This blog is created to honour the end of my Nationals Inter-School Canoe Championship 2009 and the end of a Canoeist Career in Junior College.
The 1st few post will be dedicated towards the setting up of this blog and will convey my thoughts and feeling over the 4 days event to honour the Sports
which I really believe in, fought for, bleed for and gave my life to.
Special: An Adaptation from Mahjong
Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 1:10 AM
Mahjong is a game you play by completing all the sequences on your hand. 1 Sequence consist of 3 tiles. For example, 3-4-5 forms a sequence. 7-8-9 forms a sequence
3-3-3 forms a sequence too.
So when every turn comes, you get a chance to draw a tile to attempt to complete your 4 sequence of 3 tiles.
So, as I was playing mahjong, I was trying to reply the sms you sent me too. Halfway, I thought of this. Isn't the game of mahjong like, a part of life too? Every turn you're trying to draw tiles. You may be lucky and every tiles that you draw, will contribute to your hand. I'm pretty unlucky today, every tile that I draw is shit, and most tiles that I drawn is not accepted into my hand, and does not help my to form my sequences.
So I thought of this. Everyone wants to work towards their goal. However, not every step that they take will definitely propel them towards the goal. Like Mahjong, most tiles you drawn does not actually help you at all. You're gonna spend most of your time feeling disappointed, and wondering why other people are better off than you do. Don't you envy those people who can always game? while you pity yourself, always getting stuck in a getting-nowhere-hand. Don't be disappointed ok? Those people that are good in mahjong(or life) probably have a way to optimize their chances. To know all this, they have to play long enough, and know enough tricks that can get them into deep shit. Of course, this can only comes when you have a clear goal in mind, that is to win. If you want to win, you will find ways to avoid losing, and to avoid losing, you're probably winning. Similarly, if you don't start directing yourself towards happiness, you cannot find any help or pointers to get there.
Those people good in mahjong are not those people having the best hand and always getting the appropriate tiles too. It is the way they handle their hand(situation). As Andy Lau puts it in a gambling movie/title "Lousy hand have a lousy hand way of playing it." Therefore, the best players know how to play all kinds of hands too, not just dependent on luck alone. Putting it in context, I think Happiness is not about having an ideal life, but rather, knowing how to work your way towards it irregardless of what nonsense life throws at you. Just like you would agree with me that, people who are best at mahjong, love to work with all kinds of hands, not just good hands. Therefore, you gotta agree with me that, people who truly seek happiness is not just happy when things are turning well for them, but rather they're happy that they can try to put things right too(just like working on a lousy hand, That's mahjong) ... That's life.
I'm sorry if I made things sound so easy and simplistic. I am not you, I do not understand the problem that you're facing but I do know that only you, can truly experience and feel the anger and sadness. Therefore, I as a fren, do not claim to be able to solve your problem, but rather I try my best to see you through... ok?
This is just for you
Sorry if you don't know Mahjong
But I thought it's quite a good analogy.
So I hope you understand nonetheless : )
Kim~
So I thought of this. Everyone wants to work towards their goal. However, not every step that they take will definitely propel them towards the goal. Like Mahjong, most tiles you drawn does not actually help you at all. You're gonna spend most of your time feeling disappointed, and wondering why other people are better off than you do. Don't you envy those people who can always game? while you pity yourself, always getting stuck in a getting-nowhere-hand. Don't be disappointed ok? Those people that are good in mahjong(or life) probably have a way to optimize their chances. To know all this, they have to play long enough, and know enough tricks that can get them into deep shit. Of course, this can only comes when you have a clear goal in mind, that is to win. If you want to win, you will find ways to avoid losing, and to avoid losing, you're probably winning. Similarly, if you don't start directing yourself towards happiness, you cannot find any help or pointers to get there.
Those people good in mahjong are not those people having the best hand and always getting the appropriate tiles too. It is the way they handle their hand(situation). As Andy Lau puts it in a gambling movie/title "Lousy hand have a lousy hand way of playing it." Therefore, the best players know how to play all kinds of hands too, not just dependent on luck alone. Putting it in context, I think Happiness is not about having an ideal life, but rather, knowing how to work your way towards it irregardless of what nonsense life throws at you. Just like you would agree with me that, people who are best at mahjong, love to work with all kinds of hands, not just good hands. Therefore, you gotta agree with me that, people who truly seek happiness is not just happy when things are turning well for them, but rather they're happy that they can try to put things right too(just like working on a lousy hand, That's mahjong) ... That's life.
I'm sorry if I made things sound so easy and simplistic. I am not you, I do not understand the problem that you're facing but I do know that only you, can truly experience and feel the anger and sadness. Therefore, I as a fren, do not claim to be able to solve your problem, but rather I try my best to see you through... ok?
This is just for you
Sorry if you don't know Mahjong
But I thought it's quite a good analogy.
So I hope you understand nonetheless : )
Kim~