ATTENTION!!

SPM RESULTS WILL BE OUT ON THE 16 OF MARCH !!!!!

ARE YOU READY FOR IT ???

I'm Not .. am i ?

CCW

Suspicion .. Or Not ..

I walked out off Summit with Aaron Lui and Aaron Leong after our short reunion ; Aaron Lui had just returned from NS for CNY . I lagged behind , choosing to allow the two friends to talk on their matters while i conversed with Henecran .

That was when a man came up to us .

He was rather old-looking with ugly teeth to match . He was carrying a plastic bag and a drink bought from the supermarket , if memory served me right .

He opened the conversation .

" Do you know the shortest way to the Hilton PJ ? "

I was surprised . You see , we were in Subang jaya and the Hilton PJ was about kilometers away from USJ . " Well , its like way out of this place .. you gotta take a bus to get the-"

" Can i walk there ? What's the shortest way to walk there ? " he interrupted .

Henecran snorted . " He's either stupid or there's something out of place here ." Henecran muttered to me . I was laughing as i replied " Dude , if u reach hilton PJ in 5 hours by walking , i'm saluting you , there's no way u're gonna reach there by walking . This is Subang , man . Your destination's in PJ . Thats far .. get it ? FAR . "

He goes on rambling about how his friend left him here and that he lost his money . At this point , the two Aarons walked away from the man while i was rooted to the spot , noting how idiotic he looked . A few more exchange of words and i gave him 50 cents and he walked off .

Henecran looked back at the man before catching up with me as i walked to the Aarons .

" I don't trust that man , " Henecran muttered . I looked back at the man walking up the road . " Naturally , " i said " Why do u think i hurried the conversation , gave him some petty cash and told him to get going ? it's easier to shake off a person this way .. " Henecran snorted . " I hate this kind off people .. Did u actually believe that shit he was spewing out ? " I looked at Henecran . " You think i'm a fool ? Who do you think i am ? I knew he was an asswiping moron from the start . Only courtesy prevented me from pushing him aside and walking away . " Henecran grinned . " Hmmph . And here i thought you were fooled and i would get the chance to lecture you . Anyway , i would watch your back for awhile if i were you . You never know what to expect after that encounter . " I nodded and caught up with Aaron and headed to the bridge . Henecran stood at the bottom of the bridge , looking out at the road before turning away .

After seeing off the two Aarons , i remained cautious , making sure that the man from before was truly gone before making my way back into Summit . Henecran rejoined me after awhile and muttered " He's gone for good , he has . But all in all , a good experience , don't you think ? Pity it didn't turn violent . " I laughed at his sullen face . " I know your taste for violence but this just isn't the place .. Perhaps , in the future ? " I asked . Henecran grinned that wicked grin he has and continued walking .

" Let us leave that memory behind us and enjoy the last of today . "

CCW

College Life

Its been two months since i've been in college . Been this long since i started , and yet , only now have i decided to post on it . Rather peculiar , don't you think ?

GCE A-Levels is not something one can take lightly . Well , so are the other courses that one can take . However , i'm talking about THE hardest course in Sunway College ; GCE A-Levels . It is the longest , toughest and one of the only courses which focuses solely on your examination progress . Being the guy that loves undertaking challenges that are too much to handle , i decided that this course was to be my destination .

Of course , i'm not the only one .

Weathering the course with me in this college are two of my schoolmates ; Theresa , who is my classmate for two years and Han Jyun , whom i've been acquainted with since Form 4 . Both have set their sights on enduring this one and the half year course .

And i'm thankful that i'm not alone .

When i first stepped into college , i only knew Theresa and she was the only one i could hang out with . Most of the people there came from other states , though i did glimpse upon a few of my friends ; be it from the same school or different schools . I saw Ken Yoong , Khai Tsen , Wei Zhi , Jia Wei , Jia Yi , May Yi , Beng Way , Hazel , Pravin , Kuok Yi and Kuok Wei . I also saw Joy with whom i'm acquainted through my mum's friend , Katina . I didn't see Han Jyun until the second day .

After the orientation , i was put into the classes for A-levels . I was in the same class as Han Jyun while Theresa was a class above mine . Surprisingly , 4/5 of my classes coincide with Theresa's so i still was able to be with the only two friends i knew . Of course , that would change in time as i got to know my classmates .

