This is i think...the first weekend i survived without gaming! as in yes i do have the option to choose it, but i chose not to. Reason being, studies. Seriously i am wondering if it will relly help or will i ultimately give in. i really hope i dont. With Lego, i know i wont! =D

welllll after a delay of 1month plus all thanks to the slow process of getting my lego bricks, i am proud to announce that my project is DONE!! =DD but it turned ouot really different as compared to the prototype -.- oh well, due to the severe lack of certain spare parts, i had to improvise A LOT.

The ship was created using only NEW parts, so its like a total brand new lego piece. i didnt want any old pieces in it..so i ordered some simple lego pieces, one lego set and surprisingly, mum bought for me the 650 lego bricks set! so phew! those really helped me to supplement all those gaps man.

some the mechanisms that i created was kept and reproduced from the prototype.
1. The bombing mechanism similar to that of LEGO's actual product from the Venator set.
2. The balancing mechanism. As the front of the ship is totally off the ground. (i had to do some serious balancing to ensure it stays up with maximum weight)
3. The engines/boosters. That was just to add some mechanical detail on the ship.
4. The opening hatch into the ship that extends when opened :P

Mechanism that i copied directly from LEGO's set, emperor palpatine's shuttle:
1. The landing gear
2. The wings (i later improved the design to suit my ship)

Image below is the actual LEGO set for emperor palpatine's shuttle.


okay enough talk, lets get down to the process! :D

My ship was done in 2 days, the prototype took about a week to construct. I only did the LEGO when i had breaks in between my studies. The construction of it was later improvised to suit the pool of lego parts that i have. The constructing process was split into a few parts to simplify matters :) after piecing eveything together, i then improved on the weaker portions and did some mini detailing. The very first part that i did was the main frame xD was damn afraid it would suddenly break apart if i didnt do the main frame.

Biggest project i ever attempted, if i exclude that 3-storey lego base that i did -.-

these are the prototype photos


the ship


bombing mechanism


balancing the ship..


these are all the 'supplement bricks'! phew i was actually short of bricks~saved my life!

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this is the good o' holed plastic bag that holds all the small lego pieces! i still remember those times when i was still small, tearing open one of these and letting the pieces fly~


i was seriously surprised by the numbering of the bags of lego! :D they actually helped to section everything, making life a whole lot easier~ bah i ended up pouring all the pieces together cuz i wanted to see what i could take from the whole pool of legos instead~

thats the wing for my ship! as mentioned above, i actually improved the design later on. its sturdy alright! sometimes my lousy creations fall apart when i drop em. This doesnt!


personally, i noticed this weak point on the wing -.- its like supported by a 2-stud flat piece?! so pathetic. easy to break. True enough, that was the first piece that came off while i fixed the wings onto my ship.

oh yeah my ship was done in a few parts, like actual LEGO products, so as to simply the process. Careful planning was needed though! having a mismatch of parts will defintely prove to be a HUGE problem later on..


this was done in the morning! see if you can spot the half-done ship! :D yupp you are looking at it on top of all those lego pieces that i poured together~i poured all those multi-coloured bricks on the floor instead :P and used a roller chair hehe!


thats the landing mechanism thingy! bahh i had to do some tweaks to it as the centre of gravity was too far in front~ worked out really sweet later on!


ah the wings, the wings. but hey! i decided to do without the folding wings concept because i found it too irritating. you imagine everytime you flip the lego model around the darn wings keep moving here and there? zzzz! plus it made the whole model seem pretty flimsy. Actually it became flimsy. lolol. so thats one of the mechanisms that i threw out!


some pathetic boosters..


1/4 of the engine! :D copied from the LEGO set. oops bad reflection.. X.X

slightly better~


threw out the useless parts -.-


i think i spent like a good 1/4 of the time searching for a particular piece in this self-created mess xD looks like it aint going anywhere eh??

here is the NOT SO FINAL product! :D may add in more details and greebling.. add in more armaments :)

say hi to those orange bombs for the bombing mechanism and say hi to the pilot! thats a medical robot from star wars =.=

will post more and BETTER photos of the close ups of different sections of the ship! for now, all i care about is sleep :P its really late. T.T

im happy its finally done :)

Labels: fun, lego

Hello world! :D this week is gonna suck pretty bad. I have lotsa work to do and so little time! This time, everything is really cramped together :S sometimes I really do wish my life was a lot simpler, I don't really mind having to study in school till 9 everyday, in fact I love it! But the problem here is that these "extra" stuffs are coming in the way and disrupting the really long hours I have for studying. 

