Today, or rather, yesterday was the day that I'd been waiting for!

Clutching my receipt, I noticed this sentence "collect your redemption card after 20 August 2010". So I decided to call in to double check whether I can collect it today or after today and yes!! I CAN collect it TODAY! WOOHOOOO!! You can imagine me grinning all the way and checking my wallet to make sure the receipt is with me, placed securely in my wallet and also taking extra care to make sure my wallet is still in my bag. xD

I rode up the escalator with a silly grin stuck on my face and my eyes went as big as a pair of saucers when I was greeted with a HALO Shrine!!!! Although it's a small area of Halo's exhibits but it's enough to make one go ga-ga over it. There were 4 standing displays on the front. Starting from the right was the Halo Reach Limited Edition controller *Believe me when I said that I was very tempted to make the controller go missing*, followed by the Halo Figurine you'll get from the Legendary Limited Edition package, Spartan's helmet *salivating over it* and an impressive array of Spartans and Covenants. With Four Spartans guarding both sides of the Halo Shrine made it even harder to be missed. A TV was mounted at the back playing video - I'm sorry but I did not notice what the TV was playing because the display glass beside containing mini figurines, Halo Legends DVD and Halo Helljumper hardcover comic book by Marvel were simply too distracting. How I wish it was MY collection that I was looking at. However, thanks to the exhibits, I went out to source for the DVD and comic today. Mission was a mixture of success and failure as I was rewarded with the DVD found in a cd shop in Funan and I couldn't find the comic book in the bookstores from Raffles City to Plaza Singapura!

Anyway, I headed on to section 12 - that's where you redeem your card. My initial thought was the redemption card should be a credit card size. I was totally wrong and was awestruck by the real deal. It's half the size of an A4 paper with gloss finish and Spartans covering the front!!! I was totally speechless but managed to recover in time to stop the guy from stapling the receipt to the card. *Phew* It was too beautiful to be disfigured!

Did I mention that section 12 is a gaming area with plenty of xbox 360 games? OH! And before I forget, there's this super big wallpaper of HALO at the back of the xbox section. How I wish I could have that in my future gaming room. There's one glass showcase with the blackbox (if you play Halo Wars, you'll know what that is). Again, my jaws dropped because I thought it was just a small box, and I didn't realised that it's such a big box! Hey hey! I'm not complaining ok and I left the place with a silly grin plastered all over my face. I was so tempted to shout "WOOHOO!!!!!!”, jump about and do that silly dance. OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!! I can't believe that I have the card in my hands! While checking out this small area filled with xbox 360 controllers and batteries, something down in the corner caught my eye - Halo ODST cover for xbox 360 consoles! You guessed it! I'm a proud owner of that cover, Halo Legends DVD and coming-soon blackbox. Suddenly, I became very protective of my redemption card, checking my carrier to make sure the card is still there with every step I take.


Now, I'm contemplating whether should I queue up early on the 14th September for the signed copy Halo poster or should I give it a miss.

And also task with guarding my receipt and redemption card because you can't get your order should you lose one of them! >.<

Maybe Impossible to get: Halo Helljumper Hardcover comics, Spartan Helmet, Spartan armor and mini figurines! Not forgetting the Energy Sword!

On a side note, it'll also be cool to have Gears of War's Lancer Assault Rifle. Zannnnnnn!!!!!!! Slash the Locust in to pieces!



Halo Redemption Card - Front




Halo Redemption Card - Back




ODST xbox cover




Halo Legends DVD




Met up with Clifton and he brought me to this French restaurant for dinner. Thanks baby! It was really cool to see him speak french and also to try something different yet yummy. Now I know I can tahan some French Food. It was not only a very filling dinner but a very expensive one too! It is a pity I used the iPhone to take pictures of the place because... I have yet to figure out how to do data transfer. Sigh..

Before I forget, I saw this young girl playing Hard on Guitar Hero! WOW!!! m(_._)m