TV Programmes

I've been very busy these few days, but however busy I am, I always make time to watch some television programme.

I'm pretty sure all of you are familiar with Descendents of the Sun, the hit K-drama that has miraculously materialised on my facebook feed few weeks ago and has now taken control of my news feed. They say it's famous because the show is nice - but we all knew it's because the guy looks great and girls are swooning over him and that's how the show went viral.

Well, I haven't watched a Korean show for ages (I think the last I watched was Dream High, or whatever the name is that is about a group of aspiring singers going to a singing school), so I decided to give the show a try.

Okay, the show is nice, plot is well-written and undoubtedly the characters are good-looking. The guy is handsome, admittedly, and the lady looks awfully young for a lady in her mid-30s. Well selected, director. Good selection of actors! The show plot seems quite ordinary though the fluidity deserves praises. The cinematic effects seem exaggerated and those climaxes and suspenses about you-get-shot-and-I-save-you and you-got-kidnapped-and-I-rescue-you are overly dramatic and fictitious.

It reminds me why I often avoid Asian drama - they appeal to the viewers' fantasies by sensationalising and exaggerating events. Unlike US drama that is often educational or at least realistic, Asian drama often portrays the characters as seemingly invincible. How can Yoo Si Jin survive all those war and catastrophe? Even if he survives, how could he escape unscathed? Look at his skin - there is no damage!

Anyway the show content is fine. If the two main characters aren't this good looking I highly doubt it can garner the ratings it does now.

By the way, I just read that Step Dave, the first and only New Zealand television programme I've ever watched, is not renewed for a third season, and is cancelled for good. What a disappointment! I love the show and I really hate to see it go. Apparently New Zealanders aren't happy either. Anyway, may Dave and Cara stay happy together forever!

Restaurant Street

The once famous game, Restaurant City, made a miraculous revival on January 2016 this year, but it was plagued with multiple bugs that rendered the game literally unplayable. After a mere two months, it was taken down from Facebook for alleged copyright violations. Rumour has it that the current developer has no affiliation or association to EA, the original developer, and is running the game without prior permission. After several claimed negotiations and compromises, it's now back and renamed to Restaurant Street, running on a site independent of Facebook. I played the game back in January until it was taken down, and I just reopened it and continued my development. The old bugs are all still there. Lots of old interesting features do not make their comeback. It's disappointing. But at least I get to relive my childhood. Let's hope this current developer does actually take some effort to improve the game, instead of continuing to give excuses and demand for patience.

A little updates

My life is still as busy as expected and will get much busier soon. When you go up the ladders, you can expect more work and responsibilities and less freedom momentarily. I'll be updating my blog much less, maybe I'll totally disappear.

Sarawak's state election is due to begin soon after its state assembly dissolves on the 11th of April. There's nothing exciting about Sarawak's state election. The one people will be interested in would be GE14 where Sarawak has crucial significance in Najib's survival. 

BB1M will soon be distributed to all students in my university. This year's bookstores' promotions seem much less exciting than previous years. Popular never changes its promotion. Borders have scrapped its promotion that offers Starbucks card. MPH is the last bookstore I will spend my book vouchers at due to some undelightful experience.

It's sad that some of my friends are gonna trade BB1M for cash illegally. To me, people who do not value books are people who have wasted their lives. You don't have to love them, but you shouldn't dismiss them.

Anyway, back to being busy. See ya'll when I'm free, whenever that may be.

A little dull

My life has been a little dull recently. Nothing exciting has happened that is worth recording.

I'm now in Penang, having a short getaway from Kuching. Penang is as hot as people complain right now due to the peculiarly strong El Nino phenomenon. On the other hand, Kuching experienced rain on a daily basis.

Still no girlfriend, as expected.

Still no major breakthroughs or achievements I long for.

Goodbye.