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I had lunch with an old friend whom I have known for more than 20 years. As we grow older, we grow more sentimental, perhaps. After lunch, I decided to walk into a shop selling comics and knick knacks. It is a shop I enjoyed going to frequently in my younger days. Just when I thought there's nothing interesting enough for me to buy, this caught my eyes!
The RubiksCube was first introduced when I was in primary school, I think. See how it has evolved? Amazing! My friend opened his, I scrambled it up and he tried to put it back together again. It is much more difficult compared to the old cube with solid colors.
We have to make sure that the 6 sides each has the correct family of symbols AND the symbols have to be in sequence if numbers are involved (as in the TONG ZI, WAN ZI and TIAO ZI) AND the right side up (this applies to all sides, the other three sides being HONG ZHONG, BAI BAN and FA CAI)! Wah!
A small detail on the packaging caught my eyes too. Why does one say for ages 3 to adult and another, ages 8 to adult? Hmmm... Maybe, I am not smart enough to comprehend this. Made in China, where else? ;p
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10 comments:
Haha! So cute!
-Isaac
Hi Isaac,
I find it most amusing... until we tried returning it to the original arrangement after scrambling it. Haha... ;)
hello..first time coming by.. guess mahjong is internationally known now..
Hi reanaclaire,
Thanks for dropping by. Yah, I know even Caucasians are picking up the game which has gained a reputation for keeping the mind sharp and Alzheimer's at bay! ;)
AK,
not only alzheimer's and keeping mind sharp, it's also a wealth redistribution game during CNY ;)
-isaac
Hi Isaac,
Let us hope that it is being distributed from the richer to the poorer and no the other way round. ;-)
My friends got me the same thing for my birthday! Haha
Love the game and the trash talking that goes along with it. LOL
Hi yyt,
I tried to reform all the FA CAIs first. Most important for me. ;-p
Huat ah! :)
Thanks for this idea AK. I know the gift for my colleuges in head office when I next visit them.
SnOOpy168
Hi SnOOpy168,
Glad to share my little discovery. Haha.. Cute cube! Yes, just thought of this. Catchy, isn't it? Cute cube! Mahjong in a cube! :)
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