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i got nothing blog la.
later ok when i picture picture banyak banyak and free time a lot then i post relevant ok?
in meantime u tengok 300 pahlawan yang berani mati

and this week pls watch ninja turtles
and muksin not bad. quite good in fact.
and

you bore me. and it makes me sick to think that you're still capable of doing that to me.
but fine. i can't quite dictate how that part of my brain works.
either that or you are quite the power la.

superman returns.

love is a temple
love is a higher law

you ask for me to enter
but then u make me crawl

and i can't be holding on to what you got
when all u got is hurt

one love.

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One
U2
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Pig fly.
Elephant climb.
Giraffe crawl.
Snake jump.
Bird swim.

S T A R D U S T

T R A I LE R

I S

H E R E


click here.

first of all
let me say that i think (like most adapdations do) the movie shifts the emphasis of the movie around. if this movie loses one percent of the epic romance feel to it i am going to get very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very angry.

and u won't like me when i'm angry.

secondly
claire danes glows. very nice touch. lovely. charming.
very sweet.
very nice.

but if this movie deviates from its romantic roots i will be very very very very very very very very very very very very very angry.

I REMIND MYSELF.

There is no referent for me regarding the ways of the One up there.
So it's down to trust. And I do trust.

I might be clenching my fists and crushing my jaw. but I will trust.

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17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

Habukkuk 3:17-19

The Big Four Approaches

Starting May, the big four contenders are going to try to kick each other up for a lot (a lot) and a lot (a lot) of money. Who will win?

In the first corner

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

The trailer is fantastic. Out of the big 4, this movie's trailer is the best. Clik here to watch.

Starring:
Johnny Depp
Orlando Bloom
Keira Knightley
Geoffrey Rush
Chow Yun Fat
Bill Nighy
Keith Richards

Second corner

Shrek the Third

Dunno why but not looking forward to this. I liked Shrek 2 but that's about it.

Starring:
Mike Myers
Cameron Diaz
Eddie Murphy
Antonio Banderas
Justin Timberlake

Third corner

Spiderman 3

Can Spidey top his previous movie?
Never know. The difference between Shrek/Spiderman and Pirates is that Pirates has an obvious story continuity going on, but for Shrek/Spiderman... there's this sense that they're just churning it out... I could be wrong but let's wait and see.

Starring:
Tobey Maguire
Kirsten Dunst
Topher Grace
James Franco
Thomas Hayden Church

Last corner

Transformers


The only untested film out of the big 4 (the other 3 movies were box office champions in their year). But it's big because.... it's Transformers. And to top it off, it's got Michael Bay.

Starring:
Optimus Prime
Megatron
Starscream
Bumblebee
Shia LaBeouf

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On a musical note 3 out of the 4 films above have Remote Control/Media Ventures composers (or formerly). Zimmer for Pirates, GregsonWilliams for Shrek, and Jablonski (i think) for Transformers. Chris Young is working on Spidey 3 (replacing the ohsowonderful Danny Elfman)

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Lightweight contenders:
Live Free or Die Hard
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Stardust

Idiot Nation@ Malaysian Shorts - Kena Censor Haha

The 2007 edition of Malaysian Shorts was pretty fun.
The event was swamped by the recent BMW short film contest finalists, which added quality to the whole thing. Will try to find this one vehicle romance thing on youtube.

On a side note, Idiot Nation screened as well. Only Amir didn't know there was a line after the credits where Fikri delivers his knockout line. And he ejected the DVD. Lol.

For those who have yet to see it. Here you go. Click here.

The only thing you can pray for in this job is the strength to get through the day. You can try coffee if you want but prayer works better for me.

- jed bartlet

Malaysian Shorts March 2007

Kelab Seni Filem Malaysia presents
Malaysian SHORTS
edisi mac 2007
MON, 19 MARCH 2007
8pm, HELP INSTITUTE, Pusat Bandar Damansara
Admission FREE
* Vote for your 3 favourite shorts of the night!
curated by Bernard Chauly

10 shorts (out of 26 entries):

1. HELLO GOODBYE (Chi Too / 2007 / Malaysia / 5m29s)
The short takes the cue from ¡Parallel
Lines¢, a song by King of Convenience.

