Friday, March 24, 2006

My Scrabble Goals for 2006

This may be a bit late... but...

Current rating: 807 (wtf? I hate this... gotta improve)

Rating increase goal for Malaysian Open: +100 (boleh ke?)

Goal rating by WYSC: around 1200 (it seems impossible but...)

Keeping my hopes high...

Saturday, March 18, 2006

Malaysia vs Australia??

While I was cheering on the Malaysian Commonwealth team today (much to the disapproval to my Australian friends, as I would give up a cheer everytime the top contendor who isn't a malaysian commits an error (which is frequently australian)), one of my friends, aware of my frequent scrabble pursuits, posed me with a rather interesting question:

Who would win if the top three from Malaysia faced off with the top three in Australia.

This is quite an interesting question, as Ganesh would certainly trample the field, and the question in whether the other 2 malaysians would prevail. One other win would give them the match, but does malaysia have the ability to do so.

What do you think readers? I would like to have everyone's opinion on this.

On a diffrent note, Malaysia isnt doing that bad. VIVA AL MALAYSIA.

Victor

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Le MALAYSIAN OPEN!!!

Malaysian open during the 22-23 April. Yay. ITS WHEN I AM BACK!!! Finally able to prove myself (or not as kuhan will happily testify).

Hope that the organizers don't change the dates or more inportantly, not to screw up. Apparently its gonna be a new format. There will be a common division, and then by the end of the day the divisions will be split. Hmm... interesting. Shame that Henry wont be going though

Have a lot of assignments. Want to die already...

DIE

Friday, March 10, 2006

SMARTS + Debating

HELLO EVERYONE!!! Sorry for the long break I took... I had many assignments (the most at one time was 9). Will try to keep more active.

SMARTS. This is a program where schools in WA send their ambassador to University of Western Australia to participate in a project. As luck would have it, I was selected by one of my favourite teachers, Ms Dempster, my teacher last year. However, I could not make it to the first introoductory meeting. Its a long story. So here it goes. I called the taxi to fetch me to UWA at 3:00pm. I waited for about 1/2 hours and called again... They said they were COMING... So i waited... at 4:30 I rang again and started making a big fuss and complaining. Part of the conversation:

Victor: Stop passing me around. I am getting sick and tired of this

operator: Sorry, but this is not in my department. I am transfering you to the complaints department

Victor: ... (Before I could tell him that I HAVE ALREADY BEEN TRANSFERED TO THE COMPLAiNS DEPARTMENT...)

operator from complains department: hello, how may I help you

Victor: I just want to say I will never use swan taxis again. What customer service is this? (puts down (more like SLAM!!!) phone)

Mine you... I have already been transfered about 5 times... So i called the Black and white taxis. 5 o clock also never turn up. So i got fed up and decided not to go to the meeting (started at 4 :P)

Oh... and by the way the debating season is about to start. First debate, this tuesday. Topic: That guatamano bay's detainees should be realeased. I am taking the negative side. No chance... Plus, we are new to this senior debating field and we are against veterens from Hale College... Die

Our second topic is the humourous one. That australia should allow gay marriages. We are taking affirmative LOL

Anyway, got to go now... BYE

Victor

Saturday, February 18, 2006

Bobos' perception of Victor



This will be Victor in 2 years time when he removes his braces

Blogged by Bobos, an indonesian (WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THEM???)

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Finally Finished my EPW

I have FINALLY FINISHED MY EPW ( Extended piece of work)

That explains the partial inactivity:

Some questions:

6. Functions which are linear, quadratics and cubic are all known as polynomials.
Complete the following sentence:
A polynomial is a function of order n where n =............................................
'Linear', 'quadratic', 'cubic' are special names. Are there any other special names for specific polynomials and if so, what are they?

A polynomial is a function of order n where n = any digit except 0.

Linear and quadratic are all low level polynomials; therefore they have special names like linear and parabolas. However, cubic and other functions that have a power MORE than or 3 are HIGH LEVEL polynomials. Therefore, they don’t have ‘special names’.


not enough? look at this;

5. The general form of a cubic equation is y = ax3 + bx2 + ex + d and all of the
above equations can be simplified to be expressed in the general form. Simplify each of
the following where a = -2, b =1, c = -1, d = 2, e = 3, p = 1
(i) y = p(x- a)3 + e
(ii) y=p(x-a)2(x-b) +e
(iii) y = p(x2 + bx + c)(x-d) + e
(iv) y = p(x-d)(x-b)(x-c) + e


y = p(x- a)3 + e
y =1(x+2)3 + 3
y=x3+6x2+12x+8+3
y=x3+6x2+12x+11

y=p(x-a)2(x-b) +e
y =1(x+2)2(x-1)+3
y=x2+4x+4 (x-1)+3
y=x3-3x2-4+3
y=x3-3x2+1

y = p(x2 + bx + c)(x-d) + e
y=1(x2+x-1)(x-2)+3
y=x3-x2-3x+2+3
y=x3-x2-3x+5

y = p(x-d)(x-b)(x-c) + e
y=1(x-2)(x-1)(x+1)+3
y=x2-2x-2+2(x+1)+3
y=x3-2x2-x+2+3
y=x3-2x2-x+5


HAPPY???

