Tuesday, October 10, 2006

i am addicted

it all started with the problem of waiting.

i was surfing through my routine reads this afternoon on an snail-paced connection line. being the typical multi-tasking woman that i am, i was not contented to sit idly by whilst the computer loads the pages bit by bit, or is it byte by byte?

anyway, i opened up a game that i have long abandoned - minesweeper, to help me pass the time as line by line of information is being transferred. beats nodding off, i figured. by the third blog though, i was hooked. damn! i have forgotten how addictive this game can be. all those office hours idled away behind the monitor, as i clicked on the small squares and tried to look busy at the same time. hours spent trying to figure out where those mines were until i dreamt of them at night.

i'm sorry, i have no time for an update today. i have to get back to my computer. errrr....urgent matters are awaiting me.

hasta la vista!

26 comments:

why said...

Wah! You speak spainish.

seefei said...

hahaha...mixing pleasure with work right? good for you!

may said...

I remember being addicted to minesweeper too, till I kept thinking about it day and night! aarrghhh! cold turkey helped. no more sweeping them mines for me.

(hmmm, I wonder if they have a version for Mac?)

King's wife said...

aiyoh..pls dun mention that word. Teruk, cannot stop one. "last game, last game".

Las montañas said...

A simple game like minesweeper and u're addicted? you haven't gone into all the playstation stuff yet!

Robin said...

haha.. striking that balance is an art.

for me, I blog when I am on the phone.. esp phone conference.

Wuching said...

oi! stop playing that stewpig game!

me said...

dear why: but, of course! my daughter taught me mah.

dear fei: shhhhhh, not so loud, my boss may hear you.

dear kw: i know! don't start the game, otherwise no end to it!!

dear may: *wagging finger* you better don't start on that dangerous addiction again! otherwise we will never get to read another update from you again!

dear lm: sigh! waiting for ps3 to come and then you'll never hear from me again.

dear robin: wow! you can really multi-task! hello, are you listening to me over there? robin: huh? yah! sure, sure, pls continue.

dear wuching: piggies play stewpig games mah.

Kenny Ng said...

LOL... minesweeper is my favorite game too, I remember last time I can play it from night until next morning just to break my own record in expert level... 88 seconds :P

sengkor said...

i had it on my phone last time.. so, everytime i m doing my ahem ahem business, it's minesweeper time!

me said...

dear kenny: wahhhhhhhhh! so great! *finding a hole to hide before he ask me for my best time*

me said...

dear sengkor: wakakakaka. so, whilst you were bombing away there, you were trying not to get bombed! :-D cute!

Anonymous said...

What are your best times? I remembered getting 4 seconds for Beginner level. That was hard, and required lots of luck...

titoki said...

I like bejeweled. Hooked and sinker. ;)

me said...

dear ian: 4 seconds? what's hard about that ? - it must have been pure luck! kakaka. best times ah? let's talk about something else *trying to change subject*......

dear titoki: that one also 'ngam ngor' leh. don't get me started on any computer game. psychiatrist has diagnosed me as ocd - obsessive compulsive behaviour! :-p

Las montañas said...

i highly recommend: age of empires, or SIMCITY.

U-Jean said...

i was so happy when i got 12secs for the beginners level. so i was so happy and gleefully bragging to my friend about my time. and she went, really? i got 6secs". and all my maruah came crashing down

Cocka Doodle said...

I'm addicted to the pinball wizard game. Blast the speakers for full effect. KNN! CCB! are commonly heard from my room whenever the TILT sign hits. LOL

me said...

dear monty: get me hooked on those 2 and you can say goodbye to this blogger. there will never be anymore updates.

dear u-jean: kakakaka. in which case, tell your friend that ianfluenza (see above) took only 4seconds for the beginner's level. :-) there will always be someone better, so tell your maruah to come back :-D

dear cocka: :-D hey, i was playing that before the minesweeper. but somehow, not being able to push the machine or hit it a few times like the real one, not as shiok lah.

ah pek said...

minesweeper how to play wan hah?

Anonymous said...

2 days oledi lah, come back come back

Las montañas said...

think she's badly addicted... .someone please go remind her she hasnt had her dinner from 2 days ago.

Immomsdaughter said...

Oi Oi 3 days oledi *sob sob*

Paula said...

I think ME needs a tagbox like LM (aka Monty) so we can leave you obscene messages when you're not looking. Where's your baby picture? Not going to post one on your avatar? :D

Jonzz said...

hmm... not throwing laptop batteries? Playing minesweeper? Ha ha, this is the first time I'm leaving a comment here. No updates?

me said...

dear ah pek: first you buy a new broom and an air ticket to vietnam / cambodia. then you sweep sweep and see whether you trigger off any bombs that will blow you to smithereens. :-)

dear imd: there, there, don't cry. sayangggggg ah.

dear monty: didn't eat dinner? god forbid! food is very important to me!

dear annie: but with popular people like you and monty, who will have time to come over to my tagbox? even ME go to your tagbox for chats. i don't even hang around here myself! *sob sob*

hmmmmm....baby pics? i've got something up my sleeve but not for the avatar. *grins*

dear jonzz: owwwww, just when i did a disappearing trick, you paid a visit. and i wasn't here to welcome you. sorry. update coming right up.

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