フィギュアで人生が幸せになる

I think you have a little insipiration in all of us.  From malaysian chinese boy to Mirai Director with some good and cool life experience under your belt.  I love reading you motivation articles as sometimes I can apply some of the concepts in different ways.  Keep it up!

(ID #220161) Posted on 2008/06/23 22:22

reply to Ricky's comment

Agreeing with Ricky ^o^

I have only had the opportunity to thoroughly read you site recently but, I always enjoy reading your motivational posts. Going throught the rough patches in life makes you stronger, is what I believe. Everything we do is a test and it's up to us whetether we perform or not. I think that you are a very good example of that. I haven't met you personally but, some things can be understood through other means. 

We wish you well in everything you do, Danny! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and happiness with us ^-^

(ID #220171) Posted on 2008/06/23 22:41

reply to suki's comment

Hmm. Don't think I can answer that poll yet. I'm only 21, ha. Haven't started my own life.

Danny, continue writing posts about your past and achievements. It's very insightful and I'm sure a lot of guys here find them interesting and helpful. Ignore those mongrels (as Jeremy Clarkson puts it" who flame you when they're not even half of what you are now.

No sad or disturbed childhood for me. I have a very sheltered life and protective parents. A little too protective.

(ID #220167) Posted on 2008/06/23 22:32

reply to tintin-san's comment

I do attribute my being a hikikomori to a highly sheltered upbringing due to living in the proverbial ghetto and thus dislike blathering about it because I did nothing to change it and do not feel I've yet found my purpose in life.

(ID #220177) Posted on 2008/06/23 22:49

reply to nanu's comment

ONLY 21? Wut? XD
I'm 21 and I feel like having a mid-life crisis, maybe it's post-exam depression or something but still! Even at the tender age of 21, I think I've experienced of a lot.

(ID #220198) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:09

reply to nya-chama's comment

You bet Nanu!
Hell, I'm 20 and I feel the mid-life crisis! You know, not knowing if i'm doing the right things, if i'm in the proper university course, what the hell is happening to the friends i hung out with every single day...

Jeez... I just feel like packing a bag with clothes and travelling the world. Golden Boy style. Having a few learning experiences, maybe working in some different areas, anything to break routine and doing something different...

I think that tends to happen because nowadays you stay in school for just too long... It's important to learn, but c'mon! 12+ years and the subjects basically loop every 4 years! They just get more and more complicated, but it's more of the same, you just burn-out.

Don't you guys think so?

(ID #220751) Posted on 2008/06/24 12:57

reply to Gammagreen_Zero's comment

I certainly agree. I'm only 17, but i've noticed "general education" is useless for quite some time. i'm hoping that my chosen career path(animation), will  get rid of this routine i feel i've been stuck in since i started school. it gets so freaking exhausting its irritating. But i only have 3 yrs left until i can move on from this crap shoot and achieve a life long dream. =]

(ID #223194) Posted on 2008/06/27 09:55

reply to トゥレ's comment

Thanks for sharing, Danny, both your not-so-good childhood and also the lovely SAFSs!!  Really appreciate it.

Very sad to hear that you were treated so poorly as a kid as I think nobody should be put through that but like you mentioned, I think some of those events did make you into who you are today, a determined and successful and above all happy person.

Can't share anything as remotely as bad as your childhood Danny, fortunately for me I've had a very peaceful and nurturing time growing up.  The only similarities I share with you is that my mum also worked as a nurse and my dad was often working long hours on a building site as a civil engineer.  My grandpa sold shoes for a while and I was pretty much brought up by my grandma and her sister.  If anything I haven't had a tough time growing up and I often think that I might have a very tough adult life because I've had or used my luck.  I'm generally a very positive person but I often think that if I had more tougher or harsher experiences in my past, I might be a more driven and ambitious person today.  I'm not ungrateful for what I've been through or anything but I feel guilty and spoiled sometimes when I hear about other people's bad experiences.

