DAAA SANNNN YUEN!!!

My First Da San Yuen!!!!

Fai Cai, Hong Zhong, Bai Bang
PONG PONG PONG

MJ Luck Strike Back !!!

My Luck is backkkk ... after losing money on Chu Yi and Chu San, my luck came back in a spectecular streak on Chu Qi.

Covered back all the money I lost and a few bucks more : )

the first manfu was given by my Cousin ... who i guess it's either distracted by his son or his luck really not so good ... pity cos it seems that he is an expert in MJ ... even intro a new way of playing with the flowers.

the Hen and Centipide gave me 2 tai, the Pong Fa Cai gave me another tai. The Half Colour gave me another 2 tai and it added up 5 tai. Was waiting for 3 Wan, 6 Wan and 9 Wan to game and my Cousin fed me the 3 Wan eventually ...

The second Full house came with one pair of flowers that belongs to me (2 Tai). The Hen gave another 1 Tai and the Half Colour gave me another 2 Tai. Was waiting for one 8 Bamboo and my brother in law thought it's unlikely to game but lucky I managed to.

Actually I didn't want to play anymore but my Mom and Uncle wanted to play on ... and resulted in me collecting a self touch full house. The Tong wind, Centipide and White Block gave me 3 tai and the Half Colour gave me another 2 tai. I self touch the 6th Bamboo to much of their dismay ... "$6.40 everyone ... thank you very much"

Even when I am Winning

... I didn't really win any Money : )

After visiting John place, I went over to my Aunt's place to catch up with the remaining relatives and see the MJ games that's still going on ...

My Mom didn't have a good game so gave up for me to take over ... which I didn't really want to but since there only a few games left so sat down and play

from mid of TonG Feng to mid of Nian Feng, I actually game 4 Tai game twice! ... winning a total of about $15 bucks. But there was too much lost in my Mom's tray that I didn't get any money from my Victory .... : )

it's not looking that good

it seems like this year might not be a good year for me to play MJ.

yesterday coaching my cousin and ended up making her gave my Grandma two big games ... felt so bad about it ...

Today's not that good either ... keep giving my Mom big wins ...

Need to take a break and rest / recover

Just as I suspected

My Mj luck changes once The Cow year begins ....

was almost becoming a human ATM machine over the Mahjong table for my Grandma .... and she said it was being filial! it came to a point that I got a feeling that I got the tile that she wanted and because of the "near game" situation that I got myself into, I had to discard for her to game ... and it was a full house game ... ouch

will see how will I fare in Chu Er

For Vengeance is endless

While Bowling, my Cousin, Aunt and Mom keep contacting me for MJ game ... actually I didn't want to play because there a lot of spring cleaning to do at home ... but my Cousin called and said she wanted revenge ... I just had to give in to her.

I did warn her that it might backfired on her ... however I was also expecting to not do that well as I was pretty tired from bowling ... yeah was almost like a one armed warrior on the MJ table

Anyway the results as you can see ... marks the fourth time in a row of MJ games that I self touch full house
First came a Centipede, the Pong Fa Cai ... and the Pong the Tongs for a Mixed Suit ... a Rat came along which made it Full House and I no longer need to Pong the Bai Ban to get a Full House so I unitized the 4,5,6,7 & 8 Tong to wait for the numerous way of winning ... finally self draw a 3 Tong and game a Man Fu

Total, I won abt 12 bucks ... thought could be used to pay for the bowling games in the morning but turn out that I was 2 bucks short (Bowling Game total was 14 bucks)

One House ate Three House

After 3 long rounds .. from 2pm to 11pm ... after youngster's one zai wu (fake win) and one old expert's bei bao (kanna wrap ?? hehe paying the winner for everyone else), I had emerged as the sole winner ...

Kinda amazing ... this streak of luck that I am having ... Even managed to self touch a full house again

the East Wind belongs to me and it was East Wind turn ... so double fan for me ... the rest, I am sure you could work out ... with me drawing my own bai ban at the end ... Solid hor ?

