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Now you can become a member at Concepts Computer and it will be a form of a pen drive than the normal membership cards that we normally get. The Concepts Computer Pen Drive was launched today and customers and members of the public can apply for the 4GB customised pen drive at a cost of $8.

For your info, the membership pen drive is only open for application until 27th May 2013 and you can visit their Kiulap and Gadong outlet. So what are the benefits as a member? You can enjoy certain discounts on some of the models from Acer computers, Epson printers and Logitech products. These are known as Surprise Deals which will keep on changing throughout the year. So all you need to do is flash your Concepts Computer pen drive and you are eligible for the discount.

Vincent Pao, General Manager of Concepts Computer, believes in innovation and he came up with the idea of providing pen drives as a token of membership. He believes it is a necessity for a modern IT-literate society.

The membership is also in conjunction with Concepts Computer 14th year anniversary. It was a great year for Concepts Computer who reached milestones such as Acer Top Revenue Contributor Award and Epson High Achiever Award among others.

So what are you waiting for? Register and apply for membership and get your self a Concepts Computer pen drive. Call 223 3551 or 244 8102 for more details.

Vincent Pao addressing his speech on Concepts Computer 14th year and also announcing the new membership program

Mr. and Mrs. Pao and Wendy Pao with the management of Concepts Computer. Happy 14th year, guys!!

As part of Concepts Computer's appreciation towards the media, we earned ourselves a free membership + one Iconia tablet *woohoo*

Zul describing the benefits of the membership

This is how it looks like - the Concepts Computer membership pen drive token

There are loads more of this

Tigerlim bows to the management for their generousity

The latest Iconia tablet ($198) is selling like hot cakes. There are even customers who buy 3 or 4 in one go..

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His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar `Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam highlighted some pointers on the progress of the meetings in 22nd ASEAN Summit. His Majesty also answered a few questions from the media during the Press Conference.

A Press Conference held earlier on chaired by His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar `Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam who is also the Chairman of ASEAN 2013 at the Prime Minister's Office.

In his Titah, His Majesty the Sultan shared some pointers that were discussed during the first few meetings during the ASEAN Summit. His Majesty stated that the Heads of State/Government of ASEAN Member States had a productive discussions under the theme "Our People, Our Future Together". His Majesty also touched on the issue of South China SEa and China where they aimed to have a calm and harmonious discussions and they have continued discussions with the ASEAN Head of States. They also take into account the importance of the 10th anniversary of the ASEAN-China Strategic Partnership in 2013 and followed by the positive momentum 19th ASEAN-China Senior Officials' Consultations and hopefully the Ministers will continue to work actively with China on the way forward for the early conclusion of a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC) on the basis of consensus.

His Majesty stated that ASEAN Leaders expressed satisfaction on the progress of ASEAN's relations with Dialogue Partners and external parties especially their support and contrition to their community building efforts. The Leaders looked forward to the upcoming disaster relief and military medicine exercise in Brunei Darussalam this June, which will be the first humanitarian effort of its kind to bring together ASEAN countries and partners.

In line with the current theme, His Majesty said ASEAN Leaders also recognized the important contribution made by the socio-cultural pillar in bringing their people together and supporting their community building efforts as well as raising ASEAN awareness. In particular, His Majesty and other ASEAN Leaders would like to see greater involvement of youth in ASEAN activities.

His Majesty touched on the progress of ASEAN Economic Community by creating an effective roadmap that will set out initiatives to ease the way of doing business, address investment impediments and incorporate innovation policies into ASEAN's efforts. They also have discussed on the need for development of an ASEAN Business Travel Card to ease the movement of our business people and investors.

In conclusion, the ASEAN Leaders look forward to meeting their dialogue partners this Octoer in Bandar Seri Begawan at the 23rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits. Also present at the Press Conference was Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Perkama Dewa Dato Seri Setia Lim Jock Seng, Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

His Majesty the Sultan with Pehin Lim Jock Seng, Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade in this afternoon's Press Conference

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His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei with regional leaders with the ASEAN handshake gesture before kicking off the 2nd day of 22nd ASEAN Summit meeting at the Prime Minister's Office. Click image to enlarge. Image courtesy of InfoFoto.

