Blackening Berry

just gotten a BB Bold 9000 phone late last night and am setting it up frantically to use it as my data plan will be disabled and replaced with a 'proprietary' BB data plan.
i feel less-than-privileged to be using its dumb, unintuitive set-up software which so 'fortunately' conflicts with my Windows 7 suite on my desktop i.e.:
- i can't get the BBappworld software loaded into my BB using the USB connection; an error message saying that IE8 is facing an error keeps popping up without end.
- even as i blog i can't even get the website to detect my BB connection through the USB.
prior to this, i was registering for a BIS account and i had to re-load the page 7 times just because the verification code i entered was wrong - the stupid verification code bar is truncated such that i can't read whether it's a 'v' or a 'y'. Also, the screen name i selected is unavailable for use. With reference to so many other website registration services online, you mean BB can't infuse this field input with an instant database checked so that we need not input and re-input the 'password', 'confirm password' and 'verification code' fields over and over again, just due to a minor error? omigoodness.
this is really not a very good start-off impression with the BB for me.

Bali bali~

just been to Bali early April. Apologies this trip review comes before i complete my Prague and Budapest's. Will make it quick since Bali's an easy place to go :-)

Fly - Airasia. Hey, who knew they had humidifier in the cabin?



Stay - Mandala Desa Resort. Service's great, staff's nice, place's serene but a fit far from Ubud Central.



See - The typical Balinese rice fields. Though i thought it was not the best season to view one.



Visit - The Uluwatu temple for it's amazing sunset. The monkeys here are fiercer than those in the Ubud Sacred Monkey Forest. According to our tour guide it's because they are fed nuts, which induces the aggressive behaviour. Myth or fact? - I'd believe the locals.



Visit - the Ubud market for a good bargain. Don't be shy; this was my maiden bargain training ground. Starting off with 30% of the originally offered price would be good.



Visit - the Sacred Monkey Forest. Why not? If you are around the area. At least you can wear your spectacles here without fear of it being snatched away by the inhabitants of this forest.



Eat - Black Canyon Coffee if you are at Kuta's Discovery Shopping Mall. Not a Balinese franchise, but it was a great find.



Eat - Seafood by the beach! Take your time to pick the location where you wanna eat.



Drink - the Balinese Bintang Beer. Nice and cooling for the weather here.



Go - Beaches (the Dreamland Beach to be exact). Jimbaran Bay and Kuta beach are not as clean - and it's much more touristy.



What can i say? Can you read the words on the tees?

20.09.11.GOW3.

Ugghh. The anticipation...

World Invasion: Battle L.A. - rocks!!!

this is one of the nicer movies i've watched for a long time!!!
Aaron Eckhart and Michelle Rodriguez stars in this show (can't tell from the trailer eh? No clues as to EVEN someone whom we know is acting in it. Just like 'Rec', or that show whereby aliens invade earth but the show was shot almost all in first-person??? Sooo forgettable). i guess Michelle Rodriguez starring as a warfighter is no longer new (via Resident Evil, S.W.A.T., Avatar etc.) but Aaron Eckhart is. He plays the role of SSG Nantz very well and as expected being the male protagonist, unleashes some "John Wayne" action in kicking some extraterrestial's butt. i LIKED his "John Wayne" part(s) in the show. (At the rate of him kicking so, he'd probably be awarded some adamantium Star already.)
also happens that this is a long-time never-been-so-good alien-cum-war movie (the last good ones IMO were Independence Day and Black Hawk Down) which i've not been seeing on the big screen for quite a while. wait a minute... did i just say that?
interesting enough, this is one of the very few movies which had a very sucky trailer but the show turned out great. Usually it's the other way round. Also, the title of the show - really throws people off the hook that THIS could be a good one (producers, please think of better names more befitting of the movie?)
RPR: 9/10 - Plot's not fresh, but the way it was put across is. Thumbs up!!!

Just go watch it!

also was recommended to watch this show by a guy friend, a certain Mr. Pork who happens to also be an Adam Sandler movie fan.
plot goes that a successful plastic surgeon in the form of Adam Sandler, Dr. Mckabee (not sure if this is the correct spelling though) was a failure in his actual love life so he's all in for one-night stands. A charmer as he may be, he still fell for a lady of his 'dreams'. To go with the flow to get this girl once and for all, he engages Jennifer Aniston, his clinic's assistant, and her entire family (excluding her divorcee husband) to help him (con) out.
Nicole Kidman actually guest stars in this show.
overall satisfaction after watching this movie --- good :-)
as usual, Adam Sandler plays the good 'ol nice guy role (he's a natural somehow - but forget Zohan) and this movie comes with a happy ending.
RPR: 8/10