Some Lego I want

I always liked Legos. Especially the ones where there are big, complex, expensive and quite unlikely your parents will buy it for you if you ask for it.

So when I saw the latest Clone Wars stuff from Lego, I kinda like the Clone Republic Gunship. Its big, has lots of stuff and unfortunately, overpriced. Here it costs a WHOPPING RM 800 (or 799.9999999999). I could have sworn I saw it costing SING 199.90 when I was in Singapore (or was it? cannot remember). Converted to Ringgit, even if it is SING 1 = RM 2.50 it is still less than RM 500!!! Tempted to get one, but after seeing how overpriced this thing in M'sia (like CBU/CKD/any car here), potong stim to get it. Available funds I have, but too much to buy over a short period of time, so buying one of these will easily blow 2-3 months allocation for "other stuff". And by the time Masterpiece Grimlock arrive which will cost more than this thing I think got no money left :P

Some pictures of it.




The one available is the second version after the Episode 2 version shown below.

The vista isn't fully clear.

On the online dictionary, vista means:-

–noun

1.	a view or prospect, esp. one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.

2.	such an avenue or passage, esp. when formally planned.

3.	a far-reaching mental view: vistas of the future.

sauce:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vista

But on my computer, Vista is an operating system from Microsoft which installed when I bought it. Since my pc is a new pc and is capable to run Vista, plus a graphic crad which utilizes Vista's Direct X 10, I decided to install Vista Premium with almost all the fancy bells and whistles. Vista Ultimate was in a way, overpriced.

Anyway, like the title, the vista isn't fully clear.

Some wierd things about Vista:-
1) I have to DISABLE the firewall that it came with so that Windows update can contact its server. You heard it right, I have to off Windows Firewall coz W. Firewall is blocking Windows update and W. Update cannot contact server. To think that both are from the same family....

Oh, apparently Windows firewall doesn't like Windows Defender as well...

2) It will pop up a window asking to continue or not whenever I try to do some things which it thinks is supposed to be the work of the admin.

Like to disable firewall it will ask if I should continue or not.
Like trying to run an install program on an ORI CD game it will ask if I should continue or not.

I have heard that it is good in the sense that if a malware decides to install something, the pop-up will come out, so its a mixed blessing.

3) My computer can start up on its own when there is power connected to it.

No, my house dun have ghosts, but kinda weird when you are half way sleeping and it turns on by its own. I dun remember my XP or windows 98 pc turning itself on when I was in college. I dun remember my parents calling my why my pc suddenly turn on its own.

Could be the "wake up on LAN" is enabled, but I never had a problem with previous pcs. Wierd.

So these are the 3 things which I find it weird on my pc.

Trying to think of something to post

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Arrghhhh..

Tomica 2008 Subaru Imprezza WRX STI and EVO X

Managed to find a car which I really want recently; the 2008 Subaru WRX STI hatchback 4 door tomica car. Bought it from the Litt Tak shop in Sg. Wang 6th floor for RM 12.90. Jusco MV had them at a discount, but yesterday I when I was there, there were NONE. NO Yellow hat GTR, no Subaru.

I saw the real thing when I was in Singapore, ironically looking for the tomica version of the same thing. Up close, it is a car you really want to get if you can afford. Taking styling cues from the Ford Focus, Subaru made its latest Imprezza a hatch instead of a sedan. Better try something different than going against another sedan AWD which is the EVO X. Nonetheless both stand out against each other quite well.

The box for the Subaru and EVO X


A face-off between the 2


Ready to race?


Subaru can open bonnet, EVO X the 2 front doors


Pictures of the real thing



A picture of the Choro-Q WRX with other Choros