A Bird? A Plane? It's Super Friendster!

There's a new feature in Friendster where you could put a fancy-looking link from your blogs to your Friendster pages. Just login to your Friendster account and click "Account Settings" on the upper right corner of your homepage, then enable the Super Friendster feature somewhere among the items there. The rest is pretty much easy (if you're a blog geek, that is. hehe).
The link comes in three designs: a simple Friendster hyperlink, a mini Friendster avatar, and like the one I used here, a thumbnail of your primary picture.
I don't actually know if this feature is "new" as I claim it to be, but it's stated there that it is and that it's somehow still under construction. But then perhaps maybe I just stumbled upon it late.
< sarcasm > I'm not a Friendster addict anyway. < /sarcasm >

Laruan Ko Yan Huy

I was also able to assemble my Warhammer 40,000 miniature tanks last Holy Week break. Now, all they need is a paint-job.

Predator Annihilator, Vindicator Assault Tank, Rhino Personnel Carrier

The astig-looking Predator Annihilator is the latest addition at 2.6K a piece. It's just in time for the Grand Tournament to be held in Galleria anytime this April. I wish I could have that same precious time to finish painting them though.

Toys.

The Holy Week That Was

Belated happy Easter everyone!

Haven’t got the chance to go online during the Holy Week. But it doesn’t really that “event-filled” anyway and I just stayed home most of the time, enjoying the break from being a vampire and maximizing my sleep. Heck, I could even call sleeping the best happening I’ve had last week.

On the Maundy Thursday, I spent half the day in the office for this extended work stuffs. I preferred being there anyway than waiting for my butt to swell at home waiting for the moon to rise and take another dose of precious sleep. At least, in the office, I knew I’m worth something. *applause*

Nung Biyernes Santo naman, istambay lang ako the whole day sa bahay. Natapos ko na yung book na binabasa ko. “Darksteel Eye”. Next book na 'ko. “Sentry Peak”. They're both on the Fantasy genre. Kelangan ko kasi mag-refresh ng fantasy scenarios para sa uumpisahan kong fantasy novel. Opo. Geek ako.

Last Black Saturday, naglaro ako ng Dawn of War for half of the day. Then DD called, nagyayaya sa Tagaytay. Actually, dapat Thursday pa yung lakad na yun hindi lang natuloy. In long, nagmadali ako magbihis dahil next na text ni DD e nasa Magallanes na siya and 30 minutes na lang andito na siya sa bahay. In short, sumama ako. Nag synthetic capri lang ako and suot sa brief ang lamig sa Tagaytay and I was anticipating that it shouldn’t be that cold kasi summer na. Wrong move.

Nag burger mushroom lang kami tapos tumambay sa Starbucks. Order ko yung largest burger nila… yung King. Solve talaga dun grabe. Never fails. Napagsabihan pa kami ni Manong Guard… bawal daw uminom dun sa labas ng Starbucks. Alam namin. Pasaway lang talaga. Besides, paubos na nung pinansin nya kami.

Belat.

One thing more… after the four long idle vacation days, I’m still waiting for "her". Haay.

Belat sa 'kin.

What The World Needs Now

Koya, koya! Oist!

Pabili ng tulog.

Tatlo.

Salamat po.

Tulog sa Pansitan

Tulog...

Feeling so lightheaded today. I arrived at home around 8am and we need to report in the office again before 2pm. Suma total, I've only slept for 2 hours. Work will be up until 11pm only though so at least tonight nocturnal ang sleep ko. Normal. Nakaka-dalawang coffee na ko. My blood must be as thick as a whip cream by now.

Bummer pa yung power outages dito sa Makati, I haven't had the chance to save my data stuffs before they cut the current to switch to backup generator. Doble tarbaho pa tuloy. Kainis. Sarap na lang matulog instead. Kita-kits na lang kami ng mga pending tasks sa Monday. =)

Nginigggg! Paseo de Roxas Underpass less the lights...

Pansitan...

We got the prize money for the company basketball league today too. Bale pinaghatian na lang naming mga players and just contributed an amount para magpakain dito sa office. Nag pansit canton kami from Buddies. As usual. Office staple yan dito. Pag may birthday, may bagong kasal, may bagong anak, may bagong panganay, may na-devirginize, may tinubuan ng pimples, any event that calls for a celebration, sigurado may Buddies pansit canton na pagsasaluhan.

Sana naman pag nag-inuman mamya sa Gilligan's after work hindi pansit ulit ang pulutan. =)

Opo, ganyan kami ka-peegee kumain ng pansit sa office...

peegee (adj) - hango sa acronym na P.G. na ang ibig sabihin ay patay-gutom (Source: Diksyunaryo ni Lolo)

Wee Weekend

Saturday..

We went to Glorietta this day and I bought this Warhammer 40K miniature tank we call Chaos Predator. iL just post some pics later when I got em transferred to my PC. Ayun, got my credit card loaded again. As usual ang palusot, "at least I'm earning points".

Cheng, Obi, and a finished plate of sisig. *burp* Excuse me!

That same night, me, my bro and a friend of his splurged our time playing in Timezone. I'm wearing my lucky black basketball arm band as part of my baggy get-up that night, and so I thought why not try the shooting arena. The three of us started competing for each other with, of course being way older and more veteran than them, I always appeared being the victor scores-wise. The shooting slots were like six in all so there were times when some people competed with us but no one had beaten my points each round. But that's until this young foreigner swiped her play card to the shooting slot next to me. She's pretty and sexy (hey, but way too young for me) and all too fragile-looking with her simple white shirt and denims and matching cap. Being the suplado I've became, I never even cared offering a second glance, and I thought when will I have a fair match in this game. I mean, I'm enjoying with my LITTLE bro and his LITTLE friend and now what, a CUTEY SASSY girl to call a competitor? The starting signal blared & we're off. I just did my usual stuff & scored 50 points. But what surprised me is my ranking in the digital board. SECOND PLACE?? I quickly scanned the shooting slots for the first placer and to my surprise, it was the foreign teen. Aba, sinusubukan ako ah. I swiped for another game. Guess what? I lost again. And again. And another. Geez. She always scored above 55 points when mines ranged only from 50 to 53 points. Argh. Kudos to that girl. You've never seen the last of me. Babawi ako. Hehe. Sore loser.

