While my classmates were slaving over their tutorials and tests in their provisional JC period earlier in January, I was living a life of self indulgence and debauchery in between a constant state of physical decomposition and mental degeneration from the superfluous holidays imposed upon us by the intransigent regime.
(ok lah i'm being drama)
With my hyperboredom and after watching an advertisement for Habbo Hotel on MTV, I found myself at its registration page.
Step 1
Choose your avatar's look
I was trying to look "professional", but obviously I ended up looking at a waiter.
Step 2
Choose your habbo name
Ok lah I admit I was reading Decimation and wanted to act cool so called myself collectiveman
And you're done!
TaaDaa! I'm officially a HABBO-ER! (er I think that's what we're called)
So of course here is the hotel
I went to the "welcome lounge" expecting a welcome by some friendly senior habbo-er.
So I was walking around in the "welcome lounge" trying to talk to someone and ask them how to play the game, thinking that they'll all be nice and friendly and go "hey you're new? you have to ...".
But obviously I was a flaming idiot cause none of them bothered to give a rat's ass about me.
Until I met this girl.
I asked her "hey do you know how to play this game? i'm new at this".
Her reply:
"can give me money?"
Is that the way to treat your fellow new habbo-er?!
I replied "i have no money" and walked off. So much for my first taste of the virtual world.
I went to the swimming pool after that and my computer start to lag from the sheer number of people talking at the same time but one shout out caught my eye.
Wahliao eh! These people really online no inhibitations one. "apizzz91" was seeking a girlfriend online from habbo hotel by asking an open question to everyone at the swimming pool.
And the insanity does not end here.
Freaked out, I went to the diving pool beside the swimming pool when I saw something even more ridiculous.
I was figuring out how people get to dive into the swimming pool (turned out they actually have to pay like $10 habbo dollars or something to dive in. I mean come on lah, who pays $10 to take a dive! not like it's golden water like that) when the oh-so-familiar question flashed across the screen again, this time accompanied by a reply.
Flash963: wan be my gf
apizzz91: ok
HUH? wasn't apizzz91 the one looking for a girlfriend just now? So now gender is inter-exchangeable on Habbo Hotel ah?
Madness. I'm either getting to old or these people are getting more insane.
So anyway I tried swimming around in the swimming pool and no one bothered to reply to my innocent "hello"s so I ended up sitting in the cafe by my own with the sad blonde barista looking at me thinking what a loser I am. It's sad being a social outcast in real life AND in cyber space you know.Needless to say I haven't logged into my Habbo Hotel account since then.
Oh well.
