Heinrich Gaius Faust XIII

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†Journal # 16 :: Jess wrote a book‡

†Date & Time: 26^th of May, 2006; 10:46am‡

†Weather: Typical summer day. It’s so darn boring…‡

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Suilan, Mellonamin!

Ate Beth helped me far more than she ever thought. Ironic though, that I realized my inabilities due our little…argument. It was when we…discussed…what God’s will is, was when it begun…the realization of what happened before, why I am this way today, and more importantly, who I really am. Quite deep eh? Essentially, I realized I can apply what I learned from my Psychology class to my life. I am afraid of people. It’s some kind of a social phobia. That’s aside from my IQ>EQ thing, of course: Read Link. Thanks to Ms. Jessica Zafra, by the way…Her blog’s are on my Links list.

That aside, how did I ended up with such phobia? It’s very simple. Once, when I was a kid, someone (Parents, Cousins, Titas or Titos, I can’t remember) locked me in the bathroom. I was merely 4 to 5 years of age. I don’t know why. I don’t want to know. It was only when I stopped struggling to get out did the bastard open the damn door. It took me quite a while before I can recall it (Why? I’ll explain later), but I’m quite sure it was why I’m a bit too quiet. I shut myself up to the world, because there’s something I want. Something I need. I have to get out of the bathroom, so I stop struggling. I stop and be quiet. My antisocialist tendency was a trauma.

There’s huge chunks of my life that all blurry and dark. I suppose those are suppressed memories. Why are they suppressed, I don’t want to know.

So, how did Ate Beth help me? Simple: She help me realized what I truly believe, the Ttruth, Veritas. Ate Beth told me that there’s more than one way, that you can go astray, that you can choose not to follow God’s Will. I do not believe so. Why? Because there is only one Way, Jesus is always at your side to show you the path, and you cannot go astray – you can only stop. You cannot choose not to follow God’s Will, because whatever you choose, that is God’s Will. How come? Because if that is not so, then my existence, is a void. If the flaming darkfriend did not lock me in the bathroom, then who am I today? I am who I am, because I choose to be myself. And that is God’s Will. I wish I can elaborate more, I wish I can explain what’s in my mind, put the fragments of though into sentences, but I cannot. You have to realize it yourself, or it would be pointless.

PS> Jess wrote “The Subsect”, though only 500 copies were printed. Can’t relate? Watch Gilmore Girls. ^_^

- Size (closed): 5.85" wide / 3.33" long / 1.13" tall
- Upper Screen: Backlit, 3-inch, semitransparent reflective TFT color LCD with 256x192 pixel resolution and .24 mm dot pitch
- Touch Screen: Same as upper screen, but with transparent analog touch screen
- Color: Capable of displaying 260,000 colors
- Wireless Communication: IEEE 802.11 and Nintendo's proprietary format; wireless range is 30 to 100 feet, depending on circumstances; multiple users can play multiplayer games using just one DS game card
- Controls: Touch screen, embedded microphone for voice recognition, A/B/X/Y face buttons, plus control pad, L/R shoulder buttons, Start and Select buttons
- Input/Output: Ports for both Nintendo DS game cards and Game Boy Advance Game Paks, terminals for stereo headphones and microphone
- Other Features: Embedded PictoChat software that allows up to 16 users to chat at once; embedded real-time clock; date, time and alarm; touch-screen calibration
- CPUs: One ARM9 and one ARM7
- Sound: Stereo speakers providing virtual surround sound, depending on the software
- Battery: Lithium ion battery delivering six to 10 hours of play on a four-hour charge, depending on use; power-saving sleep mode; AC adapter
- Languages: English, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Italian
- Color: "Titanium" (silver and black)
- New Color: "Electric Blue" coming June 6, 2005!

