Weekly Thread.. of 29th March 2004

• KittynMeow

  1 Apr 04, 13:49

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  girl, you gotta start calling it the name it is now.. else people may not like it...
  
  it's now: Mumbai
  
  

  but to a lot of Indians they still think of it as Bombay.....
  it's like Chennai will always be Madras (forgot how to spell)....
• the Bear

  1 Apr 04, 13:51

  spelt correctly
  
  thinking about India, would like to visit Goa one day.. watched the travel documentaries and it looks wonderful!
  
  

  Originally posted by KittynMeow:

  but to a lot of Indians they still think of it as Bombay.....
  it's like Chennai will always be Madras (forgot how to spell)....

• sillyme

  1 Apr 04, 13:51

  actually why the change in names? from bombay to mumbai?
• the Bear

  1 Apr 04, 13:51

  the BJP.. wanted the traditional names in history.
  
  Bombay and Madras were "British" names for the places..
  
  

  Originally posted by sillyme:

  actually why the change in names? from bombay to mumbai?

• KittynMeow

  1 Apr 04, 13:53

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  the BJP.. wanted the traditional names in history.
  
  Bombay and Madras were "British" names for the places..
  
  

  yup... think there was too much of a colonial past attached to it.... and think calcutta also went through some name change but i can't rem the new name....
• the Bear

  1 Apr 04, 13:55

  it became Kolkatta or something like that
  
  i think it's silly...
  
  but i guess they are going through that stage.. sorta like Leningrad became St Petersburg again?
  
  

  Originally posted by KittynMeow:

  yup... think there was too much of a colonial past attached to it.... and think calcutta also went through some name change but i can't rem the new name....

• KittynMeow

  1 Apr 04, 14:06

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  it became Kolkatta or something like that
  
  i think it's silly...
  
  but i guess they are going through that stage.. sorta like Leningrad became St Petersburg again?
  
  

  yup.... ultimately i still prefer St Petersburg... sound so much more grand... keke
• the Bear

  1 Apr 04, 14:08

  well, it should be... they cleared out swamp and all that, then built a whole city on it!
  
  

  Originally posted by KittynMeow:

  yup.... ultimately i still prefer St Petersburg... sound so much more grand... keke

• M

  1 Apr 04, 14:11

  What's Stalingrad now?
• JLennon

  1 Apr 04, 14:12

  and one of these days when we suddenly feel nostalgic, the powers that be may rename this land Temasek.
• the Bear

  1 Apr 04, 14:14

  my knowledge of commie-rats are mixed up..
  
  forgot if stalingrad or leningrad became st petersburg
  
  

  Originally posted by M:

  What's Stalingrad now?

• the Bear

  1 Apr 04, 14:16

  dude.. bite your tongue...
  
  remember.. TEMESEK HOLDINGS!
  
  

  Originally posted by JLennon:

  and one of these days when we suddenly feel nostalgic, the powers that be may rename this land Temasek.

• JLennon

  1 Apr 04, 14:27

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  my knowledge of commie-rats are mixed up..
  
  forgot if stalingrad or leningrad became st petersburg
  
  

  its indeed leningrad that became St Petersburg. not sure about stalingrad.
• JLennon

  1 Apr 04, 14:29

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  dude.. bite your tongue...
  
  remember.. TEMESEK HOLDINGS!
  
  

  haha...i know.... but for tectonic forces of the earth and perhaps a little erosion, we would have been known as Johor
• the Bear

  1 Apr 04, 14:32

  if we were, think of all the illegal pirated DVDs
  
  

  Originally posted by JLennon:

  haha...i know.... but for tectonic forces of the earth and perhaps a little erosion, we would have been known as Johor

• JLennon

  1 Apr 04, 14:34

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  if we were, think of all the illegal pirated DVDs
  
  

  and u will most probably be relocated to the borders of Thailand and Kedah
• the Bear

  1 Apr 04, 14:35

  i dunno.. maybe i'll be running a plantation or something
  
  

  Originally posted by JLennon:

  and u will most probably be relocated to the borders of Thailand and Kedah

• JLennon

  1 Apr 04, 14:41

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  i dunno.. maybe i'll be running a plantation or something
  
  

  wear a machete around your sarong every morning and drink toddy. i think that's where balisong knife comes in justifiable.
• the Bear

  1 Apr 04, 14:43

  say.. you read my mind
  
  

  Originally posted by JLennon:

  wear a machete around your sarong every morning and drink toddy. i think that's where balisong knife comes in justifiable.

• sillyme

  1 Apr 04, 14:52

  Mr JayElle, are you having dim sum with us next sunday?
• the Bear

  1 Apr 04, 14:54

  ahh.. the mod's back
  
  i think i'll nap an hour.. sleepy...
• JLennon

  1 Apr 04, 14:56

  Originally posted by sillyme:

  Mr JayElle, are you having dim sum with us next sunday?

  oops din reply that one . won't be able to join you that day cos something on with Mrs JayElle. enjoy the horfun and leggy waitresses!
• sillyme

  1 Apr 04, 14:58

  Originally posted by JLennon:

  oops din reply that one . won't be able to join you that day cos something on with Mrs JayElle. enjoy the horfun and leggy waitresses!

  i can some MMS photos of ze legs if you want
• JLennon

  1 Apr 04, 15:06

  Originally posted by sillyme:

  i can some MMS photos of ze legs if you want

  thanks for your kind consideration but i do not wanna see you on the docks labelled a voyeur .
• sillyme

  1 Apr 04, 15:15

  Originally posted by JLennon:

  thanks for your kind consideration but i do not wanna see you on the docks labelled a voyeur .

  then i have to sacrifice me legs.. shave them and take a pic