COC (Clash of Clans): 21 Signs of Addiction

Nagtataka ka ba bakit 'pag namemention 'yong COC sa news which basically means 'certificate of candidacy" eh "clash of clans" ang naiisip mo agad agad? Well, maybe you're a certified addict or maybe you're just annoyed because of the game's popularity. 

Anyhow, wala kanang magagawa kasi it's the new trend of online gaming right as of this very moment. Just remember that there's a very fine line between "playing games online" and "finding your way out in the middle of something" just to defend your clan faced with war.

Afterwards, anxious kana at di makapag-isip ng maayos when your phone notifies you that "your troops are ready to take into battle" or "your village was raided by attacker_12345". Thankfully hindi ka nag-iisang 'Clash-of-Clan Junkie' dahil since its release last 2012, malamang isa ka lang sa millions of players na adik na adik dito ngayon.

Unless nahihiya ka pang aminin or i-admit sa sarili mo na addict ka nga sa larong ito, here are tell-tale signs that you're a certified Clash of Clans addict.

1. When you're reaching out for your phone to send a text/online message to your friends telling them it's time to "ATTACK".

2. Kapag ang 'Ultimate Kaligayahan' mo ay yung makakita ng 3 stars 'VICTORY' on your phone or tablet screen.

3. Calling someone by their IGNs or clan names as "RPM24" or "DBG24" is totally second nature.

4.   Nagtataka  na mga friends mo bakit di kana  nag-uupdate ng status sa Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.

5. Galit na galit ka when you lost your Internet Connection in the middle of a loaded raid. "Sayang ang loots sa dead base..Grrr"

6. Kailangan mong mag-isip ng tama at valid na dahilan bakit ka MIA the moment the war begins at kapag hindi ka talaga naka-attack  the moment the ward ended.

7. You find a deep connection with someone who understands a perfect dragon fury and burning village to ashes. Classic.

8. Takot na takot kang mawala ang gold and elixirs mo. 

9. You find Liam Neeson's Superbowl Ad showing off Clash of Clan's revenge feature so hilarious (“I don’t know you BuffetBoy85 but if you think you can humiliate me and take my gold, think again. Or I am coming for you with lots of barbarians and dragons!”).

10. Moreover, wala ng mas nakakainis pang form of revenge rather than taking all your available loot in a flash. Ganti ganti lang daw.

11. Loosing sleep not because of work or school but because of farming/looting. Alam  nyo na ibig sabihin n'yan mga adik! 

12. Kapag nagsisimula kanang mahumaling sa mga wizards and witches. You loving them all of a sudden is just plain creep. LOL.

  

13. Kapag nag-level up na ang multi-tasking skills mo. Grabe na!

14. Kapag nag-iisip ka na ng malalim kung manloloot ka ba or i-memaintain mo shield mo for the next 11 hours. It's hard man!

15. You actually set an alarm to when you lose shield or once your builder will be available. 

16. You feel the same level of hate between your cheater-ex and some random player who raided you.

17. Nagseselos ka sa fellow clanmate mo na mas magaling umatake kaysa sayo. Like seriously?

18. You feel a different kind of happiness when it's time to embellish your town hall. hahaha

19. Kahit bawal ang maglaro sa opisina or skwelahan, you can't just put down your phone when no one's looking to attack.

20. You engage in some serious talks about war strategies and winning clan wars with fellow clanmates. (Can't blame them, LOL)

21. Being part of a competent clan now sounds very interesting and overwhelming. (Hey, you're from Pinoy Titans? Awesome Clan!!)

It's very simple, once you downloaded Clash of Clans on your phone, you're now halfway to C-O-C obsession...and these creepy, hilarious, dramatic signs of addiction.

thanks for reading gamers,

russ d'great

Prime Image Photography: Redefining the Essence of Professional Photography

Depending on your approach, photography can be a communal experience or a loner’s art. When you’re in the early days of your practice, there’s a chance you might show your work to close friends, and they’ll most likely encourage you in your pursuit. If they’re not photographers, their encouragement will in many ways be superficial, and while the good remarks may feel good, they’re not substantively helpful. 

Thoughtful critique is key to any photographer’s development, regardless of genre. One of the best ways to get that critique, beyond workshops and portfolio reviews, is to develop and maintain relationships with other photographers and then start building your own empire of art. 

A friend with a deep understanding of photography, both in terms of what makes a good image and what makes a good body of work, is one of the most essential parts of any photographer’s growth. Prime Image Photography for example, knows how to make every shot a very memorable one. (click on the link to visit and inquire on their Facebook page)

Working with them is definitely worth-it because they’ll surely try their best to know who you are as a person to provide what you need as a client, and while they’ll encourage you, they’ll be able to candidly tell you what doesn’t work, particularly if they’ve experienced handling the same situation before. They know how to talk about photography in a meaningful way to help you understand and develop a visual language. 

credits to Prime Image Photography

They believe that it’s not enough to be able to make good images. It’s essential to be able to identify what makes them good, and in some cases, what makes them better. Hang out with Prime Image Photography long enough, and you’ll understand what makes a good picture memorable. Of course, this isn’t at the expense of workshops and portfolio reviews. 

