2012? So soon!

A DAY TO REMEMBER - FAST FORWARD TO 2012

OMG! It is the 2nd day of year 2012! Judging from my last 2 post, it has been a while since I've been blogging about any crap that has been going on in my life. Those months I've been gone without blogging, many in my life have changed.

Firstly, I'm currently studying in UMS & in 3 days is my 1st final paper for my 1st semester. Stoked? Not really. What I've learnt from being a university student is I can't follow my lifestyle from my college days. I had to do a major make up on my timetable. Even meeting up with my friends has been SO hard. Anytime I get to meet them, I would cherish it the most!

Secondly, my band, Befalls The Argosy has been doing great this year (I guess). After the last show in 5th of November 2011, we've decided to slow down w/ the shows & finish the record A.S.A.P.. Hopefully everything goes well. I'm suggesting a 4 track EP, I don't know w/ the others.

Thirdly, a lot have enquired (I wonder why, dumbass), yes I ended 2011 SINGLE. I won't answer to any other questions relating to it. :-)

Lastly, life sucks as it is, my tooth hurts & my gum swells. Haha! Just kidding. I'm enjoying life. I'm happy. :-)

Sooooo.. this new year, I've decided to end this blog & continue with a new one. Let this blog be a past-record-of-my-life where anyone & I can just come back and see what the past-me has done. ;-)

Follow my new blog here! :-)

http://tedramli.blogspot.com/

Twitter: @tedramli

Facebook: Ted Ramli

Current progress? Let 2012 be THE year.

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Agodego papercraft

Sooo, I just finished the Agodego last night! Hurrah~! Took me almost 1 week (with a few days skipped). Even while busy with moving things to the new house, I still take some time to release stress & do some paper crafts. This is from krauzer.blogspot.com archive. Here is the paper craft that I have done.

Agodego gunmen from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Great things can be done with papers! :D hehe..
The level for making this paper craft would be.. uhm... probably 4/5. Quite hard. Took me days. The others just took me hours.

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The beauty of poetry

Ever since I've gotten the hang of writing lyrics, I have took an interest in poetry. Oh the beauty of English poetry. Here's a nice poem by Robert Frost entitled Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening.

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there's some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

Paperkraft.net

Hey y'all! This month paper crafting has been a total addiction for me! I'm currently on the way finishing the Adogedo Gunmen from the anime Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Only 3 left hand fingers & the whole right palm left! :D

Anyway, I thought that I'd share some link here, a great link for those who would like to start paper crafting. This is the Facebook profile page of Paperkraft.net, among the first sites I found out about paper crafts.

Just check 'em out!
It would be fun!



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April Obsession: Paper craft!!

So I just tried something new this week, paper crafting!! I find it very interesting and time pass by really fast while doing them. :D

So I checked Google for images from the anime Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann and stumbled upon a Dai-Ganzan paper craft. Since I find it very interesting & there are no models of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann sold (except Gurren Lagann, Gurren & Yoko Littner that I saw just recently in a toy shop), I decided to check it out. I first foun it on a japanese blogger's site, I don't understand japanese but one thing is for sure, his paper crafting skills are advanced!

So I decided to go light-weight. I stubled upon a papercraft on cubeecraft.com, Gurren Lagann & Lagann! :D Check it out! I did them just now at 4:00am GMT. Took me 1 hour.

"Papercraft of Gurren Lagann & Lagann from the anime Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann"

The next papercraft I tried is from paper-replika.com (supposedly the creator is from Indonesia based on the Bakso stall & the dayak heritage made into papercrafts! Sweet!!) He also has a project making the Gundam Unicorn (Destroy Mode), and has finished it. You guys should check it out because it is made of paper, and it is big! Not so big, but bigger than the normal 1/60 scale gundam figures, I think it is 1/45 scale. BTW, Here is a model of the Aztec Calender from paper-replika.com.

"Aztec Calendar from paper-replika.com"

You can find a lot of interesting papercraft from paper-replika.com, I found flip-flops, illuminati, pyramids, heritage of borneo, even ghost such as the pocong & kuntilanak are available in papercrafts! A definite must check!! I stumbled upon a very interesting papercraft here, it is the fictitious H1N1 virus package! Oh I feel like being in Resident Evil when I completed the papercraft. Just look at it, like the packaging of a medicine. The box directly remids me to a lyric by Oceano that says "We are the antidote and also the disease."

"The Fictitious H1N1 strain box"

My next project to try would be the Agodego from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann! I have it printed, it is 7 pages altogether. So it might take a while, I'll show the results when I'm done with it. :D

There are papercrafts on the internet, why don't you try it! There are also extreme ones if your up to it!

