Bas Rutten attacks co-hosts of new Cooking show

Grandmas Kitchen with Bas Rutten was scheduled to air on February 26, 2010, however, due to a physical altercation between Bas and the co-hosts of the show production has been temporarily delayed.
“We knew that Bas had a short fuse when we got into this.” said Jebara. “We (Tokyo Five) believe [...]

Halo: Reach – World Premiere Trailer HD

Welcome to Reach!

If you bought Halo 3 ODST, then you will have the invite to try the Halo: Reach multiplayer beta when it comes out in 2010.  No official release date has been given.
Check out the world premiere HD trailer first revealed at the Video Game Awards on Spike, introduced by none other than Battlestar [...]

Tron 2, TR2N, now Tron Legacy out December 2010 in 3D

This long awaited film was completed earlier this year in Vancouver, BC, CANADA. I’m a self admitted sci-fi junkie and I do own the 20th anniversary DVD of the original Tron, back then all the digital effects were done by a company in my home land of Taiwan.
I was supposed to work on the [...]

Sneak Preview of Halo 3: ODST

Earlier in the week I was invited to be the special correspondent for FUTURELOOKS‘ special coverage of Bungie’s latest release in the Halo series of video games.
Halo 3: ODST takes place during the events of Halo 2 and Halo 3, in the Covenant ravaged New Mombasa, East Africa.
You play the Rookie, the newest member [...]

Cheap Eats in Taipei

This meal cost me NT$180, which is roughly $6 CDN.
I find it abundantly amazing that a place with the population density of Taipei,  currently approaching 3 million people, not including Taipei County, with the relatively expensive standards of living that the food and beverage costs can be so low.
Approximately a total of 23 million people populate the island [...]

Welcome to Taiwan

Naruwan!
I believe it means “Welcome” in aboriginal Taiwanese and the spokesperson for Tourism Taiwan is aboriginal Taiwanese singing star named A-Mei.
It’s been a couple of hectic weeks here in Taiwan, everyday has been spent with friends and family.  Life in Taiwan really revolves around the food here.
From the very simple street vendors to the very [...]

2009 Birthday Weekend

Hello All!
I write this belated update from sunny, tropical Taipei, Taiwan.
I’ve been here for a couple of weeks already to attend my sister’s wedding and visiting family and friends for Chinese New Years. Happy Year of the Ox!
Since my flight to Taiwan left on the day of my actual birthday I decided to celebrate with [...]

Snowed In for UFC 92

I had to watch UFC 92 at home alone today due to the fact that I can’t get my car out of my driveway.
We’ve had about two weeks of snow and sub-zero temperatures in the Greater Vancouver Area.  It doesn’t help that the city workers had neglected to plow the roads around my condo.  The [...]

The new BlackBerry STORM

My Blackberry Pearl has served me well over the last two years.
The ease of use and no-frills usefulness of the BB Pearl’s trackball has given me the best, and problem free, mobile phone experience since my first cell phone fifteen years ago (remember those brick phones by Motolora?).
However, I’ve been enviously looking over the shoulders [...]

Vancouver is Frozen

I think the last time that Vancouver was this cold, for this long a period, was way back in 1983 when I vaguely remember blizzard-like conditions.
However, I was a small kid then and I loved it because schools were closed and I couldn’t drive anyways. Nowadays, I hate it.
Especially with my Mustang being terrible [...]