Game - Kim Kardashian Hollywood

I am not much of a gamer at all. I normally just play to spend a bit some time. I usually just end up playing those typical farm games, candy crush, jelly splash those sort of genre.

A week ago, I found out that Kim Kardashian released a new game. I didn't feel excited what so ever, I was simply curious but I do watch "Keeping up with the Kardashian" reality series. Due to curiosity I clicked "Download" and voila! I have the game on my phone.

Here's my opinion and in take about this game...

Every time when you open this app you will see a cartoon character of Kim K. Not that I am offended by it and I find that the illustrator did a pretty good job on drawing out the whole game. The colours looked pretty good as well.

The one thing that sucks so much is that it always say that there's a network problem and I have to check my internet settings which I doubt it's my fault because everything is working find on other devices. Sometimes the app has to load 2 times before it fully goes to 100% then you can start playing the game.

Afterwards, the app will direct you to select whether you want to be a woman or a man! For myself, I picked myself as a woman. It's just way easier for and I assume I have more clothes and variety to pick on.

Since I have played on the game I am on Level 8 already. YAY me! There are wide selections on different face shapes, eyes, hair, make up and clothes for you to choose from. Depending on which level you are on you can select different types of styles you want according to what they offer. Some of them you have to earn money to purchase them.

Seriously? I'm on the D-List! Before you move your way up top you must be in the down bottom "THE E-LIST" Yes! It's worst than the D-List. By working on job offers & tasks they want you to do you can make money, earn level points, K silver coins & energy. Most of all if you have done your job well you will gain "fans".

Fans are very important to increase your status in the came. The most fans you have the faster you crawl up the ladder! Under the D-List star there's your ranking and fan number. If a job you did that mentioned on the new feed saying that you didn't do well or you gossip about some one in a bad way you will lose your fans and your rank will lower.

Every job you have completed at a certain time scheduled a feed about your will pop up. It will notify you on how well you did or didn't do and notify you how many fans you have gains or lose. Next to "My Feed" Top stars, is how you rank. There are so many on that list and I envy the first few people who are on the A-list! I know I will get there!

Get to work! The manager will let you know and let you pick some campaigns you would like to do. Getting to work and the job done is key to get more money, so you can shop, increase you rank and level! Just by clicking on the "teal buttons" you can get to work and the energy will decrease. Once your energy are gone you will have to wait for it. It doesn't take long. Just play some other games!

You will receive calls all the time. Most of the time is the manager "Simon" calling notifying you on jobs but some rare moments Kim K. will call you. She will call you mostly on the goodies. Inviting you to parties and giving you jobs. She will also give you gifts!

What do I think about this game? 

I think it is an alright mobile app game to waste some time on and since I am kind of a person that do want to see what happens next in other levels and getting my rank up to leave the D-List group, I will stick around and keep playing.

The game itself is very easy to understand and move around. But I wish the words on locations can be more specific. Sometimes the manager will just tell me to go to his office but doesn't tell me which location. As a person who doesn't live in Hollywood, I don't remember where the office and other places are if it didn't mention. I will have to take the metro and waste a few buck on finding where are those places located.

Networking in the game is hard. I don't have friends playing this game and networking with other people in the game you need a lot of K stars. If you want more K stars you can purchase them but as a person who isn't addicted to games I don't purchase anything. I will simply wait for my time to come.

The game itself takes you to places. The graphic is very simple and clean. It is easy to look at and it's not complicated at all which I like.

Pros:

• Easy & user friendly
• Nice designs and layout of the game
• A competitive game to get famous!
• Wonder what the next level offers.
• Change clothes, hair, make up on how you want it!
• Once logged in, game is smooth

Cons:

• Loading is so slow
• Says error on the network have to re open the app
• Not all areas are located specifically.
• In some conversations you don't get to choose what you want to reply.

Tip: When you are on the street try tapping on the bushes, luggages and other things you see, you will get extra money, energy, level up.

I will keep playing this game. Maybe will have a follow up once I reach a certain level and I find there are interesting happening in the game! Give it a try, if it's not your thing then just remove it from your cell phone.

Watch how the Buzzfeed crew felt about the game!

Gosh! Kim Kardashian is making big bucks on this app! 