Today His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam hosts the 2nd day of the 22nd ASEAN Summit meeting at the Prime Minister's Office. All 10 regional leaders will have a series of meetings including His Majesty's press conference for the local and foreign media. That should be an interesting segment to look forward to. Other meetings include the 9th Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines Eeast ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Summit and the 7th Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) Summit. The ASEAN Summit will concluded this afternoon with CIMT Establishment Agreemet Signing Ceremony.

This morning sesson began with a retreat session at the Prime Minister's Office. The theme for this year's ASEAN Summit is "Our People. Our Future Together". More updates later on the outcomes of the meetings this morning and the afternoon sessions. So far, the programs are running smoothly and the working committee involved have been investing a lot of effort to make this event a memorable one.

I, for one, is very impressed with the new building of the Prime Minister's Office. It's so majestic and it's honour to cover the ASEAN Summit and thank you for those who made this possible. You know who you are :D

The new building of the Prime Minister's Office. Image courtesy of InfoFoto

The flags from ASEAN countries. Image courtesy of InfoFoto.

 

The event took place this morning at Muara Beach. Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and NZ who lost their lives during the wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations. Today, it's a remembrance for the 1945 Brunei-Australia Memorial.

Thanks Leonard and Jackie for the pictures :D

 

Iron Man 3 Beach Mat from KFC

Good news to Ironman and KFC fans. Imagine watching the Ironman 3 movie while munching on the Colonel Burger or KFC fries. Thanks to a joint promotion between KFC and M Vision Cinemas this will come true from 26th April until 30th April 2013 at the Empire Cineplex.

Customers calling in to book or purchasing for the Ironman 3 movie tickets at the Empire Cineplex can also top up an additional B$7.50 for the “Colonel’s movie deal” in which they will get an Ironman 3 beach mat, a Colonel Burger and a promo fries. Customers can redeem their “Colonel’s movie deal” package on the day when they collect their movie tickets before their movie starts.

Previously a there was also a similar partnership between KFC and M Vision during the showing of the Transformer 3 “Dark Of The Moon” movie which many have enjoyed and both KFC and M Vision look towards a similar success.       

For bookings and more information about the Ironman 3 movie and the Colonel’s Movie Deal, customers can call the Empire Cineplex hotline at 241 7977. Interested customers for the Colonel’s movie deal package are advised to grab it soon, while stock lasts. 

 

First of all, I'm just in awe of the majestic building of the Prime Minister's Office. The previous location was near Kumbang Pasang and now it is located along Jalan Menteri Besar and you can even view the architecture of it from the road side. As you know the ASEAN Summit 2013 is being chaired by Brunei Darussalam and His Majesty the Sultan is the Chairman of this year's meeting.

I was a bit a lost entering the building but that's normally the case, right, when things are still new and foreign to you. I haven't ventured to all the rooms at the Prime Minister's Office but I shall make another visit when it's much freer to explore since it's tricky to see the rooms and areas of the PMO building.

Anyway just enjoy the pictures below and more of them soon. Thank you once again to PMO and Info Department for allowing me to do some coverage of the happenings of the current ASEAN Summit 2013.

The PMO building taken from the car park area

A group photo shot with the Brunei Press guys before entering the building. Awesome lads to have around.

Heading towards the entrance and for security check as well

We had to go through the tunnel or basement to the PMO

This place feels so majestic!!!

The platform for the benefit of photographers and camera men

Dean Kassim taking a shot of the media. We had to standby at least one hour before the event.

Some of the media rushing to get good spots for photo taking

Hj Dayang briefing the media

There were tons of foreign media as well

The lady doing a video news footage

I love the pillars...

The media area at PMO building

Awesome!!! They even have these sofas for the comfort of the media.

