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| Friday, August 28th, 2009 | | 8:13 pm |
Coming Season
It's that time of the year again. The TV series are returning once again! This year, I am catching the currently series. Desperate Housewives Brothers And Sisters Legend of the Seeker 90210 Dollhouse Supernatural Heroes Ugly Betty Can't wait for them to begin!!! Current Mood:  excited | | Monday, August 17th, 2009 | | 11:00 pm |
Safe To Go Taiwan?
Was just wondering, with the typhoon situation in Southern Taiwan, is it still safe to travel there for holiday? I'm going to Taipei next month, and wonder if it's still safe to go. Anyone has any thoughts? Current Mood:  worried | | Friday, July 24th, 2009 | | 1:35 pm |
Brothers And Sisters 3x21
Does anybody know at all the name of the song heard in the first scene of Brothers And Sisters 3x21? The scene of Kitty in the park with the guy...and the song goes something like 'Saw you at a party in the summertime, you were with your friends, I was with mine..'. I have been searching for months for the song but no one seems to have the answer...even the Brothers And Sisters website does not state this song! Current Mood:  frustrated | | Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 | | 8:41 pm |
Credit Cards
UOB is so unlike the other credit card companies....if you call them to say you wish to cancel your card, they wouldn't really dissuade you from doing so. They will ask just once 'why?', and then subsequently proceed with your request and not try to retain you as their customer. Citibank, on the other hand, will do anything to retain their customers. In all the calls I have made to Citibank, they always agree to waive off any unnecessary charges to my card or any waiver fees imposed. Take the latest incident where I really wanted to cancel one of my cards, as all year long, I had only used once. Thus, when I got the notice for the annual fee, I called to cancel. The CSO repeatedly said she would waive off my interest if I continue to own the card. After at least three attempts to convince me to stay on as their customer, I gave in. No loss right? Current Mood:  blank | | Monday, June 8th, 2009 | | 8:16 pm |
| | Monday, May 25th, 2009 | | 3:48 pm |
Desperate Housewives Season 5
And yet, another series reached its finale. Truthfully, this season's mystery wasn't much of a mystery. It was fairly predictable, with only a few twists here and there. Basically, it was about Dave Williams, or aka David Dash, whose wife and daughter, were killed in a terrible car crash 3 years ago by Susan and Mike Delfino. Dave went berserk upon learning about their deaths and was sent to a mental hospital. However, he calmed down and plotted revenge against Mike, the man he pressumed to be responsible for the deaths of his wife and daughter. So, he met Edie Britt, married her, and convinced her to move back to Wisteria Lane, so that he can kill the woman and child Mike loves, and make him suffer the pain he suffered. The twist? Susan was the one driving the car, not Mike. So, he changed his plan and plotted to kill Susan's son, MJ, and make her suffer. Eventually, Susan, Mike and their son, MJ was safe, as Dave had a change of heart, and added to the fact that he started to hallucinate again, and this time, it appeared, he was locked forever in his own mental prison. Not much of a mystery, is it? This was the only aspect that disappointed me in Season Five. The rest of the story lines were great as usual. The series maintained its great humor, witty dialogue, and great cast acting, with some suprising twists like Lynette discovering she was pregnant again, and with twins! The previous seasons's mysteries were much better, and unpredictable and one would never really know the entire truth until the season finale episode. Season One was about why Mary Alice killed herself, which was written rather well. Season Two was a little weak, talking about why the Applewhite family moved to Wisteria Lane mysteriously in the middle of the night. Season Three's mystery involved Orson and his insane mother, Gloria, and how Bree almost got killed. Season Four revolved around Katherine Mayfair, telling us why she left Wisteria Lane mysteriously 12 years ago and then moved back to the town today. The answer could be simple, but lied in how the writers told the story to us. Guess the writers for Season Five weren't so good in writing mysteries, were they? Anyway, I am looking forward to Season Six, to see how Ana, Carlos's niece will have any part to play in the mystery, and which character from the past creator Marc Cherry planned to bring back. :) Current Mood:  tired | | Monday, May 18th, 2009 | | 8:12 pm |
Brothers And Sisters and Supernatural
