Ramblings of An Old Boy

Game Collection part deux

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:23:09 GMT

So after 6 months my game collection has risen to 22 games!

Set
Mr. Jack
Metropolys
1835
Settlers of Catan 4th ed.
Funny Friends
Imperial
Modern Art
Guillotine
Vineta
Container
Stone Age
Wasabi
Agricola
Mother Sheep
Genji
Race for the Galaxy
Twilight Struggle (still in shrink)
Ticket to Ride
Shadows Over Camelot
Zooloretto
Say Anything (not in picture in the trunk of my car)

If you have any question about any of the games ask me :D

Social networking

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:59:33 GMT

lol
i recently activated my Facebook
which is viscoos
lol as usual

also ive made a twitter account :D
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Game Collection

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:28:46 GMT

My game collection has grown to 12 and I just started this hobby last July.

Now I have 12 Games
here is a brief description of each one and the frequency of plays

This is the format

Game name (publisher) - Game description. *Frequency* BGG link

Say Anything (North Star Games) - Party game where people get to answer open ended questions like "which is the most overated band of all time". A judge will choose from the answers and will secretly select one. The players will also choose which they think the judge will choose, players will get points if they guess correctly. *Haven't played*
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/33604

Metropolys (Ystari Games) - Bidding/Auction game where people are trying to build a city with skyscrapers. Points are earned when goals are reached or when certain locations are built on. *Never Played*
http://boardgamegeek.com/game/25568

Agricola (Zman Games) - Economic Farming game where you try to build the best farm :D *Frequently played*
http://boardgamegeek.com/game/31260

Stone Age (Rio Grande Games) - Worker Placement game. Play as a chief of a stone age vilalge trying to survive and building the best village. Very fun game with cute components great artwork and a leather dice cup (lol saan ka pa) *always played*
http://boardgamegeek.com/game/34635

Ticket to Ride (Days of Wonder) - Set collection. Train game that is very easy to learn. *Always played when there are first timers*
http://boardgamegeek.com/game/9209

Zooloretto (Rio Grande Games) - Set collection and tile placement zoo building game. Very cute game where players collect sets of animals to earn profit for their zoo, the most complete zoo wins *Always played with first timers*
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27588

Modern Art (Mayfair Games) - My only Reiner Knizia game. Auctioning of art pieces :D very simple and addictive *Always in car*
http://boardgamegeek.com/game/118

Shadows over Camelot (Days of Wonder) - Cooperative game. Camelot is under siege and King Arthur and his knights must accomplish quests and defend Camelot against chaos. But beware there might be a traitor among the heroes. *Always played in meets*
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15062

Mystery of the Abbey (Days of Wonder) - Deduction game. Its Clue on steroids *copy never used but played once*
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/915

Apples to Apples (Out of the Box) - Party card game. Each turn a judge will select a description card (green apple) and all the other players will place an object card (red apple) down. The judge then chooses which one best describes the green card. The answer chosen gets the point... easy... lol *always played when there are lots of people*
http://boardgamegeek.com/game/74

Race for the Galaxy (Rio Grande Games) - Card game on building an empire. Plays fast and has a lot of strategy :D *always played with bro*
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28143

Guillotine (WotC) - Card game. Chop off the most valuable heads to win! *always played w/ newbs*
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/116

If you have any question or interest to any of the games... talk to me :D

TV Season is upon us!

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:50:36 GMT

TV season (well the shows that I am watching) is upon us!

new season of

House MD - just finished watching 5x01. The episode was so dramatic hehe I think it will be a great season for House again.

Dexter - 3 x 01 Kinda a slow start, the episode introduced the series and filled in some holes. Also Dexter has a new dilemma :D

Heroes - NEXT WEEK!!!

yay!

Coming Out

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:46:26 GMT

Im going to admit it!
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.
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Im a GAMER (lol nothing new)
anyway aside from playing video games whether its console or pc games.

I have also ventured into table top gaming particularly board games and card games( yeah i know board games are for the bored).
Aside from being lots of fun most of them have strategies involved and an interactive aspect :D

From L - R Zooloretto; Guillotine; Ticket to Ride; Apples to Apples.