I think I've only started collecting more figures in the last couple of years and mainly the influence of this site! :)  I've always found solice and my own different world(s) in manga, comics and to a lesser extent, animation more.  I do remember playing with mecha figures a lot when I was young and I'd always ask for either a brand new mecha figure or LEGO for my birthday or Christmas.

I'm 32 (I'm probably guessing I'm one of the older member here) and just recently became single.  So I'm really in an awkward part of my life.  I don't really know where I'm heading but I do know that I still love figures, manga, comics and anime a lot and they together with drawing and my day job, are what's keeping me anchored and grounded at the moment.

Looking forward to your improvements to this site Danny.  You're bringing a lot of people with similar interest together and sharing is always caring!! ^___^

(ID #220172) Posted on 2008/06/23 22:42

reply to kaeze's comment

im 26... yeah dude! you rocks!

(ID #223386) Posted on 2008/06/27 12:53

reply to demian07's comment

Oh gawd Danny don't hate me but I used to be a bully back in elementary school. =|

(ID #220174) Posted on 2008/06/23 22:43

reply to 「頂の座」's comment

excellent post danny. i know it's cliche, but if just one person is helped from your post then mission accomplished dude.
i'm 25. and i prefer being an adult. work sucks. but being able to buy any figure i want when i want is cool.

(ID #220176) Posted on 2008/06/23 22:46

reply to Pasha Drew's comment

Thought I'd add a bit on my life separately ^^;

I'm only 19, so I have more to learn  about life.. though I've been told I'm fairly mature as well ^^;
Being the youngest child, female and from a conservative(and religious) family; my parents tend to be a bit more protective at times. I try to understand them but, I'll be honest and say that it is hard to accept at times. I think the hardest situation for me to accept, is that I work for my parents and they have hopes for me to inherit the family business. I appreciate and love them, there's no doubt. Though I feel restricted by that, I've been out of high school for 2 years and not had the opportunity to study since then. 
I always tell myself that there's always someone out there having a harder situation, I really feel that I can be thankful If I approach the situation maturely ^-^
There's sure to be an opportunity to styudy sometime >.<

(ID #220179) Posted on 2008/06/23 22:53

reply to suki's comment

Wow, I had no idea, Danny. It's awesome that you've made it this far from where you used to be - rather than any specific technique or knowledge, I think that's the greatest motivation of all.

(ID #220181) Posted on 2008/06/23 22:53

reply to Fonzler's comment

As it stands, you'll always have the support of the community you helped bring together ^^;

While I wish as much as anyone that a better childhood could have been yours, what's past is past, and you have my respect for trying to change the future.

Can't say I had anything as bad as your childhood experience, although I was bullied as well in the equivalent of elementary school here.

Thanks for sharing. And also, I want your Takamachi Nanoha Figma T_T

(ID #220183) Posted on 2008/06/23 22:56

reply to Certifiably Insane's comment

"What are you crying for? This even isn't your house!" 
That went through my head too when I read that ^^;;;;;

I definitely enjoyed my childhood more than I'm enjoying myself at the moment. Being an adult kinda sucks, you carefree days dsappear, deadlines come up everyhwere, the world demands money off you @_@ Sure you get to do "adult" stuff, but I'm not that perverted >.>;

Anyway, I was lucky to be the youngest of 5 brothers(wai~), I was spoiled rotten by all of them, I always got my way ^^; They would always give up their free time for me. One of their girlfriends was Japanese(how I got into anime and stuff), she always called me "wagamama" and never told me what it meant! She was just jealous *pout*.

(ID #220187) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:00

reply to nya-chama's comment

I have nothing against your sharing anything at all.  Your doing so makes you very human and accessible and makes me also want to give rather than take.  Thanks to you, I am realizing more and more that I have nothing to lose (except for privacy).

