Saturday and Sunday Too
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Saturday... I watched two movies - Quantum of Solace and Twilight (at 11.oopm). Now... if it seems weird for me to watch these movies, actually, my Dad bought the tickets, so...
Why did I not want to watch Quantum of Solace? It's a Bond movie after all! Well, let's just say I was traumatized by Eagle Eye, a horrible experience of action movie (I know some people like this, but have you watched 'Phone Booth'???)
Okay sorry but I will divert the topic to Eagle Eye for a bit, to share with you all this:
"Earlier this month, Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks got sued for allegedly lifting the plot of 2007's Disturbia from Rear Window. It won't help their case that Eagle Eye (DreamWorks), the latest collaboration between executive producer Spielberg, star Shia LaBeouf, and director D.J. Caruso, borrows its innocent-man-on-the-run premise from North by Northwest—there's even a scene where, as in Hitchcock's crop-duster sequence, the protagonist gets attacked by faceless adversaries in an open field in the middle of the day.
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That prospect doesn't last very long. Spielberg and Caruso forgot to include Phone Booth in their list of movies to rip off—the key to that 2003 thriller is that the man behind the demented voice isn't revealed until the final moments. "
source: http://www.slate.com/Alright back to 007. In a nutshell, I AM PLEASED with this movie. The action scenes leave me breathless. Very exciting and thrilling. If you are in an action-movie-trauma like I am, watch this. It's a cure.
Oh and this movie made me realise one aspiration for the future: own a luxurious car. Yes I will do it.
And, I finally bought this:
It's uh... I can't remember the precise name of it, but it goes somewhere along the lines of 'Nail Shine' from Body Shop. Susan recommended it to me, actually, and she used it on my nails. But the shine has started to fade away, and so now I bought one for myself.
This one has 3 sides. There are those with 2 sides, and 4 sides. Let me explain how to use it. First, use the black coloured side, then the grey (the one beside it), and finally, use the green one, which is the biggest portion:
The finished product:
Aah isn't it beautiful? It looks like I put on some nail polish or nail shine, but I didn't do anything of the sort. And my nails are now glossy and very nice to touch. Thank you Susan!
So after all that, I went back home. Then at around 10:15pm, left to Puri Mall again to catch Twilight.
Well, many people know I absolutely detest the book. But! The movie was actually pretty okay! In fact, it was so much better than the book. I don't know for sure how that is possible since it usually isn't the case, but here is a slideshow called :
Warning spoiler alert in the slideshow, and in the following paragraphs
'28 Reasons That 'Twilight' the Movie is Better Than 'Twilight' the Book'I think the absolute main reason why the movie is better than the book is, well, it's not too elongated with cheesy, repeated lines, scenes, and Edward is not brooding 24/7. There is pleasant humour which I enjoyed in the movie (the graduation hats are hilarious), and I think the additional scenes are really great (such as Edward taking Bella up the tree. Wow, great scenery. Also, pepper spray from Daddy?).
Many Edward Cullen fans probably complain about Robert Pattinson not living up to their imagination. By the way, I think his Dad his hotter, if only without that too obviously fake make-up which didn't cover up the bottom of his eyelid. Speaking of the ugly and the beautiful, Rosalie is so damn ugly in the movie!!! Omg. Isn't she supposed to be some elegant beauty queen as described in the book? Alice also looks weird. The only cast which suits the character is probably, in my opinion, only Bella Swan. I love her Dad, by the way. Funny guy.
So yeah. Movie is better than book for me. More fast-paced, less brooding, less overly cheesy romantic lines. It cured my utterly negative impression of Twilight. Meyer still has a long way to go I say.
Spoiler ends here.
Finished the movie at around 1:00am. Slept at 2:00am. Then I had this really...weird dream...
In my dreams, I was, starting out, as I remember, stuck on an island. I had to find a way back to Indonesia. My plan was to go to Singapore, where my parents would pick me up at the airport and bring me back. I only had so little money left. I couldn't waste a dime. I remember it was night. Ratna and I had on backpacks, and we prepared ourselves by wearing those headlights banded around your head. In front of us, was the dark swamp, close to the ocean. We proceeded into the water.
At times, I dipped my head down into the water, just to make sure there were no foreign aquatic creatures. Water is not my best habitat. Once or twice, Ratna shouted to warn me from shark attacks. Over nights and days, we just walked on, never feeling tired nor hungry. Sometimes, we climbed up the waterbank to proceed on land. Mostly, we were waist-deep in murky water.
