Just sharing thought

I really don't remember when was the last time I write in this blog, sharing things with you. Perhaps my cliche excuse is limited time (I don't really have time to write, duhh, that is really lame excuse), but the real thing is I'm draining out energy and drive.

There are a lots of things happen concerning the world: the environment, the political issue, the mass movement in Arabic peninsular, global warming, the next lunar eclipse, next and coming election, and of course concerning my own universe; but sadly, I still can't write.

Now I learn that, you yourself can change routine and habits, not to mention what you actually believe that you can't do, but definitely you can. It is very simple to change, and surprisingly, you will have the energy and drive to complete the tasks and change your lifestyles.

It is simple. You just only need to re-defined priority and set your goal.

When you have done that, you will find that your body is full with the energy you need.

Then, your body, physical, mind, soul will respond to it. Without knowing how, you be able to complete tasks and succeed.

I never know it is easy to change things, until today. As simple as by setting priority and goal. But, of course you need to mean it. As I'm still not that good, I need extra motivation to wake me up.

I think I find one, insyaAllah, I hope at the end all ends well.

Need to change? Just re-defined your priority, InsyaAllah, with His mercy, He will grant you with the energy and drive to succeed.

Let do it together. Chaiyyok.

(see, I already write a new entry).

Alangkah Lucunya (Negeri Ini) (ALNI)- Indonesia

It is quite sometimes that I watched any parody film like this. But to tell you the truth, it has been written well and superb cast by Deddy Mizwar, Rahaedjo Slamet and 3 other young actors and actress.

It is a story of Muluk, well educated young man. Graduate with master in management, but failed to find any job that suit to his qualification and ability in management. Accidentally meet with a young boy that work as pickpocket. This boy then brings Muluk to his headquarters and introduce to his boss and colleagues. Surprisingly, Muluk offer the outlaw society a management service to manage their activities, income and education. He also promises the boys one day, they will be able to upgrade their profession from pickpocket to entrepreneurs. As a return, Muluk will be pay with 10% of their income. So this strange mutual relationship begins.

Muluk invite his jobless friend Shamsul (Master in Education) to teach the boys basic things in education such as write and read, and on top of that, the importance of education. Muluk also invites jobless Pipit as a religion teacher to teach them right and wrong in life, so that they will become a better person.

This three young man and women work side by side for one objective, so that the outlaw boys will one day stop from pickpocket and earn pure (halal) money.

There are a lot of ironies being portray, at the same time still fun and funny to watch. Critics to politician, corruption, unequal distribution of wealth, education, management system, unemployment graduates, the future of young generation that has been left behind and too many to list, make this film worth to critics.

This film is parody because it will let the audience to question, will common values that been uphold by society still relevant, or we need new definition? Or there is nothing wrong with the values, only the government and society too blind to see that made bad things look good, and vice versa.

Will, its a mix feeling. But overall, ALNI is worth watching. You will enjoy with the movie and at the same time, being educate.

Fantasy Couple (Oppsss! I did it again)

Well don’t blame me. It is all of my friend bad behavior that made me caught with this addiction again. Yes, again it is Korean drama (I thought I might known some of Korean words know, Sarang Hae, Kurae, Anya, Jjangmyun, Kummawa, Chuwwa, Pollita, Othocajo, Kimchi, Ahjussi, Ahjumma, Unni, OMG I’m I that addicted?). But this time around when I’m attached with Fantasy Couple drama it really makes me looks and sound really pathetic. Now that I know that, even I wanted so much not to have any relation with Korean drama, past or present, this drama really shows that I know every catch of Korean drama. Seriously, I never thought about this before (that’s really make me not so cool anymore – yeah assuming that I’m super heavy material person that read, eat, sleep, watch, learn philosophy – yet soaked with Korean drama – how pathetic).


Before that, it is a really a rally. Beginning with You’re Beautiful, Boys over Flower (with F4 in it) and the last one Fantasy Couple (will you believe me this will be the last one?). I’ve told my friend already to keep away all the soft copy of Korean everything, I mean really everything, but she is not listening. So I’m actually wanted just to be nice to her right, keep her company to watch everything that filming on screen. Yet at the end, I’m the first person who will spare the best spot with spectacles (can you believe I’m actually wearing it to watch!) just to make sure that I’m reading every single subtitle on the tiny screen (should we change now to LED 42”).



