SG50 Lego Set

Lynn and Sera were very happy to receive the "Building My SG" Lego set from their school this week. They had been looking forward to this ever since they heard about it in the news. This "Building My SG" Lego set was a gift from the Ministry of Education (MOE) to all MOE students and teachers in Singapore to commemorate SG50 - Singapore's Golden Jubilee. 

Each set came with an instruction booklet on how to build the three iconic Singapore landmarks - Cavenagh Bridge, Changi Airport and Gardens by the Bay. The instructions were also categorized into three levels of difficulty with level 1, 2, and 3 recommended for ages 7+, 13+ and 17+ respectively.

This was what Sera had built in school.

According to Lynn, it seemed that what Sera built was between level 1 and 2. Sera also added the 2 mini figures on the Cavenagh Bridge.

Below was the set built by Lynn in school. This was done in line with the set theme of a future Singapore that connects people.

It was supposed to be a bridge with plants and flowers.


Written by Anne

Happy Chinese New Year!

Hello people! Before the first day of CNY ends, I wish you a 
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!!!!! :D
Have a great year of the goat/sheep! :D 喜气洋洋! :D :D :D

Like what I always do I buy a new soft toy according to the zodiac every year. :P (To be honest I never saw an ox soft toy during the year of the ox, I also don't know why. :P) Expect a review on this soft toy next time!

Written by Lynn

Gone from blog doesn't mean nothing to update...

I'm back on blogger now! As you know, the last time I even posted anything was on Christmas last year, and after that there were no longer any more posts until now. Of course, just because I didn't post anything does not mean I'm gone! I have lots of updates to bring to you but I'm just lazy to write... :P Anyway here are some pictures of the updates.

Yessss I have Bionicle 2015 sets... YAY!(but a skull spider lost its leg lol)

Lego ninjago ice dragon set :D

ZANE IS BACK!!!!

Of course there is much more to update but I'm too lazy... That's it for now!

Written by Lynn

Merry Christmas!

We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you, a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Written by Lynn

Christmas pictures!

This is just basically a picture of me and the Lego Merlion because I simply thought it looked very accurate to the actual merlion and I think it is a really good Lego sculpture! (PS: if you don't know, this Lego Merlion doesn't spit water out, but the real Merlion sculpture in Singapore does.) Also, I have more pictures of lighting!

If I remember correctly, I was taking a picture of the Singapore cable cars that had lights inside them, which is what all that white light is.

Elder sister penguin and the brightly-lit surroundings!

I actually have another picture, but somehow blogger is unable to let me upload it here properly. :P Anyway, that's it for now!

Written by Lynn

Lego swimming pool MOC+Bonus stuff at the end!

Here's my Lego swimming pool MOC that I've had with me for quite some time, even before I went to Australia! Here are some pictures of it.

Normal view of swimming pool(pic 1)

Picture of all the minifigures except Lifeguard guy

Were you wondering where has Lifeguard guy gone to? Well, he's sitting on his lifeguard chair!

Another view of the swimming pool

This MOC all started with a swimming pool concept that I had in mind: Build a swimming pool where I can pose minifigures in the swimming pool without the removal of any minifig parts. I searched on youtube and google on these type of MOCs, but unfortunately I only saw 1 or 2 that were able to pose minifigs in the 'water' without removing anything from the minifigures themselves. So, I decided to build a Lego swimming pool of my own! At first, I actually didn't have enough transparent bricks to fill the water parts and leave a few holes for posing minfigures, but over time, my sister gave me her Lego bricks and I got enough transparent bricks from her and my own collection that I was able to build it. :D When the pool 'water' was done, it basically only went through minor changes, such as the width and length of the pool, the depth etc. I left it the way it is in the pictures for weeks before I finally decided to post it here. :P Oh yes, here are some bonus pics!

Lighting near the outside enterance to City Square Mall(not at the carpark area)

Some kind of train with lights I think

These were taken at City Square Mall, but actually there were lots of lit up decorations there. Unfortunately, when I was there, my phone was already near the brink of shutting down due to low battery. Before it shut down, I managed to take these two pictures. Don't they look beautiful? :D By the way, the bonus is not over yet!

Lights on! I can see some faint colouration of the car in the picture, can you?

As hinted in Soft toys talking 30, I bought the Lego power functions kit! It comes with a few axles, some gears, the power box, M motor, lights and the switch! Also, this is the mining car that was mentioned in soft toys talking 30. It can actually move on its own if I switched on the extra power functions switch, but in the picture I did not allow it to move because I am taking a picture! Why would I need it to move when you can't tell if something is moving in a picture unless it is blurry? More on the mining car in the car's own post! This is about the swimming pool not the mining car! :P That's it for now!

