Singapore Order Update

Totem Hunter - 28S$ (P939.4)
Khador Vlad - 16S$ (P536.8)
Cygnar Field Mechanik - 13S$ (P436.15)
Bodgers - 11S$ (P369.05)
IK Magus Sperling - 11S$ (P369.05)
Color Cards - 25S$ (P838.75)

1 Singapore Dollar (S$) = P33.55 (Yahoo Currency Converter, July 3 2006)

SOLD OUT: Dire Troll, Cygnar Cain, IK Nyss Sorceress, IK Illuminated One, Everblight Seraphs

Warpwolf in starter box only.

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Recommendations: I believe Mang is going to order again soon. Some of you might want to ride on those orders na lang. If you guys still want to push through with your orders through Alger, let me know ASAP so I can inquire on shipping costs as well.

Birthday Greetz, EMP!

Yeah, birthday ni Emp ngayon! So batiin nyo na lang sya ^_^ Kahit dito, pwede nyo rin i-extend ang greetings nyo LOL!

Whatta weird-ass day!

• Woke up.
• Met with Emp and went to pick up the Dungeoneer stuff from brel at Makati.
• Hoarded new hardcase sleeves for cards.
• Epal pa rin yung hag dito sa office.
• Epal pa rin... basta epal sila.
• "Naninibago ako sayo. Nakakatuwa." :)
• Right forearm hurting because I tried shuffling ALL my cards.
• Still same DNS shit error here at work.
• Had dinner with "best friend" since "band chick" misinformed about time. "You want me to go home and dress up first? Hindi ako sexy with my teacher's attire eh."
• Got new AI maps for DOTA.
• Played DOTA using Drow Archer. I got pwned LOL!
• SMSed Boyz and asked them to push through with "band chick". "OK kayo kasama sa suntukan ah!"
• Pork came up to the office! AHAHAHHA!!!
• "Band chick" was at last song, so we didn't bother with the P150 entrance. Just waited outside.
• Hi's and hello's with "band chick".
• Went to da Shak. Cox and tox ~ more NG horror stories (the great Anti-NG movement on VS), WM-playing 40Kers dominate 40K 2006 GT, homosexual harassment, Dungeoneer)
• I saw a praying mantis drink! Yeah, one of my buds has a praying mantis for a pet LOL!
• Paul got Jake's Character Guide book from the office. In house attire no less LOL! No one here at the office when I arrived, but Internet's back woohoo!

Warmachine + Hordes

Opponent: Pork (Mercenary Magnus)
Scenario: 500-points Pendulum
Wargroup: Sorscha, Destroyer heavy warjack, Juggernaut heavy warjack, Widowmakers, Winter Guard Mortar Crew (x2), Man-O-War Kovnik, Manhunter, Eiryss (490 points)

The terrain proved troublesome for my two Winter Guard Mortar. There were many blind spots where Pork's units could hide behind, barring me any good bombard shots. So I decided to force him to push forward and abandon any safe cover in lieu of securing senario objectives.

Sorscha traced a beeline towards Magnus and used Icy Gaze, rendering everything within 12" stationary. I then proceeded to unleash long-range 20" bombards on the unmoving Magnus. Icy goodness! Result: Sorscha victorious!

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Opponent: Emp (Everblight Lylyth)
Scenario: 300-points Foothold
Wargroup: Sorscha, Destroyer heavy warjack, Manhunter, Winter Guard Mortar Crew (x2), Eiryss (298 points)

First Hordes opponent! Looking at the earlier games played, I had a rough idea of how an Everblight wargroup plays. I knew what a Carnivean and Shredders do. Then Emp played a Totem Hunter, and after reading out his stats to me, I decided that it had to go first.

Lining up a nice lane, I had Sorscha cast Boundless Charge on the Manhunter. With a nice 11" charge and 4D6 P+S 11, the TH was dispatched easily. Of course, my Manhunter paid the price shortly after.

And with the funky rules that allow you to displace wounds between the warlock and warbeasts, I decided to dispatch the small gribblies first. With only Lylyth and the Carnivean left (I had a Destroyer, Eiryss, Sorscha and two Mortar with good shot distance), I had my FTW tactic ready ~ come in with a whoosh and keep Lylyth tied down with Freezing Grip while a focus-fueled Destroyer would mow down the Carnivean after hitting it with Mortar rounds. Result: Sorscha victorious!

Idiot Savant Comedy

From Lyra Galvante of NMI. Sobrang astig LOL! Transcribed, it reads:

2.) I describe myself about the situation where I am quick-thinking skills? Well it's because I've so many skills that I know and knowledgeable in every part of skills that be allowed for a successful result. And I did it on my own idea and technique and the result was excellent.

