MTG: Naruto Set

after a long absence, 8 days actually, i've come back to give a status report on my life.

case presentation

being a group leader for a case pres is not fun. lol. you have to coordinate everything, make sure people are doing their job without spoiling their fun and you have to be strong for everyone. show them that you're not giving up. show them that they can do it. hopefully i was efficient enough to do the job. wednesday is the day we present everything. i just hope that we're prepared on that day. because i know, the panel will destroy us if weren't.

magic the gathering: naruto set

being a big fan of naruto, i've decided to integrate my favorite anime to MTG. i used magic set editor, a program that allows you to create cards for the game based upon your creativity. actually trying to integrate the ninja world to MTG is something i found out to be really difficult. i had very little freedom to work with the techniques and characters and their abilities. i just imagined the chakra elements to be part of the 5 mana sources in the game. with a little bit of inspiration from the various episodes, manga chapters and websites i've seen, i think i've made a good start in creating my set. i'm not done yet and i'm actually aiming for a 100 card set. making the rares is easy, it's actually the commons i have difficulty creating.

I Want Nobody Nobody But You

i came across these funny parodies of wondergirls' nobody. so wicked and funny. they were made by students in robotics from korea. a real good watch and laugh. i have the two videos and the original music video of nobody so you guys could compare. watch and enjoy!

confessions of a pharmacology student part 2

woah! wtf happened? i spent days and sleepless nights reading that pharma book and to my dismay, those that appeared in the exam are those specifically that i wasn't able to read. talk about being fair, right? those i've read appeared for no more than 20 questions out of the entire 100. my goal of getting an 80 crumbled right before my eyes. the faintest feeling of positive energy came from the fact that everyone i've talked felt the same. but still, you'll never know until see that score right infront of you. i just wish that the Almighty heard my prayers. i am offering whatever i get to His greater glory.

let's play battleship!

there was this sudden boom of american population in pasay these past few days. i was told that there was these supposed aircraft carrier within manila bay. i went to check if it was true and to my surprise, it is! this is the first time i saw an aircraft carrier, and not just any aircraft carrier, it's a nimitz class. the most powerful one ever to date. here's a couple of photos:


i took these photos from the telescope at moa. it was very cloudy that day and it's difficult to focus the cellphone cam in the scope. so sorry for the poor resolution.

garfield makes me laugh

i'm an avid reader of garfield in my.yahoo.com. it's part of my daily internet routine to read it when i open up my browser. it's a good laugh and i recommend everyone to make it a part of your internet life to. just to share, this is the strip for today:

can't wait to blast them goblins!

yes, there should be a medical term for students having a toxic dose of academics. how do you think they should name it, academetoxicity? wtf?! how about toxicity to pharmacology? pharmacotoxicity? or how about pharmaconeuritis for a brain swelling in pharmacology concepts. i just hope that after all this reading and studying, i get to use it in that 100 item multiple choice exam.

new starbucks tumbler

i just bought a new starbucks tumbler the other night. i was thinking of buying a new one this past few days since i can't use my other two since the first one is a mug which has no covering in its lid and the other one looks like their venti sized cup for cold drinks. so i bought the tumbler with my week's savings and i chose the one that you could design your own inlet. and it was really worth it since i get to change the appearance of my tumbler anytime i want. all i need is a picture and a printer to print it. so yesterday moring i got on my laptop and went to the site starbucks suggested to look for designs. to my dismay they all look trivial and boring. i mean why do you wanna see autumn leaves in your tumbler? so i went to google and search for one of my favorite animes, to-love-ru and got a picture of haruna, lala and mikan. here is the raw picture that i got.

the raw file that i got

i adjusted it to the right size and printed it. i placed it over the template, traced the outer edges and then cut it. i got it to fit my new tumbler the first try. it looks really great on my new tumbler. here is a couple of photos.

how i just wish that i could've used a photo paper instead of a bond paper for a more glossy finish. nevertheless, i'm sure i'll make kenneth envious with this one.

on blasting goblins and being a hero

have you ever wondered how one becomes a hero in a fantasy world filled with various monsters and endless adventures with only a pen, paper and dice? you may think being and author to a fantasy novel would fit the paper and pen but how about the dice? well it's a table top game called dungeons and dragons. well it all works when us (players) listen to the dm (dungeon master), who narrates the story, acts as the antagonist by playing the monsters' part and manipulator of the fantasy world. it's really weird for anyone who doesn't know how to play the game to watch us play. it's actually a game of endless posibilities, literaly! i actually play a wizard, my role is to make the situation of the battle favorable to our party. no i don't ride a white horse and summon light from my staff but i do make myself invisible and turn the enemy into statue like figures to be smothered by our avenger. we play on a weekly basis every sunday evening and i can't wait for our game session tonight. curious about dungeons and dragons? check their website here.

the best mmorpg in the world

i've been wanting to play world of warcraft for a few months now. i love the game and it's a good distraction to studies, which adds a lot to the fun, but hell lot expensive. you see when most mmorpg go for about P100 a week, wow goes for about P750 a month. talk about expense! and to top it all i still have to buy the original expansion set which will cost me about 4k. though it's a one time deal it will really hurt my budget. how i wish i could just ask my mom for it. unlike before, good grades aren't enough for my mom to be convinced to get me that game. talk about disappointment. hopefully after the midterm exams i could come up with some way for me to buy the game and play it. it will be a great stress reliever for me.

Patrick Star is Majin Buu's son!

i just wanna share this pic that my classmate shared to me. for a while there it made me laugh hard.



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confessions of a pharmacology student

aminoglycosides
gancyclovir
cephalosporin
co-amoxiclav
bactrim
nausea
vomiting
diarrhea

these terms are easy to memorize, yes. but to master them all at once of the same time, i don't think a semester is enough for this. i really do appreciate the subject, but come on, them expecting us to have at least a good memorization of everything really is asking a bit beyond what they're giving. probably the only ones who can accept this request are those studying under the best prof of them all, ma'am S. i like the subject, really, with all my heart, but i really do wish the subject loves me back. ^_^

still under cephalosporins...

1st gen
2nd gen
3rd gen
4th gen

i wish i could pick them up from my memory when the test paper is in front of me.

good luck to all of mankind. :D

Kobe Bryant Highlight Reel

Minions Come Back!

what a crazy 15 hour gimik we had! it all started at 1pm at moa. i met up with kenneth, zee, cholo, earl and sarah. we ate at jollibee where we were joined by sarah and earl. after eating we played an hour of dota. lol! finally after playing we granted cholo's dying wish of drinking. so we went to bed scene for some low cost beer. sarah had a dacquerie of course. we spiced the drink with a hookah, wild grape flavored! kenneth had his first try of smoke. after a while jessica joined us but to her sorrow we barely have the time nor the resources to continue. but to her relief rose's condo in cityland was available.



the ninety proof effect

cholo bought a gilbey's gin, 90 proof, for us to drink. as a beer only kind of drinker i didn't drink any. but the deadly effect of alcohol is really not about the proof or alcohol content, it's about us guys going down to play dota and leaving the alcohol with the girls to feast upon. by the the time we went up, which is around 3:30am one of the four girls drinking is already on the floor. i don't really know what term to use to describe what happened, but i know the term 'basag' is a complete understatement. skipping all the messy and yucky stuff that comes with that 'basag' moment we finally had that girl take a bath and after that to go to sleep. we watched various comic videos after that to relieve the stress. we went home around 6am.