Saw wen bin's post in nyp fb page and it makes me think back of my weiqi days in poly. Maybe I am getting old or maybe it is too long ago (almost 5 years ago), my memories of the weiqi days in poly are slowly fading away. Even so the 3 years are times that I really treasure. It was kind of sad that I was the only one in my batch though but I met many good friends and juniors. Come to think of it how come I am closer to people like xing wei and wen jun who are 2 and 3 years my junior and not as close to friends 1 year below me? I remember first meeting xw in the club room and it was only until recently he told me that he almost not want to continue because of me, hahaha. As for wj, he came to our first meeting after club crawl with his big bunny bag. There was this incident where he was playing with Alvin's sister and halfway through I showed him a way to capture some stones and he suddenly looked at me and said "wah how come you can read so far?" But at that time it was only basic reading of 3 to 4 steps ahead. I can never forget his expression. After these years, both of them improve more than I did and I should really reflect on this.

Went to SEA aquarium few weeks back with mum, aunt and granny. It was good but because I went to the Korean version before (almost the same), there was not much WHAO factor for me. But if it was my first time I would have enjoyed it more. I have to say that my mum and relatives are very unique people because normally people there admire the fishes and say things like "wah so beautiful" or "oh, so this is the bla bla fish" BUT when they see the shark they say "wah, this shark fin must be nice", when see fishes "the market use this kind of fish for fishball" or "this kind of fish taste good in sambal chilli", when see stingray "this stingray a bit too big, the meat wont be soft". Speechless...

After watching House of Cards I think politics is really dirty and is something not everyone can handle. Or rather if you are not smart enough to seize opportunity to make things go your way or you do not have the "up there" EQ, don't bother entering politics.

Was on duty in Bugis last sat and a chinese came in asking about beginner weiqi classes and when he can come down to play with other players. Everytime when I hear this question I find it sad that I have to tell them that is difficult to find players in the club and the best place to play is on the net. I mean we have 2 clubhouses and yet no one is interested to take time to come down lets say once a week to play face to face. Something must be wrong. People may say no time to come down and is more convenient to play on the net but is not true. Look at players in Malaysia, Japan, China, Korea etc.. and the best example of all, Mr Poh and his best buddy Mr Lee. I think we have unknowingly created a culture that cuts away the bonding between players and the association.

There are still many problems and we might need to go so deep that we start questioning ourselves "what is the objective of our association"

Anyway I asked the chinese why he wanted to learn GO and he said that he is a Chinese so he should learn how to play this game. I would be lying if I am not surprised by his answer. Seeing that he came all the way here, I offer to play with him (he already know the basic rules). Is easy to tell if one is really interested when reviewing their game, he asked a lot of questions during the review like is it good to play here, where is his mistake etc and was so enthu to play the next game. By the 3rd game, he started applying things I taught before in the past reviews. I was really happy to see him improve and it was at that moment which makes me realize this is the right job for me.

I have a new name.

When I pick up a swa related call, 60% of the caller will scream into the speaker and say "HELLO!! WEIQI AH??" Hello hello, my name is not weiqi and I dont understand why do they have to sound so fierce. The word association may be too difficult for some.

Human relation is such a complex topic. Why isnt this taught in school?

Is difficult to blog these days. Everyday is about work and is not really good to write about work stuff here. There are just too many holes to mend and I am always preoccupied with other stuff. I realized that you need to have tons and tons of passion for weiqi plus good discipline to hold on for this job and I am working hard towards it.