Dream File 0013-AA

There was a plan half a year ago that Richard Hammond (the presenter on Top Gear) and I were to travel to Antarctica. On the day of the expedition, I was still at home. I had to change my coat and pants because I realised that what I had on was not going to be warm enough.

So I got changed and headed out the door. Then I found myself in an unknown hotel. It felt like it was a Japanese hotel because everyone in the lobby was Japanese. Everyone spoke business formal Japanese. The hotel lobby itself was actually quite grand, marble floor, grand piano, etc. I walked out of the hotel and what greeted me was not a car, but a helipad. A helicopter had just arrived with our gear (three bag of it) for the Antarctica expedition.

We took the bags out of the chopper and into the mountain top somewhere in Antarctica. Lee Lai Shan (Hong Kong gold medallist at the Atlantic Olympics) joined us. So the three of us were on the mountain top. Lee and Hammond were doing Judo (yes, Judo) and Lee did a back flip on Hammond. It was then that Hammond rolled downhill and into a snowball. He eventually fell into the water.

Lee and I went to look for Hammond. He was in the water. We stayed with him, but we did not realise that the high tide was coming. A bunch of people on the ice warned us about the high tide, but it was too late. All three of us were underwater already. So we swam back to shore. And that was it.

Any clue about how to play Clue/do?

It has been some time since I've played a board game. So it was refreshing to once again roll the dice at a friend's place who has recently purchased a whole swag of board games. Monopoly was the old classic, though I had too few properties and was bankrupt quite quickly. It was funny to see another friend who had to sell the hotels he just bought a turn ago because he had to pay the hotel rent on Mayfair.

But there was something better, Cluedo (or just 'Clue' in North America). None of us knew how to play, so we are all amateurs. What so intriguing about this game is that it relies less on luck (like Monopoly) and more on logic and deduction skills.

For those who don't know what Cluedo is, check out this Wiki entry. Anyway, it was about halfway through the second or third turn that I realised what I should have done. Instead of just crossing out the cards that were shown to me, I should have been noting down whom that card belongs to. That way, I can keep track of who has what.

My friends soon realised that too. But towards the end, I think I have some of the basic strategies covered. Besides keeping track of who has what, I should also keep track on which card I have shown. Because when I bluff (by suggesting something that I already have), I should try to use a card that nobody knows that I have.

Overall, I quite enjoy Cluedo. Unlike Monopoly, there are strategies that can be adopted, rather than relying blindly on the roll of the dice. It might get bored or repetitive after a while, especially if we can devise an effective strategy to track down cards, but I've only played one game, I'm sure there will be plenty of Cluedo games to come.

Dream File 0012-MJ

I had a dream in a dream. In the first dream, I had three half portrait photos (from the waist up) of the groom and bride. I didn't get to see the first photo. In the second one the wedding couple were dressed in black, even the wedding dress was in black. I did not know them.

In the third picture was my friend, both the groom and bride were dressed in white, but the bride is not his current girlfriend! She vaguely looked like her, but it was not her.

Then it was the dream about that dream. Dreamt that there was a percentage mark next to each of the three photos. The three photos were on a table, the first one (that I didn't see) was in the middle, the second one (dressed in black) was on the right and the last one (my friend) was on the left.

The first photo has 0% marked next to it. I don't know what the percentage represents, though. The second one is 99%. Again, I don't know what that means. The third picture has 68% marked next it. That percentage represents the probability that the bride in the photo is not my friend's current girlfriend.

A very strange 'dream within a dream' dream today.

Dream File 0011-MJ

I had a dream in a dream. In the first dream, I had three half portrait photos (from the waist up) of the groom and bride. I didn't get to see the first photo. In the second one the wedding couple were dressed in black, even the wedding dress was in black. I did not know them.

In the third picture was my friend, both the groom and bride were dressed in white, but the bride is not his current girlfriend! She vaguely looked like her, but it was not her.

Then it was the dream about that dream. Dreamt that there was a percentage mark next to each of the three photos. The three photos were on a table, the first one (that I didn't see) was in the middle, the second one (dressed in black) was on the right and the last one (my friend) was on the left.

The first photo has 0% marked next to it. I don't know what the percentage represents, though. The second one is 99%. Again, I don't know what that means. The third picture has 68% marked next it. That percentage represents the probability that the bride in the photo is not my friend's current girlfriend.

A very strange 'dream within a dream' dream today.

Dream File 0010-CQZ

Dreamt that I was at a bakery shop. A friend came in, said hi and walked behind the counter, picking off ingredients needed to make a cake. She apparently worked there. As she was making the cake, I stood behind the counter and watched her work.

She finished making the cake and it was then that she received a piece of paper. There were printed instructions on it which says, "If you can put one more egg in the mixture, I'll give you a hint. If you qualify, I'll give you the answer." It sounded like she was doing some kind of exam and the instructor / master / shi fu was trying to help her. Then she, me and two other people had dinner at the same table.

Afterwards, I walked out of the restaurant and found myself at a carpark. Everyone I came across wore black and carried guns like commandos. I was the only one in white. I think someone said to chase after me. I ran and ended up at a bus stop, and met a friend. He introduced me to his female friend. She gave me this I-am-interested-in-you look. Then a not-so-big bus pulled up. My friend got on, but his female friend didn't.

Then I woke up.