斗地主

Since I came back from my Beijing trip last week, I have been hooked on to my computer plyaing 斗地主. This explained why I've not been updating my blog. The game was introduced by my 亲爱的 during my last trip there. She brought her laptop to my room, and literally spent her afternoon playing this game when I was out for meetings. 斗地主 is a very popular card game in China played by 3 persons. QQ game has made this an online game, and at any time, there are many thousands of Chinese playing this game. Wikipedia has a good writeup on the rules Dou Di Zhu





Since I started last week, I have been losing more than winning. Until now, I have accumulated about -1,000 points. This has been a hot topic during our daily phone calls. My 亲爱的 would asked me 今天又负了多少分, and followed by 你怎么这么笨啊, and I would reply 终于你有一样是比我厉害的, and she would giggle away. Honestly, who really cares about the points, as they cannot be used to exchange for free gifts. Afterall, It's only a game. My 亲爱的 is actually quite good in it, and has accumulated more than 200 points, while her friends have more than 1,000 points. The reason why I couldn't play as well is because I don't have a good memory and cannot remember the cards that have been thrown out. My brain has limited capacity and is used to remember important stuff like when is her period coming, when is my next trip to Beijing, etc. My 亲爱的 said that during my next trip to Beijing, she would buy some QQ dollars and help me to reset my score back to zero. I'm already looking forward to that.