Finally, we reached a small island, Nauru*. There, Ratna and I separated ways. I went to the small airport, furnished by old, flimsy wooden planks nailed together. It was my first time buying my own ticket. I asked the old lady about the tickets, and finally bought one. I kept it safe in my pocket.
Afterwards, I rested in a white caravan. I bought sandwiches for lunch. A little girl approached me. She was holding a bunch of flowers. Tiny, round flowers, I remember in purple, white, and yellow. She asked me if I would like one. I didn't have much on me, but I gave the girl a dollar, and she gave me the palm-sized purple flower, which resembled a premature lavender. She left, happy.
I continued with my lunch, when, all of a sudden, from the mines across the caravan, there was a loud rumbling, followed with a gigantic mushroom-shaped explosion. I panicked, and started packing my things. It took me a while. Then I escaped by car.
In Singapore, I was deciding, with Ratna which motel we would stay in for the night. They were all in shambles, dirty, concrete. I hardly minded. Beggars can't be choosers. For lunch, we met a couple of friends, and went for Shabu Shabu. In attempt to save money, I only ordered a plate of tofu. Ratna, however, ordered a whole set of extravagant food. I was surprised. I tried reminding Ratna that we were on a budget, but she shrugged it off.
...Weird dream isn't it? The longest part was when we were venturing through the swamps, and when the little girl sold me the flowers. I remember it clearly.
*In my long essay for English, I wrote about Nauru. So that is most likely why it appeared in my dreams. Note that the location doesn't particularly make sense.
Well, I woke up then.Went down, and apparantly my Mom and Dad are watching The Omen (2006), which has been in my DVD rack for ages but remain untouched.
I watched the older version back in primary school. So even though I didn't remember everything, the whole movie is basically almost the same. At the last scene, though, when Robert was supposed to (spoiler) kill a screaming and kicking Damien but failed to since the police shot him,... (spoiler ends) Whew. This wave of adrenaline violence came over me.
(Warning: visually/imaginatively violent content) I HATE THAT DAMN KID SO MUCH!!! I seriously just wanted to...to... pinch his soft childish little skin with a pair of scissors, claw out his eyeballs, skewer up his nose hole, and rip off all the hair on his puny evil little head.
Then I shall make him look like these Chucky dolls:
DIIIEEE DAMIEN JUST DIIIEEEE!!!!
Poor Robert and Kate T_T
(end of visual/imaginative violence)
Labels: 007, Eagle Eye, edward cullen, James Bond, movies, nails, Puri Indah Mall, Quantum of Solace, Robert Pattinson, The Body Shop, The Omen (2006), Twilight, Twilight movie, violence
Excitement
Thursday, November 27, 2008
So as usual, I went to Susan's house. Brought my music stand, violin, and of course, sheets and books. I don't know if I mentioned this in the previous blog, but I printed out two duet pieces for violin. Plan to play them with Susan today. They don't seem that hard. Manageable. Mozart - Twelve Duets, and Bach - Air on G String.
Aah duets are fun. I needed to count a lot though. You know, tempo. I am extremely bad with tempo and beats or whatever you call it. I mess up the speed everytime, which is crucial for a harmonic duet.
And, after hours of playing, well, Susan rested for a while and she taught Ratna on the piano later on. I kept playing the violin though. Which resulted in...
At first my index, middle, and ring fingers were dark blue. Susan was shocked. She told me to stop playing for a while, but I played anyway. Then they turned almost black. You can't really see in the picture, which looks pretty normal, just a few shades darker, but in reality, it was... to the point of being scary in fact O_O
Oh and by the way, I can play Nocturne No.9/2 on the piano now!!! Well, only the right hand though -_-. Oh crap forgot I have to cancel my piano tuition. BRB phone.
...back. Better scratch that off my wishlist now.
Aaaanyway. I went to Puri Mall with Susan and Ratna. We watched this:
Well, I will stop blogging her, since I actually have to do my essay now... It's worth 10 or 5% of my final English grade if I'm not mistaken. So yeah. See you!
Labels: Bach, duet, essay, journey to the centre of the earth, Mozart, Nocturne op.9/2, piano, Puri Indah Mall, violin
New Hair
Monday, October 27, 2008
Omg. My hair looks so so so so so so SOOOO horrible. It's not meant to look like that, but the hairdresser was stupid. The guy I usually go to was sick on that day. I guess it's also partly my hair's fault, the hairstyle suits thin hair better, and my hair was... well, super thick.
