The Big Sweet Land

For those who noticed the latest "in" thing in arcade, "THE BIG SWEETLAND", have u ever wonder why it is attracting people of all ages to be sitting at the machine for hours?

12 May 07, TaT & I landed ourselves (Peggysan joined us later) at the arcade at Jurong Point. We had finished our dinner & shopping (for mobile phone) and thus decided to visit the arcade for a game of Basketball & Daytona... In the end, we spent most of our time, joining the crowd, watching the players at the The Big Sweetland machine...

Tat: "Would u try?"
Me: "Nah, waste of money! I can get the same soft toy at the gift stall for a much much lower price."
Tat: "sshhhh...not so loud.. People can hear us. Though it is wasting $$, but its more of achievement than being value for money."
Me: "oops... quite true though"

We continued to hang around the machine seeing how 2 aunties played... There were many other audiences like us, sharing the joy (when the sweets hit the checker tab or when the wheel strikes JACKPOT) & the disappointment (when the "spade" did not scoop any sweets or did not scoop those in box form which would help greatly in the game.)

Tat popped the question again and this time i answered,"U want to try right, okay lah... we shall try our luck...maybe we can get JACKPOT then we wont be spending so much." Excitedly, we took out our wallets to change for the gold coins...

We found seats that someone had played before (ie. the bars had moved some levels...hehe) And the toy is a Purple Monkey... Very Cute!!!

~Shall not mention how much we changed, there may be sensitive readers!!~

We took turns mastering the act of scooping & releasing the sweets at the right spot... There are actually techniques (based on our plays):

• One should not greedy - Do not aim the areas where there are big heaps of sweets (Reason: When the specify area has too many sweets, it becomes too heavy and the spade will not be able to scoop any sweets)
• If the spade has scooped many sweets, u should release it in front of the tray, so that it will push the sweets forward, aiming for the checker tab
• If unfortunately, only few sweets are taken then release them at the back of the tray
  

Our earnings of the Night:

1. We got the purple monkey quite easily coz we hit JACKPOT (yeah!!!) - i jumped around at the arcade like a small kid, raising my hands in the air, turning rounds... quite embarrassing as i eventually realised that i became the centre of attraction there... hehe...
2. We also got a pair of doggies with a Winnie the Pooh (my fav) pouch... this second play was the killer coz our luck was not so good then and we spent more money on it...
3. We earned a lifetime of SWEETS... a whole big bag (all thanks to the bonus stage that we had, pushing a lot of sweets into our prize box)

Tat & I at Mac after our experience with the THE BIG SWEETLAND machine... we were perspiring (due to the excitement)

Conculsion:
Though we spent some money on the mentioned items which was obviously not worth it, BUT the FUN, ACHIEVEMENT & JOY cannot be bought with $$$...(Money is not everything)

Would i play again...? Yes, if im too bored, if i feel rich or if i need to wait for someone for hours (but whatever spent will be on that person's account) - So people, if we are meeting, Dont make me wait... :)