Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Came back to Indonesia over the 'long' holiday.

Karena tanggal 9 Agustus adalah hari ulang tahun Singapore.. Jadinya hari Senin sama Selasa libur!! :D Harusnya hari Rabu sekalian aja libur tuh, kan awal puasa. Tapi sayangnya enggak diliburin T.T ya emang wajar sih, karena disini kan dikit yang Muslim. Ya sudah lah. :(

Jadi hari Jum'at abis pulang sekolah ke Bandara. Nggak langsung sih, soalnya pesawatnya jam 7.10 sedangkan pulang sekolah hari itu jam 11an. Seharusnya kalo hari Jum'at pulangnya jam 12.35, cuman hari itu kan ngerayain Singapore National Day, jadi seharian nggak ada pelajaran gitu deh! :D Untung aja pulangnya nggak kayak biasa. Kalo hari Jum'at biasa, biasanya pulangnya jam 5an, soalnya abis pulang sekolah ada ekskul -_-. Seandainya hari itu pulangnya kayak biasa.. Gue ke sekolah pasti bawa tas yang untuk ke airport -_-" Bukan koper sih, cuman tas gede gitu lahh. Malu kali bawa tas gede-gede gitu. Tapi ya untungnya aja enggak, jadi ya Alhamdulillah deh :)

Jadi sekitar jam 4.20an, berangkat ke bandara. Perjalanan naik MRTnya sekitar 1 jaman, jadi sampe bandara jam 5.20an. Abis itu langsung ke terminal 1, trus check-in. Abis itu, masuk ke imigrasi, abis itu... INTERNETAN DULU DOONG~ Cuman 15 menit sih. *sigh* Abis itu langsung ke gate, tapi ternyata belom dibuka. Pesawatnya delay -_- Jadinya nunggu di depan boarding roomnya dulu, sambil main iTouch. Akhirnya dibuka juga gatenya, trus masuk, dan akhirnya... Pesawatnya siap berangkat!! :D

Sampe Indonesia sekitar jam 8.30an WIB, tapi lamanya pas di pesawat. Katanya tangga yang mau dipake buat turun dari pesawat masih dipake pesawat lain -_- Beeehh. Jadi ya udah deh. Terpaksa nunggu dulu. Katanya sih 7 menit, tapi ternyata 15 menitan. Kan orang-orang udah pada berdiri-berdiri tuh nunggu pintunya dibuka, pas diumumin lansung pada ngeluh ngeluh semua. Wakakak. Sabar aja yak, bentar lagi puasa, gak boleh marah marah! :p

Pas di imigrasi, aku liat papa! :D Yeay! Papa kan baru pulang dari Jepang juga, kebetulan pesawatnya jamnya sama. Jadi papa nungguin aku keluar dari imigrasi, dan abis itu kita jalan barengan. Nadia, Adam dan Mama nungguin di Solaria. Jadi kita ke Solaria dan akhirnya ketemu! Gila seneng banget! Akhirnya bisa berdiri di tanah air tercinta dan ketemu Nadia sama Adam~ (wkwk)

Di Solaria, karena aku laper dan di rumah bakal nggak ada yang masakin (karena udah malem), akhirnya aku makan dulu di Solaria. Dan semuanya nungguin aku. Maaf ya -_- Oh ya, trus disitu aku ngasih oleh-oleh ke Adam sama Nadia. Untuk Nadia, buku yang mirip Wimpy Kid tapi yang Dork Dork itu lho. Apa ya judulnya, hmm lupa. Pokoknya yang itu lah. Kalo Adam aku beliin Diary of A Wimpy Kid: DOG Days.

Abis aku selesai makan, kita pulang. Dan pas udah di rumah, ya tidur.

