The Devil offers good things, ah but with caveat. Sacrifices. Painful Sacrifices. Won my first 2-day Scrabble tournament in ages. But His Royal Lowness had to set it for an unrated tourney. Where if it were rated, my 13-2 record on a strong field apparently would have propelled me to 3rd in the country. Just enough for qualification for Causeway team. If it were rated. Oh the Dirty D always dangles temptation, forbidden fruit too far to bite.
Temptation and suffering. Payment for the win was 3-days of medical leave on food poisoning. 2 days of hourly toilet visits (meaning no sleep longer than 60 minutes), plus 1 day of total drain-out, flat out with no energy to even go to toilet (which I fortunately no longer needed by then, THANK GOODNESS).
I don’t feel like winning another tournament for some time.
14 September 2007 at 3:18 pm
not even the WSC?
14 September 2007 at 3:24 pm
just thinking of the price that the Devil will exact for a tournament of that scale makes me shudder ….
18 September 2007 at 10:17 am
More importantly, what did ya eat???
19 September 2007 at 1:16 pm
well, if you did go to India this year, it would be 24/7 Diarrehea with frequent eating disorder and BO during the finals that everyone in the room would be gagging and wearing gas mask.
19 September 2007 at 2:06 pm
Propelled u to 3rd? Is that an assumption or has it been confirmed?
20 September 2007 at 9:38 pm
Does it matter? And from your last blog you sound confident to do well for causeway. For your sake I hope you do, else you gonna look real dopey
21 September 2007 at 9:16 am
Wolvie: can’t tell whether it’s lunch (Malay fried rice) or dinner from 2 evenings before (mussel kway teow + fried oyster; seems potent, but don’t expect it took two days for it to hit)
Henry: I may not even survive to win it ;p
Hubert: it was simulated. You and Cheah went up, I went up a lot (90ish, if not wrong), and others dropped, allowing me to overtake.
Anon: Who says I’m playing causeway
? and even if I do (in any division), I doubt I’ll do well (it’s rated internationally) unless I pay a heavy price again….
22 September 2007 at 8:48 am
I think that anonymous user was referring to me. Ah, who cares.
22 September 2007 at 6:59 pm
I thought u never liked anonymous posts, why allow them now?
22 September 2007 at 8:46 pm
i still don’t like anonymous, but i don’t ban. usually i ignore. yea i slipped there, been out of it for long time, was on reflex mode just replying every comments
4 October 2007 at 2:01 pm
Sigh… in just a few moves I see lacking in word power I am. Haha
4 October 2007 at 3:02 pm
WL! come back you, I thought you’re supposed to start a new blog? heh
Come back to the scene! I believe you received the Collins kit right? Many new fun words, come back and play!
8 October 2007 at 9:09 am
*gives sheepish smile and ducks into hiding*