Sunday...

I practically just painted a Warhammer 40K miniature Attack Bike the whole morning after breakfast. In the afternoon, me, Gelo, and Sponklong watched this DVD of all Spongebob Squarepants episodes from the TV series. We barely finished half of the first DVD and it was already time for them to go back to our home in Batangas. Next weekend na lang ulit. Tinatamad na din ako manood e. After they left, home alone na naman ako. I just wasted the rest of the night strumming my guitar.

"Mata" by Mojofly

Check for this song. One cool beat. Four thumbs up.

Monday...

I went back to finish the Attack Bike I'm painting, only to start with another. Well, there are three of them all in all. I just need to rush painting all my minis if I wanted to participate on the coming Warhammer 40K Grand Tournament.

That meat ball siopao I'd had for brunch was tasty. Bitin tuloy ako. Bili ako ulit mamaya.

Second Rate Copy Cats

We only finished second on the company's basketball league. I'd have a nice performance though scoring the first six points of the game but everything just went sour for the whole team thereafter. We're down 10 points just right after the second quarter. Sucks pretty bad, given we've beaten this same team twice during the regular playoffs.

Yae na. Panalo pa din kami sa pang-aalaska.

*Bitterly skulks off in a corner and tearfully rocks back and forth*

The starting five... (i'm on the extreme left wearing the #7 jersey... see, Obi?)

Face Off

Excited na ko sa basketball game mamayang 6:00pm. Championship na yun and we're like haven't had a game for at least two weeks already. Bahala na mamaya. Basta mahalaga sure kaming panalo sa pang-aasar.

At the same time, today is my youngest bro's natal day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPONKLONG!!!

Opo... yun ang nickname nya. Astig noh?

I'm on vacation leave today so after the game I "might" go with my morning-shift officemates to make "barik"... y'know, make "barik"... (did I sound like a sassy collegiate student of an all-girl exclusive school there?)

barik - (v.) Batangas term: mag-inom; mag-tomahan; magpaka-bangag sa serbesa (Source: Diksyunaryo ni Lolo)

...OR I might AND I WISH "we" (me and her) could go out tonight.

Yes. I'm SO SO excited. *dum dee dum*

Today's Thanks

> Guess what? I lost again on yesterday night's Warhammer 40K game. Very very predictable. "Charge to experience" na lang ulit. That's the reason for the "mood icon" above, but uh well iL just be more thorough on my strategies for my next battles. Perhaps this Saturday in Rob Galle ulit. Thanks goes to my opponent, Roe, for the post-battle insights and for travelling all the way from UPLB to go up here in Makati just to "socialize" with a weirdo. Mabuhay ka, bro!

> Well, this blog's been introduced with a couple of palamuting ek-ek, specifically the mood icon above, a more polished halo-halo insignia (transluscent na sya), and syempre yung tag-board.

palamuting ek-ek - (n.) kahit anong kaartehang magbibigay ning-ning sa dating walang kulay na bagay, tao, hayop, o pangyayari. (Source: Diksyunaryo ni Lolo)

> For the mood icons, thanks to Lelen for giving me a link to this stranger's blog to whom I got the website for those cooL caboodles. Mag-lagay ka din sa yo Lelen... cute nya oh.

> Acknowledgement must be granted to Skizzy himself for editing my standard coat of arms into a more transluscent and sleek-edged images of halo-halo glasses. Astig to, Jai. Apir!

> Lastly, salamat kay Manong Taho for inspiring me to color my tag-boards in likeness to his sago. Koya, pabili ako mamya ng isang baso pag baba ko ha. (Opo, nababasa ni Manong ang blog ko. Siya lang ang magtataho sa kalsada na naka-laptop na may Remote LAN/Internet Access) AZTIG noh? Yan si Koya!

Amen.

Vengeance

I still haven't won a single battle with my Warhammer 40K miniature army after around five games. They said it's normal for a noobie in this hobby. Hey, I know I need to be blessed with fire and accumulate the scars to be a veteran someday, but can I just won at least a game just to break the losing streak??

Later, we will be playing on Neutral Grounds - Glorietta 2 at around 3:30pm till store closing at about 8:30pm before going to work. I wish I could snatch a victory this time. Can't brag without a win, y'know. ;-)

Have to work with my strategies... or else magagalit si Sun Tzu.

Slumber Party

Sleep.

Yes. I need some.

Eyes closing.

Think, I can't.

Yes. That sleep. Thanks.

Zzzz...

The Jabberwocky

I dunno what's with this poem (who does?) but the whimsical play of words, no matter how meaningless they are, had grabbed attention since its composition on 1871 by my idol, the great Lewis Carroll *praise thee!*.

The actual poem itself first appeared inside one of his own masterpiece - Through The Looking-Glass (Alice in Wonderland). A masterpiece inside another masterpiece by fact! Galing noh? The scene where Jabberwocky was narrated in the story showed Alice reading to Humpty Dumpty the poem then afterwards asked the poor egg the translations for the queer words used in it. Well, that's what made this literary piece an acclaimed classic - the poem seemed to contain some meaning when read when it is gramatically meaningless in fact.

Here's the poem in it's full glory:

*round of applause*

"The Jabberwocky"

by Lewis Carroll

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

All mimsy were the borogoves,

And the mome raths outgrabe.

'Beware the Jabberwock, my son!

The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun

The frumious Bandersnatch!'

He took his vorpal sword in hand:

Long time the manxome foe he sought-

So rested he by the Tumtum tree,

And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,

The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,

Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,

And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through

The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

He left it dead, and with its head

He went galumphing back.

'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?

Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'

He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

All mimsy were the borogoves,

And the mome raths outgrabe.

Wonderful. Just wonderful.

