*..Our Ideal World..*

In a round of game, we get to play "God" in some ways.

We select our players.
We determine the environment.
We strategize every move.
We build everything towards our desired end.

Everything's within our control.
At our mere beck and call.

If things didn't work out the way we'd expected, we can always "REPLAY" an infinite number of times. We'll make it better with each "try-out". If we don't get it right the first time, we'll get it right subsequently.

In our span of life, sadly, the same doesn't apply.
Things unravel unexpectedly, not within our means.
We go with the flow.
Make the wrong moves and there'll be no turning back.
We can't control the series of events in our lives.
Most of the time, we can't even comprehend them.

Maybe that's why we love playing games of any form.
It is only through games that we feel powerful and in control.
The gaming world is our alternate ideal universe.
Where things occur in any permutation and combination.
As long as we will them to be.

xq's hands/fingers are still slightly trembling from the excessive pressing of buttons from slave's bro's office's game controller. Another round of CNY gathering, but this time round we had STREET FIGHTER. My favourite childhood game with my brother, one of the games that my brother and I share fond memories of.

It's times like this that make me miss my childhood so much. The golden years of our lives where we didn't have to shoulder the worries of the world.

Growing up and maturation come with a heavy price. The deeper the knowledge we're exposed to, the greater our worries and woes.

Vulnerability makes us all the more insecure of our position of equilibrium in this vast world.

If only growing up is this simple.


Yet, it is essential for us to go through all of this.