Dragon nest: Minotaur's nest first solo attempt

Two days ago, I attempted to solo Minotaur's Nest with my level 34 engineer. The dungeon was recommended for a party of 4 people that are at least level 24 so being 10 levels higher I thought I should give it a try. Together with my robot army Alfredo and the mecha ducks, I entered the nest without really knowing what's waiting for me inside... *panic*

At first, I could handle Minotaur's minions. Setting all my cannon attacks and shooting my ducks here and there but when Minotaur itself engaged us in a battle, I always found myself getting dragged around by him. >.< He was huge and enormous for my loli character that sometimes I could no longer see myself. lol. With around 4 to 5 deaths, I still managed to kill him and had all the loots for myself. I got lucky with that S-rank and the epic Cow Strike heraldry. =) My character was only geared up with a +7 Gaia set (with the suffixes and enhancements). I'll probably get myself epic gears upon becoming a Gear Master. :)

Bad Job Application Experience

I just want to share my experience with this BS II Company in Ortigas and it's "fraudulent" ways to get people to work for them. A month ago, I received a text message coming from a certain Ms. Ella who was telling me to come for an interview the next day. Supposedly, there were hiring people from all kinds of courses for their newly opened office at Ortigas Tektite Building. At that time, me and my best friends were having a sleep over here at my house so I asked my friends if they want to come with me next time. They agreed and so the three of us went to Phil. Stock Exchange Center Tektite bldg. and decided to check the job opportunity being offered. When we arrived there, a man around early 30's asked us if we were there for a job application. I said yes and he offered us to check out their office inside the Phil. Stock Exchange Center. I asked him what company he was talking about and it seems that it was the same company that we're actually looking for. The guy asked us if we were there for an appointment and I told him yes with Ms. Ella and he asked again if I had an appointment with Ms. Ella that certain day. When I told him "no" he told us that he'd be our contact person instead and that if we were asked by the company how we learned about them, we'd tell them that we're only walk-in applicants. Me and my friends made glances at each other and we're starting to think that something's kinda fishy. With caution, we went with our "contact person" and he guided us a couple of floors up the building (can't remember the exact floor). We were guided inside a room with only tables and chairs that is packed with applicants . Nothing more. There were no computers or other office equipments of some sort. We were immediately presented to their Senior Area Manager and he was the one who conducted the interview with all three of us. Actually, one of our friends was only there to accompany us but people from that company insisted that she too should participate in the interview, seminar as well as the exams. So okay we finished the initial interview, attended their afternoon seminar and took the exams. It turned out that there were fees to be paid for us to become hired by the company. Part of their requirements is for us to pay P500 which they called their "accreditation fee" and to avail at least one of their offered products which is around P2k+ I think. There was no job to begin with. They hire people to recruit other people and for those people to recruit more people. It's a pyramid marketing scam. They earn through those requirement fees that they collect from their applicants. The senior area manager even told us that he could pay for the 500 on our behalf and we could just pay it the next day but good thing we were smart enough not to be deceived by them. Finally, he told us that we are hired *insert evil sarcastic laugh here* and that we should come back the next day. We said we would. When we got home, we blocked their numbers and laughed how we almost made a fool of ourselves. :D  

  

It is BS II Company located in Phil. Stock Exchange Center, Tektite Bldg. in Ortigas. Now, I'm merely sharing my bad experience with this certain company. For all those job seekers, please always be cautious. Don't just barge in a company after they contact you. Make a research first about the company and decide whether the company is legit or worth your time/money.

Anime: Sword Art Online Ep. 12

This episode breaks my heart. How could they kill such an adorable and nice character. :'( When Yui first appeared in episode 11, I thought Kirito and Asuna would finally have their happy      family inside that damned virtual world. So much for keeping my hopes up. :/

Oh well, this probably goes to show that SAO isn't your typical yey-Kirito-Asuna-became-a-couple-we-should-celebrate kind of anime. Kirito should just give Asuna a real baby, kidding. :3 

Kara: Jiyoung - Wanna Do (Jap. PV+Lyrics)