Turn Up! The Volume

A upcoming event held in Yaaha Cowboy Bar, KK, Sabah by Anonymous crew. Bands performing on that day will be (Facebook links):
1. Dance On Your Grave
2. Sentenced To Burn
3. Donatello
4. MakanxDalam
5. Beyond My Rage
6. Shoegaze For Neptune
7. The Retrock
8. Disgusting
9. Befalls The Argosy
10. Silantra
11. Eyes Full Of Insect
12. Dang Bandangz

Pre-sale tickets are available through Anonymous crew for RM10.00 only until the 7th of May 2011 (1:00pm UTC +8:00/MYT) . So if you can't make it early, please do buy your pre-sale tickets because after 1:00pm the price of the ticket will be RM15.00 per piece.

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There is this one man, one guy who totally pisses me off! Adored by many musicians, especially guitarist for his undoubted knowledge on the guitar and many musical instruments. What totally pisses me off is he can't control his mouth and says whatever he want to say without caring how you feel. I admit he is very experienced in his field, but if there is any newbie out there, he will do anything to put you down to make you quit the field. He wants all the "glory" all by himself. WTF man. Oh, if you guys were there, he won't stop talking about his experience handling with international musician's instruments. To hell with that, you may be experienced what-so-ever but you cannot even handle your own family.

Why should I respect you? I despise those who adore you so highly. You say things so highly yet you cannot handle your own marriage.

H.A.T.I. Records: Good Times Shared

Here are some of the photograph's links for the H.A.T.I. Records: Good Times Shared event.

Qassim Ahmad on Flickr
Quick Reverb
Revolution On Motion! (Post 01)
Revolution On Motion! (Post 02)

H.A.T.I. Records: Good Times Shared - Befalls The Argosy (Full set)

Here's the video of Befalls The Argosy on Good Times Shared. Enjoy~

It my HOBBY. Do you have a hobby my dear friend?

I have a friend who said that I am getting old to be playing with Playstation (In general, Gaming Console), and obsessing with Gundam figures, manga, & anime. What?! It is called a HOBBY and somehow he is getting very annoying compared to the last time I met him somewhere in 2008 & in high school in 2005.

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RX-178 MK-II in progress.

H.A.T.I. Records: Good Time Shared

Yeah~! Finally in the month of February 2011, there will be a local event by H.A.T.I. Records called Good Times Shared featuring 12 bands, with Facebook and some Myspace links:
1. Trick For Kids
2. The Fortress of Discord
3. 28 Days Later
4. A Million Evil Faces
5. Beyond My Rage
6. Moduric Suicide
7. Befalls The Argosy
8. Discrimination Free
9. Birds On a String
10. Thy Broken Chord
11. Slice Of Pizza
12. A Sky Collapse Triangle

Tickets are RM15 on door. I think there is no pre-sale. So do come! :D Any update on the event will be posted soon. (Pictures, videos, etc.)

More new PS2 games bought to be tested!!

Yes! I got 6 new PS2 games that I recently bought!
Currently I have just tried 5 games:
i. Persona3
- The intro has an anime feel to it! Nice! Just played it until there.
ii. Tekken 5
- Due to excessive view of extremely high 3D on PCs and PS3, I think the graphic of this game is just okay.
iii. Bully
- Great game! From the creators of GTA! But nothing like GTA!
iv. Earache Extreme Metal Racing
- Bought it for the music. Not that interesting though.
v. Shellshock Nam 67
- Haven't tried it yet.
vi. Jackass the Game
- Gives you a great laugh!!!!

By the way, I bought those disc at a shop in Centre Point on the Ground floor for RM8.90 per disc; and somehow the shop did not give me a discount, they gave me RM53.80!! The next day I found out that I can get 3 disc for RM20 at a shop on the Basement floor. That means RM40 for 6 disc. Damn damn damn!

This is the time of my life.. busy thinking how to pay back my study loan!

OMG! Life really goes by so fast and now I'm stuck with paying back my PTPTN loan! I paid RM200 lately last month (August) and when I checked my latest payment on the internet, that RM200 was just enough to pay the accumulating interest. The interest of the loan starts at RM50 per month and decreases until zero if paid every month until the loan is totally finished payed.

Click to go to PTPTN website. :D

I was supposed to start paying the loan on the month of May 2010. Oh damn! With financial problems now, it is quite hard to settle the loan. Haha, don't worry, I ain't gonna take loan from loan sharks. :p

Oh yes, I wanted to mention here about something that happened just recently. I got hit by a car last Wednesday! Well, I was in the car actually. haha.

Left rear brake lamp, broken! Hit by a car!

I couldn't tell the details; well actually it all went by really fast. I just let him go because I have a movie to attend in 10 minutes! All that I can remember is:

Sex: Male
Age: Mid 20's
Origin: Chinese descent
Appearance: Chubby/Classy
Car: Something like Alphard (White)

My friend said that he was on the phone before when and after hitting me. When he went out of the car, he put his phone inside his pant's pocket. Lucky you, I didn't ask for payment. I was a bit regretful though. haha. To change the brake lamp, it cost RM80 (both rear lamp).

At least I enjoyed the Step Up 3D movie! oh yeah! Great movie!! See it in 3D if possible!! Love the casts too. All of them are great dancers!