My Aunt noted to me that the previous day winning and today's winning had already exceeded 50 bucks ... I am kinda thinkin of switching job to become a professional fulltime MJ player liao : )

The Luck Continues

not exactly 自摸满胡 ( Zi Mo Man Hu) x 2 but close ... it's Man Hu 满胡 x 2 (once Zi Mo自摸)at my Aunt place : )

Since My Cousin didn't get to play Mahjong with me the last time round, she ask my Aunt to organise one session with her friend. I took time off to keep them "accompany" and end up slaughtering them ... hahaha

Gotten 2 Flowers which aren't mine ... then I managed to Gong the North Wind (1 Tai & 40 cents from each player). Afterwhich, I gotten the most of the Dong Zi ... but before I gotten the winning tile, I drew a Cat (1 Tai) and right after getting that, the next tile was the winning tile and that result with extra Tai (call Flower Up). Plus the Mix Suit (which is 2 Tai), there a total of 5 Tai and it's self drawn : ) hahahaha I hope I don't make the girls cry


The next Man Hu 满胡, I gotten a Hen (1 Tai) first. Follow by a Fai Cai Gong (1 Tai plus 40 cents per pax). After which, it's a Mix Suit (2 Tai) and my dear cousin threw a North Wind Tile (1 more Tai) for me to game . Tho it wasn't self drawn ... it's still a 5 Tai : )

Later on, my Cousin's mom came along .... She is a very fast player with mental math calculation that really beyond My Aunt, My Cousin and Mine ability ... plus a bit tired from one very slow round, so couldn't perform as well as the previous round and end up losing abt 2 bucks : ) Not too bad cos consider I "technically" won 33+bucks from the previous round (technically cos got to divide by two for the sake of the junior players)

自摸满胡 ( Zi Mo Man Hu) x 2

It's been a long time since I had an entry for Mahjong and today's awesome game (at my Aunt's housewarming) definitely needs a yaya session on journalite.

the first Self touch Full Game

First came a Mouse (+ 1 Tai) ... then pong 2 Bamboo ... then I kept drawing 5th Bamboo and 4th bamboo that had to gong both of them : ) (collected $1.20 x 2 just with both of the gong). My lucky streak just kept going with a Rooster (+ 1 Tai) and then a Cat (+ 1 Tai)(which incur another $1.20 from all the other players as Cat catches the Mouse). If it wasn't enough ... while touching the Cat's flowery tile, I gotten the North Wind Tile (which add + another Tai to it!). The North Wind threesome tiles happened to be my wind (+ 1 Tai).

That's already 5 Tai which is the max on our table. But if I would to calculate the actual total tiles, it would be Half Colour (which means the mixture of Bamboo tiles and the Big tiles) (+ 2 Tai) and Pong Pong (which means all Pong) (+2 Tai).

The Total would be 9 Tai! ... YUm YUM Somemore I self draw the winning tile (which is the North Wind tile) and that means everyone have to paid the max amount : ) hehehe

the Second Self touch Full Game

The Second Full Game is less spectacular. First I draw flowers that don't belong to me But some how, the Wan Zi keep coming to me and I managed to Pong them all with Fai Cai! ...The Half Colour (+ 2 Tai) and the Pong Pong (+ 2 Tai) already almost cap it to the brink. Thanks to the Centipede (+ 1 Tai) that came into the game late .... it went to the Max and it was 5 Tai when I drew the winning tile (5th Wan) on my own ... : ) again ... Full payment from everyone !!!

Even my Grandma mention that my Mahjong Skill improved : ) hahaha I would like to thank Viwawa and all the trainings it provided me

How Lucky ?

Mahjong time again and this time round, luck was extremely nice to me ... so nice until I paiseh collecting money from my friend's mom and sisters ... yeah .. 3 house lose to 1 house ... bounty of twenty bucks : )

Love going to my friend's house to play .. so far it's been a 3 for 3 profit run : )

the last hurrah

Hasd another Mahjong session at Chew Cher's place but strangely, even tho I was still feeling the high from the last late night mahjong session, I got a "bad" feeling about this session.

and I was right abt my hunch as I faced a long drought of losing streaks and it was so bad that I run out of almost all my chips ...

How unlucky was I ? Whenever I just got ready and waiting for the winning tile, some other player would come n game that round ... it was really disheartening and there are also the usual "what ever i discard, the same or the companion tile will come to me" scenario but I didn't want my "bad luck" to deter me

by the last round, I felt that since there's hardly any chance of me gaming even if I get good tiles, I shall use this game to practice my "skill". Instead of rearranging the tiles when I draw them, I left them in the manner that I draw them so I can practice my mind in remembering the tiles sequences. It's not easy and in order to do that, I need to concentrate and that means shutting up.

