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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

... Is really bad for you eh?
It's sad when you start falling head-over heels for a fictional character.

I think I finally understand the whole twilight mind set.... not buying the story.. just... the liking of one character..

and...What is up with all these Robb Stark Gifs?!?!

JON SNOW FTW!

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Tv disappointments

Over the weekend, I was able to catch a show which was originally aired overseas, which made me very angry at Asian culture and asian society.

The idea of the show, was the take 5 different women, of various social classes, and help them "improve" themselves so they would be able to find a husband to settle with.

At first I was skeptical, maybe it might actually be informative, maybe it might teach me something... MAYBE...
I'm sad to say that it didn't happen. Though the series is only 10 episodes long, I had to leave the room halfway through the 3 episode. And i'm glad to say that i don't regret it. These so called "life coaches", and "specialists" (such as "specialist" in understanding how men think, how to "look prettier"... pffft)are filled with a bunch of BS!

One of the girls who was in her mid to late 20s, was told that she was "too aggressive" and that men like women who are passive. Another was told that she needed to get plastic surgery. An older lady, was told that because of her age (early 40s), she'd need to change and alter her standards in looking for someone to spend the rest of her life with, cause no one wants to be with a lady within her age range. In general, the girls were also told to not at that smart... because it'll make a man feel inferior, and that's not going to help you find a man....

I guess what angers me the most, was when one of the specialist was teaching the girls how to "interact with a man via txt" (aka, flirt) [fyi, if you're interested... when replying txts, reply with fewer characters than what they send you, make sure you are never the last person to send a txt out, and Never EVER be the one that initiates outings]. My mother looked at me, and said, you could get pointers on this.

My reaction was.. WTF?!?!?! if a person watches enough tv... we will know what "the rules" are, and even then, they might not be right. second, this has nothing to do, with improving yourself to make yourself a better person, in hopes of meeting a nice boy to spend the rest of your life with.

WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?

I don't have a conclusion for this. I'm VERY DISAPPOINTED and still VERY ANGRY.
Think of what you may......

The show is called, Bride Wannabes or 盛女愛作戰 .. and it's produced by TVB
Synopsis:
The 'Ladies Left Behind' (Sing Lui) is a serious problem in Hong Kong. Five single Hong Kong women -- Gobby, Suki, Bonnie, Mandy and Florence -- are still single due to all kinds of reasons and are extremely longing for true love. Within 6 months, a group of experts assist them by giving them a huge makeover as well as be their gender relation consultant, so they have the skills to attract the opposite sex. Finally, a matchmaker will help them find a partner. The five ladies will do whatever they can to meet, attract and pursue men in order to create future happiness for themselves and find their Mr. Right.

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Ben Hur (2010)

I'm a huge fan of Historical Fiction. I think, sucker for historical fiction, may be a better way of describing my relationship with anything that is history related.

Given that, you should know it was great surprise to me, that this series was produced and made for my television.. and I had no knowledge of it's existence.

This series was produced by CBC (Canada) and ABC (America). Since it's about ancient times, there are loads of references to sex and what not, but I'm assuming since this was produced by Public Broadcasting stations, it's all pretty much PG13 rated.. non of that Rome/HBO stuff. Though, you can't help but notice the title cards and the soundtracks, are very similar.....

*this is the promo poster that i could find... though, i feel it's got nothing to do with the actual series... first of all, it's not 4 hours.. it's two 1.5 hrs parts..so, it's only 3 hrs.. no idea where the extra hour came from.. unless it's including the originally aired commercials*