The Tortoise and the Hare

On the Wednesday of the Third Week of December, it was a day of playing this famous story, The Tortoise and the Hare.

Alvin, Edwin, Russell and I came out for pool. Before that, we had a short session of super expensive arcade at Zone X in Dhoby Ghaut MRT. Then, had lunch at Long John Silvers. Then, we walked to the Paradize Centre for the pool. Luckily, Edwin has the Safra and we can have discount rate.

We played by 2 groups of 2, and will switch partners after each round, so we will get back the same partner after every 3 rounds since there is only 3 combinations. Edwin and Alvin are really pro-players, both of them trashed Russell and I a lot... After a few rounds, with some guidance of the 2 pros, I starting to get some hang of it. At the start of a new round, I can get a lot balls into the holes, and was expected to win quite fast. However, that was just luck, because in the end, I still lost to either Edwin or Alvin... The rest of the rounds just keep repeating with me hitting many balls into the holes at the start... Sigh. I could only get to hit the black ball once...

After around 3 hours of pool, we went the LAN shop just beside the pool. Yes, my second time playing in the LAN shop. The first time was way long ago when I was still in Secondary School... Initially, we thought of playing Quake 4 (Of course, I don't know what the hell is that.), but the shop was too lousy because they are using duplicate CD key which were not allowed for LAN playing. Hence, we played Counterstrike instead.

This time, Edwin and Russell paired with each other, and there was no changing of partners. I was so lucky to have the pro with me, Alvin is damn pro. He killed Edwin a quite a number of times. In just less than 30 minutes, the points went up to 50 to 3. For me, I really don't know how to play that game, I could only go around and shoot people (Literally, the direction keys WASD and the mouse click to fire. I know nuts about the other keys). I only get the hang of it after 300 rounds... By that time, I was already feeling dizzy. And I kept looking the time, hoping people sitting beside me would realise how late was it... We went in at 3.40pm, then 6.40pm, then 7.40pm, then 8.30pm... I could not stand it... Although Alvin could win solo, the other team's winning points finally caught us up in the end. Another Tortoise and the Hare...

Finally, when the points were evenly matched, they stopped and only then they realised they have played for 5 hours... As for me, I was nearly in drunk-state... This should be my last time playing CS...