Movie - 50 Shades of Grey Trailer Review

The day has finally come! The anticipated official launch of the 50 Shades of Grey Movie Trailer! Since Beyonce posted a Teaser Trailer of the movie on her instagram (Beyonce Instagram) and the 50 Shades Of Grey Facebook Page announced the official trailer will drop on 22 July, 2014 (Thursday) I was HYPED! Now I have seen the trailer, keep reading!

For many of us ladies around the world whom have read the books by EL James and went all goo goo gaga over Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele it is the day to actually see a little glimpse of the two actors Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson acting as the character. 

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This is only base on my perspective on the trailer and the book. Firstly, I would like to clarify that I haven't finish the first book yet but as far as how I imagined who Christian Grey is, it is NOT Jamie Dornan. Sorry to say, I just don't see him being Christian Grey. 

For the past 2 years I think, people were talking about who should play Grey's character and I think the actors that were mentioned was far more interesting and better that this dude. Let's name a few... 

Matt Bomer - The top runner through out everyone wanted him to play Grey! I certainly see him playing the character but I guess he or the casting crew passed, maybe for the age? Does Bomer's face pull off playing a 27 year old character? My thought... WHO CARES!!! HE'S GOOD LOOKING!!!

Ian Somerhalder - Second hot pick! My favorite man in The Vampire Diaries. I watch the show because of him. Well, I can see why people wanted him to Grey because HE IS SUCH A BAD VAMPY BOY in the show! 

Then there were these other selections:

• Christian Bale - Why would he want to play in a movie like this? He's older & I think he surpassed this typed of movies after the American Psycho.
• Ryan Gosling - We all know he has an AMAZING body but seriously? Does Ryan really need to play this role? He is a heartthrob already! Remember the movie "The Notebook"?
• Robert Pattinson - Why would he want to be in an R-rated version of Twilight? He has Twilight in this pocket and survived 4 movies does he need another 3-4 movies that has a similar story line? Doubt it! 

My honest review...

After watching the official trailer, I was disappointed. The trailer doesn't bring enough for me to be drawn, excited, captivated and excited that it's coming soon in Feb 2015. This Grey doesn't look anything mysterious to me. He looks boring. Probably he should keep doing TV shows.

Anastasia Steele, I don't see this actress as the character either. She doesn't look "THAT" innocent to me. I seriously would want what everyone wanted Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls) to play the character.

Probably it is because the book is so popular that I don't see this guy can carry the character and knowing that this movie will be a saga since EL James wrote 3 books.

I assume the actors want to make a name for themselves from this movie since both actors are kind of fresh face. I wouldn't have know what movies/TV roles they have played if I didn't IMDB searched for them.

Will I pay to watch this in the theaters? I will just have to wait for a few more trailers that hopefully will release and give me some excitement and anticipation that this movie is worth the money and time to watch it in theaters. If the movie doesn't deliver the BIG chance will be I will watch it in DVD/Streaming.

Watch Fifty Shades Of Grey Official Trailer

Youtube Credit: JoBio Movies Trailer
What do you think about the trailer? 

HK Eats - Ovo Cafe

For the past few years, I have noticed that Hong Kong is adapting the western vegetarian health eating routine. There are plenty of Chinese vegetarian restaurant around Hong Kong but I find that their dishes are quite greasy.

Anyway, since I am all "hands up" on vegetarian food a friend of mine decided to try this new place that opened in Wan Chai Market. Wan Chai Market has been newly renovated and there is a place called Ovo Cafe just opened. It is currently a very popular place for locals.

Ovo Cafe Entrance

My friend and I arrived there at 6:30pm, as soon as we arrived there were 4 people behind us. It wasn't that pack. By the time it was 7:00pm more and more people started to wait in line.

The whole atmosphere is base on a garden design. Once you enter you will be surrounded by a lot of greens and flowers. The whole cafe smells with fresh plants and flowers. It gives you a very relaxing mood.

Calm atmosphere

Ovo Cafe only sits about 25 seats and it is a half self serve service. The staff there are all very helpful and really nice. I guess it is partially because of a relaxing area. Once the staff have taken to where you will be seating, they will provide you their menu. 

