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Well I wanted to finally get my Figma Saber and I had enough for a Figma Miku so I headed to my local Anime store while I had the chance. Since I arrived on Sunday, September 21, 2008 I finally had the chance to go to the anime store, by bus. When I arrived I saw Figma Haruhi (already have), Figma Mikuru (I need), and Figma Yuki Nagato (Which I also need) on the rack.  I asked if there were anymore Figmas and the lady said yes, pointing to a recently new pile of figures that came in just today (Wednesday, September 24, 2008). I then checked which ones interested me and took two.

What I saw were:
(Figmas I got from that pile = *)

1. Figma Itsuki Koizumi
2. Figma Kyon
3. Figma Konata Izumi*
4. Figma Unchou Kanu
5. Figma Tsukasa Hiiragi*
6. Nendoroid Miku
7. Nendoroid Melissa Seraphy
8. And a few others which I can’t remember since I was more focused on Figmas.

Now to get to the point:

In the new pile of loot I saw Figma Konata and Figma Itsuki. I took them in a hesitent manner since I wanted to get one that interested me the most and still have enough for Saber and Miku. I put myself on the list for Miku and Saber whenever they have it so I will soon have another two on the way.

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Haruhi greets the two new Figmas to enter the collection and then guards them from me, I got two more Figmas to get creative with nice! Well these Figmas help make use my camera better since they let me practice with the settings on the dial and all.

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Me and Haruhi noticed that the boxes contained 4 characters with the correct character pattern filled in with white (also look at the above image). Haruhi decides to ‘chill’ in this image.

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Haruhi is annoyed that nobody is around at the entrance of the school when she headed there. Wheres Kyon and the rest?………*effect: Stare/laugh Konata*

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And shes ready to knock someone out and cause spacial dimensions soon.

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And she notices someone coming so she looks to her left (but our right)…to the right? Ya way to go and confuse myself. *Effect: Konata and Tsukasa laugh and stare*

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……..and we will be back after these commericials……….Heres an image of the back drop that came with Tsukasa. Konata has a similar one but without Tsukasa in the background (look in the above image under Haruhi’s skirt.

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And Tsukasa wrapped up surprisingly safe in the plastic.

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And this time without the backdrop, don’t know why I took two different images of the same thing anymore. Well you can see her bits and pieces she has, the cell hand, her surprised/shocked face, & lastly her herself.

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……And now back to the main program. Tsukasa was standing next to Haruhi the whole time but both were oblivious to each other. Wonder what Tsukasa is looking at?

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Tsukasa starts dancing and singing out of nowhere…..
*effect: Konata stares and laughs*

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Haruhi then gets ready to slap Tsukasa….

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Knowing Tsukasa by now she jumps, looks back in a shocked manner with Haruhi irritated and ready to ..slap Tsukasa. Konata at the back starts laughing at the two of them ^^, thats our Konata lol.

*effect: Konata stares and laughs*

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Tsukasa was about to use her Martial Art techniques but Haruhi decided to do a simple “block and cover the first” mind game. Such simple things always make complex look out of place.

*Effect: Konata stares*

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Konata decides to make an appearance and lands in a plastic box behind Tsukasa and Haruhi…Haruhi points at Konata while Tsukasa can’t figure out what just happened. Haruhi’s evil plan?

*effect: BOOM!, Haruhi laughter, Tsukasa’s shocked sound*

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Haruhi thinking Konata is some alien or something gets all happy and pokes her hair. In the mean time Tsukasa touches Konata’s hair to analyze the situation to figure out what in the world just happened. While this is going on Konata says hi to people across the street confusing both Haruhi (who is also happy) and (and more so confused) Tsukasa.

*effect: Konata’s giggle*

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This short was brought to you by……………..Figma Konata……*changes channel*. Well with Konata’s big hair it confused me as to where I had to put the stand until I realized it was that small long blue hair that has been mentioned earlier when opening the box. I try to put the stand onto her hair and the face falls off……..

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…And that hair piece I mentioned on the box. Nice they have it there and took me awhile to realize why the blue strand of hair was placed on the back, clever.

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And with that I am more amazed with the figma, and I sub-consiously created a Figma theater 0_o, nice.  I can’t wait to receive my Figma Miku Hatsune and Figma Saber! If you scrolled/read down till here thanks and please leave a comment if you so wish.

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Well now that you got a summary of what I did in Europe I will now show you my Ferrari collection, Ferrari products on streets, and a Ferrari I saw on the street. There are 26 images to look through so there has to be something good to look at with something pleasing your eyes :).

