High: Making the WSC team
Low(s): Doing badly in the WSC and CSC
What will 2006 bring?
Henry
Saturday, December 31, 2005
Monday, December 12, 2005
Definitely unprepared for Causeway
Redoing my 4s as we speak,
Can't believe the misses.
Will probably revise the 7s and 8s along the way south.
Am just coasting along with whatever study I did pre-WSC (which is basically the same)
Can't believe the misses.
Will probably revise the 7s and 8s along the way south.
Am just coasting along with whatever study I did pre-WSC (which is basically the same)
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Inviting all Scrabble psychics
Picks the winners:
Causeway Cup: Malaysia VS Singapore
Traditional Trophy: Malaysia VS Philippines VS Singapore VS Thailand
Top 10: If you feel up to it
you can refer to whatever information is available at http://www.toucanet.com and http://www.toucanet.com/msa
Team Singapore:
1. Cheah Siu Hean
2. Andy Kurnia
3. Hubert Wee
4. Goh Jiang Pern
5. Gan Cher Siong
6. Ricky Purnomo
7. Tony Sim
8. Michael Tang
Team Malaysia:
1. A. Ganesh
2. Aaron Chong
3. Henry Yeo
4. Tan Jin Chor
5. John Lam
6. Jocelyn Lor
7. Chuah Sim Swee
8. Suanne Ong
Team Thailand:
1. Jakkrit
2. Charnwit
3. Gerry Carter
4. Taewan
5. Navapadol
6. Bro Arun
7. Thavachai
8. Amnuay
Team Philippines:
1. Odette Rio
2. Marlon Prudencio
3. Oscar Riviera
4. Tony Malonzo
5. Maida Manaog
6. Robbie Onate
7. Delio Dimaano
8. Jodi Gonzalez
Please note that there is a changes to the number of players per team. We will now play only a total of 24 games over 3 days.
Format is one full round robin with no players playing their own countrymen and countrywomen.
Causeway Cup: Malaysia VS Singapore
Traditional Trophy: Malaysia VS Philippines VS Singapore VS Thailand
Top 10: If you feel up to it
you can refer to whatever information is available at http://www.toucanet.com and http://www.toucanet.com/msa
Team Singapore:
1. Cheah Siu Hean
2. Andy Kurnia
3. Hubert Wee
4. Goh Jiang Pern
5. Gan Cher Siong
6. Ricky Purnomo
7. Tony Sim
8. Michael Tang
Team Malaysia:
1. A. Ganesh
2. Aaron Chong
3. Henry Yeo
4. Tan Jin Chor
5. John Lam
6. Jocelyn Lor
7. Chuah Sim Swee
8. Suanne Ong
Team Thailand:
1. Jakkrit
2. Charnwit
3. Gerry Carter
4. Taewan
5. Navapadol
6. Bro Arun
7. Thavachai
8. Amnuay
Team Philippines:
1. Odette Rio
2. Marlon Prudencio
3. Oscar Riviera
4. Tony Malonzo
5. Maida Manaog
6. Robbie Onate
7. Delio Dimaano
8. Jodi Gonzalez
Please note that there is a changes to the number of players per team. We will now play only a total of 24 games over 3 days.
Format is one full round robin with no players playing their own countrymen and countrywomen.
Sunday, December 04, 2005
Post WSC trip
November 21: Took a cruise down the river Thames with Ganesh, Jim Kramer and Tim Adamson to the Greenwich Maritime Museum and Observatory. On the way back up the Thames, we split up with Ganesh and me heading off to the 'seedier' side of Soho (which I stumbled upon when I took a wrong turn somewhere) before meeting up again for dinner in Chinatown.
November 22: Did the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. Saw Ralph Lobo near the entrance. Headed in just in time for the Yeoman Warder's guided tour and zipped through the whole place and the Crown Jewels exhibition. A quick move to the Tower Bridge up to the walkways and down into the old engine room before hurrying back to rendezvous with Mark Kenas to go to the London Scrabble League session.
November 23: I overslept and missed the comic museum where Mark Kenas was heading (apparently he never found it in the end). So I did the Natural History Museum (the diamond exhibition was closed permanently, what a shame!) and Victoria & Albert Museum.
November 24: Did the Tate Britain (and the Degas exhibition) with Mark Kenas before splitting up. Went back to Forbidden Planet to discover that Terry Pratchet would be there on the 26th to autograph THUD! (alas, I will be in Milton Keynes) before I found myself back at the National Gallery looking forward to doing the Reubens exhibition (which I missed twice due to lack of time and the third time was the charm because the exhibit was excellent) and I caught STOMP! at the Vaudeville Theatre in the evening.