Wandi is busy as ever, helping out during the ASEAN Summit. See you soon, bro :D

 

Co-directors Munji Athirah and Jessica Nimmoo of the Fashion Show during Regent's Arts Festival

On Tuesday, 16th April 2013, students from Regent’s University London finally saw the success of the Fashion Show after four months of preparations. The show was the grand finale to close the week long Regent’s Arts Festival aimed at celebrating students’ talents in the arts field.

The Fashion Show was the first and the biggest student run event as part of the Regent’s Arts Festival organised by co-directors: Munji Athirah, a Bruneian student studying in the University (and also a cousin of mine) and Jessica Nimmo alongside their team.

Among the pool of designers showcasing their collections at the show were two local designers: NaForrer and Enya Bijoux. Clothes from NaForrer were seen on a catwalk on models who are all students of the University. Other designers that took part in the Fashion Show included OnePiece that was made famous by celebrities such as One Direction, Farah Vintage, Thom LoveGrove, Amore Lore and designers from the London College of Fashion: TinkiLove, Braille and Jie Lang. As a finale, the fashion show presented the world’s most expensive dress as recognised by the Guinness World Record 2010.

Accessories from Enya Bijoux were displayed at the pop-up exhibition after the show and attracted the interest of guests who flocked the exhibition after the show.

The turnout at the event was overwhelming. The event welcomed over 500 guests and it received positive feedback from designers and attendees in general. The success of the first event is only an indication of what is to come from the University and its student body. Images below are courtesy of Regent's College London

 

Hj Yahkup Hj Menudin, Chief Executive of AITI, witnessing the exchange of documents between Queh Ser Pheng, Deputy Chief Executive of AITI and Thomas Mehr, Managing Director of Detecon at AITI headquarters yesterday

I was trying to understand what the event was about yesterday as it was a signing agreement between AITI and a Consultant company from Germany on "Tariff Regulation Framework for the Telecommunications and Broadcasting Sectors" in Brunei Darussalam. Basically this framework, once created, will be a guidance for AITI and telcos for prices of let's say calling rates or promotional rates set by local telcos such as b•mobile or DST.

As of now, there hasn't been any proper framework or guidelines to what is considered a balanced pricing scheme for the benefit of consumers and also stakeholders. The new framework will also help expedite the process of approval should telcos want to adjust their prices or do promotional packages for consumers. Currently, all telcos will have to go through the approval process through AITI which takes a week or so. With the new framework, such approvals won't necessary need to go through AITI should the prices or tariffs are still within the limit set by the framework.

Hence, AITI opened a tender seeking for Consultancy services to help create this tariff framework. AITI granted the tender to a German company Detecon for consultancy services to develop, implement and support implementation of a tariff regulation framework for the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors in Brunei Darussalam. The representatives of each telcos such as TelBru, b•mobile and DST were invited to attend the signing ceremony event and also to create awareness on the objectives of AITI to the stakeholders.

It was predicted that the first three phases conducted by Detecon will take a duration of roughly 6 months. We hope by then the objectives are met and the telcos will have proper guideline/framework which will also help to maintain fair market conduct and effective competition. AITI will play a role of monitoring and also balancing the commercial interests of market players against the larger public interest.

The contract signing was witnessed by Hj Yahkup bin Hj Menudin, Chief Executive of AITI. Signing on behalf of AITI was Awang Queh Ser Pheng and representing Detecon was Thomas Wehr. The project will be conducted in 4 phases which involves multi stakeholders’ engagement from telecommunications and broadcasting service providers, ICT industry players and government agencies. AITI seeks cooperation from all stakeholders to ensure that the project runs smoothly hence meeting the intended objectives.

Queh Ser Pheng, Deputy Chief Executive of AITI gave his welcoming remarks

Representatives from Detecon

The signing ceremony between AITI and Detecon witnessed by Hj Yahkup

The milestone for the project set by Detecon

Thomas Mehr, Managing Director of Detecon doing a quick presentation

Some of the objectives and challenges highlighted by Detecon

 

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This evening His Majesty the Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam hosted dinner reception for ASEAN leaders at the Prime Minister's Office Building in conjunction with the 22nd ASEAN Summit Working Dinner.