Besoknya bangun... Rasanya seneng banget! :D Akhirnya bisa tidur di rumah! :D Tapi hari Sabtunya nggak pergi, karena papa capek, trus mama ada acara sama temennya. Jadi ya yang lain di rumah aja. Aku sih ya main main aja. Ngerjain PR? Males ahh, kan masih ada hari Minggu, Senin dan Selasa~ Wkwk. Oh ya hari Sabtu gue nonton Karate Kid! Keren abis Kung Fu nya haha. Harusnya namanya diganti jadi Kung Fu Kid aja -_-

Hari Minggunya kita ke PIM. Ngerayain ulang tahun Mama. Sebenernya sih masih hari Jum'at, cuman kan hari Jum'at udah gak sama sama lagi :( Udah gitu mama ulang tahunnya nggak di Indonesia, tapi di Singapur karena nemenin aku hehe. Jadi kita rayain hari Minggu. Kita ke PIM, tujuan utamanya nyari kado buat mama. Kadonya yaitu... Cincin. Tadinya juga mau nyari kaos buat aku, tapi gak ada yang aku suka. Aku maunya kaos yang polos -_- Jadi ya akhirnya kita cuman sebentar disitu. Sampe jam 2 an doang. Tapi abis itu kita ke CJ, karena di PIM mama nggak dapet cincin yang dimauin, jadi pindah ke CJ. Untungnya di CJ ada yang mama sukain. Abis itu kita pulang deh..

Hari Seninnya, Adam dan Nadia sekolah. Aku sama Mama siangnya ke Margo City, mau beliin kaos buat aku. Soalnya mama udah janji dari dulu dulu mau beliin. Hehehe :D Dan untungnya dapet kaosnya :D Alhamdulillah. Jam 2an, aku ke sekolah. Mau ketemu temen-temen! Yeay! :D Uuu gila seneng banget~ Ketemu (dari urutan ketemunya) Diandra, Kemi, Haris, Rifqi, Ryan, Runi, Anis, Dafni, Reza, Raka, Aris, Meudi, Tayara, (udah gak urutan lagi) Chaca, Saqila, Jessica, Della, Nindy, Idom, Tomo, Dewo, dan lain-lain. (maaf ya yang gak disebutin, susah kalo nyebutin satu-satu hehe) Kita berpeluk-pelukan trus ngobrol-ngobrol. Trus anak Darwin pada nanyain 'Eh kapan nih kita main paintball!' Huaaa jadi gak sabar :D Pingin pingin pingin paintball sama Darwin! Kangen Darwin! Oh iya, pas di sekolah dikagetin sama Mr Fajar -_- Kaget banget hahaha. Oh ya pas di bawah tiba-tiba Dito dateng trus ngajakin salaman -_- kirain pertama kenapa gitu, trus baru sadar. *Oh iya ya kan Rabu udah puasa* trus akhirnya aku bilang 'Mohon maaf lahir batin yaa'. Mukanya Dito aneh ekspresinya pas itu. Wkwk.

Ya pokoknya gitu lah di sekolah. Seru banget. Ketemu anak-anak Darwin dan TR. Aaaaa I miss you guys SO MUCH! I LOVE YOU GUYS!

Hari Selasanya.. Pulang! :'( :'( :'( Ya udah lah. Dijalanin aja. Kalo sedih terus mah nggak akan bikin keadaan lebih baik. Nggak usah sedih terus lah ya, waktu dijalanin dengan seneng-seneng aja. Kayak kata Andrew Matthews 'Happiness is a choice.' Oke deh, I chose to be happy! :D

Friday, May 21, 2010

50 Lessons Learned From Movies

I wast just stumbling, and I found this article. True and hilarious.

If you’ve watched a lot of movies like I have, you’ll find these pretty hilarious. Here are 50 lessons learned from movies:

1. If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing St Patrick’s Day parade – at any time of the year.

2. All beds have special L-shaped top sheets that reach up to armpit level on a woman but only waist level on the man lying beside her.

3. All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French bread.

4. Once applied, lipstick will never rub off – even while scuba diving.

5. The ventilation system of any building is a perfect hiding place. No one will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building without difficulty.

6. Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language. A German accent will do.

7. The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window of any building in Paris.

8. A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.

9. When paying for a taxi, never look at your wallet as you take out a note – just grab one at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare.

10. If you lose a hand, it will cause the stump of your arm to grow by 15cm.

11. Mothers routinely cook eggs, bacon and waffles for their family every morning, even though the husband and children never have time to eat them.