SET C:

1.) I rate myself about conversational skills is very frankly and sincerely.

2.) I rate myself about written communication skills is not bad, but it's only 7%.

3.) I describe myself about sitting where I become successfully, well... maybe I've confidence, friendly person, responsible, reliable and talented woman. I felt when I'm already a college graduate then when I've got my first job, I'm get nervous b'coz you don't know about attitudes in your officemates but before I end my contract, I have a confident, especially when I'm going to apply another job in other company.

SET D:

1.) Well, I'm also successful to cooperated with a team especially in leadership as I've said that I'm a friendly person and I have ability to do my own skills before I success to cooperate with other teams, but I achieve to have a teamwork then it was a success. It was happen when I joined in a band group and we're five members and we're all female.

SET E:

1.) Yes, I have already a experience about Internet chatting especially sending e-mail messages to my friends, my eldest brother and other friends in far away land. Almost 10 months when I work in Internet cafe but the salary is only negotiable.

3.) Okey, if I need to win a date I will ad myself.

"I'm Rica, 25 years old and single. I'm pure Filipina with real blood of Bicolana."

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WAHAHAHAHAHHAAH!!! You think you brain goes numb reading this, try encoding it LOL!

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From Koi, let the idiocy flow "ayan pantapat ko sa post mo":

Heroes: The Real Hometown, Dungeon-delving and Kitty-cannoneering kinds

It was with apathy that I had when I worked on the Everest project. I mean, what does climbing atop a bloody mountain have to do with me? Nothing, right? But work dictated that updates on the climb were needed, and at a later point, vital. It was goddamn tedious having to work on a site without CMS! Everything had to be done manually!

But as the other mountaineers, Mr. Leo Oracion and Mr. Pastour Emata, reached the summit, it was then I really realized the significance of what I was toiling on ~ Romi's climb was being documented every step of the way. Supposed Philippine third world technology HAS gone that far, ladies and gents. I realized that as long as GMA is up and running, people who want to know about the Everest climb can click and visit the Everest site. A site that I had a hand on! *insert heady wave of greatness here* And as long as humanity doesn't kill itself off yet, this site is here to stay. It was a warm feeling, knowing that friends would go, "Ah yeah, Kim did that one."

And moreso when the footage of Romi was shown on the TV. They were standing so high up, the clouds were "below" them. Pinoys did that. Heck, I was proud of it. Proud of being part of it all. Damn fuckin' proud.

I can only imagine what kinda shit they went through. But they did. Dayum! Who'd have thought it? Pinoys surviving Everest and coming home to talk about it! I mean, there's no goddamn snow here!

Basta sa kanilang tatlo, astig sila! Mabuhay kayo, mga ser!

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I finally got hold of a Dungeoneer deck and it did not disappoint. Well, a few cosmetic things did, but overall, I still enjoyed it. Carlos bought two starters from Singapore (I think). He was selling one off (and guess who bought it).

Anyway, I won't bore you with how you play it. It's bloody geeky. It has dungeon exploration, map building, dice rolling, levelling up, monster bashing, princess rescuing, yeah, all that shit. But if you're interested, I bring it with me always so I can get to play agad.

I do need to prep up some nice miniatures for it though. Me, use counters for the heroes? NO GODDAMN FUCKIN' WAY! (*sheepish* Although we do play with counters now, temporarily, as I have not had time yet to get those together XD)

I played my first head-on game of Dungeoneer: Vault of the Fiends (VF) against Tiny earlier. He was a bit hesitant at first (OK he's a bloody skeptic, so it's expected), but in the end, we both enjoyed the game. Yeah yeah, two old geeks LOL!

It was weird though. He was a Level 1 Dwarf Runecaster, but he managed to acquire the two artifacts in the game; whereas I was already a Level 3 Elven Assassin. He was kicking my ass with relative ease near the end. We both had two quests done. So either one of us can finish that open global quest, or kill the other guy to win the game. He opted for bitch-slapping my character. I had one wound remaining and opted to go for the global. BUT it had such a high threat that I needed to roll a 6 on 1D6 or I'd die. So those were my odds. And I so hate gambling.

I rolled 6 :)

From the jaws of fuckin' defeat, beeyotch!

Anyway, on the left was the hero (heroine to be exact) I used. With bulging breasts no less (hoho fanservice). Maybe it'd have been better if they just let the breasts fully out, instead of designing her like that. It looks like she has no nipples at all LOL!