Warhammer 40,000 Miniature Game

Had a Warhammer 40K game in Glorietta today. I volunteered to assist this noobie how to play the game actually. It went well, I must say. Pretty educational in his part, very much unlike my noob days wherein, aside from being guided by this new gaming friend, I was all on my own in interpreting and understanding the complicated rules.

Bought 2 boxes of pizzas and softdrinks for the guys. Serves as a treat since it's my birthday last Monday. I still owe a treat to the Galleria guys though. I might go there this Saturday for that. Besides, I need to purchase another miniature tank we call the Predator to complete my Space Marines army.

For those who have no idea what Warhammer 40K is all about, Warhammer 40,000 is a "tabletop game" as what we call it because you will literally play on either a 4' x 4' or a 6' x 4' table. A player must have an army composed of different units of miniature models that will range from an infantry man to a hulking hightech tank. Parang tau-tauhan ng mga batang paslit. The difference is that this miniature figures were bought unassembled and unpainted so to complete a fully painted army, you will still have the gruelling task of assembling the models then painting them according to the norms of the army you've chosen. To start with, there's a LOT of army to choose from and there's an inside adage on the Warhammer 40K gaming community saying that a player's army reflects his personality.

I dunno about the factuality of it but my army is called the Space Marine's Dark Angels Chapter and they are known to be the most secretive and mysterious among the other Chapters of the Space Marines. Ganun ba ko?

Anyway, the game is played in accordance to a set of preset rules as described in the Warhammer Rulebook. This will primarily involve a measuring device (common na ginagamit e yung metro na pang karpintero) which will be used to measure the distance a model will move or the range a ballistic weapon can effectively shoot at something; and a couple of dice which will determine the outcome of most of your actions on the game like hitting an enemy with your weapons, saving the butt of your soldier from a lethal attack, rallying your squad's morale, etc.

That's basically it. Just visit the Games Workshop (the company behind Warhammer 40,000) website at http://us.games-workshop.com/games/40K/default.htm or just hit me with an email at obi_parcon@yahoo.com if you're interested in knowing more about the game. Just a word of caution though: if you can't allocate a sufficient amount of moolah on this hobby, you better stay off with understanding and delving more about it since in itself it is like a lump of coccaine - the more you're hook, the more you'L ask for more, and it is not just an easy buy.

Bili ka na lang sa Recto ng mga sundalong plastic na kulay green tapos i-firing squad mo sa bahay gamit ay tansan.

Assembled but unpainted Rhino Assault Personnel Carrier(APC) armed with two pintle-mounted Storm Bolters

A Child Inside

My birthday was not as I've expected it to be but the suddenness of the events was so radical that I literally break down.

Parang bata na binigyan ng manika ng magulang niya para tumahan... para mauto na kumain... para mautusang bumili ng yosi ni tatay... para magpakabait. Paano kung babawiin lang din pala sa huli kung kailan nasanay na ang bata na yakap ang manikang inakala niya ay kaniya? Dahil bata, wala nang ibang maiisip na paraan kundi umiyak... umiyak ng malakas... yung yanig pati kapitbahay... at hindi bibitaw sa manikang iningatan niya. Ang tarantang magulang, dahil hindi na alam ang gagawin at sadyang mahal ang bata, hindi na lang kukuhain ang manika. Wagi ang bata.

I'll forever remember that night when I have awaken that inner child in me.

Totoy pa din pala ako.

Nice. =)

Four Planetary Rotations and Twenty Decades

Birthday ko. Nice. Thanks sa lahat ng greetings & special thanks to those who forgot.

Makuntento na dapat ang tropa dito...

I just bought some food yesterday para may mapag-saluhan lang sa bahay. That so far is the only sense of celebration for my natal day. I'm on a sabbathical today, though. I decided that after spending 24 years in the Milky Way, it's still better to take time off from work on a birthday. So yun, nag vacation leave muna ako. Besides, I'm expecting something good to happen later tonight. Well, hopefully.

Let's all cross our fingers for me.

Ok. Tama na. OA na.

Greeting is good, but I need cash.

Friendster Blog

I just opened another online journal. This time it's on Friendster. Check it out here: http://ahaha.blogs.friendster.com/the_adventures_of_mighty_/

...or you can add me in Friendster at ghost_seraph@yahoo.com then browse my account to visit my blog.

It's entitled "The Adventures of Mighty Obi" and it's all about a day in a life of a superhero and his superfriends as they deal with corruption, injustice, oppression, and politics.

Cool yung blog site ng Friendster and it has this feature where you can post and organize pictures into albums. Syempre it has a direct link to Friendster, meaning kung adik ka sa Friendster, you can jump from your blog to your Friendster account in no time plus the blog itself was advertised in your Friendster page for your friend's viewing pleasure.

***Quiz: Sa last na sentence sa paragraph sa taas (oops walang titingin!), ilang beses nabanggit ang salitang "friend"? Ang mananalo treat ko ng kwek kwek at squid balls. Sky's the limit. (Babala: Ang mandaya, baho tae.)

Syempre para may konting teaser on what's inside my blog album in Friendster here's one of the pics:

Mighty Obi (extreme left) and the Mighty Friends of Justice

Bogchi Sogbu

It was traffic yesterday morning and everyone was walking ahead of the commuter transpos so I thought the better of it and walked along the pedestrians. Unlike my typical weekday mornings where, from the office, I rush home to satisfy my sleeplessness, I was wide-awake that time. Uncanilly.

Along the stroll, nakita ko tong jollijeep sa mismong tabi ng isa sa mga South Expressway Exits (hindi ko sasabihin kung saang Exit kasi baka malaman nyo na sa Villamor Air Base ako nakatira)...

jollijeep (noun)- mobile carinderia na sadyang palipat lipat ng location para hindi maabutan ng mga tumutugis na MMDA at PNP at Traffic Supreme Lord Grandmasters na kolektor ng budget allocation para sa "regalo kay chief". (Source: Diksyunaryo ni Lolo)

...and matagal-tagal na din ako hindi nakakakain sa mga ganun. Na-miss baga. In long, tumawid ako ng kalsada at nakipag patintero kay Kamatayan at sa mga alipores nyang bus drivers para makakain ng Igado, Beef Pares, at Sinangag na may chance kang 19.9% magka cholera.

iL take the risk. Gakapal naman ng dingding ng bituka ko e. Masarap naman kasi talaga tapos trenta'y pesos lang tapos gumagapang pa ko pauwi sa kabusugan. E sa Friday's dalwandaan na nagagastos ko hindi pa din lumalampas pababa ng diaphragm yung kinain ko. Kelangan pang mamapak ng ketchup para lang mabusog ng walang dagdag gastos.

