2008 New Year Wishes …… Any from 悟入棋途网友 ? 2008 New Year Wish 1 ………. Competition Area = Exam Hall Due to the happening during the Mind Sport Xiangqi Event, I wish to put down my first wish for Singapore Xiangqi in 2008 …… Competition Area = Exam Hall This is the reason for quite a number of players having negative feedback in this area as many of them do not treat the competition area as exam hall. Even a senior citizen player wanted to go into the competition area with the reason of reading the chess book quietly in there, and when I rejected the request, he told me that I am not flexible enough due to my previous civil servant background, so older players also having problem. (In fact, if I let the player to do reading in the competition area, then I have no right to challenge ”没头发洪泉发” of his remark of ” You sound very upright but just another two-faced hypocrite”.) The actual problem could be : the control of the competition area was tighter this time. In fact, during 2005 Lion (more...)

My third 2008 New Year wish ....... When Bishan Xiangqi Club formed on 27 Jun 2002, I talked about 3 dreams, the third dream could be considered as materialised at end 2004, the first two dreams should be materialised in Oct 2008 as mentioned in Bishan Xiangqi Club Newsletter No. 28. After the first term of 2 years (considered as NS for Bishan residents) as Chairman, I have informed our xiangqi club adviser several times that the club should have a new Chairman as I will be moving out of Bishan by 2009. In my this No. 1,400 posting in 悟入棋途, I hope to move from the front (as chairman) to the back (as one of the EXCO members if my service is needed) within the next one and an half years before moving out of Bishan. As mentioned previously, since I do not need to worry about 学业 and 事业 (as retiree), as long as 家庭 and 健康 are ok, 象棋 should be continued as my 兴趣与爱好。Furthermore, if times permit and I am still having interests, I will help the C.C. or R.C. at my new place to form a xiangqi team (more...)