Laguna Weekend

I left for Laguna Saturday morning, hopping onto a Batangas-Lipa bus to transfer to a jeep when I reach Jollibee Sto. Tomas. I could easily walk home from a jeep stop but my family insisted they pick me up :) Kuya Epy came along pretty quick and I rode in his motorcycle. I rested and ate a bit before going to the dentist to get my braces adjusted.

My usual dentist was unavailable so there was a substitute. If my ligature didn't snap I would have waited another week :p He resolved the poking wire at my upper right molar band, saying it grew longer midway because my upper teeth have moved. Unfortunately the poking wire in my lower molar band is still puncturing my poor tongue :( Now I'll have to wait another three weeks before I could have it seen to T_T my only consolation was the gold colored ligatures look pretty, and the adjustment doesn't hurt at all (I hope it's due less to the sub's incompetence and more to my growing theshold of pain).

I spent the rest of the weekend watching DVDs, playing DS(accidentally deleted Professor Layton sorry T_T) and watching the three babies dance to Sesame Street. I saw Achi's Noble Pink DS bought in Singapore, and I had my nails done by my lil sis. My toe nails are now Hello Kitty pink lol! Dad and mom also did some reflexology they learned at the seminars they were given ^^

Ok, enough randomness hehe :) I'm now back in Manila and will be staying here until I go back for braces adjustment on May 17.

Wanted: Flash Programmer

Matahari Studios (Philippines) For over four decades LAI Games has been a leading player in the entertainment industry. Our company manufactures and sells a variety of arcade-based games, and we also operate the highly successful Timezone Family Entertainment Centers. With more than 500 locations throughout the region, we are poised for significant growth. Matahari Studios is the software development group for Timezone arcades, and we must expand aggressively to meet our customer’s demand. We are now building a studio in Manila, and we invite those with a talent and passion for game development to join our ranks. Flash Programmer / Developer (Games) Responsibilities: The ideal candidate would have previous experience working in an interactive entertainment or software development environment, and have the ability to design, plan, and program Flash games. The candidate must exhibit excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong team working ability, a solid understanding of the software development process, and a high level of understanding towards game technology. Requirements: Ø Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree in Mathematics, Computer Science/Information Technology, Business Studies/Administration/Management, Art & Design, Advertising/Media or equivalent or equivalent Ø Minimum 2 years experience working in Flash and Actionscript is required. Ø Required skill(s): Demonstrable skills in Flash, Object-Oriented Actionscript Development, Photoshop Ø Preferred skill(s): XML, Knowledge of shared libraries and working knowledge of component type development, Design Patterns Ø Required language(s): English Ø Applicants must be willing to work in Ortigas Center, Pasig City Ø Applicants should be Filipino citizens or hold relevant residence status Ø Applicants must have a portfolio of work accomplished Must play games regularly, understand how they work, and enjoy making games for a living!

While we seek all levels of talent, to be considered for the more senior positions you must bring with you previous experience in the development of interactive entertainment, software development, or related discipline.

We highly encourage you to write us a cover letter that explains to us:

Ø Your perception of the responsibilities and duties of the position for which you are applying

Ø Your perception of the skills and qualifications that would make a good candidate; what would you need to know to do well

Ø What is your interest in a game development company; what games do you play

Ø If you do not possess any past game development experience, how have your previous positions prepared you to take on such a new role; what is it about your background that matches these requirements

Please send your cover letter and CV to:

manilajobs@mataharistudios.com

DotA mayhem

My officemates and I finally won against AI! I played as Mirana Nightshade because (of course) of the white tiger XD

Now to work on defeating the Normal AI... -_-;;

goodbye and thank you Mina

Miker told me last night that he and Ranulf were going to Sanctuarium for Mina's wake. This took me by surprise, and I decided to go with them. We went there and wrote in the guestbook relaying messages from more friends in different communities who wished to extend their condolences. She died of breast cancer. I think she was 42 (I'll try to confirm this). You may visit Sanctuarium, third floor. We easily found it because there was a huge arrangement of flowers with the indicating that it's from the Animation Council of the Philippines.

