RICO: VCD Madness

Got an email from Tzelung Lin's tribe a month or so ago regarding a
possible source of tv shows ripped on vcd format. Haven't really thought
much about it due to both my busy schedule and budget constraints. I did
ask Zak to forward it to some of the other tribes knowing they are likewise
looking for some titles found in the list. I heard from Johan's tribe over
the weekend and he said that the source is reliable. I thought I sgould at
least check it out. Well, to make the story short, in the last couple of
days, copies of the list have been circulating around the workplace and
numerous orders have been made.

It was interesting to note that with the low price of the source, Rage,
sold his VCDs one had to wonder just how much mark-up he placed on it and
by then how much profit he gets. Zak couldn't help but try to do the math
and always ends up with a very minimal amount of profit per disc. Too
small to consider if it's really per disc. However, put in the mix the
number of order he gets, that small profit really grows up and the fast
turnover of money. Ying Tzi added that this might just be how the Chinese
people do their business. Honestly, I'm still having a hard time trying to
figure out exactly how that works. Maybe, I'll devote one of my research
times just trying to figure out that mystery. For now, It's back to the
list.... hmmm... farscape seasons one to four... hmmm....

RICO: Mail-to-Blogger

RICO: Mail-to-Blogger



Been having problems on accessing the blogger page from the workplace.

Actually, I can access the blogger and post pages but whenever I republish,

the screen just goes BLANK. Anyways, I finally figured out how the

mail-to-blogger function works (Yeah, I know I'm kinda slow) so I guess I

can easily (and more often) post now. (I just have to test if the HTML

tags also work within the email process).

YING TZI: WUXIA EVERYWHERE

Yup, almost every one of the characters in the movie is flying/jumping/gliding around. Add martial arts, swordfight and impressing colors into the mix. But then again, what else would you expect from the producers of both Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero. Asian superstars hit the big screen once again as Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau and Zhang Zyi star in this action/tragic love story movie (umm.. almost every movie of this type is anyways).



I expected (and wasnt disappointed) to find Zhang Zyi is as graceful as ever, while Andy Lau dark and brooding. It's Takeshi Kaneshiro who suprised me. I haven't really seen him in a Wuxia type movie so it was good to finally see him in one ... and he doesn't let down. It was fun seeing him do archery (even if it was cgi), it's like him saying "Try and beat that Legolas!" (Hmm... ancient armor, fast swordfight, horseback riding, chiseled features, ponytail... sounds familiar).



Anyways, the storyline has a few twist but I found the ending too abrupt. Still it was a visual treat so if you guys have time. Do find time to see it.



P.S. Gene, you'll be glad to know I didn't use any magick on finding this one.

RICO: Paradox infected



Wasn't able to go to work today. Massive massive headache with no known source. Oww!!! Better sleep if off.

GENE: Paradox



Careful Ying Tzi, if you're not careful one of this days paradox will get to you!

YING TZI: ARAHAN Found



I sent out a message to the other tribes yesterday asking for some assistance locating a copy of the korean movie arahan. Well, I earlier today, I had Zak use up some of the Correspondence magick and was able to conjure up a copy from his contacts.



The movie is fun (much like any action-advanture Korean movie). It's a combination of a quasi-love story, comedy and action movie. The fight scenes don't really start until around an hour into the movie but doesn't let down from then on. If you guys can find a copy, do watch it.

JOSHUA: Reality TV



I spent the whole Sunday afternoon watching reality tv shows and having not that much top talk about I thought I might as well write about them:



NEXT ACTION STAR

Much like American Idol, except that instead of getting a singer they try to find an actor. It’s the audition process that I found most intriguing and disturbing. The show went from coast to coast in search of possible actors in an action movie, and yet people from all walks of life came to the auditions hoping (sometimes even beyond hope) that they would be able to be picked. There are guys who would do Broadway songs, comedy skits and basically making a fool of themselves. There are people who would try as they might to pull of action moves even if their bodies are incapable of heavy exercise much less martial arts moves. Well, I can’t really say that this thing is in the mentality of the Americans coz if you check out the local shows, this thing likewise happens. I guess that the William Hung phenomenon hasn’t been removed from the brains of the masses and that they probably believe that they still need just one shot in the limelight and make them, not really an action star, but a star in their own way.



AMAZING RACE

The Amazing Race goes to the Philippines. I still don’t think it’s much of a challenge to do the Amazing Race here in the Islands coz most people here do speak and understand the English Language. But then again I did not consider that there are some other obstacles to the Race other than the language barrier. I mean, how can a taxi driver in Manila not know where the Coconut Palace is (Cookie palace he says?).



SURVIVOR 9

Ok, so they’re off to a volcanic island this time. What’s new is that they added a twist that there are some limb-challenged contestants, one would have thought they would be the first to be voted out but then again if one thinks he’s week might as well keep him and take him out at one’s leisure – but then again aren’t those underdogs the ones who usually win the game?



Men vs Women. It was easy to guess that the women will be the ones who will win the first challenges.



Eye-candy. Yup, lots of eye-candy in this season. Sorority girls and College Jocks types seem to make up half of this season’s group – I’m not expecting them to last long but I do hope they keep them as long as they can just to make the show prettier to one’s eye.