Mum's Birthday_08.07.08

We celebrated our mother's sixty-eight birthday with a buffet dinner at Palm Terrace, Holiday Villa Hotel, Subang Jaya on 8th July 2008. She was very delighted that my brothers and family from Seremban and Klang managed to come over after work to celebrate together.

The buffet theme was International with plenty of prawns and crabs served. Food was delicious and plentiful with lots of variety. As it was a weekday, there were only few patrons other than us. As usual, the royal icing birthday cake was specially made by Mrs. Atkinson from Klang.

Mum with Anan, Pushpa & Anni (Savithri)

Rama & Priya enjoying a party of their own with their cousins

Anita, Chitra, Mum in law, Kanga & Jayaraj

Mum blowing the candles

Elder Brother Dr. Raj with mum

2008SJC Girls' Futsal_ 06.07.08

Our 2008 SJC Girls' Futsal League Round 2 games were played today from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm at HTO de Futsal.

Major Division

Results:

Turquoise 2 _ Emerald 5

Amber 3 _ Citrine 1

Emerald and Amber continued their winning ways this week and collected six points each. However, Emerald tops the group standing due to goal difference. Next week's games would pit the two top teams playing against each other. Citrine and Turquoise would be facing each other, looking for their first win.

On a personal note, Ramaraj refereed his first futsal match today i.e. between Turquoise and Emerald. All this while, he has been helping me out and supporting his sister and cousins when they were playing. He volunteered when I was having difficulty in finding refs for the matches today and he did a good job for a first timer despite the usual distraction from the parents and supporters.

Coach Kugan talking to Team Emerald

Team Turquoise training

Rama refereeing match between Turquoise and Emerald
Turquoise Vs Emerald
Coach Thomas Ward With Team Citrine
Team Amber with Coach Tun Kamalul and Team Manager Shirley
Half time break for Team Amber

Senior Division

Results:

Opal 0 _ Jade 3

Sapphire 4 _ Garnet 2

Jade won their second consecutive match to top the table, followed by Sapphire who has four points after their win today. Next week would feature the top of the table clash between Jade and Sapphire, while Opal and Garnet would be playing against each other.

Team Jade with Coach Sunny and Team Manager Yasmin
Team Jade training

Team Garnet with Coach Tharmabalan and Team Manager Theanmalar

Team Sapphire training

Teams Sapphire Vs Garnet

Premier Division

Results:

Topaz 2_ Diamond 5

Ruby 2_ Amethyst 0

Diamond and Ruby also won both their matches to collect six points. Coincidentally, these two team would meet next week in Round 3 matches. Amethyst and Topaz would also play against each other in search of their first win.

Team Topaz with coach Mohd Saidin and Team Manager Frida Susanti
Team Amethyst with coach Mark Scott and Team Manager P. Chitra
Team Amethyst at half time

Next week matches of Round 3 would feature top of the table clashes in all three divisions as teams vie to maintain the lead in the table.

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2008SJC Girls' Futsal_ 29.06.08

Let the games begin. Our 2008 SJC Girls' Futsal League Round 1 games were played today from 5.00 pm to 8.00 pm at HTO de Futsal. Jerseys for the players, coaches and team managers were distributed to the respective team managers.

Major Division

Results:

Citrine 1_ Emerald 6

Amber 3_Turquoise 0

Ref Mano explaining the rules to Citrine & Emerald players
Citrine players at half time
Team Amber with Coach Tun Kamalul and Team Manager Shirley Heng
Team Turquoise with Coach Balwan Singh and Team Manager Nithia Ruby
Amber against Turquoise

Senior Division

Results

Garnet 2 _ Jade 5

Sapphire 0_ Opal 0

Garnet against Jade

Team Opal with Coach Jasminder Singh and Team Manager Mary Koh

Premier Division

Results

Amethyst 0_ Diamond 2

Ruby 6_ Topaz 0

Amethyst against Diamond

Coach Mark instructing Team Amethyst
Ruby against Topaz
Coach Teresa with Team Ruby

Coach Mohamad Saidin with Team Topaz

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2008 Penang Scrabble Open_Open Category Day 3_23.06.08

The third day competition, which comprises of 5 games, started at 8.30 a.m. As the day before, the top of the table clash was between Ganesh, who is undefeated todate and Nigel (whose only loss was to Ganesh). Ganesh managed to win again.
Clash of the Titans_Nigel Vs Ganesh

Rama’s round 16 opponent was Sigaporean Master, Cheah Siu Hean. This was their second meeting in the tournament.
Round 16: Rama Vs Cheah Siu Kean (Score 300-397)
Round 17: Rama Vs Bob Jackman (Score 348-456)
Round 18: Rama Vs Alex Tan (Score 462-372)
Round 19: Rama Vs Chow Xin Wei (Score 465-356)
Round 20: Rama Vs Vannitha (Score 419-391)
Rama's game against Vannitha

Finally all the games were over. The Champion was Ganesh, who finished with 19 wins and 1 loss (to Nigel) while Nigel Richards took the runners up position.

Rama managed to achieve his goal of a top ten finish by securing the ninth position with 12 wins and 8 losses. He was also the best U18 player of the tournament. The U18 award was a keenly contested prize, as the youngsters accounted themselves extremely well by taking up the 9th to 12th position i.e. Ker Jen Ho (10th), Khoo Beng Way (11th) and Alastair Richards (12th).

Final results for Open Category

Ker Jen Ho receiving 10th placing prize money.
Rama collecting U18 award and 9th placing prize money.
Nigel receiving Runners-up award
Champion Ganesh and VIPs

2008 ICT Penang Scrabble Open_Open Category Day 2_20.06.08

The second day competition comprises of 11 games starting at 8.30 a.m. After a good night rest, everyone was eager to start. The top of the table clash was between Ganesh and Nigel Richards. Ganesh won by 20 points.

Rama started his first of eleven games against Bob Jackman from Australia. The eleven games marathon was completed at 9.30 p.m.
Round 5: Rama Vs Bob Jackman (Score 363-475)
Round 6: Rama Vs Chuah Sim Swee (Score 365-539)
Round 7: Rama Vs Martin Teo (Score 449-408)
Round 8: Rama Vs Jocelyn Lor (Score 259-417)
Mohd Salahudin Vs Alastair Richards
Ker Jen Ho Vs Khoo Beng Way
Andrew Chang Vs Vannitha
Participants of 2nd Day of competition
Round 9: Rama Vs Dianne Ward (Score 398-372)

Andrew Chang made it to the top of the table in Round 10, where Ganesh had made it his own the whole day but he could not dislodge Ganesh.
Ganesh Vs. Andrew Chang
Round 10: Rama Vs Betty Erikson (Score 474-341)

Round 11: Rama Vs Brian Lim (Score 465-491)
Round 12: Rama Vs Martin Waterworth (Score 475-324)
Round 13: Rama Vs Tengku Asri (Score 464-317)
Zeenath Ariff Vs Sameer
Karen Richards Vs Nigel Richards

Round 14 was Rama’s turn to face Ganesh at the top of the table but he was unable to beat the Master. Despite Rama’s best effort, he lost by 124 points to the number 1 rated player in the world.
Round 14: Rama Vs Ganesh (422-546)
Rama’s Game against Ganesh
Ker Jen Ho Vs Nigel Richards
Round 15: Rama Vs Yeoh Sue Jane (Score 425-341)

After a total of 15 games, Rama managed to collect 9 points and achieving sixth position going into the final day.