Loving Su-Doku!

We had a brilliant day today visiting Avebury Circle and West Kennet Long Burrow. However, I am just too tired to blog about it tonight. Uploading photos would take a while for it is an AOL dial up that we are using.

After dinner and a hot shower, as usual, at the dining table, read several previous D Mirrors bought by Z. There weren't many global news for it is only a tabloid. Juicy, detailed stories of Big Brother, a-jungle-style celebrity reality show and a pin up of Sharon Stone conquer the more important global affairs worthy of any elaborate writings. Half the content is on sports, ie football. I guess that is why Z had bought them. He, is fanatics about football. Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining, in fact, it didn't matter to me at all, for I go only for the crossword puzzles. Love them.

What had intrigued me for the past few days is the newly (well not so recent but they say it is a new craze nowadays) introduced puzzle called Su-Doku, a japanese numeric puzzle. 3 nights ago, I had given it a try but gave up the moment I slipped into SlumberLand. Yesterday, had another try but had difficulty in dechipering the puzzle. The instructions given were too simplistic that I hadn't got a clue on how to go about solving it. I had even tried solving it Mensa-style (you know lah kan, Mensa puzzles are very tricky..) Yup, no luck.

Tonight, after much mind-bongling, I finally managed to solve it within minutes! It is so simple and very straight forward. You have to got a good, clear instruction in order to understand the puzzle.

Go on, give it a try. Find one on a google search.

But I guess once you know how to solve it, you'd find it boring the next time around. At least that is what I felt tonight. Unless, if you decide to challenge yourself (or a friend) to solving it against time. That would spice it up. Carol Vorderman, the British TV celebrity cum mathematical genius (with an IQ of 154) had once solved a Su-Doku for approximately 7 minutes.

See if you could beat her!

..and let me know if you are faster!