Zooloreto involves a zoo and getting points by placing animals in their enclosures. (2-5 players)
Guillotine is a card game set in the French Revolution, where someone wins by getting a head of others (2-5 players)
Ticket to Ride, this game can be taught easily to other players. the game involves placing of trains which get points by the number of places visited (2-5 players)
Apples to Apples is a card party game similar to taboo. the rulebook (if you can call it that) is just one page. Its a game of hilarious comparisons (4 to 10 players actually can go higher)

So there thats a list of my board games. If you want to try out any of the games dont hesitate to talk to me and i wont mind playing as long as we have enough people

We Need Your Help

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:55:54 GMT

Yesterday at around 5PM, GK Brookside, one of Ateneo's partner Gawad Kalinga villages was severely flooded when the river near it overflowed due to the continuous rainfall. Floodwaters rose to roof level and at least two houses were already destroyed while many more were damaged. The Philippine Army mobilized at around 6PM and were able to safely evacuate the residents.

Currently, volunteers from GK National and the Philippine Army are piling sandbags and cleaning up the village. However, they are still lacking in materials and tools, as well as additional manpower. You may help out in two ways:

1.) Volunteer in the GK Brookside village and help out with cleaning.

This'll involve a lot of digging, sweeping, picking up, and probably a bit of smashing stuff. Bring your own shovel, broom, pick axe, hoe, or what have you. I won't be personally handling this, but you may contact me (see number 2) so that I can give you details on what to do as well as who to contact/find (I'm not giving away the contact person's number here for his sake).

OR

2.) Volunteer for the Brookside response team in Ateneo / donate goods.

This is the team we're trying to organize now, and we're setting up the staging point in the Ateneo de Manila. I have already assembled a team of volunteers to collect and keep track of donations coming in, and what we really need right now are donations of:

FOOD; canned goods, cooked food that doesn't spoil right away, as long as its edible

CLEAN, DRINKING WATER; despite all the water they just received from the river, they still need something to drink, don;t they?

CLOTHES and BLANKETS; the people of Brookside are cold and wet, let's give them a little warmth for the days ahead

ANTIBIOTICS; now I'm not an expert at these things, but I was just told that whatever antibiotics you can give, give it. We'll be sorting these stuff out anyway, so fret not.

YOUR NETWORK; really, we need this. If you have more friends/contacts/enemies who give a little something, it'd be greatly appreciated.

If you're interested, please contact me ASAP at 09063079390. Our headquarters is at the Gawad Kalinga Ateneo Coordinating Office at the 2nd Floor of the CCS Building in front of ISO. You may drop of your donations there, or if you want to lend an extra hand (we kinda have enough though) then please drop by. HQ opens its doors for donations at around 12NN, but please send me a text message just so I know that you're coming.

Let's all respond to the call of heroism! Bawat Pilipino Bayani!

-Mykey Cuento
Key Accounts Team, Gawad Kalinga National
Volunteer, Gawad Kalinga Isang Milyong Bayani Ateneo de Manila

from: mykeycuentoako@multiply.com

We Need Your Help!

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:55:19 GMT

Gone for 7 days

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:15:21 GMT

Tomorrow
I will be going to Bukidnon
For GK
Will help build houses
To better the lives of others
Will experience living
where the only luxury are canned goods
No idea where we will be sleeping
Living in community with friends

GOOD BYE World Apr 21-28

rainy days are upon us

Tue, 29 May 2007 13:39:32 GMT

fun experience today

had my first serious colleague counseling today and the topic was about relationships (haha parati naman e) was really glad that my colleague thanked me sa text it really feels great to be shown appreciation...