Brothers and Sisters(Season Three) And yet another series has finished its finale. And apparently US viewers love the bickering that the Walker family goes through almost every episode. Of course, the occassional twists and turns the writers have for us helps too, and with the two hour episode in mid season, it certainly helped to boost the ratings. The series has been renewed for a fourth season, and I wondered what the theme of that season would be. Would Ryan be still appearing in the fourth season? Will William Walker reveal to have more affairs than we all know? What further bickerings await the Walker family? We can only await till September this year to find out. Supernatural (Season Four) And so, the handsome brother's supernatural adventure comes to a halt at the cliffhanger it presented us. Sam's actions has resulted in the fallen angel, Lucifer, being free from his imprisonment. What impact will this have on the world, and our beloved Sam and Dean? Frankly, I hated it that they changed the actress who played Ruby, the new one just wasn't the same. Anyway, this series has been truly entertaining, and it is what I would call it a mild version of Friday the 13th movies, minus the gore, add in two gay looking brothers and some nice plot twisting now and then. That's probably why the series has been doing well so far. However, if the creator of the series stay true to his words, the next season would be the series's last. That is to say, even if rating were to improve tremendously the next season, Supernatural would not live past season five. If that were the case, I hope that they would at least make season five have more episodes then, perhaps a two hour finale for the series finale? Like what every other series appear to be doing these days? Current Mood: worried | | Thursday, May 7th, 2009 | | 10:13 pm |
Inaccurate Article
Can you believe this article? I came across this article on Monday's Life section and couldn't believe my eyes. How inaccurate could they get? Anyone reading the caption would assume Lynette would be no more...when the actual truth is Edie's the one getting axed! Edie is not one of the four leads, so having her axed was not a complete loss. But if Lynette was to be dropped, the series would never be the same again!  Current Mood: tired | | Friday, May 1st, 2009 | | 1:55 pm |
Heroes(Season Three)
And yet comes the end of a season of another TV series, Heroes, season Three. Heroes's Season Three consisted of two volumes, Volume 3: Villians and Volume 4: Fugitives. When Season Two was cut short due to the writer's strike, Heroes was one of the series which suffered a great impact. Potential storylines were dropped and what was supposed to be a 24 episode season reduced to a 11 episode season of the series. Season Two flopped as compared to Season One, where Season One's plot truly rocked the world, with adrenaline episodes one after another. However, the series has since lost its magic, especially in Season Two, with the creator trying to come up with romance and drama, and realizing the audience didn't want that with his series. Thus, in Season Three, he tried to switch back to its original magic, but sadly, while there was some gradual improvement in Season Three's plots, the episodes started to become predictable, and after the twist about Peter and Nathan's father pulling the strings all along was revealed, it started to go down hill after that. Volume 4: Redemption wasn't much of a rescue either, with more and more predictable plots as it was basically just talking about Nathan assembling the government team, consisting of a treacherous hunter, determined to capture all those with abilities and then showing our various characters trying to run from them. Tell me, what is so unpredictable about that? And where is the adrenaline? Nothing much surprises these days, and there is no more of its magic like in Season One where every part of the story will eventually link up to the big picture and stun the audience with its final revelation. There is no big build up, and there are simply no connections with each character's plots. Thus, they tried to come up with some twists towards the last few episodes like Angela revealing her so called dark past, Sylar taking on the shape shifting ability and assumming various forms, killing off a major character in the season finale, but all these did little to wow me anymore. While the series is getting renewed for a fourth season, Volume 5 titled Redemption, I no longer view the series as a wow show anymore. I will still watch it and see how it goes, but it has gone down as a flopped series to me. Current Mood:  calm | | Sunday, April 19th, 2009 | | 9:05 pm |
