Candy Crush Saga, the game that got the young and old playing.
The creator probably had that in mind before he
decided on that name. Saga indeed! I see people playing when they are in the
lift, biting their burgers at the fast food restaurant, waiting for bus, in the
bus, even the staff who gave medication to my sick son was playing it. Somehow
it feels like if one is not playing it, he or she is not "IN enough"! *laugh*
ADDICTION is the second name for this game.
Its funny how my hubby would relate my previous headache to
my indulgence in the multi-coloured candy game. With full respect, I
stopped for a LOoooong while but had myself digging into the bag of sweets once more right after my headache was gone. Yup! I was back
in the game again.
I always remember an inspirational speaker once said:
“How
you play a game, is how you live your life.”
There are levels where it makes you feel like “No way is any
other level going to be more difficult than this!” But the mastermind behind
this addictive game knows no boundaries. He or they created another level much
worse than this and there I was cracking my brain again.
Just like when I start off on the wrong foot for a
particular day and I think, it can’t be worse than this and a sudden
thunderstorm came when I do not have an umbrella or could not find shelter anywhere within 500m! *faint*
Life is so, catch you when you least expect it.
In life, experience counts. The more you expose yourself to different
situations, the more you learn and the more you grow as a person. Its
the same for Candy Crush Saga.
There are times when storing those special candies till
the end work brilliantly as you achieve the triple stars at the end of the
stage. Then you came across levels which are similar to
what you had encountered before and you used the same strategy and it
worked too.
Yet, there are moments whereby using the same strategy only screams back “Don’t Be Greedy!” as you end up bursting the wrong candy and sent the
bomb ticking away with your heart racing faster every second.
Life is just the same. Situations whereby a
certain strategy, tactic, mannerism, attitude works wonderfully and helps you
spring board to great heights. Yet, if you use the same style for EVERY setting, you are bound to face some unpleasantness. This is when one has to be flexible and versatile. Thinking out of the box is critical here when what you used to know, no longer works.
When times are bad, three types of human emerges. The
giver-up-er, the fighter and the calm-er.
The first taking the easiest route, the second taking the
hardest path and the last taking the smartest way, in my opinion.
When emotions are high, intelligence is low.
Things work better when one pulls himself or herself out of the situation and look at the picture from outside.
So for me, it’s the last one who wins the trophy with the
least amount of pain.
Take whatever life throws at you with a peaceful heart.
Face it and
get over with it step by step.
Time does not stop there.
Time carries on and
there will be THE TIME when all things will pass; the good and the bad.
Given the same situation, why some people can handle it
better than others?
Given the same pit, why some people can get themselves out
of the shit earlier than others?
Its all up in your head.
Its not WHAT’s the situation, but HOW
YOU VIEW the situation.
If you see it as part and parcel of life, you will sail
through the storm.
If you see it as the ‘End of The World’ warning sign, then
this period will be a hard time for you.
Do not forget that there are the guardians, benefactors or what Chinese
call it “Gui-Ren”; just like the fish in Candy Crush Saga.
But first you will
need to activate them to get them swimming to find their friends to come and
assist you.
Yes, in life, you need to OPEN YOUR MOUTH to ask for help.
If you choose to keep quiet, no one will know that you needed assistance in the first place!
There is
no shame in seeking help but it would be a shame to allow pride gets in the
way.
Trying to activate the fish in Candy Crush Saga can be tough at times, just like putting one’s ego down, not an easy task.
Yet, when you finally do, that fish (that person)
could just be the CRUCIAL ONE to get you over that level of difficulty.
Being optimistic in life has been the thing that kept me
going for the past 3 decades. Everyone needs to be motivated every now and
then.
As for Candy Crush Saga, what made me reached where I am now (level 285) was to see that many have gone before
me. Threaded the same path and had succeeded. “If they can, I can! C’mon just
do it!” my small voice will start screaming again.
But life is not all that bad isn’t?
Yes, there are moments whereby a single move could cause many
candies to burst like fireworks. There are some point, when your luck is on the high, special candies start falling from the sky!
That’s right, life is full of surprises.
While some will
make us frown, others will make us leap to our feet and shout “YEAH!!!!”
This is the time when Lady Luck is not only smiling at you,
but tapping her magic wand right on your forehead!
*Clap Clap Clap*
These are the good
times.
A friend of mine was so near to the finishing line and he
thought his misery was going to end triumphant soon! Then who knows, the maker
of Candy Crush Saga just did an update and increased the number of levels!
*huge laugh*
This reminded me of an old lady who once said to me, “I
thought I was going to die when I reached age 103 because my mother did. But
LIFE just wanted me to keep going!” *grin*
No one knows the exact date and time he or she will die or
how everything will end eventually. Its predestined. One can get choked to
death by eating a fishball, yet billions eat fishballs and continued to
breathe. But for Candy Crush Saga, life goes on, so long as one does not stop,
or rather I should say, till the creator stops adding new levels. *giggle*
Level 365 is the end point as of now and guess what?! I
already have a friend who has reached there! Yes, riding above the clouds!
Amazing!
Thank you Candy Crush Saga for showing me that there is no
limit to the difficulties and obstacles one would face in life. So long as one
does not give up, the game (your life) still continues…..
Oh!
Before I forget, and for someone like me who eats
CHOCOLATE like daily supplements, Candy Crush Saga had made me said a sentence,
which NEVER IN MY LIFE WOULD I IMAGINE MYSELF SAYING............
“I HATE CHOCOLATES!”
*huge laugh*
