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I will no longer be updating my blogger.

I've imported and moved over to my own domain using wordpress. www.machtung.com

See you folks there!

Onyx gave me good head.

"In recent but not so recent news from Azeroth, Angkan Hagibis went on their second and last non-DKP Onyxia run with Tempest.

Although grossly out-equipped and out-numbered by Tempest, Angkan Hagibis members proved to be exceptionally disciplined with really steep learning curves and provided the extra oomph needed to down Onyxia. Being the minority number, but still retaining 1st pick on the loot. Angkan Hagibis came home with the black dragon's head and a smattering of other items.

A major and unforutunate loss was the Arcanist's Helm which was supposed to the cute and cuddly cross-dressing gnome Hesley but was instead disenchanted. Sources say that on the Mage Class Channel, competition was stiff among mages for the revered headpiece with one loot-whore of a Tempest mage threatening to quit guild. Hesley, although the rightful owner of the crown, graciously bowed out of the running to build goodwill and secure future runs. Tempest Guild Leader Adel, stood firm on the agreement and insisted that Hesley take the piece but since Hesley had already left the area, it was promplty disenchanted."

Happy day for Machtung. I turned in the head and got my kick ass pendant. Booyah!

Bull Mastiff

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Originally uploaded by machtung.

Eyow Angkan Hagibis!

Can I roll for stitchings? *Evil grin*

Geddem finger.... getting chubby

Another late post on the Power-up Love on the Rocks bouldering competition.

Power-up regularly holds Love on the Rocks which is a Valentine's social bouldering competition. What happens is that you pair up a novice climber with someone from the open class and you guys complete as many boulder problems as you can within a certain time limit. Each completed boulder problem earns your pair a certain number of points. Easy problems will earn you less points that difficult ones. Most number of points at the end of the period wins.

It was hella fun, Olympic World Alabang sponsored the event and gave away gift certificates. (Thanks Olympic World! I always wanted to get myself a Nalgene.)

I had a very good time. Unfortunately, I climbed a bit too hard and overly stressed my right index finger again. Just great! No climb again for a couple of weeks while the swelling subsides. In the meantime, there's always roadwork and circuit training.

Summer's around the corner, gotta step it up....

WOOT! PC Upgrade

At long long last, I got an upgrade on my rig.

For a decent deal of Php14k, I was able acquire the following:

• A-bit A17, semi-modded with additional heatsinks on the caps and such
• Intel Prescott 3.2e
• Zalman aluminum-copper heatsink fan (Them prescott's are notoriously hot)

All I have to do now is pickup my RAM reformat and I should be good for another 2 years.

By the time I'm done I should have the following:

• Lian-Li PC-06 (old casing)
• HEC 475w (old PS)
• Abit A17 (2nd hand)
• Intel 3.2E (2nd hand)
• Radeon 9800 pro (2nd hand)
• 1GB/2GB Twinmos DDR400 (haven't decided)
• 1x 80GB + 1x 40GB ATA HDD (old drives)
• Soundblaster Audigy (old card)
• Zalman Heatpipe on my 9800 (2nd hand)
• Zalman Heatsink fan on the Mainboard/Proc (2nd hand)
• Standard dual optical DVD-R and CD-RW (old opticals)

Pretty basic but more than enough for my habits. All in all, I would have gotten a vidcard/mem/board and proc upgrade for only Php 25,000. Given the Zalman's and specs? Not bad at all.

Quick Notes on VH APC

Saw the gig at Asia Pacific College last Friday. For those who missed it, not to worry you missed some but you didn't miss a lot.

As I expected, it was a college fair so you don't really expect the equipment to be all that uber. Caleb (drums) had a bit of difficulty with his set sliding all over the place but not too much of a problem. Anton (vocals) was sick but again sounded pretty good. Mik (guitar) started of pretty loud and managed to drown out Derek (bass) for the first few songs. Derek's solo was a bit slap heavy on "Fuckit" so it didn't really roll as in the previous gig . I found out later on that that was because he couldn't hear himself on the monitor.

Then again maybe it was because there was no beer and no smokes. School theatre, remember?