A-levels had 5 classes ; S1 , S2 , S3 , S4 and A1 . I was in S4 with Han Jyun and we were taking Physics , Chemistry , Maths and Further Maths . Theresa's class on the other hand took the same subjects except Further Maths . Which means their study on Maths would be a tad slower than ours , making them different from us just by Maths .

I wouldn't say anything about the lecturers in detail here . Suffice to say that all the lecturers are professional and capable of teaching . If you wanna know more about the lecturers , you're gonna have to ask me personally .

I'm mostly found with Han Jyun , either in class , CC , library or in the restaurants outside the college . During other times , i would be with Theresa and her newly met friend , a nice girl by the name of Au Zing Wen , hailing from Seremban . I'm now a passive smoker , since mixing with Han Jyun , though i'm not perturbed by it . I've decided that anyone who takes the A-Levels course are to be respected , whether they have a tainted past or not .

In class , it didn't take long to realize that everyone there was a level higher than me or at least on par with me . All were smart . All were brilliant . All were apt in the subjects . NONE were incapable of anything . Nicholas Lai , a Maths genius , could solve questions that the lecturer was facing trouble with . Dinakar , another friend , was observant and could spot implications in the answers though of course , some of the 'spotted' implications were merely confusions that we could not comprehend . This is only two of the roughly twenty students in my class that i mentioned . And a note of reminder . The rest are all on the same level .

Homework are not that plenty , unlike the load of work which i seem to see in Theresa's class . This allowed me to finish my work quickly and do the appropriate revisions . It looks like every subject must not be taken lightly , even if its just Maths . Its just a pain in the ass when it comes to assignments . I mean , i'm definitely not the type of guy who is capable of doing assignments . BUT , i will do my best , because i'm not alone when it comes to these things .

I'm currently in the middle of a Malaysian Studies assignment about the hierarchy of Malaysia's Legal System . In my group are six girls and two boys including me .

1. Chang Ching Wei

2. Ng Han Jyun

3. Theresa

4. Au Zing Wen

5. Fong Meng Yee

6. Vanessa Liew

7. Angel Soh

8. Christine

Don't ask me why there are so many girls , ok ?

Either way , i'm actually enjoying life in college . Life in college is ultimately 10 times better than school life . No one can deny that .

That's my narration on how college is . I'm coping with the pressure , but of course , doubtless the pressure would only continue to increase until i'm finally at my limits .

Or will i reach my limits ? Will two be enough to comprehend the strength of this course ?

CCW

The Biggest Chance That Slipped Away ..

This post is evidently a few weeks late .. I just couldn't find the time to sit down and think things through on how to fit my two tournaments in one post .. ah well .. here it is ..

To start off , i apologize for the lack of ( or rather none ) photos in this post .. i'm the kinda guy who prefers reading than to the customary load of photos that keep getting in the way during my narration .. perhaps in the next few tournaments , i will get pictures of interesting games and post it in ..

Now , the first tournament of the year in which i had participated was the MSA CNY Scrabble Challenge 2010 . Fresh from SPM and just started college , this was my first major tournament since May 2009 . You could call this the re-debut of myself and Ramaraj as we aim to end this tournament on a high . My aim was to reach the top 10 Malaysian rankings ( was 20th that time ) and try to get money for Bangkok . ON WITH THE GAMES !!

Game 1

Aaron Chong - L - 362-565

Aaron started off with the bingo OVARIAl for 76 points and piled pressure on me with SEMITONE ( 95 ) , TENTWISE ( 86 ) and VERMIL ( 51 ) . Despite my GLEAMEd ( 71 ) and EGOTIZES ( 88 ) , i couldn't match his tempo and lost terribly . A very demoralising game , given that it was my first tournament game in about 6 months . However , this game showed me that i still had a long time before i could maintain my tempo in scoring .

Game 2

Hema - W - 403-340

I had been taught to be wary even if this was an unknown player . Missing ADOPTER and READOPT in my first move , i immediately find myself in a tight situation with near bingo-racks like AEIRTUW , EIKNRTU . Thankfully , i was able to score and an endgame HEALINGS ( 78 ) won me the game .

Game 3

Marcus Loke -W- 517-387

The previous win gave me the spirit i need to start my flow . Facing with a representative of Malaysia's 2008 and 2009 World Youth Scrabble Championship team , i was yet again very cautious . Eventually , my HAZED ( 40 ) , DESIRING ( 83 ) , LIENABLE ( 87 ) , FAMILY ( 51 ) and RERaNKs [ phoney XD ] ( 74 ) was enough to completely overcome his WILDEST ( 81 ) , UNGLOVED ( 42 ) and HEINOUS ( 77 ) .

