Sunday, November 18, 2007

Found It!!! Nyahahaha...


Woohoo!!! Found that song I had a chance hearing in the car a couple of days back! You could just imagine the relief! It's like that big thorn being pulled out of my... never mind...

Thanks to Katia and Acey who, despite being far from where I am, kinda put me (more like bumped my head) in the right direction to find it. Though this may or may not apply to you girls, this one's for you. ;)

Saturday, November 17, 2007

San Mig Lite Moment...

November 15, 2007...

San Mig Lite moment:
Had one for the road with Emcee on our way home to pass the traffic as well as let off a bit of steam... A convenient excuse to hang out before going home. ;)

Some "Celebrations":
Today marked the first anniversary since I kicked a habit which others might find hard to break. I count myself blessed, and hope to keep this up.

Today also marked the 9th month since I haven't had to see and hold my sunshine. Time and space has its funny way of making you count some of the most trivial of things. Whatever comes out of this if it ever reaches one year, I just hope its for the best.

Some "Frustrations":
It's frustrating how some people judge you. I've been on the receiving end of some crap dished out by people who at times can act as if they are the said authority of things. My patience normally gets tested and shouldn't really be a problem, but the mere fact that they STILL try. Long story...

When I Thought Things were Awful Enough...

The next day I get a hugging smilie in my offline message box...

I'm such a sucker for those... Crap.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Gaming For Painting...

November 10, 2007...

Wanting to escape...

Left the office relatively early. Actually, I wanted to leave a LOT earlier than my actual time of departure from the office, wanting to just get away from it all and start enjoying the rest of my weekend a little early.

Joined up with Emcee and Joel over at Ryan's house to play some 40k and WM games. Brought a couple of figs, still sorry for the state they're in. Some of my Menite figs are off their pins, or with paint chipping in some places. The concept I started out for basing my figs takes a lot of time, which makes the going a little slow. I arrived to see Emcee and Joel in the middle of a 40k game (2000pts on a 4x4 table) and I was outright impressed on the use of the new Chaos Space Marine rules. Impressed enough to make me restudy my old config and hopefully make full use of my current collection of miniatures.


I agreed to play a 750pt Warmachine game against Ryan's Epic Stryker using my High Exemplar Kreoss. First time for me to play 750pts and against an epic warcaster at that. I lost that game, still had fun in the process, and did a bit of analysis of the outcome.

Time for some boring gaming details...


I think I did well in surviving Epic Stryker's feat by weathering out his battlegroup's extra attacks as well as keeping his storm lances stuck on the far flank. I tried to counter it by popping Kreoss's own feat to deal some considerable hurt back at the opposition. But I guess it wasn't enough and the casualties both sides inflicted created some avenues for some precise charge attacks. It was the centurion slam/Kreoss knockdown + the Stryker overcharge(?) that caught me flat footed. Simple error in judgement of charge distances and in placement of my remaining forces on the table. It's nothing a little more practice and gaming time can't fix. Good game against Ryan. Didn't disappoint.

Trying to paint again...

Got my gaming fix for the week, enough to inspire me to start painting again in earnest. Mental note to give some regular updates on this. When I got home, almost immediately I made a quick inventory of my Menite figs for assembly and painting.


45 troops and 2 warjacks...

Yikes.

Sunday, November 04, 2007

How Do You Spend The Last Day Of A Supposedly Long Vacation...

Laid back...

Who's online?

Janine's online... and on a Sunday at that! She sounds happy and enjoying life as a whole. Something all of us should be doing. April went online too but we didnt get to talk much. Kim went online later on, at work, getting an early start to the new work week.

Birthdays and Greetings...

Today is Oliver's birthday. One of my buddies in high school and college. But its been a couple of years since I lost contact with him and his wife Quey. Mental note to self to find this guy.

Also found out it's aCey's birthday today too! Happy birthday girl! Hope you have a good one!

Currently doing...

Woke up early and unusually rested despite the short hours of sleep (7 hours). Started the day downloading a couple of songs for the mp3 player. Slow internet connection's taking forever. Current playlist's not too heavy but not too light. A little Paramore here, Secondhand Serenade there. Worked on the finances a bit. Coming days will be a little tight I note. Still a little bored to go out. Got a couple of bills to pay and maybe get a haircut or something.

Watching the second day of the World Pool Championships while blogging. Efren Reyes and Ronnie Alcano's through to the final 64. I hope most if not all of the Filipino contingent advances for a chance to make us proud. And most likely all of the better pool halls here will be filled up with players playing as if they're part of the whole competition.

Looking back at the last couple of days...

Well, we did help out Sister Pie and Barry Pie with their house move. Been doing most of the driving and a few errands during that period. They're almost settled in, with the engineer in me also mentally taking note of some things in the house that would need some fixing next time I get a chance to meet up with the builders.

Visited Lola in Loyola. Took a couple of visits because of Sister Pie's house move. Good thing the traffic was not that bad. Seems like everyone's adjusted to the usual traffic route as well as given their cooperation to make All Saints/Souls Days a little bearable.

Then there's my miniatures of course. Was able to sneak in a 40k game last Friday as well as a Warmachine/Hordes demo game last night. That's a good enough push to get my minis back out of the box and start planning what to assemble and paint next.

Chivalry is not dead...

Was on my way out of Shangri-La mall last night when I came across a young lady struggling to get her car out of the parking lot. I couldn't stand to watch so I agreed to one of the security guards' suggestion that I drive her car for her to get her out of that jam. Took me close to 15 minutes doing what looked like a scene from an Austin Powers movie (remember that scene involving an electric car in a narrow corridor?) going forwards and backwards in millimeters and finally getting the car out of the jam without a scratch on it. It was a bit nerve wracking for me and the young lady but her baby daughter sitting at the back seem to have enjoyed the whole ride. Good deed for the day. I found it funny too that one of the guards opened the rear door for the young lady thinking I was her driver. Lolz...

Parting words...

I think I did relatively well this vacation and I should give myself a pat on the back for it. But I miss my sunshine. It's put a slight gloom to my otherwise laid-back Sunday.