Flying colours...

Despite all the negativity that has been surrounding the 'Speed Racer' movie due to the excessive use of colours (they used a hell lot of bright colours) I must say I enjoyed it very much. Heck, I wouldn't mind watching it again eventhough there was nothing spectacular about the story line. It's like a mature version of those Disney movies but I enjoyed the movie nevertheless thanks to the really colourful world of racing. Lol..I love colours!The effects were really superb that it made me wanna drive a Mach 5! Yeah right. I can't even drive the bloody Viva! Tinggi betul cita-cita. Another thing worth mentioning is how the story started. I was hooked right from the beginning thanks to their effective opening. Sounds familiar Mass Com/English students? Lol. They certainly know how to jump start the movie. This movie has definitely passed with flying colours in my book. Gosh, I love puns! :)














p.s.: I just realized how hot Matthew Fox is.

'Dramatik' Expression

One of my dearest friends, has been pressuring me to update my blog and so I shall. Nah, that is dusta belaka. Tuan hamba would never do such a thing for that would be mean and a sahabat sejati would never do anything mean to another sahabat sejati... Bukan begitu tuan hamba? Mwahaha... In order to show my patriotisme towards our country, I shall post this in our national language. Lol.

Tanggal 7 bulan 5 tahun 2008...

Tarikh yang amat keramat sekali bagi hamba. Kenapa hamba berkata demikian? Tuan hamba di luar sana bersungguh-sungguh ingin tahu? Baiklah, hamba akan ceritakan. Tarikh ini amat penting bagi hamba kerana pada hari tersebutlah hamba telah menemui jawapan kepada satu persoalan yang agak selalu bermain di fikiran hamba. Tuan hamba ingin tahu jawapannya? Soalannya saja belum dikasi tahu gi mana mau tau jawabannya? Maaf, hamba tiba-tiba sahaja teringatkan si Mela, rakan hamba dari Indonesia. Apa dia masih ingat gak bahawa kita ada presentasi pada hari Isnin minggu depan? Ah! Apa saja yang aku mengarut ini??? Maaf, maaf. Dimana kita tadi?

Oh, ya. Persoalannya. Ya, pada hari Rabu itulah hamba benar-benar mengerti mengapa filem-filem dari Hong Kong(terutamanya filem-filem Stephen Chow) begitu lawak dan hebat sekali. Hal ini kerana(macam buat karangan SPM la plak) orang Cina memang lawak dan gila sekali. Bak kata si Mela, 'Lucu banget'. Ingin hamba tegaskan disini bahawa perkataan 'lawak' dan 'gila' dalam konteks ini bukan membawa maksud negatif, tetapi positif . Dan ingin juga hamba tegaskan bahawa ini bukanlah satu 'stereotype' kepada orang Cina kerana sesiapa sahaja, tidak kira bangsa dan agama boleh menjadi lawak dan gila. Lagipun, hamba bukanlah seorang yang mengamalkan perbuatan 'stereotyping' yang bodoh lagi tidak munasabah itu.

Pada petang Rabu itu, hamba bersama ahli-ahli kumpulan yang lain telah berkumpul di 'ampitheatre' kampus bagi mengadakan perbincangan mengenai drama yang akan kami persembahkan dalam masa 2 minggu lagi. Drama ini merupakan salah satu projek bagi mata pelajaran 'Pengajian Malaysia' atau 'Malaysian Studies' kami. Si Tiqa, atau lebih manis dipanggil 'Opah' telah awal-awal lagi gila kuasa(haha lame tak pakai ayat ni) lalu bertindak sebagai ketua kumpulan. Sungguhpun dia gila kuasa, dia mempunyai kemampuan untuk mengatur segala perancangan dengan baik oleh sebab itu hamba tidak kisah jikalau dia menjadi nakhoda kapal. Anak-anak kapal yang lain juga nampaknya tidak mempunyai sebarang masalah dengan kepimpinan rakan hamba yang seorang lagi ini.