* Chi Too is a talented young director whose spiritual home is also in Indo-China, specifically Laos. He has screened several times in the Malaysian Shorts programme.

2. WESTBOUND (Kubhaer T. Jethwani / 2007 / Malaysia / 18m)
Suren is rushing from Kuantan to Kuala Lumpur for a casting role. He would be perfect for it,
save for the fact that he doesn't speak Mandarin and that his car broke down. What next?

* Kubhaer Jethwani, 25, is an
Assistant Director doing commercial. He was originally part of AKSHEN, a young
theatre collective that created waves a few years ago. Westbound is Kubhaer's
1st short and was a finalist at the recent BMW Shorties.

3. VROOM-VROOM & BOOT-BOOT (Law Gwo Yunn /2007 / Malaysia / 5m10s)
It was love at first sight for both
Boot-Boot, a Vespa and Vroom-Vroom, a BMW. Alas, their owners drove separate
ways. . .

* Law Gwo Yunn is a freelance Production designer / Art Director.

4. GIRL DISCONNECTED (Edmund Yeo / 2006 / Australia-Malaysia / 14m)
A young woman
takes a train to the moon to seek her Internet love. She is accompanied by her
platonic male buddy/ sidekick who secretly loves her. Throughout their journey,
they meet all sorts of strange denizens of the moon.

* Initially a self-taught filmmaker, Edmund Yeo ended up taking a Graduate
Diploma course on Media Production during his last year in Perth after finishing
his degree for the sake of sharpening his skills and fulfilling a lifelong
passion.

5. RODA-RODA (Akashdeep Singh / 2007 / Malaysia / 1m41s)
Something seen outside the car window puts the journey in a different perspective.

* Akashdeep Singh's two previous shorts, The Wait and Pintu, were
audience favourites at the last two editions of Malaysian Shorts.

6. BAS AJAIB (Adam Raslan / 2005 / Malaysia / 6m)
Everyone needs a little magic in their lives.

* Adam Raslan hails from Pontian, Johor.

7. IDIOT NATION (Tan Meng Yoe / 2007 / Malaysia / 9m)
Idiot Nation is set in fictional Faltasia and takes place during the peak of the general
election season. The four remaining candidates, including the incumbent, have a
chance to address the nation on television, live.

* Tan Meng Yoe is a communications graduate from Monash University Malaysia who adores
mainstream blockbuster movies, reads comic books in huge doses, and indulges in all things mass-related.


8. MINUS (Chris Chong Chan Fui / 2000-2003 / Canada-Malaysia / 3m)
Hand processed film (16mm) created to experiment and test the core of light and composition.

* Chris Chong studied in Canada but is originally from Sabah. Tuesday Be My Friend, one of his more recent shorts, won Best Film Prize at the Goethe Institute Short Film Competition 2006.

9. KONGSI DALAM GELAP (Melissa Saila / 2007 / Malaysia / 11m20s)
What happens when two people are trapped in a unit? Bare confessions and truth meet when two strangers share the same fate. Where are they? Will their newfound mission take off?

* Melissa Saila is no stranger to Malaysian screen or stage
as an actress. Men In Darkness is her directorial debut and was a finalist at
the inaugural BMW Shorties.

10. K-HOLE (Zahir B. Omar / 2007 / Malaysia / 16m)
Mobility - the ability to move from one place to another, a journey. Mobility comes in two
forms. Voluntary mobility where you are in full control of the situation and
choice of destinations; and involuntary mobility when you are still on a
journey, but are totally stripped of any decisions or opinions.

* Zahir Omar, 24, is a
freelance commercials director. K-Hole recently won the Jury Prize of the
inaugural BMW Shorties competition and walked away with the RM50,000 prize. The
theme of the competition was Mobility.

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SPREAD DA WORD - SEE YOU THERE *

Leo Thomas McGarry/John Spencer

I remember this line from a small little movie called Finding Forrester. This guy, Forrester (Sean Connery) wrote a good line in one of his books (fictional book of course)

"The rest of those who have gone before us cannot steady the unrest of those to follow"

Am watching Season 7 of The West Wing now, and I actually know the entire storyline before watching it.

