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Friday 23rd June: How Noda Disqualifies Our Excuses…

June 25, 2006 David Hurley 2

When you find yourself in a losing streak, such as my losing streak this quarter, you search around for excuses… Unfortunately, as this latest mahjong session amply demonstrated, all excuses are invalidated by Noda. Excuse no 1: I got drunk. The Noda Disqualification: Noda regularly wins while drunk… Excuse no [Read more…]

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Friday 16th June: Gaijin Shuffle

June 18, 2006 David Hurley 6

After a couple of weeks in which no mahjong was played at all, the four regular players met up at Kodama on Friday night to resume battle. Noda, who has shed a few points in recent encounters, racked up an early lead finishing the only winner on +46. Jaime took [Read more…]

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Thursday 25th May: The Taming of the Shrew

May 28, 2006 David Hurley 0

This year’s production of The Taming of the Shrew by the International Theatre Company London was a great success here at Jogakuin University, Hiroshima. Every May the International Theatre Company tours Japan performing a Shakespeare play and of the three I have seen (Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, The Taming [Read more…]