Thought for the day

 

Calling Manila - Flesh and Blood

 

Date: August 16-18, 2024
Venue: One Ayala, 1 Ayala Ave, Makati, 1226 Metro Manila, Philippines
Event Hall: SPACE at One Ayala, Halls C & D
Registration: http://lgdevents.com
Hosted by: Legendary Games Distribution
Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/@fabtcg

story of the coin on a busy street ver2

 Once two friends were walking down the sidewalk on a busy street during rush hour.  There were all sorts of noise in the city; car horns honking, feet shuffling, people talking! And amid all the noise, one of the friends turned to the other and said, “I hear a cricket.”

“No way,” her friend responded. “How could you hear a cricket with all of this noise? You must be imagining it. Besides, I’ve never seen a cricket in the city.”

“No really, I do hear a cricket. I’ll show you.”  She stopped for a moment, then led her friend across the street to a big cement planter with a tree in it.  Pushing back the leaves she found a little brown cricket.

“That’s amazing!” said her friend, “You must have a super-human hearing. What’s your secret?”

“No, my hearing is just the same as yours. There’s no secret,” The first woman replied. “Watch, I’ll show you.”  She reached into her pocket, pulled out some loose change, and threw it on the sidewalk.   Amid all of the noise of the city, everyone within thirty feet turned their head to see where the sound of the money was coming from.

“See,” she said. “It’s all a matter of what you are listening for.”

Source | Elisa Davy Pearmain,
Doorways to the Soul: 52 Wisdom Tales from Around the World, page 14.

Story of the coin on a busy street

 Gerry was walking down a sidewalk in Washington D.C., with a Native American friend who worked in the Bureau of Indian Affairs. It was lunchtime in Washington. People were husslin’ and busslin’ along the sidewalks, and car honks and hurried engine noises filled the streets. In the middle of all this traffic, Gerry’s friend stopped and said, “hey, a. cricket!”

“What?” said Gerry.

“Yeah, a cricket,” said his friend. “Look here,” and he pulled aside some of the bushes that separated the sidewalk from the government buildings. There in the shade was a cricket chirping away.

“Wow,” said Gerry, “How did you hear that with all this noise and traffic?”

“Oh,” said the Native man. “It was the way I was raised … what I was taught to listen for. Here, I’ll show you something.”

The Native man reached into his pocket and pulled out a handful of coins … nickels, quarters, dimes … and dropped then on the sidewalk. Everyone who was rushing by stopped to … listen.

Source: Susan Strauss

Passionate Fact: Storytelling in Natural History and Cultural Interpretation (Fulcrum Publishing, 1996) page 9

PreCalling FAB

So far one of my best performance with regards to flesh and blood.

For constructed format.

Ended 3rd on a player pool of 31.

This was an invite only event, meaning you will need to qualify first before getting to play the game.

Tourney report 

Round 1 Uzuri. Win. 

- Won the die roll, played first. you do not want to be second and have Uzuri set up his board.

- 2 cast bones in, moved savage beatdown and massacre.

Round 2 Enigma Win

- lost the die roll, but i got to be second.. 

- almost fatigue me to death.

- 3 weakest link in

Round 3 Kayo win

- won the die roll, of course played second.

- tempo always go to the second player.

- 3 weakest link in

Round 4 Kayo loss (Carlo Ople)

- won the die roll, played second of course

- loss to turn 0, and 1 cast bones. This play switch the tempo bigtime

- 3 weakest link in

Round 5 Zen Win

- won the die roll, played second.

- 5 pummel in, out 2 reckless swing

- Pummel won me this game

Cut to top 8

round 1 against Mike V with Zen. Loss