniature. I would say almost because of two little things; the size and some areas which needs major modifications. Still, I am happy with it and as far as I am concerned, just a bit of re-spraying and a little detailing would make it look realistic. And for RM109.90, its quite OK but I would wish they included at least one action figure.

And so, the Snowspeeder and the Luke Skywalker
action figure set me back quite a bit. If you are
interested in getting them, there are two versions
of the box. One is the blue 'new' design and the other
sort of followed Kenner's original box design. Which
ever version, the toy is the same.

As for the Like Skywalker action figure,
it took me a lot of effort to get it but as
you guessed from the previous post, I
got it at the same time. But this is the
only version and it comes in Battle Game
Cards. Whatever it is, it means I have a
lot of unwanted items. Heh

So, these unwanted items goes into the KIV bin,
forever forgotten until its needed again where it
will be considered as lost.

The reason I got this was because, well, there were
no other Luke Skywalker figures to go with the toy.

And well, he does look like those models in the
filming miniature, as long as you do not look at
it closely.

Let's go to the opening of the Snowspeeder. As usual,
the toys is secured quite firmly and so, there is no
problems about loose items scratching things. The
speeder is complete and the only thing you need to
do is to fit the panel, the twin guns and of course, the
rear tie cable launcher.

And here is where things get interesting. There are
two sets of guns. One is the thicker one which allows
you to launch missiles and the other, is the more
accurate one which with slight modification and some
paint jobs, will look very convincing.

Nothing much here, just the panel and the remaining
parts of the speeder's guns, plus the launcher.

Like the Kenner toy, this version also comes with
stickers. But I think I am going to see if there are
ways to detail the cockpit and light it up instead.

Here, it is the first part of the problem, which is
the seats, which is reclining too far back.

You won't notice until you put the action figures
in. Here, you can see that Luke is actually about
to get some shut-eye instead of going into battle.
But looking at it and the actual miniature, I guess
they are almost lying flat inside with the hands
by their sides, on the floor, where the flight
controls were.

There you go. And another thing is that in the actual
filming miniature, the heads of these figures were so
big that they almost had no space inside. But in other
shots, they were OK. But slightly bigger. Here, it is
too small but I am not going to be bothered unless I
really want to sculpt a new figure and cast it, which
I am sure, is a waste to time and resources.

So, looking at the toy, the details are very much there.
One day, when my Nikon D50 is fixed, I will try to do
a comparison shot of all three models. But I need to
find a Kenner Snowspeeder first. Anyone want to lend
me theirs?

I just found out that Luke's speeder is actually grey
and the ones with orange stripes belongs to other
pilots and Wedge Antilles. This is the photo of the
red striped Snowspeeder, taken from Modeller
Magic.

So, this is the actual Hasbro Snowspeeder toy.

Now, compare this with the filming miniature, also
taken from Modeller Magic.

Of course, once when I have the time, i will start the conversion but right now, its just there, sitting, waiting for me...

The Eve of Chinese New Year 2011

And so, by now, we're all ready for the Big Dinner. As usual, the girls are very excited and happy. You can tell because they're running everywhere, poking their noses into everything, trying to help everyone and also, shouting about. Since its the Eve, I just told them to behave themselves. Not going to shout at them or anything. Maybe I am getting soft...

Kristine with her fan which Mommy taught her
how to make one.

The first Yee sang. Yum-yum. Over the years, we
always ate at home except for the times in KK as
it was too messy to cook.

Man, this is a first. Sausages in brocoli. And luckily,
there was some good chili sauce to go with it,

As the girls sat waiting for Dinner to be ready,
they each took turns to erm, test the food.

Finally, it was time to toss the Yee Sang. Unconsciously,
I was using my left hand. It was alright until I realised I
was doing it, and then it became tired.

Finally, after the Dinner, it was play time for
the girls. That is, until Kaelynn started to dig
her nose which I think, broke a blood vessel
and it bled. This is the AFTER picture. Before
that, blood was dripping down her face to and
I had to cup her chin because there was a lot.
Freaked me out a little, though.