Snow in Madrid

January 9th, 2009 in weather

Madrid travel snarled by deepest snow in years: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28576217/

And they say London is cold…. :P

My favourite picture so far:
http://www.elmundo.es/albumes/2009/01/09/temporal_nieve/index_2.html

Happy New Year!

January 8th, 2009 in personal

Better later than never… *^_^*

Wii Fit Age

January 8th, 2009 in personal, videogames

Yesterday’s body test announced my wii fit age is 20 years :). Impressive! I felt really good…

But then a message appeared:

That’s a difference of -7 years. That would mean that your body is still in relatively good condition.

Should I be happy?  I certainly felt this was not the message I deserved.. But anyway, this measure is a bit random, and two days ago I was 35 (with a nicer message!)

Catching up

January 5th, 2009 in personal

Personal:
Email: 383 unread emails
Reader: 3426 unread posts

Work:
Email: 6049 unread emails
Reader: 22 unread posts

This is going to take a while…

Merry Christmas!

December 24th, 2008 in Uncategorized

Merry Christmas to you all! I hope you are celebrating with family, friends, etc. and have a wonderful time!

See you in 2009! :)

Monty Python has a YouTube channel

November 19th, 2008 in entertainment, humour

I’ve just read in Blogoscope that Monty Python has their own YouTube channel! See http://www.youtube.com/MontyPython

For 3 years you YouTubers have been ripping us off, taking tens of thousands of our videos and putting them on YouTube. Now the tables are turned. It’s time for us to take matters into our own hands…

Two of my favourite scenes:

Always Look On The Bright Side of Life

Killer rabbit

I’m finally a SDK!

November 7th, 2008 in go

After four and a half years I am finally a SDK! (Single Digit Kyu, see http://www.emptytriangle.com/archive/39). I know I have a long way to go in order to be shodan, but I can’t avoid feeling so proud for hitting the 10k barrier!

I got stuck at 12k for a long time, without playing all the games in tournaments and feeling very stressed, but this year it has been very different:

  • February: didn’t play Barcelona’s tournament, but got interested in the game again
  • March: played 4 out of 6 rounds in Paris’ tournament; lost all of them and went back to 12k :(
  • April: played Madrid’s tournament; 3 wins and 2 losses, getting back on track…
  • July: European Go Congress (EGC) in Sweden; outstanding result! 5 wins! went up to 10k
  • September: Korean Ambassador Cup in Alicante; 3 wins out of 5, but enough to break the barrier and reach 9k!
  • October: 1st World Mind Sports Games (WMSG); +123 points! 8k!

Thank you to all the people who supported me! I am back on my feet and wanting to test my strength against all of you! Let’s play Go! :)

Give me five!

November 5th, 2008 in Uncategorized

Give me five!

Hand detail

And yes, it’s real :)

The competition begins…

October 10th, 2008 in go

Today the women’s team tournament begins!

We have played the first round so far, against DPR Korea and lost all 3 games :( We are in a tough group, A2, and we’ll do our best!

Let’s hope we’ll have better luck for the following games. Gambarimasu!

A visit to the WMSG

October 6th, 2008 in go

We spent some time today at the WMSG, watching the games (only the first 20 mins allowed :( ) and cheering on the Spanish team. Go Spain!! :)

I’ve just uploaded some of the pictures. Enjoy!
http://flickr.com/photos/sheska/sets/72157607789321354/

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