Yeah, again it is still a cliché Korean drama ever. I even watched the Hollywood version of the same theme. This is a story of one rich lady losing her mind and then lost in a village which is totally 180o from her own life. This lady formerly known as Jo Anna then become Shang Shil need to adapt to her new life which so unfamiliar (even she don’t has any memory about it at all) and has to taste the life of mediocre. She was found by Jang Chul Soo (stingy man that concern about money, money and money), a villager small time contractor which lives with his three nephews. Shang Shil and Chul Soo caught in this situation because they are a real enemy. So this is the time for Chul Soo to win a big revenge to Shang Shil, ordering her around and practically made her as housemaid.

Have I told you that Shang Shil (Jo Anna) is multimillionaire? Just watch it, you will love the fun having someone who never knows how to do house chores and take care of 3 kids. But even so, Shang Shil is really in unfortunate state when her own family abandoned her. Never issue any missing people report, yet alone advertisement. Even she really have huge amount of saving. Yeah, this drama really can change emotion so quickly; at one time you will hate Jo Anna so much. When she really lost her mind, you will feel great about that. It is a payback time for Chul Soo. When she is Shang Shil, she change a lot, but still not a lot. Until then we know why she is so selfish before.

The real deal of this movie is how the script writer and the director consistently promoting traditional Korean food to audience, Jjangmyun and rice wine. Well to me, Jjangmyun don’t look tasty but yet it served a very important impact both on literal aspect of the drama, and to reach larger meaning of it. I mean why you’re looking for imported items (foods, cloths) which come from very unfamiliar culture but yet you have the best in your own culture as well.

Jjangmyun in this movie serve as the message to grip to your own tradition because that is what is close to you. That what actually suit to your taste, something that has been rooted inside you. The thing that you will not forget even you’re to faraway. This drama makes me reflect to Ratatouille movie (in term of traditional food) and make me wanted to learn how to make all of the Malay kuih (cookies – sorry I don’t find any English word for kuih) (kuih bakar, karipap, dodol, kaswi). Which make me wanted to promote Malay kuih in all my writings (I’ve done one in my new short story, please pray it will be published soon, and guys sorry it is only in Malay version).

Jjangmyun also acted as important item that bind both Chul Soo and Shang Shil together. The other message that we see now as not significant like before, in the world of fast food and you can by food anywhere. The time is when food served for physical need and at the same time as soul food as well. That why for those who brought up with the food cooked by their mom, will eventually still coming home. Mom will cook for you sincerely, with all of her heart, love and prayer. She hopes that you will grow up and be fine. That why it is call soul food. Same Jjangmyun served for Chul Soo and Shang Shil. The bind that grows bigger with food.

Oh, I’m not intended to make things confused, especially to all of you; it is not a story about food. It is actually a story that when you’re lost, the greatest thing that can happen is to be found again. It is obviously we hope that people that we knew, people that we believe are our family that holds on you, the one which will find you again. But this drama makes it even momentous, the most magical is when a person that loves you as you’re, with all the trades, for better or worse, find you. That will be the happiest moment ever. That will be the point, even the sky is the not the limit. The love that evolves will be the purest. Even you die; you will not die in vain.

But the thing is, my friend copy this drama incomplete. She actually store only 15 episodes. We actually believe the drama ended at that point. That episode turns to be as the most dreadful, intense emotion, that make me choke while crying (owh no, now you know how pathetic I’m when it is come to Korean drama). We believe the drama ended that way. The day when we actually finished episode 15 and believe that is the end of it, that is the day that make my day sooo gloomy. I even can’t sleep properly. Wake up early before dawn with my eyes wet, even the sky is grey, seriously. Is the sky celebrating my feeling? And yet I told my friend, the film should not end this way. There is no way Korean movie will be ended this way. Not the Korean drama I know and she should know that I’m really coherent (even I’m strongly wanted not to have any relation with Korean drama whether in the past or present).

