Gel: Forgotten Realms

I'm going home.

Don't get me wrong. I am happy.

Frustrated because I think I have erased the farewell Kyoto pictures I have prepared.

Sad well, goodbyes are always sad.

And thankful to all the people who have helped me while I'm here in one way or another.

You know who you are.

Looking forward to seeing my family and friends.

See you guys after 11 hours... :D

For the past few days I have been reading a web comic I found from one of the forums I usually visit. The title of the comic is Wapsi Square. It is a story about three friends and their adventures and misadventures as they go about their daily lives. Well, I haven't really finished reading but I'll share what I have read so far.

The three friends are Monica (a busty anthropologist and also the main focus of the story), Shelly (works part time in her father's garage and as the lead singer in their band), and Amanda (a professional photographer).

What I love about the comics is how the author,  Paul Taylor, manages to find a balance between real life and fantasy and everything in between. The characters seem so real and I easily fell in love with each one of them. It has probably got a lot to do that I can easily relate their personalities to my friends (Joyce, Ayen and Iya.. peace guys!).

The added spice of fantasy like the appearance of an Aztec god of alcohol, three chimeras appearing as three drunken college girls, and a silent dog who appears smarter than he looks keeps the comic fun and light to read.

If you have some time in your hand, try to read a couple of strips. As for me, I'm going back to read it. I want to know what happens after Monica literally set her self-doubt's ass on fire. :D

Oh, and here's the link: http://www.wapsisquare.com/

My name is Faust Ashengray.

Faust to my friends. Half-breed to both humans and elves.

My adventures started when I joined The Order Of The Blades. I was about in my teens. In elf standards I was too young to start out as a warrior. And in humans, I was too old. Nevertheless, after years of training I decided to set out on a pilgrimage.

Along the way I met some friends. A human paladin, whose sense of justice is unequalled. A dwarven warrior, who relishes the thought of impending combat. An young elvish sorcerer, whose raw talent is complimented by his wisdom. The four of us have journeyed far and wide in search of adventure.

Well, rather than finding adventure, I think adventure found us. What is worse is that it was in the form of a dragon. A red dragon at that. With weapons at hand we charged and fought it for all we were worth for. I immediately blessed my allies as the paladin and dwarf charged fearlessly into the fray. The mage was already busy speaking some arcane incantations I vaguely know of.

Here I go. I said to myself. I drew my weapons and prepared for battle. I prayed to my god that he bless my shield and soon joined in on the melee. We thought we were winning. But the dragon, took one deep breath and unleashed hell upon us all. I was blinded for a moment and the heat was unbearable. Sensations of pain shot through my entire body. As I saw my friends suffer from the attack as well.

I knew at that instant I had to heal them. Experience dictated that I heal myself first. I was always have been that kind of a cleric. I heal myself first before I tend to others. But for the first time in my life, I felt that my friends right now we're more important. I had to save them. I had to heal them. After all, this is what clerics do. This is what I must do. What I am supposed to do.

I rushed towards tha downed paladin. Uttering some divine incantations you may not understand. I managed to cure his burns. He quickly stood up and rushed to help the bloodied dwarf in fending off the dragon. Our elven mage was not having much luck in penetrating the spell resistance of the red dragon. Damn lizards.

I rushed once more into the fray. I saw its tail lash out in front of me. I felt pain from my left torso and saw blood flow out of my breastplate. It was one of those times I wished that I invested my money on a full plate. Oh well.

I reached the dwarf in time to heal him. I managed to cure most of his wounds. Wow. I actually did my job this time. And at that moment, I saw another blinding flash of light.. of unbearable heat encircling my entire body. I was ablaze. Damn that dragon. He got me good. I could hardly hear my friends calling out my name and my sight was fast darkening. I'd like to ponder whether or not by healing them I managed to save their lives. You might be thinking I just prolonged their deaths. But I know the answer.