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My Ferrari Loot
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A gift given to me when I arrived in Slovakia, Bratislava.

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And now you can see the cars in slightly better detail in a tower.

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One of them out of the box, and later put back.

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A simple F1 Ferrari RC Car I got for about $50 bucks Canadian. It has one speed mode but I guess thats what you get for a $50 dollar RC, not complaining though.

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A Hot Wheels F1 Ferrari that I managed to acquire. There were more Hamilton version that it pissed me off since hes been treated like a spoiled kid in the Formula 1 world. Mention Hamilton and Ill throw a chainsaw your way.

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I have Haruhi help me advertise Shumi’s limited edition Hot Wheels car found in Aupark (in Bratislava Slovakia). I only opened one side of the box only to get the booklet out, other then that its untouched.

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Main Ferrari collection, Ferrari Sweater/two towels left out since they couldn’t fit. You can see a few Hot Wheel cars, a fake hat from Tucepi, the limted edtion Shumi FXX, and a bed sheet cover.

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My Ferrari Puma sweater I got in Avion mall. I wear this sweater a lot now but people don’t notice its Ferrari? Sorry for picture quality but lighting is bad and no other good place to put it (or maybe I’m being clueless).

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My Ferrari Towel I got in Tucepi, looks real and is huge. (2 images)

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And a fake F1 Ferrari towel (smaller).

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Real Ferrari sighting:

Rear view of the F430 convert which is seen in Bratislava, Slovakia during the night.

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Front view of the F430 convert which is seen in Bratislava, Slovakia during the night.

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Right side view of the F430 convert which is seen in Bratislava, Slovakia during the night.

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Ferrari Seen on streets and media:

A gold Ferrari keychain seen next to the Porche logo seen in a Tucepi (In Croatia) jewelry store. It was worth about $500 Canadian 0.o (Look in the middle of the image)

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And a Ferrari 599 picture in the Slovakian papers.

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A Ferrari Emblem seen on a tent outside Tesco in Bratislava (in Slovakia) in the downtown area.

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Some Ferrari Models seen in Vienna. I tried to acquire some but didn’t have the funding for it :(. (2 images below)

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And a Ferrari Emblem stuck on a window in the Circus park in Vienna for the Go-Cart rides.

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And some Cologne Ferrari advertisements found in Bratislava’s downtown area, near Tesco and Old Town.

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And another Emblem found @ that restaurant I showed earlier (one with Coca-Cola on the tent)

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And 2 Shumi poster found at that restaurant.

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and two images of the Ferrari Model found in Avion mall in Bratislava, Slovakia.

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And with that you see how Ferrari replaces Anime in Europe. I decided to show this Ferrari entry since it helps me connect with my friends (and other people) and not make me look like a weird person with a unknown hobby. I like Anime and I like Ferrari, which both of them are clashing for room in my uh….room.

next entry will be “Part 3 - Anime pictures in Europe” which is basically Figma Haruhi and Revoltech Saber posing.

Hello again, This will be part 1 out of the many entries Ill be doing to update the interested about my trip in Europe.

Part 1 - Summary
Part 2 - Ferrari Loot
Part 3 - A few of my anime pics taken in Europe
Part 4 - A few tease pictures from Europe - Bratislava
Part 5 - A few more tease pictures from Europe - Tucepi
Part 6 - More tease pictures from Europe - Vienna
Part 7 - Conclusion thoughts and Videos

Even though it was the next day over I will update my blog to say I am back in Canada. For those who check this blog may (or may not) know I was in Europe in three nations for a month.  When in Europe I tried to also do Anime figure shots for the anime side of my blog but only got indoor shots sadly (except for one out of place image of sitting on the ledge on the beach in Croatia, Tucepi). I also tried to look for an anime store everywhere I went in Europe but none in the places I looked, but I did find (and got) lots of Ferrari loot to share with you, but for now I will only post up a summary of my trip.