She actually believed. So she search again and again inside her hard disk drive and external drive some more, but still not a sign. So we believe the fate of Chul Soo and Jo Anna is like that. Can you believe that? I was left with heartache for days. But somehow I knew that Korean drama is ever cliché, I knew that by heart. Without my friend knowing, I’m doing my own search at YouTube. The fireworks are now exploding in my head. There is episode 16 and that make my day. I can smile now, really, I’m smiling and I’m smiling at you.

Well, I’m not doing this to trap you in this addiction. It is actually bad, really! And make me not cool at all. So don’t, I mean really don’t ever, I tell you once again, don’t touch this genre. Even it is ever cliché, Korean dramas still have the grip. Once it grip you, it is hard to loosen it. Haven’t I warned you?

p/s: Not to make me so un'cool', I’m actually reading The Mysterious of Omar Khayyam 's Rubaiyyat (by Amin Maalouf) and On the Origin of Human Society (Malik Ben Nabi) simultaneously with what ever screening. Fair? Yup, enough for me.

Guys enjoy the movie.

You're Beautiful (Korea): Fall for The Star

I’ve long stopped watching Korean drama for ONE big reason, addiction. However, on the day I’ve lost all the data in my 8G pen drive, my friend cheer me up with Korean drama called You’re Beautiful. And that save me for the day. I even think that I might get sick for the misfortune that happens to me.

Well I never think that I will lost in that world again, as I have made my conclusion that Korean drama is ever cliché. So does this drama. But even so, only Korean can give me satisfaction of emotion and the grip till the end.

You’re Beautiful is a story about a commoner that live surrounded with pop stars, I mean superstars. This is a story about a girl (Go Mi Nyu) that has to replace his twin brother as a new member of AN JELL. Well AN JELL is definitely hit the list of Korean billboard and most famous group cast with Hwang Tae Kyung, Kan Shin Woo and Jeremy. The problem is Mi Nyu is a girl, she need to change all to become Go Mi Nam. To add for worst case scenario, she lives in a convent before and soon to become nun. In order to search for their long lost mother, Mi Nyu has to do it as Mi Nam fall sick at the time he been accepted to become a group member of AN JELL. That the beginning. So you can always imagine conflict that can emerge in such circumstances.

Surrounded with young, handsome, rich pop stars, what else can happen? Yes, Mi Nyu falls for this one bright star, Hwang Tae Kyung. To add for the bitterness of this, Tae Kyung is ever ego centric man that one can ever meet. And worst, both Mi Nyu and Tae Kyung parents have had a blast history which can caused them to separate forever.

Well, I’m fall for this story. I thought I will never affected again with this kind of addiction, but once I’ve step in the land of stars, my eyes never stop thinking and missing them every day. Othocajo? (What should I do?)

For all of the time I’m thinking of Mi Nyu. It is very hard to love somebody which is too far away to be reached. But yet he/she is the only one that shines which give you all the light you need to see. Otherwise even you have perfect eyes you won’t be able to have vision. But you still need to know where you are, realising that you are not match for his/her brightness. Even the stars blinking straight at you, smiling with their ever sincere smile, will you dare to have faith they are really watch you? No, you will not. You just a commoner with limited abilities to walk with them, talk casually without once caught being stupid and silly, look straight to their eyes, hear their words of wisdom admirably, feel warm with their appearance, being guided all the times, you just can’t do it. As they stand outstandingly on stage, you will think with all your heart, what it takes to reach ‘em? At the end, you will realise that you’re completely helpless. Fullstop.

It might be hard. I knew that for all my heart. When others advise to stop dreaming the impossible, you can only smile. You know the fact so well, even nobody tell you that, but once again, othocajo? (what will I do?)

Yes, what will you do, if The Star, the only one, that can make you, really see?

p/s: I’m ever blessed, I again see my North Star this week (it quit a long time, in fact a very long time), and it blinking straight at me. I’m waiting if faith once again can bring me close to my Orion Stars (constellation to be precise), so that I’ll be forever guided to the straight path of truth. To all of stars searchers, keep looking high at the night sky, one day you will realise that even you can be with them at where they are, the truth is, they are always be with you. Watching and smiling, keep you warm, guide you, and pray for you as you always pray for them. One day when you pass them in any circumstances, they’ll recognize you. That is enough, and that is truly a blessing.

