Jigsaw Puzzles!

I remember that when I was a kid, I had a few sets. Big ones and small ones. Of course only the big ones were completed and I left the small ones to my brother. I got frustrated easily as I couldn't sit for such a long time to complete it. Soon, it was kept away in the storeroom or somewhere else (I hope not.) I am sure you guys would have played with it before and we all know that it definitely takes patience.

Just a week ago, I wanted to play jigsaw puzzles so badly but I couldn't buy them because then, I would not have a place to hang them, so, I resorted to the internet. Yes, indeed it is true that many things can be found online! So, all I did was typed in 'online jigsaw puzzles' and a list of websites with them appeared. Well, one of those which I liked was Crazy4Jigsaws where you could play as a guest or sign up and play to accumulate points. I don't see a need to apply for Premium membership for myself. There is one more which I prefer because I get a bigger view but I don't remember what it is already.

There are many categories of jigsaw puzzles. Yesterday night, I did one which is colourful and I found it to be pretty. You could choose the type of puzzle cut and I chose the 192 piece classic. There are some websites which allows you to rotate your puzzles, but in this case, you don't have to rotate them. So, to me, it is much easier than to guess which angle would be the accurate one. I would take quite a long time to finish a puzzle then.

So, this is the beginning of the game when the puzzles have been randomly placed.

This is after 1 hour 5 minutes. That was how much time I spent and I suppose, I was on my way to completing it.
Wa-lah! Actually, the puzzle appears like a puzzle first before changing to a picture. I just didn't know that and was unable to take a screenshot picture of the buttons. It was so pretty. Here, let me show you a different example.

I solved a 48 Piece Classic Crayon puzzle in 4 miuntes and 53 seconds. So, that's how it looks like before turning into a picture as seen on the left.

Just like chess, jigsaw puzzles are beneficial to children and I suppose to adults as well. It helps me in building up patience, tolerance, will to continue, pass time and gives me the personal time to not only think about the puzzle but also problems I'm facing. You could read the reasons why this is a beneficial game in this article over here.

So, have fun in solving jigsaw puzzles! =) Some may think it's a waste of time, I think otherwise as long as you know how much time you can spend in it. Otherwise, just pause the game and come back a few hours later or something. *winks*