Crazy Foosers...

Alright, I've been neither here nor there with posting on this blog. It's been frustrating me, but I've been just too lazy to do anything about it.

Right, so back to foos.

From February through May, I spent a great deal of time organizing and planning Taiwan's first international foosball tournament, sponsored by Carlsberg Taiwan. The Carlsberg Cup was a two-day event with 70 - 80 participants; a few of them from overseas (Malaysia, Hong Kong, and expats from Canada and the US). After all the hard work, I was pleased to see that everything went really smoothly. Here's the tournament summary, photos, and videos from the event. The only thing I could complain about was my personal performance at the event. But it's alright, I don't really mind.

In order to further promote foosball and the Carlsberg Cup, a few Taiwan Foosball Association guys went on local radio stations to interview about the sport. I went on Taiwan's only English radio station ICRT. You can listen to my interview by going to the TFA website and scrolling down to the bottom. You'll see a picture of me. Click Play. Of course, by the time you read this, that interview may be gone.

At the start of June, I put together the first TFA FoosLife foosball eMagazine. It took a lot of hard work to get the first edition out, but the result was well-received. It's a monthly magazine that is distributed to friends of foosball, and contains articles in both English and Chinese. Here're June 2009 and July 2009 Editions.

In June, I bought a used Tornado foosball table from a friend. In fact, the photo for this posting is of my table. It's in good condition, takes up substantial room in my little suite, and will hopefully make me a better player. I've been frustrated with my game lately. But anyway...

Tomorrow, I leave for Malaysia. I'm participating in the VIFA Asia Open foosball tournament. It's a huge event, with players coming from all over in Asia (UAE, India, Taiwan, Japan, China...). Four days of grueling foosball -- unless I get eliminated quickly, then it won't be so grueling. Wish me luck. After that, I'll have a few extra days in Kuala Lumpur where the tournament is held, a day in Melaka (historical city of Malaysia), and the Cameron Highlands. Should be a fun trip. Foosball's the reason for going, but I probably put equal weighting on the adventures of travel.

So... that's it!

Foos on.