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"My head hurts" ~ Boogie

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†A TRIBUTE TO MY DAD‡
†Happy Birthday Daddy!‡
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DAD

I’m in college now
And I’ve got a life to plan around
And I’m nearly a grown man
I’ve got to be all I can

For all the years of stress
And all the years of strife
I know that for me
You only wished the best
And I’m so glad I have you in my life

Times will be good
Times will be bad
Times will be happy
Times will be sad
But just know
I’ll always love you, Dad

I remember
When I was just a kid
I would fall and skin my knees
And you could always make me smile again
With all your wonderful stories
Of the childhood you once lived

Can you recall
How you would always dry my tears
Yes, and do you remember
How you would catch me if I were to fall
And keep away all my fears

Times will be good
Times will be bad
Times will be happy
Times will be sad
But just know
I’ll always love you, Dad

I hope someday
I’ll make you proud
I hope, I hope
I’ll never let you down

And I know
Sometimes I made you mad
But I always thought
You were the best Dad
Anyone ever had

Times will be good
Times will be bad
Times will be happy
Times will be sad
But just know
I’ll always love you, Dad

Maybe someday
When we’re both old
We’ll laugh
About all those ancient stories
Told and retold

I sure understand
Why you sometimes grew upset
And I know, I know
Sometimes I drove you mad
I’ll have to admit

Times will be good
Times will be bad
Times will be happy
Times will be sad
But just know
I’ll always love you, Dad

The time you showed me
How smart you truly are
Even I thought you were
Just some old football star

And the games we played
For hours on end
And how you taught me
Of Christ and his kin

Times will be good
Times will be bad
Times will be happy
Times will be sad
But just know
I’ll always love you, Dad

You’ve taught me
And given me so much
What can I do in return?
To show you my love?

I suppose, I suppose
There are still some things
I must learn on my own
And what they are
Really, only Heaven knows

Times will be good
Times will be bad
Times will be happy
Times will be sad
But just know
I’ll always love you, Dad

So I’m sorry for the pain
And I’m sorry for the stress
But I think you need to know
Our years of father and son
Truly were my best

I’ll always be with you
No matter where you go
I’ll always love you
Even long after I’m on my own

Times will be good
Times will be bad
Times will be happy
Times will be sad
But just know
I’ll always love you, Dad

And when I have
A son of my own
I’ll have him know
His granddad is the world’s greatest man

I hope I’ve made you proud
And I hope I’ve been a good boy
Thank you
You always kept me safe and sound
And brought me so much joy

So, so…

Times will be good
Times will be bad
Times will be happy
Times will be sad
But just know
I’ll always love you, Dad

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†Journal Entry #13 :: Darned…‡

­†Date & Time: 051506, Mondae, 11:19pm‡

†Weather: A stormy summer day…‡

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Suilan, Mellonamin!

Wait, a sec, kay?
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*sigh* Why am I not updating my blogs regularly despite the DSL state of my computer? Two Words: Rising Force. It's disrupting my routines and obligations like a plague. I'll try to regulate my time more wisely from now one, but until my obessesion wears out, the blogs would stay as it is...

So what's up? Well, I need to download Bi(Rain)'s Album after I get Fall Out Boy's. Also, I need to watch Samurai 7, since I downloaded all 50+ episodes. And I have to find Gakuen Alice's episodes 15 up as well as Digimon Savers episodes 5 up... *sigh* I gues that's the problem wuth a DSL connection at home: It's a huge distraction. But still, I'm sure I'll get used to it. On to academics: I wasn't able to go to our Rizal field trip. Darned it. Also, DBMS has undergone a huge shift in tempo, going from blisteringly fast to turtle's pace in one meeting. Those aside, I think I can pass summer subjcets If not with fly colors.

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†Journal Entry #12 :: Reglogs.dll‡

­†Date & Time: 051006, Wednesday, 1:19am‡

†Weather: Don’t know yet…‡

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Suilan, Mellonamin!

