Wcloudx (kumo)'s Blog – Ramblings about Figures, Gunpla, & More!!

I think this will be my longest “Text” post up-to-date~ so bear with me XD

Yesterday I went to my first ever Blogger Outing on Saturday, organized by Panther. I was quite nervous at first, since I’ll be meeting lots of unknown faces (well, not really because I already “know” some of them from their blog~:p) from around Singapore. At the same time I also felt a bit excited because I’ll be meeting people with the same interest as mine ^^

Anyway, we met up at City Hall MRT Station at around 3 PM. I was there like 10 mins early and already saw some of the bloggers waiting there. In the end there were around 15 people who came for the outing (I was expecting more~XD) and after, we went straight to La Tendo. Everyone was kind of quite and shy at first, but it doesn’t take very long until everyone went noisy :p

Actually this is my first time going to the “new” La Tendo, ever since they moved out from Sunshine Plaza to a new location at Kallang Leisure Park. We took Bus “16” to get there from the MRT Station. Panther was the one that leads us there, since it looks like I wasn’t the only one who went there for the first time ^^;

Took around 10-15 mins bus ride to get there. My first time at the Kallang Leisure Park too, and I have to say the place is quite big (Yep, it’s a Shopping Mall), but there weren’t much a crowd there when we got there. La Tendo is located at the 2nd floor, and it’s just right in front of the escalator just as you go up ^^ In just a split second, everyone was already switched into their “Otaku Mode”, oogling at all the figures displayed there~ XD

I have to say, there’s a big difference between the “old” and “new” La Tendo. If you’ve been to the old one, the new one has bigger space (I think more than doubled), and they also have more selections than before, and I think that’s really a good thing ^^

They actually have the “Queen’s Blade Airi” on sale, which in the end I’ve decided to get without a second thought (Thanks to Panther for lending him his Membership Card for some member discount) ^^ Gordon and Panther also got themselves a figure. I think it was Kanu Unchou (Ikkitousen: Dragon Destiny) for Panther and Wang Liu Mei (Gundam 00) for Gordon.

After that we’ve decided to take a group photo together in front of the shop. Panther knows the owner quite well so he asked him to take picture with us ^^ I didn’t bring my camera with me, so I have no choice but to borrow some photos from Panther ^^;

Front Row (Squatting): Fariz Asuka, Raven, Wcloudxkumo (Me)
Mid-Row (Bending): CK (orange shirt), Zero (grey shirt with sling bag)
Back Row (Standing): Sabar, Hirito, Misakichii, Wongtcsg, Squee, Reedy, Gordon, Panther, Akabane

(Not everyone is in the photo)

We went to the arcade after that to have some fun. Zero went to play “Ghost Squad(?)” and actually finished the game with just 1 coin, and I think he went for another run again after ^^; Panther, Akabane, and I think Weijie, went to get some actions with “Soul Calibur 3”. I played “Soul Calibur 2” a lot last time on the arcade, and decided to give it a shot ^^; I never tried playing “Soul Calibur 3”, so I just assumed that they have the same moves and controls as SC2, but I was wrong XD Felt kinda awkward when playing Ivy, since I can’t get the combos right. In the end I lost :p Saw Misakichii doing some Drum session with “Drum Mania V” also ^^;

Some of us went to the Food Court for dinner after, while some were still playing. While eating, we chatted a lot about figures, anime, and shares some NS stories. In particular, Misakichii got a message from KKnM informing him that his “Nendoroid Hatsune Miku” is ready for collection (lucky him >_<; )

Around 6 PM, Me, Fariz, Gordon, Sabar, and CK (I think…correct me if I’m wrong >_< ) had to go back early since we have some stuffs to do, while the rest who stayed behind went to Bugis ^^; Reaching the bus stop, CK had to go different stop since he’s taking different bus. The rest of 4 of us had the usual “Otaku” talks while waiting for our bus ^^;

We took the same bus “16”, but had to go off on different stops, and I was the 1st to get off ^^; I only managed to bid farewell to Fariz, since the bus was so crowded and we got split up to front and back >_<; So sorry to Gordon and Sabar ~m(_ _)m~

Conclusion

Well that’s it I guess. I had really good time. It was fun meeting different people who shares the same interests and get to know each other ^^ Many thanks to Panther for organizing it and those who came. I hope there will be more in the future and this time hopefully with more people :p

For more coverage on those who stayed behind, you can view them at Panther‘s blog ^^

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