Merdeka tournament 2008 DAY 1

HEY ALL! sorry for the latest inactivity. I was busy with my exams and many other things.

So here's day 2 of the Merdeka tournament 2008   =)So today, we woke up at 7, bathed and had breakfast in the hotel. Then at  8am, we departed to the playing venue, which was 5 minutes away.
National Master Ng Tze Han( we were walking to the venue)

The morning sky =)

On the way~~~

The  venue, wilayah complex.wilayah complex


inside the complex...its dark and gloomy, perfect for dating..XD

So after we reached we all hanged around and talked with old friends...finally at 9 am, a captains meeting was held

inside the meeting room

 we were to decide whether to shorten the competition time control and without a doubt the majority of us decided to do so...

so at 9.30
The 1st game was played

(me and my team)

and we pawned...XDso after the 1st round, i went around taking pictures...And here's a few pics to show u all how the tourney venue looks like....
This is the  white board, where the organizers post the results, standings and pairings...families and  teams sitting on rugs (0-0) resting....

the selangor team's corner

our team's Head-Quaters...XDBtw, there were also students from the Malaysian University set up stalls there to cater our needs

They sold food, water and souvenirs...

So after round 2, which we won again, my team and the players from penang went to a cafe oposite wilayah complex for lunch


We went back, to another round of pawnage...XD

So after pawning everyone on the 1st day,we went home to rest, cause tmrw, we will be facing off with the defending champion----selangor, quite early for a decider match dont u say?

Tmrw, i shall post day 1 and 2....XD

Merdeka tournament 2008 DAY 0

Hey ya folks! As i have SO many pictures from this event, i will seperate The Merdeka Chess Tournament post into 3 posts , day 0, day 1+2 and prize giving ceremony + day 3.

So on with day 0!

I woke up at 7, got ready, and went to Penang Free School to board the bus to Kuala Lumpur. It was a 5 hour ride but luckliy we had two movies! (and i had my revision books) It was nice seeing my chess friends after so long, so we kinda caught up with each other on board the bus while enjoying 'the forbidden kingdom'.

So here introduce you to some people and what they did on board the bus..XD

Some, obssesed themselves with technology 0-0

                                     (ren chi the cute!)


                                    (tzi chao the tanned)
                                                      (tzi chao and cheng kuan)

And also, those who played cards.....                                             (kai en, my team's second board)  



                                                      Evan, my team's 1st board




                                                                   (de Jack)


and of course, those who stared out into blank space   XD
                                                   (patrick, me team's 4th board)

all in all, it was a happy community

and for a few other people..

The seniors!
                                        ( zhao wei and yik xian)

The girls
                                                    Tjin li and yuen sue
                                                            Cy and HT  

and the sleepers...XD
                                                          (anthony, quite a pro) 

                                  Wh =) my team's reserve player


After a grueling 5 hour ride, we arrived at our hotel in kuala lumpur at last.

we checked into  

and then went to our rooms....
i was in the same room as my teammates


not bad huh?    =)

we even had a nice view of the city

and a walkway outside the window( which we used to sneak into other rooms) 0-0

after a while, we had dinner and did a lil window shopping.

Then we went back to the hotel had a lil practice session and went to bed.

we needed the sleep as tommorrow, we go to war!

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Hey yo! tomorrow i will be off to a National Chess Championship called Merdeka (independence) open. It is held to celebrate the Independence Day of Malaysia--- 31st of august.

It is a grand tournament and many chess players will pull themselves out of their busy, montonous lives to take part in this once a year tournament. I for one, am part of them.

Although my trials and Major exam is drawing near, i seem not to care much, despite the fact im doing workbooks everyday =) Unlike most of my pro peers (like andrew) who care about their studies, i will be going down to the metropolic Kuala Lumpur to participate in this tournament.

I, along with a few, will be sponsored by penang to represent Penang in this tournament  and will play alongside those few as a team agaisnt other participating teams. If we get gold (i hope we will) we wil get rm 1000 in cash!!! but if we get silver again (like last year) we wil just get rm500.

So i hope we get gold! Wish me Luck! XD

and i promise there will be pictures, cause, for the 1st time, i will be bringing my camera!!!

Political Views? (Anwar Ibrahim)

1st and foremost, i would like to stress that im NOT into politics, but this is something i wanna bring up..XD

I would like to write a brief intro about Anwar Ibrahim,  the former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and  currently the de facto leader of Keadilan the People’s Justice Party. He with a distinguished career in public service was unjustly removed from office and endured six years in solitary confinement on trumped-up charges. Finally, In 2004 those charges were dismissed and he resumed his campaign to build a prosperous, democratic and just Malaysia.

Just yesterday, we had a public holiday to easen the mini election held in the Permatang Pauh region. 
Anwar Ibrahim, the leader of Keadilan (People's Justice Party) was pit up  agaisnt Hanafi Mamat (AKIM) and Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah (BN).

And here are the official results....


Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (KeADILan): 31,195 votes
Hanafi Mamat (AKIM): 92 votes
Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah (BN): 15,524 votes

Number of votes cast: 47,258


Anwar , without doubt, won by landslide and will be set to be sworn in as a member of parliment two days after.