I finally found out which of the files in windows/system32 folder is causing the annoying taskbar spyfalcon malware on my PC! It’s the bloody Reglogs.dll! Yey! So, as this is my first true post in the blogspot, I apologize for updating so infrequently. I have lots of things to do…namely:

1.) Work on my mad DBMS skillz (My database management systems class is one of the hardest class I’ve ever been at, and I actually liked it. It’s refreshing after the last two years of basic programming, algebra and logic.)

2.) Prepare for my Rizal Field trip this Friday…

3.) Prepare for my Rizal shrine duty tomorrow…

4.) Get the LECOMELEC Software back online

5.) Register on the following forums: GameFAQs, Magic: The Gathering Boards, MTGSalvation Boards, EZBoards and L5R Boards

6.) Download the following: Updated Graphics Card Driver, Samurai 7 Episodes, Alice Academy Episodes, Digimon Savers Episodes & Gundam Seed Destiny Episodes

7.) Attain a Level 30 Knight on Rising Force Online at full pt.

A lot? Not as many as last time, but yes, for a summer class, that is a bit too many…

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†Journal Entry #11 :: PLDT myDSL‡

­†Date & Time: 050606, Saturday, 11:51pm‡

†Weather: A Cold and Relaxing Night‡

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Suilan, Mellonamin!

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†Journal Entry #10 :: sCrap Book‡

­†Date & Time: 043006, Sunday, 7:25pm‡

†Weather: A cool summer night‡

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Suilan, Mellonamin!

We’ve had absolutely zero quizzes in Rizal while I’ve received nothing but zero in my quizzes in DBMS. This only means that my entire Prelim Grade rests on this sCrap Book I’m making about the Conditions of the World during the 19^th Century and my ability to cope up with the long grueling photocopies of a book provided to us by my DBMS professor. *sigh* this sucks.

Anyways, I’ve just copied my schedule-to-be next semester, and it doesn’t look sane. I’ve got a lot of subjects in the afternoon and very few in the morning…I’d rather have it the other around. Also, I can’t see any way to advance any of my subjects yet, so I’m in a bit of a pickle.

†Gathering the Magic‡

†Post-Dissension Decklist‡

// Deck file for Magic Workstation (http://www.magicworkstation.com)

// Lands

8 [RAV] Mountain (2)
6 [RAV] Island (2)
3 [RAV] Forest (4)
2 [GP] Izzet Boilerworks
1 [CHK] Minamo, School at Water's Edge

// Creatures

2 [CHK] Keiga, the Tide Star
2 [DIS] Simic Sky Swallower
4 [SOK] Rushing-Tide Zubera

// Spells

4 [9E] Annex
4 [9E] Wildfire
4 [9E] Mana Leak
4 [9E] Pyroclasm
4 [CHK] Stone Rain
4 [GP] Izzet Signet
4 [DIS] Seal of Fire
3 [DIS] Simic Signet
2 [9E] Icy Manipulator

// Sideboard

SB: 4 [GP] Electrolyze
SB: 4 [9E] Naturalize
SB: 2 [RAV] Recollect
SB: 2 [9E] Creeping Mold
SB: 2 [SOK] Burning-Eye Zubera
SB: 1 [GP] Quicken

That’s it. My original Izzet Land D. became an URg Annex-Wildfire with the Simic Sky Swallower as a win condition. I’m trying out the Rushing-Tide Zubera as a Tiding with feet substitute, but I’m feeling that there’s other cards out there that would his job better.

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†Journal Entry #09 :: Shit Happens‡

­†Date & Time: 042606, Wednesday, 11:34pm‡

†Weather: A normal dusty, sunny day‡

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Suilan, Mellonamin…

I was wondering if the unpublished journals I’m writing are still intact, so I checked it out and guess what? Number 7 is missing. I guess I accidentally overwrote the Journal when used it as my template for number 8. *sigh* I guess I’ll try to reiterate its contents here…

So, if you scanned the last post, you can probably guess that my first week at school was a disaster. I got three weeks worth of absences already, and I missed three quizzes between my two subjects before Thursday. It was blessing that there’s no classes during Friday, so I didn’t have to drop a subject during the first week. There, that’s the gist of what I wrote in #7, and I’ve also recreated the sub-blog below.