The dinner kicked off the 2-day ASEAN Summit where all the 10 leaders of 10 ASEAN member states are present to discus issues pertaining to expediting the implementation of ASEAN Community formation in 2015 in the areas of economy, peace and culture.

The only leader that isn't present is Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak as Malaysia is heading for a general election in early May. His Excellency Senator Tan Sri Abu Zahar Ujang, President of Senate, Parliament of Malaysia, will represent the Prime Minister.

This year's theme is "Our People, Our Future Together". Tomorrow's session will have 6 meetings including a press conference by His Majesty the Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam which is programmed from 2:50pm to 3:20pm on Thursday 25th April.

More updates on that tomorrow and the outcome of the meetings.

His Majesty the Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan waved to the media before the arrival of ASEAN leaders at the Prime Minister's Office for the 22nd ASEAN Summit Working Dinner. Image courtesy of InfoFoto, Prime Minister's Office.

His Majesty the Sultan welcomes His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Republic of the Philippines

His Majesty the Sultan welcomes His Excellency Lee Hsein Loong, Prime Minister of The Republic of Singapore

His Majesty the Sultan welcomes His Excellency Dato Laila Utama Dr Haji Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia

His Majesty the Sultan welcomes Her Excellency Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand

His Majesty the Sultan welcomes His Excellency Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam

His Majesty the Sultan leading the way for the ASEAN Summit Working Dinner at the Prime Minister's Office

His Majesty the Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan hosted the 22nd ASEAN Summit Working Dinner last night. Image courtesy of InfoFoto, Prime Minister's Office.

His Majesty the Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan hosted the 22nd ASEAN Summit Working Dinner last night. Image courtesy of InfoFoto, Prime Minister's Office.

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The new extended area of Fitness Zone Kiulap in conjunction with their 10th year anniversary

Ten years is a milestone that was marked by Fitness Zone, Brunei's number one health club, yesterday with the opening of a new wing in its main branch in Kiulap.

Supporters of the health club made their way to Fitness Zone's biggest branch in Kiulap to celebrate the happy occasion. Present at the event as the guest of honour was Minister of Health, Yang BerhormatPehin Orang Kaya Johan Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Hj Adanan Begawan Pehin Siraja Khatib Dato SeriSetia Hj Mohd Yusof. Also present at the event were Yang Berhormat Pehin Kapitan Lela Diraja DatoPaduka Goh King Chin; ambassadors and high commissioners to Brunei; senior officers from the Ministry of Health; and members, family and friends of Fitness Zone.

A buzz of excitement filled the air as the event began with drums and Wu Shu performances by students from Chung Hwa Middle School, BSB.

This was followed by a speech from Fitness Zone Managing Director, Wu Chun, popularly known as Chun, where he said, "Working in the fitness industry for such a long time isn't easy... In the past 10 years, I am confident to say that Fitness Zone has brought a major change to the fitness industry in Brunei."

He added that that being in the fitness industry, one of the challenges has been creating fun in the traditional exercise regime. "Nowadays, the equipment is better and we see innovations that make exercise more interesting and inspiring. Instead of being a chore, Fitness Zone introduced new ways of training and has become something that Bruneians love and then it becomes a part of their lives," added Chun.

Following his speech, Chun also presented the guest of honour with a token of appreciation which was a life time membership at Fitness Zone. This was then continued with a tour of the new wing where the guest of honour was guided around the new facilities at the health club.

On the first floor of the new wing, members can find two new group exercise studios, a comfortable lounge area for members to relax and unwind, boxing and martial arts training zone and more state-of-the-art cardio and fitness equipment. Chun acknowledged that apart from the normal exercise, people were also looking for other fun ways to keep fit, such as mixed martial arts, yoga and many more.