then i went to the gym from 5-7 (coz i was coding), my shoulder almost gave in due to past injuries. but it was a great day at the gym

heres the fun part, due to heavy rains, flooding and heavy traffic... i got stranded at Roces Ave. and i decided to have dinner at lydia's lechon lol. Before i went down the car i checked my wallet and saw that i only had php180 (still havnt gotten my latest pay) so i ordered kapeng barako (55) and CHICHARON BITUKA (95) knowing that i was gona stay there for a long time. I didnt know that the order of CHICHARON BITUKA was pulutan size served on an elliptical plate (duno what those plates are called yung pang appetizer etc). so i was there all alone in Lydia's lechon eating CHICHARON that was good for 4 people (which i finished) plus the coffee which raises metabolism heart rate etc... so up to now i can still feel the colesterol on my nape and my chest area feels tight and constricted (duno if its because of the gym or teh food)

Due to my binge right now im afraid to go to sleep haha coz i might not wake up the next day haha and so in Team Potchoy (GK Bayani Challenge team) tradition everytime there is a danger of us passing on:

Tell Mama and Papa that I love them.

Sabihin mo sa Team Potchoy na lagi ko silang iniisip, mahal ko ang bawat isa sa kanila.

Sabihin mo sa crush ko na siya ang dahilan ng kakaibang lakas na nakukuha ko sa pagiging bayani

At Sabihin mo sa mga Kaibigan ko na karangalan para sa akin ang mapabilang sa hanay ng mga bayani tulad nila.

and lastly Pau Der please remember yung mga huling bilin ko sayo

w00t

w00t grats to Chelsea FC

Sat, 19 May 2007 16:49:01 GMT

yay dble domestic cup ang Chelsea for winning the Carling Cup (league cup) and FA Cup

grats to them

Peter Cech is my hero for the FA cup finals, i think he deserves Man of Match 3 crucial 1on1 saves against Rooney,

anyway YAY... sana they keep Ballack (even though he isnt performing very well) and maybe they can win Premiership next year!

STARCRAFT 2 OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED

Sat, 19 May 2007 11:26:43 GMT

Yeah! Starcraft II announced at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational in Korea

knowing blizzard's polishing standards this game will come out in 2 years

check out http://www.starcraft2.com/ for more details

w00t dreams and aspirations

Sun, 06 May 2007 14:27:31 GMT

w00t since may job na ako and ill be getting income lol gusto ko sulat dito ang aking dream

if ever i get out of the rat race and in the end i do get filthy rich but never got married when im old and gray and rich eto gagawin ko!

gagawa ako ng cacao farm and ill also raise/breed dogs! w00t

ill have chocolates for breakfast lunch dinner (asosena for merienda? NOWAI)

Lessons on the inner freak and outer cuteness

Fri, 04 May 2007 19:47:38 GMT

Mga tagpi tagping paguusap with Mika @ 3am

custom_made_creation: i don't want to lead on guys. especially those i'm sure i'd never really whatever. what? you think i should give them chances?

viscoos: sa totoo lang, di ko alam. malay mo kasi may inner freak din naman. pero i guess kung walang outer cuteness wag na

custom_made_creation: so there. plus. what if . i just know. i mean. i just know i wouldn't ever give a guy a chance from the beginning.

viscoos: then you wouldnt know kung may inner freak siya

viscoos: in my opinion i believe that lahat ng guy may inner freak sa loob yan e, there is this something na magugustuhan mo talaga sa lalaki tapos kakapit ka dun kung nadiscover mo na. hindi lang nagiging succesful for a guy if they do it prematurely yung umaamin ng maaga

viscoos : but then there are just some things na hindi na talaga magugustuhan ng girl to begin with

rarw frak this!

Tue, 01 May 2007 14:20:19 GMT

Sobra akong kinakabahan now, i can feel churning in my stomach and i can actually feel my heart and my pulse resounding all over, even the smallest and mundane task of breathing feels taxing.

and why is this? because tomorow i will start working in Xavier, as a guidance counselor. and I am chickenie scared as shit now, about the future, and about the things that have passed.

there are a lot of questions swimming, how will i fare? will i be happy? when will be the next time i can sleep late on a weekday? will i still be able to raid for Tribo? Whats next? When will i see her again?

I guess there are still a lot of unfulfilled wishes, things that are suppose to be forgotten and let go but somehow i cant.

