Wholly Schmokes!!! If you're on Bell...u might want to take a CLOSE look on your bank or credit card statements. Bell Mobility's move to a new billing system is royally f$&%ed up. Not only have the billing notices come out LATE. They've also been charging my credit card TWICE for the same month!!! AND....somehow they've changed the discounts on my plan so that i pay $25 more extra per month for the same service!!! I immediately called Bell, and was greeted by a pre-recorded messsage from their CEO, saying that the recent "upgrade" to the new billing software has caused some "delays" in billing -- any discrepancies would be "resolved" in the November statement. Ehhh...sorry not good enough. So I pressed '0' to get a real person, and proceeded to hold for the next 45min...meanwhile, i do a quick search on the net for "Bell Mobility billing" and lo-behold, there are reports and complaints from other disgruntled customers.
One person said they were put on hold for 6 hours....what the!!!!
Anyways...i have yet to talk to a real person about this, and who knows when i'll be able to get through their customer service queues. Gawd...i feel sorry for their reps on the other line. They must be getting a LOT of pissy customers, and its not their fault.
On a side note, i haven't been too happy with Bell's service since I switched from Telus. Their coverage doesn't seem to be as solid (especially in my condo), and their plan isn't as competive as City Fido. Plus, their phones aren't as cool :)
26 October 2004
18 October 2004
Taiwan and Korea
Just got back from a 10-day business trip to Taiwan and Korea. Besides work, it was a chance to meet up with NK in Taipei, who had just moved to there... (Hey N, funny, how it was easier to find time to meet up in Taiwan than it was in Vancouver!!) At the end of the work week, I went down to Hsin Chiu with L&S, to meet up with KK. We then headed down south to Kenting. KK's got a great little summary of our travels on his blog, so i'll spare all the details. All i can say is that besides the fact that I got s--t on by a bird, and having to watch a guy on a train throw up his dinner on the floor -- we all had a blast. From the 3hr uphill ride on bikes along the coastal road, the 40min ride DOWN the coastal road, standing mere inches away from the edge of sheer rock cliffs, nearly being blown away by gusting winds from an approacing typhoon, frolicking on the beach, and to strolling the streets of Kenting at night....it was a most memorable weekend. Southern Taiwan has got some amazing scenary. If Taiwan could only spend a little more to make the place more tourist friendly by putting more multi-lingual signs and maps, they could make a killing with overseas tourists. Then again....it might be better to keep the place a bit of a secret...
I also stopped in Seoul, South Korea to visit customers, and managed to find some time to see the sights in and around Seoul. The Koreans really like their palaces... here are some pics:
I also stopped in Seoul, South Korea to visit customers, and managed to find some time to see the sights in and around Seoul. The Koreans really like their palaces... here are some pics:
16 September 2004
Farenhype 9/11
Time for a political rant...
For all its factual shortcomings, I found Farenheit 9/11 to be a brilliant piece of film-making in that Michael Moore took his opinion by the horns and turned it into an entertaining and persuasive form of info-tainment. Yah, he's a little extreme, but why can't his critics see that he's doing that on purpose!!! Good films take viewers to an extreme...sometimes stretching the truth. Moore's not the first one to do that!! Moore must be laughing in his pants (all the way to the bank). He must love it when the ultra-conservative types go out in the media and trash his film. Why? Cuz more people talk about, and more people want to go see it. Geez...if the right-wingers are trying to keep people from watching this film, they're doing quite the opposite.
To the credit of the right-wing, Bush fans of the world, they're fighting back. Farenhype 9/11, Dave Kopel, this blog and site, are all attempts to disprove Moore's film. Wow...freedom of speech at its best. Gotta love America, eh?
On another note, the 10-year assault weapons ban in the US is about to expire. Many say it didn't have much effect cuz it had loopholes that let gun manufacturers just change the name of the gun or make cosmetic changes so that a weapon didn't fit the "assault" category. At the very least the ban could have been reinstated to close the loopholes. The opponents of the weapons ban, always cite the 2nd amendment -- the right to bear arms. But somehow, i think that the founding fathers 200+ years ago didn't have AK-47 and machine guns in their minds when they came up with it.
For all its factual shortcomings, I found Farenheit 9/11 to be a brilliant piece of film-making in that Michael Moore took his opinion by the horns and turned it into an entertaining and persuasive form of info-tainment. Yah, he's a little extreme, but why can't his critics see that he's doing that on purpose!!! Good films take viewers to an extreme...sometimes stretching the truth. Moore's not the first one to do that!! Moore must be laughing in his pants (all the way to the bank). He must love it when the ultra-conservative types go out in the media and trash his film. Why? Cuz more people talk about, and more people want to go see it. Geez...if the right-wingers are trying to keep people from watching this film, they're doing quite the opposite.
To the credit of the right-wing, Bush fans of the world, they're fighting back. Farenhype 9/11, Dave Kopel, this blog and site, are all attempts to disprove Moore's film. Wow...freedom of speech at its best. Gotta love America, eh?
On another note, the 10-year assault weapons ban in the US is about to expire. Many say it didn't have much effect cuz it had loopholes that let gun manufacturers just change the name of the gun or make cosmetic changes so that a weapon didn't fit the "assault" category. At the very least the ban could have been reinstated to close the loopholes. The opponents of the weapons ban, always cite the 2nd amendment -- the right to bear arms. But somehow, i think that the founding fathers 200+ years ago didn't have AK-47 and machine guns in their minds when they came up with it.
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