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Short summary of my Trip in Europe:
(I know its actually long but thats to make up for the lack of content for the month)

August 15, 2008 - August 16th, 2008

Ottawa -> Frankfurt Airport

- Took off to Europe taking Air Canada 838 from Ottawa to Frankfurt 2 hours late due. The 2 hours lateness was due to the stormfront which appeared out of nowhere on a very sunny day (as to mock me or something).
- Arrived in Frankfurt Airport, stayed around a bit and had a soup at a Chinese/Japanese/Asian restaurant there.
Frankfurt Airport -> Vienna Airport
- Due to the lateness (Caused by that storm that hit Europe then Canada) we (me and a parent) got our tickets fixed to a Lufthansa one. We then took the bus to the Austrian Air, took pictures and got yelled at by some jet lagged person, landed in Vienna 1 hour later. Got our stuff and waited outside airport.
Vienna Airport -> Bratislava Airport
- Took the bus from Vienna Airport to Bratislava bus station, stayed on till we reached the Bratislava Airport (closer to where I was staying and to get picked up by relatives).
- Stayed up the extra hours to put stuff into the room, eat, meet other people, game with the met people, say happy birthday, and then finally sleep back at “home”.

August 17, 2008
- Got my first batch of Ferrari gifts.
- Got hungry at Tesco and had to deal with my stupidity of not eating much
- Went to a mall near the Raca area of the city, got a nice Ferrari F1 RC as a gift from the people I was staying with.
- Got to taste my second batch of Slovakian foods and snacks.
- Went to Modra afterwords for a visit and to take pictures of the past (Basically to help spawn my thoughts from the past).

August 18, 2008
- Visited the new met people.
- Took pictures and videos of a tram.
- Played a few more games.
- Got ready to take a trip to Croatia, Tucepi.
- Started to feel a bit sick but held out till the end.
- Got on the bus and off we all went to Tucepi (Through the Evening till the next morning)!
- Saw crazy scenery during the night and doze off.

August 19, 2008
- Woke up to see a crazy steep cliff that would of made people shit their pants if they were scared of heights.
- Got off the bus in Tucepi at 6 am in the morning  to see everything empty. Took the opportunity to take pictures and videos before the area got swarmed (luckily I did). Walked around taking pictures once the stuff got put away, went to the beach and thne the corzo for a stroll to see what it contained.
- Went swimming and later on accidently dipped my (new) camera in the water by mistake blah! Luckily I had my 4.1 mp Camera I had in Ottawa to take over till the end.
- Ate some nice Tucepi foods mixed with Slovakian foods. Also saw some nice Fisherman night foods and events.

August 20, 2008 -> August 26, 2008
- Went for further swims, picture/video taking, sealife discovering, picture taking adventures with the help of the people I went with.
- For the Anime side of my blog took some pictures of Haruhi where I could but still couldnt take outdoor pictures
- Watched a few Olympic events along with the ending. Also ended up watching a bit of F1 but need to actually watch it here in Canada.
- Played Air Hockey with the people I went with.
- At night, after 7pm, Going for a stroll
- On 26th headed back to Slovakia, Bratislava on the bus with me tripping out due to the cliff and some odd tunnel experiences.

August 27th, 2008
- Failing to fall asleep I stayed up most of the night watching the scenery, the fog, the detailed star night (with a bit of the Milky Way showing), the Austrian scenery, the green neon glowy store, the windmills.
- Listened to ASOT from the gas station stop to outside Bratislava seeing the sun rise to hide in the clouds.
- Welcome back to Slovakia, Bratislava everybody!
- Went to Metro to find a American military plane landing (flew overhead Metro and later saw it take off over the place I stayed at) - Joked it was invading Slovakia trying to further its influence in the area.
This next bit I can summarise easily.

August 29, 2008 -> September 05, 2008
- Went around shoppin, tram hunting, video/pic taking, and eating.
- 30th - Fishing, New camera bought, and got sick overnight
- Sept1st - Still sick, playing PSP all day.
- 2nd - Going out and about but still sick taking a few pictures, and PSP playing.
- 3rd -> 5th - Went to Kamzik Tower, Went to shopping street in downtown, exploring downtown Bratislava checking out its resturants also.

September 06, 2008
- Went to Vienna on the speed boat at 7am and returned at 6 pm. Went to various places taking the metro, the Vienna Sightseeing bus (Hop on, Hop off) such as a Palace, a huge church, and the old town area.

September 07, 2008
- Went with someone to the Bratislava Castle, to Devin Castle, across downtown Bratislava (mostly Old Town) and was supposed to watch an Irish concert but that was canceled,

September 08, 2008 -> September 20, 2008
- Went downtown, went to Japanese and Chinese restaurants, went Ferrari shopping, tram/trollybus/bus hunting, computering to keep up with news, basic shopping, Bratislava exploring, Celebrity discovering,  Thermal Park dipping (went to a Thermal park on the 9th and only that day), further landmark findings.