Game 4

Alex Tan -W- 421-313

Unfortunately for him , he had no bingos . Fortunately for me , i had HORNINGS ( 89 ) and FERRINGS ( 86 ) . Fortunately for him , the two blanks didn't hit him very hard . Unfortunately for me , the two blanks came too late for me to bingo again . This was one of those meetings against him in which i had most of the good tiles and was able to beat him evenly .

Game 5

Tengku Asri -W- 495-445

A very close game . His three bingo spree of OUTsAIL ( 60 ) , ARISTAE ( 64 ) and REVENGES ( 70 ) along with a phoney which i overlooked ZEBEK ( 60 ) [ the real one was ZEBECK , XEBEC or ZEBEC ] was very pressuring , though my 4 bingo spree of NESTLED ( 73 ) , OUTLiVE ( 74 ) , NEUTRINO ( 62 ) and FERNIEST ( 72 ) managed to even up . At the end game , he played a phoney AGAPI [ real word AGAPAI and AGAPE ] allowing me to challenge it off and played my last three moves of an average 30 points each to wrap up the game .

Game 6

Henry Yeo Kien Hung -L- 416-369

I had never won him before and yet again lost to his superior playing and word knowledge . His RIMeSTER ( 80 ) and REALGARs ( 80 ) as well as the hooking of the previous bingo , TRIMeSTER gave him the win easily . I couldn't even lay a bingo despite my very constant scoring of an average 35 per move at the start . I needed more training to beat this Scrabble Master currently holding the title " CARDBOX SIFU " . XD

Game 7

Ramaraj Sundraraj -L- 433-460

The one person who had taught me the game and who has given me sound advice throughout the years . His word phoney CHAUF led him to IoDIZES ( 95 ) and he wrapped up the game with LEADERS ( 85 ) and AX ( 61 ) while my consolation of ANESTRI ( 83 ) only reduced my losing spread .

Game 8

Pui Cheng Wui -W- 453-284

A shocking win . I think Pui's tiles were very bad that he couldn't even reach 300 . My ROTTiNG ( 69 ) and SHEAThe ( 86 ) was enough to give me a win . This game was merely straightforward and that constant scoring is enough to win certain games .

Game 9

William Kang -W- 460-444

A near perfect game . My EMANATED ( 72 ) and OUTDANCE ( 77 ) coupling with SPOOF ( 42 ) , DOGGY ( 42 ) and JAR ( 53 ) won against his QAID ( 48 ) , OUTLANDS ( 63 ) , VARIX ( 46 ) , POLIEST [ PHONEY !! ] ( 91 ) and TESTIER ( 72 ) . He had nice tiles but my tiles were just a tad nicer . Though , of course , if i had challenged his phoney ( real word was PISTOLE and PIOLETS ) , it would have been an easy win for me .

Game 10

Aaron Chong -W- 460-428

Finally , i beat him though only by 32 points . By this time , my luck was slowly increasing to the point that i was starting to be very constant in my scoring . My WALiEST ( 78 ) , RETAINED ( 68 ) and SEILInG ( 73 ) was enough to beat his beautiful KASHERING ( 109 ) and IDEATING ( 83 ) .

Game 11

Ramaraj Sundraraj -W- 512-388

To those who do not know the format , starting from Game 10 , its King Of the Hill with repeats . Being at the top of the table now , i had to continue my winning streak to clinch podium finish . My BANjOES ( 74 ) , STORING ( 74 ) , RETAILS ( 70 ) and VARIETAL ( 92 ) was enough to brush aside his IODUREt ( 68 ) and PLATERS ( 78 ) giving me my second win against him in all tournaments , having played him about 8 times .

Game 12

Alex Tan -W- 477-384

Hellbent on continuing my winning streak , i changed off a first rack of heavy tiles to bingo GARMENTs , DEBTORS ( 74 ) , RAtIONED ( 77 ) and AUNTIES ( 68 ) along with a cheapo BLYPE ( 52 ) to his ROUTHIER ( 87 ) and CLIMAX ( 45 ) , effectively giving me a fifth straight win and my second 4 bingo game in a row . After the match , i was to play Aaron and was still top of the field . At my brother's category , he had to win his last 4 games to clinch 1st place and he had already won 2 of it . On the other hand , i had to win 2 out of my last 3 games to ensure podium finish .

