Category Archives: Fun

Enjoying my favorite hobby

Friday night I went to TTAC3 for the team Christmas dinner and it was great. I really enjoyed seeing everyone and the food was definitely awesome, many thanks to Brian for allowing us to have a good time there. I wish I could have brought Maggie & Brandon but the dinner was late and she thought it’d be best if they stay at home. Heh I even had a small drink with Brian and it must have been the first time I’ve had alcohol in at least 5 years. I agree with Odessa, we should do gatherings more often because they’re always so much fun!

On Saturday Mario, Stephen, Eddy & I went to Flag Raiders to play what I’m sure was our last outdoor game of the year and it was fun! Much of the day Zeon was playing the role of terminator (as it was his birthday) and I definitely blasted him a lot. 😉 The weather was ok, it was a bit cold but clear and sunny for most of the game. There was a light layer of snow which made the ground a bit treacherous and I twisted my ankle running up a hill as I didn’t notice the gopher hole (flat feet and rigid ankles are a bad combination).

I’m happy to report that my CQBR upper works just fine with my Systema SCK lower though I didn’t get much hop on the BBs for some reason. I’ll have to try it out when it’s warmer as it’s possible the nub was too hard from the cold to apply much backspin. My M4 PTW also had the same problem initially but as it was used more and more the hop up nub seemed to “break in”.

Me and the rest of the human contingent taking on the “Terminator” at least till I get shot in the back… Yeah my reloads were slow, my body wasn’t cold but the weather definitely affected my hands.

And from the Terminator’s point of view. LOL at the end of the video I’ll be frank, I did not know if the Zeon was in play or not which is why I didn’t shoot at him…

On Sunday the family went out for some Pho and it was fun. Hehe I wanted to give him a lime again but Maggie objected unfortunately. We then went to Center Point mall to pick up a few odds and ends for the house. While Brandon was asleep, I played a bit with my M249 and put a new stock on it… Now all I’m missing is the proper barrel and it’ll be as close to the MK.46 as I can get. I also reconfigured my 6094a vest and it’s ready for CQB play (I think)…

It was a fun and productive weekend, I enjoy my job but am sad to see the weekend go.

What a crappy day

Man yesterday was so busy I didn’t even have time to complain. I guess I still have the cushy job frame of mind but yeah I absolutely hate it when stuff comes in last minute before I leave. To make matters worse on the way home, the train I was on lost power between Wilson & Downsview stations for about 20 minutes. Nothing is more frustrating than sitting on a half lit train with no updates… Well I guess at least I had a celluar signal so I could surf the internet in the dark.

Brandon was good when I came home, he’s always able to buoy my spirits no matter how lousy I feel. He’s so much fun to play with and I feel fortunate to have such a wonderful son. I love you buddy!

The CA P90 RDS I bought last week also arrived which was nice. It’s not something I planned to get as I’m not a fan of the P90 frankly but I’m turning into a collector and it’s something Maggie would use if I am able to convince her to come out to play again. I didn’t get to play with it much last night and I don’t think I’ll be able to play with it tonight either. Ahh well I’ll give it a good once over on the weekend then decide on what I want to upgrade. 😉

Buzz cut for the men

So today Maggie and I went to the Oriental center (god what a stupid name) for lunch as I wanted to pick up a few odds and ends from Huang to do some maintenance on my airsoft guns. Brandon was pretty good though he was spooked by some of the other men at the store who were speaking loud and kept asking me to leave. LOL Maggie was pleased to hear that when we met up with her a few minutes later… While I did get what I was looking for I’m not sure I’ll be going back. Every time I do, I’m disappointed at the quality of the parts yeah they’re cheap and in stock but what’s the point if I have to buy the same part 3 or 4 times…

Anyway afterwards we decided to get Brandon a haircut and that certainly was a fun adventure for Maggie and I. Brandon was scared the whole time and it was really sad to see him cry but funny at the same time to see his reaction. 😉

The first picture was on the way, he was very tired… Later I found out why he was crying so hard as the barber was pretty rough at least when he gave me a shave.

When we got home I worked a bit on Jason’s PTW but it looks like I’ll need to order some parts to get it up and running. I also looked my original PTW (SCK), while it’s served me well over the years I noticed that the trigger is just a tad slower than my factory PTW and it’s always bothered me. After resoldering the motor wires I’m happy to report that the SCK trigger response is now the same as the factory PTW. 🙂 Now if I could just get my CQBR upper to stop chopping BBs…

Busy weekend!

Well I certainly had a busy weekend! On Saturday Jorai and I went to an airsoft game at Flag Raiders and it was a fun one to end the outdoor season. Stephen, Mario, Jason, Cameron & Eddy from the team also joined us though Mario was wearing his Russian camo so he was stuck on the other team the whole game. I purposely tried looking for him to kill but was only able to do it once unfortunately. Because it was my birthday last Thursday, Zeon let me play terminator and that was fun. I knew I’d be playing that role going into the game so I packed some extra gear and brought the M249 with me (I would need the extra firepower). I took some video but it looks like the video from the second terminator game got corrupted. 🙁 I’ll see if I can fix it later on but for the time being here is the video from the first game.

