Can I play the sims 3 without updating it? HELP?

So I have the sims 3 and a couple of months ago it was working fine, then i stopped playing it and recently I started playing again and when i put the disk in it says i need an update. So i update, but the problem is i live in haiti and the internet is quite slow. I was wondering if there is any way i can just play it without an update, and once i go to the state i would update it. For now i cant. HELP PLEASE!!!