Hotpot Scrabble

After the tournament, Ricky Purnomo, Lie Ying Purnomo(Ricky's wife), Mihai Pantis and I, went to a hotpot restaurant. No, we didn't play any Scrabble. I just couldn't think of a better title. After all, "hotpot" is a valid Scrabble word. We, the Scrabble freaks, heroically tried not to talk about Scrabble. If you're a man, imagine having dinner with 3 women who for 3 hours only talk about make up, shopping and jewelry. That's what Lie Ying must have felt like, when we succumbed to our urge of talking about Scrabble. I must proudly inform you that no anagrams have been exchanged over the scrabble board though. The food was amazing. I think I could have hotpot for breakfast, lunch and dinner!


Mihai Pantis, trying to run away with our food!

Singapore ( day 2)

ADRIAN TAMAS 409 CHEAH SIU HEAN 484

Today, it was time for Scrabble. 20 players joined the Yew Tee tournament. I started my day with a loss against Ricky Purnomo. I had to let him win again!I also played against my compatriot, Mihai Pantis.It was my turn to win. Tomorrow morning, my next victim will be Nigel Richards, none other than the world champion en titre.
My game didn't seem to flow very well today. I only had 12 bonuses in 8 games! That is certainly not enough at this level. My bonuses were ANTITYPE+S(a contrary type), INFESTER+S, UNSENSED, REARGUE+D,S, SAXONITE+S(igneous rock), TEAGLES, GELLIES(gelignite), RIVIERAS( a costal resort area), ANOETIC(no-S feeling without understanding), PITEOUS, WINIEST and CASEMENT+S( a type of window). After the tournament Tony Sim, took us to a place with a lot of Singaporean traditional food. It was delicious! Now I need to recharge my batteries for tomorrow...

Results after round 8
NOVEMBER 21, 2009 -- MASTERS
Rank Player Wins Mar
1 Nigel Richards 7 789
2 Ricky Purnomo 7 503
3 Hubert Wee 6 346
4 Goh Jiang Pern 5 612
5 Toh Weibin 5 256
6 Adrian Tamas 5 196
7 Wong Zhi Yuan 5 -89
8 Victor Chua 4 87
9 Mihai Pantis 4 -27
10 Robert Linn 4 -194
11 Michael Tang 4 -257
12 Cheah Siu Hean 4 -349
13 Tony Sim 3 80
14 Marlon Prudencio 3 58
15 Jocelyn Lor 3 -132
16 Arul Inthirajah 3 -613
17 Dianne Ward 2 141
18 Shim Yen Nee 2 -193
19 Quek Sim Ho 2 -356
20 J Goutham 2 -858
HIGH GAME: Goh Jiang Pern 662


ADRIAN TAMAS 467 MIHAI PANTIS 402