As a coping mechanism, I do tell myself to not feel too much of an attachment to cultural artifacts in the first place (as if they are prized possessions). The disposability of pop culture sometimes bothers me. I do not tend to buy things for fanatic appreciation, but strengthening that with the following rationale is kind of a hypocritical means to justify limited consumption:
I am unsure whether or not I will get bored of figures, since I am only getting ones I feel some connection with. If those connections change because I change as a person, then so be it.

But through this reasoning, I am trying to find a balance for my sense of duty in life while still being able to enjoy being an otaku for the original reason of escapism.

(ID #220197) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:08

reply to nanu's comment

my life is a little tainted i suppose (as some of you will know) I prefer the time when i was young, innocent & didnt understand what was going on around me. even though I was born to my true parents - they didnt really seem to support me as the way parents would for their child - sure my dad payed for all the usual stuff, clothes, food, water etc but he was always working, my mum on the other hand didnt have much of a clue how to handle me as I was born with ADHD. I have to give her an A+ for effort - she may not be the best mum in the world but she put up with my ADHD & kept the docs from giving me meds that would have given me some bad side effects that would effect me in the future. so none of that Ritalin (retalin???) crap for me. my father was always there but in a way he was never there - he was never the one to tell me that id be ok when i fell over in the park or something - yeah maybe things like that aren't serious but when your a kid it means the world to you. most of the time i was in the care of my mum who as ive mention'd didnt have a clue what to do with me. even though my dad took me for holidays overseas & everything - when we got home it was always the same. dad would go back to work & i would be left to my mum. my dad never really interacted with me much unless i was getting spanked or shouted at for doing something wrong which seemed to be the case most of the time. that was probably the main form or communication for us come to think of it lol. but when i finally hit 13 & I started to become my own person I realized my family wasn't a real family. because my family are both from Hong Kong & i was born in the UK there seemed to be some sort of barrier between us - things i would understand - they wouldnt & vice versa. it slowly became clearer to me & I started to ask about my parents past a bit more  - i was falling into depression (at 13) I kept thinking about it for the next few years - often having arguments with my dad about not being there - sons always look up to their dads as mentors etc but i couldnt do that because he never really seemed to be there. till this day things are still the same - im still depressed but my parents dont see it because they themselves dont understand stand anything else thats not directly affecting them. they dont see whats going but I am so confused inside about many things. & probably will never get answers for all those questions. i keep asking myself - what did i do in the past life that im being punished for now??? & my blood boils when ever i talk about my dad & at the same time it hurts me deep inside. - my O.C.D doesnt help matters either.....

(ID #220201) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:10

reply to Hayden's comment

another round of SAF!! *full of envy*

well.. to me it never occurred that you are a show off or anything like that.

you really brought the 'otaku' community together! i didn't know there were so many people in my country with similar interests. thanks for this site and you for sharing with us.

im happier now i guess. i have a sad childhood and im not brave enough to share to the internet. your brave *thumbs up*

(ID #220204) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:15

reply to Anonymous Coward's comment

 I don't know if I'm really considered an adult now, I'm just 18. But I do know that I enjoy life today. As an adult I get to interact more with other people and experience life to its semi fullest form, sure growing up means that trials and responsibilities will come and bombard you, but that's what life is all about. 

Being able to conquer hardships and take care of responsibilities will surely make one happier, and satisfied with oneself. 

And if i take a quote from Spinzaku: Happiness is just like glass, people don't notice it until you tilt into different angles and let light pass through. (Something like that)

Anyways, I so want that Figma Nanoha, I can't find it here in the Philippines. I'd do anything just to win that Figma!!!!!!!!!

(ID #220205) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:15

reply to wildflug's comment

Wait for it. Wasaitoys will eventually carry it.

(ID #220440) Posted on 2008/06/24 04:09

reply to R-1's comment

T-T You know, I just asked if they would have additional stocks in the future. But they said that no extra stocks would be coming anymore!