During the press conference, Minister of Health YB Pehin Orang Kaya Johan Pahlawan Dato Seri SetiaHj Adanan Begawan Pehin Siraja Khatib Dato Seri Setia Haji Mohd Yusof congratulated Fitness Zone for its 10th anniversary. The Health Minister also said that the ministry has supported and will continue to support Fitness Zone in its efforts to create Brunei into a healthier nation. "Fitness Zone has systematic and professional instructors. We are looking forward to working with them more in the future," said the minister.

Fitness Zone started back in 2003 at The Mall in Gadong and since then it has a household name in Brunei. It currently has two branches located in Kiulap and in Serusop. Text by Zatty Joanda of The Brunei Times.

 

The winners of the National CHAMPS Challenge on 2013

KFC Brunei held their annual National CHAMPS Challenge on 15 April 2013 at the Airport Mall outlet.

This yearly event sees all 14 outlets select their best staff to create a team and challenges the other teams on a national level in terms of speed, hospitality, accuracy, etc.

The highlight of the competition finished with the top 5 teams going head to head with the CHAMPS Cheer performance which saw some creative costumes and colourful choreography. Many passersby who chanced upon Airport Mall that day stopped to witness the event as well.

After this competition the management will take the best 5 staff from the 14 outlets, let them undergo training and prepare them for the much anticipated Regional CHAMPS Challenge which will be held in one of the Asian countries in October this year.

 

I kinda love the 3rd trailer for Man of Steel. Click image to view trailer.

It's still early days but Iron Man 3 have a perfect score from 9 reviewers so far on Rottentomatoes and most of the reviews show promise. I foresee this movie to better the disappointing Iron Man 2.

Oblivion. This was another great outing for Tom Cruise. I kinda enjoyed Jack Reacher but his latest outing as Jack Harper in Oblivion was way better I thought and it also gave me a new hope for Joseph Kosinski the director behind Tron: Legacy was a big disappointment for me. This is a sci-fi movie where action only comes in patches but the pacing of the story was nicely done so I didn't feel that it was a draggy movie. My interest point never faded along the way. However, there are some flaws that might affect the overall scoring for me.

I also learnt one or two messages from the story which is always a plus when it comes to my final verdict. And of course, the music score is another added bonus. I just downloaded some of the scores by M83 for Oblivion and it also made my movie experience a better one. It has the feel of Hans Zimmer (Inception, Dark Knight) though. I recommend you to catch Oblivion. It's a movie not for everyone as I heard some mixed reviews. Verdict: 7/10 lilmopiko 8/10 Rottentomatoes: 57%.

The Croods. This is long overdue review indeed. I watched this way back in March and I'm still surprised how well it's doing in our local cinemas. The same goes to GI Joe: Retaliation and Olympus Has Fallen. I have to say this is one of the animations that I enjoyed in a long time. I was pretty involved from beginning to the end and this is one solid entertaining movie that hardly disappoint. Surprisingly this is also one of Nicolas Cage's biggest hit in a long, long time. His past six movies combined couldn't reach USD 100 million in the box office. Though this doesn't much of him on-screen presence since it's only his voice as the one of the leads.

It is still showing in our local theatres and they still have a few screening times despite being around for four weeks. Amazing!! It has a great plot with a nice touch of humour (not overly done) and the messages were great too for the young and adult. There are quite a few family values you can learn from here too. I can guarantee that you won't feel slightness of boredom at all. A great animation before the much anticipated Despicable Me 2 this summer. Verdict: 8/10 lilmopiko 8/10 Winnie 10/10 Rottentomatoes: 68%

G.I Joe: Retaliation. One thing for sure, this latest flick is bound to surpass their first movie in terms of box office revenue worldwide. There are many who preferred the first movie to this and I would understood why. The plot may be short of class and it seemed pretty straight forward as it focused more on action stunts. I won't focus too much on the flaws and this is one movie that I would give a wild card to excuse the flaws because overall I really enjoyed it. Some of the stunts and actions had the classy execution and I'm always a sucker for that *lol*