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Of the TV series I recently reviewed, only one has recently ended its run, which is 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'. The last 2 episodes of the season were really good, and it was just what was needed to gain back its viewers again, something that the writers took too long to establish. While I understood that as a TV series, they had 22 episodes to fill, and had more time for character development, they must always remember, this series is originated as an action packed film, and action should always remain as a key criteria in each episode of the series. Note the title already began with 'Terminator', thus viewers would like to see some Terminator action in most episodes! On the other hand, we understand that they have limited budget for the entire filming, and thus terminator action had to be limited to only selected episodes. However, in the second season, the number of episodes that involved any form of Terminator action was way too little, and from my tracking, only about 5 to 6 episodes out of 22 episodes had any Terminator action at all! It is no wonder why the show had declining ratings as viewers were too bored with character development, especially when there were episodes that seemingly had nothing much to do with the overall plot, or had filler episodes, or more of Sarah's dreams. We would all love to see more of Summer Glau fighting, more Terminator bashing here and there, and more intriguing plots. Generally, I have to agree, when you look at the second season as a whole, it does involve good writing, as the writers were slowly building up the characters, the plot, for the ultimate shocking season or series finale. The season finale was especially good, where we watched how the cool liquid terminator easily took care of the old terminator, and then Skynet trying to take down the Connors and Catherine Weaever, and the final scene where John travels to the future and meets Derek, his father, Kyle, who is still alive in that timeline, and Cameron(possibly the human Allison)!! I truly hope the series gets renewed for a third season, and if so, the writers should know better this time to have more Terminator action episodes than just simply talking talking and more talking.  </a>" /> Current Mood:  sleepy | | Monday, March 23rd, 2009 | | 9:12 pm |
TV Series Review
In the 2008-2009 TV series, I have selected 8 shows to follow, some of which are returning series, and some new. The returning series are Desperate Housewives, Heroes, Brothers And Sisters, Ugly Betty, Supernatural and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The new series are 90210 and Legend Of The Seeker. Desperate Housewives One of the highly watched series currently, the series has been set to run for 9 seasons, as confirmed by ABC, originally only intended for a 7 season run. I was not a fan of this series when it first came out, and only started to follow the series after it had aired for 2 seasons, and I was not disappointed. After a few episodes, I was hooked to the series, and especially loved the narrator, Mary Alice, played by Brenda Strong, where her death triggered the series. Among all the housewives, she is the most mysterious, as though the mystery behind her suicide was eventually revealed in the Season one finale, there were still many unanswered questions regarding her past and through the seasons, I believe they would be answered one by one. Currently, the series is showing Season 5, set 5 years into the future, and the mystery is revolving around Edie Britt’s new husband, Dave Williams, who has returned to Wisteria Lane with revenge on his mind. So far, this season has been quite entertaining, with some episodes living up to its name of being the most watched drama. However, the mystery for this season appears to be quite simple and not as mysterious as the past 4 seasons where viewers are unable to determine the whole truth until the season finale. And with Nicolette’s departure soon, her character Edie Britt would be killed off, making the series lose one of its star characters. I can only hope the mystery will have some kind of surprising twist like the past 4 seasons, and wow us once again with its original magic. One of the highlights of this season so far was seeing Brenda Strong appear as Mary Alice in the series’ 100th episode. Usually, her appearances in the past few seasons, with exception from Season one, is very brief, and viewers might just miss it, as she appears only in flashbacks and dream sequences. However, in the 100th episode, she actually appears for about ten minutes in the episode, and if you haven’t seen Mary Alice before, you certainly wouldn’t miss it this time. It is also through this episode we get to know a little more to the day she killed herself, and one can’t help but feel sad for one of our well loved housewife. Ultimate verdict: This is by yet, one of the most well received TV series in the states, maintaining its high ratings even at the fifth season, and I am strongly supporting the network’s decision to let it have a 9 season run. We