I believe there's a hidden geek in every one of us. At least that's true for me. One thing I've always look forward to when holidays come around is computer games. Be it happy happy games like SIMS, Roller-Coaster tycoon, Zoo tycoon, Mall tycoon, or violent RPG games like Project IGI, CIA Operative, Quakes 1-3, or normal RPG games like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, or games which require alot of thinking to solve puzzles and mysteries like Escape From Monkey Island, I play them all. Although my favorites would be the RPGs and the thinking games. I try to pretend I'm all cool (hahahahaha) and sporty, with my 10 earrings and super dyed hair and sports, I'm actually a major computer geek. I search online for walkthroughs and cheats and all sorts of information about the games I'm playing. Right now, my current obsession would be trying to clear as much disk space as possible on my C drive so I can install as many games as I possibly can. To date, I have Sims, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Quake 2, Project IGI, and The Fellowship of the Ring. I uninstalled CIA Operative earlier in the afternoon 'cos my C drive only had 1.82 GB left of free space. So I had to sacrifice one game. Oh well, I've finished playing it once before anyway. Actually, I've already played most of the games before, but never had the chance to finish them. I'll finish them this holidays.
If I were to be given the 3rd Harry Potter game or the 2nd and 3rd Lord of the Rings games, I would be the happiest..no, almost the happiest girl on earth. If I were to be given the whole series of Monkey Island games and Sims and everything else...Well! I'd stay glued to the computer all day and never leave the confines of my room. I need a whole computer solely for games so I don't have to worry about the lack of memory space. Marvelous.
I guess I'm alot different than other people percieve me to be. People think I go out alot, but really, I stay home most of the time because there are plenty of things to do at home. People ask me whether I get bored at home, but I really don't. I have always been perceived/stereotyped as a tomboyish/rough girl, maybe because I'm very into sports. But really, I'm quite domesticated. Haha. Imagine me saying that. But it's true. I cook, I bake, I sew. I do girly girly stuff like friendship bands, cross-stitch, origami, and I enjoy doing them. My classmates recently planned a clubbing night out, but I didn't go because clubbing's not my scene. My friend told me that if I went once, I'd want to go again. Maybe it's true for many out there, but my ideal night of fun would be to hole up in my room either with a good book or playing computer games. Why would I want to go squeeze in a dark, smoky, smelly room with sweaty gyrating people? And then there won't be any transportation home because it's too late and I have to fork out money for a cab and pay the extra midnight surcharge. Gross. That's why I don't go out much, especially not at night, because there really isn't anything much to do in Singapore, so why force myself to go out when I know I'm not going to enjoy myself.
I was chatting with Tiffany about 2 days ago, and I told her that the reason why I stay at home alot was because I have very different interests from many people my age. Most people I hang around with like to either go clubbing, or shopping, or go for a movie, or just going around to different places to eat. Me? I'd rather spend an afternoon doing sports like kayaking, or cycling, or swimming, or playing badminton, etc. Or I'd rather spend an afternoon playing computer games, or reading, or baking. Hence, I'm always at home because the people I know are not into the things I'm interested in and I don't want to force anyone to do things they rather not do.