Now, back to the present – to my surprise, Letran implemented a prelim period during this summer, so the prelim exams are going to start next week. My DBMS class also needs a written report to be passed 5pm tomorrow, so let’s all pray for the best.

†To Read, Write and Listen‡

†Short, Simple, and Too Damn True‡

I received the following text message (SMS) from my beloved Best friend Grace on exactly 9:55am, 041006

“

I’ve realized that life is indeed full of contradictions.

Sometimes it’s crazy to be sane,
you need to fall to fly,
and People suffer because you care…

You have to unlearn to know the lesson,
you have to give up because you are strong,
and you have to be wrong to make things right…

Nonetheless, life’s complexities are also life’s source of beauty.

We should cry to laugh again,
fall apart to be whole again,
and get hurt to love again…

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Read the title. It’s all there…

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†Journal Entry #08 :: Start of the Second Week‡

­†Date & Time: 042406, Monday, 8:11pm‡

†Weather: Sunny, Hot, and a bit too cold during the night…‡

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Suilan, Mellonamin…

RRRWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!
*turns all green and grows huge muscles*

Ok. *looks around* No one saw that. There are a lot of things that happened today. A LOT of things, and most of those are unplanned. First things first, PLDT sucks. Enough of the whining then. DBMS sucks. Rizal sucks. No, not the hero, the subject. And worst of all, Aubrey (My childhood friend who’s in love with JM) also…well, she’s not exactly her normal self.

DBMS: Mr. Rivera told me that I already messed up my prelim quizzes, so I have work double for the next few weeks. Also, we were asked to group up for the finals reporting. And I got stuck with a bunch of sycophants who wouldn’t know stupidity if it bit them on the nose. We were asked to have a client before 1:00pm, so we went to find one on one of the guy’s car. An hour later, we’re nowhere safe (A dry and barren place than I didn’t know even existed somewhere in Canlubang) and the guy beside the driver (who was relatively safe) like to pull the wheel and the hand brakes whenever the driver looks at him the wrong way. Luckily, the car broke down when were in Los Banos, so we have to commute home.

Rizal: We won’t be meeting during Fridays, but we’d have to submit our duty schedule on the Rizal Shrine. Also, Mrs. Recillo left us to create a particularly hard essay, which ended up in my redoing of the Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz synopsis. *sigh*

We ended in my house sometime near 5:30pm, everyone except Edwin present, oh, and with Aubrey in tow…

Aubrey: I have no idea. I’d better speak with her tomorrow though; I don’t think she’s still sane…

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†Journal Entry #06 :: Summer Class‡

­†Date & Time: 041706, Monday, 9:46pm‡

†Weather: Another boring day…‡

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Suilan, Mellonamin!

It seems that the PE04 class only garnered a grand total of 3 (yes, three) students, so the probability of the section being dissolved was as huge as a boss in Dungeon Siege II. Justine still avoids me like I have anthrax, so I can’t even get close to her and tell her I’m sorry. Also, we hanged out with Ate Beth in Mary’s Canteen almost the whole day since none of my teachers showed up, a typical first-day-in-school experience in Letran.

Aside from that, I guess I’m still pissed because PLDT said that we have to wait another month-er, week until we get our DSL connection. And since the supposed 48-hour wait became almost two months, I guess we’ll have a DSL connection sometime next year.

^$%@^*&%^$@$#^*&^*

I hate this.

†Journal Entry #05 :: Lost Heaven‡

­†Date & Time: 041306, Thursday, 7:23pm‡

†Weather: A normal summer day…I think…‡

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Suilan, Mellonamin!

L’Arc~En~Ciel’s Lost Heaven sure is a refreshing song when all I’ve heard since waking up (4:00 in the afternoon) are heavy metal songs such as Eric Johnson’s Cliffs of Dover and MOVE’s Dogfight. Oh, and its Maundy Thursday. Just a thought though, what’s Maundy?