You're beautiful, my rating 4 stars :)

Cast Away: 10 years of waiting

Before I watch this film, I thought that the greatest fear of human being is being lonely. For not having anyone by your side, in time of need or in anytime at all. Never have the opportunity to belong to somewhere or worst, to anyone. When you never know where is your home, somewhere you belong, to some place where people know your face and know who you are, the real you, not you that defined by profession or achievement; when you have no one to turn to.

Even when you are at crowd, the emptiness is there, like thousand knives stabbing continuously. It hurt so much, even others can’t see any. It’s so real. Cuts that bleeds; with no chance to recover at all. That is the thought before Cast Away.

After years waiting to watch Cast Away, the opportunity came and now I’ve change my POV.

Cast Away (2000) is a film of someone that has been cast to an island that focused the dilemma of being alone. Everybody knows that (duh), the anchor actor for the film is Tom Hank. Yet, alone is not the most dreadful feeling in human life.

When FedEx executive, Chuck Nolan stranded to an inhabitant island due to plane crash he got confused. Not knowing what to do, he started to send distressed signal. Everything which he tried to work seems like futile attempt. Even to survive at minimum level of human needs is tough. Till he had to accept, he stranded then he started to search for shelter and think how to move one.

But yet, we as social human being can do when we are alone, all alone? Yet, loneliness is not the most painful feeling. True, it is not.

When the film start to built up Chuck characters, how he adapt his new life with virtually have nothing to compare with his perfect life back in State, I realized that to keep one man to stand in is hope. Chuck Nolan hope to come back home, his girlfriend yet to be his wife is waiting. And he has a clock with his girlfriend’s photo inside to keep him alive, escape and be civilized again.

But still, when you lose hope that is not the thing that can bring you down.

My brother comment on that film then make me realized, man will not have any will to live when he has no purpose to live. Purpose, one simple word yet can drive every potential in you.

Purpose, to think as a free thinker, do we have one? But I’m not a free thinker, I’m a believer.
Deep in my heart I believe that we are all created with a purpose. A purpose to suit meaning of our existent; the most beautiful and brilliant creature ever created. A purpose that is larger than our life itself. Yet we just can’t see it, because it has been made intangible. You have to reach it within self, your soul. The only limb which can materialize a ‘purpose’ to be real, as real as your existence; to touch it, to feel, to live in it, to take every breath with it, and to lose the last breath with it.

Chuck Nolan has created his own purpose, and he survived for 4 years alone in inhabitants island. That purpose made him materialized everything; eliminate loneliness by creating a ‘friend’, Mr Wilson. And with the same purpose he built hope and strived. He used every potential in himself, squeezed it and the universe answered his prayer. Even he never prayed, but the effort he put in for 4 years for every single day is a prayer itself. The prayer that is performed with his body and mind. Then on one single day, tide bring him a plastic panel, which he used it as a sail. A sail that bring his freedom, and bring him back home.

This film make me reflect, for us, for all of us, how many years that been allocate for us to breath in? If this life is the same place to reflect Chuck Nolan survival to live, then, what is our purpose? Do we strive to reach for that? And when the time come, will tide bring you a sail that can help you find the way to be home again?

I’ll find my sail, I’ll eliminate loneliness, THE PURPOSE is too big to left me alone.

What say you?

3 Idiots

It is a story of one man, Rancchonddas Shyamaldas Chanchad (Ranccho). No, I tell untruths to all of you. It can’t be yaar, the title is 3 (three) idiots how come is all about one person? To be frank, it is a story about campus life evolving around Ranccho with his sidekicks Raju and Farhan. They are ‘The 3 Idiots’ but the main focus is still Ranccho cast superbly by Amir Khan. Have I not told you? It is a Hindi film, sach, a Hindi film.

