i'm blogging because mai kao is forcing me to.
just finished a long weekend at church. spent all day saturday practicing guitar for church and then all day today at church playing. it was fun to play just electric guitar for church and not have to lead. its fun leading, but as all those who lead worship know, its even more fun to just play guitar and be on the worship team. i used my friends gear (the big green Line 6 delay, the purple Line 6 modulator, a tubescreamer and a volume pedal into a real sweet ampeg combo amp 1x15) and it was rad. i'm gonna pick up a line 6 delay when i get back home. also, i'm looking to get a Line 6 pod, b/c they are so convenient for travel and playing at home.
mai kao and i are really thinking hard about staying or coming back home. we have stability here, we are active in the church, we have our own place. if we go home, we have no stability, no place to call our own yet, no jobs and no idea where to come home to. its becoming much harder to make heart decisions these days if you know what i mean. when you're on your own, and taking good care of yourself, it is hard to just uproot and follow your heart, leave everything behind. i wish i could combine our life here with our friends/family back home. that would make things so much easier.
this year, i've been making some really good friends here. i'm really learning how to be a light in a dark place. also, i am glad my friends are really accepting of my faith, they even applaud it.
okay. i'm done.
love everyone. miss the babies. hello jean green (random shout out)
josh out.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Destiny
I've met someone right up my alley... and I'm excited!
We had a great talk with someone from our church who is building library media centers in Sichuan province, where the earthquake hit 2 yrs ago. They went in bringing a few books here and there, and thought that would be fine, but opportunities to partner with the people and place have been blessed and opened... There is a place and people are open to [Christians] helping and even the funds are there, but not people who know how to train, buy material, and develop educational spaces! I call this destiny because the place is called BaoBaoXiong... the same Xiong that's used for our last name (Xiong is Chinese means 'bear'.)
It's nothing really, but I'm happy because I've been looking for opportunities to really serve and use what I know and love. I've also been looking at short term missions trips since Josh will be in San Diego during the Chinese New Years, we I don't know if that will lead anywhere.
Don't you feel great that you know God? And thankful and amazed and happy?
Go JC!
We had a great talk with someone from our church who is building library media centers in Sichuan province, where the earthquake hit 2 yrs ago. They went in bringing a few books here and there, and thought that would be fine, but opportunities to partner with the people and place have been blessed and opened... There is a place and people are open to [Christians] helping and even the funds are there, but not people who know how to train, buy material, and develop educational spaces! I call this destiny because the place is called BaoBaoXiong... the same Xiong that's used for our last name (Xiong is Chinese means 'bear'.)
It's nothing really, but I'm happy because I've been looking for opportunities to really serve and use what I know and love. I've also been looking at short term missions trips since Josh will be in San Diego during the Chinese New Years, we I don't know if that will lead anywhere.
Don't you feel great that you know God? And thankful and amazed and happy?
Go JC!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Waking up in Shanghai
Man, there's no bed like home's. You know what I love about most about our bed? My pillows! I use the cheapest pillow at Ikea. I forgot what it's called, but I know it doesn't cost much. I love it because the filling is really loose and fluffy. I might add, stress on the loose and fluffy. But for that reason, my head feels like it's on a puff of clouds when I sleep at night. I love it!!!
(Josh on the other hand, likes to sleep on the firmest, hardest pillows, aka, rocks.)
Waking up in Shanghai, it's still cold.
I think people who don't use/own cars and live here... their overall quality of life is colder. Serious. I think the best people who can understand this feeling are the commuters. I bet you all money that Isiah, Xay, and TD Xay's overall life is just... much colder feeling than yours!!! Ask them.
Whenever we get back from a mini-vacation, we're busy and tired feeling. I'll def. try to post up pictures ASAP.
(Josh on the other hand, likes to sleep on the firmest, hardest pillows, aka, rocks.)
Waking up in Shanghai, it's still cold.
I think people who don't use/own cars and live here... their overall quality of life is colder. Serious. I think the best people who can understand this feeling are the commuters. I bet you all money that Isiah, Xay, and TD Xay's overall life is just... much colder feeling than yours!!! Ask them.
Whenever we get back from a mini-vacation, we're busy and tired feeling. I'll def. try to post up pictures ASAP.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Waking up in Seoul...
... it's COLD!!! but at least it's another sunny day.
