Use Paypal with the UnionBank EON Card

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Mark Ian Alloso

Being a freelance Web developer, one of the major issue is on receiving payment or salary from the client. Since they are outsourcing from overseas, I’ve observed that their common method is to pay via Paypal. The use of this online payment system in the Philippines seems to be growing fast by the years. The problem though is that local banks seems to have no integration feature for Paypal, aside from Unionbank’s EON Cyber Account card. Continue reading →

Japan and Wolf Run Ramp Dominated Worlds

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Mark Ian Alloso

After four days, three formats of intense Magic competition in Worlds 2011, Jun’ya Iyanaga and Team Japan dominated the individual Worlds 2011 Champion and Team Worlds Champion respectively. Iyanaga’s Wolf Run Ramp version worked successfully with the aggro-expected Metagame popularized by the Token Town, UW Humans and Team Fireball’s innovative build of Tempered Steel Aggro. Continue reading →

Magic: The Gathering Worlds this Weekend

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Mark Ian Alloso

The culminating and the biggest event on this Magic Year will happen this weekend. The most awaited 2011 Magic: The Gathering Worlds Championships to be held in San Francisco, California is the gathering of player from more than 50 countries, qualified via Nationals, on Pro Tour or via DCI rankings. Continue reading →

Where to buy Gunpla Kits in the Philippines

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Mark Ian Alloso

Since starting the Gundam modeling hobby last September, one of my first concerns is where to buy these kits. There is no actual hobby store here in Iloilo that is a seller of the kits. Before, a friend introduced a website that sells Gundams locally but which you should pre-order first. The problem is that I find the prices a bit expensive and only a few kits are available so I decided to Google search the Gunpla stores and here are some that I could recommend. Continue reading →

A Photoshoot of my Gunpla Kits

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Mark Ian Alloso

I had wanted to have clear and high quality photographs of my already made and assembled Gunpla kits. The bad news is that I still do not have a good quality camera and had to stick my cell phone cam to cover the progress of each of my builds (which you have seen in my previous posts). Continue reading →

Updates on the HG Gundam Seed Remastered Series

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Mark Ian Alloso

Earlier of the month of October, there was info about the re-release of some of the HG kits from the Gundam Seed series in which they called the Gundam Seed Remastered. There were rumors on what the enhanced kits would look like, and the recent update revealed pics of some of the kits. The scheduled release dates of these kits will be this November 2011. Continue reading →

Deathmarked: Magic: the Gathering Iloilo and Other Stuff to Think About

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