Oh, mystery is over. Tartrate was ..

Those who have lingered around KGS for some time know about Tartrate, a legendary Go player who won every single game, except only one or two where he lost on time. Tartrate then mysteriously dissapeared, along with any hope of knowing who he really was.
Well today, I was lucky to be on KGS when one [...]

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Managing Reading List

Imagine if you have a list of everything you have read, with a link for a re-retrieval and a record of your thoughts and summary while reading each of them. Also a list of everything you are planning to read and a quick link to the resource.
“So what?” might be the answer of some and [...]

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“Mendalami Permainan Igo” Presentation Slide

Oh dear, how am I going to work tomorrow? It’s 1:44 a.m. already and I have been spending the last 5 hours finishing the following PDF presentation “Mendalami Permainan Igo”
Please criticise as necessary. I believe my usage of Malay language was rather funny there. Is territory “jajahan”? Ko threat is “ugutan Ko”? What is keypoint [...]

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Malay Go Blog

Few weeks back, Malaysia Weiqi Association (MWA) held its AGM. I could not attend, but I was made understood that I was elected as Exco member, and tasked with creating teaching materials in Malay.
I was planning to take my time, but then Alex had already begun doing his work as tournament director with Team Study [...]

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Happy Chinese New Year

Firstly I would like to wish all my Chinese friends, Happy New Year or Happy ‘Niu’ Year. If I am not mistaken, ‘niu’ means Ox, which is the current year in Chinese calendar.
I had some fun asking around my Chinese friends, What numerical year is it in Chinese calendar?. Most of them did not know, [...]

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The Search by John Battelle

It may seem a little too late to be reading this book, now that all the hypes about Google had cooled down somewhat. But while mainly focusing on Google, this book is about Search. About us, hundreds of millions Internet users entering keywords in our preferred search engines, creating a massive Database of Intentions from [...]

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Pictures of Kota Kinabalu

Perhaps I should develop a skill in photography since my work requires me being at highest altitudes all around Malaysia, recently in Kota Kinabalu of Sabah.
The city is very nice. It has close proximity to the sea, not too busy unlike KL. Food is also cheap, and tasty. The only thing I dislike is the [...]

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Disgusting Taxi Driver

Finally back home after a week in Borneo, visiting sites around Kota Kinabalu, sometimes as far as Beaufort and Sindumin. Very tired but at least now I can say that I have been to all states of Malaysia. Going to Sindumin required us to pass through Sarawak for a while, the only state I had [...]

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Views on Malaysia Go

You look tired. You should go home and rest.
Manager was so nice. And I was good at pulling “tired” face. Haha no, no I was really tired (scared what I said here will reach office). I actually just got back from outstation in Kuala Terengganu. Election mood was really nice there. I [...]

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Finally, an idea

Finally got an idea for my Master thesis. Personally, I think it’s a splendid idea. I sent an email to Prof. Azizah asking for opinion, and she seems to think it’s worthy of research. But she foresees that I might have difficulty with Literature Review, because it is not known what real-life problems I may [...]

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