obstacle game

obstacle game

i was playing ps in mummy's room,
that shanghai mahjong obstacle game.
mahjong tiles were stacked on top of one another,
and u had to remove them by pairs.
tiles with two sides untouched were movable,
the rest were not.
and there was a time limit to remove all the tiles.
the first two games i breezed thru.

it was that third game that set me thinking.
some pairs were stacked on top of each other,
so you had to think carefully
before removing the other two tiles of the same pattern
cos otherwise u'll be stuck with the two
and u'll lose the game.
for the third game,
i assumed the "liu tong"s were stacked on top of each other
cos i only saw the pair that was stacked tog.
but i didn't remember having removed the other two.
but i assumed i did,
since i didnt see them around.
so i gave up without trying.
i restarted that same game,
and for two more times
i thot i had removed it again.
i kept restarting before it had a chance to continue.
then the last time,
i continued anyway.
and i realised the other two tiles were so close
to the ones stacked on top of each other
which was why i didn't see them before.
but this time,
i ran out of time.

wad a joke i play on myself eh?