mahjong

chinese likes to play mahjong, especially during CNY (Chinese New Year).  it's a very easy game, just like playing cards (kartu remi). of course with some calculation and observation of all the dealings on the table, and it needs some luck to win. 

i got to know mahjong in 2004. up til now, i didnt play more than 10 times. 

just this CNY, my husband played mahjong. and lost (not much) about 22 yuan. then i replaced him, won back the 22 yuan and another 50 yuan. we played in small sum. 

however, i withdrawed myself, because i played with my mother-in-law, my husband's uncle and my sis-in-law.  i didnt want to win more money from them. haahaha... =) 

3 years ago, similar situation happened (aslo during CNY). i replaced my husband, and won some amount of money. later on, we gave back the money for my husband's uncle for taxi fee. hahahaha!

it's just gambling, once you played, you could be addicted! even some wife, husband, father or mother is so addicted to the game that has ruined their family life.  

if in bridge cards, there are diamond, spade, clove, heart; 

in mahjong there are: 

bamboo (strip)

stones (circle)

characters.

dragon, winds, flowers, seasons. (in some region, these tiles are not used during the game). 

just combine 3 cards (mahjong tile) as a group. 

for example: 

a group can be 3  consecutive numbers such as: 2-3-4 ...  4-5-7 ... 6-7-8 

or a group can be 3 or 4 same numbers: 3-3-3 or 3-3-3-3 

or 7 pairs of 2-2, 3-3, 4-4 etc. 

and some other simple and easy procedure. 

for more detail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong

all pictures were copied from wikipedia.