Early Celebration of Doraemon's Birth...100 Years Early!: Doraemon and Me

03092112 is a set of special numbers, with a special meaning to a mega doraemon fan. 3 Sep 2012 is the birth date of my idol Doraemon. This means that this year, the year 2012 will be the start of the 100 year countdown to Doraemon's birthday!

And now, I have the once in a lifetime chance to visit my childhood idol Doraemon! From Aug 14 to Sep 16, Harbour City in Hong Kong will be hosting the "100 Years Before the Birth od Doramon" exhibition at their premises. Details of this exhibition as follows:

Exhibition Details

Organiser: Harbour City and Animation International Ltd.,
Curator: AllRightsReserved Ltd.

Date: 12 August – 16 September, 2012

Time: 11:00 – 21:00 (Monday – Sunday)

Venue: Gallery by the Harbour- Shop 207, Ocean Centre, Harbour City, Tsimshatsui www.harbourcity.com.hk

My love for Doraemon is not a short affair. It goes all the way back when I was still a Primary School student. From the time I was 7 or 8 years old (that is about 20 odd years ago), I have been following Doraemon. His movies, his anime, his comics, his figurine collections..everything, tiny and big.

I remembered how impressed I was with his many many funky gadgets. Wishing that I was Nobita, so that I can use them to solve all types of problems in life. I am a fan of Doraemon and I admire his many different types of gadgets. It seems to me that for every crisis, there is a gadget to save the day.

To satisfy my curiosity for all of Doraemon's gadgets, I bought this book:

Having the chance to travel to Hong Kong to see for myself the 100 different pieces from Doraemon's well-known repertoire of secret gadgets is like a dream come true for me! I can imagine myself bringing this book to the exhibition, comparing what I see to what I have in this book!

This is not my only book, these are some other comics which I have collected over the years, both bought in Singapore and overseas.

Doraemon collaboration with Singapore's 7-11. Cannot remember how many times I went 7-11 to make purchases just to collect these magnets (of course, with some help from friends, relatives and colleagues).

The thought of being able to go Hong Kong for the exhibition trills me. Harbour City, a place, which I have been to a couple of times. Good place for me to take a break from buying Doremon collections when I was in Hong Kong, a perfect shopping dreamland for my sisters and mother who had spent a lot time with me to haunt for my Doraemon collection. With this Doraemon exhibition, Habour City will be a dreamland for many many people: a shopping paradise, a food paradise, and of course, a Doraemon paradise for fans like me.

What's more, the pop-upDoraemon themed café, the workshop to allow for creating, designing and decorating own personalized Doraemon figures! Just reading these, got me excited, beyond what words can describe.

Since the time I fell in love with Doraemon, this is my dream. This exhibition is the dream of my life! To see for myself real creative gadgets (as compared to what I read in books), is something which I cannot describe.

My collection (AND LOVE) for Doraemon has lasted more more than 20 plus years (cannot let you all know my age..hehhe).

Journey of my proud collection begins ....