JC Friends Published in Straits Times On Mahjong
Written on December 2, 2007 – 12:34 pm | by Keith Neo
Two old Junior College buddies of mine, Justine Tay Tey and Edwin Phua, have made the Life coverage section of Singapore’s The Sunday Times. It was a surprise to see friends, whom I have not spoken to for years; to have their pictures printed right in the paper.
The topic? About Mahjong. Of course, this may sound relatively traditional, as the game is often precariously stereo-typed with uncles and aunties in their late 30s and above. But no, this game is very much popular with youngsters. A cousin of mine, yet to be in his teens, is able to handle mahjong equally well!
Mahjong, at the end of the day, is a hobby to enjoy and also to exercise the mind. It involve a lot of memory calculations, probabilities and predicting moves of other players; either to win the game, or to minimise losses. Of course, it involves luck as well.
Well, as I was saying this, I just won $20 last night in a game of Mahjong!
p/s: Edwin and Justine, it’s great to “see” both of you again.
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Out of curiosity, I went to Google to search for Edwin’s blog site about Mahjong. Apparently there seems to have several articles about the dynamic duo who got published on Straits Times.
At last, I found it. I believe this is the article that was published on The Sunday Times, Lifestyle report - Mahjong Magic.
Last updated: December 29, 2007
8 Responses to “JC Friends Published in Straits Times On Mahjong”
By Edwin
on Dec 9, 2007 | Reply
Thanks for publicising the article for me and Justine! By the way, Justine’s a little miffed her surname got spelled wrongly.
Heh, you can always find us for a game of mahjong anytime!
By Keith Neo
on Dec 10, 2007 | Reply
Erm… that was my suspicion when I saw her name written on the Straits Times - and I sort of wondered have I got that wrong for the past 12 years?
Now, it’s just my lack of confidence; should have got it spot on. My apology, Justine!
By the way, I’m ready for a game of Mahjong anytime. Cheers!
By Christopher
on Dec 10, 2007 | Reply
Hey, so what did the article say? You guys have a digital copy or something?
By Keith Neo
on Dec 11, 2007 | Reply
It was like 2 weeks ago. I did not keep a copy of it, but not sure if Edwin or Justine does.
In fact they should, since they are the star of the event, with an extra-large photo of them in the picture.
I’ll try to search for that, if it is still available in the house.
By Edwin
on Dec 11, 2007 | Reply
I’ve sent Christopher an electronic copy via email. It even has a link to the photograph of Justine and I.
Justine’s not too sure this article was worth it: she seems to be getting a lot of snide remarks about mahjong at work now.
By Keith Neo
on Dec 11, 2007 | Reply
Cool, can I have an electronic copy of it as well?
As for those snide remarks, I can perfectly understand it when one becomes a celebrity status. Ha ha…