They know that it's important to see how those images are received by those who don’t know them personally. Any criticism they receive would be taken with a grain of salt because they are the one with the camera. They decide what they shoot, and for sure they wouldn't compromise your vision.

credits to Prime Image Photography

Those types of events you've seen in the images can be good watering holes to meet likeminded photographs with whom you can forge relationships, and make sure to forge those relationships. It is incredibly fulfilling to work with Prime Image Photography whom you can trust with your work, and you can be sure they’ll give you their unabashed thoughts.

--see you next time

--==russ d'great==--

PS: These two hardworking people will blow your mind away. Click on the links to visit their page and get that perfect picture. Promote, promote pag may time. lol...

10 Important Things That Might Change Your Life After You Say Them

Don’t let this reality depress you; let it motivate you.  Let it push you to say what you've been meaning to say all along, to others and to yourself. Open your mind and heart and ponder on these 10 things you need to say before it's too late...

1. “I love you.” – Love rarely ever knows it’s own depth until it’s taken away.  So don’t wait around.  If you appreciate someone today, tell them.  If you love someone today, show them.  Hearts are often confused and broken by thoughtful words left unspoken, and loving deeds left undone.  There might not be a tomorrow.  Today is the day to express your love and admiration.

2. “I’m sorry.” – In this life, when you deny someone an apology, you remember doing so when you find yourself begging for forgiveness.  And if often happens just like that.  Why?  Because guilt festers.  Don’t do this to yourself.  An apology is the best way to have the last word.  The first to apologize is the strongest, and the first to move forward is the happiest.  Always and of course, don’t bother apologizing if you’re just going to continue doing the things you said sorry for.  Say it and mean it.  Look the person in the eyes when you say it, and feel it in your bones.

3. “I forgive you.” – A broken relationship that is mended through forgiveness can be even stronger than it once was.  But, of course, this isn't always the case.  So remember that forgiveness doesn't necessarily lead to healed relationships.  That’s not the point.  Some relationships aren't meant to be.  Forgive anyway, for your own sake, and then let what’s meant to be, BE.  Forgiveness allows you to focus on the future without combating the past.  Without forgiveness, wounds can never be healed, and progress can never be made.  What happened in the past is just one chapter.  Don’t close the book; just turn the page. 

4. “Thank you.” – Saying thank you for all your blessings is the first step to a happier life. Don't let the days pass without recognizing the efforts of everyone who helped you during hard times. Plus don't forget to thank God for the gift of life.

5. “I am a good person who is worthy of my own love and respect.” – Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness… but not loneliness.  It is the worst of all agonies.  And what’s the worst kind of loneliness?  The kind you can’t escape – when you are uncomfortable with yourself.  The truth is, a partner, or even just a friend, can add lots of beauty to your life, but they can’t fill a void that exists within you.  You alone are responsible for you own fulfillment.  If you feel hopelessly lonely whenever you’re alone, it means you’re in bad company.  It means you need to work on your relationship with yourself first.  

6. “I can’t always win, but I can always learn and grow.” – Don’t confuse poor decision-making with your destiny.  Own your mistakes.  It’s OK; we all make them.  Learn from life experiences so they can empower you!  What we call our destiny is really just our character, and that character can be enriched.  The knowledge that you are responsible for your actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging either, because it means you are free to change your destiny.  Yes, the past has shaped your feelings and perspectives, but all this can be altered if you have the courage to reexamine how it formed you.  You can always alter your chemistry provided you have the courage to dissect your elements.

7. “It’s time to do something positive.” – The next time you have the urge to complain, stop and ask yourself what it is you truly want.  Do you just want to complain or do you want to improve your situation?  Somewhere within each complaint is a genuine desire to improve things, but the complaint by itself is never enough to make it happen.  So make the choice not to aggravate a bad situation with your complaints.  Choose instead to improve it with your positive thoughts, ideas and actions.

8. “I CAN do this!” – The obstacle is never enough to stop you.  What stops you is your belief that you can’t get past the obstacle.  The problem is not that you have too much of this or too little of that.  The problem is, you’re waiting for perfect conditions that don’t exist.  The achievements that really occur in life, take place in reality.  The things that really get done, get done in an imperfect world.  Don’t make excuses for why you can’t get it done.  Focus on all the reasons why you must make it happen.  There will always be challenges.  And there will always be things you can do to grow beyond them. 