We're staying at a guesthouse/hostel. It's literally a room at a house, which I kind a like. It's complete with the flowery asian wallpaper (even the Kong house still its!) oversized asian wall calendar, no shoes ever allowed in the house. it feels very... Korean! (as if i really knew what that was.) i'm glad i packed my slipper socks.
the carpet industry here in Korea must not be a lively one, cause they just don't do carpet here.
last night josh and i had a blast, enjoying the brisk night to its max. it included: coffee, looking at bakeries, soju, Korean BBQ in all its meat, lettuce, and kimchi'd goodness, lots of pojangmacha - the food tents/food stalls on the street, and awinding alleys (that's where the guesthouse is.)
Time to wake up Josh. Day 2, here we come!
We're staying at a guesthouse/hostel. It's literally a room at a house, which I kind a like. It's complete with the flowery asian wallpaper (even the Kong house still its!) oversized asian wall calendar, no shoes ever allowed in the house. it feels very... Korean! (as if i really knew what that was.) i'm glad i packed my slipper socks.
the carpet industry here in Korea must not be a lively one, cause they just don't do carpet here.
last night josh and i had a blast, enjoying the brisk night to its max. it included: coffee, looking at bakeries, soju, Korean BBQ in all its meat, lettuce, and kimchi'd goodness, lots of pojangmacha - the food tents/food stalls on the street, and awinding alleys (that's where the guesthouse is.)
Time to wake up Josh. Day 2, here we come!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Pass Go, Collect $200
That's how the rest of this week will feel!
Today we begin our Midterms. That means we only work till noon. Of course we also have more tests to grade, but we don't teach and kids go home early. YES!
We also have a 3 1/2 day weekend. So what better to do? We're going to Seoul! I'm quite excited. We haven't planned much yet, but I'm printing all my Korean basic phrases now so at least we can get around... sort of.
We just got Josh's laptop fixed. The hard drive blew out, and we were really scared because the most important files in our life were backed and stored on that computer. I fell like I remember Isiah saying once that we should always back up our files. Let me tell you now...
BACK UP YOUR IMPORTANT FILES!
We're gonna go buy an external hardrive just for this reason cause I really don't want to lose my old college papers, programs, resumes, etc. etc.
RESPONSE TO POSTS WE'VE BEEN READING:
I really liked Yij Second's recent post on describing people in just 1 word. I think they were really on the spot.
Pajjar: You can give your friends these emails: mxiong.shsid@gmail.com or
joshuamongxiong@gmail.com. These our our work addresses, since this is a public post. It'd be great to meet more new friends in Shanghai, and when they arrive, we're definitely willing to help them out as best we can!
Jonah: *sigh* I knew he would like My Car. I really like a lot of the books the author writes (Byron Barton).
Glad Peter found a job.
Judy: I got my wisdom teeth pulledo ut too. All 4 of them cause they were impacted. Was knocked OUT! Even got codine afterwards for the pain cause I was a bloody mess. Hope you get better fast!
Bye for now.
Today we begin our Midterms. That means we only work till noon. Of course we also have more tests to grade, but we don't teach and kids go home early. YES!
We also have a 3 1/2 day weekend. So what better to do? We're going to Seoul! I'm quite excited. We haven't planned much yet, but I'm printing all my Korean basic phrases now so at least we can get around... sort of.
We just got Josh's laptop fixed. The hard drive blew out, and we were really scared because the most important files in our life were backed and stored on that computer. I fell like I remember Isiah saying once that we should always back up our files. Let me tell you now...
BACK UP YOUR IMPORTANT FILES!
We're gonna go buy an external hardrive just for this reason cause I really don't want to lose my old college papers, programs, resumes, etc. etc.
RESPONSE TO POSTS WE'VE BEEN READING:
I really liked Yij Second's recent post on describing people in just 1 word. I think they were really on the spot.
Pajjar: You can give your friends these emails: mxiong.shsid@gmail.com or
joshuamongxiong@gmail.com. These our our work addresses, since this is a public post. It'd be great to meet more new friends in Shanghai, and when they arrive, we're definitely willing to help them out as best we can!
Jonah: *sigh* I knew he would like My Car. I really like a lot of the books the author writes (Byron Barton).
Glad Peter found a job.
Judy: I got my wisdom teeth pulledo ut too. All 4 of them cause they were impacted. Was knocked OUT! Even got codine afterwards for the pain cause I was a bloody mess. Hope you get better fast!
Bye for now.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Play... and music onwership philosophy
The song that has the most play on my itunes shocked me.
