The Gadget Show is one of my favourite TV programmes even though I always complain about two of the presenters in the show. They have done a good job in making the show interesting as well as making comparisons between the different types of technology that are available in a particular device. For example, the television we watch everyday. In the past, we may only think about the size of the TV when we want to make a purchase. These days, we have to think about whether to get a 3D TV, or a LED TV, or a LCD TV, or a Plasma TV and then we will only think about the size.

A picture is worth a thousand words. Surely, a video will worth a million words. To be able to see hands-on reviews, where the presenters are actually using and testing the device on a TV show make a great deal of difference compared to reading a review from the internet.

As much as I like about the show, their reviews published on the website is a disaster. The reviews are not in great detail and features only four sections; the basics, the good, the bad and the bottom line. They give G ratings for every device. I find that most of the gadgets tested have at least 4Gs or 5Gs. I mean no gadgets are perfect and giving a 5Gs to almost all DSLR cameras is like saying that because DSLR cameras take good pictures, they deserve 5Gs. And 4Gs for compact digital cameras because they do not take pictures as good as DSLR. Another example is the iPhone. I have never used iPhone before but surely the loss of signals issues should cost some Gs. However, iPhone 3Gs has a rating of 4Gs while iPhone 4 has a rating of 5Gs. Well, in my opinion, they website reviews are quite a joke.

I have just looked at the latest World Cup score and Serbia is ahead of Germany by one goal. How bizarre considering that Germany is a great team and the way they played their first match against Australia was incredible. Well, almost incredible in my opinion. Anyway, do you think they will win Serbia at the final whistle? I believe they will.

Tonight, I believe the whole Basingstoke town will be deserted. In fact, I think it will be same in every town in the UK. England will be playing against Algeria at 1930.

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My weight has not dropped drastically since I stopped using the supplement daily. Well, the feeling is kind of great since I do not have to rely on one particular thing in order to maintain my weight. Occasionally, my weight drops more than I expect but as soon as I start eating more, I gain the dropped weight. The heaviest that I got was about 500 grams away from my ideal weight. I just have to keep on trying a variation of food and exercise. It has been two weeks without regular gym classes and losing abdominal fat proves to be a bit difficult. I still do a lot of crunches and press-ups whenever I am in the gym but it does not seem to be enough. Personally, I feel pilates work better on abdominal as most of the pilates exercises rely on abdominal muscles. I believe the gym is almost finish its renovation now and they are just waiting for the new equipment to come. I just cannot wait to see the finish product.

Yesterday was my birthday. As usual, I bought some food; shortcakes, muffins and tarts for my colleagues. Shortcakes were their favourite. Hmm… How do you choose a present normally? I would probably choose the things that I like. However, in the case of buying things for my colleagues, I will have to choose the things that I do not quite like. Well, that is just culture difference I think. We were brought up in different kind of environment and food though we speak the common language, English.

Mee made a cheesecake for me which was nice; lemony and cheesy taste. I do not think it tastes very much different from the cheesecakes which I had before. After all, this was her first effort in making a cheesecake.

Anyway, the day went well. Mee and I had our dinner at the Lime Leaf restaurant. It is a Thai food restaurant. However, we like to think that a third of its menu consists of Chinese style food. Upon entering the restaurant, we were greeted by a very welcoming Thai-waiter. We then ordered a Lime Leaf platter, Tom Yum Kung and Pad-Thai. Overall, the food was all right. I like the Tom Yum Kung because of its uniqueness but it lacked of spiciness and it was a bit salty. We also thought that the food was not hot enough.

We then proceeded to the Vue cinema to watch Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. I was very excited before that but I was a little bit disappointed after watching it. Previously, I was not sure whether the lead actor was the suitable one to be the Prince of Persia. But no doubt, he was good. What disappoint me were the overall actions in the movie. Some of the actions we incredible and heart-stopping but it lacked the idea of deadly traps and puzzles which could easily be found in Prince of Persia games. Watching the trailer was like watching the summary of the whole movie. Hence, there were not much left to explore.

I just want to add. I read some of the reviews in the Internet Movie Database. There was one review that quotes “for an adult it’s silly and fun and utterly unrealistic”. What an idiot! I do not think of any movies that I have seen before were realistic. I mean how could a movie be realistic when everything is just about how a director and script want it to be. She even compared Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time to the In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale. What a big mistake. That King movie was probably a low budget movie. It tried to imitate the force of Uruk-hai army as seen in The Lord of the Rings but failed miserably as they looked more like a bunch spiritless extras. Jason Statham starred in that King movie. I have to say apart from the Transporter, any other movies that starring Jason Statham is not really worth watching.

Apparently, this reviewer wrote quite a lot of reviews in IMDB. Having read through some of the reviews, it is clear that she has a definite definition for the movies that she is about to watch. For example, in a movie about police, she will be expecting shooting, bombs and killings. However, a movie about police can also be about a spy which does not necessarily involve a lot of shooting. It will be about how the spy can keep the line clear between being a good guy and being a bad guy. Well, can someone please stop me now? I think I can spend the whole day criticising her. I will stop myself now.