12. Cars and trucks that crash will almost always burst into flames.

13. A single match will be sufficient to light up a room the size of a football stadium.

14. Medieval peasants had perfect teeth.

15. All single women have a cat.

16. Any person waking from a nightmare will sit bolt upright and pant.

17. One man shooting at 20 men has a better chance of killing them all than 20 men firing at one.

18. Creepy music coming from a graveyard should always be closely investigated.

19. Most people keep a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings – especially if any of their family or friends has died in a strange boating accident.

20. It does not matter if you are heavily outnumbered in a fight involved martial arts – your enemies will wait patiently to attack you one by one by dancing around in a threatening manner until you have knocked out their predecessor.

21. During a very emotional confrontation, instead of facing the person you are speaking to, it is customary to stand behind them and talk to their back.

22. When you turn out the light to go to bed, everything in your room will still be clearly visible, just slightly bluish.

23. Dogs always know who’s bad and will naturally bark at them.

24. When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.

25. Rather than wasting bullets, megalomaniacs prefer to kill their arch-enemies using complicated machinery involving fuses, pulley systems, deadly gases, lasers and man eating sharks that will allow their captives at least 20 minutes to escape.

26. Having a job of any kind will make all fathers forget their son’s eighth birthday.

27. All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they’re going to go off.

28. It is always possible to park directly outside the building you are visiting.

29. A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.

30. If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you bump into will know all the steps.

31. If you decide to hack into the CIA database, all you need is a laptop and an internt connection. it will usually take about 10 seconds to get into the system and you will usually be undetected.

32. No matter how dirty the water is, it is still possible for you to jump in and open your eyes underwater. You’ll be able to see everything clearly and your eyes wont hurt.

33. In every bar you go into, the bartender will always know how to make any and every long named drink of your choice.

34. When walking in a quiet and dark area, its only fair to ask if someone is there.

35. It’s always possible to outrun a explosion/fireball by running straight towards the camera, sometimes in slow motion.

36. The prologue and/or epilogue, when applicable, is always narrated by a soothing calm monotone voiced individual, preferably Morgan Freeman.

37. Never be afraid to jump off of a building into an open dumpster, as the contents will most likely always be clean, fluffy garbage bags.

38. Most police officers HATE partners. If they do have a partner that they trust and like, he/she will die.

39. The last bad guy in a shootout is too tough to die fast like everyone else. He must pretend to give up or be dead, and suddenly try to shoot one of the good guys. Then and only then can he die quickly.

40. Cars can screech tires and burn rubber even if they’re on gravel or sand.

41. Everybody’s phone number starts with 555.

42. Monsters always make noise before attacking.

43. If you have face stubble….you have a dark mysterious past.

44. Ancient Romans had English accents.

45. Nobody has morning breath in the movies…the first thing a couple does is kiss each other when they wake up.

46. All helocopter crashes occur on the other side of the mountain.

47. Computers in sci-fi films have either male or female voices that speak in a calm, reassuring tone even in the most extreme situations.

48. In high speed chases, no car ever runs out of gas.

49. Funerals usually happen when it rains. The hardest, bravest, coolest person is usually the one without an umbrella or hat and usually stands alone either to the side or behind everyone.

50. If your female who has never been on a date or even been hit on, don’t worry. All it takes is some contacts, new hair styles, and new clothes to make you the baddest bitch in the town.

Source: http://static-romance.org/wordpress/random/50-lessons-learned-from-movies

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Oscar Update


Okay, so here are the nominees again:

  • Avatar
  • District 9
  • Up
  • The Blind Side
  • An Education
  • The Hurt Locker
  • Inglourious Basterds*
  • Precious
  • A Serious Man
  • Up In The Air
Scott and I saw Avatar, Up and District 9 before the noms even came out. Last week we saw Up In The Air. It was sweet and sad and it reminded Scott a lot of when he used to travel monthly for work. In Business Class the lucky bugger. Strangely that aspect of the movie got different reactions from the both of us. It made me want to travel and it made Scott happy he was promoted and gets to stay home.

Over the weekend we saw The Blind Side. It was sweet but not Oscar-y at all. No angst, no tragedy, nothing terrifying... it just was. It could have been a television movie-of-the-week. But again, it was sweet.