Saturday, February 11, 2006

10 Most Adored Classical Pieces

1. Carmen Suite 1, Habanera - Bizet, Georges
2. Carmen Suite 2 - Bizet, Georges
3. Beethoven's 9th symphony movement 1 - Beethoven, Ludwig van
4. La Campanella - Lizst, Franz
5. Moonlight Sonata, Movement 3 - Beethoven, Ludwig van
6. Revolutionary Study - Chopin, Fryderyck
7. Requim - Mozart, Wolfgang Amaedus
8. Fantasie Impromptu - Chopin, Fryderyck
9. Ungarich Tanze - Brahms, Johannes
10. Spring - Vivaldi, Antonio

Friday, February 10, 2006

Late Night Scrabble



Played scrabble with my roomate, Royce yesterday.

Final Score
546-178 to my favour

PS: Royce wants me to say that its his first time at scrabble but I think its his 3rd time :P

Nads



This is nads. A play doh figuirine that PJ, my friend made in memory of Lachlan Morris aka nads.

~Blogged by Victor's roomate, Royce Smith~

Thursday, February 09, 2006

Join the CNY Open!!!

Champion of the New Year
Money Back tournament (Entry Fee - Cost = Prize Pool)

Date: 18th to 19th February 2006 (Saturday & Sunday)

Venue: Berjaya Times Square

Time: Starts at 9am on both days (Registration opens at 8.30 am)

Rounds:
Division A: 16 rounds (9 rounds on Saturday, 7 rounds on Sunday)
Division B: 15 rounds (8 rounds on Saturday, 7 rounds on Sunday)
Division C: 12 rounds (7 rounds on Saturday, 5 rounds on Sunday)
Format:
Division A: If 16 players or less, 1 full round robin and KOTH for the rest. If 17 players or more, KOTH 12 no-repeat + 4 repeat.
Division B: If 16 players or less, 1 full round robin and KOTH for the rest. If 17 players or more, KOTH 12 no-repeat + 3 repeat.
Division C: If 12 players or less, 1 full round robin + KOTH for the rest. If 13 or more, KOTH 9 no-repeat + 3 repeat.

Eligibility: Have been posted BELOW.
If you are playing in your first tournament, you will be placed initially in Div C. If you want to play in Div A or B, please consult the tournament organizers before the tournament begins.

Dictionary: SOWPODS

Challenge:
Division A: WSC 5-point challenge (5 points per WORD)
Division B: 5-point penalty (5 points per TURN)
Division C: Free challenge (NO penalties whatsoever)
Entry Fee:
Division A: RM60 for adults
Division A: RM30 for students
Division B: RM55 for adults
Division B: RM25 for students
Division C: RM50 for adults
Division C: RM20 for students

RM10 discount for those who register with Yeo Kien Hung before 10th February 2006
Walk-ins are welcomed on a first come first serve basis
Remarks: Please bring your own equipment (boards, racks, tiles & clock) if possible The organizers are not able to provide equipment for all present due to limited resources.
Interested participants please email your entry to Yeo Kien Hung at rhyen518@yahoo.co.uk or sms your name and age to 012-688 123

Everyone come join it!!!

Henry is lacking people!!!

Monday, February 06, 2006

My bid for the WYSC 2006

OK if malaysia gets to host the World Youth Scrabble Competition 2006, it will get about 5 spots (more if there are gaps)

The top ten players that are under 18 are( according to my stats)

Suanne 1633
William 1288
Sarah Sim 1229
Peng Sang 1137
Brian Lim 1131

My absymal rating: 807 (damn... I hate this)

OK. I have to improve about 400 rating points to get anywhere near (assuming that they don't do a William Kang and go up by 500 rating points.

How the hell am I going to go up by 400 rating points!!!??

Wo de tian ya!!!

Wo yao si liao la!!!

Die

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Got Kicked to Divi B

I don't believe it!!! I am that bad until Henry puts me in Division B after my imaginary application to Division A got kicked out. Gotta work harder from now... may even start my mugging routine...

First 4 days of school has been a stressfull one, mainly because I misplaced my passport in the airport in perth!! I have e mailed them and the reception says its with them and I am arranging for them to send it to me. So its all good now.

The teachers are giving too much homework!!! 2.5 hours at night isn't even enough to complete them!!! I have to do 2.5 hours at night + 1 hour in the morning to be able to complete all my homework!!! And thats without assignments yet!!!

The commonwealth games are going to be in Melbourne. Everyone's excited about it, and I may be the sole Malaysian supporter here. Lol... Nevermind, my support for Malaysia will never dissapear. Malaysia Boleh!!!

My trip back to Malaysia was quite unevenful, apart from the berjaya times square tournament which I miserably faired, coming out a gruelsome 21st. My visit to VI last week was good too. I meet kuhan and fang hai. Was suppose to meet the whole scrabble club but they canceled the meeting 'in my honour'... That makes me think whether scrabble in Vi will continue...

I beat kuhan for the second time this year, with a spread of more than a 100 again!!!

