Xavier's First taste of Pumpkin

As Lilian starts to introduce new food to Xavier every week, she got a tool to help with mash the stuff so she dun have to pound it. When she took out the U-Like Blender, it looked like one of those retro blender, bright orange with a transparent top. She also got the "Baby Cubes" to store the mashed stuff for the rest of the week.

So this week's menu is Pumpkin. Lilian usually do not like pumpkin, but somehow she could not help herself to the warm tasty pumpkin while cooking it for Xavier.
Xavier was pretty receptive to it.
But boy it was a messy food to feed. He would have his hands over the spoon and his mouth, then proceed to touch his toes. Lilian probably used half a box of tissue to clean him while feeding him. Look at that innocent face with the pumpkin "lipstick".
He was eating big mouthful of it happily till he almost choked. Thinking it was too thick, we diluted it slightly and also gave him some water. After that he just had the disgusted look on his face and refuse to eat more pumpkin. Thinking he wasn't that ready yet for pumpkin, I told Lilian maybe we try again tomorrow.

While it turned out he had poo in his diapers and was damn uncomfortable, hence he didn't feel like eating (I can imagine why). So after cleaning his butt and changing the diapers, he happily finished the rest of the pumpkin. Good job my boy.

Reventón is here!

Lamborghini Reventón. Many people would have heard or seen a Lamborghini. It's a pretty common sight at Raffles Place area (man where do these people get so much money?!?). But not many people heard of Reventón. And who would blame them, given that only 21 were made (and none in Singapore).

What made this car so unique is the design of the whole car, which was inspired by the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. From the paint work to the strong styling to the aircraft cockpit like dashboard and display, this is one unique car that one might not be able to own even if he has money to buy.

Well I dun have the money to buy even the steering wheel so the closest I could get to was an Autoart 1:18 die-cast model. When Jacky emailed that the new stock for it is in, I went down that very day to buy it. Below are some photos I took (more at my Flickr).

I am satisfied with the attention to details by Autoart. Jacky prefer the MR version (which is limited to 500 pieces and are already sold out), but that brand of handmade die-cast is out of my league.

Xavier is getting violent

I was really amazed by Xavier on Friday when he tried to put one of the fan blades into his mouth. He had tore the fan blade right off the fan which we usually clipped on the stroller hood above him. Just the other day, he pulled the whole fan out from the motor, again attempting to put in into his mouth.

Below you can see the damage he has done to the yellow/blue fan. The morale of the story, buy more spare fans.

A check on the "CCTV" would review that he is not afraid of the fan. In fact, he finds it fun to stop the spinning fan with his fingers.
I no longer could clip the fan onto the stroller hood. Instead, I have to hold on to the fans while pushing his stroller so that the fan still blows at him but its out of his reach. Lilian just laughed at me. Xavier would not give up and would still attempt to touch the fan still.

Xavier First Weaning Session

Xavier had a first taste of food other than milk on Saturday (25 July 2009). Lilian started Xavier's weaning session with white rice cereal. This is preferred over brown rice cereal as it is less likely to cause allergy. Lilian mixed a teaspoon of cereal with his milk for this session.

The thought of tasting a new food puts a cheeky grin on Xavier's cheek.
Taking the first few feeds with a spoon. That's a novelty.
So what's Xavier's verdict on this first weaning session?
Actually he enjoyed it. But it was very messy with him trying to blow bubble while eating and doing sneak attacks on the bowl while mummy is feeding. I'm sure he would be looking forward to trying other new food in the coming weeks. Lilian has sweet potato, spinach, pumpkin, apple, banana, and pear in mind.

My Autoart Gallery - Finally "Opened"

I started collecting die-cast car models some years ago. It all started with Peiling gave me an Autoart Die-cast car model as a birthday present. It was the Subaru WRC model.

Though I'm not a fan of Rex (preferring EVOs and GTRs), I can't help but admire the detailing on this model. The metallic blue paintwork, the almost real texture of the materials used on the seat and the carpet, it was a really well made model.

Then on, I've been a fan of Autoart. In fact, other than the Merz SLR McLaren, all the 1:18 die-cast models I have are from Autoart. I had stopped the hobby for sometime already partly because the price of the models have been rising and partly I had no space to keep them and I could not display them the way I wanted. They were kept in boxes for fear of dust.

But that has all changed today (2.5 years after I moved in to my present place). I recently found a vendor who is able to customise Acrylic displays to any dimension. Gave them the measurement and 1 week later my Acrylics are ready. Finally I am able to display my models with fear of them losing their shine to dust.




I love the Initial D series and even bought a toy model 2 years ago as Autoart did not make them. So when I chance upon the news that Autoart will be releasing a Japan exclusive only AutoArt AE86 Initial D ver., I knew I had to get my hands on it. Drop an email to Jacky from Motorsports Model Collectibles and he was able to get me a piece. Now I'm just keeping my fingers cross that they would release a ver. 2 of the AE86. They did make a tuned version of the AE68 but its ain't Initial D ver. 2 if it doesn't have the 4A-GE 20 valve twin cam engine under the bonnet.

For those of you who have no idea what AE86 is, its the 豆腐 (tofu) car from the initial D series (driven by Jay Chow in the Initial D movie). Still have no idea? Its the white car on the extreme left on the last photo.