November 25: Spent the morning in the British Library checking out their permanent exhibtions, including the Philaetic Collections (love the Beatles' song manuscripts and the Magna Carta). During lunch, headed for Milton Keynes to stay at the Shins' residence and prepared myself for the Winter Matchplay.
November 26: Went early to the shopping mall with the Shins to do some shopping, can't find the games that I want. Lunch at a fast food joint before settling down to play Scrabble (I am nuts! I should be back in London queueing up for Terry Pratchet's autograph). won my opening match against Ade Adegbesan narrowly before pummelling Wayne Kelly with four bingos after he replied with DOTAGES from his first rack. Immediately lost to Di Dennis and David Sutton before coming back against Roy Miller and overtaking Elie Dangoor after being roughly 100 points down after 5 turns or so. Dinner at the tournament venue was excellent.
November 27: Ding dong in the morning with a win over Mark Kenas (despite missing sPACEMEn through the P for a niner) and a loss to Alastair Richards. Bounced back with wins over Cecil Muscat and Steve Perry before sitting down with Austin Shin for the penultimate game (In the meantime, Pete Finley came over to shake hands with me, which I took after a moment of disorientation). Needless to say, bad racks in the first few turns proved costly despite two bingos on the last turn, EASIESt and ENVIABLE before watching him slam down wIDGEONS as an outbingo to win by 50 or so. So I finished outside the top 5 this time. Head back to London and tended to misc menial duties like laundry, dinner, etc. (All that work for a 190 British rating and not even in the money)
November 28: Visited St. Paul's Cathedral (after buying my ticket to watch 'the Producers!' at Leicester Square), checked out Henry VIII's and Horatio Nelson's tomb. Was surprised to find a few memorials down there. Immediately took my the challenge of climbing the 500+ steps to the top, relaxed at the Whispering Gallery midway but the view was definitely worth it (I rate the view from Tower Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral above that of the London Eye). Walked across the Millenium Bridge to the Tate Modern. Loved the Picassos and the Warhols. Headed back to the Strand to watch the performance. The show was very fast and entertaining, love the humorous highlights, especially the lead character's mimickry of the show (ala Ellen Degeneres Grammys performance).
November 29: Headed out of London with Mark Kenas today on a tour of Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and the Roman Baths at Bath. The Queen was in residence at the castle that day and we could only spend 2 hours before rushing off to Stonehenge to find out that we were not allowed to traipse through it pillars (spoilsports!). Lunch at a inn and we spend 1 hour in the city of Bath before exploring the Roman Baths for an hour when it is dark and torchlit and it was magnificent (my photos don't do much justice, but what do you expect from a compact camera and not an SLR)
November 30: Went down early to Leicester Square and bought my tickets for 'the Producers!' before moving on to Harrods. Was tempted to buy some teddy bears for my nieces until they told me that there were no VAT refunds for offer items. Didn't find any of the games that I want and went off to the British Museum to try and finish the Asian display (which I didn't). Did manage to drop into a small corner shop to buy my games and also found out that Reinier Knizia would be there on the 10th to meet the fans and autograph anything and everything. What a pity for me because my flight is tomorrow.
December 1: Caught the tube to Heathrow and checked in around 9am. Board the flight with Ganesh and spent the next 12 hours watching movies and listening to Jazz and Enya. Tried to better my record at WWTBAM (UK Version), Ganesh got no further than the £8,000 question. I beat the £32,000 9 times and fell at the £500,000 question.
December 2: Back on Malaysian soil, hooboy! the rest is history
November 22: Did the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. Saw Ralph Lobo near the entrance. Headed in just in time for the Yeoman Warder's guided tour and zipped through the whole place and the Crown Jewels exhibition. A quick move to the Tower Bridge up to the walkways and down into the old engine room before hurrying back to rendezvous with Mark Kenas to go to the London Scrabble League session.
November 23: I overslept and missed the comic museum where Mark Kenas was heading (apparently he never found it in the end). So I did the Natural History Museum (the diamond exhibition was closed permanently, what a shame!) and Victoria & Albert Museum.
November 24: Did the Tate Britain (and the Degas exhibition) with Mark Kenas before splitting up. Went back to Forbidden Planet to discover that Terry Pratchet would be there on the 26th to autograph THUD! (alas, I will be in Milton Keynes) before I found myself back at the National Gallery looking forward to doing the Reubens exhibition (which I missed twice due to lack of time and the third time was the charm because the exhibit was excellent) and I caught STOMP! at the Vaudeville Theatre in the evening.
