The Ordeal of Change in 100 Words Where opportunities abound change releases energies, breeding confidence in self-reliant men. Without opportunities and self-reliance people turn to faith, pride, unity, Hoffer argues. Hoffer attributes the ferment of the West since the Renaissance to the intellectual’s hunger for recognition. Intellectuals, given authority, plan, [Read more…]
I arrived in town on Friday afternoon with a list of stuff to do, but I was thwarted by the disappearance of one of the places I had intended to visit. Places come and go at the drop of a hat in Japan. You only tend to notice the existence [Read more…]
I was fully intending to play mahjong this evening despite the hangover. What had happened was that I had spent Thursday afternoon with Jeff and Kenyon playing a boardgame called Shogun over at Jeff’s flat above DEH. I got through the game by drinking tea and building a Western Empire [Read more…]
Noda joined Jaime in the Bizenya ramen shop for a bowl of Stamina Ramen to set himself up for the mahjong parlour. David joined them somewhat behind schedule but nevertheless in good time to catch Jaime expatiating on the subject of St Andrews and why anybody who attempted to maintain [Read more…]
Noda was back with his bottle tonight so he and David polished off the remaining half of the contents during the first two games. Both those games were notable for the number of times the Oya was retained through to Rianshi and so each one lasted a long time, which [Read more…]
Noda, Kenyon and Hide play, Kiyo looks on. The Poor Little Cypriot arrived at Kodama at a quarter to eight to be greeted by Noda brandishing a bottle of Glenfiddich. As Lententide is upon us the Poor Little Cypriot had intended to eschew all things alcoholic, or at least he [Read more…]
A couple of games were played in February, neither of which I was able to attend. The first was played on Friday 2nd and I gather that Kenyon was the big winner and Hide the biggest loser. More than that I cannot say. Here is the reckoning: Kenyon +54, -2, [Read more…]
I think it would be fair to say that the Hiroshima Cockseye Mahjong club held two separate games tonight. The first game, between the Old Guard (Noda, David and Jaime) commenced around 8pm and finished at about midnight. The second game, between Kenyon, Hide and Hide’s friend Tsuyoshi who joined [Read more…]
Here are a couple of pics of the last game DEH played. This game took place way out in the countryside of Shiwa on a Sunday lunchtime. I had been playing poker and over indulging on beer and whiskey the night before… Still, it does appear that I did at [Read more…]
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