KoKs
Hi, my name is Tran Phuong (Phuong is first name). You can also find me as koks on KGS and rec.games.go usenet group or koks9dan on http://godiscussions.com
My blog is: http://koks.d3zigners.com/blog
I am Vietnamese but currently studying and, well, playing go in Australia. So, somehow, you can see me more frequently in Australia Room as koks rather than Vietnamese Room ^_^! However, lately I have been pretty busy so that I only play go offline.
My current rank is about 2 dan Aussie(precisely Sydney).
Language-in order of fluency: Vietnamese, English, American Sign Language, Japanese.
I did the Vietnamese translation of MoyoGo Studio(the best go database and pattern finding, awesome interface too) and Drago (a very nice go software which I use a lot to create my kifu databse).
Besides go, I also enjoy many more Japanese cultural entertainment kinds, such as bonsai(is it just supposed only for old men?), haiku, chadou(hum, to be a fine man, you need to know the right way to handle a tea ceremony ( ̄ー+ ̄)), origami(intermediate level, my part-time job is origami card designer by the way), manga&anime(sure, but i am not a fancy fan of HnG)
Speaking of board games, I also play chess(ELO:920, as far as the Chessmaster:The art of learning 2008 version's rank is correct(≧∇≦)), shougi(12kyu, yep, beginner), chinese chess(totally a noob!), gomoku(pretty good) and reversi.
At the moment, I am the senior and technical administrator of the official website of Vietnamese Go Community (or in short vncovay) at:
http://vncovay.org - Home page
http://vncovay.org/forum - Forum
Here is our logo which I designed--I know, it's so simple! XD
We have not had much English articles yet but will do in the near future (^_^). Please visit us sometimes---If you want to place a banner, well, you are welcome, free of charge!
P/S: If anyone have trouble in integrating Go Viewers into forum, just contact me, I may help you out somehow. (^_^)
Most common Japanese Go Terms in Vietnamese with full pictures demonstrated can be found here: http://vncovay.org/huong-dan/thuat-ngu-co-vay/
2 fun and cool problems:
1) Black goes and lives
2) Solve this simple shicho and see the miracle