I come from a little place called Teluk Intan in Malaysia. Now what I can't stand is lately, a lot of ppl has been trying to rename the place to Diamond Bay... duh! what is that all about? the name of the place is Teluk Intan. full stop. I don't really know what are they thinking, but I think they felt it might be "cooler" to say "I come from a place called Diamond Bay" but i think that is just so fake and stupid.

I mean I dun see ppl trying to rename Kuala Lumpur to "Muddy Confluence" ( er.. this translation is according to wikipedia) or Taiping into "Peacetown" or what will happen if all those places in China starts having their names translated to english? I would really like to beat up the first guy who trys to rename Hong Kong into "Fragrant Port"

Please, Teluk Intan is Teluk Intan. It is in Malaysia, where Malay is the national language. be proud of it. no point trying to rename it into another language. it loses it's uniqueness... By the way.. there are no diamond mines in Teluk Intan... just in case you are wondering.

And so, another year has come and gone... and how better to start the year with a new job. it's a good start. I realised today that I actually work close to a really posh area. it's near clarke quay, it's also within walking distance (well... at least for me it is. ) to Plaza Sing, City Hall area and Somerset.

So today, I tried walking to work from Somerset. found some places where I can actually have nice breakfasts, albeit a bit on the pricey side. Note to self, need to wake up early and stop by and try these stalls.

and so, kinchio-san showed me this blog @ http://www.euniqueflair.com where I find this interesting comment :-

"Although they all work in a gaming-related company, they are the rare few who understand gamer lingo. It’s rather surprising to know that a lot of people from the local gaming industry, are not gamers themselves. Ideally, everyone should be a gamer to be working in the gaming industry. I always believe that brilliant works come from people who are passionate in what they do."

Well, I do work in the gaming-industry and honestly, I guess I'm adequate when it comes to "gamer lingo", but giving it further thought, I haven't really been playing much games lately. the last game I seriously played is WOW and that was like 6 months ago... I've been meaning to play some games, in fact I got some of them here, Crysis, Football Manager 2008 still in their boxes, the nearest I ever got to touching any of the game is Splinter Cell: Double Agent. I took it out, installed it, patched it, and that's that. Well to be honest, I am not really a very serious gamer in the first place anyway. I mean really, I am a sucker for nice graphics and a game with wacky storyline. but I dun really excel in any of them. blame it on slow hand eye coordination. So the million dollar question I wanted to ask is this, "Am I really still considered a passionate gamer? Do I really have the passion to be in the gaming industry?"

Whatever it is, I still hope to pick up Rock Band and/or Guitar Hero III one day. But... Playstation 3 first... Hope to get it... probably Q1 2008. Foo Fighter's The Pretender, I must play!