A lot of things has happend, after and during grad. Grad day was the happiest day because of an incident, and yet i realize after that, wala na, I can only pray and hope that, it will happen again. I let it rest, I said to myself you have a future ahead of you and you can just let go and forget. So forget i did, I played and just played for an entire week, there was a serene calmness within me during that week after grad. Only to be stirred up in Ratay, Calabanga, Camarines Sur. I helped out and joined GK Bayani Challenge and a lot of times during the most persevering of times during those days, she and the incident would flash in my head and i would smile, and continue working.

After GK, the Binondo Crew went back to Binondo it was the first time i saw the bunch after grad, while hanging out with them, it struck me that there is this cold inevitiblity that we would see each other again. and when that time comes, i just pray that the inner ardor wouldnt seep out so that there can be a visage of normality. so that i wont screw things up again

Bumalik ang lahat nung weekend na iyon, sinabi ko sa mga kaibigan ko na dinapuan ako ng sakit, isang sakit na nagbibigay ng madalim at mabigat na pananaw ng hinaharap, ngunit kahit ma masama ang epekto nito ayaw ko itong mawala sa akin. I actually enjoy and cherish the despair and agony, because i know one of these days ill catch a glimpse of her again.

After that weekend all incidents involving people who i know who is somehow related to her gives me the feeling that maybe shes just there aroudn the corner. The poker night with the BARON (where i took all of their money), the wake befor it (i guess im an evil person) and that time when i saw a friend of hers in eastwood, and i thought that maybe she was there too. all the nervous anticipating just for 1 person.

I realized just now that its funny, Im writing all of this for someone who I barely know, in the heirarchy of relationships its somewhere there in between acquaintance and knowing the existance of such a person. and yet i appreciate all of what i know of her.

I am hesitating now to press the "POST" button because I dont know what ripples of chaos this post will cause, the mere fact that i am typing this says a lot already.
and i guess hindi ko ito itatago.

*EDITED FOR SEMBLANCE OF COHERENCE AND ENDING

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:35:09 GMT

astig talaga mga mtv sa europe sana may ganyan din dito

Feddie Le Grand - Put Your Hands Up For Detroit

Alex Gaudino - Destination Calabria

Eric Prydz - Call on Me

For the not too provocative ones

DJ Erick E - The Beat is Rockin'

lastly sobrang gusto ko yung mtv na

Scape - Be My Friend

but... cant seem to find an online mtv of it

eto nagawa sa akin ng Bicol

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:17:43 GMT

Crawling
Linkin Park

crawling in my skin
these wounds they will not heal
fear is how I fall
confusing what is real

there's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
consuming/confusing
this lack of self-control I fear is never ending
controlling/I can't seem

to find myself again
my walls are closing in
(without a sense of confidence I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
so insecure

crawling in my skin
these wounds they will not heal
fear is how I fall
conducing what is real

discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me
distracting/reacting
against my will I stand beside my own reflection
it`s haunting how i cant seem...

to find myself again
my walls are closing in
(without a sense of confidence I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
so insecure

crawling in my skin
these wounds they will not heal
fear is how I fall
conducing what is real

crawling in my skin
these wounds they will not heal
fear is how I fall
conducing confusing what is real

there's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
consuming,confusing what is real
this lack of self-control I fear is never ending
controlling,confusing what is real

GK Bayani Challenge

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:26:51 GMT

Just came home from Bicol, the Ateneo delegation was sent to Ratay, Calabanga, Camarines Sur. and due to the lonh hours under the sun during building (8am-12nn 1ishpm-5pm) for 3 1/2 days ang itim itim ko haha most probably people would not recognize me when they see me.

i really have no idea what else to write ang saya saya ng experience nakakapagod siya and i dont know where to start, i want to write a lot of things here about the experience but di ko feel hahaha mas ok kung kausapin ako abt things like this!

