The father, the son and the sparrow…

It’s about time

I’ve not read the book but have seen trailers on this movie directed by Brad Pitt. I think it was nice, nothing awesomely fantastic but not too bad either. It did, however, make me want to read the book.

Overall, ( because I didn’t read the book ) I find the plot interesting, especially since it [...]

Abang, revisited 25 years later

Circa 25 years ago when I was in primary school, the film ‘ABANG’ was shown here in Singapore as one of the hari raya programs. It was a repeat telecast of course, as the film was first launch in 1981 with the then star studded cast of RahimRazali,AhmadTarmimiSiregar,NoorKumalasari,FauziahAhmadDaud,S.Roomai etc. Hence when it was showing here [...]

Ghostly time of my life

He was a part of my youth and he was *dang* hawt. But oh well, lives don’t last forever. So goodbye Patrick. I love you in Ghost and Dirty Dancing best.

A love story, a reflection, an excitement and everything else

You know it has got to be something about it when friends from Vancouver to Paris to Singapore to Australia yelled at me over the facebook not to give spoilers until they catch the episode on tv3 catch up tv. By now, many women of the households, and surprisingly many who do not, on normal [...]

her talent (time)

This Ramadan and Syawal, myself and perhaps many of fellow ‘iklan petronas’ fans would miss the works of almarhum YasminAhmad who never failed to produce masterpieces during the ‘iklan petronas slots’ I particularly like the Payung  episode here, and the Ombak Jahat episode below. And finally the English version about fathers.
May her soul rest in [...]

Of things unrelated

Very often, the book is always better than the film. But I watched Laskar Pelangi on YouTube last night. Friends from the IT line chided me with the ‘piracy is a crime/sin’ emotional blackmail. But that aside, the film was as poignant as the book. I think it is imperative for parents/teachers and students and [...]

Bring the rainbow warriors in..

When I asked good ol friend Heru to get me the original copy of the book Laskar Pelangi in Bahasa Indonesia, I was not quite aware of what I was in for. As any good friend would, he dutifully sent the book via registered post from Jakarta ( thanks dude, I owe you one! ).

The [...]

The other half

The first half of the year has been good, although I feel it could have been better. I’ve completed some stuffs I set out to achieve like going back to training (aikido) after a self-declared holiday in December, weaning off fast-food and meat to become a pescetarian, pick up more skills – called for an [...]

Of Malaikat dan Jin

The book is full of heart-thumping moments and suspense which kept me on the edge. I didn’t put it down the whole journey from KLIA to Dubai and then from Dubai to Germany. By the time we reached Germany, I was done with the book in one sitting. That was how engaging I found the [...]