Saturday, 12 March 2011

Gingy makes frens in Tokyo

As Wat the Duck took a sunny tropical holiday, Gingy pranced amongst sakura blossoms in Tokyo. Having just heard about the quake in Jpn yesterday, Gingy wished all of Japan's residents safety and and peace to overcome this calamity.


Missing his friends at home, he wondered if he could find new friends here?

He didn't. But found an interesting sign while taking the subway. Having only seen brown bears, Gingy wondered why these 'brown bears' wore sleeping masks with 2 eyeholes. *weird stuffed toy in jpn* - he thought.

But... Gingy took back his words when he met the red panda while q-ing up for sushi. The red panda is also termed the lesser panda (?!).

The lesser panda proved she was not lesser to all other bears (don't you dare talk abt size in front of her!), by demonstrating commendable agility in balancing on top of a Georgia coffee bottle.

REAL pandas. Now we're talking.

Gingy decided to kidnap one back to the hotel: Camouflage, panda! He commanded.

Tada! Presenting BuiBui, the Japanese panda with humpty dumpty special powers.

They chatted like 2 old friends. It didn't matter BuiBui spoke Hokkien-tinged Japanese (?) and Gingy spoke Scottish-accented Cantonese (??).
Kawaii-ness is the international language of stuffed toy land :D

Wow! What an intelligent looking cat! He must be the lord of Namjatown. Gingy was keen to befriend this powerful looking cat. Sometimes, he wished he too could look intellectual, so people will take him seriously.

He didn't find the powerful cat. But stared wistfully in awe at how this powerful cat even displayed power (literally) in cuisine presentation... He felt hungry and decided to go searching for food.

Look out for Gingy's food adventures in Tokyo (to be contd...)!






Friday, 11 March 2011

What the Duck in Siem Reap - Part One

WTD arrives in Siem Reap airport for a much-needed weekend vacation. With his trusty camera (no its not a pacifier) in tow!
Going through customs was a breeze, and that's the understatement of the year. WTD arrived shortly at his hotel and browsed the Cambodian newspaper.
The amenities at the hotel lobby looked very promising.

Thursday, 17 February 2011

The Oath of the Peach Garden (桃园三结义)

Monkey, Bean #1 and Hindergaard takes an oath of brotherhood under peach blossoms.


Monkey accessorizes his leopard outfit with Hindergaard's collar.


Happy new year!



Monday, 31 January 2011

A Day in the Life of a Duck

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WTD resting his tired legs after a morning of shopping at Orchard ION

US-born WTD has slowly come to terms with the Singaporean Chinese's love for roasted duck. He's learnt to channel his attention away at Chinese restaurants whenever he sees such acts of atrocities.

Duck-in-a-roll.

Catching a movie in town and enjoying it. Though he is quite unhappy with the lack of elevation of the cinema seating. Not very duck-friendly.

Yes. He went to watch The Green Hornet, of all movies.

He's spending his first Chinese Lunar New year in Singapore. Pretty psyched to learn about the 12 Chinese Zodiac animals. Why weren't ducks included?

This will be the year of the Metal Rabbit.
Helping with the decorations
WTD meets some auspicious rabbits
Cai shen ye is watching...
Hiding behind a pot of plant. Stalking the God of Prosperity (财神爷)

Firecrackers!


Perhaps 2 of these can propel him to the skies.
Alright, all this rabbit decoration is really getting way overboard.

New BFFs (best fauna friends)

Sunday, 23 January 2011

Android Plush Dreams of Electric Sheep Plush

Geeky Plush Toys
M is still debating whether she should abandon the Android phone for iPhone 4. Specs and user-interface aside.. Android has a definite edge over Apple in the eyes of our stuffed toy family members.. its mascot. We love the geeky little droid with its cutesy actions and Pacman-like mouth-work in ads promos. A true contrast with Marvin the paranoid android..  











Not to mention it has something Apple fans can't have.. its cute felt plush from Thinkgeek (pictures from Thinkgeek)
HELLO THERE SEXY.


Munching on obsolete phone models
Apple fans have this Steve Job plush as consolation. We hope all is well with Job.


Cranky Droid eats iPhones to survive.Perhaps its not so different from Marvin after all.






Saturday, 15 January 2011

Tintin Shop in Singapore!!!

Crowded Tintin Shop in bustling Chinatown

Tintin, Captain Haddock and SNOWY has landed in Singapore! Our camera phone simply doesn't do this shop any justice.We are absolutely in love with the shop and its extensive collection of Tintin merchandise. Michi grew up reading Tintin books and yes we do have a Snowy in our family of toys as well... just that we love it too much to let it come out of the plastic wrapping.

Much love for Snowy


Snowy in all sizes

Collectors' Snowy plush! Poor Snowy!

Snowy biting off a lion's tail, a scene from Tintin in Congo. (Wundertime)





The Tintin Shop
56 Pagoda Street
Tel: 6472 4291


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