So, what happened this afternoon…Well, first off, I didn’t eat lunch, so I’m really hungry, and I need food in my stomach since it feels like it’s burning. I guess this is what you get if all you’ve drunk for a whole week was sodas and iced teas. Anyways, PLDT finally gave us a phoneline that actually works, but I think their DSL services would take another week or so. So much for the ’48 hours after paying your installation fee’ thingy, eh? It has been 912 hours and counting!

Also, I want one of the gadgets below. Dream on, eh?

†Teknologos‡

†Yup, Dream on…‡

Laptop, PDA, Tablet PC. What happens when you combine these three? A pile of scrap metal I guess, but anyways, the Fujitsu Lifebook P1510 takes the best of what those three gadgets have and boil down to a small tablet PC-like machine with the touch screen of a PDA and the OS of a laptop PC.

It has a small body, just 23cm by 16cm, and weighs only 1kg. It doesn’t have the best graphics or sounds in terms of gaming, but its ultra portability more than makes up for it. It uses Windows XP Home instead of Windows Tablet Edition, and thus more compatible with the software released today. Throw in an 8.9” Touch-screen w/ 1024x600px Capabilities, and the Lifebook’s perfect for work and for play.

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†Journal Entry #04 :: Holy Orders (Be Just or Be Dead) ^^‡

­†Date & Time: 041206, Wednesday, 5:06pm‡

†Weather: Hot and Sunny‡

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Suilan, Mellonamin!

Daisuke Ishiwatari’s Holy Orders (Be Just or Be Dead) rocks, big time. The melody, the complexity of the lead guitar, it’s just insanely rich. Anyways, my berks arrived today (I have different guests every single day it seems) and we played PS2 for a while. We also discussed the upcoming Dissension Prerelease and which cards would be chase rares.

Anyways, I’m planning on creating a Forgotten Realms Adventure and Vampire: The Masquerade Story sometime later, but first things first. Edwin finally remembered to bring the Full Metal Alchemist: The Movie DVD, but what caught me wasn’t the superb story or anime graphics, but the ending song of L’~Arc~En~Ciel at the finale, which was Lost Heaven. I really need to get their album… Maybe when the PLDT DSL finally decides to come and install their services here, I’d download every L’~Arc~En~Ciel MP3 that I can find.

Oh, and my mom called. That’s that.

†Elite-ranista Academe‡

†Emotional Quotient‡

In Tw7sted, by Jessica Zafra, she writes:

“In recent years it has become fashionable to knock intelligence. I’m sure you’ve heard those gooey touchy-feely types who declare that emotional intelligence, a.k.a. EQ, a.k.a. the ability to get in touch with one’s feelings and the feelings of others, is more important than a high IQ. This sounds to me like a pitch for mediocrity. Empirical evidence does that people of superior intelligence have some difficulty relating to others. Why? Because they’re superior, fools.”

I really love reading Jessica Zafra’s works, and I think her insights on some matters are really…refreshing. Her book, Tw7sted, is a part of a series of books that’s composed of her articles in her column at the newspaper ‘Today’. Sometimes the stories are just bizarre, sometimes they’re nerve-wracking, but most of time they’re fun to read and really intuitive.

Anyways, in my opinion, Emotional Intelligence is indeed needed in the workplace, the ability to interact with your superiors, subordinates, and most importantly your clients, are really values as an asset for not only improving your career position but also yourself as a human. BUT! IQ, or Intellectual Intelligence, is far more valued when you intend to stay at your current position and not drop down or worse, get fired. An employee is considered worthless when all he can do is chat without getting any work done. So, in my opinion, a balance is needed in order to go up (EQ) without going down (IQ).