Vegetarian menu

They do not provide a long list of food selection which I think it is good because they can focus on making the food taste better. All the food on the menu are vegetarian. On each food listing they will provide G,O,M,E at the end to allow customers know what kind of ingredients are there.

G - Garlic
O - Onion
M- Milk
E - Egg

Once you have made your decision go up to the cashier and place your order. A number card will be provided and you will have to collect your own utensil then head back to your table and wait for the staff to serve the food to your table. 

Order at the Cashier. Utensils on the left.

The following are the dishes we ordered:

Ovo Green Salad. Everything inside the salad tasted very fresh and looked very fresh. It has a good texture and everything balanced very well with the balsamic vinegar as the sauce. The presentation of the salad looks pretty good too. The dish is big enough to eat as 1 serving or share it with friends.

In the menu there were only 2 choices of pasta so, we ordered 2 of them to try out.

Tagliatelle with aubergine tomato & mozzarella mountains

The pasta was not al dente, it was towards on a bit soggy side so, I think it was over cooked. The tomato sauce tasted fresh. The egg plant was a bit over cooked as well as the skin was kind of chewy. The stuffed tomato mozzarella was alright. If only, the pasta wasn't over cooked I think this dish is a winner. 

Linguine with king oyster mushroom with miso sauce

A Japanese style pasta. The tasted a bit plain. My own tasting there wasn't enough salt or probably that is how it is suppose to be since this cafe is all about eating healthy. I am a fan of mushrooms so, I have no complain on the oyster mushroom. It was the same, the pasta wasn't al dente. I think the restaurant cook should carefully time their pasta. This can be cooked at come easily!

DELICIOUS!!! Mixed vegetables with goat cheese wrap

This wrap was my favourite. The tortila was crispy and warm. Crunchy fresh vegetables with a great goat cheese flavour. For those you aren't a fan of cheeses this might not be for you. If there wasn't any cheese inside, the wrap would have tasted bland.

SUPER FRESH!!! Fruit juice - Orange

The restaurant provide a large variety of drinks but since I wasn't interested in any of them, I chose the daily fruit juice which turned out to be orange juice. It is definitely juiced right out from an orange and not out from a carton! So, THUMBS UP on that! Absolutely not over sweeten and taste just like you were eating an orange!

Overall, I would suggest everyone to go try the salads and the wraps! All their veggies are fresh and organic. It is perfect to sit down with friends having a good healthy lunch or dinner. Incorporating some healthy food in our body helps instead of having heavy meaty proteins daily.

Where is Ovo Cafe?

Openrice Reviews: Ovo Cafe

Opening Hours: 
Mon - Fri: 11:30AM - 10:00PM
Sat, Sun & Public Holidays: 10:00AM - 10:00PM

Ovo Cafe Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OVOCAFE.green
Email: tastegreen@ovocafe.com.hk
Telephone: +852 2527 6011
Address: G/F, 1 Wan Chai Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

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Europe Trip - Review Renaissance Wien Hotel

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I picked the Renaissance Wien Hotel because it was near to go to the Schonbrunn Palace. I didn't know much about the hotel except on booking.com it was pretty popular. My friend and I saw that there was a swimming pool on top and it looked decent through their website photos so, we picked this hotel.

We took the slow train and the U-Bahn to the hotel which took us about an hour to get there. If we had took the CAT we could have gotten there earlier. Read more about the transportation in Vienna. The hotel was right across the Meidling Hauptstraße. It was the only convenient thing for this hotel.

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When we arrived at the entrance we were pretty excited because it looked really nice. The lobby itself looked very nice as well. Everything looked brand new and there were 2 staff at the counter. The concierge at the door was very helpful as well.

Once we got in one of the reception there looked at us and we looked at him. Without a smile or a greeting he looked away. We found that very odd but once when we said we're checking in a warm welcome happened. I am not sure if it is how Vienna Hotels are but usually when I am walking towards the counter a smile would have been greeting me for my arrival.

Anyways, we paid on the spot and I asked if there's Free Wifi inside the hotel. The receptionist told me that there will be a complimentary 30 minutes Free Wifi for every 24 hours and the lobby wifi is free of charge. Once I heard this I was in shock! NO WIFI!!! How is this possible?! I sort of went into panic mode. If I were to use the wifi they will have to charge me. Knowing this my friend and I went up to our room.