What I did saved their lives. And they managed to slay that dumb lizard as well. How do I know? Let's just say that my heroic act earned me enough points with my god that he gave me a second chance. Well that plus I had to give up the ass kicking sword he gave me in one of our quests.

Damn that god. He forgot to mention that I will be going back to my body with most of the burns still there. Well I guess since women dig battlescars, they might go crazy with burn scars too? Anyway, I'm alive AGAIN.

Next time I'm in a tavern or a town, I might introduce myself like this.

The name is Faust Ashengray. Dragon slayer.

Sounds cool right?

Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost.

Sometimes though.. you often wonder what it is you gain when you lose something.. But maybe it is because we focus too much on what we have lost, that we do not see what it is that we have gained in return.

What do you want to gain? And at what price are you willing to pay just to get what you want?

and so i happen to read this blog post from one of my friends.. since i am not doing anything right now.. i decided to waste a couple of minutes answering it..

Where is your cell phone? in my left pocket

Your hair? huh?

Your mother? huh??

Your father? huh???

Your favorite thing? right now is my hd player..

Your dream last night? i dont remember

Your favorite drink? coke

What room are you in? 1001

Your fear? one fear has already happened.. so that leaves my fear of heights.

Where do you want to be in 6 years? sa pinas pa din..

Where were you last night? sa kwarto ko lang..

Something that you aren't? extrovert

Wish list item? laptop.. or to travel back in time..

Last thing you did? chat

TV? everyday

Your pets? nope

Friends? i dont get the question..hehehe.

Your life? sucks. well in comparison about a year ago.

Your mood? dont want to do anything.

Missing someone? yep.

Drinking? 3 nights ago ata..

Smoking? nope. never.

Your car? is still not yet invented.

Your favorite store? sofmap!

Your favorite color? blue

When was the last time you cried? 02/20

Who will resend this? dont care who..

Where do you go to over and over? MML office

My favorite place to eat? Rai Rai Tei / Bammy's

Favorite place I'd like to be at right now? likod ng ateneo..

Hi..

I really miss you..

Sorry.

Had to vent that out.

>>> Do you believe in happy endings? Is there such a thing? I don't know. But I'd like to believe there is.

>>> I recently realized that the song What can i do by the Corrs is really a very sad song. I have always thought it to be such a romantic song.

>>> Speaking of which, the answer to the question "What can i do to make you love me?".. really is nothing. You can never "make" someone love you.

>>> The past few weeks have been pretty much draining to say the least. Hoping to re-charge soon.

I really should be sleeping right now... Good night..

got to the airport only to be said that my flight was cancelled.

got transferred to PAL... lined up for almost over an hour...

and saw that my flight will board by 935 and it was already 9.

ran like an amazing race contestant and somehow made it in time but then again, boarding got a little bit delayed...

arrived in manila 45 minutes behind schedule...

got charged 2k by the customs for my xbox.

after eating and some chat fell asleep on the sofa.

woke up by 9:30...

though this was not so much of a good day for me... it is still nice to be home.

I was browsing and listening through some Rascal Flatts videos when I came across this song... and then came up with an idea to do this. :D

Love You Out Loud
By: Rascal Flatts
 
I have always been a little shy
I've always been the quiet
Type till now
And I never let my feelings show
I never let anybody know
Just how much I was so
Deep in love

First ever picture (before naging kami...)
 
But now that you're in my arms
 
I'm gonna stand on a rooftop
Climb up a mountaintop
Baby, scream and shout
I wanna sing it on the radio
Show it on a video
Baby, leave no doubt
I want the whole world to know
Just what I'm all about
I love to love you out loud 
 
A couple of hours before naging kami...
 
You keep bringing out the
Free in me
What you do to my heart
Just makes me melt
And I don't think I can resist
But I've never been one to
Kiss and tell
A love this true can't be
Subdued
So I'm gonna let out a yell 
 
@Tagaytay (First ever out of town)
 
I'm gonna stand on a rooftop
Climb up a mountaintop
Baby, scream and shout
I wanna sing it on the radio
Show it on a video
Baby, leave no doubt
I want the whole world to know
Just what I'm all about
I love to love you out loud 
 
@Trinoma, gimik with Bebe
 
Baby, I want the whole world to see
Just how good your love looks on me 
 
@Sagano-Arashiyama, (First date in Japan!)
 
