How Not to Have Fun

"I don't know how not to have fun..." ~ Randy Pausch

Wao! I have forgotten how to have fun. My parents and the school taught me from young about delayed gratification and that some form of sacrifice and suffering was inevitable. Press on long enough and we will see the fruits of labour, I was told. When in school, I was told playing can wait, school comes first. After challenging the authorities for some period, I gave in. I didn't think about extra-curricular activities, no money-making ways, anything to do with investment was unorthodox. I felt guilty when I didn't spend all my time before exams studying. After 20 odd years in the system, I was conditioned, moulded like the others, like in a production line.

I wished I was like Randy, allowed to paint his own room, had dreams and chased them, created his own course, did work that helped many others (students in his case), left a legacy, most importantly, he had fun while doing all these. Then again, what's stopping me now?

Caine's Arcade - It All Started With Imagination

During a summer vacation, Caine's dad brought Caine to his auto shop. He found used cardboard boxes in the shop. He made arcade game stations out of the cardboard boxes, many of them!
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He was pretty serious with his business. He had tokens, fun passes, prizes and tickets. He waited for customers to come at play at his arcade. 

One day, Nirvan Mullick became Caine's first customer! He invited many people to play at Caine's Arcade. He made a movie out of Caine's Arcade.

Caine started with his imagination. He went ahead and ran his arcade. It was okay in the beginning when no one went to play. He kept on improving his arcade. He had lots of fun!

Images from Youtube.