Now that summer is here and university classes are finished, I spend an hour or so lolling in the hot baths and sauna of a certain salubrious spot in the middle of town before heading over to Kemby’s to meet the foreign mahjong contingent and kick off the evening with [Read more…]
Things have been a bit hectic recently so the Cock’s Eye blog has been sadly neglected. We played four games since I last reported, and I also played a couple of games at Dr M’s… The key point that I can remember is that Noda’s advance was reversed by David [Read more…]
There were just three players tonight, David, Jaime and Nobuhiro. It was Nobuhiro’s first completely unsupervised evening of play. Just a few hands into the first game and he had committed two Chombo, the first one by ending up with too many tiles, and the second by declaring Riichi and [Read more…]
It is often the case that my Friday afternoon client, the dynamic Mrs W, cancels her appointment, which leaves me free to loll in the library at A Certain Women’s College and catch up on a bit of blogging, or read a few more papers on various arcane aspects of [Read more…]
My first post-collywobbles social engagement was the monthly session of mahjong at the Doc’s parents’ place Thursday-week ago. It was the last engagement of a packed afternoon in the Hatchobori area of Hiroshima which saw the Poor Little Cypriot switching roles and locations four times in the course of a [Read more…]
I have been afflicted with a change-of-season lethargy, which might be akin to what Mr. Lightfoot refers to as the collywobbles. I pack most of my teaching and consulting or whatever you want to call it into as little of the week as possible – Tuesday evening to Saturday lunchtime. [Read more…]
Having not shown his face inside a mahjong parlour for about three months, David returned to the fray tonight and managed to finish top dog for the evening. Mind you, it was not without some fortuitious eventualities… If his evening may be compared to taking a shot on the 13th [Read more…]
In Affectionate Remembrance, of Gaijin Mahjong which died at Kodama, On 2nd May, 2008 Deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing Friends and acquaintances. RIP NB – the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Noda’s house. The fat lady has now retired. If it was over [Read more…]
Mark this date down for posterity; on the feast day of St Alda, the 117th day of year 2008 Noda secured the Hiroshima Cock-Eye 3 Player Mahjong title with (spookily) a winning total of +117. His lead is such, that only a biblical disaster along the lines of Noah and [Read more…]
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