The Sad Thing Is, It's Friday Night

I spent the last two hours playing Mahjong on my laptop instead of blogging as I'd originally intended. The reason I wasted so much time on it was because I was trying hard to finish a game. It took about ten tries before I did, and the reward I got for my troubles, apart from a hint of smugness and self-satisfaction: some computer-generated Chinese fireworks.

I used to be addicted to Mahjong many years ago when it was installed on our first computer - a 486 Pentium behemoth. It was the perfect distraction from the responsibilities of high school that involved endless essays, assignments and practice exams. MySpace and Facebook were yet to be invented. It was perhaps the sole reason why I failed Specialist Maths with such spectacular results (5 marks out of 50) during the final exam when I had all of an hour to cram a whole year's worth of formulas and equations, after spending the whole night on the game. And that's the excuse I've been sticking to.

So, yesterday, when I actually got around to exploring the other programs that had been pre-installed on my notebook, it was with both surprise and dismay when I found the game amongst the items listed on the Start menu. Surprised because it was good to see an old fave, and dismayed because I knew this was going to happen. Hey, at least it actually inspired this post.

As for what I was originally going to write about, well, here's the first and only line so far:

One of my biggest fear is finding myself stuck in a public toilet cubicle without toilet paper and yesterday, it actually happened...

Maybe I'll get around to finishing it tomorrow. But for now, just one more game.