Jadi kami semua telah berbincang dan telah mengadakan satu sesi latihan yang amat singkat sekali. Si Tiqa telah menerangkan kepada hamba dan rakan-rakan yang lain babak-babak yang terdapat dalam drama kami serta menyuruh kami berlakon secara spontan just to get the gist of the story. Macam test drive la. Eh?Ape kejadah keluar bahasa omputeh? No matter. Kita tukar gear.... Proses 'test drive' ini amat penting kerana bukan semua ahli kumpukan kami orang Malaysia. Ada yang datangnya nun jauh dari benua lain iaitu Afrika dan ada seorang yang datangnya dari Indonesia iaitu si Mela. Tapi si Mela tidak berlakon. Tugasnya lebih kepada hal-hal dibelakang tabir.

Dek kerana kami diberi sepenuh kebebasan untuk melakonkan watak-watak kami, berbagai- bagai aksi telah ditonjolkan dan hal inilah yang telah membuatkan hamba membuat 'thesis statement' seperti di perenggan kedua tadi. Ya, hamba tahu 'thesis statement' sepatutnya berada di perenggan pertama tapi apakan daya. Hamba telah banyak merapu dalam perenggan pertama oleh sebab itu terpaksalah thesis statement tersebut ditolak ke perenggan kedua. Stanley, sebagai watak utama memang gila nak mampos! wakaka... cara penghayatan wataknya amat dahsyat sekali sehingga hamba dan rakan-rakan yang lain tidak kering gusi. Penghasilan air liur kami oleh kelenjar air liur amat aktif sekali tatkala melihatnya berlakon. Suasana bertambah gamat dengan kehadiran Jimmy dan Chen Wern(maaf jika ejaannya salah), sebagai pengganti kepada dua orang ahli kumpulan kami yang tidak menghadirkan diri sewaktu perjumpaan tersebut.

Lakonan Nasa dan Farid juga boleh tahan cuma lakonan Ly Vern, Sky dan hamba sendiri agak hambar berbanding yang lain. Ternyata kami bertiga bukanlah Raja Lawak. Tidak mengapa, kami masih mempunyai waktu untuk berlatih. Dengar kata, Opah mahu mengadakan 3 sesi latihan pada minggu depan. Ah... tidah sabar rasanya untuk kami beraksi di atas pentas Hall of Fame nanti. Nantikan kemunculan kami! Wakaka...

* Hamba sengaja tidak memberitahu tajuk drama yang akan kami persembahkan kerana takut dipancung oleh si Tiqa.

The Life and Times of TV Datuks

Honestly, I don't understand what's happening to our tv shows right now. I'm getting tired of watching Malay dramas that are so predictable. Everyone seems to be Datuks, Datins or some conglomerate of a supposedly money making company who have Sazalis(I'm referring to the good for nothing Sazali character from Anakku Sazali) for children. If the Datuks and Datins are lucky, they'll get the good and sensible ones but that rarely happens and they usually come in the form of anak angkats(adopted children) or perhaps a distance relative of some sort.

Beware Datuk!

Datuk, when you're a mogul you're bound to be envied by others and that's where that blood sucking, power hungry brother-in-law of yours comes along complete with a knife and fork and maybe even a can of whip cream ready to grabbed your lovely 'pie' from your bare hands. Oh, and lets not forget those children of yours. They too want a piece and probably more if they're smart,of the pie. Now, don't you wish you've used the cane with your Sazalis?

But, alas,you can't turn back time now can you? So don't be surprised to find... Good Gracious! It's your love child!...who after 25 years had finally mastered the courage to visit you and to what else? To claim his/her share of the pie because he IS your son/daughter.

Poor Datuk. What are you to do now? Well, since your hair isn't getting any blacker(Nevermind, you can always colour it), why not 'bukak another cawangan'? You know, live life to the fullest?. After all, it's only a matter of time before one of those 'pie' seekers kills you while you're being warded at the hospital due to a sudden heart attack.

Sex and the Public

What a way to start the new year for us Malaysians. Besides the usual live telecast of new year concerts on tv, we were treated to an exclusive show. The plot, like all other movies goes like this: Man meets Woman. Man and Woman enters a hotel and I don't have to tell you what happens next because you very well know what will happen next thanks to all the movies(And I'm not just talking about Hollywood movies here) that you've watched and perhaps from your very own encounters with this similar situation (ehem) as well. The only difference between these two shows is that unlike those big budget movies, this particular show which was distributed in the form of DVDs a few days ago has a notable political figure in it.