[MV] Jiyoung (KARA) - Wanna Do JP Ver. by mrhoneyhammie

Kang Jiyoung - Wanna Do Jap. Lyrics

(Please credit me and link back to this blog when posting the lyrics to other places thanks.)

yume mitai na
koi mo itsuka
owari o suge
kioku ni naru
demo kimi to sugoshita hibi
kantan ni wa
kesenai no
mou iie ni naru
imademo kimi ga
modotte kuro no
negatta iru nante
baka mitai yo ne

chorus:
(oh i wanna do wanna do)
kimi o wasureru
kore ijou namida
kobosanai
(oh iwanna do wanna do)
subette wasureru
omotte mo kimi ni todokanai
dakara

shashin no naka
kimi to watashi
shiawase sou ni
hohoemi kara
yubisaki de kimi no egao
kakushite mitta
konna funi kesettara ii
itsu hi nattara
kizu wa iette
omoide ni kegashitte
jiyuu ni nareru

*repeat chorus*

kirai ni nareba
raku na no ni
dekinakutte
kokoro ga itai

kono negau koto wa
kimi e no kimochi
mou let it go, let it go
te banashite

oh i wanna do wanna do
tsuyoku naru koto
hitori demo mae ni
susumitai
dakara~

oohhh oh be mine..

Kara: Dear Kamilia English Lyrics

I made this English lyrics based from this English translation. :) If you're gonna use it for your cover, kindly inform and credit me. Thanks and enjoy~ :)

With All of my Heart

Since the day that we first met

There are words, that I've had hidden until now

It's not because I got so embarrassed

That I've tried, to keep those words away from now

They say that dreams won't be always true

But I know somehow I can still be with you

Even though we are in different worlds

I believe, I'd still be able to meet you

Even if, the world, will change every single day

With your smile, I know, I can still wipe those fears away

Even if a long time will pass us I can still believe

No matter what, that you would still be here with me

Chorus:

From the bottom of my heart

I want to show you how much I thank you

Can you hear me now?

You protect me everyday 

and shower me with so much love and warmth 

Baby I just want to tell you how much I love you

A promise that we'll make

That no matter how much time will pass us years from now

We'd still be side by side

What we have now is destiny

It is fate, that you are right now here with me

Even if I'll be born once again

I know, that you and I will surely meet

Sometimes, sometimes, even if it hurts and I shed tears

Softly, softly, you whisper nice words in my ears

At those times, when my heart and mind is full of sadness and fears

You're always there to raise me up and take my hand


Repeat Chorus

K-pop: T-ara Alleged Bullying Controversy

     Tons of articles are everywhere on the internet regarding this whole CCM/T-ara issue, Hwayoung even made it as the 5th trending topic in Twitter days ago. I believe I've already read enough proof to be leaning towards Hwayoung's side of this scandal. I'm not really a big fan of T-ara but I liked some of their songs and one of their members, Eun Jung. Later on, a friend of mine introduced me to their latest song, Day by day and Hwayoung really impressed me with her rapping. For me, Day by day would no longer  be that good without Hwayoung's rapping parts. As much as I want to have faith in T-ara and keep supporting them amidst all of this mess, I can't. I may not know the root of all this issue but I can't keep quiet when the issue of bullying is already involved in this matter.

Here are some articles written regarding evidences gathered by the netizens:

• Hwayoung bullying evidence/pictures
• Rumored post written by Hwayoung 
• Eunjung rice cake stuffing issue
• Hwayoung falling while dancing
• Hwayoung wasn't given any food even though Hyomin got 2 for herself  

And do you remember the umbrella issue wherein Boram supposedly broke Hwayoung's umbrella? It was confirmed fake by this article.  Even if that umbrella issue was proven to be fabricated by netizens,  I believe we already have an ample amount of evidences lying around that lead us back to the bullying issue. As much as I've wanted to give you proof of T-ara's friendliness towards Hwayoung, unfortunately I can't find anything of that sort around the internet. xD Are all of this coincidences? But we have that old saying "When there is smoke, there is fire". :) It's all up to you how you should side with this issue but once and for all, my sympathy is for Hwayoung. She, or no one really deserves to be treated like this no matter what the reasons are.

Keep strong Hwayoung. :)

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