DDR Party

In mid-March, we invited a few friends to our apartment to play a game called "Dance Dance Revolution." For those of you who, like us, missed out on this craze the first time around, the game involves moving your feet around on a grid of squares on a floor pad, as instructed on a video screen, in beat to background music of various speeds -- most of it pretty frantic. It's not easy to do and initially makes one feel like a dreadfully clumsy dancer. Doris has gotten very good at the game in a short period of time and enjoys using it as a means of exercise. We invited friends to try their hand (actually feet) at this, and watching them hop around maniacally on the game pads was as much fun as actually playing the game ourselves.


After getting everyone a bit worn out physically, we moved to a more sedate game -- Quelf.


The cards drawn in this board game ask participants to do some rather strange things. On their turn, our friends Fong and Kaew were told to construct a face mask in a short period of time, using items around the house. Fong's creation was tastefully fashioned from a plastic garbage bag...