Met up with my classmates for dinner at Newton for a little bit of catching up. Food spread was huge with the usual stingray, squids and shell fish varieties. It was also a good thing that another classmate called at the last minute to ask if we were eating out somewhere or else we would have had to really stuff ourselves.
Which brings me to the next topic. I received an email from a friend way back in poly whom I have not been in touch with for years. She's based in Canada now and she recently came back to see her folks and introduce them to her fiance. She went to say that during their stay here she brought him around and he was surprised at how much and how often we ate.
Likewise, a few months ago my friend came back from New Jersey with two of her friends who wanted to travel to Malaysia then to Cambodia. We decided to introduce them to our local fare and brought them to Adam Road for Tulang, Roti John and Rojak. A few days later I caught up with my friend who said that although her friends did enjoy the food, it was a mild culture shock for them to see so many dishes placed in front of them in a single sitting.
It never occurred to me that perhaps we have a reputation for eating a lot. Maybe it's our culture that eating is also a pastime given the huge accessibility to food; eateries and food courts everywhere you go. Compared to other places where towns and malls are vastly separated by long drives, we can either take a walk, ride a bus or train and we're within reach of food. And we should thank the urban planners for that...
Hmm... This was taken at the abandoned warehouse and given the Silent Hill Treatment by my friend, the Sausage. Erm, where are the hot killer nurses?
Followed my friends down to the Games Convention Asia 2007 held at Suntec City. Place was packed with people trying out the new titles on display as well as mad rushes for swag bags. Wasn't really keen on trying out any of the new titles so spent most of the time walking around and snapping pictures of promoters and cosplayers.
"Oi! Any J-Rock anthems to dance to?"
"Cherry points anyone?"
Nokia's making a comeback with N-Gage but as a service platform rather than a game deck (mine crashed and burned which would look like if this car was rammed straight into a wall...). Initial plans for a third generation game deck were scrapped years back following less than expected results. And here are the N-Gage promoters:
"I R serious pimp... I will pimp your handset to have N-Gage in it. Pimping your ride is totally optional."
10tacle Studios Asia went all out to dazzle the crowd with their offering of PC and hand held titles. Oh, and did I forget to mention models?
Met up with a friend and ex-colleague who went one-on-one with Quake player Rocketboy from Beijing in a 15 frag death-match at the Razer section complete with Razer promoters.