Not to worry though, minor minor things and overall they still sound pretty damn good. Besides, who am I to talk with reviews and shit? I'm no expert. IMHO, If I like it? I like it. Period. Guess what? I like it *grins* so sue me.

Thanks to Mik for the gracious hospitality at his crib afterwards, poker ftw.

Virgin Hunters Band

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Originally uploaded by machtung.

Deritiz! VH at 6UG ftw!!

Thanks to Betsy who pulled me in to watch VH. Our good friend Caleb plays drums so we figured what the hell. Never heard him play though but since it was supposed to be rock and some funk maybe.... well, should be fun.

Guess what? It wasn't fun. It was a god damned blast. VH is the shit!!!

They're playing at APC (Asian Pacific College) on March 3 with Kjwan. Saguijo on March 8.

Check out their music at http://www.virginhuntersband.com

Image was lifted from their site.

The room

The room
Originally uploaded by machtung.

Snapshot of my new pad.

Yep, I picked up my room and moved it to Makati.
Yep, it's all mine and I live alone.
Yep, I sleep on the floor.

Yep, the walls are blue.
Yep, you don't see my rig (my pc) anywhere in the picture.

God I miss my PC. Luckily 168 is just a few minutes away. I also miss my cat but that's okay, fatty can wait till the weekend.

There are a number of perks that came with the lease. First of all, you have those damned chickens that crow every fucking morning at 5:30am. No need for an alarm clock aye? Another would be the ants that will sniff out any tiny food morsel within 12 hours. Incentive to keep the place clean right?

Lastly, it's got windows on 3 sides smoking is no longer a problem. Booyah!

80's muzak at Saguijo

Originally uploaded by machtung.

Watched a friend play at guijo last month with a bunch of former e's. Yes, I know it's late and all that. Just haven't been able to get around to blogging recently.

Claude's the one in yellow, she plays bass. Easy lang sa pale Claude! Sumabit ng konti pero di naman halata. Besides, mas gwapo ka pa rin kay Adrian.

Trivia: I actually have a pic with a rockstah!! One of us in here play bass for Urbandub. Guess who!

Bored waiting for my movie

Well, here I am blogging away at the office at 10pm. Before anything else, NO I am definitely NOT working. Maybe a long long time ago I was freakishly dedicated like that but somewhere along the way I developed a life.

Instead, here I am waiting for the last full show of Fun with Dick and Jane. I never really considered myself a Jim Carrey fan but it should be interesting enough. Worst case scenario is that I simply go brain dead halfway though the movie. Well, considering how awful this week has been that's not entirely a bad idea. Oh wait... it's only Monday hmmm...

Anyhow, that kinda got me to realize that I've seen almost every single movie that came out after the Film Festival.

1. Underworld 2 - Rawrrr. Kate Beckinsdale ftw!
2. Rumor Has It - That's kinda sick, screwing the same dude that got it on with your grandma?
3. The Family Stone - My fiance gets it on with my brother, but that's okay because I'm dating her sister....
4. Cheaper by the Dozen 2 - That was a waste o money
5. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - I LOVE THE CHRONIC!!! (what?) -CLES OF NARNIA!!!
6. Zathura - Hmmm, seems familiar... *cough* JUMANJI *cough*
7. Fun with Dick and Jane - (I'll find out later)
8. Halflight - (I'll find out within the week)
9. Memoirs of a Geisha - (I'll find out next Tuesday)

Dang, that's more than a movie a week! I should get me one of those membership thingies.

Big-ass burgers

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Originally uploaded by machtung.

I got the link to this nasty NASTY site from JC.

http://supersizedmeals.com/food/index.php?topic=EatingOut

There's a bunch of huge meals in there. 4'6" submarine sandwiches, buckets of fries...

The real winner IMO is that 100x100 burger. That's 100 patties and 100 slices of melted cheese. That's not a burger, that's a small cheese covered calf ground to tiny tiny bits.

Our local Flamers Quadzilla challenge looks like a meatball compared to this monster. I know I'm a sucker for these occasional gluttony food trips but just looking at small puddles of grease makes me want to vomit already. *BLLLEAAAAARRGHHH*

(For the guys out there, eyes on the burger... eyes on the burger... focus... focus...)