Recently I have been obsssesed with reding books, frequently reading a whole book (of about 450 pages in 1 day). These are the books read in the past 3 weeks:
Autobiographies
Slave - Mende Nazer: true story of a girl's lost childhood nd her fight for survival
Mao's Last Dancer - Li Cunxin
Fiction
Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
Deception Point - Dan Brown
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
Digital Fortress - Dan Brown
Act of War - Dale Brown
Lambing Flats - Forgot Author
Skellig - David Almond (Saw it on alpha22's blog)
I am obssesed with non-caucasian autobiographies now... but there are so few of them!
Friday, September 15, 2006
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Maximin Tournament
Got picked up by Maurine Gill at 8 30, tourney started 9 30
Game 1 - Sonia
Neck to neck game until i played REUNITE for 72, and VEXT for 45 points. She never recovered.
W 361-328
Game 2 - Cori
She opens with unit, I take the DLS spot with QI for 44 points. She changes, I put WEM for 31 points. She puts something for 9 points, and I put VEXERS for 55 points. She puts something for 10 points, I bully her with HASTIER for 78 points. I pity her :D
W 476-325
Game 3 - Doreen
Another strightforward game. Put ASTERIA and then its anagram ATRESIA for 67 and 87.
W 428-272
At this stage I am the only person with 3 wins
Game 4 - Dave
Tile gods hate me. I got the SATIR of the SATIRE hook but coundlt find any bingoes. Changed tactics and won eventually
W 358-313
Lunch - By this stage everyone thinks I am going to win...
Game 5 - Maureen
First game I tracked, first game I lost. Says something bout tracking eh? Endgame blunder (Wheres the help from tracking?) and lost:
L 280-266
Game 6 Alora
She went overtime by 4 minutes! nothing special,
W 312-241
At this stage I am still leading with one other person at 5-1... My spread is at the 500s while hers is at the 200s. THis is none other than my first game opponent, Sonia
Game 7 Janet
I geram her. She is partially blind, so she gets her husband to record her scores. SHe also uses super extra big worded tiles. Managed to put PaSSAGES for 86, but she got all the other JQXZK, blanks, and esses.
L 395-357
Came second overall, after Sonia won her game. Will wait for the ratings now...
Game 1 - Sonia
Neck to neck game until i played REUNITE for 72, and VEXT for 45 points. She never recovered.
W 361-328
Game 2 - Cori
She opens with unit, I take the DLS spot with QI for 44 points. She changes, I put WEM for 31 points. She puts something for 9 points, and I put VEXERS for 55 points. She puts something for 10 points, I bully her with HASTIER for 78 points. I pity her :D
W 476-325
Game 3 - Doreen
Another strightforward game. Put ASTERIA and then its anagram ATRESIA for 67 and 87.
W 428-272
At this stage I am the only person with 3 wins
Game 4 - Dave
Tile gods hate me. I got the SATIR of the SATIRE hook but coundlt find any bingoes. Changed tactics and won eventually
W 358-313
Lunch - By this stage everyone thinks I am going to win...
Game 5 - Maureen
First game I tracked, first game I lost. Says something bout tracking eh? Endgame blunder (Wheres the help from tracking?) and lost:
L 280-266
Game 6 Alora
She went overtime by 4 minutes! nothing special,
W 312-241
At this stage I am still leading with one other person at 5-1... My spread is at the 500s while hers is at the 200s. THis is none other than my first game opponent, Sonia
Game 7 Janet
I geram her. She is partially blind, so she gets her husband to record her scores. SHe also uses super extra big worded tiles. Managed to put PaSSAGES for 86, but she got all the other JQXZK, blanks, and esses.
L 395-357
Came second overall, after Sonia won her game. Will wait for the ratings now...
Thursday, September 07, 2006
That Really Hurts!
2nd in SmARTS? And 2nd dosen't get any prizes? To top it of, a team from OUR school got first? THat REALLY HURTS!!!
:'( However, the presentation was good... The audiences laughed at my 'jokes' that werent really jokes... Anyway, will post my speech next post :D
:'( However, the presentation was good... The audiences laughed at my 'jokes' that werent really jokes... Anyway, will post my speech next post :D
SmARTS Presentation Evening
SmARTS presentation evening in 2 hours; wish me luck... Will update when the results are out and the deed done.
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