It's "she is" by Clazziquai and a song on the My Lovely Samsoon soundtrack. It has 17 plays! What the..?!! Have I really listened to this song the most out of the 879 songs I currently have on my ipod?
Almost all of the music we get these days (98%) comes from download loading through rapidshare. Getting new music is so easy that I've noticed Josh has a huge library of music. He has 80 G and maybe only one video on his ipod. That leaves room for a whole lot of music.
But I've concluded this: I'm not going to keep a song on my ipod if it has 0 play counts. I think that's just really silly. i admit, i've got about 100 songs that are currently at 0. i'm going to listen to each one of them to determine whether it will make the cut or whether it'll be put on the chopping block.
Next time you log into your itunes, check which song has the most play counts. how good can a song in your life be that you've listened to it that many times?
It's "she is" by Clazziquai and a song on the My Lovely Samsoon soundtrack. It has 17 plays! What the..?!! Have I really listened to this song the most out of the 879 songs I currently have on my ipod?
Almost all of the music we get these days (98%) comes from download loading through rapidshare. Getting new music is so easy that I've noticed Josh has a huge library of music. He has 80 G and maybe only one video on his ipod. That leaves room for a whole lot of music.
But I've concluded this: I'm not going to keep a song on my ipod if it has 0 play counts. I think that's just really silly. i admit, i've got about 100 songs that are currently at 0. i'm going to listen to each one of them to determine whether it will make the cut or whether it'll be put on the chopping block.
Next time you log into your itunes, check which song has the most play counts. how good can a song in your life be that you've listened to it that many times?
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Things to improve
When we have kids, I'm going to try to be strict on them in these areas because now that I'm older, I wish I would have taken care of myself better when I was younger so I don't have to suffer now:
1. Teeth: Brushing teeth, cavities, eating candy, you name it. I'm starting to have teeth problems now at only 29 and if they'll even last me the rest of my life (however long that will be.)
2. Scrubbing in those unseen places: You know what I'm talking about. Like the armpits and behind the ears and inside your belly button. If you don't take care of these places as a kid, all the srubbing as an adult won't make the caked up kauv go away!
3. Learning: I'm going to try my best to teach our kids. The Hmong parents of our generation left all the teaching to our public school teachers. This makes sense, because probably 99% of them never learned algebra in 7th grade anyway, so they couldn't help us if they wanted. Being a teacher myself though, I see that teachers play only a minor role in a child's education and learning. It's my hope that our kids know a lot things (facts in the brain) and that Josh can help them be able to think critically (using this facts.) We really want them to have a rounded, world-wide view and understanding of life & God's creation.
These days, as we get older, life goes from great to the worst to good to not-so-bad so quickly. We think about everyone at home often. There seems to be so many struggles these days. We're not sure what to even say or do... Our course Josh and my easy answer is this: Hey, come to China. You won't regret it!
We look forward with hope and faith and prayers for this season of hardship to pass for everyone we love. We look forward to the new babies coming soon in the family, forward to Advent and Christmas season, forward to hear your praises about worship, church, and fellowship.
p.s. (this is josh speaking now)
check out this weblink and scroll to the bottom.
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=mtgcom/protour/sandiego10-invitations
BOOYAH!!!
1. Teeth: Brushing teeth, cavities, eating candy, you name it. I'm starting to have teeth problems now at only 29 and if they'll even last me the rest of my life (however long that will be.)
2. Scrubbing in those unseen places: You know what I'm talking about. Like the armpits and behind the ears and inside your belly button. If you don't take care of these places as a kid, all the srubbing as an adult won't make the caked up kauv go away!
3. Learning: I'm going to try my best to teach our kids. The Hmong parents of our generation left all the teaching to our public school teachers. This makes sense, because probably 99% of them never learned algebra in 7th grade anyway, so they couldn't help us if they wanted. Being a teacher myself though, I see that teachers play only a minor role in a child's education and learning. It's my hope that our kids know a lot things (facts in the brain) and that Josh can help them be able to think critically (using this facts.) We really want them to have a rounded, world-wide view and understanding of life & God's creation.
These days, as we get older, life goes from great to the worst to good to not-so-bad so quickly. We think about everyone at home often. There seems to be so many struggles these days. We're not sure what to even say or do... Our course Josh and my easy answer is this: Hey, come to China. You won't regret it!
We look forward with hope and faith and prayers for this season of hardship to pass for everyone we love. We look forward to the new babies coming soon in the family, forward to Advent and Christmas season, forward to hear your praises about worship, church, and fellowship.
p.s. (this is josh speaking now)
check out this weblink and scroll to the bottom.
