An addictive game liked by children and adults

Once, Jayden and I successfully caught a soft toy from a claw machine. That moment was the onset of our interest towards it. It was addictive (whether good or bad it depends on how you look at it). For the rest of the days, we would try our luck at the machine, despite the fact we knew the company that set it up had programmed the claw in such a way not all catch would be successful. We knew the fact but we still went for it, gosh, I had gotten the bait and brought Jayden along.

Since that one-time win, for the rest of the days, without fail we played the game, in other words, we tried our luck but we caught nothing. It took me 5 days to realise I must stop this fun addiction. Hey, you can buy soft toys for you children at soft toys shop for goodness sake. And I cut loose my relationship with claw machine once and for all. Never would I go near it again.

Then, behold this colorful place called Chatoys at a new mall in the neighbourhood. What is inside you guess? It has almost 10 claw machines, with adorable, cute soft toys of different size and different shapes. They are so enticing I felt an itch at my fingers and hands. Never would I go near them again. I took out my phone and captured the place from a distant, and then moved away from the place immediately, heading for a cup of coffee instead.

It does take alot of determination and zeal to say "No!" to an addiction. It is difficult but rewarding if you manage to do it. It actually sets you free!

Here is my entry for colourfulphotography by @juliank at @photocontests.

Hope you find this photo colourful and attractive as much as I do 😊

Oh by the way, this is the one and only soft toy we won from the claw machine.

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