My two cents. Or pesos. Disena, CP, Pokedollars, Euro, Yen, Aurum, or whatever you call it in your world. ^^

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†Journal Entry #03 :: Holy Tuesday‡

­†Date & Time: 041106, Tuesday, 5:06pm‡

†Weather: Hot, Cloudy…Yep, CLOUDy…‡

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Suilan…Mellonamin…

I woke up to find my cousins at the house…my cousins and a whole lot of other people that I don’t recognize. I don’t know why they’re here, and I care very little anyways. I just finished watching Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and I need sugar in my body. What’s wrong with me…? I feel inspired, yet something’s off. Way off. It’s like I know how to drive, yet I don’t have a car. ~_~ I think I can go anywhere, but I don’t have the means to get to it. It’s so…depressing.

Maybe I’m starting to miss Grace again. Or maybe it’s Rein.

Nah…I’m hungry.

Anyways, I guess the day passed without anything big happening. I’m having a bit of trouble with my mood, but that’s about it.

†Gathering the Magic‡

†Post-Dissension Decklists‡

My deck right now is a two-color Eminent Domain, a modified deck which was first used by Adrian Sullivan in Pro Tour Wisconsin and landed him in first place. Here is my decklist, as well as its post dissension state:

Pre-Dissension:

8x Mountain
7x Island
4x Izzet Boilerworks
1x Minamo, School at Water’s Edge

2x Keiga, the Tide Star
2x Hunted Dragon

4x Wildfire
4x Annex
4x Pyroclasm
4x Electrolyze
4x Stone Rain
4x Remand
4x Izzet Signet
2x Dream Leash
2x Ur-Golem’s Eye
2x Icy Manipulator
1x Invoke the Firemind
1x Confiscate

Post-Dissension:

7x Island
6x Mountain
4x Izzet Boilerworks
3x Forest
1x Minamo, School at Water’s Edge

2x Keiga, the Tide Star
2x Ryusei, the Falling Star**

4x Wildfire
4x Annex
4x Electrolyze
4x Stone Rain
4x Remand
4x Voidslime****
4x Izzet Signet
3x Simic Signet***
2x Icy Manipulator
2x Conifiscate*

Yup, 10 Cards to go, while only Ryusei and the Icy Manipulator are available right now. I’m going to have a huge trouble finding Voidslime since it’s a chase rare card…Anyways, that’s that in my Magic life. After I build this deck I’m planning on settling down for a while, so I wish I can finish it quickly.

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†Journal Entry #02 :: Holy Monday‡

­†Date & Time: 041006, Monday, 6:46am‡

†Weather: It’s cold and cloudy outside…‡

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Suilan, Mellonamin!

The sky turned briefly yellow when I woke up, yet right now all I could see is gray. It’s a miracle that I woke up early since I practically just slept about three hours ago since Dungeon Siege II is a very addicting game, yet I feel like I’ve slept the whole night. I like it…this feeling of lightness.

Well, I lied down in bed after I wrote that last sentence, and it’s now 12:04 in the afternoon ~_~ Grace (My Bestfriend) is texting me. That happens only once in a millennia, and guess what? She told me she’ coming here. Yup, miracles do happen. I don’t want to get my hopes up though… Anywayz, I’m getting a bit hungry, so I’ll make this short.

Maybe it’s because of the two novels I’m reading (Robert Jordan’s Crossroads of Twilight & James Clavell’s Shogun), or the music I’m listening to (Tomoko Tane’s Broken Wings) but right now, I’m feeling inspired. Or maybe it’s just that Grace is going be here this after noon. In any case, I just finished my DeviantID (Not the best looking one, I admit) a Forum Footer and are starting to work on coloring Julie Zhuo’s lineart. For those of you who’s wondering, I’m taking up Photoshop CS2 Coloring as a new hobby. ~_~ Look at my Deviant Homepage, and you’d see my first endeavor in the field...“Chibi Cloud”. I wish our tablet works though...Its quite hard to draw using a mouse.

Anyhow, the girls arrived sometime after 3 pm, and Samuel arrived sometime after 4 pm. Grace brought a copy of her debut in VCD, so I copied it before we went on to watch the video. It was crappy. They went home at about 5:30 pm, and me my bro went with them since Pat wanted to buy some DVDs.

