Daniel Samper Pizano has a funny piece in El Tiempo this morning. It’s about how frustrated he is with Sudoku. After years of trying to master crossword puzzles to work on his self-esteem, he’s now faced with the dreaded numbers his teacher made him fear when he was in school. Of course Mr. Samper is a humor columnist, but I love the way he always gives some kind of historical background to whatever issue he’s discussing.

Anyway, reading the article made me think about my own wrong assumption that I was too stupid to play Sudoku. Last Summer, when I was working at ALCAN, the guys who worked at the plant kept doing Sudoku’s in every break and I just looked at them as if they came from another planet.

And then a friend told me to try it online. It wasn’t that I was too stupid to play, it was that I actually didn’t have enough patience. But he had a lot of patience, and he explained to me how it was done. Then we played on MSN a few times, and next thing you know I became kind of obsessed. It didn’t last long, though. It’s been a while since I played Sudoku the last time.

I feel like firing up my DS and playing Brain Age. A couple of rounds of Sudoku will entertain me.