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Events.aspx?x=mtgcom/protour/sandiego10-invitations
BOOYAH!!!
Monday, November 2, 2009
Magic Talk- by Mai Kao
To congratulate Mr. Xiong on his win, I devote this post to his favorite hobby right now.
1. I figure this must be his destiny, because the San Diego Pro Tour starts 1-2 days after the Chinese New Year. That means we'll be on our 3-week vacation anyway, so Josh doesn't even need to take vacation time to go.
2. He could have chosen to take a $375 cash-prize or a free plane ticket to San Diego. He chose the latter, which I guess is the better prize, since it's value is like over, $1200.
3. So he asks me if this win validates his game playing and money spending. I guess so. But since I'm a girl, I'm still thinking, Well, you only won once! Big deal. Girls are so evil and selfish, I know! Sorry guys.
4. Josh says the guy says his DCI points should go up like 200 points. I think that's great!
5. I told him to open his box that he won and sell the cards he doesn't need and give me the money, since he's been spending $ on cards like a crazy man lately.
6. We were thinking of like, going to Malaysia or something for the Chinese New Year. Aww, man! I don't think I want to go to San Diego with Josh. OK, let's be honest. I don't want to go or drop the money. So now what to do... what to do... ?
In the end though, I'm very proud of Josh. Like he says, it's the deck and the pilot that wins. He made some new friends, brought home some bacon, and he beat the CHinese National Champion. That's my Doodle!
1. I figure this must be his destiny, because the San Diego Pro Tour starts 1-2 days after the Chinese New Year. That means we'll be on our 3-week vacation anyway, so Josh doesn't even need to take vacation time to go.
2. He could have chosen to take a $375 cash-prize or a free plane ticket to San Diego. He chose the latter, which I guess is the better prize, since it's value is like over, $1200.
3. So he asks me if this win validates his game playing and money spending. I guess so. But since I'm a girl, I'm still thinking, Well, you only won once! Big deal. Girls are so evil and selfish, I know! Sorry guys.
4. Josh says the guy says his DCI points should go up like 200 points. I think that's great!
5. I told him to open his box that he won and sell the cards he doesn't need and give me the money, since he's been spending $ on cards like a crazy man lately.
6. We were thinking of like, going to Malaysia or something for the Chinese New Year. Aww, man! I don't think I want to go to San Diego with Josh. OK, let's be honest. I don't want to go or drop the money. So now what to do... what to do... ?
In the end though, I'm very proud of Josh. Like he says, it's the deck and the pilot that wins. He made some new friends, brought home some bacon, and he beat the CHinese National Champion. That's my Doodle!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
PTQ Shanghai
today i played in the Shanghai PTQ qualifier for Pro Tour San Diego... and WON! holy cow. i still cant believe i did it. here is the run down on my day.
i arrived at the place to see about 100 people there to play.
my sealed pool was really deep. i was really tempted to go 4 Color Green with my two harrows and heart expedition, gladhearts and woodcrasher, but i didnt want to play a janky 4 color deck and run into mana problems, so i looked over my deck again and realized that my R/B was pretty awesome, with 7 removal spells and tons of fast creatures. this is what i decided upon.
1 bladetusk boar
1 goblin shortcutter
1 plated gigapede
1 highland berserker
1 tuktuk grunts
1 goblin ruinblaster
1 shatterskull ogre
1 giant scorpion
1 vampire vexmage
1 heartstabber mosquito
1 surrakar marauder
1 grulgaz vampire
2 vampire lacerator
1 disfigure
1 hideous end
1 burst lightning
1 inferno trap
1 spire barrage
1 slaughter cry
1 grim discovery
1 trusty machete
1 adventuring gear
9 swamps
7 mountains
1 teetering peaks
i won my first 4 matches in record time. every time my friends looked over at me, i was already signing the slip with a victory on it. after looking around and seeing the standings, i realized that i could just draw into the top 8 so i drew the last 2 games and found myself sitting at 4-0-2 and in my first PTQ top 8.
i sat down and my first pick pack one...hideous end...next pick, trusty machete!!! i had to really mess things up to do badly in this draft. my goal was to cut off black and red so i could be mega hooked up in the following packs. i picked up a murasa ally shooter guy and a nissa sellsword. pretty decent pack one.
pack two, pick one i pick a geyser glider...followed up with a burst lightning and punishing fire. nice...also, i manage to pick up two gobling shortcutters.