You have touched so many lives Mina :) thank you for bringing together all the creative people in every community.

Kitty Jong

What if I bring something like this to Antarctica?

Braces

Thufferin' thuccotash!

I got my braceth latht Thaturday and it hath been driving me nutth everthince. It hath altho been quite an educational ordeal for me during thith learning curve.

For one thing, I learned that my tongue could be a very strong er, muscle? organ? whatever. It jutht means I'll probably try tying a cherry thtem into a knot with my mouth XD tho far I only know it'th my only meanth to cut thoft thoggy noodleth to eat >< And thpeaking of noodleth, long noodleth meanth trouble.

I altho learned that ortho wax ith luuurve! The inthide of my left molar band ith poking into my tongue tho much it'th all sore now :( I only got relief when I finally decided to try the wax which I got with my weird looking toothbrush with umm, thomething that lookth like a baby bottle cleaner, only much smaller.

I thoon after bought mouthwash and Pyodontyl too, along with a dental adhesive paste. I thtill couldn't bring mythelf to put 'deprotenized calf blood extract' whatever inthide my mouth though.

And timeth like these I'm glad I'm not a call center agent.

"Pinagthuthuthpetthahan kathi."
"Ano?"
"Thabi ko, pinagthuthuthpetthahan kathi."
"Ano??"
"'Pinagdudahan', bingengot!"

...Now excuthe me while I find more feeding optionth bethideth noodleth, thoup, and thorbetes.

Pirate Costume get! :D

Thank you IAH for giving us our 30,000 Gpoints!!! (And sooner than I expected!)

They gave it to us for joining their Machinima contest. I was hoping to win their gorgeous GE external disk for my new widescreen laptop ^^ I'm not sure much of the details at this point... will update when I get more info

Anyway I'm glad that I am able to buy the premium item pirate costume for my Adelina!

I'd like the ATP card itself but let's just say it's too... elusive for me at the moment :p For now I'm glad to get the costume! I only wish I can also get the hat, but if it's too difficult for me to get I'll just make an eyepatch for my cosplay. Anyway, look how much I leveled up since I got my Adelina that's my screenshot from my laptop, with the ATP wallpaper peeking underneath.

Jaclina Esperanza the Pirate signing out... NYARR! :3

Adelina GET!!!

I've been levelling up my La Coronas (my Brunie 'Joy', scout 'Beany' and male wiz 'Abelard') with Shin boosting me(until he has to go sleep ^^) when Erv offered to help me get the Adelina RNPC card :D Using the Brunie I got from Shin I went with his party Helina et al to Porto Bello and completed the quest (I find it yurilicious how I wouldn't have been able to get the card without Brunie)! I quickly replaced the male wiz with Adelina and proceeded with her story. I am pleased to find her story to be of vengeance. I took screenshot of her convo with Capt Ricardo, and improvised a few of my own...

Capt. Ricardo: "I told you I do not know where Bardi is! I only know he's here in Coimbra..."

Adelina: "Aye, me bonny lass, ye can put yer knife down now."

... Having my yuri harem for henchies = WIN!

my Victorian Valentine Pics

I got in to the Victorian Valentine thanks to Ranulf ^^ I'm supposed to perform a sword demo with him but I never got enough practice so I had to beg him to perform it with someone else.

Thankfully Sam got off early from his fashion show and joined us! He performed the sword demo with Ranulf and someone else(will update when I learn who).

I got the first two from Sam :) I'll upload more as I find them ^^ I cosplayed as Adelina Esperanza from Granado Espada.

I got there thanks to Joy (cosplaying as Brunie Etienne) and Dandan (cosplaying as Jean-Pierre) picking me up from Miker's place.

I was editing the movie there with Miker but sadly we didn't finish the revisions in time :( and Miker didn't join us to visit his family.

Victorian Valentine was a blast! I saw the most gorgeous people in the most gorgeous costumes I'm still squeeing the morning after :3

And us GE cosplayers had a wonderful time in the GE E-games booth, which we dubbed The Barracks.

