Hey…it’s October now. One last quarter of the year left before we say farewell to 2022. This is going to be an exciting month as I will be finally embarking on my full-time road trip across the entire country of New Zealand beginning mid-October with my friend. Two more weeks of my work at The Remarkables. Time flies. We have worked there for almost 4 months now.
Just when I am getting familiarized with most of the variety of tasks of my present work and just when I am about to be confident on my skiing on the green route at The Remarkables, the ski season is coming to an end. Coronet Peak is having its last day for the season tomorrow. 16th October will be the closing date for The Remarkables. Mount Hutt on the other hand will close last; on 24th October 2022. These three mountains are managed by NZ Ski company.
My full-time road trip will begin on 18th October and will go on for about 2 months. Our itinerary is almost complete (did a lot of homework/research to prepare the itinerary!). We think 2 months are good enough to cover most places in New Zealand. We will then also travel to Australia (visiting Melbourne, Sydney and Perth) before heading back to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on January 2023. I hope everything goes according to the plan.
Before ending the post, I will write a quick review for another TVB series that I have watched. It’s ‘Against Darkness’, a 20-episodes Hong Kong series revolves on a great partnership between Sergeant Ko Fai (Ruco Chan) and Sergeant Chi Kiu (Alice Chan) in solving a complicated series of linked murder cases. Besides Ruco and Alice, the series also starred Kaman Kong, Sharon Chan, Joseph Lee, Brian Tse, Andrew Yuen, etc.
Just one case, but of multiple murders and drug offences along the way. The plot is quite interesting but we didn’t get to understand the whole background or motif behind the villain until the last 15 minutes of the entire 20-episodes series. That’s a bit too late. However, it was so predictable from the very beginning who the main villain is. It just kills off the suspense.
I’m glad that there isn’t any romantic storyline wrote between the two main leads. However, Ruco and Alice do have good chemistry in here. Kaman’s character is so full of potential but she is still annoying in portraying her role. Brian is considered good for his main villain role here due to his minimal experience but I don’t get why he create that online game in this series in the first place. It is like pointless. Overall, ‘Against Darkness’ is an average police drama with nothing to shout out for. Out of 10 points, I rate it 7.0.
(Images in this post are from various online sources)