all need a little desperation humor now and then. Heroes This series is also one of the highly watched series ever since it was introduced, and the first season contained lots of adrenaline episodes that made viewers want to keep on watching. Since season two, the series had started to decline in ratings, and now currently into season three, creator Tim Kring is hoping the ratings will go back up. Now airing volume Four: Fugitives, the plot moves on to Nathan working with the President to capture those with abilities and putting them in a facility, with his justification that these people are dangerous. This course of action puts our favorite heroes on the run, thus making them fugitives, and also dwells into our favourite villain, Sylar, making a journey to learn more about his past. Personally, I agree that Season Three’s plot is an improvement from Season Two, however, it has sort of lost its edge, and adrenaline when compared to Season One. While the plot in Season Three is generally interesting, it doesn’t give me the strong urge to want to know what happens next, as compared to Season One. This could probably account for the declining ratings in Season Three over in the States. While NBC has renewed the series for a fourth season, we can only hope the writing will improve with the upcoming episodes. Ultimate verdict: This used to be a brilliant show, and I hate to see such a potentially good show go down the drain. I can only hope with the return of director, Bryan, the series can earn back its viewers as in my opinion, this series has the potential to go for at least a total of 5 to 6 seasons. Brothers And Sisters Whoever thought that family drama could be so popular among the US audience? Indeed, the highlight of this series was watching the Walker family bicker and argue every episode and then apologize to each other by the end of the episode. For such a series, the teleplay must be good, and I have to admit, the writers for the dialogue are good, as a lot of the arguments really set one thinking, and more often than not, one party always loses in the argument. The other highlight of the series is that one of the key characters of the series, Kevin Walker, is gay, and the gay audience can look forward to plots regarding his love life and how he eventually marries Scotty by the second season finale. The series is currently into its third season, and word is that one of the key characters, Tommy Walker, will be written off the series due to the fact that the actor playing Tommy, has some personal issues for bad behaviour on the set and from series regular, be reduced to recurring appearances. This series started off with a similar way like its brother series, Desperate Housewives, whereby the story is triggered by the death of someone in the family. In this case, it would be William Walker, the father of the Walkers, and husband to Nora. His death brought his family closer together, and they start to learn his secrets one by one, including the fact that he had a mistress, Holly, and for almost two seasons, the Walkers thought that Holly’s daughter, Rebecca, was their half-sister. We learn that this is not true, and that Rebecca’s biological father was someone else, and that William Walker had another mistress elsewhere, and their real long lost half brother was Ryan Laffety, a character introduced in the middle of season three. While it has been entertaining watching the Walkers bicker among every episode, I would like to see where this series is going. Is there going to be more to this series than just quarreling and learning that they have many half brothers and sisters out there? Because if this keeps up, it’s only a matter of time before this series gets the ax. Ultimate verdict: This series is apparently well-liked by the people in the States, a series that lasted longer than I expected, and probably would continue to earn its popularity, especially with the recent 2 hour episode drama in the hospital. Who knew Americans like a little family bickle now and then to relieve their everyday stress? Of course, the good teleplay helps too. With the way it’s going, Brothers And Sisters can go on for at least another season or two. Ugly Betty A refreshing comedy about an ugly girl finding her place in the world of fashion, inspired by the movie, The Devil Wears Prada. Seasons one and two have been great, especially watching Betty juggling between work and family, and her love life. The downside of Season Three currently airing is the change in location of filming. Due to this change, several cast members were dropped, like the gorgeous Henry, who played Betty’s love interest for Season One and Two, and her other guy, Gio, whom she met during Season Two. I really felt that Betty and Henry were a very compatible couple, and to split them up was certainly heartbreaking. While