Games: Solving the Rubik's Puzzle

The kiddos' uncle, Ah Ku, is a whiz at the Rubik's Cube. (Not bad lah ... go university, at least know how to play Rubik's Cube).

So when Boy got a Rubik's Cube gift one day, he asked his Ah Ku to teach him.

It seemed a pretty tall order ... but both guys rose to the challenge.

It took a lot of time, practice and persistence (and patience!!). Ah Ku was very systematic, and Boy practiced hard to master each step before bugging his uncle to teach the next step.

Very patient tutelage with a persistent student

Strategies & steps

Some secret coding

But amazingly, Boy did learn to solve the Rubik's Cube. (Something Mummy will never be able to do in her lifetime.)

Here's a video of him in action with a dexterity that belies his 8 years of age!
*proud Mummy's chance to show kid off*

Ah Ku rewarded him by letting him build his own cube!

I think some Vaseline was involved too

Yay! New prized possessions

Now cube dismantling and re-assembling is his current obsession.

Breakfast table activity

I asked Boy to teach me how to solve the Rubik's Cube. So he drew it out in comic form and tried explaining each step in detail.

I got lost somewhere between Steps #1 and #2. So if you don't understand anything that's written below, don't worry, you're definitely not the only one.

But am keeping these illustrated steps for posterity ... maybe one day, I might actually figure it out! (in my dreams!)