Game of life
The next few posts will probably be a bit philosophical... probably a sign of old age :) , and the events of the last few weeks... people getting married, meeting up with old friends...
Saturday was Liming's wedding, and what a long day it was. Go pick up bride in the morning (where Adrian Mah was late as usual), and had to be 'tekan' by the bridesmaids... which wasn't too bad... The worst was Kenneth, who had to eat chilli padi, I had chilli sauce biscuit, Alex had wasabi. Mental note for future weddings: Bring lots of small change. The ang pow had to be in weird denominations - 1 cents, 10 cents, dollars etc. Luckily Liming and Alex had some change.
The rest of the morning was driving around in the hot sun. From Yishun, we had to go to Corporation Road in Tuas (after taking a slight detour in the wrong direction to Pasir Ris!!), then to Redhill, then back to Yishun, then to Esplanade. Liming, if you're reading this, YOUR ANGPOW HARDLY EVEN COVER HALF MY PETROL COSTS!
But anyways, the thing about the wedding was the opportunity to talk to friends whom you haven't met for a long time. With the carnasaurs, since in the past we always got together to play LAN games, one of the questions would be "What game are you playing now?". Kangwei, in one of those rare (actually, extremely rare) moments, said something meaningful - "The game I'm concentrating on now is the Game of Life. Except in this game, there are no saves, no restarts." Its true. The game that we should be concentrating on now is the Game of Life. It can be difficult at times, with no end point in sight. You can't save or restart, but there are times when you are given the same scenario, and you can play it without committing the same errors as before. There are no walkthroughs, because everyone's game is slightly different (we all start with different attributes and characteristics), but the consolation is that there are user guides - The experiences and stories of people who have played the game for a long time. I've been fortunate enough to come across a number of people whom I can learn from - family and relatives, teachers, professors, business mentors. That is my strategy for playing this game well - to follow the paths and advice of people who have played the game successfully. Whether it'll work, I can't be sure. I guess that's the good part about this game - everybody can find their own winning strategy.
Saturday was Liming's wedding, and what a long day it was. Go pick up bride in the morning (where Adrian Mah was late as usual), and had to be 'tekan' by the bridesmaids... which wasn't too bad... The worst was Kenneth, who had to eat chilli padi, I had chilli sauce biscuit, Alex had wasabi. Mental note for future weddings: Bring lots of small change. The ang pow had to be in weird denominations - 1 cents, 10 cents, dollars etc. Luckily Liming and Alex had some change.
The rest of the morning was driving around in the hot sun. From Yishun, we had to go to Corporation Road in Tuas (after taking a slight detour in the wrong direction to Pasir Ris!!), then to Redhill, then back to Yishun, then to Esplanade. Liming, if you're reading this, YOUR ANGPOW HARDLY EVEN COVER HALF MY PETROL COSTS!
But anyways, the thing about the wedding was the opportunity to talk to friends whom you haven't met for a long time. With the carnasaurs, since in the past we always got together to play LAN games, one of the questions would be "What game are you playing now?". Kangwei, in one of those rare (actually, extremely rare) moments, said something meaningful - "The game I'm concentrating on now is the Game of Life. Except in this game, there are no saves, no restarts." Its true. The game that we should be concentrating on now is the Game of Life. It can be difficult at times, with no end point in sight. You can't save or restart, but there are times when you are given the same scenario, and you can play it without committing the same errors as before. There are no walkthroughs, because everyone's game is slightly different (we all start with different attributes and characteristics), but the consolation is that there are user guides - The experiences and stories of people who have played the game for a long time. I've been fortunate enough to come across a number of people whom I can learn from - family and relatives, teachers, professors, business mentors. That is my strategy for playing this game well - to follow the paths and advice of people who have played the game successfully. Whether it'll work, I can't be sure. I guess that's the good part about this game - everybody can find their own winning strategy.
posted by Kevin at 11:53 PM
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- Adrian Mah
ps. What do you mean late as usual! Bitch!
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