Current score:

Kuhan 1
Victor 3

Mwahahaha


Visited the RC room for the first time, and say my ex classmates taking in charge of the VI red cresent society. I can't believe how everyone is calling them Lance corporal now!!! That also marks my first ever entry (and an illegal one too) to the RC room (though all the RC-ers welcomed me). Its pretty bare except for a table, a bed and a few chairs.

Have blogged enough now, have to do some homework before it piles up too much. Chiao!!

Victor

I'M BACK!!!!!

The title says it all. I will continue blogging at this blog until the distant future, where maybe blogger shuts down or something like that happens.

Nothing much to blog now....

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

Friday, January 06, 2006

Blogging from British Council while waiting for my brother to finish his classes. Sigh... these days I dont have the time to update my blog... so wait till february...

Monday, January 02, 2006

I BEAT KUHAN!!!




I am about to do some bragging. Hehe… hope Kuhan likes it… he gave me specific instructions NOT to blog it… Anyway, here it goes… I beat Kuhan last week at BTS Scrabble Corner 2 games to 1 game. I only got the picture of the last board, because he hastily cleared the first board. Don’t really remember the scores but the spreads were +125, -134, +89. Oh yeah, and this blog will be quite inactive till February while I am Malaysia. The Internet connection at my house is down. Back to the picture, I placed ANTISERA through the R and PREDATE while he had SENSORS.

Saturday, November 26, 2005

PRIZE OR NOT???

Haihz... still got 13 more days to Berjaya Times Square... really cant wait...

Anyway, got bored of taking pictures... I shall starve my audience of all the pictures they want from me... This may be the last week (or rather, last week and a day) that I will be blogging in Australia. Will be coming back to Malaysia after attending the speech night. There is a BIG chance that I will be getting the DUX of Indonesian Subject... Or the Industry... Or the General proficiency... Nah... Not keeping my hopes high. The prize lists will be out on Monday recess. Can't stop thinking about it.

The boading house is empty. EMPTY. Let me emphasize it ---EMPTY---!!! Well, err... almost empty. Year 12s are gone, so are year 11s after the exams, Year 10s are on a expedition called the bilbuldum track, (and I will be hearing stories of people getting pushed down cliffs hehe) year 9 and 8s are in the other boarding house. There are a few year 10s like me that are not going on the expdition. Around 5 -8. See. I told you it was empty. Normally there are around 200 people in the boarding house. Now got 8 only. SIGH.

Well, ISC is still blocked on my computer. Can anyone get any sense into those computer admins (AKA lab rats)... SCRABBLE IS NOT ANY NORMAL GAME!!!

Well, I leave you here while I go and play some offline Scrabble with the computer... :'(

Thursday, November 24, 2005

HARRRRO

Blogging on a friend's computer while he is busy flirting on his handphone to his taiwanese girlfriend :P

Berjaya Times Square Open is only 16 more days away!!! And I am still in a dilemma whether to play in Under 18 or Under 15!!! Depends whether Kang Kang or Suanne is playing in either... hehe... trying to avoid the good people... how evil I am...

Ish... now my friend (Dick Listijono, an Indonesian) is going under his blanket and flirting. I can hear him telling her that woman are the sub dominant 'species' and are weak... Now he is apologizing... lol

I still doubt my scrabbling ability. I can win against fairly highly rated computers (I consistantly beat a computer program rated at 1645), however, I don't seem to be able to play at a consistantly at tournaments... I haven't even won a tournament yet!!!

Dick is kicking me off his laptop so bye for now :)

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

HOMESICKNESS

Felt feverish and homesick today. Why is homesickness hitting me when I am about to return? Anyway, went back home and played a few games of Scrabble with the computer. No highlights, except for when the computer played F*CK which it extended to F*CKS next turn.

Another of school tommorrow, and 1.5 more weeks till I am coming back!!! Berjaya times square 17 days away!!!

Monday, November 21, 2005

BORED!!!

Completed all major assignments that I was putting off and procrastinating on today. Bored. At least I have the holidays to look forward to. Eugghh. LOOK FORWARD TO??? I HAVE TO DO MY BRACES!!! ITS SUPPOSE TO BE PAINFULL!!! OUCH

Anyway, I DO have something to look forward to. Berjaya Times Square Open. 10 December. How many more days? Let me count... 18 no... 19 more days. SIGH. Its coming on me. Better study word lists soon.

Got to go now. Something is nagging me to go play scrabble. Oh and anyway, ISC still isn't working. SIGH

Bye

Sunday, November 20, 2005

Well, you could say that this World Scrabble Championships was quite a failure for not only Malaysia, but the whole South East Asian Region.

Ganesh failed to secure the championships after losing 5 games in a row.
Malaysia failed to increase the quota of players.
Pakorn Nemitrmansuk got trashed by newly crowned WSC Adam Logan by a mere 3 games.
Singapore failed to increase their country's quota.

I was expecting more from the World Scrabble Championships finals. But Pakorn made a last turn blunder at the deciding match and handed the championships to Adam.

Ganesh could have got a thousand US dollars more if he won the last games against Australian Naween Fernando which he lost to by 5 points.

Sigh. 2007 would be better. I hope