Over the holiday I found a website where you can watch tv (even here in Canada so suck it, Hulu). Upside; it has movies. Downside; it only plays about an hour at a time, then cuts out for an hour before you can watch any more. Don't tell Scott but I sneakily watched nearly an hour of Inglourious Basterds. What can I say, my mouse finger slipped. Heh. Anyway, when it cut out at Chapter 4, I felt super guilty so didn't have the heart to watch the rest without him. I have no intention of telling him when we actually rent it. This is how we stay married. Do not knock it, do not judge.

Frankly I was grateful for the movie's interruption. I spent the whole time holding my breath, stressed and terrified. How scary was the Christophe Waltz? He deserved his Supporting Actor Oscar nomination, that's for sure and I haven't even watched the whole thing.

So we're not sure which movie is next but I'll keep you posted. You know I always do.

kxx

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

The Matrix

In case you were one of the 2 people who were stumped by yesterday's quiz, the answer is The Matrix. And if you were stumped, I suggest you never play this game again. Some of them are impossible to guess.

So on to new business, yes? With much fanfare, the Oscar nominations came out yesterday. In the Academy's infinite wisdom, they increased the Best Picture nominees to 10 movies from last year's 5 effectively preventing the regular joe me from seeing them all before the really big show.

In years past, my BFF Kathy and I used to see all the movies together. When she sadly became unavailable, Scott took her place (as best he could, poor lamb). Seeing five movies in 6 weeks was difficult but not impossible. Expensive but doable. Ten movies is approaching the ridiculous. Going to that many movies in over a month would mean both mortgaging our house and entitling us to thorough head examinations.

So Scott and I have decided to go see the few that look the least boring and rent any that we can on DVD. The rest of the movies are SOL (shit outta luck). Not having seen all the nominees will take some of the fun out of the Oscar telecast but if I think about it the show isn't quite meant for us plebs anyway. It's for Hollywood insiders and rich movie mucky-mucks. They couldn't care less about me on my leather couch with my bottle of red wine, my Snuggie and my knitting staying up way too late to watch them accept their precious awards. Hmph. Remind me why I'm doing this again...

Anyway, the nominees for Best Picture are:
  1. Avatar ***seen it
  2. The Blind Side
  3. District 9 ***seen it... as of today having seen only 3 of these, this is my choice. AMAZING
  4. An Education
  5. The Hurt Locker
  6. Inglourious Basterds
  7. Precious
  8. A Serious Man
  9. Up ***seen it
  10. Up In The Air
See you at the Cineplex.

kxx

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Oh what to do?


I've been to the Unemployment Office, written up resumes, called for information at a local college, cooked a needlessly complicated dinner, baked, cleaned the house and done all the laundry. I've even gotten a new cell phone. Don't worry, the previous one was so old the battery charged completely in 15 minutes and died within 24 hours. The only extra feature it had was a dial tone. Anyway, it seems to be thumb-twiddling time. And I'm not talking texting, baby. Well maybe just a little. It's either that or clean out the garage and that ain't gonna happen.

So today I think I'll watch some DVDs. I have a pile where I collect the ones I had planned to watch eventually. Frankly it seemed like I'd never get to them when I had a job, now I can put a dent in it. These are the ones I have in my "pending" pile:

  • Barbershop
  • Serendipity (which I've seen in the theatre but not at home)
  • Balls of Fury
  • The best of Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • The complete first season of Wonder Woman and;
  • Season 2 of Dexter
I also have PVRed copies of The Thomas Crowne Affair and an Indian movie (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna starring the yummy Shah Rukh Khan) that I've been meaning to watch for ages. Incidentally I've been watching Bollywood movies for years waaaaay before the Slumdog Millionaire bandwagon rode into town... but I digress.

It may well be time to invest in some bonbons. I'm going to randomly choose one of these DVDs and watch it guilt-free. Maybe 2 of them (unless I choose a tv season, that is). Or maybe I'll just ditch them all and watch Auntie Mame; a movie I've seen easily 8 times. I've been thinking and talking about it a lot lately and I think it's time to check it out again.

What do you guys think, my "little loves"?

kxx