Let's see what I have this week.. 
1. Piano exam (holy crappp!!!)
2. Chemistry mock exam
3. General Paper mock exam
4. Testimonials to be approved. (this is seriously damn time consuming)
5. Train for standing broad jump and 2.4km run. 
6. Head to the gym twice and the pool once!
Bah all those major stuffs all at once! T.T I just finished writing my personal qualities section for the school graduation certificate and now I have these 3 paragraphs that I have to write. 3 of the most outstanding stuffs you have done in college.. Hmmm...oh and those are on top of all those usual homework that teacher love to pile us up with. At least no student have been reported of drowning in homework. =) yet. 

Ahhh okay fine I'm taking a break now after studying in school and later on I got to rush home and get ready to rush out for piano lesson. Tsk! I really hope I get to sleep by 12 LATEST tonight. :) every day I have been sleeping at 1am++ and eating all those heaty durians have taken a toll on my health! So...sleep early I must! 

But hey! Life isn't THAT bad! At least I still get to enjoy my jc life with my classmates and friends! Looking on the brighter side of life, canteen food is gooooood! >:D 

Oh and like finally after an agonizing and close-to-pissing wait for my Lego parts, they are finally ready! Stupid thing is less than half of the parts could be found. Like seriously that bad??! Plan B!! Guess I just have to get some other Lego set to patch up for the parts that I want :) can't wait to post up pictures of my completed lego model! But hey it's gonna take some time to build on whatever I have man. Initially it would have been a lot faster if I just build a separate one and use the prototype as a guide. Not anymore tsk! 

Lego needs a lot more development in Singapore.. First stop: provide more spare parts! Then.. Lower the prices dammit! 

Will upload the pictures and tell ya the whole story of getting this project done! 

In the mean time, enjoy this cup of Milo and biscuits from my night study programme!

People used to always say "life in a nutshell". Guess it has become cliche but still, when i opened up this tab to do my blog post, this was the very phrase that came to mind :)

Ah if life WAS a nutshell instead, i would tell ya mine would be a really battered and war-torn shell, probably half a mile underwater drowning already :P yes yes A levels is killing me, but now, i even have the CCA records and testimonial to do T.T its like doing project work all over again! just that this is way more troublesome. we have to look for the specific teacher in charge of the various events and get their signatures, so as to testify that we actually went for the event, or participated in certain competitions blah blah blah.

and because the testimonial is about yourself, i actually have to type like "ming yang was a keen learner..." its just so awkward typing about your personal qualities. Its even weirder when you are trying to beef up your testimonial, talking about what you have learnt. It sounds alright if you are typing like "through the seminar, i was able to gain self confidence". problem is, you are typing this instead "*inserts name* went for the seminar and he gained self confidence" keep typing like that and the awkwardness grows =P

ah tomorrow is fridayyyy!! but im still gonna stay back in school to study. tsk tsk! i really want to play with lego tml D: in serious shortage of lego bricks!!! Balance of Payments current account deficit hehehehe

Labels: Junior College Life, school

OH YAY! like finally i actually remembered to blog and have the time to blog! :D OKAY first half of this blog post is gonnabe about me ranting about all my schoolwork =.= these few days have been really busy with me! moreover, i am going for nightstudy whenever i can during the weekdays. so..that makes me, theoretically speaking, studying till 9pm for every weekday. hmmm NOT BAD! but thats like best situation..so its definitely gonna be less. plus all those gym sessions and running and what not, im sure the number of hours should drop by quite a bit.

pffft seriously all these work now is giving me quite a big headache. i have those darn small quizes and tests to study for, tuition homework to finish up, plus obviously all those usual schoolwork and i also have this school graduation certificate to write about. damn. JC2, life is WAYYYY more hectic than JC1. still remember those days when i had the luxury of time to sit at the school cafe and eat ice cream and revise for 3 hours. those were the days...now, im clambering for as much time as possible! that includes time to rest.

im tired. actually, i wanted to sleep at 11pm tonight thinking that i can get some extra sleep as i have been sleeping really late these days, but guess what! im BLOGGING at 11:19pm! and i am still doing up some work. tsk. Tomorrow's wednesday..! and the principal wants to talk to us because the class is under performing. i hereby officially blame my fridge for my results.

OO something happy today! i initially wanted to retake my napfa pull ups on thurs, but Mr Kwok, my PE teacher told me to retake it today, so i went ahead with it :) to my surprise, i did 5 pull ups! The last time i did, i was only able to pull 2. all thanks to gyming, the number jumped in just 3-4months! so not bad not bad :P my standing broad jump increased too! by 10+cm! :D so cool! but yet, still not enough to get that darn silver so oh well. plus i have 2.4 run to complete too..that segment is a totaly let down -.- why cant i just have more stamina! should have so exercised during puberty! if i ever have kids, imma dump em on the treadmill!