I'm gonna stand on a rooftop
Climb up a mountaintop
Baby, scream and shout
I wanna sing it on the radio
Show it on a video
Baby, leave no doubt
I want the whole world to know
Just what I'm all about
I love to love you out loud 
 
@Enoshima Station
 
Baby, I love to love you out loud
Yeah, I love to love you out loud
 
I love you Nyan! ^_^
 
Link to video: http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=mUGR2Tarttc

Disclaimer:
 The title of this blog is directed to whoever thought of that kind of lame crappy incomprehensible ending for the movie The Descent and to all the people who contributed to its B- rating in Yahoo! Movies...

@Sir Govz: Tama ka nga. Two thumbs up ako sa sinabi mo. Di nga maganda yung movie! :D

*changes topic*

Just having those kind of nights when my gut is telling me something, and I'm hoping it is wrong...whatever it is.

*bored*

I could definitely use some buffs right about now...

*After 15 mins of editing*

I miss those times when...

Anyway, it's getting late. Maybe next time.

Happy Holloween!

I'm not good at riding roller coasters.

I hate the feeling of slowly going up then having the expectation that you will go down eventually and so fast it would seem that you would be thrown out of the ride.

And whenever I start to feel/think that I am already falling, I tend to hold on to the bars tighter that sometimes, after the ride is over, my palms would be red from gripping too tight.

But even though that is the case with me and roller coasters, I still try to swallow my fear, and get on. It's because I've realized that much more than the fear I feel, the experience of being able to ride on a roller coaster with Hannah right beside me, is that much rewarding.

And I'm not just talking about roller coasters here.

Day 0

First night sa nihon. Nakarating na ako sa ACT 21 ng mga past 10PM JP time. Buti na lang at nandun si Rommel sa tapat ng building namin. Hehehehe. Pagkatapos i-akyat ang mga gamit ko, dumerecho na kami sa Rai Rai Tei (nga ba?) para kumain ng ramen. Syempre libre ni Rommel yung sa kin as promised. Chasu Ramen na set yung inorder ni Marvs para sa kin. Di ko naubos. Grabe. Hehehe. Dami ng serving ng ramen may kasama pang rice at karaage. Ayun sulit ang unang dinner ko. :D

After nun, pumunta kami ng kyu kyu para bumili ng mga gamit ko. Naka 1000 yen din ata ako dun. Tapos nilibre pa ako ni sir govz ng choco sundae. Saraaaaap! Sa tapat ng ACT 21 namin kinain yung ice cream habang nagkwekwentuhan.

Pagkabalik sa apato, nag-ayos na ako ng mga kelangan ko for tomorrow. Namalantsa ng damit. Inayos ang mga nabili ko sa kyu kyu. After mag set-up at dahil na din hindi ako maka-connect sa internet, umakyat ako sandali kina Rommel para maka-chat ko girlfriend ko. ^_^ Ang ganda talaga ni nyan kagabi. Hehehe. Should have taken a screenshot before I went down... tsk tsk. Sayang.

Pagdating sa apartment, I finished unpacking all my stuff then went to sleep at around 2pm.

Day 1

Maaga ako nagising. Mga 630 PM pa nga lang. After preparing for work, nagantay na ako sa baba. I met up with Sir Govz and naglakad na kami papauntang Murata. On the way we passed by the headquarters of Nintendo. Asteeeeeeg! :D Then we went to 7-11 to buy lunch.

