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St John Evangelist Day Revelation!

December 31, 2006 David Hurley 0

On December 27th, the Feast of St John the Evangelist, I found myself back at the Doc’s for a festive afternoon of mahjong. The “revelation” I received was this – Doctor M junior was right! When we first began to play mahjong he prophesied that I might suffer at the [Read more…]

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Friday 22nd December – Back to Koyo Jansou

December 27, 2006 David Hurley 0

With Noda absent tonight the foreign contingent elected to head back to Koyo Jansou, the cosy place in Tatemachi with the cheerful Mama-san and the old play-worn tiles. Tonight’s result didn’t bring a change in the rankings. Kenyon progressed, Jaime’s recovery stalled and David managed to change direction from down [Read more…]

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ut omnes comprehendant

December 19, 2006 David Hurley 0

It has come to my attention that a message which I sent out by electronic mail to a list of worthy recipients was received with some perturbation of spirit. Murmerings arose among my intended readership to the effect that the said electronic message was “unreadable”. I admit and freely confess [Read more…]

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Friday 15th December: The Noda Wait

December 17, 2006 David Hurley 0

I was attending a birthday party tonight so did not play mahjong. Tonight’s “zero” score was a marked improvement on my recent form. I leave it to Jaime to file the report: “When I first started playing mahjong in 2000 I cobbled together a strategy of how to simplify the [Read more…]

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Friday 8th December: David Hits Bottom!

December 10, 2006 David Hurley 5

It happened. David’s 4th quarter loss of form has seen him plunge from “third and in the black” (30th September) right down through the ranks to bottom in December! The very first hand of the first game provided a foretaste of his fortunes for the evening. Noda declared Riichi and [Read more…]

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Friday 24th November: 4 Chombo Shared by 2 Players!

November 26, 2006 David Hurley 1

Just as we were thinking about trying another mahjong parlour in Noda’s absence the old boy signalled his return to Hiroshima by sending out enquiries about tonight’s game so we agreed to return to Kodama. And the evening was marked by Jaime’s continuing revival despite a brief look at negative [Read more…]