His landslide  by-election win clearly marked  his return to mainstream politics.

Why is this so?
To me.... 
1. He has the trust of the majority of Malaysians as he has been through a lot of false accusitions planning to bring him down

2. His campaign to build a prosperous, democratic and just Malaysia is what we want the most.

3.And above all, he is our hope for equality and justice in this corrupted and scandal ridden  political world.

4. Not to forget, he brought down the oil prices of Malaysia ^^

Anwar Ibrahim will hopefuly be the Voice of Democracy in the Malaysian Government. The eyes of the world are upon him, waiting to see what he can do to change Malaysian future, hopefully for the better. It is at these dark, corrupted times where me need a light the most, and i sincerely hope, Anwar can illuminate a new, brighter path for Malaysia. 

Most of the people who want a better and fair Malaysia are behind him and i hope this will be enough for him to survive in the Political Jungle, where almost every political 'tiger' wants to tear him limb to limb.

by the way, the webiste the people made for him is
http://www.anwaribrahim.com/

it is an insight on anwar himself!






So........



for a better tomorrow, a better Malaysia,

ANWAR IBRAHIM, I SUPPORT YOU!

hope this post doesnt get me into trouble..XD

Emo? XD

To whom it may concern....

Do not be confused. =)
And u are right, you are positively right.
Stick with your heart.
Nobody will get hurt, so dont worry..XD
Your life wont be messed up no more after this =)
It never meant to happen anyway,even we're similar in many ways,
it would not have lasted..XD

teenage infatuations are like the wind...
They come,sweeping you up, just to leave u, once the fire has blown away...XD


So all in all,
Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.

and no, im not heartless =(

Btw, im off to a photgraphy camp..wont update till sat.. AWAIT it..XD

Fujifilm camp post coming...!!!!

a walk down Memory lane(mini summercamp post)

Today, i went to attend a seminar regarding our upcoing major exam. PMR.

It was quite good, despite the fact i did 
throughout XDHere are some pieces of the seminar papers...

To the seminar, i brought the yeng bag i brought to SC..XD

Is cool cause my name's on it..XD

So cause i was kinda bored of the seminar, i took a look through it....

and found sweet memories =)

The 1st thing that came out was....

My hideous batik...XD

Then came the souvenirs!


some keychains!

a mysterious folded paper......0-0

Lets open it..XD

                                     (what was in it had to be censored for eye safety..XD)actually it was
The nan hua school uniform thingies !!! (from ding yi)

The last thing that came out was what my marvelous  group had bought for me for my bday
(i think)



Its a beautfiul piece of silver.... (even though it looks blur)

Haih, so many sweet memories

they reminded me again on how much....

XD

Of an enthralling read

Just recently, max lent me a book which left me helplessly its captive, its is....

The back of the book goes as follows...

Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with an unbreakable bond to the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest and most dangerous vampires--the ones who never die.

The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a Dhampir; she is dedicated to a dangerous life of protecting Lissa from the Strigoi, who are hell-bent on making her one of them.

After two years of illicit freedom, Rose and Lissa are caught and dragged back to St. Vladimir's Academy, hidden in the deep forests of Montana. Rose will continue her Dhampir education. Lissa will go back to being Queen of the elite Moroi social scene. And both girls will resume breaking hearts.

Fear made Lissa and Rose run away from St. Vladimir's--but their world is fraught with danger both inside and out of the Academy's iron gates. Here, the cutthroat ranks of the Moroi perform unspeakable rituals and their secretive nature and love of the night creates an enigmatic world full of social complexities. Rose and Lissa must navigate through this dangerous world, confront the temptation of forbidden romance, and never once let their guard down, lest the Strigoi make Lissa one of them forever...

even the front cover is eye catching, 




but much less in comparism to the content...XD




It is Richelle Mead's second novel and her first effort in the Young Adult market
                                                                       Richelle Mead
 
The book opens with Rose, our heroine, and Lissa, her best friend, under attack by what they think are Strigoi, the evil immortal vampires of human legend. Rose is a Dhampir, a human/vampire hybrid, and Lissa is a Moroi, a mortal but pureblooded vampire with powerful magic, and a Princess at that.They've run away from St. Vladimir's Academy, a vampire boarding school in Montana of all places, and the Academy wants them back.

 The book manages to combine typical school age gossip and rivalries with royal intrigue and the
complexities of Mead's own vampire society. The entire story is set against the related mysteries
of why Rose and Lissa ran away from the Academy in the first place and the unusual telepathic
bond between the two. 






*this review was plucked from http://library.tom-hanna.org/2007/richelle-mead-vampire-academy/ and modified a little

What i like  about this novel is  the casual  (not to mention crude) way the story is told by the author. The words she uses are mostly understandable, unlike most teen novels...=_=

But what i like even more about this novel is the vulgarity vastly found in this book and the  suspense, mystery, humor and romance that pushes the borders of what's allowable in the genre.

All in all,it is quite a page turner and an enjoyable read. You can find  in this book things you cant find in other teen novels. =). 



Actually, Vampire Academy is part of a a thrilling triology 

 

The sequels to this marvelous read areand



Again, the covers are so eye catching!!!!!