Pagdating sa office, after a few minutes, pinakilala na ako ni Sir Govz kay Ueda-san. Then kay Kanou-san. Then kay Hirao-san. After nun, I think kay Iida-san then nakasalubong na din namin si Yoshikawa-san. Good thing naalala ko pa mga names nila. :D

Binibiro nila ako na pera-pera daw ang nihongo ko... good thing or bad thing ayos lang. Medyo kabado din since first day. Then ipinakilala na ako kay Kawasaki-san. Nagtanong si Kawasaki-san in a very small but quick voice kung gano ko katagal sa MML magwowork (later ko na nalaman na yun pala tinatanong nya) but hindi ko nasagot kasi di ko nadinig. Ayun. Hehehe. Plus nagperfume ako. Though light lang naman naamoy pa din pala. So tomorrow walang perfume. hahaha.

After work (syempre di na binanggit ang anything about work), umalis kami ni Alwyn at pumunta ng Kyoto eki para bumili pa ng mga gamit ko. Heto na ata yung pinakamahal na ginastos ko so far. Mga 3K yen din on various items. Oh, and eto pala first train ride ko dito sa Japan. Hehehe.

After nun, kumain kami sa McDo and umorder ako ng spicy chicken and iced tea (Kasi di pwede coke. hehehe). Masarap ung chicken burger nila. Parang zinger ang dating. Pero yung iced tea, grabe! WALANG LASA!!! Hahaha. Pero enjoy naman ang meal kasi me and Alwyn got to talk on various stuff.

On the way back to ACT 21, nag-decide kami na maglakad pabalik ng Jyujo. We passed by Yoshinoya, KFC and yung supermarket na binilhan namin na medyo mura ang prices naman nila. Hehehe. Syempre napabili na uli ako dun. :D

Pagbalik sa apato, ayun. Setup uli ng mga gamit na nabili. Then tinry ko paganahin yung internet. Which now works kaso sa labas pa ako dapat ng apato ko magnenet. Salamat nga pala Rommel for helping me out with fixing my furnitures. :D

So mamya makakausap ko na din sa wakas ang mahal ko using my laptop!!! ^_^

Anyway, wala pa munang pics kasi ang hirap magupload eh. Jyaaa... at bababa na si alwyn anytime now. :D

Speaking of pickup lines... I remember something funny that happened to me about 7 years ago? Back in college, we had an orientation seminar before classes began. One of the group activities we did then was to have a match as to which guy can say the best pickup line. I was one of the guys chosen to participate, but honestly I didn't know what they meant by "pickup line" during those days. Yeah. I did not know what a pickup line was. Haha. But I did not want to appear naive in front of my classmates-to-be so I said to myself, "What the heck?!" Luckily, I did not have to go first. So I managed to watch as some of the guys tried their best at "picking up" our facilitator. Our facilitator/girl/judge was a member of the Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion (a cheerleader). I vaguely remember what she looked like but what I remember is that she did a cartwheel for us when she introduced herself. Anyway, back to my story. Come my turn, I still had no idea what a pickup line was so I just started saying what came to my mind at that time. I think it was some really mushy line I manage to come up with. Yeah yeah I guess I was already mushy back as a freshman. Funny thing is I won that game. Seriously. Though I forgot how and why. Lolz. ^_^

Product of creating your own avatar at around 1:30 AM in the morning! ^_^

Gel Cartoonized

Well, just so to have an update this week... Here's what I am as a tarot card. :D

<p align="center"><img src="http://www.flarn.com/~warlock/tarot/dragon/5.jpg"></p>
<h2 align="center"><font face="Verdana"><b>You are The Hierophant</b></font></h2>
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana">Divine Wisdom. Manifestation. Explanation. Teaching. </font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana">All things relating to education, patience, help from superiors.The Hierophant is often considered to be a Guardian Angel.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Verdana">The Hierophant's purpose is to bring the spiritual down to Earth. Where the High Priestess between her two pillars deals with realms beyond this Earth, the Hierophant (or High Priest) deals with worldly problems. He is well suited to do this because he strives to create harmony and peace in the midst of a crisis. The Hierophant's only problem is that he can be stubborn and hidebound. At his best, he is wise and soothing, at his worst, he is an unbending traditionalist. </font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b>What Tarot Card are You?</b><br><a href="http://www.flarn.com/~warlock/tarot">Take the Test to Find Out.</a></font></p>

Wala lang.