pack three i round out my deck with more allies and an adventuring gear and some bladetusk boars.
after the draft i felt really confident i had the best deck in the room. my friend josh said after watching me draft that i should already start packing for San Diego. i told him there is still a lot of playing to be done.
draft deck: TOP 8
1 trusty machete
1 adventuring gear
1 artifact puma guy
1 nissa sellsword
1 tuktuk grunts
2 highland beserkers
2 goblin shortcutters
2 surrakar marauders
1 giant scorpion
2 bladetusk boars
1 geyser glider
1 murasa ally shooter guy
1 grim discovery
1 slaughter cry
1 burst lightning
2 hideous end
1 punishing fire
1 teetering peaks
1 akoum refuge
9 mountains
7 swamps
match one - opp- B/W deck
he takes me down to one life but doesnt have the gas to finish me off and my bladetusk boars go all the way for the victory. i lose the second game to a 4/2 swamp walker. this was my first game loss of the entire day, but i wasnt too fazed b/c you really cant win every game. that would be insane. turn one, trusty machete...with a bunch of intimidate guys for the victory. off to the semifinals
match two- R/U aggro
this guys was really good. i get blown out of the water in the first game to his welkin terns, skyruin drake and my one misplay. i forgot to equip my boar with the adventuring armor and then attack and so was sidetracked one turn. also, i really had no chance against his awesome draw. game two, i just barely take the game because he isnt able to handle my intimidate guys with a turn one machete. i out race him.
game three of the match was my greatest playing of magic of my life. the game was a race down to the final two turns. the board is cleared except for his 2/1 recklass scholar with him at 4 life and me at 2. i need a top deck to stay in the game...any creature will do...i knock on the top of my deck and draw a geyser glider. awesome. i play him and my opponent gasps in shock that one attack from my guy will kill him, so on his turn searches for answers, taps his scholar for more outs and then casts another scholar. at this point i know that i need a top deck of glory to win the match and advance to the finals. the board position has him sitting with two creatures, one to chump block, one tapped. i'm only at two so if i dont win here he will be able to attack with his lone guy for the win. at this point the entire room is dead silent waiting for my topdeck...i draw a mountain, play it and swing for the win! my opponent is shocked and i walk off to the finals. two amazing top decks in a row, normally one top deck is crazy, but TWO?!? thats ridiculus...after the match my friends tell me that i just beat China's 2009 National Champ. the entire day i was totally calm but after they told me that after the fact that i had won, i began to get nervous...could i actually win this?
Finals - U/W
my opening hand is trusty machete, 2 surrakar marauder, bladetusk boar 2 mountains, 1 swamp. there was no way he could keep up. i won easily.
second game, opening hand: adventuring gear, 2 highland beserker, bladetusk boar, slaughter cry, mountain, swamp. i get lucky and draw into some lands and removal and he has no way of stopping my guys from running into him.
OMG! i just won a PTQ!!!!!! that was one of my lifetime goals and now i've just acheived it! i'm still in shock. i knew we were good MTG players but i didnt realize that our group of friends were capable of winning at this high level. i encourage you guys to go to these events, if i can do it surely you can do it too.
*all-stars of the day*
1. trusty machete, is the best card in limited. all day long it made my guys complete nightmares to deal with.
2. surrakar marauders and bladetusk boars, intimidate is total ace in this format
3. mai kao for letting me play.
4. my friend dennis for sticking it out with me the whole day and rooting for me hard to win at the end. also, with helping me play test and making me a better MTG player.
5. teetering peaks.
6. slaughter cry, it won me at least 3 games.
see you in San Diego.
Josh out.
i arrived at the place to see about 100 people there to play.
my sealed pool was really deep. i was really tempted to go 4 Color Green with my two harrows and heart expedition, gladhearts and woodcrasher, but i didnt want to play a janky 4 color deck and run into mana problems, so i looked over my deck again and realized that my R/B was pretty awesome, with 7 removal spells and tons of fast creatures. this is what i decided upon.