Now, I'm really regretting that I didn't put that in my pre-order list T-T

(ID #221030) Posted on 2008/06/24 21:47

reply to wildflug's comment

I do not hesitate to tell others how I've turned my academic life around. From flunking 6 out of 7 subjects, I've went on to top my entire school. No special method, no secret studying regime, just determination and effort.

My hope is that someone will look and say, "Hey, if he can do it, so can I." There will always be others who'll continue to wallow in their pit, though. I have no pity on them. 

(ID #220206) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:15

reply to Eva's comment

whoa.. that's nice! my academic life is a disaster. and i lack the determination. and im lazy. i put my effort elsewhere.. haha

maybe some day... someday...  

(ID #220210) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:19

reply to Anonymous Coward's comment

Sir. You mind adopting me as a foster child?

(ID #220207) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:15

reply to The Sojourner's comment

i heard chris hanson is interested. ^^;

(ID #220248) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:56

reply to gordon's comment

I might not meet Chris Hanson's expectations.

(ID #220263) Posted on 2008/06/24 00:11

reply to The Sojourner's comment

Thanks for sharing us some of your life. Helped us to know you better. It's often said that those who had troubled childhood became successful individuals in their later lives. With your large amounts of collections, you seem to be really successful.

As for the poll question, i dunno :| i'm not in position yet to make a conclusion. Just a fresh grad with no work yet.. oh would miss those days with summer vacations....

Although i'm looking forward about being able to buy lot's of Anime figurines because of salary from work maybe ^^"

(ID #220220) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:25

reply to aviadreams87's comment

And why shouldn't you share your life stories with us, Danny? After all, this site is in your namesake. Good on you for sharing with us your many slices of life. It's always very interesting to find out how people tick. Just forget the haters, they're obviously jealous and not to mention demented.

I don't think my childhood was very good either.. maybe because my parents were new to the concept of parenting. They've mellowed out a lot now so it's better and I can communicate with them instead of always being told off for nothing. I'm also going through a point where I want to pursue my interests but am afraid of what my parents will say, so I admire your determination a lot and I try to take away a lesson from every one of your motivational posts to prepare myself. So thanks for everything you've shared!

(ID #220230) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:35

reply to fifaifo's comment

wow...that is something. i truly admire n respect wat you have done with your life, the achievements n all. u hv every reason to be proud n of cos, n every right to enjoy all the goodies that u r enjoying right now. ^^; 

(ID #220236) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:43

reply to Cavalock's comment

A very inspiring post indeed. Unlike you, I had a good up bringing with both of my parents by my side. Its tough being the oldest as I have to be more responsible and a better role model towards my family including my bro and sis. I've had many setbacks and hardships in my life so far but I don't let them defeat me. I take it instead as an 'obstacle' in the way of my goals and achievements. Everytime I achieve something, I don't stop, I keep going challenging myself. The skies the limit, anything is achievable if u set ur mind to it. (Realistically of course lol). At this current point, I'm happy at where I am and taking life one step at a time. Not only I'm just working but learning more about life and whats next on the agenda I can learn and challenge myself. 
As a youngster, I always likely playing with toys but my parents stopped buying me them when I was 7. They wanted me to grow up and focus more on my studies and go to Uni and get a good job. Unfortunately I disappointed them but I achieved my goals another way. The hard 'do it yourself' way. Now I can buy my own toys and play with them everyday. One of my achievement accomplished. ^^

(ID #220237) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:44

reply to Optic's comment

Thanks for sharing Danny,  I admire your honesty.

(ID #220241) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:48

reply to shirow's comment

danny, sorry to hear about your childhood. but hey at least u turned out alright and successful too.

your motivation posts are inspiring. it proves that with determination, successful is reachable. i myself am influenced by u to start a blog (something which i never see myself doing before i became a permanent resident here). i believed many here are also influenced by u as well (to start a blog). anyone? a show of hands guys. 

