Went to KL and played one of my worst tournaments ever - as usual.. Won 3 out of 7 games.. Lost 4 stupendously stupid games.. Ok, the games themselves weren't stupid.. The person who lost it was, perhaps :P
I lost to a guy who my bro had beaten 2 rounds earlier, another girl who was once beaten by both my mum AND my bro some time around last February, and another 2 games where I resigned because I just gave up mentally.. In fact, after those matches, both of my opponents showed me how I could still play those games.. It's like I've been struck dumb all of a sudden :P
My brother got 4 points.. after beating FIDE Master Johan Iskandar in the 7th and last round! He won 2nd place for his U-16 category while I got 3rd place for the women's.. It would've been OK if it weren't for the fact that there were only 4 women playing :P
We both won ourselves BPM's signature 'smiling coconut' coin boxes.. without the keys.. But I got myself that Physics book I wanted to buy.. LOL..
Last October, my ex and I went to play in the 3rd Quarter Allegro Open organised by Chess Association of Selangor (CAS).. It was held at Wilayah Complex, the same place I played today.. Every corner I went to reminded me of him.. And back then, I won the Under-1400 category.. Well, I know that category's considered like child's play for today's stronger 60-odd players.. But I couldn't help wondering if I've lost my motivation (or source of inspiration?) to win..
I went to the ATM to withdraw some money and I was surprised to see a second deposit of my scholarship! I was expecting only RM30+ in my bank balance after my last shopping spree at the PC Fair last week.. You can imagine my shock (and joy) at seeing four digits and two decimal numbers on the screen :)
Still don't know why it's there, though.. Does this mean I have to live off that money for the next 6 months? It's so odd.. But I'm not complaining :)
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NHA at 3:59 PM ::
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