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I’m doing some drawing again. It’s going kind of slow, but I try to work on it whenever I can.

It’s soon been a whole month since I arrived in Singapore. A lot of people have asked me how it’s been and how I’m coping with all the changes.

The answer I give is usually something like a shrug and “Okay I guess. Haven’t really thought about it”. Because I haven’t really. Singapore have it’s quirks and oddities, but generally it feels like any other place.

There are a few things that is expectable from a large city of 4 million inhabitants. Stuff like a good subway and awesome shopping areas. Naturally (no pun intended) there are a different eco system here in terms of animals and insects. I saw my first cockroach last week. Everyone was like “Eww! Cockroach!” where I … Continue Reading

It’s been on my mind for a long time and I’m sure I’ve mentioning it. Scalari.net needs a new look, and now it has got one. Instead of writing everything from scratch like I used to do, I used a free blog software.

I’m going to take this opportunity to clear out some of the old crap, as well as try to give the site a bit more focus. This is my site, so it will be about me, my new job and my art.

I’ve posted the all the entries from a couple of weeks back. If you want to read older blog entries, you need to go here.

I haven’t been able to implement everything just yet. I will bring … Continue Reading

So I finally got a camera this weekend. It’s kind of an embarrassing story, but I’ll tell it anyways.

I went to the only place I know where I could find a whole bunch of cameras, Simlin Square. There are like 50 stores and 80% of them sell cameras. The problem is that everyone working there are chinese, and they would do nothing else but to rip you off if they get the chance, especially if you’re a fair-skinned european like me. I was aware of this.

So I go there and start looking around, talked to some guy, he showed me a camera and gave me a price. I told him I’d look around some more.. and I figured I … Continue Reading

It’s been a fun week. It went by so fast, but that was probably because last wednesday was Singapore’s national day and we all had the day off.I finally went and got myself a quilt for my bed, so it’s pretty comfy now.

Work have been great so far. The mood of the office is pretty laid back.. in a busy working kind of way. I’ve been having a bunch of game design discussions with the designer and manager.. which is always fun. If I could have any other job than programmer it would be game designer.

I’m still eating way too much McDonald’s. There’s one right down the street and I don’t know too many restaurants. We always eat … Continue Reading

Hans from work slash roommate took me to Simlin square today. Simlin is “8 stories of pure electronics shopping paradise”. Basically a huge mall with nothing but tech-stuff. I had to get a couple of things to be able to assemble my computer. I managed to get some really nice deals too.So yeah, now I finally have a working computer in my appartment. I’ve been using my PSP for casual surfing and checking my email, stuff like that.. but it’s been kind of a bother.

I also managed to pick up a copy of Tekken: Dark Resurrection. I haven’t played it that much yet (was busy assembling my computer), but it looks absolutely gorgeous! It is a bit akward … Continue Reading

I arrived in Singapore 2 days ago and I’ve had (almost) no problems so far. My co-workers are great and they’ve been really helpful.The appartment’s nice. It’s on the 15th floor of Guilin View. I sure as hell ain’t complaining. So far my impressions of Singapore have been really positive. The natives are nice and they all speak english. Most of them anyways. It’s weird. Everything is in english. Billboards, road signs, the papers, tv-shows.. but they all speak chinese, thai or indian amongst themselves.Oh, and I managed to get myself lost for the first time yesterday. … Continue Reading

The last couple of days have been exhausting. I’ve done nothing but packing and preparing for the flight down to Singapore.I’m currently sitting in Arlanda airport, Stockholm.. waiting for my flight. I just checked in my ridicilously heavy suitcase. It weighs around 25-26 kilos.. which isn’t exactly something I want to drag along with me all day. So now I’m feeling quite relieved.

I brought clothes, my disassembled computer, my PS2 and all my PS2 games. There are a lot of games I haven’t finished yet and I couldn’t bring myself to leave them at home.

So far everything has gone as planned. All the tickets have cleared and I haven’t been searched or anything, har har har.
This flight will … Continue Reading