10th August 2025

14:53 | Mood: Neutral

When I was a kid, like 9-11 years old, I used to visit the old CITV games website and play all the different flash games. My favourite by far was a game called Chop Chop Chip Shop, where you serve customers in order of their arrival, making sure their order is correct, and within a timely manner. I only ever got to level 3; the pizza level, and I always found this one hard as it stopped giving you reminders as to which customer wanted which pizza, and the timer was introduced. You also couldn't prepare dishes in advance (level 1 and 2 you could get the fish, chips, or hamburger ready in advance) for the following order. There was a rumour in the playground that level 4 was a chinese takeaway; you had to prepare dishes and put them in a chinese takeaway box. I never got to that level, but believed one day I would...

I recently discovered that it had been archived on Flash Museum, and after a couple weeks of on and off playing, I finally completed level 3. I was elated, and then, to my surprise, that was the end of the game. No level 4, no chinese takeaway, the rumour was untrue.

Four days ago my mother was diagnosed with 'Stage 0' melanoma cancer. I came home this weekend and we ordered chinese takeaway to eat together.

3rd August 2025

17:22 | Mood: Good, restless

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