So here I am pleading, begging for a cure to my bad hair...
I was in tears, begging for someone to rescue me, the Princess of Roses and Sparkles.
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...keep ur disgust inside for a little longer...
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AND RELEASE!
The big guy over there. He is the one and only person I can trust to hold a pair of scissors at my hair. I didn't want to wash my hair before the cut, and didn't blow it either after it was done. I was too lazy. So it took me only a mere 15 minutes visit to Jose Alexandre salon to erase the darkness of my hair's past.
Like I said, didn't blow or wash hair. So don't mind the bends here and there. My hair is like that.
Yeah yeah I do have eyebags. Severe =D.... you know what I've never noticed this about myself before, but my upper lip has a really... really sharp... thing. Whatever you call it. Notice it? Yes? It's pointy.... O_o
Labels: Hair cut, Hairstyle, Puri Indah Mall, Susan Limanto, Time Crisis 2
Puri with Ratna
Friday, October 10, 2008
So sorry guuyyss...
I had a whole week of lame school and sleepy days and I'm sure none of you would like to hear about it, it's too boring ;p
So anyways, today is Friday! I actually got dismissed at the miraculous time of 10:00AM, and I instantly went to pick up Ratna, and we went to visit our favourite, nostalgic place, Puri Mall.
Well! I had my first experience of getting myself ____. What's that? You will never know. I just wrote it down for my own personal future nostalgia's sake. And then we met this guy, you can read about him in Ratna's Blog . Haha.
After all that stuff in Ratna's blog, she had to go home. And so I was left alone in Puri mall. I sat down at the food court, wondering what to have for dinner. As I was deep in thought, this woman suddenly approached me. She was from the table next to me, where another woman, and a man, sat.
"Kakak, kita dari Celebrity Fitness. Kita lagi ada promosi blablablabla..."
Trans: Miss, we are from Celebrity Fitness. We are having a promotion of blablablabla..."
For those who don't know, Celebrity Fitness is one of the most famous fitness centre in Jakarta. I told the lady I'm not interested. But she told me, taking out a large brochure from her bag, that this is really worth it. She said that from the normal membership of 1.5 million rupiah, I could get this for only Rp 100,000. AND it also comes with my own personal trainer.I get a free, genuine Adidas water bottle, and my own free towel set etc.
By now I was really suspicious. I lost eye contact with the woman, who kept at a close distance with me. I asked her, "Wait, it's Rp 100,000 from Rp 1,500,000??"
She said that if I were suspicious, she can give the manager(or someone) a call. I told her no need. I observed the brochure again. Yes, it was indeed printed nicely, with Celebrity Fitness logo stamped all over it. I saw a name card at the bottom. "Since you're from Celebrity Fitness, can I just directly go to the place and apply for this thing?"
And she said I couldn't. She said something which I didn't quite understand, but the point is I couldn't. I got really really suspicious. I collected my things, and took my bag. I told her no thank you, and I left before she could say anything else.
For foreigners who don't know, hypnosis is an extremely common technique used by Indonesian criminals. This has been getting even more common recently...
Warga Khawatirkan Pelatihan Hipnotis
Kapanlagi.com - Sejumlah warga Kota Bandarlampung, Provinsi Lampung, mengkhawatirkan pelatihan hipnotis yang makin marak berlangsung dan diiklankan di daerahnya.
Mereka mengkhawatirkan praktik hipnotis itu dipakai untuk menipu orang, sehingga penegak hukum perlu segera menertibkannya.
Kekhawatiran itu disampaikan para warga, di antaranya para ibu dan kaum perempuan, di Bandarlampung, Rabu, setelah melihat pemberitahuan, iklan dan poster maupun spanduk terang-terangan yang marak di sejumlah media massa dan dipasang di tempat umum.
"Saya prihatin dengan dilegalkannya perguruan atau pelatihan hipnotis itu, tidak ada pelatihan saja sudah banyak orang yang ditipu dengan cara hipnotis, apalagi dilatih dimana-mana," kata Ny Maya pula.
Kecemasan serupa diungkapkan sejumlah kaum ibu dan para gadis remaja, di antaranya beberapa pegawai dan karyawati yang setiap hari mengaku harus menggunakan sarana transportasi umum.
