Magical 13

Superhost came to crash at NTU 2 days ago, the same day when I did my quarters at Shenton Way. I came straight back to have a game of mahjong with him and his two other ex-classmates.

十三幺

Yes I finally got it. It's like a fucking milestone. You can like put it up on your list of 'firsts'.

1.First goal
2.First kiss
3.First day in school
4.First magical 13

For those who dunno what magical 13 in mahjong is, it's like royal flush in poker. The weird thing about magical 13 is that it's fucking so difficult to get it yet so many people get it. Mahjong is an amazing thing. It defies logic, it defies common sense, it is unpredictable and predictable, it requires hell lot of luck but yet you need skills to steer this luck. Then again, all the skills in the world will get you no where with no luck at all.

Fucking my heart never pounded so fast when I was waiting for that last elusive card 'West' to secure my magical 13 and write myself into mahjong's folklore.