(ID #220243) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:50

reply to gordon's comment

guilty. so many people here have a website.

many polls here that are disguised as news items, seem interesting. maybe someone should make one regarding this topic ^^;

(ID #220305) Posted on 2008/06/24 01:04

reply to nanu's comment

^^ +1. i didn't have any notion of starting a blog before i became a dannychoo member. heck, i wasn't even remotely interested in blogging. i've started one now but :D need to work out something to add some stuff in it regularly. i'l start adding figure pics as soon as i set up my own lightbox in my home.

(ID #220352) Posted on 2008/06/24 01:47

reply to 6pack's comment

Can't quite say I had too dramatic a childhood... Albeit I could totally understand how these things can shape your life... Danny, you turned out great due to the adversity in your life. You're motivated and happy, and when everything boils down to it, that's pretty good. 

It might be a bit presumtious to say so, but I get where you're coming from... I won't go into things, as I'm not certain I'm at that point in my life where I'd feel comfortable with sharing things like that... Doesn't much help I'm a rather introverted type, esp so about my own life... But similarly to the conclusion that you've arrived at, I've found that in the end, a few bumps along the way doesn't mean you can't come out good. 

For what it's worth, I can't say I can bear resentment against your hardship, as you may not have turned out as such otherwise... And honestly, I'm not sure any of us here would wish to have you with us any differently than you just are~

Hang in there mate~

(ID #220249) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:57

reply to Maqywhaq's comment

It's amazing to discover that the achivements you had accomplished till date from knowing how you were brought up in the past. Sharing is part of my everyday life & I fully agree to you of "rather die sharing everything I know rather than die keeping my knowledge and experience to myself." World witout sharing is boring, especially for P2P ^^;

(ID #220250) Posted on 2008/06/23 23:59

reply to WiseFreeman's comment

I think your life stories and motivational posts are really nice and inspiring.  You don't have to give advice to people, but you do anyway, and that's great.  You seem to be a pretty amazing person, and while your past may have been very sad and difficult, it made you who you are today.  
I don't like to complain about my childhood, because I know I had good parents and a good life.  But I also had overly strict, overly concerned parents and I ended up extremely shy, without any confidence to speak of, and socially inept.  Hooray.  I wish they had pushed me a little more, honestly.  It's great that they let me go off to college for a major I wanted, but I wish they had pushed me to do something more practical, because I'm jobless and rather lost right now.  

Anyway, I've only been collecting figures and stuff for about 4 years (when I went to my first anime con; I've only been into anime for about 7-8 years), so I don't have much.  I really like them though.  They add a lot of color and character to the apartment.  My goal is to have at least one thing (be it a wall scroll, plushie, or figure) from every show I've enjoyed.  In some cases it's something very specific (like my cabbit, and I really want a tachikoma), and I do have multiple things from some of my favorite series.  But I have a long way to go.  :)  It's slow moving, as I have too many hobbies, and they're all expensive.  

(ID #220255) Posted on 2008/06/24 00:02

reply to Kris's comment

painful stuff to hear from a great person like you danny. things will get much better, i know it and was hoping it ever since i saw this page oftenly few years ago [ i didnt have a membership to this awsome site back then ]^^

(ID #220258) Posted on 2008/06/24 00:05

reply to Last{[0]}Raven's comment

Thanks for sharing!  It's always good to hear and learn from the experience of others.

As for your question about who's the oldest collector, I don't know.  I'm only 32, so I know there's a few folks on here that are collecting and older than me.  I lose...  T.T

(ID #220259) Posted on 2008/06/24 00:06

reply to tenrou's comment

It's amazing to discover that the achivements you had accomplished till date from knowing how you were brought up in the past. 

Sharing is part of my everyday life & I fully agree to you of "rather die sharing everything I know rather than die keeping my knowledge and experience to myself." World witout sharing is boring, especially for P2P ^^;

We like the articles being written in your blog & we would also like to know more about you. We'll keep up our faith & support you till the end of dawn.

It's because of you of a same interests that had gather all the like-minded readers over here & share our own life story.

