Games and party. Could not ask for more.

Amazing day, amazing night.
Played 8 games of Go.
Played 3 games of Shogi.
Played 1 game of 4-way Shogi.
Attended Shino’s sister birthday party.
Played 2 games of Xiangqi or Chinese Chess at the birthday party.
Played Risk at Hock Doong’s house.
3:40 a.m. back home
Superb board game spree. Really, I cant imagine a better night.

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My first time lecturing.

I really should be sleeping now, but I’m saving the best for last. What’s not so best right now is, guess what, blogging. It’s seeming more pointless day by day, Except of course, I can easily evaluate my activities and life as a story line.
I took 2-day leave from office starting yesterday, to take up [...]

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30th WAGC Watchlist (for me)

I have been waiting for this day. The day that 30th World Amateur Go Championship commences. Technically, it began yesterday with the opening ceremony, but the actual tournament starts today with the first round.
I know some of the participants in this tournament, some personally, some just simply have heard of them. I definitely want to [...]

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AABC and KPMC Selection Tournament

I can sleep well tonight. Relief in the knowledge that my Go is NOT dead yet.
Today, MWA held a selection tournament to choose representatives to go to Asia Amateur Baduk Championship and Korean Prime Minister Cup (KPMC), in Changwon City and Jeongju respectively. Both are in Korea.
I’m happy to mention here that I [...]

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Testing WolframAlpha

Dont you just love WolframAlpha?

I like WolframAlpha for few things. Firstly, the interface is so simple and clean, probably influenced by Google in some way. Secondly, many types of complex computations and mathematical operations can be performed which is highly valuable for a half-academic like me. Like this.

Pretty neat isn’t it?
I’m not going to put [...]

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A Productive Weekend

Tsk.. weekend is ending. It has been a very good weekend for me. You know, the type of weekend where you actually get things done.
Opened a Maybank account, registered for its online banking services. Also helped my Dad with some home engineering, erected railing at the backyard, mounting the LCD TV on the wall, [...]

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Shogi during Dinner

Clearly I stole the above pics from somewhere. Got it from the blog of a newcomer to JC, Shino.
Anyway it shows me playing a game of Shogi against Xinwen, while being watched by Ryou Takehito. It was played on Saturday night during dinner at the authentic Japanese restaurant in JC.
Some people go to [...]

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Astro looks bad on LCD TV?

Okay, the challenge now is to explain to my mom why Astro won’t look good on a 32″ LCD TV.
A quick visit to Lowyat forum revealed that Astro is meant for at most 29″ CRT TV. And from most posters on the forum, it appears that Astro will look bad on any LCD TV and [...]

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Just another day.

Hmm.. despite being relatively freer since handing in my assignments, I still fail to update this blog more frequently. Actually I update more often than my friends, but one post a day used to be my standard.
Regarding work, I most likely cant go to Special Affairs because my current boss would not release me without [...]

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May this May bring no dismay!

Thank God it’s over. Semester 3 is over! I could not finish the mini-labs assignment, but I am glad that the deadline had passed. I cannot soldier on for another day, another night. I dont feel good to shortchange my employer for another hour. Eyebags are starting to develop, and since I belong to narcissistic [...]

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