Art of Gambling

Since we are doing some blogging assignment, here's my chance to polish my writing skills in english. Never polish never shine. So these are some of my posts. Any comments please shout them out.

http://fetbeta.mmu.edu.my/blog/1041103806/2008/03/20/have-a-fun-fair.html
http://fetbeta.mmu.edu.my/blog/1041103806/2008/03/13/the-masdar-initiative.html
http://fetbeta.mmu.edu.my/blog/1041103806/2008/03/01/golden-event.html


This is one of them, not very well-written but worth to read.

Art of Gambling

I am not teaching people to gamble but just want to introduce different type of gambling which we will play during Chinese New Year. For chinese, gambling is another activity which we cant miss during CNY. You might think what is so special about gambling? A few cards with a bunch of gamblers group together for many hours, money around and shouting of “huat ar huat” (it means win in hokkien) here and there…This is the typical idea of gambling but the most interesting part should be the types of games they are playing. These are what I have learned recently:

• Mahjong - we call it “dry swim” too. Why it has such a nice name? It is because the way and the actions that we play mahjong similar to the swimming style. Actually mahjong is a great game and very suitable especially for grandparents because it can twist the mind with different sorts of complexities.

• Blackjack - this is quite a common games where we need to get the amount of number closer to 21.

• Poker - A 5 cards’ game with very complex rules and very hard to win as I know.

• 8/9 - I don’t know how to call it in english. A very simple game where maximum 3 cards one can get. The one with the least digit equals to 8/9 points win. For example: 19 actualy is 9 points, so you win.

• “chou dai di”- Sorry again for the name of the game. but this is one of the famous games we love to play and it is my favourite game. This game does not really depend on luck but the skills you play.

• Last but not least, this time i don’t even know the chinese name of the game, but it is a 5 cards’ game, where 3 and 6 can be exchanged to get highest points.

Yeah, last for me but is not the last for the art of gambling. There are still lots of different games which people haven discovered or not suitable for gambling.

So, gambling is not 100% a bad habit. With the correct sentiment and attitudes, gambling should not cause any horrendous effects. For those who blamed gambling as the cause of every evil deed, they should have a flashback on themselves. I believe every evil grows in oneself, the evil in his nature has destroyed the good and results in addiction.

As a conclusion, we should appreciate the arts of gambling and the wonderfulness of human mind. On the other hand, appreciation does not mean addiction. So behave yourself while enjoying the arts of gambling.