"Kasi doon comfortable ang kain. Binabayaran ang milieu. May social relevance. Service-oriented"

Pakialam ko. Inyo na 'milieu' nyo, kung ano man yun!

Sabi nga ng mga sweetlemoning peeps, "oks lang magkadumi sa katawan paminsan minsan para lumakas ang immune system". Medyo nakakatakot nga lang kasi mga kasabay ko kumain e yung mga bagong gising na construction workers na may mga hang-over pa. Kung makatitig e parang bawal kumain ang naka-polo at pants dun sa jollijeep. Sabagay, I was such a sight in that place that time. San ka kasi nakakita ng nakapang-opisina na kumakain sa tabing riles. E nagutom ako e ano magagawa nila. Alangan umuwi pa ko, mag bihis iskwater tas bumalik para kumain. Di na. Talo talo na.

Buti na lang mabait si Koya Tindero.

Koya, isang halo-halo nga! Wag mo lagyan ng ube macapuno.

A Friend Coined Skizzy

I passed by Glorietta to meet a highschool friend today. I was waiting outside Subway when this charming girl asked for the time. Ngayon ko lang na-realize kung gaano ako kasuplado na. I just nonchalantly showed her my mobile phone, mumbling the time. I didn't even smiled , I think.

That's when I saw my grinning friend approaching me. Sabi nya, ako na daw nilalapitan ng babae parang ayaw ko pa or something like that. The girl was laughing sheepishly too. Aba, yun na pala yung girlfriend nya.

You got me there, Layla & Jai! Nice one. =)

Anyway, I was just surprised at how suplado I've become. Dati kasi first impression lang sa 'kin na suplado ako but I guess I'm beginning to live that. Not that I have to exercise my flirting skills again but there's a thick line between "flirting" and "being friendly", and I guess my smile needs a lil work out.

Bukas may limang jumping jacks ang smile ko.

Friendster Brainstorming

A veeery slow manic Monday. The cure: ang walang kamatayan kong sarbey sa Friendster..

Here's one. Catch!

Subject: Gracias Senyorita. Su Hija Piensa Que Si.

1. DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?~ no. love at first sightings siguro. =)
2. ARE YOU GAME FOR A ONE NIGHT STAND?~ why should I? ...but then... =)
3. DO YOU WANT YOUR PARTNER TO BE FAST, OR SLOW?~ OR
4. DO YOU WANT YOUR DATE FUN OR ROMANTIC?~ FUN and ROMANTIC
5. HOW DO YOU ACT WHEN YOU ARE ON A DATE?~ myself. flip.
6. WHAT DO YOU USUALLY DRINK ON A DATE?~ yung hindi ko maintindihan ang name like "el vino del dia" para astig ang pagka konyo tas pag di ko nagustuhan lasa ng pesteng inumin, ibububo ko sa katabing halaman pag hindi nakatingin yung date ko. "hmm.. muy delicioso!"
7. HOW LONG YOU SHOULD BE COURTED?~ me? hindi ako kaladkarin noh. 25 hours.
8. DOES LOOKS ATTRACT YOU?~ most of the time.
9. WHAT WOULD BE HIS/HER BODY TYPE?~ a little hefty than the standard sexy stereotype. konti lang ha, hindi lumba lumba.
10. WHAT TYPE OF CLOTHES HE/SHE WEAR?~ either simplistic girl-next-door type or synthetic sporty babe.
11. IS SHE/HE OLDFASHIONED PERSON? OR MODERN MAN/WOMAN?~ a little bit of both
12. WHERE WOULD BE YOU IDEAL DATE?~ on the shore
13. DO YOU BELIEVE IN SOULMATES?~ i almost.
14. DO YOU LISTEN TO YOU HEART OR HEAD? WHY?~ heart. walang masama dun. nagiging totoo lang tayo sa sarili natin. oo, given nang tanga ka. wag mo na lang pansinin yun. kuwari na lang matalino ka sa love.
15. WOULD YOU GO FOR A BLIND DATE?~ nope. mute date na lang.
16. WHAT DOES YOUR DATE LOOK LIKE?~ depende. ang garang tanong.
17. IF YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS PERSON WHAT WILL YOU DO ON UR DATE?~ kumain ng kwek kwek habang nag haharutan. ang sweet noh. pero pag may isaw, isaw na lang.
18. DOES COMMUNICATION COUNTS?~ a lot. open palagi. pag close, malamang batt empty or may kalaguyo. har har har.
19. WHATS YOUR SEXIEST FEATURE?~ my thoughts
20. DO YOU FLIRT?~ no. they do. hehe. di ako mayabang. bilib lang sa sarili.
21. When you're talking to someone you're attracted to, how do you feel about yourself?~ jittery. parang may spring sa pwet.
22. Are you apologetic even when it's not your fault?~ when she deserve it. lambing yun e.
23. Do u want to meet the person now whom you will marry in the future?~ ay super.
24. Do you think you're too good with your partners/date?~ im deym good. *wink*
25. What are ur turn-ons?~ pamatay na ngiti, a very very natural personality, plays a band instrument, has a sports (kahit tumbang preso), koboy <- eto="" girl="" guys="" hanap="" maraming="" ng="" paramis.="">
26. major turn-offs?~ as if... like duh... haller... argh... 'nough said.
27.If your love life was a movie.. What movie is it?~ Shake, Rattle, and Roll - Part 2
28. Ideal kiss?~ nice and slow
29. Am i qualified to be your lover? (if i was ur opposite sex)?~ sino ka??

