bejeweled

It's like drug addiction*
It sucks your life away
It sucks your time away
time you could have devoted to other more useful things
like
reading a newspaper
making a walking stick
running three rounds down the park
stretching outside the balcony filling your lung with some fresh air
preparing lessons for the Form 4 & 6, for the department, for your kid, for your heatlh, for God, for a better you
You don't grow thin, or sick on the outside
but your inside is no different from a junkie
you wake up
playing it
you play it
before your sleep
You know it is programmed to make you feel good
It makes you keep trying
and feel useful
what is better than
problems solved infront of your eyes with your
eyes, hand, mind..all coordinated
and rewarded instantaneously
you are totally absorbed
and nothing is better than doing a thing that totally absorbs you.
like teaching a class a poem, and winning it
teaching a good lesson
reading a good compo..
but this game
is just one click away
and it can happen every day
easy to lay hands on
and once you lay your hand on it
it grabs you tight
and you dope on
in front of your wife
your kids
your maid
leaving behind
your books you borrowed from school
the work you bring home thinking you will be doing
your bulging belly
your weakening bones, muscles and joints
your glorious running days
you don't look much like a walking person with a will of his own
but a zombie
with your fingers & your eyes moving, the pleasure zone ticking
urging you on
one more game
one more game
to better your score
the promise is always there
one more game to be a faster you
a higher score you
the promise of becoming a better, stronger person
is what is the most tempting
the process of being one better
though elusive
sucks you on
the fun thing is
no matter how high your score is
you are never satisfied
and a higher level is always one click away
the addiction is real
it's handy, easy to get, satifying
cos the satisfiaction is not the score
but the process of acheiving the one better you
which everybody wants at heart
Gosh
if every student's learning tasks are set with such nature
every student would love do them