Too bad the M249 was not feeding 100%, otherwise I would have kicked a lot of ass. 😉

My Systema CQBR PTW was giving me problems all game as it kept chopping BBs on full auto. Not really sure what the issue is but it was the gun using the new upper and I think there may be a fitment problem, too bad it’s going to be a tough one to diagnose. Doesn’t seem to happen on semi thankfully.

Overall the game was fun, the green team camped a bit too much for my liking but that’s how it goes sometimes.

Sunday I went to my folks place for a small family birthday party and lol Brandon was the star of the show. It’s alright, I like it when people shower him with attention and love. 🙂 Many thanks to my sister Megan for picking me up a copy of Assassin’s Creed Revelations as it’s certainly a game I wanted to play.

Later Jorai came over and I helped him build his new computer, it’s almost identical to mine (i7 2600k, GeForce 580 GTX, etc) but he bought 16GB of memory and a SSD HDD. Funny he picked up the mid tower version of my Cooler Master case, what are the odds huh…

I spent the rest of the afternoon/evening playing Assassin’s Creed but decided to stop because I was in between missions and Maggie wanted to watch TV. Sigh too bad the weekend is over already!

Nice long weekend…

So as I mentioned earlier, I had a nice long weekend and man was it action packed. 🙂 On Friday I bought some computer components and totally overhauled my computer, about time too as my rig was easily 4 years old already. I picked up an Intel i7 2600k along with 8GB of DDR3 memory, a Gigabyte P67 motherboard, Seasonic X760W PSU and topped it off with a Zotac GeForce 580. I know Intel will be refreshing its CPU line up shortly but I’m no longer an enthusiast and didn’t want to wait. I reused my hard drives, I wanted to go SSD but had a hard time justifying the price considering I purchased a 300GB WD Raptor early last year.

After installing Windows 7, I immediately installed Battlefield 3 and that’s when the fun happened. 🙂 I wrapped up the single player campaign on Friday (fun but short) and played a bit of mulitplayer. My new machine doesn’t “feel” much faster than my old computer when I do my office work but my god it’s many times faster when playing games, that’s for sure! Nice that I’ll be ready for the new generation of games, at least for a little while…

Saturday afternoon Stephen, Mario and I went to Chris & Jim’s Werewolf themed game and it was fun. I was not officially tasked with a command position in the game thread but on the field, as usual I was asked to lead. Things started off slowly but the night progressed nicely. On the second and third restarts (after all the humans were dead), I got a lot of action and man I have to say I absolutely love my PVS-14!!! 😀 It’s seriously not fair but whatever that’s not my problem right? Despite having a technological advantage, it was still quite difficult as the majority of the play was in tight quarters indoors. Still I was able to stealthy move around for most of the game, even when I was stalking the other human faction. 😉

At around 2AM Mario, Stephen, Brian & I were on a mission (all of us had NV, we could see everything! :)) and as I was walking through the rear of the second building, I happened to walk right off the loading dock (about 50cm off the ground) as I was scanning for targets outdoors and didn’t really watch where I was going. As I fell though I twisted my body so I landed on my back and thus saving my PTW and PVS-14 from potential damage. I hurt my right ankle a bit (it’s a bit swollen today), my right knee (sore but ok) and my right elbow (very tender, didn’t have elbow pads and I hit the ground with some force…) but so be it, that’s the price one has to pay if they want to play right.

On the way back I felt pretty good but after consuming 10 chocolate timbits (I was hungry) I began to get really tired, so tired I had to pull off and let Stephen drive. Luckily he was completely alert and didn’t mind taking over.

Today I didn’t do much, I played with Brandon, took a nap in the afternoon and played with my computer a bit more. All in all an excellent weekend and I’m so excited to start my new job tomorrow! I won’t have any trouble going to sleep tonight, I’m still pretty wasted from the night game.

Cockpit view from an F1 race car

As some of you know I’m a huge Formula 1 fan and this video is freaking cool…

The first 30 seconds or so is kind of slow but the rest is pretty amazing, I love how the car hugs the corners and accelerates like crazy. Too bad he didn’t do more than one lap, I’d love to see what top speed would be along the start/finish stretch.

Brandon getting it on haha!

So here’s a funny story about Brandon, when I got back from my airsoft game Maggie told me my mom and her witnessed Brandon kissing a picture of a cosmetic model in one of her magazines so I put the picture in front of him and low and behold he bent over and kissed the picture of the woman on the lips! Haha it’s the most hilarious thing I’ve ever seen, I haven’t been able to get it on video but you can bet I’ll be trying for the next little while. 😉

Yesterday’s airsoft game at Flag Raiders went pretty well. Maggie told me a couple of days prior that she couldn’t make it which kind of sucks but at least Jorai & Jashen had a good time. 🙂 There were 50 odd players and as the host I did not get to play myself but it was still fun to watch and organize things. Kyle set up a booth for his store (CDNAirsoftStore.com) in the safe zone and with all the newbs, I’m sure he’ll get a lot of customers. LOL I have to admit I was weak and picked up a new CA M15A4 CQB X-Series AEG, why I don’t know because I’m a sucker haha. I’ll use the new rifle as my primary loaner as it’s full metal and much nicer than the Sportline I’ve been giving out. His prices are very competitive and I wish the guy luck with his endeavors!