~obi, el amante de sonrisas

A Bird? A Plane? It's Super Friendster!

There's a new feature in Friendster where you could put a fancy-looking link from your blogs to your Friendster pages. Just login to your Friendster account and click "Account Settings" on the upper right corner of your homepage, then enable the Super Friendster feature somewhere among the items there. The rest is pretty much easy (if you're a blog geek, that is. hehe).
The link comes in three designs: a simple Friendster hyperlink, a mini Friendster avatar, and like the one I used here, a thumbnail of your primary picture.
I don't actually know if this feature is "new" as I claim it to be, but it's stated there that it is and that it's somehow still under construction. But then perhaps maybe I just stumbled upon it late.
< sarcasm > I'm not a Friendster addict anyway. < /sarcasm >

Laruan Ko Yan Huy

I was also able to assemble my Warhammer 40,000 miniature tanks last Holy Week break. Now, all they need is a paint-job.

Predator Annihilator, Vindicator Assault Tank, Rhino Personnel Carrier

The astig-looking Predator Annihilator is the latest addition at 2.6K a piece. It's just in time for the Grand Tournament to be held in Galleria anytime this April. I wish I could have that same precious time to finish painting them though.

Toys.

The Holy Week That Was

Belated happy Easter everyone!

Haven’t got the chance to go online during the Holy Week. But it doesn’t really that “event-filled” anyway and I just stayed home most of the time, enjoying the break from being a vampire and maximizing my sleep. Heck, I could even call sleeping the best happening I’ve had last week.

On the Maundy Thursday, I spent half the day in the office for this extended work stuffs. I preferred being there anyway than waiting for my butt to swell at home waiting for the moon to rise and take another dose of precious sleep. At least, in the office, I knew I’m worth something. *applause*

Nung Biyernes Santo naman, istambay lang ako the whole day sa bahay. Natapos ko na yung book na binabasa ko. “Darksteel Eye”. Next book na 'ko. “Sentry Peak”. They're both on the Fantasy genre. Kelangan ko kasi mag-refresh ng fantasy scenarios para sa uumpisahan kong fantasy novel. Opo. Geek ako.

Last Black Saturday, naglaro ako ng Dawn of War for half of the day. Then DD called, nagyayaya sa Tagaytay. Actually, dapat Thursday pa yung lakad na yun hindi lang natuloy. In long, nagmadali ako magbihis dahil next na text ni DD e nasa Magallanes na siya and 30 minutes na lang andito na siya sa bahay. In short, sumama ako. Nag synthetic capri lang ako and suot sa brief ang lamig sa Tagaytay and I was anticipating that it shouldn’t be that cold kasi summer na. Wrong move.

Nag burger mushroom lang kami tapos tumambay sa Starbucks. Order ko yung largest burger nila… yung King. Solve talaga dun grabe. Never fails. Napagsabihan pa kami ni Manong Guard… bawal daw uminom dun sa labas ng Starbucks. Alam namin. Pasaway lang talaga. Besides, paubos na nung pinansin nya kami.

Belat.

One thing more… after the four long idle vacation days, I’m still waiting for "her". Haay.

Belat sa 'kin.

What The World Needs Now

Koya, koya! Oist!

Pabili ng tulog.

Tatlo.

Salamat po.

Tulog sa Pansitan

Tulog...

Feeling so lightheaded today. I arrived at home around 8am and we need to report in the office again before 2pm. Suma total, I've only slept for 2 hours. Work will be up until 11pm only though so at least tonight nocturnal ang sleep ko. Normal. Nakaka-dalawang coffee na ko. My blood must be as thick as a whip cream by now.

Bummer pa yung power outages dito sa Makati, I haven't had the chance to save my data stuffs before they cut the current to switch to backup generator. Doble tarbaho pa tuloy. Kainis. Sarap na lang matulog instead. Kita-kits na lang kami ng mga pending tasks sa Monday. =)

Nginigggg! Paseo de Roxas Underpass less the lights...

Pansitan...

We got the prize money for the company basketball league today too. Bale pinaghatian na lang naming mga players and just contributed an amount para magpakain dito sa office. Nag pansit canton kami from Buddies. As usual. Office staple yan dito. Pag may birthday, may bagong kasal, may bagong anak, may bagong panganay, may na-devirginize, may tinubuan ng pimples, any event that calls for a celebration, sigurado may Buddies pansit canton na pagsasaluhan.

Sana naman pag nag-inuman mamya sa Gilligan's after work hindi pansit ulit ang pulutan. =)

Opo, ganyan kami ka-peegee kumain ng pansit sa office...

peegee (adj) - hango sa acronym na P.G. na ang ibig sabihin ay patay-gutom (Source: Diksyunaryo ni Lolo)

Wee Weekend

Saturday..

We went to Glorietta this day and I bought this Warhammer 40K miniature tank we call Chaos Predator. iL just post some pics later when I got em transferred to my PC. Ayun, got my credit card loaded again. As usual ang palusot, "at least I'm earning points".

Cheng, Obi, and a finished plate of sisig. *burp* Excuse me!

That same night, me, my bro and a friend of his splurged our time playing in Timezone. I'm wearing my lucky black basketball arm band as part of my baggy get-up that night, and so I thought why not try the shooting arena. The three of us started competing for each other with, of course being way older and more veteran than them, I always appeared being the victor scores-wise. The shooting slots were like six in all so there were times when some people competed with us but no one had beaten my points each round. But that's until this young foreigner swiped her play card to the shooting slot next to me. She's pretty and sexy (hey, but way too young for me) and all too fragile-looking with her simple white shirt and denims and matching cap. Being the suplado I've became, I never even cared offering a second glance, and I thought when will I have a fair match in this game. I mean, I'm enjoying with my LITTLE bro and his LITTLE friend and now what, a CUTEY SASSY girl to call a competitor? The starting signal blared & we're off. I just did my usual stuff & scored 50 points. But what surprised me is my ranking in the digital board. SECOND PLACE?? I quickly scanned the shooting slots for the first placer and to my surprise, it was the foreign teen. Aba, sinusubukan ako ah. I swiped for another game. Guess what? I lost again. And again. And another. Geez. She always scored above 55 points when mines ranged only from 50 to 53 points. Argh. Kudos to that girl. You've never seen the last of me. Babawi ako. Hehe. Sore loser.

