{"id":401,"date":"2006-01-16T10:39:13","date_gmt":"2006-01-16T02:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2006\/01\/2006_01_16_1039.php"},"modified":"2006-01-16T10:39:13","modified_gmt":"2006-01-16T02:39:13","slug":"australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/01\/16\/australia","title":{"rendered":"Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Been a really long while since I&#8217;ve posted anything here. Might as well give you an update.<\/p>\n<p>Just came back from Oz yesterday afternoon. It was a wonderful vacation, I&#8217;d tell you what we were up to, but the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/gallery\/set.php?\/72157600054951924\" title=\"view gallery\">pictures<\/a> probably would do it better.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the pics, the rest were days for shopping and video marathons. Can you believe we&#8217;re suddenly &#8220;up to date&#8221; with <em>Smallville?<\/em> Three seasons within a <strong>week<\/strong> and now we&#8217;re planning to get\/borrow a <em>dibidi<\/em> of the 4th if possible. I have to say I really like Lex Luthor&#8217;s character. I really don&#8217;t mind being him (evil tendencies and all&#8230; well, probably not the schizo moments) He&#8217;s firm and confident in whatever he does &#8211; whether wrong or right. My kind of attitude.<\/p>\n<!--more-->\n<p>For the shopping part, I didn&#8217;t really get a lot of stuff.<\/p>\n<h2>Robosapien<\/h2>\n<p>For all you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\" title=\"Visit engadget\">Engadget<\/a> fans I was supposed to get myself a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robosapien1.com\/about\/what-is-robosapien\/\" title=\"What the hell is a Robosapien?\">Robosapien<\/a> after seeing a kid walk on the street with it (I was like &#8220;OH MY GOD! THEY HAVE THAT HERE!?&#8221; Not that I reallly checked if our local malls had it, but it was a cool thing to see&#8230; the mascot of one of the better tech sites I frequent.<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, the price was rather steep, so the fact that I <em>knew<\/em> it would be mostly a display item, I opted not to buy it, but was still raving about it. The very next day, our cousin Brian comes up with the box in hand. Apparently he&#8217;s a &#8220;collector&#8221; (he&#8217;s got a Voltes V for chrissake) and said that <em>as a collector,<\/em> he understands how stoked I was with the toy. So I can&#8217;t thank him enough for that.<\/p>\n<h2>ReZap<\/h2>\n<p>There&#8217;s another interesting thing I picked up: a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rezap.com.au\/rezapbd1.htm\" title=\"Product page\">mother of a battery charger<\/a>. Charges any kind of battery. When I say any kind, I&#8217;m not only talking about sizes here, it can charge even your regular throwaway batteries 15 or more times before you can truly consider them kaput. Another bonus is that it&#8217;s got its own battery tester!!! Now <em>that<\/em> is a worthy investment if I&#8217;ve ever seen one.<\/p>\n<p>I always knew it was possible to recharge regular batteries, there&#8217;s even a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afrotechmods.com\/reallycheap\/batteries\/batts.htm\" title=\"Really?\">site<\/a> that teaches you how to build one. I was just stoked to find a consumer version with a <strong>lot<\/strong> of bonuses included (testing mechanism, multi-type compatibility, etc.)<\/p>\n<h2>Rubber shoes<\/h2>\n<p>I used to have these fake GH <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_401_1('footnote_plugin_reference_401_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_401_1('footnote_plugin_reference_401_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_401_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_401_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Green Hills<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_401_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_401_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sport-e.com\/images\/products\/main\/hh\/hh358v29.jpg\" title=\"Mostro\">Puma Mostros,<\/a><\/em> which served me well, and whose design I really dug. I was looking for an original version during my trip to Singapore, but alas, they hadn&#8217;t the colors I wanted (amazing how you can have a hard time getting <strong>black and white<\/strong> rubber shoes). I ended up getting my <em>Adidas Darogas.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Anyways, I got a newer model but very similar to the <em>Mostro,<\/em> aptly called <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sport-e.com\/images\/products\/mag\/hh\/hh373v29m.jpg\" title=\"Nu Mostro\">Nu Mostro<\/a>.<\/em> I can&#8217;t find a picture on the net of my particular color combination, but just imagine black soles, black strap (just like in the <em>Mostro<\/em>), but with a Navy blue &#8220;insignia.&#8221; Only difference I notice from the old model is the strap and a break in the middle, lined with mesh. Overall, a better design so I&#8217;m not complaining \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h2>The rest<\/h2>\n<p>I got myself a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenfoto.hu\/fotok\/kicsi\/154.jpg\" title=\"See picture\">512MB SanDisk USB flash drive<\/a>, no caps\/covers so there&#8217;s no part to lose, aluminum\/titanium casing, etc. Pretty sexy design IMHO. That and a new all metal money clip (as in clip only)<\/p>\n<p>One particular product that&#8217;s worth mentioning is Sara Jessica Parker&#8217;s <em>Lovely<\/em> perfume. It really smells good! The last time I <em>really<\/em> liked a particular scent for women was Perry Ellis&#8217; <em>360<\/em> This would be the second. 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