Wahla !!! my fortune took a 180 degree change and my winning streak started right at the final round's last game ... since I was the last player and as I kept winning, there was no way to finish the game ... until finally my luck ran out and Chew Cher won it

Amazingly, I recovered all my previous loss and even won $1.20 from this session ... Phew ...

Zombified from Mahjong

Thou Shall Not Play OverNight Mahjong again (or at least not so soon)...


after 2 days ... I was still feeling the after effects of almost Overnight Mahjong ... walking around in a half daze half awake mode ... age had finally caught up with me ....

almost overnight mahjong

Was at Chew Cher Grandfather's wake and we decided to have mahjong ...

instead of the normal game, we had the "speed" round which does not require any "fan" to be able to game but with me around ... any speed will become a slow crawl

this unexpected game lasted till 4 in the morning .... but hey ... since we are up still so early in the morning ... we Had McBreakfast before leaving each other and I won enough to get myself hot cakes hehehe

It's a Wacky Mahjong Game again

It's Mahjong time !

and this time, it was with Chew Cher and family (his sister & cousin). It was great fun (not because I won money but) because of the company and the weird things we did when we were really thinking ...

First of, while starting a game ... I gotten a Chicken and Rat tile and said "Chicken Catch Rat " ... of cos it made no sense as only when one get a Chicken / Centipede or Cat / Rat combo will announce it as it's worth some money ... but I said it for fun and wasn't expecting anyone to do anything ... then Chew Cher sister point it out to me that her brother actually turn to get money for me .... the three of us burst into laughter

Then near the final few games, I was already in a daze (my mahjong stamina isn't that good) and I got a Hong Zhong and Fai Cai tiles left ... I gotten another Fai Cai tile, I need to discard the Hong Zhong and hope to Pong the Fai Cai tile if any other players discard it or if I drew it for myself ...

Just when I threw the tile out, the player beside me Pong the Hong Zhong and threw out a Fai Cai ! WHOOO WHOOO ... how lucky can I get ?? so I Pong the Fai Cai and was thinking which tile to throw out ... as I go thru my tiles, I realized that there were already in sets of 3 and I got a pair of eyes

Hey hey hey !!! I have a winning play on hand ! hahaha much to the disgust of the other players

Now ... nothing in this game could top the final one ... before i continue, I got to say, it's the luckiest hand I ever played

once I collected all the tiles, it was pretty good ... Gotten a Rat, a Cock and a Flower 3 which is my number ... so before starting, I already got 3 tai

I got a couple of big tiles on hand even before I start ... the first pair was the Xi (West) tiles, the second pair was a pair of Bai Ban and the third pair was Fai Cai.

If I didn't remember wrongly, it was Chew Cher that threw out the first Xi that started my first pong ... by then, it was already Pao Da (Warning for anyone who throw big tiles cos if I win with that tile that are threw out, the person have to pay for everyone)

then a centipede crawl into my den ! ... I was already bursting the maximum tai that allowed in a game

Chew Cher didn't believe that I was so capable (lucky) in amassing any big tiles, quickly threw out the Bai Ban and Fai Cai in the constructive sequence of play ... and I pong mercilessly with a slight stench of arrogance ... in that highly charged moment (of cos mixed with a dash of haughtiness), I pointed at Chew Cher and told him ... It's going to be U that will feed me my winning tile ! (yes ... bad habit die hard)

and during the gathering of Bai ban & Fai Cai, a pair of Hong Zhong also came and join in the fun ! I was overwhelm with power! if only there wasn't any limits in the tai, the other players will be crying after the game ! if I got another Hong Zhong ... it will be Da Sun Yuan! it's so big that I don't even know how many Tais will there be

of cos I never had a Da Sun Yuan before

and as tho my luck wasn't good enough, I soon have another set of tiles that could help me win the game ... a 3rd and 5th bamboo which is missing only the 4th bamboo

The amazing thing was that what i prophesied came true ... Chew Cher threw a 4th Bamboo ... which made a tempting pause for me ... since there's no point in waiting for the Hong Zhong as there a limit cap in tai, I yield to my temptation and game ... (the winning sequence as shown below)