Game 13

Aaron Chong -W- 447-398

My sixth win a row , giving me a new record for the longest winning streak in my career . His YARROWS ( 52 ) and PIANISTE ( 74 ) was not enough to match my SKITtLE ( 76 ) and TrIGONAL ( 79 ) . This made me even the score against him to 2-2 ; he had beaten me two years ago in the same tournament . The current standings after this game was ,

1. Chang Ching Wei

2. Alex Tan ( beaten Ram with a superb MEATLOAF bingo )

3. Aaron Chong

4. William Kang

I had to slug it out with Alex twice as i was a game ahead of the field . Should i win one of my last two games with Alex , i would have clinched my first ever Master's title .

Game 14

Alex Tan -L- 364-497

It was evident that the strain was too much for me to bear . My first turn OTARINE [ how cheap of me ] ( 66 ) and REKINDLE ( 84 ) was nowhere near his SLIDERS ( 72 ) and VISITEEs ( 149 ) . Perhaps the game would have changed if i did not play the phoney INIUM , leading him to place his niner , VISITEEs wrapping the game up . With IIMNTUU , my safest bet was to play TUI or change . However , lack of thinking made me play risky moves , resulting in my lose . It became evident after that game that i had to win the final game against Alex or risk dropping to third . William was to play Aaron again after beating him .

Game 15

Alex Tan -L- 356-384

Certainly not my game . Both of us had one bingo ; he had FLAUNTS ( 72 ) while i had BAGuIOS ( 91 ) . Half way through i played the phoney IMPY , costing me the game ( real word IMPI ) . If i had thought longer i would have seen IVY , a highly effective move just 2 spots away , depriving him a spot to play his Z , and preventing his FlAUNTS bingo . Unfortunately , i was already at the brink of exhaustion and played with a hasty feature that was to be my unbecoming . At the end , despite thinking for over 10 minutes , i could not find a move to turn the game to my favour and i lost to the ultimately better player .

Thus , the golden chance of clinching first place slipped away . Perhaps , to quote Alex in a certain way , I had used up all my luck in the previous games . In fact , to quote Newton's Third Law , " For every action , there is an equal and opposite reaction . " Having beaten Alex twice before the final two games , it was finally my turn to be beaten . I got third place with Alex as the champion and William clinching second after beating Aaron again .

1. Alex Tan

2. William Kang

3. Chang Ching Wei - 10 wins - average score of 435-409 , 34 bingos and 21/30 blanks .

The following week was the ASTAR Scrabble Tournament organised by UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA . Another tournament in which i was one game above the rest and finally succumbing to painful defeats to end up in 10th place .

Game 1

Muhammad Amin Omar -W- 559-204

In the first round the top players were handed new players and despite my massive score , it wasn't even comparable to Ramaraj who completely obliterated his opponent with a gargantuan score of 839 .

Game 2

Cedric Stewart Lewis -W- 440-433

Game 3

Albert Martono -W- 504-301

Game 4

Chaiwat Wuthinitikor -W- 513-320

In this game , i had a nine letter REVEALING which i later extended to REVEALINGS making it my second nine letter word played in all tournaments ; the first was COWARDIcE against Iyer in Malacca .

Game 5

Thacha Koowirat -W- 570-313

Game 6

Ramaraj -L- 395-468

Why must it always be him to end my spree ??

Game 7

Toh Wei Bin -L- 387-463

Couldn't play properly in this game . Was starting to feel the coldness that had taken its toll on the other players before Game 5 . He was the eventual champion so i was grateful to at least play him once .

Game 8

Christien -W- 485-343

Game 9

Chaiwat Wuthinitikor -L- 331-507

Note to myself : Destroy Newton's Third Law once i'm done with Physics .

Game 10

Thacha Koowirat -L- 319-541

Additional note - COMPLETELY obliterate Newton's Third Law AFTER THE TOURNAMENT .

he had a nice word of cOWBAnE though .

Game 11

Christien -W- 499-334

Game 12

Cedric Stewart Lewis -L- 405-422

I think Newton's laughing at me in his grave . XD

In the end , i'm at least grateful that i won RM160 for 10th place . My next tournament might be Johor MSA mini . Let's hope i can go ..

After the rating changes , i am currently the 11th Malaysian . However , it would soon change as Beng Way makes his comeback to the scene , making me go to 12 th place .. However , there is still the whole year in front of me , let's make it happen ..

CCW