November 25: Spent the morning in the British Library checking out their permanent exhibtions, including the Philaetic Collections (love the Beatles' song manuscripts and the Magna Carta). During lunch, headed for Milton Keynes to stay at the Shins' residence and prepared myself for the Winter Matchplay.
November 26: Went early to the shopping mall with the Shins to do some shopping, can't find the games that I want. Lunch at a fast food joint before settling down to play Scrabble (I am nuts! I should be back in London queueing up for Terry Pratchet's autograph). won my opening match against Ade Adegbesan narrowly before pummelling Wayne Kelly with four bingos after he replied with DOTAGES from his first rack. Immediately lost to Di Dennis and David Sutton before coming back against Roy Miller and overtaking Elie Dangoor after being roughly 100 points down after 5 turns or so. Dinner at the tournament venue was excellent.
November 27: Ding dong in the morning with a win over Mark Kenas (despite missing sPACEMEn through the P for a niner) and a loss to Alastair Richards. Bounced back with wins over Cecil Muscat and Steve Perry before sitting down with Austin Shin for the penultimate game (In the meantime, Pete Finley came over to shake hands with me, which I took after a moment of disorientation). Needless to say, bad racks in the first few turns proved costly despite two bingos on the last turn, EASIESt and ENVIABLE before watching him slam down wIDGEONS as an outbingo to win by 50 or so. So I finished outside the top 5 this time. Head back to London and tended to misc menial duties like laundry, dinner, etc. (All that work for a 190 British rating and not even in the money)
November 28: Visited St. Paul's Cathedral (after buying my ticket to watch 'the Producers!' at Leicester Square), checked out Henry VIII's and Horatio Nelson's tomb. Was surprised to find a few memorials down there. Immediately took my the challenge of climbing the 500+ steps to the top, relaxed at the Whispering Gallery midway but the view was definitely worth it (I rate the view from Tower Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral above that of the London Eye). Walked across the Millenium Bridge to the Tate Modern. Loved the Picassos and the Warhols. Headed back to the Strand to watch the performance. The show was very fast and entertaining, love the humorous highlights, especially the lead character's mimickry of the show (ala Ellen Degeneres Grammys performance).
November 29: Headed out of London with Mark Kenas today on a tour of Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and the Roman Baths at Bath. The Queen was in residence at the castle that day and we could only spend 2 hours before rushing off to Stonehenge to find out that we were not allowed to traipse through it pillars (spoilsports!). Lunch at a inn and we spend 1 hour in the city of Bath before exploring the Roman Baths for an hour when it is dark and torchlit and it was magnificent (my photos don't do much justice, but what do you expect from a compact camera and not an SLR)
November 30: Went down early to Leicester Square and bought my tickets for 'the Producers!' before moving on to Harrods. Was tempted to buy some teddy bears for my nieces until they told me that there were no VAT refunds for offer items. Didn't find any of the games that I want and went off to the British Museum to try and finish the Asian display (which I didn't). Did manage to drop into a small corner shop to buy my games and also found out that Reinier Knizia would be there on the 10th to meet the fans and autograph anything and everything. What a pity for me because my flight is tomorrow.
December 1: Caught the tube to Heathrow and checked in around 9am. Board the flight with Ganesh and spent the next 12 hours watching movies and listening to Jazz and Enya. Tried to better my record at WWTBAM (UK Version), Ganesh got no further than the £8,000 question. I beat the £32,000 9 times and fell at the £500,000 question.
December 2: Back on Malaysian soil, hooboy! the rest is history
Friday, December 02, 2005
WSC trip
Now that I am back. Quick report on my WSC trip before I reformat my memory for word study.
November 10: Checked in early on my flight, noticed that Ganesh missed me in the airport lounge while boarding the flight. Arrived in Heathrow 3 and hope on the tube into town and our hostel.
November 11: Ganesh and I finished settling our trip out of London for the next few days before rushing off to Buckingham Palace to catch the changing of the guards at 10.30am. Ceremony lasted for an hour and we set off through St. James Park towards Westminter Abbey (We saw just about everyone, including Oliver Cromwell, Elizabeth I, Mary I, Sir Issac Newton, Charles Darwin, Walt Whitman, etc) and Westminter Hall next to the British House of Parliament. Head towards Trafalgar Square before getting lost in the National Gallery and heading back to the hostel.
