I was never much of a couch potato.

For one, I dislike lethargic Korean romance-comedy. More often than not, the storyline is largely predictable and rather... insipid. Why do people watch them? The ending is ALWAYS the same isn't it? The "happily ever after" (yeah right..) or "he dies or she dies" (sappy) ending.

The main point is... I would have give it a go if it is SHORTER. Like... 1 and a half hour of witless hilarity is alright for me.

But... 30 over episodes of Korean drama???
NO thanks. Over my dead body. Basically, watching the first and last episodes will sum up the whole story.

OK. That is digressing from what I want to bring up. After all, people are free to watch what they like isnt it?

Realized that the hour long docu-dramas on National Geographic are rather entertaining. Docu-drama - hybridization of documentary in a melodramatic format.

Seconds to Disaster is one of those.
They have this painfully slow buildup to the final cause of the disaster. The narrator always outline the whole timeline briefly without in depth details on the cause of the event. Then, it is gradually play out again but with more information this time.

Those guys are pretty good at keeping the climax to the last. Sometimes... you are so on the edge... just feel like throwing things at the tv screen when it goes for breaks.

Is like the previous episode...

There is a shipwreck in the English Channel when a ferry made a crossing from Belgium to England in 1987. On its way back to England, the ferry had a huge jerk after 20 min sailing away from the pier. (The passengers take little notice of it and one of the guys in the cafe even went "cheers!" after it happened.)

This is followed by an acute 30 degree tilt that throw the ferry off balance. The capsize happened before any SOS signals could be sent. Fortunately, it landed on a shallow sand bay which kept the ferry afloat on its side. Among 500 aboard, close to 200 died - Making this the worse shipwreck since the Titanic.

SHIPWRECK: HERALD OF FREE ENTERPRISE




So.. the rewinding began... and if it were a conversation... it would have gone like this...

A: Is this the cause of the shipwreck?
B: Probably. We gotta test it out.

After the test:
A: Wow.. the results are staggering.
B: Yes. But it still doesn't explain why it happens.

A: Oh... So what causes it?

And then... BREAK. When it returns... it goes into the same cycle of "i-found-a-cause-but-is-not-THE CAUSE" again.

Leave you rather agitable after a few rounds. BUT still... managed to dangle the carrot in front of you and bound you to your seat.

Do catch the show sometime. Lalaaaaa~

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Oh... by the way.. got a shock of my life when REBEL inform me about the possibility that they gonna cut off our water and electric supply today. Because it's Total Defence Day. Dur.

I completely went bonkers when I knew about this yesterday. Can't help it and went...

"WTF!"

GOSH... talking about "total defence"... who's going to defend my rights for electric usage? The weather is too bloody hot to do without it. DUR~

Oh.. yeah.. before it slips from my mind... Happy Birthday!

Dur.