Click to enlarge!

Thanks to Hobi Max!

Yes! I submitted an entry form for a contest in the Hobi Max magazine in the month of May, and I guess I won! I won the consolation prize! hehe.. It was yesterday, when I reached home, I saw a parcel for me on the dining table. I opened it and it was HGUC Stark Jegan! 1/144! Wuhoo~! I thought I won the Unicorn Gundam, but I guess the Stark Jegan is great too. hahaha.. Plus, its an original Bandai!!

By the way, I missed the issue #2 and #3. I thought those magazine we once every 2 months. Oh well, I'll try to get issue #4. It's kind of expensive, but I'll support because it's a local magazine.

Thanks again to Hobi Max Magazine, The Malaysian Hobby Magazine!!

RGM-89S STARK JEGAN (HGUC)!

This just came in yesterday! :D

Playstation 2!

I might be outdated. LOL! but i bought a Playstation 2 just recently, to be exact, last Thursday, a day after I am back from the mountains. I've decided to not postpone joy, so here it is! The PLAYSTATION 2 console!

Price:
RM570 + RM20 = RM590

Package:
1. 10 pieces of PS2 games (Suddenly became 15 pieces, so generous of the salesgirl)
2. PS2 console
3. 2 Dualshock Joystick (1 original & 1 not-original)
4. Memory Card 32MB

and the extra RM20 is for the PS2 fan.

I guess next year the price will drop more!

Next target would be the Nintendo Wii! Maybe in the next 2 years. Haha!

Mount Kinabalu!

From the 5th to the 7th of July 2010, I've been going up and down Mount Kinabalu for work purposes (TSK Eng. Services Sdn. Bhd.). Well actually for the first 2 days only, because on the last day the only work that has to be done was at the power generator near Timpohon Gate.

@ the Telekom substation; Injecting voltage to the cable using megger to check it's condition via ratio.

It was a very exciting experience, despite the very hard route that I had to take to reach some places. The task for the 1st day is to reach 2 places, Telekom substation and RTM substation. Each are 1.8km apart and to reach Telekom would be a 2km hike from Timpohon gate. That means 3.8km! Damn I was slow. The others were so fast they left me by 30 minutes! *Haha*

Telekom's transmitting tower view from the substation @ 12:00pm.

After finished with RTM Substation, we immediately went down to Timpohon Gate and again I was slow. I reached the gate around 3:50pm. The others were 30 minutes faster.. again! Damn I need a workout.

Mountain trail from RTM to Telekom.

The next day, we went up to Laban Rata; a 6km hike from Timpohon Gate. I was like "WTH!?". I was so exhausted from yesterday, yet I don't know why I wanted to follow eventhough I was told to rest if I cannot go on. It was a chance in a lifetime for me to climb Mount Kinabalu since I don't know when will I ever go up that mountain; probably that was what persuaded me. Nothing much to talk about for the 2nd day. We went up to Layang-layang substation, and next to Laban Rata. Anyway, the Fried Rice at Laban Rata's restaurant is RM15! Coca-cola is RM10.50! Wuhoo~! Exactly 4:00pm, we started to head down towards Timpohon gate from Laban Rata. Really crazy stuff. I reached the gate around 7:00pm. And that is really crazy, by 6:00pm, the mountain trail starts to darken. Actually I started running from km5; fuhh~!! Running downhill!

The 3rd day, we just did some work at the generator. We went back at 12:00pm and reached Kota Kinabalu district in 1 hour.

It was a very great experience to climb Mount Kinabalu, although not to the very top. Hopefully next time I will have the chance to go again, but this time with my friends.

RX-178 MK-II progress

I was a bit lazy taking pictures on the 1st & 2nd day. Haha. Anyway, these are the pictures of progress on my MK-II. I'm done with the construction and decals. Now.. I don't know where to put it. =_="

Last Thursday I bought an RX-178 MK-II Titans 1/60 Gundam. So I have started construction yesterday. Damn, the plastic parts occupied most of my room. I need more spray. I finished the gray just recently. Look at the MK-II's box on the bed, its big!!

Spray can and more in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

Looking for spray can to color surfaces, plastic models, or anything related you can find it in certain location in Kota Kinabalu. Here are lists of places:
1. Milimewa (RM6.90) (Recommended!)
2. Giant (RM7.99)
3. Servay (RM4.90, RM5.50, RM10.50) (Recommended!)

There are also spray cans available in many hardware shops in Kota Kinabalu. Other than that, if you wish to find those specific color for Gundam, you can find it in:
1. KK Toys, Api-api Centre, KK.
2. ATS Star City, KK.
3. KK General Toys, Asia City, KK. (Recommended!)

Gundam markers? Sure! We have those in KK.
1. KK Toys, Api-api Center, KK. (Recommended!)
2. ATS Star City, KK.
3. IT centre, Centre Point, KK. (Recommended!)
4. Signature, Karamunsing, KK. (Black Gundam PEN fine tip only - RM12.90)