Sept 14th
- Found a Ferrari F430 just sitting in the Downtown core of Bratislava and a F1 Ferrari model sitting in a glass box in a mall near Ikea.
- Listened to some inmall concert, went bowling, went to a “Beverly Hills” area out of Bratislava near Stupava.
- Seeing more buildings/scenery/objects from my past
- Saw the F1 race in Imola with Vettel winning and me cheering the Celebrity like Hamilton got 7th, damn spoiled brat he is.

September 20th, 2008
- Packed up in the morning.
- Went on the computer to keep up with news from Japan and the world.
- Watched a replay of Qualifying of Imola with Vettel getting first.
- Took figure shots out of boredem of being the last day and cloudy in the area.

September 21st, 2008
- Last minute packing, fish watching (in an fish tank), eating a sandwhich, and a taxi off to Vienna airport Damn and I was recently in Canada also blah.
- Waited in a long line in Vienna airport which caused a delay to the Lufthansa flight to Vienna. The plane arrived on time in Frankfurt but just barely by giving me a headache with the pressure and a messed up landing (caused by pilot or crosswinds?).
- Rushed in Frankfurt to get bored in the Air Canada flight 839 to Ottawa. Almost went seatless but whatever I got a window seat and took some pictures and videos. Watched a few movies, shows, and some Dance music before landing  safely in Ottawa with a beautiful touchdown! I miss Europe but now Im planning to go to Japan! Damn that flight is going to piss me off.

Conclusion
Sorry if that was a half assed (and long) summary of the trip but Id thought Id let people know what i was up to. Now maybe tomorrow, or the next day, I will do a part 2 with my Ferrari loot which will replace the Anime loot since its my North America/Europe hobby. Hope you were able to understand this blog entry.

Well I was at my friends to see his new synth so I took the opportunity to take pictures, and to also improve my indoor shooting skills. I tried out his synth (Korg R3) and I must say its a kick ass synth. Too bad I couldn’t record what I played on it since the recording softwares had some issues with the keyboard .

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So here are the the damn clouds that harassed Ottawa late July till August 11th messing up my bike trips. This weather front corrupted my already messed up sleeping habit making me stay awake even longer during the night (or waking me up early but sleeping later).

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Haruhi wants the synth so she starting hitting me over the head with the yellow cone.  She said that if I didn’t give her the Synth that she would delete everything on my site - if only she knew how lol.
(Had flash on to test out indoor shots taking skills)

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Haruhi still in the same pose to harass me for the synth my friend has.
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My friend playing his music on his computer and she points up to the monitor. I don’t know why she keeps on holding the yellow thing in her hand, maybe she wants to hit somebody?

(Taken sideways and flipped)

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She liked the synth so much that she sat on it and told me to play some tunes on it. She’s pointing up at the monitor with Fruity Loops 7 on it saying that a Synth is better. Can you imagine Haruhi stealing a synth? Good thing shes small. When we came home she hit me over the head with her yellow cone of choice :(.

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She put her weapon down and started dancing to “A State of Trance - 333″ that was playing over the speakers. She started dancing on the Synth almost messing up the settings on it, oi.

(Image taken without flash, forgot my camera protect packaging was in the frame)

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Haruhi noticed my friend’s Ferrari collection so she rushed over and wanted to take one for a spin. Luckily for me (unfortunate for her) there wasn’t one her size. She got annoyed but forgot to take a picture of her when she got mad but I did catch her going back to dancing to the music.

(Without flash and on a soft background. Have to work on getting the right detail in the image when indoors)

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Lastly I noticed Haruhi playing an Air Guitar so I quickly took an image of her before I left my friends.

(No flash and still messing around with the focus on the image)

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And this will be my last blog entry for awhile since I’m leaving to Europe on August 15th (Mentioned here) till September 21st. I doubt I would be able to update my blog since I use my SmartFTP to store pictures and my laptop become uninternet worthy.  If I would be able to post more entries then I would link to the deviantart images I uploaded to taunt my friend who didn’t go.

Well I did hint the date and mentioned it a few times on a gaming forum I moderated it. There are also people I told in detail where I am going on that day. So I thought I put this here since not everybody reads my blog and for those that do can spread the word on Petroglyphgames that I’m heading off to Europe!

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On August 15th I’m going to Europe! From Canada to Frankfurt to Vienna to Bratislava Slovakia. I’ll be there for awhile then off to Croatia Tucepi, back to Europe, then Czech Republic, back to Slovakia, and on my way back on the 21st. I’ll try my best to update this blog during that time and if I can’t then you’ll get a nice big juicy blog entry of where I went, tons of images and videos.