And yes! We had yuri raep tiemz!!! Mon cheri Brunie and Bernelli harassed my dear Nikki it was delightful XD I'm so glad she agreed to join our GE cosplay photoshoot as Catherine the Summoner with our beautiful GE ladies Bea and Presea(in her delicious Elementalist outfit).

And I won as Baroness of the Ball while Shin won as Baron (I just love how all the men looked so dashing!). We duelled over the prizes after, and I am enjoying my spoils: my GE t-shirt hehehe!

I can't wait to add more pictures! :3

Laptop GET!

I got my Blue Radon W310 from my friend Ranulf, who is planning to go back to his first love and buy a Macbook XD

Here's to more rakets ^_^ squee! I am very thankful how I'm slowly getting the items in my wishlist, by my own professional perseverance, no less, and of course, God's grace.

Ranulf bought this laptop less than six months ago, so when he offered it as payment for the gigs he's been sending my way, I thought it's a good deal :)

I'm still feeling my way around :D Since it's my first time owning a laptop and all. I'll be installing Photoshop so I can work wherever I am: be it in my dorm, in San Pablo, or in Antarctica XD Getting a laptop has been justified by my (reluctantly) nomadic nature.

It's been getting more and more difficult having to dig up PSD files and whatnot from different desktops in my different locations. I've been on the move ever since I started college. I've been so busy and hardly stay in one place long enough that I still couldn't finish any games I've installed in my desktop (which I also happily bought less than a year ago ^^).

congratulations Claudia!

Architect Board Examination Results 2008

Yaaaaaaaaay! My classmate passed the board exams! Congraaaaaats! XD

You're a lady architect nao! ^^

Our MOVIE CONTEST ENTRY

The movie may be viewed here ^^

A movie critic thread has been opened (by our competitor O_O) where you are welcome to leave your own (hopefully positive) comments after you have registered.

Title: Anhela La Venganza

Director: Rivermiker / Miker
Production Assistant: Gatoblaca / Jac
Game Consultant: Azarthras / Erving

Cast:

Female Musketeer: Joy Bordador
Male Scout: Dan Ilano
Male Fighter: Oneal Rosero
Brunie Etienne: Jac Ting Lim
Male Wizard: Ron Rosero
Female Scout: Jac Ting Lim
Male Musketeer: Paul Catiang

Our MOVIE CONTEST ENTRY

Please watch it at this link ^^ and kindly leave comments, thank you!

A movie critic thread is opened by our competitor in this link. You are welcome to leave your own comments after you have registered.

Title: Anhela La Venganza

Director: Rivermiker / Miker
Production Assistant: Gatoblaca / Jac
Game Consultant: Azarthras / Erving

Cast:

Female Musketeer: Joy Bordador
Male Scout: Dan Ilano
Male Fighter: Oneal Rosero
Brunie Etienne: Jac Ting Lim
Male Wizard: Ron Rosero
Female Scout: Jac Ting Lim
Male Musketeer: Paul Catiang

Pilya 32

FIRST PREVIOUS NEXT HOME

WTH it's been a year??? OMG O_O

Hmmm well it's been an... eventful year for me. I have since moved to Multiply. And will probably create an album there for Pilya. I'll try to update this blog whenever I upload a new strip. So far I've written five more. I just need to have more time to draw them, for I am starting from scratch >< the good news is I finally have my own PC. W00t!

UGGXX - UGotGame eXtreme eXpo

Cosplay Contest Mechanics
1) The Cosplay contest would be an individual cosplay contest within the UGG X3m Xpo event on September 22, 2007 at the Market! Market! Activity Area. Each cosplayer will be given 20-30 seconds to go on stage and perform some signature moves of the character (Please see Criteria for Judging).

2) All characters being portrayed by all participating cosplayers should originally (meaning their first appearance) only come from the following:

- Arcade Games
- PC games
- Console Games

3) Timezone and Matahari Studios (Philippines) employees are disqualified from entering this contest.

