I’m pretty sure most have played this game. I used to love it. Finding Wally was my life at one point. I used to have this Italian friend and he had tonnes of the books. So between playing Italia ‘90 on SEGA, we’d go-a-searching for Wally. Ah yes, the good times.

Fast forward 10yrs….

In recent days I stumbled upon such a book…and excitedly decided to rekindle that awesome part of my youth. And here’s how it went down.

Monday 10am or so…I find old dusty “Where’s Wally” book. Proceed to flip thru pages with glee and drool profusely from the mouth, nose and eyes. (please dont ask how or why)

30mins later…..I find my first Wally…feeling awesome…its just like the old days, only my Italian friend is married and the only games I have on SEGA now are Tekken, MK1 and Shinobi

45mins later….I find another Wally…still feeling awesome…could do with some company, because a high-5 would be awesome right about now…nevertheless I move on to try and find my third Wally of the day..

20mins later…I find the sneaky bugger and in record time too….(this is where it all goes horribly wrong)

See I get a call from my Dad requesting that I get up off my lazy rapper ass and get down to the office to do some grown-up shit instead of staying at home pretending to write hits. (Yes of course, none of these were his exact words but the tone in his voice told me he was thinking it.)

So I put the book away and get in my car.

Whilst preparing to tackle whatever real world, grown up task my pops has lined up for me….I like to get my head in the game so to speak. I try to remove myself from child-like thinking and start to view things in a more mature light.

It usually works well, but this time I couldn’t stop thinking about Wally. Sure it was fun finding the book and finding him, but now all I wanted to know was why the fuck this fool was hiding in the first place ?

And why if he’s gonna be hiding does he have to wear stripes !!!

Who pays for the tickets to all these places he goes to ?

Must he always smile like such a goof ?

Is Wally gay ?

Where was Wally born and do his family ever miss him ?

Does Wally own a phone someone can reach him on if need be ?

What does Wally look for in life, while we spend precious time look for him ?

Then it hit me. Fuck thinking like an adult, thinking like child is sooooo much better. You question more of the world around you. And while you may not always come up with the answer, you almost always come up with even more awesome questions.

I swear to Zeus the kids are the ones to watch, they have this life thing figured out. So from Wally I’ve learnt two things:

1. Go out there and get lost every now and again…fuck who’s looking for you.

2. Stripes are a NO !

So now I’m off to apply the very wisdom I just vomited out here. I’ve got my favourite traveling pants fresh out the freezer, a jar of freshly plucked Skittles and a coupon that says if I get lost in Peru long enough I’m entitled to a tall refreshing glass of Pisco Sour.

Peace, Love & papaya juice if ya nasty…

Tehn

P.S. im not really going anywhere I’m just planning. #SueMe