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El sábado, 10 de agosto, jugué en mi segundo torneo de ajedrez, esta vez fue un torneo sin clasificaciones (unrated), se jugó en el festival de Kits.  Participé en mi primer torneo de ajedrez en mayo de este año. Gané 3 juegos y perdí 3 juegos. Fue en una iglesia y fue bastante formal.   Llegué con la mentalidad de esforzarme lo más que podía sin importar si ganara o perdiera y pues eso me sirvió mucho, especialmente ya que no he jugado mucho ajedrez recientemente por mi familia, trabajo, softbol y béisbol. De hecho, hice unas oraciones en mi mente a Dios durante unas partidas... estuve agradecido por la oportunidad de jugar tanto el ajedrez. El trofeo del campeonato (de la sección abierta) Me había preparado en términos del clima y la temperatura, pero con respecto a mi juego, no mucho. A mi sorpresa, gané 4 partidas, empaté una y perdí la última. Todos las partidas fueron difíciles e iba perdiendo 2 de ellas pero las gané. Siempre fui uno de los últimos en terminar sus ...

There seems to be a stereotype of chess players being extreme nerds or feeling hopeless and depressed. Some see them as losers who fascinate over moving plastic (or wooden) pieces on a board. A lot of them are really intelligent and there are many studies showing that Chess helps in other areas of life. Of course, as with everything else, one has to have a balance in life... Again, I've been meaning to post for awhile now. I just happened to find an opportune time to write and publish this. I'm hoping to regulate my posts, perhaps sharing content every Saturday. This was the first book that I read and completed on my new Kindle. I was gifted a Kindle for Father's Day. I really like using it even though I consider myself a more traditional reader, liking the feel of a physical book in my hands. Though nowadays, I mainly read in the evening when I go to bed, which is relatively early around 9:30PM. I appreciate the lighting and brightness settings of the Kindle as I try to av...

El Ajedrez es mi nuevo videojuego. Es mi nueva pasión y pasatiempo. Me siento súper bien después de ganar una partida difícil. (Empecé a redactar esta entrada a finales de octubre y quería publicarla en noviembre, pues en vez de escribirla, estaba jugando el juego). En estos meses del permiso parental, he estado volviendo a hacer actividades y pasatiempos de mi infancia, como ir a la biblioteca frecuentemente, jugar el Xbox (videojuegos como el Rockband, Guitar Hero, Skyrim, Zombies y NBA 2K), jugar la pelota y jugar el ajedrez. Ya llevo varios meses jugando el ajedrez nuevamente. Bueno, no es que haya jugado tanto el ajedrez cuando era niño, sino recuerdo haberlo jugado varias veces y que el alfil era mi pieza favorita, creo que por el videojuego de ajedrez que jugaba en la PC (deseo volver a jugar ese videojuego, pero me sería imposible encontrarlo porque creo que mi papá me lo compró o venía incluido en las cajas de avena). También, mi mamá me metió en clases de ajedrez en Killarney...

'   I believe I got my blue DS lite when I was in grade 6. I don't remember if my father bought it for me or how I got it.  This blog post is a tribute to our Nintendo DS Lites, the gray one being my cousin's. Both of these were stored in a cabinet for the longest time. I can't remember why I asked my cousin for his DS back then. I sold them recently as I work towards minimalism and getting rid of my previous material from hoarding. This post is so that I remember my days and time with my Cobalt DS Lite. This portable handheld gaming device was revolutionary at the time because you could play in the dark, adjust the brightness, the volume, and it didn't run on AA batteries. All of these conveniences meant that it was easier to access and discreetly play anywhere. This is where the job of the parent to monitor their kid's activities came into play. Although, this was so new that some parents didn't know how to react. I remember around this time was when peopl...

A man of few words... on Twitter... or X? Seems like a decent combination. I created my Twitter account in January of 2013, so more than 10 years ago now. I probably made it to fit in with the crowd and follow the birth of the social media trends. I don't remember all my usernames, but the few that I remember are "micfreshh", "iancruz" , "midoublec" and finally, "saboramic." In fact, this may be my second Twitter account - I might have deleted my first account for the same reasons that I am choosing to delete this account. I know I did that with my original Instagram account. I've had my current Instagram account deactivated for about a year now. I never was one to try to too hard to accumulate followers. I also never understood how some people could follow so many other people. Though I did unfollow a lot of people who I found not beneficial to follow. There were a lot of "subtweets" that occurred during highschool. These were ...