the third season continues to keep up with hilarious antics by Betty and the rest of the cast members, I feel that the show has lost a little of its edge, and probably explains why ABC is temporary putting the series on hold and only finishing its run a few months later than scheduled. Besides, the third season has no real major story arc like the first two seasons, which does not give viewers something to look forward to. Also, one of the characters, Christina, is also leaving the show, and I suppose one of the reasons could be due to the fact that her character is getting more and more redundant with each episode. If not for the fact that she was Wilemania’s surrogate, Christina wouldn’t even have any reason to be on the series! Ultimate verdict: The series has been renewed for a fourth season, and truthfully, this is an enjoyable series, with the potential to last a few more seasons as it is light-hearted, funny, and clever. There’s also the constant family values being preached from time to time, and showing how even the less beautiful people can also accomplish things as well as the rich and famous. Supernatural This is one of the rare shows that features two guys as the lead, fighting evil and magic, and I have to admit, I didn’t have much faith initially in the series. However, the series is now into its fourth season, and I have to say, the two brothers are hot! Especially Sam, who has a well muscled six-packed body! The few episodes that have him topless were priceless and to die for. That aside, the series actually has fresh and original ideas as the two brothers go demon hunting almost every episode, the story arc for the past 3 seasons was about them going in search of their father, finding out why their mother was killed, and learning about Sam’s destiny in all of these. In the latest season, Dean has been revived by the arch-angel, Castiel, apparently needing him by God to help in the battle against Lucifier, who would be free if the 66 seals containing him was opened. The series’s creator has stated that he has penned the series to only last for 5 seasons and will end it on a high note. However, I would think that the series has the potential to go on for another season or two if the plot is good. Why end it so soon if the series does well? Especially with two hot looking brothers? Ultimate verdict: This series has the potential to last for 6 seasons or more, depending on the ratings, and I hope the creator will consider the ratings and extend the series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles I was not a fan of the Terminator series, in fact, I never even caught the first three movies. However, when this series came out, I was intrigued as I never thought they could make it into a TV series, and with Summer Glau as the gorgeous terminator sent to protect John Connor, I was even more drawn to the series. Having watched Summer Glau fight in the movie, Serenity, I looked forward to her fight scenes in the series. This was a series set after the events of the second Terminator movie, but before the third. Mostly, the creator stayed true to the movie, but yet had leeway to create a universe of his own, allowing the writers to write another possible future for John Connor and his family. Since the title of the series is about Sarah and not solely just on John and the terminators, Sarah herself does get spotlight episodes from time to time, and the series will see episodes dedicated to each of the series’ regulars, from John, Sarah, Summer Glau’s character, Cameron, and John’s uncle, Reese. With each episode, I am growing to like the series, as for an action packed genre, the series has a lot of character development, as this series is basically talking about Sarah and John’s efforts to prevent Skynet from destroying mankind in the future. Though the series’s first season contained only 9 episodes due to the Writer’s strike, the second season has been given the green light by Fox for a full season of 22 episodes. The writing is good, and though there are some episodes with little to no action, I don’t exactly complain as the teleplay is good, and viewers get to understand the characters much better. I will definitely support this series. Ultimate verdict: I am really starting to like this series, and minus the few episodes where nothing happened and all we got were Sarah’s dreams and more talking, this series really does have good writing, and it’s just that it takes longer for things to happen due to character development. Since the second season, I watched each episode with anticipation, wondering what was going to happen next, and what the writers had in store for us. I truly hope the series will get a renewal for a third season. 