MSSKL JUNIORS Open 2013, O' What a Heat!

Results:-
hAnA, 4.5pts/6 - 2nd, Girls U-12 category. Champion was Melanie Koo.
cHEss pIRATE...who should have been getting his opponent to walk the plank was instead busy "collecting" dead fishes from the PKSC Pond...3pts/6 - 11th out of 20 in the Boys U-9 category, won by Hafiz Borhanuddin.

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Am slightly annoyed with the cHEss pIRATE when he didn't claim a draw for his 1st game despite having the tools to do it and having taught the 3x Repetitive Play ruling before going off for the event. When confronted - " ...Kenapa Faiz tak claim draw, ayah kan baru ajar pagi tadi?". His innocent reply - "...Faiz dah angkat tangan, tapi arbiter tak nampak!" OK, fair enough, did see his hand went up but since nobody came he lowered his hand and played on... I think the ruling learnt might have been at the back of his mind but he was unsure himself as to how to explain it to the arbiter and claim the draw.

I must make it a point to sit down with the kids and go through the ruling again and write on this later on.

On another matter, I Must be getting soft nowadays...many many moons ago in conditions like today's sweltering heat, Drill (be it Foot or Weapons) or, PT (be it Individual PT, Battle PT) would be tolerable/bearable! Map Reading Exercise, IMP or Ilmu Medan Perang (Battlefield Knowledge), Shooting, "Muslihat"(Tactics) and especially First Aid Classes will be an added bonus or something to laugh about as there must have been some scheduling SNAFU or perhaps the powers that be....normally the Pegawai Latih, would have eyed some other intake(s) to torture. The possible "unbearable" exception would be Log PT at 12noon for 1 1/2hours.....Perrgh!

Last year, the kids took part at the same venue for an event called "4th KL Scholastic" under rainy and much cooler conditions.

This time round, the number of players seemed to have increased.
Unfortunately, the heat had "baked" a number of players and their supporting cast.
Moreover, unlike last year where there were at least 2-3 food stalls opened, there were none this year and parents had to drive out of PKSC to seek for light refreshments.

WORSE however is the lack of working WCs or, restrooms with flowing water.

Last year, though unable to lock the doors - the WC beside the hall at least had running water.
There must be certain standards that event organisers must uphold and one of them MUST BE having restrooms with flowing water. Hopefully, the powers that be at PKSC can repair not only the WC beside the hall but also the WCs at the hostel...a year is simply too long a time to fix basic amenities for human decency.

Don't have time to write much...lots of matters to attend to.
Relative's wedding at Al-Falah Mosque, Subang Jaya. Back to PKSC. Then off to Enstek Nilai for a Park Launch and then to watch an English drama... the "malaynised" version of Romeo & Juliet, renamed "Ramli & Julia"....WaQAQA, hentam jelah Labu! 10pm, episode 7 of IFT goes on air.

(more to follow later..."IF" time permits)

Met my old Guru Quran I.e. Pak Long Karim during the wedding.
His son was with him. I have to write this because many, many moons ago I pushed his son into the well at one of the kampungs in Jasin.

MSSKL Juniors Chess Open 2013 (KL Scholastic), Registered

Age Group events for the U-8 or U-9 category is not that common.
However, on 3 March 2013 there are 2 events being organised within a 5KM vicinity of each other I.e. The MSSKL Juniors 2013 at Pusat Kecemerlangan Sukan, Jalan Maran @Titiwangsa-KL which offers a U-9 category apart from U-12, 15 & 20 and the 24th Selangor Juniors Open@DCC Centre, Wilayah Complex-KL which offers the U-8 age group event in addition to U-12 & U-16.

Though initially inclined towards participating in the CAS event, the following phrase in the Event Info Sheet is hard to ignore and tipped my decision as to which event to sign up the kids for:-
" Additional benefits in the playing in this event
* Based on their performance, KL players who do well will be considered for this year's MSSKL State teams
* The top 6 KL players for each category will be given FREE entry into play the KL Junior Masters 2013 to be held on 16 & 17 March 2013."
Refer MSSKL JUNIORS 2013 INFOSHEET 

Hence, registered the kids via sms with Cikgu Sofi(019-3636293) for the event which is organised by the MSSKL.
Cikgu Sofi promptly replied to my SMS at 5:03pm confirming the kids participation and giving details of the payment mode.

Hopefully, it'll be a good birthday celebration for the cHEss pIRATE.