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
Friday, October 30, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
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
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.
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.
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