But mostly any regular TV watcher would more or less know it's the season where John Spencer would die mid-season. His character, Leo McGarry, would die while running for the vice-presidency with Matt Santos (Jimmy Smits).



7 Seasons of watching him grow from Chief of Staff to heart attack patient to Party Elder to VP candidate. He's not my favorite character by any means. I don't mention him when I talk about the show even though he's the 2nd most important figure (after Martin Sheen).

Ah but when Leo McGarry died. When the scene came on. When Annabeth Schott cried for help. When Donnatella broke the news to Joshua. When Claudia Jean broke the news to Bartlet.

"The rest of those who have gone before us cannot steady the unrest of those to follow"

I knew the episodes would have to come. I knew he had to die. I even know how he would be pronounced dead (my good friend saw to that).

I must confess I shed half a tear. The first time for a TV show. No preparation was sufficient for the departing of the heart of The West Wing. Not to be mean, but Bradley Whitford as the incoming Chief of Staff is nowhere near the charisma/suave juggernaut of John Spencer.

Yes, there are more important things in life. But I think every once in a while everyone should get to wallow in their own personal interests, such as this TV show is to me.

Let no man or woman insult the memory of Leo McGarry, and espcially John Spencer.

(The) Idiot Nation (of Faltasia)

Click the image to watch.
And mind you, you MUST watch it in full screen mode, otherwise you're missing out on stuff.

And vote in the real poll. Let's not spam multiple votes for this one :)

The result of this will have a large bearing on how the sequel will be made :)

After watching Idiot Nation, who would you vote for if you had no choice but to pick a leader?
	Stat Booker
	P. Zulfadhli
	Lily Lola
	Hottie Harriot
Free polls from Pollhost.com

More Random Things

1. Tomorrow I start Tung Ling Bible School. It's a 3 month course. Paul is probably going to sit beside me for 3 months. I think when I am bored, I will stick my pen in his eye for entertainment's sake.

2. Easter practice is going well. I must admit that it's rather surprising to see it come together reasonably well after 2 weeks of practices. This coming Saturday the rest of the gang's coming in so we're in for a fun day.

3. Some chick actually proclaimed that she wants to buy my underwear for me. I told her, size M, preferably hush puppies. Buy in bulk to save me the trouble. I think possibly she might want to take Daniel Chia's undergarment order as well. Maybe Gideon too. Might as well settle all of mankind. Maybe Chien Aun, if he wears underwear, that is. I wouldn't know. She would.

4. Pan's Labyrinth is coming to town baby. Winner of 3 Academy Awards, made by one of the three mexicano hero directors (Guillermo Del Toro) , and since I THINK it'll be great to watch, I'm gonna watch it.

5. Before watching Pan's Labyrinth I'll probably watch 300.

6. Troy's wedding this Saturday. He's marry Janice. I'm taking pictures.

7. Just now at a monopoly game at Grace's house, I demonstrated how my power of persuasion overpowered hers to have almost the entire gang play against her. Muahaha. The game ended with no clear winner cos everyone got sleepy. We then declared Grace the winner because she is the head of 365.

8. We will play Risk one day. Without the women around. For online Risk. Visit www.conquerclub.com to play some brainless online Risk game. I do that.

9. I play this very slow moving fantasy political game. Everyday you're given an issue to resolve, and your decision determines how your government type. I have two accounts. The first one, I cheated and intentionally picked all the liberal decisions. That country is labeled under the category called ANARCHY. My real account, the one where I make decisions like I would in real life, falls under the category "PSYCHOTIC DICTATORSHIP".

10. Idiot Nation won't be released March 6 because... well... simply because I don't feel like it. Wait a while la.

11. SHUYIISTAKINGHEROWNSWEETTIMEWITHTHEWESTWINGDVDS
IWANTOKILLHERNOWNOWNOWNOWNOWNOW
WHYMUSTSHEBEAGIRLIFONLYICOULDPUNCHHERAND
MAKEHERREALIZETHATIAMTHEKINGOFEVERYTHING
ANDIWANTTHOSEDVDSICOULDCRYRIGHTNOW
haha.

12. For the Easter practice, Daniel and Abel did a fight scene that looked rather gay. They changed it and the second time it looked better.

