The Kitchen Finks Days

Just digging some of my old post at my other blog. This one got me interested in going back into cooking again. I missed those days. Yum, yum. haha.

I’ll just quote a part of the original post here. Read more

Full Alara Reborn Spoiler Is Out

(Its been weeks since my last post. I’m very busy lately. I hope this prerelease weekend will help me relax.)

A day to go before the prerelease of Alara Reborn and I’m getting excited. I’m sure you do too, opening those Meddling Mages and other cool stuff. The full spoiler was completed yesterday at Mtg Salvation. You can check it here. Read more

The Shards At War

Hey y’all. Here are a few art depicting the effects of the Alara shard’s convergence. The first one depicts Elspeth (I think) getting some blessing to continue fighting with a Bant kingdom burning in the background. This is also the art of the first card in the Alara Reborn set, Ardent Plea.

The next one is a group of Viashinos that is about to devour a smaller of their kind. Probably a 1/1. Lol. Read more

Alara Reborn Official Previews Started

Wizards started today the first week of previews for the upcoming Alara Reborn, the third and final set to complete the Shards of Alara block. The first two cards previewed were mythic rares, namely Defiler of Souls and Jenara, Asura of War. Check it out below.

Defiler of Souls
3BBR
Creature – Demon

Flying
At the beginning of each player’s upkeep, that player sacrifices a monocolored creature.
“Stray not into sin, lest you face the doorman of an insatiable tomb”
-Prayer of Asha

5/5

Jenara, Asura of War
GWU
Legendary Creature - Angel

Flying
1W: Put a +1/+1 counter on Jenara, Asura of War.
Wounded soldiers looked up, grateful for her appearance. But she passed over them, her eyes firmly on their foe.

3/3

The card images.

Tournament Report: The Summer Cruise

Hi guys, I hope you had a fun weekend. I am writing this short report of my performance on last weekend’s back to back tournament. The first was on Saturday and the second was last Monday, both in Standard format. I joined the tournament piloting R/W Lark which I was trying to master/get familiar with since February.

There are actually a few different builds I’ve found on the net and the main argument is whether to use Mindstones or not. I’ve tried Saito’s build (4 Mindstones, 4 Knight of the White Orchid, 22 Lands) but I didn’t like the deck that much. Its main problem is mana screw. The other builds are basically metagame based so I used that as a reference to come up with my list. Here’s the decklist I’ve piloted: Read more

