Carruba tayo amin!

Napan nag ay-ayam digidiay carruba mi ti Diamond.
Adadta ni Eric, ni Ariel, Loloy, Melvin, Janno, Arvin ken ni Emil.
Apunay ragsat diay malem mi, adu naala mi nga Neps! haha!

Eric at NC

Eric Adug of Team HORAC (House of Representative Airsoft Club) made a visit to NorthCamp last weekend (Mar 1, 2008). He had a taste of jungle warfare and had a blast of a game that day. I meant that literally, he and me were blasted away by the opposition. Aray!

Embedded Marshalls

Most recently, player turn-out at NorthCamp at the beginning of 2008 has ballooned from the average number of 40 to 50 players to 60 to 70 per playing day. Not that the management doesn't welcome such influx of players but rather delighted to see growth of the Camp itself. However, such increase in players has it's drawback particularly when it comes to managing games.

Game marshalling in NorthCamp is not a big problem since most of the regular players and newbies alike, often and always reminded about honesty in game. Therefore, game integrity is on top of the list everytime. Nevertheless, NC aren't taking any chances and would like to tackle things head-on.

Enter the Embedded Marshalls (E-Ms - pronounced, e-ems ).

Instead of adding regular marshalls, NC opted for something radical... something that the other playing site has not yet fully implemented or in some, not yet tried. Embedded Marshalls consist mostly of vet players filled in as players and at the same time game marshalls. The advantage of having this kind of marshalls are that they not only oversee the game, they are in the game itself. Regular players are simply made aware that embedded marshalls are with them as to deter rule breakers. With a regular marhall and embedded marshalls on hand, even with a large number of players, game integrity is preserved.

AS @ Batasang Pambansa

ha? airsoft sa batasang pambansa? pwede ba dun?

oo, pwede! naglaro nga kami ni pareng eric doon mismo sa Batasang Pambansa complex (first AS game nya, and first game ko dito sa BP) ang saya-saya! grabe ubusan ng bala, i emptied 3 magazines of 300 caps each. ngek! sa NorthCamp, isang magazine ko di ko nauubos yung laman, whole day na yun, with at least 6 games, dito limang games lang yun.
uulit pa ba ako dito? let us see...

12th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta

The annual Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta (PIHABF) is the country's biggest aviation sports event today. Hot air balloon and airplane pilots from all over the world fly into the Philippines to join their local counterparts in this breathtaking event. In addition to daily flights of the hot air balloons, other activities include: skydiving, daily flag jumps (a skydiver jumps with the Philippine flag while the National Anthem is played to the start of the day's activities); micro light demonstrations; small planes fly-bys and fly-ins; remote controlled airplanes exhibitions; aerobatics; light airplane balloon bursting competition; ultra-light formation flying and bomb dropping exhibitions; helicopter fly-ins and exhibitions; rocketry demonstrations; kite flying exhibitions and many more. Feb 7-10, Clark Freeport Zone.

ZOOBIC

Fun at Zoobic Safari - part of mom and dad's Christmas vacation.
Subic Bay, Zambales
January 26, 2008

Michael's Christening

"We can only guess how much joy Baby Michael brings to you... most specially, as you welcome him into the Christian world. May God Bless him on his Christening and for all the days after..." -Ate Connie & Kuya Jonathan



























Dec. 27, 2007. Thursday 11 am
Mary the Queen Parish Church, Belfast Ave. Greater Fairview

Mico - wersmamilk?

Mico's first taste of a baby pacifier. Mas gusto nya pa rin yung dodo ng cow.

Christmas 2007

Dad played Santa for us. Agot Brix, Raphael and Matthew couldn't believe their eyes when they saw Santa actually coming down from upstairs. Hohoho!

Breakfast at Bloomfilelds

Mom and Dad on vacation and I invited them to have breakfast in Bloomfilelds. Anne and Bhing tagged along with Agot and Raphael.

NorthCamp 1215_07

This could be my last game for 2007 and what a run it has been. Met new friends, renewed old acquaintances and proved being a lonewolf isn't at all such a bad idea. My teammates from TMS (Team Mission Specific) is on a hiatus for sometime now and i am still waiting for them to play soon.












TMS during the 2005 Operation Unity



The NorthCamp, my home each and every playing date for almost two years now has somehow provided a haven to dealt with my craving for airsoft. Spear heading the management of the site and it's avid followers is the triumvirate leadership of Horace, Giovan and Reggie of Team CCAG/Sat Group. Through their guidance, players grew from a humble 12 to a responsible 50 as an average count every playing date. Player discipline is high on the list something that other playing site can only dream of.

The NC Fellowship Day (Dec15'07) is a fitting event to capped NorthCamp's success for the year 2007. Regular game was held and after that, just on the onset of dusk, bonfire was held complete with food and drink plus plenty of laughter and a lot of cheers. And this was captured through the lens of Dennis Magdamo, a professional photographer, a friend and comrade from the advertising world.































































Me, Dennis and Horace

Camp Malauk 1202_07

Scheduled commitments is the main reason why I wasn't able to attend the Saturday gathering at the NorthCamp but that also prompted me to make good of my promise to Merdoc to visit his Camp before the year ends, so Sunday came and off to Camp Malauak I went. Grabe! Ang lawak talaga. Sayang cp camera lang ang dala ko kaya hindi ko nakunan ng litrato yung lugar.














Lunchbreak with team Talahib.
(photo courtesy of team Talahib)

Matthew meets Michael

After two weeks stay with the lolos and the lolas in Diamond Vill, we finally went home to Bloomfields and Kuya Matthew is there to welcome his new baby brother Michael.

NorthCamp 1103_07

Maski masama pakiramdam, meron ubo at sinipon dahil sa puyat kay bebe... nagawa pang maisingit ang ersop! adik talaga! hehehe.














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Baby Michael

On Octber 24, 2007 at exactly 7:59 pm, Irene successfully delivered a healthy baby boy, truly an angel from Above. We named him Michael.

Matthew's Shell Banner

Matthew's Shell chess banner was displayed along with other banners during the Grand Finals of the Shell National Youth Active Chess Championship at the SM MegaMall last Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007. We drop by to watch and I am amaze how young some of the participants are... 4 and 3 years old already highly skilled in chess!