My new Toy, Elkan’s new Nemesis

September 9, 2007 Leave a comment

Duuk and Juliana gave me "Titan" (left) on my 30th birthday back in 2005. I took such great care of him. I even brought him to Shanghai to be my housemate. "Titan" is my first Robosapien and he does pretty cool moves. He even helped me to discipline Elkan when he was 18-month old. Elkan was so naughty back (he just master his walking) and he was exploring the whole house. In order to "block him", we put "Titan" at strategic spots. Elkan was terrified by the sounds and movements and he never dare to go near "Titan".

This worked for a couple of months. It is more effective than saying the traditional "you naughty, later policeman come and catch you!" (Cos’ you can never find a policeman at home to frighten your kid.)

Anyway, Elkan kinda outgrown his fears for "Titan" this June. He realised that I am the evil mastermind behind "Titan". You see, "Titan" is a remote-control robot. And Elkan realised that the remote-controller is the cause for those frightening moves. And in reality, "Titan" is more like a kitten. And now, Elkan takes over the control and is abusing "Titan" (walk "Titan" to bang the wall, over the edge of the stairs etc).

I need a new robot. And here comes the new 2007 Robosapien "RS Media". I have to fly to Hong Kong to buy it (cos not many Asian cities are carrying this model). You can imagine how difficult for me to hand-carry it back.

"Autobot" (photo right)  is a smart robot. It has sensors and is able to roam freely on its own. It has eyes to avoid obstacles and ears to respond. It has a camera and can record video and sounds (with playback function). It can be programmed to guard your house (triggering alarm when distrubed). It has night and UV vision that can detect the slightest sound and movement. One of the best features is it can stand up on its own (automatically) – if you push it and it fell flat on the floor. And it has a woofer that can really yell and shout!

And looking at its size and brain, Elkan is going to have a nasty surprise this October. No remote controller, kid. See how you beat this one!This is going to be a heavy-weight baby sitter.

Haaa…monster kid and evil daddy. I am planning to get "Autobot" to guard my snacks, magazines and Xbox 360.

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