Going to business trip

Tomorrow night I am flying to business trip to Portland, Oregon while planning to stop 3 days in Barcelona on the way to Unites States.

It is time to see the Europe !

Hopefully after, when I'll have many pictures, I will not be too lazy and update the blog :)
Expect me back 2 March, 2008.

10 years in Israel

Hi All,

Today is the date. Exactly 10 years ago 21 Jan 1998 I came to Israel. Came to study and to live. Came to stay. These 10 years went very fast and now I am looking back to the past with some kind of nostalgy. I see how I from 19 year old naive student became a person I am today.

So everybody who knows me invited to call and ask about the 10 years in Israel + 7 years in Intel party this Thursday.

Remember my phone number ?

054-4481073

Spirit of the dance

These months are full of fantastic events and all of them almost at the same time! Looks like this year I am going to spend my Intel QOL budget already in the beginning of the year :)

Spirit of the Dance official trailer

The Irish famous Riverdance coming to the Israel with "Spirit of the Dance" show and they will perform in Haifa Congress Center three days in a row 31th January, 1st and 2nd February. No matters how much the tickets would cost, I am comin'.

I think I already could call the Riverdance the music and the dance of my soul !

And the second event is ... The Beatles are back! Evening 2nd February the best hits by the Beatles with the Haifa Symphony Orchetsra. Unfortunatelly at the same time with the "Spirit of the Dance" show.

Camerit On The Wall

I can't skip and not announce it here
Pink Floyd's famous "The Wall" show this weekend in Haifa Congress Center !

The Israel Chamber Orchestra "Camerit On The Wall"
29.12.2008, 20:30
Haifa Congress Center

Changing my e-mail address

Hi All,

Starting 1st Jan 2008 my e-mail stl_intel at domain: bezeqint.net
will be disconnected and not available anymore.

My second mail for now is:

user: stl at domain: fidonet.org.il

Unfortunately I plan to abandon it sometime as well but currently this is the best way to contact me through an e-mail.

Israel Go Congress

Israel Go Congress is finished.

Thanks to Shlomo for very good organization !

Israeli Go Congress

I got the 4 wins and will receive a book prize when the package with books finially will arrive to Israel.

Totally 50 players participated an my final rating after 6 games is 29th. With my KGS 5k rating I started almost at the end of the list with only few players below me. But one win after another I even manadged to win against 2k KGS ranked opponent. Actually the congress again proved that I can play way better if I think :)

The championship results table could be found on the webpage of Israeli Go Association: http://www.freed.net/gowiki/index.php/Championships

Israel Go Championship

BTW, forgot to publish it here :)

Israel Go Congress and Championship will take place on October 25-27 in Ramat Ha'Sharon.

Subscription to the championship is at first day of the congress, 25 October, between 17:00 and 18:00. The championship includes six games, first game at Thursday evening, games 2-4 at Friday and last 2 games at Saturday 27 October.

The prizes will be awarded to any player which has 4 wins or more.

For more details (hebrew): http://israel.european-go.org/

For questions please contact Shlomo Raikin 050-2446807 or

me 054-4481073