IMHO, People who don't appreciate whatever written in Danny's blog, please kindly leave quitely without giving any negative impact to this healthy community.

Dannychoo.com    For The Win!!!!!!!!!

(ID #220264) Posted on 2008/06/24 00:11

reply to WiseFreeman's comment

I didn't had any problems as a child since I was friend from both the bullies and the one that got bullied (sp?) but even with that I wasn't happy at all since I didn't had any real friends. Now that I'm an adult I'm much happier and found some real friends and not to mention people to talk about all the things I like.

(ID #220271) Posted on 2008/06/24 00:15

reply to Deathy's comment

Really some awesome comments here, really nice to see people opening up like this. 

As per the poll, I had a relatively good childhood, up until the age of around 12 or so I was quite a happy person. At around that age I moved house, and had a falling out with my friends. This left me without friends for a few years, some of the most depressing years of my life. I would constantly cry myself to sleep, just desperate to have any sort of friends. Anyway, a few years into secondary school I eventually made a great group of friends, and I managed to salvage my teen years, actually had a blast tbh! Now I'm college, now have more friends than I could imagine, the future looks bright and I can only hope things get better! 

I think I'd have been much happier as a child if I'd had the internet! Cause there are some seriously awesome people here! :)

(ID #220276) Posted on 2008/06/24 00:24

reply to robnubis's comment

thx for motivation danny u inspire us all..and really sorry to hear about ur childhood memories
as for me am only 17 turning 18 in about 5 months (kinda makes me think am the youngest one here) though i do have dillemas with my family, but not the relatives but just family...always being pressured and whatnot...academci life is a so-so flunking a bit and passing.. still trying to be determined enough to always go on top but cannot be met due to disturbances...
and talking about safs..i liked the konata boxes hehe mind if u gave each of us comrades one? ^_^

(ID #220287) Posted on 2008/06/24 00:41

reply to pepsi???'s comment

Gosh, I can only wish to be where you are now.  Free figures...Not working in a lame cubicle...Goes to show the past helps shape the future. 

(ID #220289) Posted on 2008/06/24 00:44

reply to Eetaku's comment

no comment...

(ID #220297) Posted on 2008/06/24 00:52

reply to Dead Snake's comment

paradox D:<

(ID #220300) Posted on 2008/06/24 00:58

reply to nanu's comment

I can't comment on these circumstances...

maybe I'm more like "speechless" but not completly...

(ID #220315) Posted on 2008/06/24 01:11

reply to Dead Snake's comment

lmao. :D

(ID #223197) Posted on 2008/06/27 10:01

reply to トゥレ's comment

I like your inspirational/personal posts, Danny. You shouldn't care for the hatemail you get (it seems like you don't do anymore), it's just people who are jealous. Noone forces them to read it and if there are others who can make good use of these articles I see no reason why you shouldn't continue. You always have some good advice like setting goals. DC.com is not just a news buletin but a community site so reading about the life of others is alright with me.

Giving up collecting figures? No way, at least not for a (long, long) while. I'm 21 now btw.

About childhood/adulthood I think I had about the same amount of fun.
I had a quite nice childhood. My parents divorced after I was born and I lived with my mum, but I think I was better off that way. I had a lot of fun and am gratefull to her for everything. I don't think I missed out on anything.
I'm a university student now so I'm in the transitional phase between childhood and adulthood. IMHO by getting older you have more responsibility and obligations but you have more freedom to do what you want. (and you have your own money:)) You just have to know what you want to do with your life if you can decide on your own. So I don't feel bad about getting older.

I think I said it already but it must be awesome to get SAFs:) Nice perk.
'Also need to get round to working on implementing the rating tool for your competition entries to win some of these figures.' Maybe I have missed something but can we win SAFs? How? 

(ID #220299) Posted on 2008/06/24 00:57

reply to &re:)'s comment

Arg, Danny, you are so lucky getting all those SAFS! I still want to know what you're doing for the Goodsmi