Wow! What a day! I haven't had a decent amount of sleep for 24 hours! So far I'm good, I'm starting to feel the fatigue a little but hey I got the reports done!

I single-handedly created and passed a computerized report for my Theory of Architecture 1 this morning. I had some help from one of my groupmate and little or too late help from the others. I haven't slept a wink since 10pm last night. I barely got any shut eyes on the bus on the way to school. The girl I sat with kept moving around. Once I got to school I just added the papers of my groupmates to the Appendix part of the report. While waiting for the professor I started on the Building Technologies report on Chromium and Copper. Halted presentation making since classes began. 1030am I continued the report making, one of my groupmates for that class gave me his data in his USB so had time to synthesize it into the report. Then rested awhile and did other school works. By 12noon the rest of my groupmates handed in their USB drive to me and I was able to make the presentation in time. Presentation was moved to Wednesday, I could breathe a litle now.

Two more tasks to go, Visuals and Plumbing Design which are due Wednesday and tomorrow repectively. So I think I won't be sleeping well for the next 24 hours. Back to work now. I guess the only things I'm looking foraward to for the eman time is Thusrday and the Pauper Magic tomorrow.

Signin' out

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It's been a normal, non-scary Halloween. It's November 2, I'll be going back to school tomorrow. It's been a satisfying 3-day holidays are almost done. The other people of the house will be back later this afternoon. As good as it may sound, I'm a little bit sad. I don't know why I have this feeling, it's just there.

(sigh) In 28 days, I'll be celebrating my 3rd year anniversary in this archipelago. A lot has happened since I left that island. I lost and gained many things. I escaped the island without having a going-away-party, which I didn't mind. That same year I left I got into a technological institute and started to aim for an engineering degree. Which I eventually quit and took up architecture instead. Living away from my parents I thought I was free, and that the people here understood me more. At first I didn't really miss them at all. But as time passed, I eventually felt a longing for them. I got closer to them even though we were oceans apart, especially my father.

The next year I lost my girlfriend who is also a very,very close friend. I never did tell her why I let her go. Up until now, I haven't forgiven myself for hurting her, and from hurting my mom. I hid the relationship from my own mother, I lied to her. I have never forgotten that day I made my mom cry because of my selfishness. I hated myself for doing that. After the break-up, things got a little out of hand in the island. My mom got depressed by the incident, and I still blame myself for that. I was one selfish b******* back then, and I hated that part of me. Up until now, I still live with the guilt of the many sins of my past. I can never forgive myself for hurting my mother, and I don't think I ever can.

Last May, I went back to the island, I was happy to be back. I kept a low profile as much as possible. Seeing only people that really mattered a lot to me, my second parents, close friends, and the bishop. I helped mom around the house, played with my sister after her school. I ate a lot, I missed my mom's home cooked meals. In short bye-bye fit and sleek body. Went out to lunches with second parents. In truth, there was an acquaintance I really wanted to see, but hid from. I hid because, I didn't know how to react or what to say when I see that person. But I was set-up and saw her. We talked a lot, sort of a catching up. It was great, just talking as if we were so close before (which we weren't by the way). For the first time in my life, I felt really sad as I left for the island 3 weeks later. As my dad drove me to the airport, I cried as I told them all the things that were going through my mind. My mom cried as well, my dad did his best to keep his composure, and my sister was clueless to why I was crying. It was so hard to leave them this time. I wanted to stay for good, but couldn't, I had to finish school at the archipelago.

I miss that little-boring-island.I miss home.

Happy Stormy Halloween

Well Typhoon Storm Santi, aka 'Ramil' is here in Philippines is thankfully passing through swiftly. Still hoping that the intesity of the storm won't be bad for those ihn the storm's path. This morning here in Las Piñas Ramil passed by with only strong winds and light rainshowers. We had electricty cut off from 3am up 'till 10am. But all's well.

Tomorrow's Halloween aka All Souls Day. During November 1st it is part of the Filipino culture to pay respects to their dead by visiting their graves. But sadly, people these days bring playing cards, booze, sound systems, etc. into the cemeteries and entertain themsleves after paying respects. It's truly sad that the younger generation see this behaviour and would probably do the same when they grow up. We must remember that we are paying respects to our dead kin, we are to pray for their souls while lighting candles for them, not using their nitsos as card tables. Why are we to drink in front of their graves?! People drink to be merry or to drown their problems or sadness in them. Are we being merry for the death of a loved one? Are we trying to drown our sorrow of losign the ones we love, when what we're supposed to be doing is remebering all the memories they gave us be it good or bad. Those blasted sound sytems! Please do tell me what's the use of playing music on this halow day!?!?!

Please let us all rember the treu purpose of Halloween in our culture. that is to pay respects to our beloved dead. For we want to be respected and rembered as well once we depart this world. Let us not forget our prayers and candles.

This is Ronn signing off

P.S.

I didn't continue the tourney report from the last blog, since it was too long. I aslo want to forget that I lost alot when my deck got stolen. Also wrote this P.S. post just so I have two posts fro October. Bwahahaha =D

Signing out at 4:40AM

Back in business

Ah at last, time to write a little and live a little.

