Absolutely Fuzzy

Spent the weekend vegging with lots of game time. You know the kind: old t-shirt, sweatpants, big bowl of chips and a family-sized bottle of Coke. Now that work involves gaming (it had to happen someday.. sigh) it’s a great excuse to crack out the ol’ console and have a bash.. although in this case it’s other people’s consoles. I still haven’t gotten a TV although I have looked at a couple. It’s hard to decide on one when the difference between a 24″ and 42″ is a couple of hundred bucks I’m too stingy to fork out for.

I’m currently working with a company (and have been since August) that puts out a number of gaming magazines and that is probably Sydney’s equivalent of Catcha in terms of numbers and operation.. minus the cool street mag. The funny coincidence (this is old news to some, but I haven’t blogged about it yet) was that my ex-colleague from Sydney, who came to work with us in Catcha a few years ago, is back in Sydney and in the same company that I am now – small world or what?

The office is near the beach, which is great in summer, but also means that the buses I take home are often packed, sweaty but with a nice vibe. In the mornings it is different; I miss the rush-hour crowd by 30 minutes and the journey is often uneventful. I have a regular coffee place, and the man who makes my coffee practices his Cantonese on me while we exchange bits of news from home. It is funny how a common language abroad places you in a box with other people whom you might not necessarily share with back home. I love my coffee guy though. And people assume all Malaysians will instantly be my new best friends, which is fairly amusing but six months has dulled its amusement value somewhat.

Side-tracking, to answer some questions a few friends have asked..

Bars and clubs here are so diverse that I’ve barely been to the same place twice. There are probably more bars and clubs in my suburb (Darlinghurst) than in KL CBD, and although there will always be the bar or club du jour (read: expensive, elite) there are enough places for everything you’re after.. be it music, drinks, dress code or crowd.. and plenty more to discover if you have a little time on the weekends.