Rat = 1 Tai , Cock = 1 Tai, Flower 3 = 1 Tai , Xi Feng = 1 Tai, Centipede = 1 Tai, Bai Ban = 1 Tai, Fai Cai = 1 Tai, Pan Sze (Half Color) = 2 Tai (the mixing of the Bamboo and other Big tiles) , Xiao Sun Yuan = 2 Tai (the Fai Cai, Bai Ban & Hong Zhong combo)... adding to a total of 11 Tai !

and if by our rates of 10 cents / 20 cents without the tai limit cap, I would have won$204.80 from Chew Cher and $102.4 from each of the other two player ... adding up to a total of $409.6

but of cos ... we weren't out to burn each other pockets so it just work out to $3.20 from Chew Cher and $1.60 from each of the other two players ...

so in the end, To make matters simple, I used my winnings to pay for the dinner dinner and a drink that Cher got for me ($5 + $1)

Change of luck

Was at my Aunt place to celebrate Mother's Day .... and the usual event took place ... Mahjong ... dont know why, I been itching to play ... partly was because someone told me early this year that when one is lucky in love, won't be lucky gambling .... my gambling luck was extremely good during the last game (recap, click on the last game)

Played with my Grandma, my Brother in Law and my 3rd Aunt ... was my first time playing with my 3rd Aunt and she was also a beginner like me so we were so blur with the rules that we made plenty of funny mistakes

One of the most memorable mistake happened during the flower collecting routine ... when a player collect 2 different colour of flowers that contain their number, he or she could collect money from the rest ... just like if they get a chicken and centipede combo or cat and rat combo

I was the first one to make that mistake ... I got 2 flowery Tile that belong to me and happily announced to everyone that I got 2 Tai ... which mean i could win double if i complete my mahong later on ... (Click here for more info on Tai) .... the players continue for a while and i suddenly realized i might, could have collect some money by getting 2 flowers cards ...

Upon quires with my Grandma, the Grandmaster of Mahjong .... it turned out that I forgotten to ask ... even when i was so "proud" to inform all about my flowery tiles ... and once the next player threw a tile out, you can't collect the winnings anymore .... I took it as a lesson learn since I wasn't sure in the first place ...

After a few games .... My 3rd Aunt suddenly announced that she also got 2 flowery tiles that belong to her number ... after her excitement died down ... she did not mention anything about collecting money ... my eyes open wide wide and just when I was wondering if I should tell her that she could collect money from us, the player after my 3Rd Aunt, my Grandma quickly throw her tile out

then ... I shared this eye contact with my Grandma that i will remember for a long time ... we were trying very hard not to laugh .... I think my bro in law also picked up the vibrations that was transmitting in the air then ...

so there .. 3 of us trying very hard not to laugh .. and by the time, it came to my turn, my 3rd Aunt asked what going on between the three of us .... and I blurted out to her about her mistake .... the most funny thing wasn't my 3rd Aunt mistake but how sneaky my grandma was in quickly move on with the game so she couldn't ask for any money collection ...

But that not the most sneaky thing my Grandma did during the 2 rounds of Mahjong ... as before, my streak of luck was extremely good .... (Must be OUT OF LOVE then) ... all the tiles were good and i gotten so many flowery and animal tiles that my 3rd Aunt called me "Fa Hua Tien" aka (Having Flowery Fever -in canto-)

I was winning big games and soon .. my YaYa-ness emerge ... (self note: bad habit, must change) and Grandma was very quiet ...

then after the 1st round of mahjong ... she asked to change seats and so lucky .... I changed seat with her ... My 3rd Aunt also left the table , changing it to my Dad ... hmmm all the fun communication between players and fooling around at the mahjong table came to a halt ...

my good luck changed 180 degree too !!! the tiles that came my way were pretty bad ... hard to match or join ... and just when I finally got to the waiting to game bit ... either my Father or Grandma would game !

Haiz ... the 2nd round of mahjong felt like getting a beating from my Grandma n Dad ... if the first round was how not to be Ya Ya when winning ... the second round was a lesson on how to Lun during the losing session ...

hmmm well ... maybe Someone decided to love me after the first round : )

Et tu, Brute? (You too, Brutus?)

While writing the previous post, I was relating to CPT PENG that I might have upset my grandma with my YAYA-ness win at the mahjong table.

She was quick to point out that my Grandma was upset because I got the Luck and not the Skills (which is even more upsetting)

The polite person in me thanked her for being so frank and she said :"with friends like me , you'll never need enemies "

That statement made me felt that I found my Brutus liao

Wonder will she find out who I am referring to (or thinking of) ... any readers care to highlight the reference that I am making here (thinking of) ?

