The Aging Schoolgirl strikes again

2nd day at school today, and Ya kun b'fast again. I could make this a habit (the Ya Kun I mean), but wah, for toast, eggs and teh, it costs 4 bucks. Pricey leh.

Same class, same students, same fake Tod's bag. Didn't make the lesson any more inspiring than yesterday. Double yawn. But, managed to stay awake throughout (amazing!) and I entertained myself reading through the printouts of relevant reading materials. Some of the stuff is actually really good (of course lah! we're talking experts who published in harvard business review leh!) and even better, they are more readable than I thought.

The mind wanders of course, sometime into the class, a thought struck me. Hey, this business scenario sounds familiar. Hey I've been through this before.......it's just like......SIMS!! And by that, I mean, SimCity. Urban planning, people happiness index, politics, and financial budgeting. You build your city like you would your business, you own it. You nurture it, you make decisions and implement changes, and build your ratings. Eventually you hope to be GOD. Wah. I start to get excited. And I start thinking, yes this could be helpful to my schoolwork! And it's FUN! Hmm, is there a SimCity edition for Apple? I vaguely recall so, but I have to check with beloved C. But then, nevermind if it doesn't, I could always get another PC.....or an iBook, and I think YP can get educational discounts for mac stuff since she is a teacher....should I get a regular laptop or go for a mac? Mac if fun but it's platform is limited and not quite compatible with lots of stuff....

WHOA!!!

Hold on there...that's a dangerous thought. Getting a new PC. Indeed. Deja vu flashing in my head. Red Red Red!! Flashing through my brain. The last time I innocently bought a Sim game - THE SIMS, some 5 years ago, it had turned out to be quite a project in interior designing, space planning and financial contribution of the unbudgeted kind. And I don't mean virtually. I mean, REALLY. Reality. Real life. Originally a $42 game, it led to a new desktop investment cuz I didn't have enough RAM on the old one. And since my new CPU tower did not fit correctly onto my then computer table, I went and bought a new table. While browsing for a new study/PC table, I decided it had to match the rest of the room, so yeah, might as well get a new dresser and chest of drawers. And since they all had a certain colour theme, I had to repaint my room. I still remember YP and I with brushes in our hands and newspapers lined on the floor, paint on our clothes and faces. I remember dear C driving me to the pain shop at lavendar road buying cans of paints and providing me with colour charts. And finally, when mom saw us repainting my room, she decided the whole house needs to repainted too. Yes, what started as a $42 game cost me some $4K eventually. Only thank goodness I didn't have to pay for the repainting of the rest of the house. So, in conclusion, have I learnt my lesson? Do I really need to play the SIM game? Is it even safe to do so???! Think I better write myself a business case on the pros and cons. Or meditate deeply and hope the answer moos its way to me soon. Omm. Moo.