90210 This is the 4th spin – off of the ever popular Beverly Hills 90210 that made Jason Priestly and Shannen Doherty the hottest teen stars way back in the 1990s. I did catch a few episodes of this popular series back then, which ran for 10 seasons before coming to a close. The high school drama must be so popular that they revived it for a 4th spin – off featuring a new set of family, and the latest generation of high school problems. We have the three female lead characters, Annie, Silver and Naomi, a fresh set of girls with their own girl issues and fun. There’s also some hot guys like Ethan and Tyler there to make girls drool. To add power to the series, old stars from the original series like Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty will reprise their roles as Kelly and Brenda. Even Tori Spelling will reprise her role as Donna later in the season, and so far, the first season is set at 24 episodes. The series is quite entertaining so far, and it’s quite interesting to watch old characters come to the screen again. I suppose high school drama will always be entertaining to watch as we watch the kids deal with issues like pregnancy, sex, drugs, betrayal, high school dances and much more. Since I missed the original series, I am determined to follow up with the latest spin off and see where this goes. I just hope the original casts continue to lend their support from time to time as these new stars need time for viewers to get used to them. Ultimate verdict: I am surprised that not only has this series gotten a full 24 episode order for the first season, it has been renewed for a second season! While this series is entertaining, the theme of the series is kind of ‘been there, done that’. I mean, isn’t ten seasons of the original ‘Beverly Hills 902010’ enough? Why do we yet another spin off of an original series? While they gotten back Brenda, Kelly and even Donna, how long can the writers keep the viewers watching with recycled plots and non attractive stars? We can only stay tuned and find out. Legend Of The Seeker This is a new series spawned from famous author, Terry Goodkind for his Sword of Truth series. Being a fan of the author myself, I was excited when I heard of this new series being produced. The first season is actually based loosely on Terry’s first book, Wizard’s First Rule. The reason the title of the series is changed as the writers of the series felt that it was too restrictive for them to come up with plots outside its context and thus revised it to be Legend Of The Seeker. Avid readers will see that while as a whole, the plot stays true to the book, there are several episodes completely written out of context that has nothing in relation with the first book, but staying true to the legend. Ultimate verdict: I enjoy watching this series, and hope that the writes don’t spoil it for us by coming up with larger than life plots. So far, it has been believable and good, with an attractive lead, and a beautiful actress as the Mother Confessor. Avid readers of Terry’s novel have to learn and accept the series is merely taking thin plots in and out of the book, and not following closely to the first novel. In fact, the plot about the ungifted, which was only written in Terry’s 7th novel, is already in episode 16 of the series! I will continue to support the series as it has been renewed for a second season. Hopefully, they will not stray too far from the novel or readers will definitely complain. Current Mood: tired | | Thursday, February 12th, 2009 | | 9:06 pm |
| | Sunday, November 30th, 2008 | | 8:18 pm |
New Laptop!
Over the weekend, I went to the Sitex Fair and got myself my very first laptop in years! Here are the specifications. M5IVr Intel Centrino 2 Processor Technology - Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Penryn P8600(2.4 GHZ, 1066 MHZ, 3MB L2) - Intel Next - Gen Wireless- N 5100ABGN network connection 802.11a/b/g/n Geunine Windows Vista Home Prenium ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 with 256 MB dedicated VRAM and up to 2047 MB HyperMemory 15.4" WXGA (1440X900) Colorshine & Hi-Bright LCD 3GB DDR2 RAM - DDR2 800 MHZ(after free upgrade) with 2GB Turbo Memory 250GB SATA HDD with TPM Trusted Platform Module for Hardware & Software Encryption Security DVD Super Multi Double Layer Drive , Integrated Bluetooth 2.0 Built in 1.3 Mega Pixel Web-Camera & 8 in 1 Card Reader Biometric Finger Print Reader Built In Hybrid TV Tuner & Numeric Keyboard Express Gate, 8 second Boot up, Instant Online * Bonus Gifts 250 GB WD External HDD Free Upgrade to 3GB RAM ASUS Notebook bag ASUS Optical Mouse Free Defender Anti Virus Software(Usable for 1 to 2 years) $ 1898 GST included. Good deal? Current Mood: excited | | Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 | | 6:37 pm |
Craig Horner