13. I wanted to play a game of Dota before sleeping and waking up at 6.30 tomorrow morning for class, but I lagged out of the game and then I lagged out of the game again. Which means it's a sign for me to get away from the PC and sleep. So I'm blogging this then sleeping.

14. Hey, if you're reading this, know that it really stinks, like being in a cockcroach infested sewer, even though I am probably not going to show it any much more.

15. If you haven't voted in the Faltasia poster polls somewhere down there, do so. And don't vote for Stat Booker because... well, just because.

16. I am in need of a drink, Girl TMY.

17. JX, you're not helping either.

18. And you too, Benjamin.

19. And certainly not you, Fikri.

20. Ah at last, let me say that when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true.

21. And I am done.

22. Ding ding.

23. Just to recap. Ding Ding means a lot of things. It means everything. It's my all encompassing expression. Ding. Ding Ding. Ding Ding Ding Ding. To fully comprehend the meaning and sensation of dinging, please play MSN Minesweeper Flags.

24. If you're too stupid to play that game, play 7 Hand Poker.

25. And if you really have nothing to do, visit www.generationearth.blogspot.com to read my semi-experimental short story series about the end of the world. It's not finished.

26. And if you are still not finished, go visit IMDB.com and read random trivia about films you like.

27. And if you are STILL bored. Turn off your PC, go to the toiletbowl, shove your head in there and FLUSH. I bet you you'll see goldfish and maybe angelfishes and in most rare cases, sharks and tigers and lions and bears.

28. Now, shoot yourself. And drink coke. If you need underwears email me and I'll pass your order along to my friend who wants to buy underwears for everyone.

29. I am going to sleep.

30. Don't just shoot yourself. But shoot yourself in twenty different places until you are really dead.

31. Goodnight.

32. Ding Ding (this means tupid)

The Loyalty Factor

I was just thinking to myself today how I re-use some people over and over again in most of my films. Well, mostly it's because they're my friends. But I generally have this thing where I try to use the same people at least twice. Dunno why.

Fikri - 8
Eddie G - 4
Benji - 4
Sarah Jane - 4
Wilson - 3
Sze Ning - 3
Kerry Ann - 2
Yasir - 2
Girl TMY - 2
Lynette - 2
Chien Aun - 2
Aaron - 2
Sze Mun - 2
Zul - 2

And notice that I have a higher retention rate with my male friends. They usually act in more than one thing. This is partly due to the fact that there were few men in my course.

But also it's because I like to... er... change chicks :)

And I was just discussing with Fikri about the 8 roles he's played in my films. I told him the most memorable role he's done for me is the one in Captivation, where the chick mistakes him for a more handsome and desirable male.



Personally, he likes his role in The Door (a show I rarely talk about now) the most, because it's probably the closest he's ever been to a woman in such an... intimate fashion.


Circled in yellow is Fikri.

And contrary to popular belief, no, Kerry wasn't er...sitting on top of him.
Not because of anything except that she was too fat and I didn't want Fikri to break his back or something.

i wish many things.
but at the moment, just one.

Returns.

Endless Nights

Random notes from recent days:

1) I am waiting for a certain young lady to deliver me a set of DVDs that would complete my life.

2) I am having sleepless nights due to a) stress b) boredom c) shortage of life

3) One very young girl told me quite frankly that she wants to have my kids. In what context did she say that I'm not sure. I think this is what happens when celebrity status strikes. Ha.

4) I changed my Youtube profile page color to pink.

5) It is 3am now and I am bored. Let me tell you a story.

onceuponatimetherelivedanidiot(insertyourname)
whoactuallyreadthroughthisentirepost
andactuallysmiledorlaughedatsomeofthestuffityped
andbelievedeverythingisaid
themonkeysarelaughingatyounow
thepigsareflying
theidiotsarecoming
pleasewatchmyfilmwhenitcomesout
itiscalledidiotnation
ijustrealizedthatmichaelmoorehasabookcalledidiotnation
soimightjustretitleitastheidiotnationoffaltasia
thisisanexampleofanidiotcitizeninanidiotnation
you
areanexample
becauseyouarestillreadingthispost
idiotcitizen
thatisagoodtitleforthesequel
idiotcitizen
ijustmadethatup
mayyeewhyareyoustillinitalyineedyouforthesequel