Mereka mengharapkan aparat penegak hukum dan pihak terkait segera menertibkan pelatihan, kursus atau perguruan hipnotis yang makin marak itu, sehingga tidak menjadi tempat pelatihan bagi para calon pelaku tindak kriminal di daerahnya.
Secara khusus, sejumlah warga mendesak pihak kepolisian, khususnya Poltabes di Bandarlampung, untuk menertibkannya.
Sejumlah warga di Lampung sebelumnya telah berkali-kali melaporkan kepada aparat berwenang karena telah menjadi korban penipuan oleh orang yang menggunakan hipnotis, saat mereka berada di lokasi keramaian dan tempat umum.
Salah satu anggota DPRD Kota Bandarlampung, beberapa waktu lalu, bahkan telah kehilangan sepeda motor barunya saat diparkir di RSUD dr H Abdul Moeloek (RSUDAM) Bandarlampung.
Ia tiba-tiba merasa ditepuk seseorang yang meminta sepeda motornya dan diberikan begitu saja.
Anggota fraksi parpol besar itu merasa menjadi korban hipnotis, setelah pelaku pergi meninggalkan dirinya bersama sepeda motor miliknya.
Belum diperoleh rincian jumlah kasus penipuan dengan modus hipnotis dan seberapa banyak pelaku kasus itu yang berhasil ditangkap petugas kepolisian di Lampung.
Aksi penipuan berkedok hipnotis itu telah menimbulkan kecemasan di kalangan warga masyarakat, khususnya para ibu dan kaum perempuan di Lampung. (*/cax)
The main point, is that hypnosis is commonly practised even at crowded places, like malls. Most victims are mothers or teenage girls. Those who like to sit around alone at a public place must be aware of this danger! Hypnosis can be done by simply the patting of shoulder, legs, any physical contact, and even by eye contact. These criminals tend to approach a person, randomly strike up a conversation, then hypnotise them. Another source says that "when a stranger approaches you, starts talking, and then takes out an object from their bag, leave immediately."
Hati-hati bila berada di pusat perbelanjaan dan jalan, seperti mal, supermarket dan halte bus. Bila ada orang yang belum dikenal, lalu secara tiba-tiba menyapa atau mengeluarkan benda tertentu dari dalam tas atau bungkusaan yang dibawanya, sebaiknya Anda segera menghindar.
So what I did was right. I was really scared by then. I called Ratna and she told me they might be trying to hypnotise me. She told me to keep an eye out for them. So I sat in Fun World by myself, making sure I kept close to crowds. I was scared. I searched for those three people, couldn't find them anywhere. I wondered if they could be waiting for me somewhere.
Finally, after some time, I stepped out of Fun World. I braved myself, and went to Celebrity Fitness (it's in Puri). I asked the guy at the counter if there was a special promotion like mentioned by the woman. The rude guy told me yes there was, then didn't give me any details because he seemed unhappy talking to me while I blocked the queue asking questions.
So the question remains. (Yes, I know there is a repitition of the word 'question' here)
Were those people really trying to hypnotise me? Or were they not? What made me suspicious was how casually they dressed. If they were trying to do business, they should have dressed more formally wouldn't they? And they picked me, a teenage girl who sat alone doing nothing. When I went to Fun World, I actually felt my vision blur a little (but that might have been the softlens) and my head slightly dizzy (but that might have been the excessive DDR). I also found it suspicious that the woman kept such a close eye contact with me. And if I try to suit my situation with the one I read in the article (mall, teenage girl, alone, doing nothing, stranger, strike up a conversation, take out an object from his/her bag), it really matches closely.
So I don't know whether I was actually almost a victim today. I might have been, who knows? But from this experience, I learnt that we, especially the girls, ought to be very very aware of our surroundings. You never know when and where danger can strike you. And never believe in everything you hear and see. Use your brain, and your intuition, and know when to be suspicious, in order to avoid danger.
Pictures will be posted later. =)
You know how Yuna from FFX has different coloured eyes - blue and green? Well, we are Yuna when combined together. lawl
Weird expressions:
I posted this photo coz... I like my hair colour here. Haha =p
My eyes look scary here:
We took narcist photos with each other's camera:
Thanks again for bearing with my narcissism ;D
Labels: criminal, Fun World, HG, Hypnosis, Puri, Puri Indah Mall, Tri Ratna Wijaya
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