4) Cosplayers are required to register on the event itself and be in the staging area 30 minutes before the cosplay ramp. Itinerary for cosplay activities are as follows:

2:00pm - Start of Cosplay Registration
3:30pm – End of Cosplay Registration
4:30pm – Roll Call of Cosplayers
5:00pm – Start of Cosplay Ramp
5:45pm – Estimated End of Cosplay Ramp

5) The following information will be included in the pre-registration form:

- Real Name* (first name and last name)
- Gender
- Age
- Email Address/contact information*
- Characters to cosplay (please include the arcade/PC/console game where the characters being cosplayed belongs to)

*Not giving the real name or email/contact information is grounds for disqualification.

6) Cosplay contestants should be 16 years of age or older. They must be prepared to be in costume for hours.

7) Costumes must not be gory, messy or obstructive to the flow of people in the event. Real weapons and exploding, breaking or harmful props are not allowed.

8) The judges’ decision is final and cannot be appealed.

9) Cosplay prizes are as follows:

- First Prize - Php 5,000.00
- Second Prize - Php 3,000.00
- Third Prize - Php 2,000.00

10) Criteria for Judging are as follows:

• Attire (Accuracy, Craftsmanship, Creativity)- 40%
• Stage Performance (Characterization, Stage Presence, Projection)- 50%
• Audience Impact - 10%


DIGITAL ART CONTEST
- Twenty (20) Finalist slots available
- Non-game development professionals ONLY
- More than one entry may be submitted by each contestant, but only one will be accepted should the artist be nominated for a finalist slot
- Evaluation Copies to be submitted in A4 size paper a month before the main event
- Finalists will be required to bring their mounted artwork to the show; can print their entries in bigger than A4 size and will be provided a wall space to set up their artwork
- Universities/Colleges cannot select students to represent their school
- Download Official Rules here

Awards & Prizes:

- 1st Prize: Php20,000
- 2nd Prize: Php10,000
- 3rd Prize: Php5,000
- Audience Award: Php5,000

Lillith

Beany invited me to a new-concept cosplay photoshoot ^^ for more info you can go here!

Our Toy Con 2007 Pix

And here are some of the pics my sister took at the Toy Con :)

Featured for Cosplay

Yay! I felt honored when Christa Uy asked me for permission to include me in her blog post about cosplayers ^^ You can check it out here:

http://dresdendoll.wordpress.com/2007/07/04/the-art-of-cosplay-part-i/

My Toy Con 2007 Pix

I'll just keep updating this post as I get more pics. I'm afraid it may have to be a slow process as I am busy with a lot of things going on with my life. All of them fun ;)

From Brando Solaria, a contact I found through my friend Derrick:




And also from Jokwa Lu: (catwalk shots. I has elven earz!!1!)








And also from amira





And now from Ryou Misaki

Toy Con 2007

Yaaaaaaaaaay! I won Best Female Cosplayer! Epic win!It are my birthday! nom nom nom XD

yes, I'm still crazy with disbelief :) Will post pix after I get permissions and sanity returns.

"Let's fight for the glory of Decem!"

and oh, do check out Danaya Zubiri here!

And according to Henry aka Sephiroth:

Here are the Individual Cosplay Winners:

Over-all Best Cosplayer = Jacob Gil - Yojimbo (FFX)
Best Male = Micheal Ferraro - Mr. Bean
Best Female = Jacting Lim - Cora Mystic Lvl 45 (RF Online)
Best Kid Cosplayer = Aira Mae Cano - Sailormoon
Best Craftsmanship = Ricky Buzon - Devastator (Transformers)
Best Stage Performance = Robertics - Mekakashi
People's Choice = Benedict Bartolome - Brawn (Transformers)
Alaska's Choice = Aira Mae Cano (Sailormoon) and Aymore Alegria (Tuxedo Mask)
Hero TV's Pick = Robertics - Mekakashi

Group Cosplay Winners:

1st = Illusion Brigade
2nd = Ichiraku Ramen
3rd = Illusion Brigade Chibi