Transformers Armada: Unicron

Unicron is pure evil and also known as chaos bringer in the Transformers universe. Unicron has no allegiance to either the Autobots or Decepticons.

The packaging from Takara. Unicron in the Armada series resembles the one in G1 in term of colour and details

Unicron and his accessories are well secured with countless of wire strips. I think I spent almost 40 minutes just to get all those wire strips off.

The package comes with 6 missiles and another massive missile projectile

Unicron's alternate mode is a mechanical planet. He is about the size of earth and is capable of devouring other planets via its massive mouth.

In Unicron's alternate mode, he is capable of holding a massive 30 Mini-Cons (including his storage chambers) at a time.

Unicron also comes with a Mini-Con unit called Dead End. Interestingly, Dead End transforms to a sphere which looks like another mechanical planet/moon just like Unicron.

Unicron's robot mode stands at almost 45cm tall. This is the biggest and heaviset Transformers I ever had.

Unicron can store 2 Mini-Cons at his shin

His arm also has a chamber to store a Mini-Con

The abdomen also has another chamber to keep a Mini-Con

Overall, Unicron can holds up to 10 Mini-Cons at a time in robot mode (not taking into account his spike)

Missiles can be fired from his feet

Unicron's chest cannon can pulverize a planet in just a single shot.

Unicron had decent articulation and he can even show his middle finger!

This is the size comparison between Unicron with Optimus Prime, Optimus Prime Super Mode and Galvatron (all from the Armada series)

Unicron's profiles is unbelievable. Everything is infinity which suggest that he is almost indestructible. Notice Unicron bears the Mini-Con insignia. Mini-Cons are actually formed from Unicron's cells to intensify the war between the Autobots and Decepticons so he can feed off the hatred from both parties.

By the way, there is rumour that Unicron will be introduced in the next installment of the Transformers movie. Let's wait in a couple more years and see how the movie Unicron will turn out to be.

Miri Handicraft Centre

Miri Handicraft Centre is the best place to source for souvenir and handicrafts while in Miri .

The centre is located at the intersection of Jalan Merbau and Jalan Sylvia. It is easily located and within walking distance in the city centre.

Its interior is quite spacious and offer a wide variety of souvenirs to choose from. Most of the handicrafts are from the tribes in Sarawak. I believe one can still bargain for the price of the goods.

Shiki Japanese Restaurant

Shiki Japanese Restaurant is located at Boulevard Commercial Centre, Miri. It is almost opposite the Boulevard Shopping Complex.

Each table has all the necessary condiments such as wasabi, soy sauce and pepper. All of the items are imported from Japan.

What I don't like about restaurant is the use of disposable chopstick. It was hard to grip the food with this type of chopstick.

Iced Lemon Tea and Wheatgrass Tea (both RM3.80). The Wheatgrass Tea has a weird taste.

The sushi price here is determined by the colour of the plate. Purple (RM5), Black (RM8) and Pink (RM 6). Thumbs up for all the sushi served here.

Green Salad (RM 5.80). It is just like the western salad we used to.

Miso soup (Rm 2.80). Delicious!

BBQ Beef Set (RM 30.80). The beef has a unique taste and one of the best beef I ever taste. The set also comes with watermelon, salad, miso soup and a bowl of rice.

I usually don't take Japanese food but this restaurant is by far the best Japanese food I ever had in a very long time

Borneo Cultural Festival 2009 Grand Finale

The annual Borneo Cultural Festival had officially closed the curtain on 11th July 2009.


Even though most locals here think the festival was getting boring each year, the venue was still fully packed on the final day.

Finding a parking space was a nightmare and I had to park my car at Ngiu Kee supermarket.

Over the period of the festival, I get to see many pretty girls with their sexy dresses. A perfect place to "wash" the eyes.


This was a dance called "1Malaysia through A Thousand steps" by IPGM Batu Lintang Campus

I manage to take a photo with my Chinese zodiac, the goat/ram.

Chinese chess been played at the Chinese community area

There is a lot of room for improvement and let's hope the organiser will step up and be more creative and innovative next year as I believe some of the local folks here start to get sick and tired with programmes which more or less the same since 2002

Miri Tua Pek Kong Temple

The Tua Pek Kong is the oldest Chinese Temple in the city of Miri. Built in 1913, it is located at Jalan Bendahara, just next to the Fish Market.

View of the temple from Jalan Bendahara. It has been renovated few years ago and it is obvious it's charms are still intact from the outer appearance.

The temple is actually facing the Miri River, which is the traits of most of Tua Pek Kong temples in Sarawak, where almost all of them were built beside the river.

Some of the statues and wall carvings at the temple's wide courtyard are given a fresh coat of paint sometime ago and remain in good condition for many years to come.

Miri Fish Market

I visited the Fish Market in my recent visit to Miri. The market is located at Jalan Bendahara. Even though I been to Miri a few times in the past, this is the first time I step into this fish market.

This is a stand alone fish market and not like the usual wet market I used to see where meat and vegetables are sold under one roof.

I am surprised with the size of the fishes sold here. They are huge and fresh. All the fishes sold here are reasonably prized and definitely cheaper than my hometown in Sibu.

Other seafood such as prawns, smaller sized fish, crabs, squid and etc also can be found here.

Breakfast at Miri Central Market

We had our breakfast at Chinese Hawker Centre, which is adjoining the Miri Central Market after recommendation from wikitravel.

The hawker centre is rather small with decent variety of food here. One should sit accordingly as we were chased away as we sat at a table and we do not order drink (we only order food). We were told by the lady we are only allowed to sit at the table if we ordered drinks from her stall. So, we move away to another table which is nearer to the food stall where we ordered our food.

Laksa (RM 4). It's not tasty and had a weird taste to it.

Hung Ang (RM 4). This dish is acceptable but the one sold in Sibu is way better than here.

In a nutshell, the food here is expensive and don't impress me at all. Maybe it was just our bad luck ordering from a wrong stall. The place was crowded during our visit here on a working day.