1 bladetusk boar
1 goblin shortcutter
1 plated gigapede
1 highland berserker
1 tuktuk grunts
1 goblin ruinblaster
1 shatterskull ogre
1 giant scorpion
1 vampire vexmage
1 heartstabber mosquito
1 surrakar marauder
1 grulgaz vampire
2 vampire lacerator
1 disfigure
1 hideous end
1 burst lightning
1 inferno trap
1 spire barrage
1 slaughter cry
1 grim discovery
1 trusty machete
1 adventuring gear
9 swamps
7 mountains
1 teetering peaks
i won my first 4 matches in record time. every time my friends looked over at me, i was already signing the slip with a victory on it. after looking around and seeing the standings, i realized that i could just draw into the top 8 so i drew the last 2 games and found myself sitting at 4-0-2 and in my first PTQ top 8.
i sat down and my first pick pack one...hideous end...next pick, trusty machete!!! i had to really mess things up to do badly in this draft. my goal was to cut off black and red so i could be mega hooked up in the following packs. i picked up a murasa ally shooter guy and a nissa sellsword. pretty decent pack one.
pack two, pick one i pick a geyser glider...followed up with a burst lightning and punishing fire. nice...also, i manage to pick up two gobling shortcutters.
pack three i round out my deck with more allies and an adventuring gear and some bladetusk boars.
after the draft i felt really confident i had the best deck in the room. my friend josh said after watching me draft that i should already start packing for San Diego. i told him there is still a lot of playing to be done.
draft deck: TOP 8
1 trusty machete
1 adventuring gear
1 artifact puma guy
1 nissa sellsword
1 tuktuk grunts
2 highland beserkers
2 goblin shortcutters
2 surrakar marauders
1 giant scorpion
2 bladetusk boars
1 geyser glider
1 murasa ally shooter guy
1 grim discovery
1 slaughter cry
1 burst lightning
2 hideous end
1 punishing fire
1 teetering peaks
1 akoum refuge
9 mountains
7 swamps
match one - opp- B/W deck
he takes me down to one life but doesnt have the gas to finish me off and my bladetusk boars go all the way for the victory. i lose the second game to a 4/2 swamp walker. this was my first game loss of the entire day, but i wasnt too fazed b/c you really cant win every game. that would be insane. turn one, trusty machete...with a bunch of intimidate guys for the victory. off to the semifinals
match two- R/U aggro
this guys was really good. i get blown out of the water in the first game to his welkin terns, skyruin drake and my one misplay. i forgot to equip my boar with the adventuring armor and then attack and so was sidetracked one turn. also, i really had no chance against his awesome draw. game two, i just barely take the game because he isnt able to handle my intimidate guys with a turn one machete. i out race him.
game three of the match was my greatest playing of magic of my life. the game was a race down to the final two turns. the board is cleared except for his 2/1 recklass scholar with him at 4 life and me at 2. i need a top deck to stay in the game...any creature will do...i knock on the top of my deck and draw a geyser glider. awesome. i play him and my opponent gasps in shock that one attack from my guy will kill him, so on his turn searches for answers, taps his scholar for more outs and then casts another scholar. at this point i know that i need a top deck of glory to win the match and advance to the finals. the board position has him sitting with two creatures, one to chump block, one tapped. i'm only at two so if i dont win here he will be able to attack with his lone guy for the win. at this point the entire room is dead silent waiting for my topdeck...i draw a mountain, play it and swing for the win! my opponent is shocked and i walk off to the finals. two amazing top decks in a row, normally one top deck is crazy, but TWO?!? thats ridiculus...after the match my friends tell me that i just beat China's 2009 National Champ. the entire day i was totally calm but after they told me that after the fact that i had won, i began to get nervous...could i actually win this?
Finals - U/W
my opening hand is trusty machete, 2 surrakar marauder, bladetusk boar 2 mountains, 1 swamp. there was no way he could keep up. i won easily.
second game, opening hand: adventuring gear, 2 highland beserker, bladetusk boar, slaughter cry, mountain, swamp. i get lucky and draw into some lands and removal and he has no way of stopping my guys from running into him.
OMG! i just won a PTQ!!!!!! that was one of my lifetime goals and now i've just acheived it! i'm still in shock. i knew we were good MTG players but i didnt realize that our group of friends were capable of winning at this high level. i encourage you guys to go to these events, if i can do it surely you can do it too.
*all-stars of the day*
1. trusty machete, is the best card in limited. all day long it made my guys complete nightmares to deal with.
2. surrakar marauders and bladetusk boars, intimidate is total ace in this format
3. mai kao for letting me play.
4. my friend dennis for sticking it out with me the whole day and rooting for me hard to win at the end. also, with helping me play test and making me a better MTG player.
5. teetering peaks.
6. slaughter cry, it won me at least 3 games.
see you in San Diego.
Josh out.
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