Nagging Game

Today, I visited my parents. Unexpectedly, it was my sisters’ Chinese birthday. To celebrate the occasion, we had a relatively sumptuous dinner and had a game of Mahjong.

We were pretty excited about the mahjong session when my mum suggested the idea. Personally, I have not been playing mahjong for quite some time and thus I am rather rusty. And although my mum is quite good at the game, my two sisters are beginners. Therefore, I expected a killing. Ha! Ha!

We had dinner and moved on to the game. Gosh! It was really slow. My sisters had to think and ponder over every move. I agree that you need to consider your strategy but the time taken was a little too long. Furthermore, my elder sister kept asking about the “wind”. The constant repetition of the question was causing me headaches. Anyway, we played on. Then my mum, due to her kind heart, kept reminding my elder sister about the “fan” (license to win), and my elder sister did not seem to register even after nagging reminders.

I guessed, as the game progressed, my brain started to react to my sisters delayed actions and hence it started to slow down too. And the consequence was that I made several crucial mistakes in the game.

We played 1 round for 4 hours. In the end, my mum made a killing, sacrificing my two sisters and me. My elder sister suffered the greatest defeat, while I lost the least. Besides, my mum winning, the other great winner was my dad. He fell asleep cozily while watching TV.