We bought the DVD Anime Collection that contained Ark (A nicely rendered animation-type movie), Spawn, Kaena, Immortal, Animatrix, DragonBlade, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Final Fantasy X-2 Preview and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. That’s a lot of movies packed in one DVD, so the resolution is a bit low. Pat bought two Naruto DVDs, and one of them didn’t work while the other’s slugish. His luck isn’t as good as mine, it seems.

Note to self: Write the journals before you go to sleep, not after you wake up.

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†Journal Entry #01 :: The Blogs‡

­†Date & Time: 040906, Sunday, 3:23pm‡

†Weather: Sunny, yet a bit windy for a typical summer day‡

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Suilan, Mellonamin!

I woke up 2:00 in the afternoon. ~_~ Anyways, as this is my first post here in BlogSpot, I want to say a few things. First, this is now my official blog, since Friendster Blog is getting on my nerves. For those of you who’d like to view my old blogs, here’s a link: faust_xiii.blogs.friendster.com. Next, Hello to all of you! XD Welcome to my new and improved blogs!!! Heheh, now that that’s done, lets get on with it.

It’s a bit sad since Rein isn’t taking summer classes, but at least Justine is. Maybe that’s a heavenly sign for me to go to her and say sorry personally. Again, for those of you doesn’t know who those are, go check out my old blogs. For those who are to lazy to do so, well Rein is the one I’d like to court (Except that she’s already got a boyfriend) while Justine… Well, let’s just say we’ve got a messy history. Oh, and they’re both as cute as hell, though the glasses doesn’t exactly suit Rein. I’ll post a pic here if can procure one.

Right now, I’m playing Dungeon Siege II while listening to Nanase Aikawa’s Unlimited. It’s a nice song, pretty good beat… Oh, and My Photoshop CS2 is also open, waiting for me get some kind of inspiration so that I can create a DeviantID and a forum footer (I’ll post both later). And Austin’s drawing needs to be colored (Click here to see his sketch. He’s a pretty darn good artist if you ask me…).

Well, that’s that. Oh wait, to celebrate my first post here in DeviantArt, there’s a number additions to my blog, namely: “The Tournament Report”, “Elite-ranista Academe”, “Gathering the Magic”, “To Read, Write and Listen” and “Teknologos”. The first one would be posted only when there’s significant information about the tournaments happening somewhere and me and/or my berks are in it. The next three, expect that they’ll appear once every two or so days, while the last, don’t expect too many of those since they’ll mostly be made up of dream gadgets that would take a miracle for me to have. So, enjoy the write ups!

I’d see all of you in the shining shores beyond!

†The Tournament Report‡

†The Twin Tourneys‡

There are currently two tournaments whose dates are already pending: The “Naruto: Narutimett Hero 3 Tournament” and the “King of the Iron Fist 5 Tournament”. The details are below.

*Naruto: Narutimett Hero 3 Tournament*

The current rules: Naruto Comprehensive Rules V1b (Click Here to view)

Current Champion: Juner Hart “Shodaime” Ex-Hokage, Current “Akatsuki Leader”
Known Challengers: Patrick “Nidaime” Ex-Hokage
Francis “Sunagakure Chuunin”
Gaius “Sunagakure Genin”
John Mark “Konohagakure Genin”
Austin “Konohagakure Academy Graduate”
Jonathan “Konahagakure Academy Graduate”

Other challengers:

Edwin, Jeboi & Andrew

*King of the Iron Fist 5 Tournament*

Rules: 3 rounds (Best 2 out of 3)
100% Handicap
99 Sec. Time Limit
Random Stages
Double Knockout System (Two loses and you’re out)

Current Champion: None

Known Fighters: Patrick (Asuka Kazama)
Juner (Heihachi Mishima)
Gaius (Steve Fox)
Francis (Jin Kazama)
John Mark (Hwoarang)
Austin (Lei Wulong)
Jonathan (Paul Phoenix)
Edwin (Ganryu)
Phil (Unknown)

Ranking System: Each win in the tourney pushes your rank higher while each lose makes your rank lower. At the end of the tourney, whichever rank you have would be your ‘Default’ rank, and cannot be made lower during the next tourney.