Written by Lynn

Soft toys talking 30

Elder sister penguin: Tis the season to be jolly, la la la la la, la la la la!
Duckie: It's not even Christmas yet an-
Harmony Bear: But the Christmas mood is here! All the games are having Christmas updates and also, there are Christmas items everywhere!
Duckie: Whatever.
Younger sister penguin: *Plays Ninjago nindroids game on her Nintendo3ds*
Duckie: Wow! Younger sister penguin,Did they release a new game on Nintendo3ds?
Younger sister penguin: Yup, you didn't know?
Duckie: Nowadays Lego releases so many games on those consoles and not on phones anymore. :(
Elder sister penguin: You gotta (singing)move along, move along, (says in normal voice)with the game industry! Only a small number of game developers would develop on outdated stuff. :P
Harmony Bear: Elder sister penguin, why do you keep singing today?
Elder sister penguin: I have no idea. :P
Doorbell: Ding-dong!
Elder sister penguin: *Opens the door*
Smarty: Hello Elder sister penguin!
Elder sister penguin: Hi Smarty! Come in! *After Smarty comes in, she closes the door*
Smarty: Has our owner bought the Lego Mindstorms set yet?
Elder sister penguin: Nope, but she bought Lego power functions!
Smarty: Yay!!!! Has she created any MOCs with it?
Elder sister penguin: Yup! I'll show you once our owner takes me out of soft toy land and into the real world.
Smarty: Yay!!!!!
*I take Elder sister penguin and put her on my table.*
Elder sister penguin: Bleh
Smarty: *Jumps onto my table* So where's the MOC? TELL ME!!!!
Elder sister penguin: It's on the floor!
Elder sister penguin and Smarty: *Both look at the floor and see a mining car with a drill.*
Smarty: How does it work?
Elder sister penguin: I'll show you! *Jumps to the floor* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-
OOF!!! Owwwwww...
Smarty: Are you ok? Did it hurt?
Elder sister penguin: I'm fine, but...*Looks at Smarty with the "Duh!" expression"
Smarty: Ok...
Elder sister penguin: Here is how you play with this vehicle! *Jumps onto the power box, turns it on and then flips the switch to one side, causing the vehicle to move and have lights turned on while she is still on it* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! THE VEHICLE IS MOVING SO FAST WHEN I'M ON IT!!!! AHHHHH!!!!
Smarty: Don't worry, I'll save you! *Jumps onto the vehicle* OW!
Elder sister penguin and Smarty: *Both see that the vehicle is going to bump into the wall* AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Elder sister penguin: TURN OFF THE SWITCH!!!!!
Smarty: Which switch?!
Elder sister penguin: EITHER THE POWER BOX SWITCH OR THE EXTRA ONE WILL MAKE IT STOP! JUST TURN IT OFF!!!
Smarty: *However, he doesn't know what is the position for turning off the motor in the vehicle which is allowing the car to move, so he ends up flipping the switch to the other direction, causing the car to reverse*
Elder sister penguin: WHAT DID YOU DO?! I said turn it off not make it reverse!
Elder sister penguin and Smarty: AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE CAR IS GOING TO BUMP INTO THE BED!!!!!
Smarty: I actually have no idea how to turn it off, so maybe you should climb over here while I make this car go back and forth so that it won't bump into anything?
Elder sister penguin: I'm not going to do that! I'm so far from the switch! I'm at the front of the car!
Smarty: Ok, fine! What's the position that I should put the switch at so that the car will stop?
Elder sister penguin: The middle!
Smarty: Ok! *Flips the switch to the middle and the car finally stops*
Elder sister penguin and Smarty: Phew!
Elder sister penguin: I'm going to turn off the power box. *Turns of power box* I'm going to sleep on my owner's desk. Good night!
Smarty: Um... it's not even night time yet.
Elder sister penguin: Whatever. I'm still going to take a nap. :P
Here are the pictures of the soft toys mentioned in this post.

(left to right) Younger sister penguin and Elder sister penguin

Duckie and Harmony Bear

Smarty

Written by Lynn

Gold Coast, Australia photos!

Here are some photos and videos that I took while in Gold Coast, Australia!

Technically this wasn't taken on Gold Coast, but taken while I was on the aeroplane

Seagull picture

Emperor penguins! Yay!(Actually these's another species of penguins there in the picture)

More penguins! Yay! :P

Some dolphin sculpture thing

1 flock of seagulls

Aquaduck car

A picture of the bag with the soft toy ducks and duck cars

Beach

Another picture of beach

I can't remember what I was taking a picture of... never mind, you can still enjoy it! :P

Picture of the sea

Can you spot the green flag? :P

Elder sister penguin, Lira, Baby Duckie(top right) and Fatty(bottom right)
This is the same picture I posted in the "New penguins soft toys!" post

Baby Duckie taking a picture with the sea!

Something... I guess? :P

Baby Duckie and the duck car!

Another picture of the duck car

Another picture of the seagull

A picture of some tree

Flowers!

Another tree

AND.... another tree :P

(Left to right) Elder sister penguin, Lira, Fatty
his is the same picture I posted in the "New penguins soft toys!" post

Baby Duckie taking a picture with the sea again! :P

That's it for now and do enjoy looking at these photos!

Written by Lynn