Ting's Review

Nintendo Wii has recently released Dr Mario Online Rx on WiiWare. I decided to give it a try, so went to the wiishop and bought 1000 points and downloaded this new WiiWare. After a couple of minutes and 93 blocks later, I started the game. What I found was two games in one. One is the classic Dr Mario and another is called Virus Buster which uses the wiimote as a pointer to move the capsules. The single player and vs mode are just the same as the classic mario. One interesting feature is that you are able to play Dr Mario against the whole world. This is the reason why I downloaded it. I'm not a very big fan of the original game but having online play changes everything. I went online I gave it a try only to have my ass kicked in less than 5 minutes. Well better practice on single player mode though, at least i'll be able to play against and easy computer. The online mode also has a player ranking system. So you can check your skill level vs the whole world. So far i'm ran...

Friends and Family has now increased to 11 numbers What's new? well.. call rates to friends and family drops from 15c to 11c per minute.. there's a catch though. Looks like you only get that rate between 12am to 6am.. Hmm.. like i'm gonna make many calls between that time. Well, the promo rate is only valid till 30th June 2008 at time of writing. Wonder if they're gonna extend it or not.

Does anyone hate the sight of ants crawling all over the wall? Previously, I didn't mind a few ants exploring my house.. I'd normally scoop them up and put them outside. Well, that was the case till they started to invite their friends in and gosh.. do they have a lot of them. Hungry ants I guess it was my fault as sometimes leaving food out in the open tends to temp them too much. Ok, so I'll change my habits and store food in containers whenever I can. Worked great, ants stopped bothering me.. well.. for a while anyway. It is not till then till I found out that ants actually get thirsty. Which means, they started pouring into my bathroom and water containers. Some ants smell when they die. I can't describe it. Its terrible. Thirsty ants Well, thats when I started to think of a way to get rid of them. I looked on the internet for some solutions, ranging from using cinnamon powder to vinegar to confuse their trails. Didn't really work for me though. So I...