Friday, April 13, 2007
This holiday.. is like it never happened before.
Now that my schedule is shown;
Monday to Friday
8.30am - 6.30pm
Its so crazy. I won't have time for Wei Qi on Tuesday anymore.
I don't have much to blog about, unless you want to hear me talking about Wei Qi again. I think I'll leave it at here for now.
Till the school starts when there are more juicy news to write about.
Till then, ta~
12:57 AM
Monday, April 02, 2007
On April 1st, yesterday, I went to play Wei Qi at Hougang, Ci Yuan Community Centre.
I got to know this place from an NYP Mind Sports Alumni James Lee. Apparently he was the president of the club 6 years ago.
When I entered the community centre, it wasn't a centre at all, just a few small classrooms. But who cares, nothing matters as long as there is a go board and seeds right?
3.00pm : Played a few games of 13 x 13 while waiting for the beginner course to end. ( Beginner = do not know what Wei Qi is at all )
4.30pm : Time flew. It was time for the next course.
5.00pm : Start of beginner session 2.. ( wtf? )
6.30pm : It was quite fun ( the coaches made it fun ), although all that they taught I have already learnt.
7.00pm : Practise session with James, which he simultaneously played 9 people on 13 x 13. I lost of course.
9.00pm : We went for dinner and chatted.
This was when I got really juicy info. Just a year ago, James was aggressively promoting Wei Qi to every school in Singapore. Now, almost every primary school already wants a Wei Qi club. Unthinkable as during my time, there wasn't even a mention of Wei Qi.
And from what I heard, its even crazier in polytechnics. Other than NYP, other polytechnics are going to be conducting a Wei Qi crash course soon around June. That means the number of Wei Qi players are going to shoot up again in Singapore.
Before I went home, James said that I could become a coach but I needed a little more strength in Wei Qi, which other courses could help me attain.
Long term goal : To become a coach.
Short term goal : Increase strength.
If you have any enquiries about the courses, do contact James Lee.

To infinity! And beyond!
1:23 PM