Novermber 12: Ganesh heads off to Manchester while I spend the day with Cheah Siu Hean at Forbidden Planet (Neil Gaiman was autographing copies of Anassi Boys but the queue was long so I passed up the opportunity to get Ricky a christmas gift, turns out that Terry Pratchet was also there on November 26th to autogrpah THUD! while I was away at Milton Keynes for the Winter Matchplay) before taking a jaunt with Cheah down his favourite stretch of road, Oxford St, Regent St with a few detours here and there.
November 13: Met up with Cheah and his sister at the British Museum, checked out the Reading Room and the Persian exhibition (for free since his sister is a member of the museum). Cheah's plan to have lunch at the Criterion in Leicester Square got scuppered when we found it closed so we hurried off to Wong Kei for his free treat (I owed him one from the Malaysian Nationals). At least I can brag that my Beef Brisket Hor Fun was bigger than his Beef Brisket Noodles. Spend the afternoon at Marble Arch, Edgeware Road before returning to the National Gallery.
November 14: Set off for Berwick-Upon-Tweed to spend 3 days in the company of Helen and Paul Gipson. Rendezvous with them at the train station and we drove straight into Scotland across the border. Her country house is absolutely fantastic and we spend the evening planning our day trip to Edinburgh.
November 15: Set off to Edinburgh. The castle was fantastic and house plenty of exhibits and I tried to lift one of Mon Meg Cannonball (almost becoming a casualty before the WSC even started) and saw the 1 o'clock gun firing ceremony. We hunted for the Witchery (which Cheah Siu Hean recommended. Much to my dismay, no Haggis) So we end up in some pub lunching on Haggis before strolling through Edinburgh new town and the shopping district before heading back.
November 16: Journeyed back into London and we caugh Paul Allan on the train. Settled some accommodation problem with Andy Kurnia (I missed most of the reception) and prepared for the WSC.
Will cover the WSC in the next post.
November 10: Checked in early on my flight, noticed that Ganesh missed me in the airport lounge while boarding the flight. Arrived in Heathrow 3 and hope on the tube into town and our hostel.
November 11: Ganesh and I finished settling our trip out of London for the next few days before rushing off to Buckingham Palace to catch the changing of the guards at 10.30am. Ceremony lasted for an hour and we set off through St. James Park towards Westminter Abbey (We saw just about everyone, including Oliver Cromwell, Elizabeth I, Mary I, Sir Issac Newton, Charles Darwin, Walt Whitman, etc) and Westminter Hall next to the British House of Parliament. Head towards Trafalgar Square before getting lost in the National Gallery and heading back to the hostel.
Novermber 12: Ganesh heads off to Manchester while I spend the day with Cheah Siu Hean at Forbidden Planet (Neil Gaiman was autographing copies of Anassi Boys but the queue was long so I passed up the opportunity to get Ricky a christmas gift, turns out that Terry Pratchet was also there on November 26th to autogrpah THUD! while I was away at Milton Keynes for the Winter Matchplay) before taking a jaunt with Cheah down his favourite stretch of road, Oxford St, Regent St with a few detours here and there.
November 13: Met up with Cheah and his sister at the British Museum, checked out the Reading Room and the Persian exhibition (for free since his sister is a member of the museum). Cheah's plan to have lunch at the Criterion in Leicester Square got scuppered when we found it closed so we hurried off to Wong Kei for his free treat (I owed him one from the Malaysian Nationals). At least I can brag that my Beef Brisket Hor Fun was bigger than his Beef Brisket Noodles. Spend the afternoon at Marble Arch, Edgeware Road before returning to the National Gallery.
November 14: Set off for Berwick-Upon-Tweed to spend 3 days in the company of Helen and Paul Gipson. Rendezvous with them at the train station and we drove straight into Scotland across the border. Her country house is absolutely fantastic and we spend the evening planning our day trip to Edinburgh.
November 15: Set off to Edinburgh. The castle was fantastic and house plenty of exhibits and I tried to lift one of Mon Meg Cannonball (almost becoming a casualty before the WSC even started) and saw the 1 o'clock gun firing ceremony. We hunted for the Witchery (which Cheah Siu Hean recommended. Much to my dismay, no Haggis) So we end up in some pub lunching on Haggis before strolling through Edinburgh new town and the shopping district before heading back.
November 16: Journeyed back into London and we caugh Paul Allan on the train. Settled some accommodation problem with Andy Kurnia (I missed most of the reception) and prepared for the WSC.
Will cover the WSC in the next post.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
I am BACK!!!......
On good old Malaysian Soil...ACK! POOEY! still taste like mud....
Will try to catch up with Cheah and the MSA tomorrow.
Will try to catch up with Cheah and the MSA tomorrow.
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