Image credit: www.viennahotel.co.uk

The room looked decent but old. It seems like the hotel hasn't updated their furnitures at all. The TV itself is very old. It was the big bulky ones. No flat screen TV and it was pretty hard to turn on the TV as well. The wall itself looked kind of yellowish. The room does not provide anything! No kettle, glasses, just NOTHING! The bed was big but my bed was lumpy. I literally felt the person who slept on it was pretty heavy that made his or her body moulded on the bed. I could feel the height and size of the last person who slept on it! It was that lumpy!

I wrote a review about the hotel on Trip Advisor, have a look if you like. Read my review

After calming ourselves down on this outdated hotel we had to get online! My friend had to contact her husband that we arrived safely and I had to check in to Facebook to notify my family that I arrived in Vienna safely. Due to I do not have an international SIM card on every trip I check in to let my family in Hong Kong know that I am still alive and well.

Since the receptionist told us that the lobby wifi is free, we headed downstairs sat down and logged in.

Image credit: tripadvisor.com

We took our cell phones out and noticed that there wasn't any FREE WIFI at the lobby!!! It told us to pay or use the 30 minutes complimentary free wifi for every 24 hours. If we decided to use their wifi for more than 30 minutes, they will charge us according to the hour. There were several selections the lowest price was 9 Euros for 2 hours wifi for each device! Yes, they charge each devices for internet! It was ridiculous to us from where we were in Prague that the Park Inn Hotel gave us Free wifi for 4 devices to use in our room. We were just in shock. We still had to use the wifi. We just had to go grab something to eat first and deal with the internet situation later.

By the time it was already 7pm and most of the stores are closed. The only restaurants were open were either pizza, kebab, pasta or chinese. We had chinese and it was buffet. Never in a million years I will have thought of having Chinese food in Europe! I can have it here in Hong Kong every day! But there wasn't any choice.

JC Lucky Fen is opened by a Shanghainese family. The son there is very pleasant and speak pretty okay English. I was too in shock that I was having chinese food that I over reacted and shocked the boy. I totally forgotten which of the 3 prices we had. I think it was the Kleines Buffet. As expected, the food wasn't Chinese at all. It was European-ized Chinese Food. A lot of fried stuffs though. Oh! Refills on drinks too!

The restaurant is located on Bonygasse. From the hotel walk straight ahead on Vivenotgasse.

Where is JC Lucky Fen?

After dinner we headed to a local store which was still opened. Thank god! We bought 2 bottles of water because the hotel doesn't have a kettle and my poor friend didn't get to drink her tea when she bought a lot of tea bags with her during the trip.

Once we got back to the hotel, I decided to use my phone and purchased the 9 Euros for 2 hours wifi in our room so we can contact our families. Seriously, for 2 hours I kept using the wifi. I did not want the 9 Euros to go to waste! We also discussed that the next day I will go find a phone company that provide pre-paid sim cards and use it for the next couple of days in Vienna.

The next morning, we went down for breakfast. The usual continental breakfast. I must say their breakfast wasn't really good at all and the staff there looked very grumpy. It seemed like they had a very rough start for the day. Not just that day but every single morning when we were there.

After breakfast we headed out and went to 3 to purchase a pre-paid SIM Card. It was 9 EUROS and I could use it for 4 days there. I shared my hotspot to my friend so, she's able to use the internet when she wanted to. 9 Euros for 2-4 devices internet? Oh yeah! It was worth it comparing using the one the hotel provided that charges each device for internet!

I mentioned that the hotel provided a swimming pool. It closes at 10pm! I wasn't even back at 10pm! So, during my stay we didn't even get to see the pool!

Overall, this hotel is really not as expected and poor. I wouldn't recommend anyone to stay there. I seriously recommend other people to look for others and read carefully what sort of things the hotel provides. Most of all READ REVIEWS!

I apologise that I had to use other people's image. I was just too upset to even take photos at the time of the hotel.

Where is Renaissance Wien Hotel?

Next blog... Europe Trip Day 8 Schönbrunn Palace!