I am currently watching the new TV series, 'Legend Of The Seeker', inspired by author Terry Goodkind, writer of the Sword of Truth series, and based on his first novel, Wizard's First Rule. They got hunky actor, Craig Horner to play the role of Richard Cypher, and boy, is he yummy! In one of the opening scenes of the show, has him topless, cutting wood and building a bridge. Boy! He has six pack abs, and when I saw that scene, I was practically drooling!!!  Current Mood:  horny | | Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 | | 11:58 am |
Punctuality
Dear Diary, Am I the only soul who still believes in punctuality? Or even being early for an appointment? Despite having known so many people, I have yet to come across anyone who values punctuality as much as I do. If there was anything that would piss me off even before the appointment began, it would be that someone constantly being late. I am ok with people who don't know me well, and they show up five to ten minutes late. But for friends who have known me for years, why do they still arrive perpetually late? Are they trying to test my patience? Does it kill to either come earlier or be on time? If you can't make it at an appointed time, you jolly well set a time you are comfortable with! After all, no one likes to be kept waiting. I mean, if you made an appointment with a friend at 2pm, and at precisely 2pm, he sms you to say he's going to be late. Like Duh! You should know way before 2pm whether you are going to make it by 2pm isn't it? If I don't see you by 2pm, it's obviously you are late! Don't give me crap about going to be late. You are late! The worst are those who show up half an hour late or even hours. These people have no sense of timing and don't treat their friends with respect. I couldn't help but wonder, am I the only one who still values punctuality these days? Current Mood:  annoyed | | Sunday, October 12th, 2008 | | 9:02 am |
Attending Concerts
For someone who didn't have the habit of attending concerts in the past, I sure developed one over the years! In the last 2 to 3 years, I had attended Sandy Lam's concert, S.H.E., and Christina Auguerila. Next week, I will be attending Sandy Lam's concert again with a couple of friends, and next month, Kylie Minogue's concert!!! Current Mood: sleepy | | Monday, October 6th, 2008 | | 9:45 pm |
TV series
With so many TV series returning, it's really hard to keep up! But here are the current series I am followiing: 1) Desperate Housewives 2) Heroes 3) Brothers And Sisters 4) Supernatural 5) Ugly Betty 6) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and upcoming new series: Legend of the Seeker. Based on my favourite author, Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series! Current Mood: ecstatic | | Sunday, September 28th, 2008 | | 5:52 pm |
Sex And The Movie DVD
I finally got my copy of the movie special edition DVD two days ago through amazon.com. Have you gotten yours? :)  Current Mood:  bouncy | | Monday, June 16th, 2008 | | 7:42 pm |
Special DVDs
Dear Diary, I must be the world's biggest fool. For those who are not aware, don't make the same mistake as I did. It was only today I learnt that there are such things as certain types of DVDs manufactured, playable only through DVD players, and not playable through the PC. I am not talking about the region codes here. I learnt from Gramophone shop owner that there are such DVDs whereby they can only be played through DVD player, and not through the PC. Now how the hell was I supposed to know that? It was not stated on the DVD I bought, and even she admitted, such DVDs are rare, but happens. And of all the DVDs, I had to buy one that cannot be played through the PC. Although I do have a DVD player at home, I don't use it as it is in the living room where the TV is most often occupied by my family, and thus I always watch my DVDs through my PC. This is the first time I have encountered such an issue. I checked with the computer expert friends I had, and only one had heard of such an issue, while the rest weren't aware. Such DVDs should label such things on the DVD, so that customers do not buy something they cannot play! So, it seems like I just spent $20 for nothing. Next time I buy a DVD, I have to ask this additional question; can this DVD be played through a computer as well? Current Mood: frustrated | | Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 | | 7:39 pm |
Thank You
Really touched that a total stranger, but a live journal friend, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) tckl would help me out with my survey out of the blue. Though I have yet to meet the target, he has helped me generate more responses than I hoped, and for that I am grateful. And to those who have helped in the survey, thank you very much too. Your responses are much appreciated, and if you could forward this to your friends, that would be even better. Nevertheless, thank you all! Current Mood:  thankful |
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