空手而归

本来我这次参加星期天的Toa Payoh East Weiqi Competition，是为了拿奖杯的。谁知道到了最后，我竟然空手而归，连前五名都没进。而且这次比赛几乎没有什么强手去。咳...是我老了呢，还是我棋艺大退？反正这天，我明显不在状态...

第一盘我输给上面这位叫Zhang Yimo的仁兄。他的名字似乎跟那个著名导演一样，但他棋力应该比那位导演强。以前我跟他下都是赢他的，谁知道这次一上来定式就走错，直到后来我也没有发现形式已非。只能说明我对定式的了解和判断能力大大的出现了问题...咳...

在第五场我又输给上面中间那位。他叫李超，刚从中国过来这边读书，在上海有5段水平。上次在棋会跟他下过一盘，那时我那黑，赢他半目。谁知道这次竟然这么巧，他拿黑赢我半目...其实这盘棋内容还不错，从中盘到收官的时候我一直领先。可是到了后来我看我的时间快到了，所以没有怎么思考就把棋子拍上去。但这一拍就损了大概4，5目棋，把胜利也把奖杯给葬送了...

忘了说了，这次比赛是每方25分钟的快棋。如果是在中国，这种比赛可能算做超快棋了...25分钟看似很长，但其实一下子就会过去的，由不得你大长考，也不会有时间判断。这也是我不喜欢快棋的原因...

输了两盘棋之后呢，我已经知道没希望了，所以干脆拿出我的宝贝相机Canny到处拍照。第六场和第七场我几乎都不到10分钟就把对手解决掉了，所以有很多时间拍照。本来我下棋是主要，拍照是次要的，现在却反而颠倒过来了...来这边拿奖杯的结果变成来试拍。况且这也是我第一次带我的Canny出门，所以要让它多见见外面的世界。拿不到奖杯，拍很多照片回去，怎么说也有点收获吧~(真的变成take nothing but photographs了...)而且这次比赛又没有什么奖金，赢不赢也无所谓。对，我就是这样安慰自己的...

至于拍出来的照片呢，我觉得还可以吧。有些拍得还不错（我个人认为），有些一塌糊涂。在这种有一大堆人的地方我真不知道该怎么去拍。而且不知道是不是灯光不好，不开闪光灯的话拍出来的照片很多都是蒙的，只有多拍几张才拍得到比较清晰的。有一些人怎么focus也focus不了，也有一些人拍一张就focus对了。可能是RP问题吧...或者是因为我拿相机的姿势不好，还是手抖得太厉害了。传说中的image stabiliser也不是说很厉害啊...

其余的照片：




对了，没想到杨老师竟然有Canon的EOS 40D！他说是两年前花了两千多块买的，不过我从来都没有看过他带出来用。他说太重了，所以带起来不方便。我觉得那么好的相机，如果不拿到外面去拍摄的话太浪费了。希望下次可以摸一摸他的相机...

Konayuki - Piano

粉雪(Konayuki) (Piano Ver.) by レミオロメン(Remioromen)

From the Japanese drama 1リットルの涙(1 Litre of Tears)

This was really a tough one... It's the hardest song I ever recorded. I kept making mistakes, and I literally took countless times before I could find a satisfactory video...

Still, it wasn't played perfectly. I rushed at some parts in the middle, and some areas were not played correctly. But I guess at my level, this is the best I can get...

If I have time in the future maybe I will re-do this piece, because I really like this song. I like the drama also. It was very touching, and I shed more than 1 litre of tears from watching it...


Tomorrow I will be booking in again for my next round of 7 days... Time outside passes really fast. I still haven't finish doing what I need to do, and the next 7D is here... I guess I should cut down on the amount of time I spend reading manga.

I hope to organise a gathering soon, since my university friends are going to finish their exams. Preferably it will be before they fly off to other islands for their holiday.

These few days I've been sleeping really late... I know it's not good, but I just can't bear to see time being wasted by sleeping at home, especially when we already have so little time outside camp. I can catch my sleep in camp, but by not sleeping at night my health will be compromised, and my memory too... Haiz, let's see when I can fix back this habit...

And my poor camera Canny... I haven't been exploring your abilities and hence your potential have yet to be unleashed... Sorry...