Then came the shocking part. Well, I don't know about it you but I was rather shocked. In big bold black letters were the words 'It's me' on The Star newspaper's front page with a huge picture of Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek underneath those words. The first thing that struck my mind was the Red Guy. If you're a cartoon buff such as myself you will understand why the pantless devil character came to my mind. You know how he always say 'It's me' with that big grin of his everytime he appears on the show? Yep, that was the first thing that came to my mind and I will not be surprised if you had thought of the same thing.

Alright, jokes aside. Let's all be serious now. According to Datuk Dr Chua, his resignation was due to the fact that Malaysians could not accept his apology, and that they were having this 'hollier than thou' attitude. Clever words by a clever man.I simply love that line. I couldn't agree more with what he'd said. I mean I couldn't care less with his personal life and for everyone else for that matter well, except for celebraties maybe...Blame it on the tabloids! Who he goes out with, how much that diamond ring he bought for his wife costs(If he ever did..well of course he must have..He is a Datuk) is totally not our business. What matters is what he's doing and what he has done for the country. And come on, you can't possibly believe that every single one of those politicians practise 'clean' politics. Besides, we have many more serious issues to tackle, one of them being corruption which has plagued the entire world since the creation of mankind. Yes, exaggerating is one of my specialties.

But, as everyone knows, all public figures are cursed for life. Not only are their lives exposed for public consumption but they also have this huge responsible towards the public to always behave or risk being 'babab' by the public(Imagine your moms voice for this in order to get the desirable effect.Haha).

I need to write more next year. Hahaha... At least once a month. Right, that should be my New Year's Resolution... Happy New Year eveyone!

So far so good

Just a little update on myself. It has been 2 weeks since I first stepped on to the massive campus. I was so worried that I would get lost on the first day because surprise, surprise I didn't attend the orientation. Heck, I didn't even know when I was suppose to go for it. But thank god everything was alright and I manage not to get lost which was very surprising as my memory is no better than Dory's, the blue fish from Finding Nemo.

I didn't do much during the first week because a few of the lecturers were not there and our timetable was just chaotic. So most of us spend our free time exchanging our names and stories about our country. Things pretty much start during the second week. We finally had our lectures, classes and *sigh* assignments.

So far I love my life. I get to know people from China, Kenya, Indonesia, Botswana, etc.; I hang out with my chinese friends whenever I can and at the hostel, my Indian room mates and I talked about the great Rajni. Muhibbah kan?

Meme for Charity

Want to do charity but find yourself going " Heck, I myself need money so how on earth can I help?" Yes, it sounds quite harsh but that's reality isn't it? Well, do not fret dear bloggers because there is someone else who will do it for you. The 'hero' is a man by the name of Idham. He has made a meme which can be found at his blog, A Clear Blue Sky....!. All you have to do is:

*Right an entry regarding this meme.
*Complete at least 17 out of the 27 sentences of the meme.
*Leave a comment at Idham's page.

If you manage to complete the meme before August the 26th, Idham will generously donate
RM 127 on your behalf (yes, he will personally do it for you) to the Darul Izzah Orphanage, Bangi. His aim is to at least reach RM 10,000. Now ain't that sweet.

Here's mine:

1. A person is only as good as ...................................
2. Friendship is always ..............................................
3. To love is to understand but love itself is hard to understand.
4. Money makes me appreciate life.
5. I miss nothing at the moment.
6. My way of saying I care is by...................
7. I try to spread love and happiness by doing something good.
8. Pick the flowers when they bloom.
9. To love someone is to.............................................
10. Beauty is...............................................................
11. When I was thirteen, what I remember the most was the World Cup.
12. When I was twenty one, I remember...................................................
13. I am most happy when I watch 'Still Standing' and 'Frasier'.
14. Nothing makes me happier than to read a good book while sipping a good old mug of coffee.
15. If I can change one thing, I will change the state of Malaysian football.
16. If smiles were...........then I...............................
17. Wouldn't it be nice if we could live in our own world.
18. If you want to be a pirate then you have to talk like one, you landlubber! hehe.
19. Money is not everything but absolutely no one can live without it.
20. The most touching moments I have experienced is..................
21. I smile when I see care free children.
22. When I am happy, I feel on top of the world.
23. If only I don't have to ..............., then.........................
24. The best thing I did yesterday was eating Marks&Spencer cookies.
25. If I ever write a book, I will give it this title,"...................................."
26. One thing I must do before I die is to write a book.
27. Doing this meme, I feel like a millionaire.

Tag! You're it!