Oh holy crapola!! My social life as we know it will be non-existent for the next week! Reasoning behind this exclamations?! I’ve just started watching a Korean Drama series called Boys before Flowers. And let me tell you, 3 episodes into it and dammit its GGGGOOOODDDD!! There is a total of 25 episodes, each are an hour long, which equates to 25 hours of viewing pleasure. The series was one of the most watched drama in South Korea for 2009. I should have started watching it next week when Nan goes away to Dubai/Bahrain for 2 whole weeks, that would have kept me entertained until his return. But no, I had to start watching it last night, and by next week I probably would have finished the series.

I began watching the series last night at around 12am. I only wanted to watch the first episode, just to wet my appetite and get a feel for the plot. 3 hours later I went to bed, knowing full well that I was going to struggle to get up for work but yet I didn’t care. Is the series corny; does it have cringe-worthy scenes; is it clichéd; is the acting terrible; LOL yes to all the above! But guess what, amidst all the bad, I still thoroughly enjoy watching it. There is something about sweet innocent first love that really captivates me. The series is full of sweetness and puff It also doesn’t hurt to have gorgeous looking Asian boys on screen, talk about constant eye candy! Yumo!! (ok ok they look better in the series than they look in that poster!

I tend to avoid watching these Asian dramas as I have a propensity to get overly engross by it and neglect everything else (namely not paying enough attention to Nan!). But once I’m hooked into a series, say farewell to those few weeks as it goes by in a speedy blur.

Irrefutably, some (most) aspects of my life will be put on the back burner until I finish this series…

Then about 6 months ago, Part (my brother) decided to finally get an iphone. This was quite a revelation as he was the ultimate antagonist to the iphone. He was one of the most vocal people against the iphone phenomenon, yet he eventually succumbed to Apple’s propaganda and adhered to the iphone herd. From then on, all I heard were praises from him with regards to the iphone functionality and all the endless possibilities of apps one can download. Part has this uncanny predisposition to evoke enthusiasm from his audience when promoting a product. That was all I needed to cement my decision to take the plunge and submerge myself fully in the hype that is the iphone. Conclusively, I profess that I truly am a sheep who’s jumped onto the unstoppable bandwagon.

However, there are many limitations to the iphone which Apple has purposely created to restrict users, as well as earn themselves even more remunerations (not that they need or deserve anymore!) :

One: Ringtones! Most phones, even the inexpensive lower grade ones, allow you to download mp3 into your phone to use as a ringtone. But no, not Apple! Allowing such a thing would equate to no one buying the ringtones that they sell in itunes. God forbid that they should not benefit profitably from the craze of having current pop music as people’s ringtones. However, the brilliant computer/program hackers out there in the computer world still managed to devise a ways to get around this. If you want to know how, google is your friend! ;)

Two: Iphone provides Bluetooth, however if you desired to connect to your friend’s phone via Bluetooth, then think again. Iphone simply wont allow it! That’s another free way that users used to exchange music, pictures and data; which Apple also managed to restrict. Everything comes back down to having to pay for everything from their stores (itune/apps store)

Three: Their camera is only a mere 3 mega pixel camera with no built in flash. While most phones are reaching the 5 mega pixel cameras and more, iphone is still stuck in its own technological time warp

Four: Incompetent speakers are all that’s bestowed upon you from your iphone. Turn up your speak volume to full blast and crackerling starts to pierce your ears