Labels: exercise, Junior College Life, school

bzzzzrrt! back to school! how am i gonna be able to wake up so early again!! looks like those dark eyebags of mine are gonna come haunting back at me eh. and yes i am so pissed off by those noobs on Singapore SF! like seriously! these peeps from faraway lands come playing our servers and become major laggers, while they DO have their own servers in their country. wtheck! oh come on! Last time i was pretty good in USF, now after being forced to move over to SSF, its so much tougher to play against "teleporters.." but oh well!

this blog post is sure gonna be a real wordy one! sorry guys no choice. my fingers are too lazy to plug in my phone into the com and extract new photos~anywayyyy im really hoping i can get more lego bricks soon :) in dire need of em! so many ideas and creations waiting to bloom! damn! if only i have the money to go along with it. :P okay okay i will update more on this post tml...i seriously dont feel like going back to school now since i am enjoying myself, slacking around~ :P

haha this is so funny! oh its from one of the peeps from mocpages :) this site where people upload all of their lego mocs onto :)
enjoy!

hahaha the title says it all! well, i do have school tomorrow, but its just for celebrating racial harmony dayyy so still, no lessons! :D not until next monday! awesome rightttttt..? but so far, i have yet to download the new songs that i want to add into my itouch and i have yet to think of a nice excuse for my horrible grades that are to come during the parent-teacher meeting :P

ANYWAYY this one week of "holiday" has been kinda disaapointing to me :P definitely, it has so far given me a really nice break. well sort of. i finally had time and opportunity to have a really nice fellowship with my cell group, haven't had one in ages! all thanks to my restrictive parents. cant wait for Jayesslee to come over to my church this weekend to perform! yeah! gonna be so soothing~awesome awesomeeeee! probably try to invite some friends over to have a good time!

for some reason, i seem to be more occupied during the holidays than on school days. like seriously. i spent my past 2 days running around, rushing through stuffs (which includes studies) and had very little time to sleep. seriously feeling really drowsy during the holidays. well finally comes the middle of the week! Wednesday! the day that probably most of everyone of us would moan all over it. but hey! i get to wake up late, go for piano lessons, go for a nice refreshing swim under the hot sun and play with LEGO! life couldnt have gotten any slacker =D be jealous! muahahahaha!

im really happy today was such a fruitful day! :P i did nothing but SLACK!! fruitful in a GOOD WAY INDEED. i would easily get an A for stalling time/killing time/slacking. Its no wonder why my good friends gave me a tag that wrote "im a slacker" for my birthday! geez wonder how would life be when school starts again! T.T back to my robotic lifestyle indeed. bleh! xP

OH YES I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MEMORY PILLOW. mum bought this $90.90 pillow at the Robinson's sales at expo and she only paid $27.70 because the sales person swapped the price tags on purpose! :P she ended up buying 3 of em and some other pillows at the wrong pricings -.- tell ya more about it tml!

Labels: Holiday 2011

OKAY! exams are finally over! :D well but not the A levels, so in a way...my life still sucks! Dont know why but my life seems to suck even more after the mid year exams -.- so much for relaxing time...

everything isnt really going that smoothly. Still feeling tired due to the lack of sleep during examination time..and my piano skills have just plummeted. tsk! and piano exam is in a month's time. plus im having problems with the last song all thanks to the complicated chords and my parents rushed me into taking the exams :( so technically speaking, i have less than half the usual amount of time i have to learn all the exam pieces and they are much harder. im taking grade 7 piano, skipped grade 6. so the last one that i did was 5. THATS the big difference.

well now that i have more time on my hands, im really trying to catch up on everything else um including studies..as in tuition work T.T loads of backlog to clear man! sucks to be me. so i went to the NDP rehearsal. here are some photos! its been quite some while ever since i went for one. it is the first going to the floating platform though :)

all pictures taken using my xperia x10 :)

the very first photo i took!

ah then the spectacular, never to be missed, Red Lions descended from 10000 ft!

erm they were VERY high up. Can see those mini trails of red smoke? :)


now you can see they have deployed their chutes :) i SO WANT to be the ones jumpin off the copter!


see the see hawk! (try using the water ripples as a gauge on where the heli is..)


the chinook dropping off navy seals. had this the previous year too.


one of the better shots of the apache circling around :)


just look at that boat! :D i seriously wonder what is that military ship. it carried the 4 21-pounders :) they were awesomeeeee.

here is a video of it! i took the video. i have no idea why it came out sideways~ anyhoo, whenever they fired, a smoke ring appeared! i was like HAHAHA COOOOOOL!!

LOLOL cannot hear the cannon blast.. bloody hell! its like this shockwave kinda feeling after they shoot. damn awesome!


Marikita rakyat singapura~


the 5 F15-Es fly past! :D sadly they didnt do the iconic split out formation D: we had it every SINGLE year! its like a tradition!

oh i didnt take any photos of the arts performance and fireworks because i was busy watching the performances! And looking at one pretty usher xD

Labels: Holiday 2011