Ranks:

Beginner --- lowest ranking
9th kyu to 1st kyu
1st dan to 5th dan
Shihan
Expert
Master
Virtuoso
Champion
Legend
Sage
Warlord
Conqueror
Deity
Tekken Lord --- highest ranking

There you go; the two tourneys that would be held this month (hopefully). If there’s something wrong with the data, or if you want to join, then contact me at once.

†Elite-ranista Academe‡

†Summer Classes‡

I hate my grades. 2^nd Year, 2^nd Semester Average Grade: 85.16 ß Too low by five points in my standards. *sigh* I guess LECOMELEC reaaly took its toll upon my grades, eh?

I have a very depressing schedule this summer (8 Units, while the maximum units for summer classes is 9), and I just hope I can cope with it ‘cause I intend to drop my position in LECOMELEC, and that wouldn’t be possible unless I finish the Election Program this summer. Here’s my current plan of action this summer semester.

Database Management Systems Design – MTWHF @ 9:00am to 12:00pm

Buhay at Gawa ni Rizal – MTWHF @ 1:00pm to 3:00 pm

Team Sports – MWF @ 3:30pm to 5:30pm

Library/Research – TH @ 3:30pm to 5:30pm

I have to finish the Election Software before this month ends so that I can start the simulations before june comes. Currently, the software has a lot of bugs, and I intend to remake the whole thing from scratch, focusing on each module as if they were a single program. Such is the way of Object-Oriented Programming, but I’m having great troubles on code foundations, so I guess the program would take a lot of time and effort before I can successfully simulate it…

Well, good luck to me. ~_~

†To Read, Write and Listen‡

†For the Empire‡

Below is an excerpt from the Legend of the Five Rings Story (http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38823#top)

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Sezaru’s eyes narrowed. “You intend to seize control of the capital?”

“No,” Kaneka said emphatically. “I intend to maintain order while the Emperor is absent. If he wishes me to depart, all he must do is emerge from his seclusion and resume the duty himself, or appoint another to do it in my place.”

For a brief moment, Kaneka feared that he had overstepped his bounds. Sezaru’s eyes seemed to glow, but they gave off no light or energy, merely a strange intensity that the Shogun imagined he could almost feel. “It is your intent, then, to maintain law and order, then?” Sezaru asked quietly. “Your ambition does not extend beyond that?”

“No,” Kaneka said adamantly. “I am no brutish conqueror. Not any longer.”

The intensity finally faded from Sezaru’s eyes, and the Wolf seemed tired. “I should destroy you,” he said after a moment’s consideration.

Kaneka instantly plotted the location of his blade behind him, and the various items he could use as a shield long enough to get close to Sezaru. He suspected it would not be enough. “You do not believe me, then?”

“On the contrary,” Sezaru said. “I can see into your soul. I know that you are an ambitious man. I know that you bear no love for our brother the Emperor. And yet you are honorable, as he is. You desire only the best for the Empire, as he does. And you both believe that the other cannot achieve such goals.”

Kaneka frowned. “Then why destroy me, if you know I am genuine.”

“Because two men such as you, both desiring the Empire’s best interests, and both adamantly opposed to the other’s methods, is the greatest threat that Rokugan can face,” Sezaru said. “You will tear the Empire apart.”

“That cannot happen,” Kaneka said firmly.

“Agreed,” the Wolf said, turning to leave. “It will not, because eventually I will have no choice but to decide which of my brothers will save the Empire, and which will damn it with war.”

“And when that day comes?”

Sezaru turned as he stepped through the doors, raising his mask to his face. “On that day,” he said, his voice oddly different, “I will have but one brother remaining.”