Sunday...

I practically just painted a Warhammer 40K miniature Attack Bike the whole morning after breakfast. In the afternoon, me, Gelo, and Sponklong watched this DVD of all Spongebob Squarepants episodes from the TV series. We barely finished half of the first DVD and it was already time for them to go back to our home in Batangas. Next weekend na lang ulit. Tinatamad na din ako manood e. After they left, home alone na naman ako. I just wasted the rest of the night strumming my guitar.

"Mata" by Mojofly

Check for this song. One cool beat. Four thumbs up.

Monday...

I went back to finish the Attack Bike I'm painting, only to start with another. Well, there are three of them all in all. I just need to rush painting all my minis if I wanted to participate on the coming Warhammer 40K Grand Tournament.

That meat ball siopao I'd had for brunch was tasty. Bitin tuloy ako. Bili ako ulit mamaya.

Second Rate Copy Cats

We only finished second on the company's basketball league. I'd have a nice performance though scoring the first six points of the game but everything just went sour for the whole team thereafter. We're down 10 points just right after the second quarter. Sucks pretty bad, given we've beaten this same team twice during the regular playoffs.

Yae na. Panalo pa din kami sa pang-aalaska.

*Bitterly skulks off in a corner and tearfully rocks back and forth*

The starting five... (i'm on the extreme left wearing the #7 jersey... see, Obi?)

Face Off

Excited na ko sa basketball game mamayang 6:00pm. Championship na yun and we're like haven't had a game for at least two weeks already. Bahala na mamaya. Basta mahalaga sure kaming panalo sa pang-aasar.

At the same time, today is my youngest bro's natal day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPONKLONG!!!

Opo... yun ang nickname nya. Astig noh?

I'm on vacation leave today so after the game I "might" go with my morning-shift officemates to make "barik"... y'know, make "barik"... (did I sound like a sassy collegiate student of an all-girl exclusive school there?)

barik - (v.) Batangas term: mag-inom; mag-tomahan; magpaka-bangag sa serbesa (Source: Diksyunaryo ni Lolo)

...OR I might AND I WISH "we" (me and her) could go out tonight.

Yes. I'm SO SO excited. *dum dee dum*

Today's Thanks

> Guess what? I lost again on yesterday night's Warhammer 40K game. Very very predictable. "Charge to experience" na lang ulit. That's the reason for the "mood icon" above, but uh well iL just be more thorough on my strategies for my next battles. Perhaps this Saturday in Rob Galle ulit. Thanks goes to my opponent, Roe, for the post-battle insights and for travelling all the way from UPLB to go up here in Makati just to "socialize" with a weirdo. Mabuhay ka, bro!

> Well, this blog's been introduced with a couple of palamuting ek-ek, specifically the mood icon above, a more polished halo-halo insignia (transluscent na sya), and syempre yung tag-board.

palamuting ek-ek - (n.) kahit anong kaartehang magbibigay ning-ning sa dating walang kulay na bagay, tao, hayop, o pangyayari. (Source: Diksyunaryo ni Lolo)

> For the mood icons, thanks to Lelen for giving me a link to this stranger's blog to whom I got the website for those cooL caboodles. Mag-lagay ka din sa yo Lelen... cute nya oh.

> Acknowledgement must be granted to Skizzy himself for editing my standard coat of arms into a more transluscent and sleek-edged images of halo-halo glasses. Astig to, Jai. Apir!

> Lastly, salamat kay Manong Taho for inspiring me to color my tag-boards in likeness to his sago. Koya, pabili ako mamya ng isang baso pag baba ko ha. (Opo, nababasa ni Manong ang blog ko. Siya lang ang magtataho sa kalsada na naka-laptop na may Remote LAN/Internet Access) AZTIG noh? Yan si Koya!

Amen.

Vengeance

I still haven't won a single battle with my Warhammer 40K miniature army after around five games. They said it's normal for a noobie in this hobby. Hey, I know I need to be blessed with fire and accumulate the scars to be a veteran someday, but can I just won at least a game just to break the losing streak??

Later, we will be playing on Neutral Grounds - Glorietta 2 at around 3:30pm till store closing at about 8:30pm before going to work. I wish I could snatch a victory this time. Can't brag without a win, y'know. ;-)

Have to work with my strategies... or else magagalit si Sun Tzu.

Slumber Party

Sleep.

Yes. I need some.

Eyes closing.

Think, I can't.

Yes. That sleep. Thanks.

Zzzz...

The Jabberwocky

I dunno what's with this poem (who does?) but the whimsical play of words, no matter how meaningless they are, had grabbed attention since its composition on 1871 by my idol, the great Lewis Carroll *praise thee!*.

The actual poem itself first appeared inside one of his own masterpiece - Through The Looking-Glass (Alice in Wonderland). A masterpiece inside another masterpiece by fact! Galing noh? The scene where Jabberwocky was narrated in the story showed Alice reading to Humpty Dumpty the poem then afterwards asked the poor egg the translations for the queer words used in it. Well, that's what made this literary piece an acclaimed classic - the poem seemed to contain some meaning when read when it is gramatically meaningless in fact.

Here's the poem in it's full glory:

*round of applause*

"The Jabberwocky"

by Lewis Carroll

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

All mimsy were the borogoves,

And the mome raths outgrabe.

'Beware the Jabberwock, my son!

The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun

The frumious Bandersnatch!'

He took his vorpal sword in hand:

Long time the manxome foe he sought-

So rested he by the Tumtum tree,

And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,

The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,

Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,

And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through

The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

He left it dead, and with its head

He went galumphing back.

'And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?

Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'

He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

All mimsy were the borogoves,

And the mome raths outgrabe.

Wonderful. Just wonderful.

