Saturday, March 31, 2007

Late in the evening, 3 adventurers made their way across the island to the hallowed arena, struggling through the obstacles imposed upon them to arrive on time, ready for the ultimate showdown. Or at least, 2 of them did. One tried, really hard.

The 4 of us set down our stakes, flexed our fingers, patted each other on the shoulders, and got down to real serious business.

The affair lasted from 11 to 7, a long-fought battle against time, fatigue, and Benedict. We endured the his barrage of "diao2 zhng1" up to at least 5 consecutive times while maintaining a cool composure and a facade of serenity when he, irritatingly, can win just by 1 fan through one of the auspicious animals of the pack.

Nonetheless, it was pretty fun that night, it felt almost as if we were still mugging for exams and finding the next excuse to pull the wool over teachers' eyes on why tutorials were unfinished. I'm pretty sure theres a *dark* side of each of us that we can only unveil to the other 3 only during such sessions! I had fun letting my inner child run, figuratively, naked around the room while playing mahjong...and I hope I speak for the rest of the other 3 as well!

Nevertheless, we seek your forgiveness and extend our heartfelt apologies on the lack of photos for this monumental gathering, simply because we were too busy reducing our losses to Benedict, whom nonetheless won a grand total of 28$$ from the 3 of us, and due to the fact that we were all too lazy to stand up and take a picture. Nevertheless, allow me to paint a mental image of us giving Benedict a good whooping. Yes, that would summarize our night very succintly.

jiaho rocking off at 10:12 PM

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