You’re A Filipino If…

- You point with your lips.
- You eat using hands and you have it down to a technique.
- Your other piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.
- You nod upwards to greet someone.
- You put your foot up on your chair and rest your elbow on your knee while eating.
- You think that half-hatched duck eggs are a delicacy.
- You have to kiss your relative on the cheek as soon as you enter the room.
- You’re standing next eight big boxes at the airport.
- You collect items from hotels or restaurants “for souvenir.”
- You smile for no reason.
- You flirt by having a foolish grin in your face while raising your eyebrows repeatedly.
- You go to a department store and try to bargain the prices.
- You use an umbrella for shade on hot summer days.
- You scratch your head when you don’t know the answer.
- You never eat the last morsel of food on the table.
- You like bowling.
- You know how to play pusoy and mah-jong.
- You find dried up morsels of rice stuck on your shirt.
- You prefer to sit in the shade instead of basking in the sun.
- You add an unwarranted “H” to your name, i.e. “Jhun,” Bhoy,” “Rhon.”
- You put hands together in front of you as if to make a path and say “excuse, excuse” when you pass in between people or in front of the TV.
- Your middle name is your mothers maiden name.
- You like everything imported or “state-side.”
- You check the labels on clothes to see where it was made before buying.
- You hang your clothes out to dry.
- You are perfectly comfortable in a squatting position with your elbows resting on your knees.
- You consistently arrive 30 minutes late for all events.
- You always offer food to all your visitors.
- You say “comfort room” instead of “bathroom.”
- You say “for take out” instead of “to go”
- You say “open” or “close” the light.
- You ask for a “pentel-pen” or a “ball-pen” instead of just “pen.”
- You asked for “Colgate” instead of “toothpaste.”
- You refer to the refrigerator as the “ref” or “pridyider.”
- You say “kodakan” instead of take a picture.
- You order a McDonald’s instead of “hamburger” (pronounced ham-boor-jer)
- You say “Ha” instead of “What.”
- You say “Hoy” get someone attention.
- You answer when someone yells “Hoy.”
- You turn around when someone says “Psst”
- You say “Cutex” instead of “nail polish.”
- You say “he” when you mean “she” and vice versa.
- You say “array” instead of “ouch.”
- Your sneeze sounds like “ahh-ching” instead of “ahh-choo.”
- You prefer to make acronyms for phrases such as “OA: for over acting or “TNT” for, well, you know.
- You say “air con” instead of “a/c” or air conditioner.
- You say “brown-out” instead of “black-out.”
- You use a “walis ting-ting” or “walis tambo” as opposed to a conventional broom.
- You use a “Weapons of Moroland” shield hanging in the living room wall.
- You have a portrait of “The Last Supper” hanging in your dining room.
- You own a karaoke system.
- You own a piano that no one ever plays.
- You have a tabo in the bathroom.
- Your house has too many burloloys.
- You have two to three pairs of tsinelas at your doorstep.
- Your house has an ornate wrought iron gate in front of it.
- You have a rose garden.
- You have a shrine of the “Santo Niño” in your living room.
- You have a “barrel man” (you pull up the barrel and you see something that looks familiar. Schwing…)
- You cover the living room furniture with bedsheets.
- Your lamp shades still have the plastic cover on them.
- You have plastic runners to cover the carpets in your house.
- You refer to your VCR as a “beytamax.”
- You have a rice dispenser.
- You own a turbo boiler.
- You own one of those fiber optic flower lamps.
- You own a lamp with oil that drips down the strings.
- You have a giant wooden fork and spoon hanging somewhere in the dining room.
- You have a giant wooden tinikling dancer on the wall.
- You have capiz shells chandeliers, lamps, or placemats.
- You have a Mercedes Benz and you call it “chedeng.”
- You own a huge van conversion.
- Your car chirps like a bird or plays a tune when it is in reverse.
- Your car horn can make 2 or 3 different sounds.
- Your car has curb feelers or curb detectors.
- Your car has too many “burloloys” like a Jeepneys back in P.I.
- You hang a rosary on your car’s rear view mirror.
- You have an air freshener in your car.
- You have aunts and uncles named “Baby,” “Girlie,” or “Boy.”
- You were raised to believe that every Filipino is a aunt, uncle or cousin.
- Your Dad was in the Navy.
- Your mom or sister or wife is a nurse.
- You have a family member or relative that works in the Post Office.
- Your parents call each other “Mommy” and “Daddy” or “ma” and “pa.”
- You have family member that has a nickname that repeats itself, i.e.”Deng-Deng,” Ling-Ling” or “Bing-Bing”
- You put hot dogs in your spaghetti.
- You consider dilis the Filipino equivalent to French fries.
- You think that eating chocolate rice pudding and dried fish is a great morning meal.
- You order thing like tapsilog, tocsilog, or longsilog at restaurants.
- You instinctively grab a toothpick after each meal.
- You order a “soft drink” instead of a “soda.”
- You dip bread in your morning coffee.
- You refer to seasonings and all other forms of monosodium glutamate as “Ajinomoto.”
- Your cupboards are full of Spam, Vienna Sausage, Ligo, and Corned Beef, which you refer to as Karne Norte.
- Goldilocks means more to you than just a character in a fairy tale.
- You appreciate a fresh pot of rice.
- You bring your “baon” most of the time to work.
- Your “baon” is usually something over rice.
- Your neighbors complain about the smell of tuyo on Sunday mornings.
- You eat rice for breakfast.
- You use your fingers to measure the water when cooking rice.

Very true. lol. I’m proud to be one.

Something for the Holy Week

Since this year’s Holy Week will be starting this Sunday, I guess this post will be appropriate. Just see the pic below.

The Last Supper: Tambay Edition

Damn, I just love this site.

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This Made My Day

Found this pic while browsing Joserizal.tumblr.com. Meet super Snow White! Poor kid… Lolz!

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Deck of the Week: Grixis Control

It has been awhile since we had our deck for the week so I decided to bring it back, this time during Fridays. Hopefully, I can sneak a post for it in my sked. For this week, I’ll feature the deck that got 1st place in the Cruise Qualifier in Indianapolis, Indiana last March 29. It is a control deck based on the color of the Grixis shard (Blue-Black-Red) with the almost forgotten Demigod of Revenge as the bad a$$ beater and win condition. Here’s the decklist piloted by Matt Owens. Read more

More Alara Reborn Spoilers

The Alara Reborn rumor season is making some progress recently. New addition of cards spoiled from Game Japan magazine were added to the list and the latest is the two cards from Lotus Noir named Soulquake and Jund Muckcutter. Check it out below.

Soulquake
3UUBB
Sorcery
Return all creatures in play and all creatures from all graveyards to their owners’ hands.
Rare

Its cool but not that tournament staple. I’d prefer Evacuation instead of this. Read more