Have you ever played the game "Sim City" on your computer? It's a game where you basically build your city from ground up and run it as if you were the mayor. I remember my friend Jan was addicted to it in college and she was really good at it. I, on the other hand, sucked. Really sucked.
I'd try to build cities but the inhabitants of my city continuously complained, the upkeep was bad and all my roads would always end up with potholes!
Some people who have settled in Singapore sometimes compare it to that game - Sim City. 'Cause everything seems to have been planned, well thought of and organized.... a bit too organized for some in fact.
Recently, we had a company offsite in Kuala Lumpur (which was good times but that's another story =)). Vineet and I visited Putra Jaya while in Kuala Lumpur. It's a city whose full plans will be completed in 2012 and it's designated to be the future capital of Malaysia. Amazoing what they've done to the place!
Architecture is modern but clearly influenced by Malay / Muslim culture. They've built a man-made lake that creates a "central island" for the main government buildings. The lake will be a future site for yachting, rowing, etc. And what's interesting is that they're really promoting this locally with boats (airconditioned / non-airconditioned) that take you around the lake.
Talk about Sim City Extreme! Funny though, Jan's Sim City also had a lake with a central island...but if I remember correctly, she made the central island a jail. :-O
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