And there's that Dwarf Runecaster, too. Old stunty geezer. Not very pretty to look at compared to the nekkid chick, yeah? ^_^

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Kitty cannon. The damn name says it all. Enjoy.

There's my highest score. Garr got 2K (tangena adik ampotah).

Week Twenty-Two

Rain! Rain is back woohoo! Flooding and traffic won't be too far behind. And moreso because school's starting again. But rain is back!

Miniature Wargaming: I've sunk deeper into obsessively painting my models as nice as I can. I haven't spent much time into painting, but when I do, everything's white noise. Paint nice. That's all there is to it. Paint really nice.

I didn't get to play any Warmachine nor Warhammer last week. I'll metagame na lang at home.

Work: It's a lot more stable now. I think I've acclimatized to this new building. All I need to do now is get myself a duplicate set of keys.

May blog pala itong si Lesther! I was bloghopping and found his My Meanderings on Ryan's Dawn of Twilight. Lots of Morning Musume vids (which I unfortunately cannot view T_T).

Forgotten Realms: I got to play an RPG session with my old buds ~ Kei and Alvin, with Tiny as DM. They're all high-end prestige classes already (around Level 10 already I think). I wanted to play a True Necromancer (which I'll get around Level 7) but dropped the idea because it will disrupt party synergy. So I opted to play a Wizard and shoot for Archmage later on. Sing it with me, Enchaaanted KiiiiinggggDOM! AHAHAHAHA!!!

Online Distractions: I dropped my old games ~ Dark Throne and Travian. I'm still playing Kingdom of Loathing though. And MonstersGame (here's my obligatory "click link and give me money" spam LOL).

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From Bonbon's Perpetual Paranoia:

1.Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn't make sense. NO CHEATING!
4. Tag 10 people to play this game too. (i tag all of you! hihihi)

• How are you feeling today?
+++ Party at 802 (Greyhoundz) - AHAHAHAHA!

• How do your friends see you?
+++ You're A God (Vertical Horizon) - AHAHAHAHA! Bow down and serve your lord and master, puny mortals!!! AHAHAHA!!!

• Will you get married?
+++ Nick, Don't Be So Quick (Dance Dance Revolution) - AHAHAHAHHA tangena hirap magpigil ng tawa!

• What is your best friend's theme song?
+++ Last Kiss (Pearl Jam) - Ehem, wala pa ngang first kiss eh (tangena, 2 chikas best friend ko, mga gago LOL)

• What is the story of your life?
+++ Selfish (The Other Two, Dance Mix) - NYAHAHAHA!!!

• What was high school like?
+++ No Rain (Blind Melon) - Yeh, buhay pa Dad ko nun eh T_T

• How can you get ahead in life?
+++ Butterfly (Dance Dance Revolution, Fast Version) - Holy shit! Para umasenso sa buhay na ito, kelangan maging bading ako?!? NOOOOO!!!!

• What is the best thing about your friends?
+++ Gangster Tripping (Fat Boy Slim) - Oyeh!!!

• What is today going to be like?
+++ Me Inside (Slipknot) - LOL madugo yata mangyayari mamaya ^_^

• What is in store for this weekend?
+++ Change (Candlebox) - As I stand here, I ponder greater things. You're no longer a part of your lover's dreams; eeek LOL!

• What song describes you?
+++ Mission Impossible 2 (Limp Bizkit Instrumental) - Hmmm...

• To describe your grandparents?
+++ Govinda (Kula Shaker) - AHAHAHAHA!!! Anlabo shet!

• How is your life going?
+++ No Shelter (Rage Against The Machine) - Yeah, yung bahay sa Tendido sobrang "un-homeley" eh T_T

• What song will they play at your funeral?
+++ Jump Around (Limp Bizkit with Everlast of House of Pain) - Hehe enjoy life, so enjoy death ^_^

• How does the world see you?
+++ Crushed (Limp Bizkit) - Eh?

• Will you have a happy life?
+++ Diluted (Slipknot) - Woho! Right on the head LOL!

• What do your friends really think of you? +++ Ain't No Right (Jane's Addictio) - Hell yeah, dakilang pesimista ba naman eh.

• Do people secretly lust after you?
+++ Root (Deftones) - Tangena ampanget naman ng result dito!

• How can I make myself happy?
+++ Live In A Hole (Pantera) - AHAHAHAHHAHA ayus!

• What should you do with your life?
+++ Illumination (Rollins Band) - Pwede!

• Will you ever have children?
+++ I'll Be There (Escape Club) - Holy shit, ano ako? Paanakan service?!? LOL! Pwede na rin! AHAHAHA!!!