Warhammer 40,000 Miniature Game

Had a Warhammer 40K game in Glorietta today. I volunteered to assist this noobie how to play the game actually. It went well, I must say. Pretty educational in his part, very much unlike my noob days wherein, aside from being guided by this new gaming friend, I was all on my own in interpreting and understanding the complicated rules.

Bought 2 boxes of pizzas and softdrinks for the guys. Serves as a treat since it's my birthday last Monday. I still owe a treat to the Galleria guys though. I might go there this Saturday for that. Besides, I need to purchase another miniature tank we call the Predator to complete my Space Marines army.

For those who have no idea what Warhammer 40K is all about, Warhammer 40,000 is a "tabletop game" as what we call it because you will literally play on either a 4' x 4' or a 6' x 4' table. A player must have an army composed of different units of miniature models that will range from an infantry man to a hulking hightech tank. Parang tau-tauhan ng mga batang paslit. The difference is that this miniature figures were bought unassembled and unpainted so to complete a fully painted army, you will still have the gruelling task of assembling the models then painting them according to the norms of the army you've chosen. To start with, there's a LOT of army to choose from and there's an inside adage on the Warhammer 40K gaming community saying that a player's army reflects his personality.

I dunno about the factuality of it but my army is called the Space Marine's Dark Angels Chapter and they are known to be the most secretive and mysterious among the other Chapters of the Space Marines. Ganun ba ko?

Anyway, the game is played in accordance to a set of preset rules as described in the Warhammer Rulebook. This will primarily involve a measuring device (common na ginagamit e yung metro na pang karpintero) which will be used to measure the distance a model will move or the range a ballistic weapon can effectively shoot at something; and a couple of dice which will determine the outcome of most of your actions on the game like hitting an enemy with your weapons, saving the butt of your soldier from a lethal attack, rallying your squad's morale, etc.

That's basically it. Just visit the Games Workshop (the company behind Warhammer 40,000) website at http://us.games-workshop.com/games/40K/default.htm or just hit me with an email at obi_parcon@yahoo.com if you're interested in knowing more about the game. Just a word of caution though: if you can't allocate a sufficient amount of moolah on this hobby, you better stay off with understanding and delving more about it since in itself it is like a lump of coccaine - the more you're hook, the more you'L ask for more, and it is not just an easy buy.

Bili ka na lang sa Recto ng mga sundalong plastic na kulay green tapos i-firing squad mo sa bahay gamit ay tansan.

Assembled but unpainted Rhino Assault Personnel Carrier(APC) armed with two pintle-mounted Storm Bolters

A Child Inside

My birthday was not as I've expected it to be but the suddenness of the events was so radical that I literally break down.

Parang bata na binigyan ng manika ng magulang niya para tumahan... para mauto na kumain... para mautusang bumili ng yosi ni tatay... para magpakabait. Paano kung babawiin lang din pala sa huli kung kailan nasanay na ang bata na yakap ang manikang inakala niya ay kaniya? Dahil bata, wala nang ibang maiisip na paraan kundi umiyak... umiyak ng malakas... yung yanig pati kapitbahay... at hindi bibitaw sa manikang iningatan niya. Ang tarantang magulang, dahil hindi na alam ang gagawin at sadyang mahal ang bata, hindi na lang kukuhain ang manika. Wagi ang bata.

I'll forever remember that night when I have awaken that inner child in me.

Totoy pa din pala ako.

Nice. =)

Four Planetary Rotations and Twenty Decades

Birthday ko. Nice. Thanks sa lahat ng greetings & special thanks to those who forgot.

Makuntento na dapat ang tropa dito...

I just bought some food yesterday para may mapag-saluhan lang sa bahay. That so far is the only sense of celebration for my natal day. I'm on a sabbathical today, though. I decided that after spending 24 years in the Milky Way, it's still better to take time off from work on a birthday. So yun, nag vacation leave muna ako. Besides, I'm expecting something good to happen later tonight. Well, hopefully.

Let's all cross our fingers for me.

Ok. Tama na. OA na.

Greeting is good, but I need cash.

Friendster Blog

I just opened another online journal. This time it's on Friendster. Check it out here: http://ahaha.blogs.friendster.com/the_adventures_of_mighty_/

...or you can add me in Friendster at ghost_seraph@yahoo.com then browse my account to visit my blog.

It's entitled "The Adventures of Mighty Obi" and it's all about a day in a life of a superhero and his superfriends as they deal with corruption, injustice, oppression, and politics.

Cool yung blog site ng Friendster and it has this feature where you can post and organize pictures into albums. Syempre it has a direct link to Friendster, meaning kung adik ka sa Friendster, you can jump from your blog to your Friendster account in no time plus the blog itself was advertised in your Friendster page for your friend's viewing pleasure.

***Quiz: Sa last na sentence sa paragraph sa taas (oops walang titingin!), ilang beses nabanggit ang salitang "friend"? Ang mananalo treat ko ng kwek kwek at squid balls. Sky's the limit. (Babala: Ang mandaya, baho tae.)

Syempre para may konting teaser on what's inside my blog album in Friendster here's one of the pics:

Mighty Obi (extreme left) and the Mighty Friends of Justice

Bogchi Sogbu

It was traffic yesterday morning and everyone was walking ahead of the commuter transpos so I thought the better of it and walked along the pedestrians. Unlike my typical weekday mornings where, from the office, I rush home to satisfy my sleeplessness, I was wide-awake that time. Uncanilly.

Along the stroll, nakita ko tong jollijeep sa mismong tabi ng isa sa mga South Expressway Exits (hindi ko sasabihin kung saang Exit kasi baka malaman nyo na sa Villamor Air Base ako nakatira)...

jollijeep (noun)- mobile carinderia na sadyang palipat lipat ng location para hindi maabutan ng mga tumutugis na MMDA at PNP at Traffic Supreme Lord Grandmasters na kolektor ng budget allocation para sa "regalo kay chief". (Source: Diksyunaryo ni Lolo)

...and matagal-tagal na din ako hindi nakakakain sa mga ganun. Na-miss baga. In long, tumawid ako ng kalsada at nakipag patintero kay Kamatayan at sa mga alipores nyang bus drivers para makakain ng Igado, Beef Pares, at Sinangag na may chance kang 19.9% magka cholera.

iL take the risk. Gakapal naman ng dingding ng bituka ko e. Masarap naman kasi talaga tapos trenta'y pesos lang tapos gumagapang pa ko pauwi sa kabusugan. E sa Friday's dalwandaan na nagagastos ko hindi pa din lumalampas pababa ng diaphragm yung kinain ko. Kelangan pang mamapak ng ketchup para lang mabusog ng walang dagdag gastos.

