“No Amount of Minesweeper Can Prepare You for Experience of Stepping on First Land Mine” by Nhean Lim, Cambodian Child

Greetings Hard Casual Gamer!
This has been a month let me tell you. It has been filled with uninterrupted action. Things have been both good and bad. Good things that have happened are that I have eaten many delicious eggs and both of my brothers surviving the measles. Bad things that have happened are that I stepped on land mine and exploded my legs.
I had been feeling strong since day I decided to steal chicken from farm. Because of chicken I am strong and am able to bend my fingers. One day early this month, my uncle sees me bending my fingers with ease and makes me perfect worker for his office.
What a thrill!
Uncle is a reporter for a local newspaper. So many days did I spend on computer playing minesweeper. This is a computer game you know because you are very smart about games. I become very good at this game because Uncle is always out of office with prostitutes. I become able to beat game in under ten minutes.
For first time life is good. I am eating chicken and drinking water. Mother takes me to ride elephant through jungle and then eat him. One night men come to village and hack retarded man to death in village center and everyone claps. Diarrhea is gone for three whole days! Is there connection? Only Buddha knows.
Then tragedy happens. I have eaten entire chicken in only two months. Wasteful! Here I decide that one chicken is not enough to eat. Two chicken are better than one chicken.
Of course I am caught stealing chicken and chased with machete through jungle by farmer! In jungle there are snakes and tigers so I run into open clearing. This place is not safe! I have been told many times this fact. The ground it is with explosives that kill many friends and turns grandfather into retarded baby. But with danger following, what am I to do? I run.
I think I know how to avoid landmine. I am wrong. This game I play at Uncle’s office teaches me nothing. My legs explode and chicken flies away.
I wake up in hospital and eat oat grain and ice pops. I make many friends in hospital who have always had exploding happen. They are very nice to me and give me medicine and tree branches to help walking.
Today I am happy to be talking to many gamers who can learn from my mistake. Do not believe what I did. Minesweeper will not make you safe from mines. It is fun game but losing walking is less fun.
Thank you Hard Casual!
Nhean Lim