AEGIS Open Meet

Last Saturday, I hitched a ride with Emp and went our way to the AEGIS Open Meet. We both didn't know where Residencia 8888 is, but we did know that Fred and EJ were already waiting for us there, and Les is on his way to meet us there, too.

After a hearty meal of Hotshots (Crispy Burgermelt), EJ told us that Mr. Mark Humphries was bigger than Emp! Hmm, the name Mark Humphries brings about the image of that Monopoly guy. Not someone bigger than Emp LOL! Mr. Humphries is the one who made the event happen IIRC.

We signed on the Residencia logbook and proceeded our way up. Penthouse (insert resounding ooohhh here). There was a small pool there, but we decided it was too shallow for an Ogre Splashbombing. Victor Cabazor (Force Vector on the Tabletopwars forum) met us at the door. We signed in (dami formality noh?) and were handed name IDs. Besides Vic and his better half, a reception lady (most probably one of Mr. Humphries' help) and Mr. Humphries, we were the first ones there! And the tables were too small! When the boyz met up with Arvin and Paul downstairs, Arvin agreed to fetch the tables from Hobby Haven (somewhere during this time, Jacob and Jake arrived, too).

After a short wait (and looking around the displayed board games there), we met with Arvin again downstairs and proceeded to haul a pair of half-inch thick 4x4 plywood boards up to the penthouse. Yeah the guards sent us out back towards the service elevators. Gelo, Justin and Dick arrived during this time.

Once the tables were set up, the boyz started playing. If I remember right, a Warhammer game and a Warmachine game were played at the same time side by side. I couldn't really recall the details because I was with a nearby table watching Bang! I believe Joel arrived during this time, too.

Well, after that it was all a whirlwind. Carlos Sandico arrived as well. I got to meet Brel, owner of the Tabletopwars forum, and got to see his Dungeoneer card game. I got to play Bang! I got to see the Navia Drapt game. I got to play Warmachine against Paul (he used Magnus this time). And the Boyz got to enjoy hearty laughs with the Bang! card game, too.

And as such, all good things must come to an end. We had to pack up and leave around 10pm. Les and Carlos stayed and enjoyed some more of the AEGIS Open Meet.

We capped the day with a very nice meal at Vivian's Da Orig Tapsihan! Man, they got good grub there! That will definitely NOT be the last time we go there LOL!

And finally I get to post pics of my Warmachine models this time! All photos courtesy of Brel:

Warmachine players that attended: 7
Warhammer players that attended: 4
Warmachine players that also play Warhammer: 7
Floors before reaching Residencia 8888 penthouse: 14
Females who actually played and weren't just there: 3
Females who played miniature wargames: 0
Hours spent at event: 8 (2pm to 10pm)
Bang! games played: 5
Bang! Beer cards played: Madami LOL!
Times being Bang! Sherrif: 3
Warmachine games played: 1
Confrontation games played: 0
Players with cap present: 1 (ako!)
Players with chain on wallet: 1 (ako!)
Hagibis present: 1 (si Jacob BWAHAHAHAHA!)

Civil War

I was only supposed to get Joe Madureira comics but then I got to chat with Jojo earlier. He was pitching about how good Marvel's Civil War is. And I must say, what an intriguing storyline!

The acts of superheroes have always been a point of contention. And by this time, it has all piled up over on top of each other that we all know it's soon gonna break. And because of a certain catastrophe caused by some superheroes, it was the last straw. The government was forced to submit all superheroes unto a registration, where they will be unmasked and be turned civil servants. Some superheroes are all for it. Some aren't. Whose side are you on?

Instead of my usual DOTA-lunchbreak, I got a cab and went to SM North Edsa and got me my own copy. I won't be getting all the other titles. Just this one. It's only seven issues. Maybe I can get the poster, too.

^_^

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In one of the discussion topics on the RHGC forum, some veterans have brought up the issue of the club's direction. Funny. My post's title seems very apt right about now.

I'll add on to this in the following days.

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On a totally different note, I finished my first crossword puzzle today. It was from the Philippine Star dated May 16, 2006. There were some technical outages earlier so I dug up the puzzle and went about answering it. I guess it's one of those "very easy"-level crossword puzzles, since I wasn't expecting on finishing it. Or maybe I'm just THAT old.

I've also started on Paul's Devil Dog. It's actually a Llaelese Gun Mage but he's using the model as a Devil Dog LOL!. I've also started on the Spriggan and the IFP Captain.

I'll also try putting in some work for my Khorne Daemonic Legion. Hopefully I can make the WFB GT this June.