自摸满胡 ( Zi Mo Man Hu)

After blading at East Coast, I decided to pop by to my Aunt's place (which is quite nearby to EC) cos I was told in the morning that there will be a Mahjong session the whole day today. Wanted to give my brain a workout too after "working out" my body today and soul yesterday (the soul bit should be in a previous post which at this point of time, has not been written... but hey reload and scroll down often, it will be up 'eventually')

By the time I finally took over, it was already in the final round and I took over my mom seat again... but before she left, I had to check with her the outstanding amount (amount owing) left by her as previously, she left a big debt for me and I wasn't able to win enough in time to cover the losses and ended paying the outstanding. Was a bit smarter this time round to let her know that she got to cover the outstanding amount that she had stacked up at the end of the game in case I can't win enough in time.

Sat down, "Wash" the tiles and started the game. Right from the start, I got two animals tiles that are a matching pair which means I get to collect money!!! A very GOOD Start: I thought to myself

and while arranging the tiles that I got, I realized I got a very good hand, so good that I was able to finish the game shortly . True enough, tiles that are thrown out are pretty much in my favour and within a short while, I was waiting to game.

Now for those who are "new" to Mahjong, let me explain some simple terms here.

To game, there were 2 ways that I could do it.

One would be that I get the tile that I am waiting from one of the players when he or she throw them out. That would mean the player who throw the tile out, have to pay the full sum, which is 2 times what the other 2 players have to pay me. (The one will curse n swear while the other 2 will be thankful that they are not the lucky one)

The other way would be that I scoop my own winning tile and that's call 自摸 Zi Mo (direct translate to English, it will be Self Touch ... er more of Self Take the Winning Tile) which mean all the 3 players have to pay the full sum (which also will result in many unhappy faces around the table and everyone will bound to curse and swear at the luck bugger / winner ... if not verbally, then it will be mentally)

Of Cos, I did a 自摸 (if not, there won't be a post with such a title right?). The question now is the total damage that I have just inflicted on my dear opponents (the payout that my opponents have to pay me) .... which we will proceed to the 2nd mahjong lesson of this post!

In Mahjong, every game won has a different payout and it depends on how many Tai the winner had collected at the end of the game. Normally, in friendly Mahjong games, we cap it at 5 Tai (in order to not really really hurt your friend's wallet) and the rates are as follow,

1 Tai = 1 cents (half sum) / 2 cents (full sum)
2 Tai = 2 cents / 4 cents
3 Tai = 4 cents / 8 cents
4 Tai = 8 cents / 16 cents
5 Tai = 16 cents / 32 cents

If U win with the maximum number of Tai or more than that, it will be call a 满胡 Man Hu. As again, by reading the title, smart reader like U would have guess that I got a Man Hu! Well actually technically, I got more than 5 Tai, 6 Tai to be exact .

The rates above is just an example ... the rates we played, for a 5 Tai Self Touch, everyone had to pay me $6.40 (work the way back and U will figure out what the starting rates)

I think I upset my Grandma who had been playing the game since noon. A whole day of playing and then encounter A lucky bugger who do a Man Hu right on his very first game! It can get quite irritating specially if that lucky bugger was a tab bit YaYa about his luck ...

anyway the game went on and tho I didn't win all of them, I won enough from the other games to make sure that it cover all my losses and doesn't touch my first winning! There was a close 4 Tai Winning but my Grandma quickly snatch it away from me ... winning it with the tile that I was waiting for .... what can I say? the oldest ginger still the most spicy !

Being the slowest, the other 3 players calculate the final score and I got to take 6 bucks back home from my Grandma ... doing some maths, I should get at least $19.20 from the first game ... my mom was quick to point out that it was my 3rd Aunt that left the deficit so by right, she should be paying me back and not her ... tsk tsk tsk ... I got a feeling my $13.20 will eventually become a bad debt ...

While leaving, my uncle pointed out that Lucky I didn't come earlier ... my Grandma and Mom didn't get why he said that but we (my uncle and I) had a good laugh at that... who knows what will be the final outcome if I was there eariler or played another game ??

In the end, was very happy with the 6 bucks that I won... it covered the cost of my dinner : ) aka Free Dinner !!!