Right after I realized the new chapter, Taffy Tropics has opened in Facebook, I was busy crushing candies. I must say, this new chapter is fairly easy for I have breezed through the whole chapter before the weekend was over. And so quick at it, I left all my contenders behind and emerged as the champion Taffy Tamer.
Yes, it was swift and although I can see the next chapter, I can’t seem to ask for tickets or even jump past without any. Hmm… I guess I wait again.
I have played Candy Crush long enough to know when there’s a boo-boo done by the app developer! You don’t proclaim yourself a professional at it for nothing, you know.
Straight to the issue, let me point out to the world that Level 608 and Level 623 are the same! Same challenge, same amount of moves given, same layout. Ran out of ideas, King.com? C’mon… If you want to recycle, at least have them far, far apart instead of so close!
Level 608: spot the similarity!
Level 623: spot the similarity!
The Cereal Sea champ!
It’s been more than a week since Candy Crush last updated for the iPad. And on Facebook, the new chapter finally opened today with Taffy Tropics and I have progressed on without any need for tickets from my fellow candy crushers.
Prior to this, I had been playing Cereal Sea to get more stars. Desperation to crush some candies? I think so… But it’s been good for I have emerged as the champion in Cereal Sea. So not so desperado after all because efforts have been rewarded. And now that the new chapter has opened up, it’s business as usual!
The haze is back. Sputtering in the opaque and almost apocalyptic atmosphere, it is not the best in ambience as far as health is concerned. I almost fell sick last week after returning from Kuching, hubby has been feeling lethargic, M1 is falling sick and M2 is experiencing headaches every now and then. My poor family.
On top of this, my virtual world has also been hazy. I have just not been very focused in my games. I am losing far more battles than I should in Zookeeper Battle; Farm Heroes has been very trying and every morning, I wake up hoping that Candy Crush will update for the laptop only to be disappointed daily. Not being able to move forth has made me very lost, like in a haze. While Candy Crush did update for the iPad, it’s pointless as it only (like so many times previously) had my avatar leapfrogged to the end of the new chapter. In desperation, I just play the current chapter to get more stars. Terrible, isn’t it?
I just hope and pray the weather improves and my games mojo returns, and of course, Candy Crush to open up the latest chapter in Facebook on the laptop.
Throughout this year’s FIFA World Cup, never had I once woke up or stayed up to watch any matches. That shows you how big a football fan I am. But I find myself somewhat interested in the Finals where Germany plays Argentina.
For the record, I have woken up at 4.45am, 5.15am and 5.30am to get ready for a golf game or even catch a flight but for football? Should I even bother?
So far, I must admit the only thing that I caught during these several weeks of football was just the highlights of the 7 goals Germany inflicted upon Brazil. That’s it. That’s all I watched!
Hubby talked about wanting to wake up, even M1, to catch the match. Our time zone in relation to Brazil is just too horrendous; it will render me a zombie. I think if I were to wake up that early, I’d rather go walk nine holes of golf, come back and just read about the raves and rants on social media or the headlines for the final results.
At the end of Cereal Sea
It was down to business. At the office, I started brainstorming on the design of a new hard cover book project, overlooked the layout of a quarterly newsletter and enlightened the new intern on Pantone colors and grid systems, on top of replying emails and doing some administrative work. In between when time permitted, my virtual work had me winning my 3000th battle in Zookeeper Battle.
When I got home, the virtual work continued. I finally passed Level 372 in Farm Heroes – a level which I was stuck at for quite sometime. I even reached Level 620 and completed Cereal Sea in Facebook on the laptop, the forty-second episode of Candy Crush. Since this episode is the latest release, it will be awhile before the next episode comes along. What this means is more waiting in hand for me as far as Candy Crush is concerned. The recent iPad update was until Wafer Windmill, which is the chapter before Cereal Sea.
So yes, I had work and I worked; it’s been fruitful.
I think I am experiencing candy withdrawal again! Ever since I completed Wafer Windmill on the laptop and I cannot ask for tickets to go on, I noticed a monster in me has surfaced. On top of feeling irritable, I am also feeling somewhat lost, as if I don’t know what to do! I am usually not like this.
Every morning I open the laptop with hopes that I can click on the ticket platform for help, nothing happens. Aargh… frustration.
And to add salt to the wound (my anguish), Rancid has upped his ante and at his best in Farm Heroes to aggravate me at Level 367. He stumped me at Level 352 and I had to utilize the farm equipments (the plus one, the digger, tractor and farm dog) to beat him. But now, even with farm equipments to aid me, it is not happening, aargh… more frustration!
And this morning, Candy Crush finally updated for the iPad. Triple dose of salt to my woes, this update is of no use to me because all it does is just have my avatar, sitting at 590 previously to leap-frog to Level 605, the end of the chapter! Lately I am always one step ahead in the game before the updates and any updates has rendered my progress useless as I am unable to crush any candies to move forth.
So, the anguish and frustration remains. Aargh…
I can’t send SOS for tickets!
Level 578 in Candy Crush has been very trying and bordered on being a dreaded task to go through. So why am I still at it? I don’t know, I ask myself that too, constantly. Sometimes my obsession with this game is just… just so obsessive.
Despite the constant frustration, I persisted to battle the ridiculous (for lack of a better word) level of 578. Then amazingly, when I least expected it, I conquered the level. Yay! On a roll, I completed the Wafer Windmill yesterday. I am now just waiting for the new chapter to open up in Facebook, which I don’t understand why I cannot send out help to ask for tickets, when the next chapter is clearly visible on the map. Something is not right. Hmm… I guess I have to be patient.
The recent update makes no difference to me as it opened up only more levels for Dreamworld which I have stopped playing. And all this time, while attempting Level 578 and beyond, I was limited to using the laptop at home because the iPad is still showing me at Gummy Gardens, the previous chapter. So it’s an achievement of sorts given the restricted playing time that I have.
It was a case of really bad connection at home that resulted in my devices not synching the weekend before; nothing wrong at all with them. When I went to the office the next day, all’s well and up to date. Rotating between my desktop, iPad Mini and iPhone5S, I have progressed on to Level 350 for my Farm Heroes.
“What do I do? Should I accept? Must I play? I have to send lives?!”
Clearly the agitated hubby is not quite farmer nor does he has the patience for Farm Heroes. He was enlisted to ‘play’ only to help send me lives whenever I get stuck to cross a chapter. But with the network of friends in Facebook, it became unavoidable and known to all that he’s also a farm hand (albeit a non-active one). That’s why he’s been getting a barrage of requests for assistance.
Last night, I tried to convince him to try play the game citing it as mind-challenging and even therapeutic.
“Should I play?” he asked the girls.
“Nooo… Daddy!” both girls exclaimed in horror.
I guess I remain the only farmer in the family. Sigh.
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