Addicted

I've been down with the flu for about 8 days now. Initially, I thought it would be nothing, but towards the middle of the week it has actually become worse than I had expected... i found it difficult to breathe when I moved around a lot. I even had to nebulize with salbutamol while I was on duty at the hospital because this stupid flu seemed to have exacerbated my asthma. I had to give up work for one day, and felt too weak to go to the gym. Basically, my whole daily routine was put on hold. My schedule was messed up. I was in bed for the most part. Looking at the bright side, I figured I would get some serious studying done. I was breaking personal records in studying for one day, but then I discovered this evil entity:

To the uninitiated: that's a Facebook application/ game called Rock Legends. it's a very simple game, and the graphics wouldn't make your heads turn, just the usual look of a java based game... but for some reason, it's incredibly addicting. How addicting, you ask? The first time I played the game, i was playing for 10 straight hours. No meal breaks, no bathroom breaks. That's 10 whole hours that I've wasted, i could have used the time doing something productive. I couldn't help it, i found it hard to turn the computer off. Good thing my laptop ran out of battery and I was too lazy to put the plug in the nearest socket. Unlike the other Facebook games wherein one's energy takes up hours to recharge, in Rock Legends, one's battle points go up by two point every ten minutes--- that's enough for two battles between competing bands. One battle usually lasts for two minutes, so after two battles, i'd realize that if I waited for about 5 more minutes, I could battle more bands... and this cycle goes on and on and on! And when you're offline, stronger bands can continue demolishing your band, therefore depleting your "fame"... so every time i went offline, I had this urge to go online again! There's this consistent need to keep building up your level so that you won't be trampled upon by the other bands, so i kept doing odd jobs just to level up and make some virtual cash so that i could buy more powerful instruments. There's an option to speed things up if you coughed up some real cash (via your credit card)--- and you guessed right... I gave in. I wasted $20 just to build up my band in this stupid game. I had this secret dream of putting together a rock band back in my teen years, so maybe that's one reason why I've grown too fond of this game. But looking at my some of my friends who have been playing this game too, I have to say that's not really the case here.

How am I supposed to get any work done now? It's hard to lock up my laptop somewhere because I'm also using it for studying. The study materials that i'm using are online. And after I log off from Blogger, I'm sure I'm going to log on to Rock Legends again.

Man, this game is probably as addicting as cocaine, it shouldn't even be legal.