"Kasi doon comfortable ang kain. Binabayaran ang milieu. May social relevance. Service-oriented"

Pakialam ko. Inyo na 'milieu' nyo, kung ano man yun!

Sabi nga ng mga sweetlemoning peeps, "oks lang magkadumi sa katawan paminsan minsan para lumakas ang immune system". Medyo nakakatakot nga lang kasi mga kasabay ko kumain e yung mga bagong gising na construction workers na may mga hang-over pa. Kung makatitig e parang bawal kumain ang naka-polo at pants dun sa jollijeep. Sabagay, I was such a sight in that place that time. San ka kasi nakakita ng nakapang-opisina na kumakain sa tabing riles. E nagutom ako e ano magagawa nila. Alangan umuwi pa ko, mag bihis iskwater tas bumalik para kumain. Di na. Talo talo na.

Buti na lang mabait si Koya Tindero.

Koya, isang halo-halo nga! Wag mo lagyan ng ube macapuno.

A Friend Coined Skizzy

I passed by Glorietta to meet a highschool friend today. I was waiting outside Subway when this charming girl asked for the time. Ngayon ko lang na-realize kung gaano ako kasuplado na. I just nonchalantly showed her my mobile phone, mumbling the time. I didn't even smiled , I think.

That's when I saw my grinning friend approaching me. Sabi nya, ako na daw nilalapitan ng babae parang ayaw ko pa or something like that. The girl was laughing sheepishly too. Aba, yun na pala yung girlfriend nya.

You got me there, Layla & Jai! Nice one. =)

Anyway, I was just surprised at how suplado I've become. Dati kasi first impression lang sa 'kin na suplado ako but I guess I'm beginning to live that. Not that I have to exercise my flirting skills again but there's a thick line between "flirting" and "being friendly", and I guess my smile needs a lil work out.

Bukas may limang jumping jacks ang smile ko.

Friendster Brainstorming

A veeery slow manic Monday. The cure: ang walang kamatayan kong sarbey sa Friendster..

Here's one. Catch!

Subject: Gracias Senyorita. Su Hija Piensa Que Si.

1. DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?~ no. love at first sightings siguro. =)
2. ARE YOU GAME FOR A ONE NIGHT STAND?~ why should I? ...but then... =)
3. DO YOU WANT YOUR PARTNER TO BE FAST, OR SLOW?~ OR
4. DO YOU WANT YOUR DATE FUN OR ROMANTIC?~ FUN and ROMANTIC
5. HOW DO YOU ACT WHEN YOU ARE ON A DATE?~ myself. flip.
6. WHAT DO YOU USUALLY DRINK ON A DATE?~ yung hindi ko maintindihan ang name like "el vino del dia" para astig ang pagka konyo tas pag di ko nagustuhan lasa ng pesteng inumin, ibububo ko sa katabing halaman pag hindi nakatingin yung date ko. "hmm.. muy delicioso!"
7. HOW LONG YOU SHOULD BE COURTED?~ me? hindi ako kaladkarin noh. 25 hours.
8. DOES LOOKS ATTRACT YOU?~ most of the time.
9. WHAT WOULD BE HIS/HER BODY TYPE?~ a little hefty than the standard sexy stereotype. konti lang ha, hindi lumba lumba.
10. WHAT TYPE OF CLOTHES HE/SHE WEAR?~ either simplistic girl-next-door type or synthetic sporty babe.
11. IS SHE/HE OLDFASHIONED PERSON? OR MODERN MAN/WOMAN?~ a little bit of both
12. WHERE WOULD BE YOU IDEAL DATE?~ on the shore
13. DO YOU BELIEVE IN SOULMATES?~ i almost.
14. DO YOU LISTEN TO YOU HEART OR HEAD? WHY?~ heart. walang masama dun. nagiging totoo lang tayo sa sarili natin. oo, given nang tanga ka. wag mo na lang pansinin yun. kuwari na lang matalino ka sa love.
15. WOULD YOU GO FOR A BLIND DATE?~ nope. mute date na lang.
16. WHAT DOES YOUR DATE LOOK LIKE?~ depende. ang garang tanong.
17. IF YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS PERSON WHAT WILL YOU DO ON UR DATE?~ kumain ng kwek kwek habang nag haharutan. ang sweet noh. pero pag may isaw, isaw na lang.
18. DOES COMMUNICATION COUNTS?~ a lot. open palagi. pag close, malamang batt empty or may kalaguyo. har har har.
19. WHATS YOUR SEXIEST FEATURE?~ my thoughts
20. DO YOU FLIRT?~ no. they do. hehe. di ako mayabang. bilib lang sa sarili.
21. When you're talking to someone you're attracted to, how do you feel about yourself?~ jittery. parang may spring sa pwet.
22. Are you apologetic even when it's not your fault?~ when she deserve it. lambing yun e.
23. Do u want to meet the person now whom you will marry in the future?~ ay super.
24. Do you think you're too good with your partners/date?~ im deym good. *wink*
25. What are ur turn-ons?~ pamatay na ngiti, a very very natural personality, plays a band instrument, has a sports (kahit tumbang preso), koboy <- eto="" girl="" guys="" hanap="" maraming="" ng="" paramis.="">
26. major turn-offs?~ as if... like duh... haller... argh... 'nough said.
27.If your love life was a movie.. What movie is it?~ Shake, Rattle, and Roll - Part 2
28. Ideal kiss?~ nice and slow
29. Am i qualified to be your lover? (if i was ur opposite sex)?~ sino ka??

~obi, el amante de sonrisas