Sunday, September 09, 2007 | 10:09 pm

the hols

ahh, it feels gd to be blogging again! im sowie i din update, i kept saying i'll do it tmr morning, but u noe hols, its almost impossible to wake up, n when i do, its so late i haf ta rush to go mug mug mug wif e usual pple. ok so wad was i doing during e hols? well, its more lyk wad i HAD to do:

complete cas file, which is up till now, still uncompleted (ok, i will make sure i complete it after prelims)
get my rusty chess mind cranking again n prep for e tourney on thurs
prac lyk mad n make sure i rmb all e scales and get my 2nd exam piece to work somehow for my piano exam on wed.
MUG FOR E FREAKIN PRELIMS!

did i manage to do it? well, satisfactory la.

piano exam was scary, made it through lots and LOTS of prayer, thx aso to e mugging gang 4 ur support! n amie as well 4 dat sms, yeah u're rite, at least when im playing e piano im doing sth i actuali reali love. i guess exams kinda make u 4get it eh?

chess tourney. we lost e title to rj. sadly. it was a closely fought round. no thx to mi losing a roughly drawn position to tim wee, but yeah, i had fun (= was bitter sweet, it being e last time i'll be able to play for e skool. im too old liao. too old to participate in almost any tourney, n too lousy to qualify for e men's squad which is full of imba pple. so yepp )= but all e same (= was quite nice to hear leong toking again. i tot i'll nv sae dat, but, i kinda missed hearing dat guy croak on stage. esp when he made dis funnie speech n when tokin abt an impt issue concerning e fate of e chess world in sg, said 'it was e saddest day of my life...' lyk, OMG, LOL! everyone couldnt contain their laughter even though it was quite a serious matter.

but yeah, it was bitter sweet. n i won my last ever game in e interschools tourney. well, it was as some might sae an undeserved win, cos my opponent actuali played well n got into a drawn queens ending, but he suddenly resigned, stating reason dat he had half a min left compared to my 15 mins. yepp, i was planning to play for his time n cheapo him of his queen lyk wad i did to xh. i guess it wasnt so undeserved afterall, considerin sth abt mi musta scared him to give up e fight so fast :P mebbe it was my experience, or my rept for being quite a fast (and cheap) lightning player :P kidding. but hey, im gd at lightning ok? (fyi for those hu dun play chess, lightning games are games wif 1 min per side for all ur moves. yes, ALL ur moves. it might seem short, but trust mi, we can play reali fast (= )

yay~ chess gone liao. but those daes mugging at e s'pore chess federation (scf) @ bishan cc was anything but boring. trust mi, putting chess players in a room full of chess boards and clocks and asking dem to mug is a big mistake. esp when dere's 4 players, juz enuff for transfer chess! damn fun lor! again for u non-chessies, transfer's where u're in teams of 2 or more, n u n ur teammates play opposite colours. when ur teammate captures a piece, he or she passes it to u n u can put it anywhere on ur board in place of ur move (or at a cost of a turn, whichever way u lyk to phrase it). its damn fun, was banned by e chess fed for all national junior squad players when i was still in e squad (boy, dats a loooonnnnnnnnnggggggg time baq, lyk sec 3, 4?) but heck we still played it, n even held transfer chess tourneys (mi n gab/gay-briel were e ultimate team!).

okie piano exam was okie, muffed some stuff, screwed up sight singing, lyk totali, e last note was a B (e one below middle C) but i ended up singing a high D for some weird reason n e examiner was waiting for mi to sing e note but i juz stared at her. damn im so blur. screwed up e 2nd piece as expected too. but i hope i made up enuff in e 3rd piece which was almost perfect in my opinion. enjoyed playing it. totali.

lalala. neways it was great mugging/playin wif u guys. jason goh couldnt haf put it better, stating dat he was proud of e team. im proud of everyone too, n its a real honour to haf played in a team wif so mani big shots in chess past n present n to haf known dem. ever since i started chess, was quite fortunate to haf known e members of e 'ong wei chian/leung weiwen gang, den l8r more pple, nic wee, val phua, shuting, mark wong (whom i beat in sec 4 in e teams tourney, A div lehz! woohoo, n i was capt somemore!), kia hua, gab, sean tan whom i knew since i was a kid (same church mah), choon keat (somewhere lost in germany, but made it baq to s'pore somehow), jasong, evan, cyril, wy, angie (mom!), amie (other mom!), tim wee n gf, xh and bf, e national womens (rather under 16 at dat time) team, (oh yeah i won ailin in my one n onli game wif her, i tink she was quite pissed, plus she was higher rated den mi at dat time lehz!), aiyah, lots of pple! (sowie if u're not mentioned here, too lazy to type, nah kidding, but reali dun worrie, im sure i rmb u, but too tired to type la har? n neways i tink e readers will be too sian to read all e names as well)

sighz, tired, abit scared of prelims. so much passed so quickly i dun even haf time to catch my breath! urgh. nvm, PRELIMS! SUGOII DES! WOOHOO!

oh n a happie bdae to my sister hu turned 17 as of 9.9.2007 yay~

haiz, though all dis happened, during all dese, i missed u. alot.

nvm, all e best for prelims everyone!

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