Hey Guys,
Here are some updates.
1) Went to the market today for the first time in a very very long time. Somehow I think the wet market is slowly dying among our generation. I mean when was the last time you went to the market to buy fruits or vegetables? It’s second nature to my mum but everyone I know of our generation just goes to Tesco these days.
Right after I took this picture I noticed a little argument break out right next to me. A man was shouting at a vendor for being overcharged. Somehow the vendor made a calculation error and asked him for another RM10. The man was so angry he kept going and going. After a while though he calmed down and just ran off and business went back as usual.
Nobody in the market paid any real attention to that. Almost as if it happened every day.
2) While I was just looking at Starcraft 2 videos online, I found this old documentary about Starcraft 1 in Korea.
Man it’s crazy over there.
I grew up spending way too much time on computer games. First there was Red Alert, then Half-Life, then Counter-strike and the first Starcraft. I’ve never really played competitively for any of those games except for Counter-strike. That was a game where I used to have a team of 4 and we would play competitions in Penang that would win us money.
We always got within the Top 4 but never ever won the top spot…. though we often got 2nd place. Even today I still play computer games. I spend a lot of time on Starcraft 2 so much that it used to annoy Shorty. I think it still does but she doesn’t say as much right now. I’ve read before that in Silicon Valley, Starcraft 2 is to the nerds what chess is to normal people.
In Korea though Starcraft 2 players are like pro-athletes. They have huge tournaments that draw crowds in the tens of thousands and is watched on TV by millions! They have huge fans, sponsors, managers, coaches and they all earn a lot of money just from playing Starcraft 2. Check out this video for example.
Ahh I can imagine. If I were in Korea, Shorty would be proud of me that I spend so much time on Starcraft 2. Maybe I could be a pro-gamer some day. Heh… when she has coffee with her friends, she’ll proudly say that I am in the Diamond league… and her friends will “aww in envy”….. and tell her how lucky she is.
Haha of course… that is all… but a dream.
Still I think it’s amazing how gaming in Korea is a whole other level. Heck besides… if I were a Korean pro-gamer… maybe I might have a shot with Hyuna 🙂
3) Speaking of pro-athletes though. I watched the finals between Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan tonight. Gotta say that I thought Lee Chong Wei did really really well but it wasn’t good enough. Once again, I watched Lin Dan beat Lee Chong Wei, take off his shirt and celebrate.
So here’s what I think we should do. If you support Lee Chong Wei and our Malaysian badminton team, wear yellow (that is after all their colour) tomorrow. If you support Lin Dan then go topless tomorrow. Since Lin Dan seems to do that quite a bit.
Whatever it is though, I’m proud of Datuk Lee Chong Wei for making is so far in his career. He truly deserves his Datukship.
Tomorrow my traveling begins again. I go to work tomorrow as usual but after work I head off to the airport. While you guys are sleeping in your comfy beds I will be getting my sleep on a plane to Beijing. I reach Beijing at 6AM and straight off to work I go from there. Traveling gets too tiring. But oh well that’s the life I chose.
Till my next update guys 🙂
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space