Let's have a re-cap. During the past month Philippines was struck by two of the most violent storms in her history, Ondoy and Pepeng. Not only did our people suffer sever trauma, but our economy also suffered. Oil and food costs went haywire, flooded settelments, and a slow Government to back it up. But in these troubled times we Filipinos haven't failed in helping our fellow countrymen. Be it through volunteer work or through online appeals, we showed the world how united we can be and how strong we Filipino truly are.


During the Ondoy storm. I was very thankful for being stuck in a bus for 16 hours from morning 'till the next morning, only eating one pack of fish crakers. I or rather we have so many things to be thankful for, we have no right to complain about the life we have right now.

School year 2009-2010, Term1 ended several weeks ago. With a 1 week 'Storm-Vacation' and the Semestral break, our school calendar is now haywire! The term ended well for me with no failing grade, but I know I could've done way better if I didn't slack off much. 2nd term began last October 19, last Monday. I got five majoring subjects enrolled,and hopefully I get exempted on lecture subjects by the end of the term, so I can have a proper Holiday. I'm really looking forward to spending Christmas with my family in Brunei. I really miss them, my mom, dad and sister. Second week just beagn so I guess, it's gonna be back to workin' hard. Aim for Uno!

Now, for the Magic the Gathering segment. As all Magic players know Lorwyn Block has rolled out, and the new Zendikar Block has been released. Zendikar with it new Landfall mechanic has made mana-ramp and aggro decks more efficient. But with all these new decks being formed, let's pause and take a breather and remember one of the most powerful decks in Magic History, the Faeries. Since I started out with the Alara Block, I wasn't able to use these fierce-flying faeries in the game. So I decided to make a casual faerie deck, minus the Bitterblossom and expensive land cards. Here's the decklist, which is still kind of a W.I.P., this Fae deck is a mid to late game deck.











CREATURES - 21
4 NIGHTSHADE STINGER

4 OONA'S BLACKGUARD
4 SPELLSTUTTER SPRITE

2 THIEVING SPRITE
2 PESTERMITE
2 LATCHKEY FAERIE

3 MISTBIND CLIQUE

SPELLS - 17
2 FAERIE TRICKERY
2 BROKEN AMBITIONS
4 ESSENCE SCATTER
4 PEPPERSMOKE
3 NOTORIUS THRONG
2 DOOMBLADE


ARTIFACT - 2
2 CLOAK AND DAGGER


LANDS - 24

2 VIVID CREEK
2 FAERIE CONCLAVE
9 ISLAND
11 SWAMP


That's it for this week. Have a good week ahead.

W.I.P.

I haven't written anything so far for so long. I'll be back online after a week more. Sorry for the inconvenience.

-Ronn

Update

Been awhile since my last post. Thing happened since then. Busy with catching up with school work. So not much postsing recently.


Last July I attended the Magic the gathering Philippine Open 2009, at Glorietta 5 Atrium, in Makati. I signed up for the Alara block Constructed tournament (a side event to the MTG Philippine Nationals 2009). I used my one and only Infiltrator Deck (a Bant-based deck). I met up with most of Team Iloilo. They were cool, friendly too. I also met my 'Magic Master' Mark Ian, funny thin was were wearing matched outifts. Hahaha.





1st part of the touney,1st Round I was up against a Jund-Aggro deck. 1st game I won in 4 turns thanks to Noble Heirarch, Rafiq of the Many, and my favourite Jhessian Infiltrator. Dealing an unstoppable 10 damage on turn 3 and another 10 at turn 4.

2nd round Started with a good hand, then started to draw only lands, able ot lay only 2 Jhessian Infiltrators. I lost badly having 1 of 2 of my Infiltrators blasted with a Bituminous Blast, followed by a cascaded Blightning. Leaving me with 1 Infiltrator, and no hand. With a Sprouting Thrinax on board and a Jund Hackblade, at turn 6 opponent played a Bloodbraid Elf (which was a nightmare). He cascaded a Blightning(leaving me down to 11). He went with an all out attack leaving me down to 2, and finsihed me off with another Blightning.


3rd round I took my Sideboard cards (C.Purge, Valeron Outlander, Hindering Light). but wasnt able to draw any of them. My game went from bad to worse. With only an Infiltrator and Rafiq by Turn 4, i dealt him enough damage at turns 4,5 and 6 leaving him down to 2, me with 8 life points left. With one fell swoop at turn 7, my opponent strikes back with a force. Rafiq was MalestormPulsed, followed by a Bituminous Blast, forcing out a Bloodbraid Elf, followed by a cascaded Blightning. Leaving me defensless, and with no hand and went drom 8 to 2 in one turn. With an empty board I took the final blow from the infamous Bloodbraid Elf.

2nd part of the tourney,round 1 was again matched up with another Jund Aggro-Deck. Went all out in this match-p, dropping a Heirarch at turn 1, Jhessian Iniltrator at turn 2. by turn 3 I dropped a valeron Outlander to stop the Sprouting Thrinax on the march. By turn 4 dropped a Finest Hour, allowing my Infiltrator o dish ou a total of 11 damage. by turn 5, dropped a Rafiq to finish the game without a scratch on me.

Well this'll be 'to be continued' 'cause I have stuff to do heheh..'Till next time, iI leave you with a quote, and a random link.

"I eat the food you serve, not to fill my stomach, but my ehart". -A.A.R.C.

Urban Dictionary

signing off

-Ronn