9. “Their drama is NOT mine to deal with.” – Honestly, you can’t save most people from themselves, so don’t get sucked too deep into their drama.  Those who make perpetual chaos of their lives won’t appreciate you interfering with the commotion they’ve created, anyway.  They want your “poor baby” sympathy, but they don’t want to change.  They don’t want their lives fixed by YOU.  They don’t want their problems solved, their emotional addictions and distractions taken away, their stories resolved, or their messes cleaned up.  Because what would they have left?  They don’t know and they aren’t ready to know yet.  And it’s not your job to tell them.

10. “Life right now is pretty darn good.” – Some people wait all day for 5pm, all week for Friday, all year for the holidays, all their lives for happiness.  Don’t be one of them.  Don’t wait until your life is almost over to realize how good it has been.  The good life begins right now, when you stop waiting for a better one.

-russ d'great

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Why God Allows Difficult People In Our Life

A good friend of mine mentioned one time that Bo Sanchez's book entitled 'How to Deal With Difficult People' is on his to-read-list. Because I'm a reader and wanted to personally experience the book, I bought it. 

I fell in love with the book's cover at first, the white mask drawn on the front cover is kind of mysterious and the letters being used in the title are eye-catcher. Plus the reviews are quite interesting too. Luckily I finished reading it and it's a good book, a life-changer. 

The introduction was good but just a hint, action starts at page 35 and best lessons start at book II. However I still want you to read from the beginning. For me, God allows difficult people in my life because He wants to give me the gift of patience. 

This has never been my strong suit. I hate waiting on people, I hate it when people don’t deliver as expected, and I hate it when people don’t use their common sense.  I easily lose my temper with people who just don’t think.  I know this is really something  I have to work on.

But then again, the more I pray for patience, the more God sends me difficult people to practice being patient on! I know He didn't promise that He would just change me at the snap of his fingers. I guess when I stop seeing people as being difficult, then I will know that God has finally given me His gift of patience.

Read the book, it's great. Till next book reading and reviewing.

-russ d'great

the philippine version of gossip girl-losers, bitters and insecures!

Well, it's definitely different coz as for the popular gossiper in the upper east side Manhattan, this unhealthy habit is compose of i guess to be exact 6 people! too many right? but as they usually say, it's fun to gossip when you're many specially when you share the same interests, hate same persons, eat the same foods and by no means i hope this is not happening... share the same boyfriends? or toothbrush? hahaha.. well those are way off the grid! I can't stop thinking about this that while I am trying my best to rearrange my life to be very simple they're are always ruining my day! Coz for me, I believe that talking about a person specially when it's not good news and she/he is not actually present in the conversation is very unhealthy and they keep doing this inside the office and i find this very annoying! this is what I would like to say! People.... hey! this isn't your high school anymore, and you're not surrounded with dumb and naive homo sapiens, these people (we, including myself) are actually professionals, educated and most of the time hates when you are acting like you're highschoolers, please grow up, at your age now, you should be watching each others back and cleaning each others mess not laughing at other people's topsy-turvy lives, nobody's perfect don't think too high of yourselves... my God! rest your tongues before it bites you instead. I'm suffocated watching you every playing relay the message. Grow up people!!!! Can you not think of something happy to talk about or spend your lousy times appreciating things and people? for the six of you, i have three words for you, LOSERS! BITTERS! INSECURES!

cheers to my 70th post!

hello everyone!

I know! I know! it's been a heck of a hiatus, it's been so long. I miss writing and I miss blogging. I got tired and so sick that i stopped for almost a year, and now i'm back! So welcome me back guys! I'm waiting... :) so i came back whining and writing again because I read somewhere that we should do what we love most to release stress and fight depression, of course I love to whine on the internet so that's why when I got home, I started thinking that I should go blogging again. I also find out that the symptoms of stress and depression are when you feel pain on your shoulders, neck and somewhere in your hips and OMG! i feel those right at this very moment. So I'm hoping that these will all go away, hopefully, and I'm trying hard to jog every morning but i always feel sleepy and tired and lazy and tired and lazy and tired, I dunno, maybe one day I might just decide to wake up, wear my running shoes, my jogging pants, and shake it off to the streets. Oh God I'm so looking forward for a happy day and everyday blogging starting now! I miss everyone! Mga ka-blogs, see yah around... this time it's for good! :)))

ten reasons to go to work naked!!!

10.) No one ever steals your chair.

9.) Gives "bad hair day" a whole new meaning.

8.) Diverts attention from the fact that you also came to work drunk.

7.) People stop stealing your pens after they''ve seen where you keep them.

6.) You want to see if it''s like the dream.

5.) You could easily hold 2 cups of coffee and a "Dozen" doughnuts.

4.) "I''d love to chip in... but I left my wallet in my pants."

3.) Inventive way to finally meet that ''special'' person in Human Resources.

2.) Can take advantage of your computer monitor radiation to work on your tan.

And... drum roll... the Number One reason to go to work naked!!!!!!!!

1.) Your boss will never say, "I wanna see your ass in here by 8:00!" ever again.

direct from my inverted mind..peace!

russ d'great