A picture Brent snapped of me, it was nice to see him and his gf out at my game. 🙂 If there are any pictures of Jorai or Jashen I will post them up later.

Today I am not doing much, I fixed a friend’s AEG and swapped out the spring on the CA CQBR so it’s shooting a nice 380 fps now. 🙂 I went for a walk with Brandon and now we’re just all being lazy at home. I love lazy Sundays, too bad I have to go back to work tomorrow ahh well.

No glasses yet…

Man what a busy weekend, where to begin… On Friday I picked up an ARES CTAR-21 rifle from Mike, we earlier agreed to trade guns my G&G UMP for his Tavor (Maggie didn’t like the UMP after all, says the stock is too long) but there was a catch, the gun was in many pieces… When I finally opened the box up, a little puzzle greeted me but I knew it was something I could handle and all in all, it took me about an hour to put back together. The gun shoots nicely, well as nicely as I can test in my basement and chronies at a consistent 360 fps w/0.2g BBs.

If I decide to keep it, I may get the proper MARS sight for the gun but for now the simple RDS will have to do. 🙂

On Saturday Maggie went to work her part time job with Elections Ontario (a part time gig that pays her way more than what she makes at the bank) and it was pretty much me and Brandon. My mom came over in the morning to give me a hand which was very nice of her, after she left I put him to bed and he slept for a good 2 hours. Afterwards we played around the house and I took him for a walk around my townhouse complex and a bit later we went to my folks place.

My dad was having computer issues and seeing as how I was bored at home, I figure it was time for grandpa to spend some time with Brandon. 😉 My mom was busy playing mah jong. Brandon loves my parents place and he particularly enjoys terrorizing Simba. Chasing him up and down the stairs, around the floor and even into Simba’s special spots lol! Afterwards I went to pick up Maggie and the rest of the night was uneventful.

Today Jason, Jessie & Logan came over for a baby play date and that was fun. The kids don’t seem to get along too well but meh they’re young and I’m sure they’ll warm up to each other as they grow older. We also exchanged some baby toys as it’s cheaper than buying new toys. 🙂 After they left Maggie, Brandon and I dropped by the Promenade mall so I could get a new pair of glasses but to my horror, none of the stores were able to supply me with a new pair during that visit. I think the problem is due to my astigmatism so being frustrated I decided to just commit with the local Lenscrafters as I didn’t want to go searching but it’s a pretty big pain in the ass as now I have to wait up to 5 days grr.

Later Henry dropped by to return my Systema CQBR PTW MAX I lent him a few weeks ago as he was going to games I couldn’t attend and his WETTI was down. We chatted a bit and the games that he played sounded awesome, I wish I could have went. To my frustration after he left, I noticed that the PTW upper reviver was badly cracked! Judging by the damage, I’m guessing that he fell on the gun but sigh the damage is done…

🙁 I’m sure it was an accident and Henry said he’ll cover the costs but seeing as how he’s going in for a surgical procedure tomorrow I told him not to worry about it for now and that we’ll talk about it next week. Frustrating but it happens… I haven’t told Maggie yet and I’m don’t think I’ll mention it. If she reads it here so be it but she usually doesn’t so we’ll see.

Busy weekend, too bad the work week starts tomorrow.

Thanks Marky!

Today I went to Mark’s place to pick up a 6mm Marushin Mossberg M500 gas shotgun that he was selling and it’s something that I’ve been trying to acquire for quite some time now. He’s slimming down his collection to help finance his new hobby (restoring old motorcycles, does a good job too) so it’s win win all around. 😀 LOL he certainly did me a favor to sell me the gun at the price he did, and I also picked up a folding stock.


Sexy eh? God so can’t wait to try this thing out at a game and next weekend at CQB paintball will be a good opportunity. 🙂

Woo new low profile loadout!

Yesterday I picked up a tan TMC 6094a molle vest and a couple of TMC M4 double M4 shingles. I’m not familiar with the brand but it was inexpensive and from what I’ve read online the quality was alright so I figure I’d take a shot as I wanted to use a LBT 6094a (repro or real, this was cheap so I figure why not) style vest to build a light weight low profile molle vest which I could use for field or CQB use. Outdoors I usually run an old school Phantom CIRAS (or HSGI Wasatch, LBT 1961) but frankly that thing is a bit to big to use easily indoors and I was never really comfortable with my other indoor rigs which usually just consist of a belt setup.


Yeah I know the vest is sitting a bit low, put it on quickly to take a picture

My 6094a rig will be minimalistic with just 4 mags, 2 grenades and radio. Let’s see if my long search for a low profile rig are over, I certainly like the feel of this one (even with plates in them) but we’ll see finally when it comes game time. 🙂