One thing I expected from this flick is a stronger adversary which was lacking. The number of action sequences might not well executed in terms of pacing too. Ok, it seems I'm talking about some flaws here. Anyway, like I said, this is a wild card movie which I would simply leave my brains home and enjoy my popcorn for an action thrill ride. Verdict: 8/10 Marul 8.8/10 because of the hot chick *lol* Rottentomatoes 28%

Olympus Has Fallen. Ok, hands down to the best action movie I've seen this year. This could be surpassed by upcoming movies such as Man of Steel and even Iron Man. I totally enjoyed this from the start. Maybe a good lesson for Jon Chu who directed G.I. Joe on how to make action movies more exciting and absorbing. Gerald Butler pulled off another great outing as an action icon. I kinda miss his heroics in 300 and his past movies have been failures to say the least. So it's good to see him back in the limelight for the right reasons.

This is another movie that has been huge in Brunei. The screening times are still aplenty which tells a lot about the success of the movie. Positive word-of-mouth is also another factor and I posted my review on instagram fews ago. If you haven't catch this flick, this is highly recommended. Forget about the lack of originality of the movie and just sit back and enjoy. Verdict: 8/10. Rottentomatoes 48%

The Host

The Host. Oh my.... I don't know where to begin... You can tell where this review is heading, right? What an awful movie!!! The first quarter had me interested but it was mixed. Maybe the voice of the subconscious of the lead actor's mind was a turn-off for me and that set the tone throughout the movie. I won't really go depths about The Host. All I can say the second half of the movie just spoilt my ratings even further *lol* I was cringing and laughing on most of the scenes as it got ridiculous especially the threesome chemistry (or four for this case). It became a comedy of sorts for Mizah and I as we just kept laughing on the level of "cheesyness". Oh, the script and dialogue were simply stale. If you are planning for some cheap thrill laughs on its cheesyness, this hits the spot. Verdict: 4/10 Mizah 5/10. Rottentomatoes: 9% .... yes 9% guys *lol*

Saving General Yang

Saving General Yang. There were some crazy fans who watched 7 or 8 times of this flick. A star studded line up with the likes of Ekin Cheng, Raymond Lam Fung, Adam Cheng and a few more and of course, our own Brunei icon Wu Chun. The premise is pretty simple and straight forward - brothers teamed up to save their ailing father from war. Ronnie Yu directed this movie and you might be familiar with his work such as Freddy vs Jason and Bride of Chuck.

My thoughts: Great adrenalin during fight scenes but I was lacking that emotion from the characters portrayed in the movie. Ronnie might just failed in the character development area. Yes, there are many stars in the movie to begin with but there's no excuse not to firstly build that emotions and characters out of the cast. That could have made a huge difference. A good example is The Avengers where it assembles all the powerful A-list casts and even within that two hour movie, I was deeply connected to everyone of them.

Another pointer is that the movie execution seemed rushed. Before I could learnt the characters of the brothers, there was already a crying scene or a sad emotional moment within the family. I wasn't emotionally invested then. So these are some flaws that I take very highly of. Apart from that, it has an awesome cinematography and Wu Chun shared how difficult it was to act in the desert and he also had to take up horse riding lessons. Ronnie could have explored more with the characters and the emotional experience from the audience would have paid off. A great effort still and you can only catch this at Times Cineplex. Verdict: 6/10 Rottentomatoes: 50% though only two reviews.

Broken City. Hmmmmm... I saw the trailer and it looked interesting. However, I was fooled *lol* Ok, that's not the right word. Maybe my expectations didn't equate to my interest of the trailer. The premise was interesting and it had some minor twist which was a nice touch. I was just a bit thrown back by the pacing of the movie. There were moments of restlessness and there were also tense moments. Russell Crowe and Mark Wahlberg had great outings with Les Miserables and Ted respectively but Broken City didn't deliver to my expectations. It was a pity that I kinda like the premise. Something is just amiss. Maybe the script/dialogue was forgettable to begin with. Well, at least Del Goh enjoyed it. Verdict: 6/10 Cheelin 6/10 Rottentomatoes 30%

 

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