My life direction(as of April 2018)

My life direction( as of April 2018)

Me with the Wernick Cup which i won in 2009

My Chess Career

I recently announced on Facebook that I will retire from over-the-board tournament chess at he end of the 2019 CCF cup. This is so that I can have full focus on my spiritual journey where I can grow and develop as a person. This will be the end of a 14 year journey that started in 2005 and I am thankful for everything the game has given me.

My Shogi 1-Dan Persuit

Shogi is the Japanese form of Chess

I have really been into Shogi recently. Shogi is the Japanese form of chess which I first learnt to play in 2008. I joined the Shogi playing site 81 Dojo in March 2012. For the first time in my life, I feel like I am now a stronger Shogi player then I am a chess player and now fell  like I can reach the rank of 1-Dan by the end of the year. At this point, I would like to join the World Shogi League but I don't know how at this point.

My Buddhist Path

In April 2016, I announced on Facebook that I am following and studying Buddhism. There has been many wonderful life lessons that i have learnt from Buddhism and other spiritual studies.I hope to one day become part of my local Buddhist community. I think it will give me a real sense of belonging in the world.

Finding Work

One of the most frustrating aspects of my life is that I have never really known what i really want from a career. i studied I.T. and accounting in college and have had voluntary administration jobs in the past but I have never really known what I want to do professionally. At this point in time, I am thinking about studying psychology, perhaps with one day being a psychologist, a therapist of a counsellor. However, this is just a vague thought at the moment.