GK is really helping the country, they give hope to people who have lost hope, kailan ka ba nakakita ng mga tao from Payatas, Bagong Silang and other GK sites to volunteer and help out. these people are part of the poorest of the poor, na tinulungan ng GK and now they have a sense of volunteerism even though they do not really have a lot. anyway its really cool that those people who came from slum areas and (now astig na yung tinitirahan nila) help out

anyway sana next year makasali pa rin ako

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:53:35 GMT

its 3am, i cannot sleep

i think i am the happiest person alive today... but i wont show it

cutest lolcat ive ever seen

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:28:01 GMT

on waiting for grad and the next big thang

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:28:42 GMT

heller napaka dami kong ginagawa eto nanaman ako... pa itech itech lang :)

haha anyway this past days ever since i was out of school and after i finished my clearance napaka dami kong ginagawa :) for example
because our driver is on sick leave for the next 2-4 weeks ako yung driver ng family now, i am drving not just my siblings but also i drive for our store i deliver stocks to and fro from one store to another,
ako rin yung nagluluto ng sarili kong meals :)) next time kung may time ako mamamalengke even though meron kaming househelp na kaya naman magluto
i had our car registered in the LTO
i had to get my license in the qc hall :( some cop caught me beating the red light even though yellow pa siya!
now if only i can find a nice gym sked and maybe i can even put in culinary classes or even lectures about personal finance... masaya yun :)

hay... the wait for my xavier application is just so tagal... its giving me the jittery angst :)) be patient boy...

CONSUMERISM ftw

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:15:14 GMT

w00t
i bought

cute noh?

He is Wilberto the mouse :)

emo emo time

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:52:50 GMT

Swear I knew it all along And I am flawed, but I am cleaning up so well I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself

movie club night

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:16:53 GMT

ya ha!

well i watched with jekky & krisdax, pauder & jaze the movie "music and lyrics", yahoo and di maganda yung movie ni hugh grant lol pero maganda yung movie ang daming funny scenes lines and even some sattire to pop culture mtv and music industry :) w00t
and when i was driving home i heard the music they composed "way back into love" maganda yung message nung kanta :)) and it has a catchy tune...

anyway sobrang astig nung line up nung nasa cinemas sa gateway yung "next attraction"

spiderman 3
300
harry potter 6 (di ko pa nababasa yung book lol)
transformers
pursuit of happyness
pathfinder
and meron pang isa... di ko alam i forgot... pero gusto ko rin panoorin

woot ang daming magandang movies !

woot so ayun, time to look for a date !

sobrang kawawa na guy :(

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:01:50 GMT

Please check your screenshots before posting

http://www.soundjester.com/Serboard6/temp.serboard.com/forums/viewtopic.php-t=7285&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15.htm

look at post # 4...

Daily life... hindi ito new year stuff

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 04:30:57 GMT

This is divided into 3 parts, may mga headings para dun sa mga may balak basahin w00t

Myself
During my stay in Bicol, a lot of the psycho social intervention people wanted to go to videoke to destress after the tiring sessions we had with the survivors. Before I did not really want to, but due to their constant egging and pursuading, napiltan din yung utak ko so when I finally decided to say yes that is when we were reminded that walang koryente sa Legaspi. so di kami nakapag videoke. anyway ngayon while im in manila already I felt that my singing voice has become really raspy... not that it sounded good before but hindi na siya tunog Tungyu, nawawala yung pagka gusto ko sa singin voice ko :)) anyway... sana mahanap ko ulit ang singing voice ko.

Relationship
As a lot of my friends know a family friend from the province has asked us to sell golden retriever puppies here in manila, at first there was 2 (a boy and a girl) and we were able to sell the boy na :) yay, so we are stuck with the other dog... and lately i have took the responsiblity of taking care of her so i walk her, feeed her playing with her etc etc etc... yesterday there were potential buyers who checked her out. when they were here i felt dread, i really did not want her to go, i wish that we could just keep her... oh well :)) one thing really funny though is that we are calling her puppy kasi di naman siya sa amin but we dont know what to call her hahaha if ever ffeeling ko mastuck yung name na puppy sa kaniya... hay hope we can keep her... and also at the same time i want this to be all over with...

World of Warcraft
just leveled up Deepestblue ud priest to 60, the max cap level :) now im just waiting for TBC yung expansion ng WoW
well ayun...

:)) im gona play again