The AIA Great European Carnival

On the Friday before last, My wife and I ,accompanied with her friends went to the AIA Great European Carnvial located at the New Central Harbourfront. It was a funny place where everyone could surely find what they liked to play. Our friends liked the traditional game stalls very much. Each stall has a mini-game which are mostly throwing balls or shooting. The games were very hard to win though they looked easy. It demanded both luck and skills. One of our friends won a lovely doll from a throwing game. The staff rang the bell and we laughed and yelled and celebrated.

My wife is a passionate girl loving to play. A gun shooting game caught her attention. She picked up the gun and looked more masculine than her husband. Shoot! Shoot! Shoot! The pyramid of red win corks have been shoot down. She received a dinosaur doll as reward. Such a supreme performance! I then found another silly game. It was an inclined wood board with a basket on the floor. The task was super easy. If you throw a plastic ball touching the wood board and rebound to the basket, then you can win a doll! I was confidence but failed after two trails. Our friends found from web that this was a cheating game and almost no one could win.

Finally, my wife led me to the bumper cars playground. It was the first time I drove bumper cars. It was so exciting to bump with each other. The car has no wheels. When I was accelerating, I felt like surfing!

There were too many games we have not tried. There were scary 'thrill rides' rolling above our heads. They looked horrible and none of us dared to have a ride. A whopping blown slide was very funny, many kids climbed up and sliding down the elastic slide. But as we are adult, we refrained from approaching it. There was an ice-skating rink and we could not visit as time was running out.

It was nearly mid-night. We found a restaurant and sought something to eat. When I sat down, I saw a plastic bag carried by one of our friends which holding the dolls. The plastic bag printed with a slogan, "Life is a Carnival". I felt a sudden touch. Right, life is a Carnival and my parents bought me the ticket. Thanks my dearest mother and father for bringing me to this beautiful world. In this Carnival, I should work for survival. But don't forget to look around and try something interesting. Also, don't spend too much time on deliberating. Time is precious!