Tahimik lang sobra sa multiply lately.

Hehe. 

whew!

just finished taking a warm bath.

i've never felt this refreshed in a while.

sarap siguro nun kung tub sya tapos warm water. hehehe.

sayang talaga bitin yung niinit kong tubig to last the entire bath. hahaha. para pa naman may yelo ang tubig ngayon.

thanks nyan!^_^

Today, I was the speaker for the day. And here is the speech I have written. ^_^

「あなたのことが好き。。。」という時にあなたの彼女になる。その言葉は今までも昨日に言ったように私の頭の中に響いている。その約束をしてくれただけで、私はどれだけ幸せなのか知っていますか。確かに、数日後、あなたはその言葉を私に言いました。その景色は私の記憶から、多分一生消えないだろう。

トライシーケルを乗り、口任せの最中に、いきなりでしたよね。私はあの時にすごくびっくりでバカみたいな反応してしまい、あわてて、夜中なので多分半分の私が寝ていて、“はい？”を返事しました。あなたは素敵な笑顔をして、私の目を直接見て、もう一度言)いました。”あなたのことが好き。

涙が出るほどのうれしい私はまた笑い事の返事しかいえなかった。”。。。と言うことは私の彼女になりますか。”あなたはまた笑顔して、”しゅうじぎもんなのですか。”といいました。

あの忘れられない夜をおきたからもう6月16日9時間ぐらいがたちました。残念ながら、今、あなたはここにいません。この話を聞いて、おそらく、あなたの顔を真っ赤になるんだろう。それを本当に見たかったなー。

9月に会える可能性が高い。その時に今度こそちゃんと返事したい。”あなたのことが大好きだよ。”と。

Just some thoughts I'd like to share...

Why is love accompanied with fear? Why is it that when you love someone so much you fear of losing him/her? If you love someone so much and is afraid of losing him/her, can that be called selfishness or simply love? Does this fear of losing that important peson makes us do things that makes that important person feel otherwise? If so, then what do we do so that this fear doesn't take control of us?

Still pondering on those questions... Will write something about this soon once I manage to organize my thoughts. If you like, then you can share what you think about those questions. Please feel free to comment. Thanks! ^_^

SPOILER ALERT!!!

...With the O'Connels!

And so we (Me, Joyce, Ayen, Cris and Roi) found ourselves at trinoma watching  The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor  at Trinoma. As much as I want to commend the movie for being action packed and a lot of times funny, something just was not right in the movie. I guess it might have been Brendan's wife was played by a new actress or was it the deja vu feeling I got while I was watching the movie?

Snacks @Trinoma Foodcourt

I'm still glad that the movie was still good for a few laughs. Jonathan was still as funny as always. Watching yetis kick a chinese soldier and then celebrate like a soccer player who just scored a goal had me laughing. But the scene I can't quite forget was when the enemy army fired their crossbow bolts into the undead good guys (yeah undead can be on the side of good too you know), falling down, then getting up again (they can't die since they are already dead), and then celebrating the fact they didn't die again was the best scene for me.

Like fire rising from a pool of water

While the old cast managed to pull it off, I wasn't quite sure with the young O'Connel (son of Brendan Frasier) and the immortal chinese chick was doing throughout the entire movie. It was like their love team was just placed there just to have a romantic angle for the movie. Nothing against them though. It just appeared that their son was more of a gigolo than a tomb raiding, gun swinging, mummy killing O'Connel to me.

With my newfound friend... Wall-E

My complaints about the movie aside, I pretty much enjoyed the third installment of the movie. It is still a movie worth watching on the big screen if you want to just sit back and enjoy.

On the way out...

I'm hungry. Time to eat something. Anyway, to Roi, Cris, Ayen and Joyce... I really had a lot of fun. Hopefully next time the other EdOphiles can come along as well. ^_^