Thursday, April 27
I slept at 5am again... no not studying this time, it was mahjong! Haa! I was resisting the temptation to play earlier because the game will probably drag for 2 or 3 rounds. But since RS, 31 & pQ decided to play for another round and were short of 1 player, plus I was getting quite sianz too, so I decided to stimulate my mind in a different way. One round only... okay la...
Playing mahjong is not only about winning... As RS said last time, we won't have a chance to MJ with one another in hall again. True, and she has already packed her stuff and moving back soon. And in the future we won't really see one another, maybe the last time during Hall FOC n convo...
RS mentioned something interesting during our game, that is, have we ever wondered why the Bamboo One tile is a bird, and not just 1 piece of bamboo? It looks a bit out of the rest, but that probably what makes it special. And MJ is really such a amazing game, sometimes u could just discard a tile, only to draw it again for the next 2 rounds continously. Sometimes u can draw all the other player's flowers but simply not yours. Then when u have no flowers and wanted to ping hu, and as u are waiting for that winning tile, a flower comes. U just have to agree that the tiles do have 'life' in them...
And it's not all about luck, even though luck plays a great part. Like when one player has a lot of tai2/fan1 already, the other players would be breaking out in cold sweat, wondering what to throw out next, and analyzing what tile the player should be waiting for. Yes I was that player who was expected to win with full tai/fan, waiting for pong pong hu and they thought I was waiting for half colour. Almost could have won, but 31 came in with a ping hu, spolier sia...
It was nice playing with them. I ended up with exactly what I started with, and I actually started the game expecting I may not win/lose anything. But yeah, as i said, winning or losing not as important as the company. Thanks gals for the fun and hope there will be chances to us to 切磋 in the future again! =)