Well it is very interesting story, if not I’m not doing this. Writing a review for Hindi film (yucks), I may have a lot of guts right now (thinking of tonnes of criticism; well, I’m constantly against Hindi film). If you’re an engineering (or formerly), medical or University students, you will find this story is well connected to you.

Start with college registration, meeting with new friends, induction weeks (it sucks!) and the complexity of engineering modes of study, it has been portray well. To add misery to everything, over outstanding Principle (College Director), Viru Sastrabudhhe (Virus) which has one life principle “Life is a race, everybody live in a competition”.

Well if you want to read complete review for this film, search in the blog and internet. A lot of review has been made. But if you still want to hear from me, well, this is a film of:

Ali Setan (Malaysia) for mischievous college students but not focus so much in love story.

Mohabbatein (India) to change old tradition with new culture. The different in 3 Idiots, it has been captured in both tragedy and comedy. But clash between 3 Idiots and Virus are so hillarious, you’ll be laughing (a lots!) and sometimes break tears down too.

Dead Poet Society (Hollywood) for inspiring teachers and life should not be pre-design for children. They should find their own passion to make a living. They should be given chances to choose or else caught in commit stupidity (suicide).

But to me, 3 Idiots is a story about friendship. Ranccho who defies culture and family belief that deem education is a key for a good job. The essential to have a good job is to change family fate. That is the equation well known to the world;

College education = degree = good job = a good life and society respect

But Ranccho, well, he is different. So different from the world belief. Ranccho went to college just to study. Sirf, to study, gain knowledge, full stop. He never afraid to come last or too greedy to become first. Even college degree does not matter (alas he is top student, first in class every year). He believed that the most essential in study is to become self-sufficient. If you can’t get good job, create one. Make a living from your talent (the things that you you’re best at). If you get a job because your parent asked you to do, you will end treating your job as a game. But, if you do what you’re best at, or manipulating talent that has been install to you, you will do it as passion. You will live your life, you never dead because you will lead your life with happiness.

So, after four years in good friendship, only then Raju and Farhan understood what Ranccho was telling them all the time. Yeah, of course the understanding did not come cheap. Raju had broken most of his body and limb (because he had jumped from level 3 due to pressure from Virus). Farhan had a long dramatic conversation to convince his parent that his passion is not to become an engineer but wildlife photographer instead. Farhan quit engineering and become apprentice to well known wildlife photographer. Raju had defeated his fear concerning his family fate, bravely faced job interview and becoming a successful engineer himself.

Ranccho? I will save the best for last, and I will save it for you. I will not tell you about Ranccho, you have to find it by yourself.

Well what touch me most, 3 Idiots is about friendship. Most of us are either Raju or Farhan, but it is very rare occasion we find Ranccho in friendship. Watch this movie and think. How many times you meet Ranccho along the way?

You’re lucky when you find one.

Ranccho is kind of friend which will write his own destiny. To show the best way of living is to live in present. Not to live base on our past record and achievement. Not to fear of the future which are still beyond our grasp. But the trade which I envy most in Ranccho is the willingness to sacrifice all for friends. He will do the uncommon, unbelievable, impossible just to see smile on your face. He will do it, no doubt. And he will very proud to honour you as his friend. Ranccho will do it, believe me he won’t regret. Even they have lost contact for so many years; Ranccho will remember you with all of his heart. Missing you every day because you are dear and close to him. Because you are one part of him. No! Because you’re in him.

I’m lucky I’ve find my own Ranccho. During my study years, college stupidity, during my FCR classes, and now, I still have Ranccho (I’m working now) stand by my side. That’s how I see roads in front of me, not the common road but highway instead! With that, I can create my own road for others to see. If I’m lucky, someone will use it and I’m honour for that.

Aare? What? You still don’t have a friend like Ranccho? Accha, well don’t worry too much yaar, just say ‘allz is well’, InshaAllah, you will find your way.

Friend, be Ranccho yourself. Make a different now, yes, today! Make a different to yourself, family and friends. See the world as spread, not as a confined tunnel and road. World is round, not cubes. There are so much to explore. Live for today, live it in excitement. And see the world will change for you!

My selection actors: Amir Khan (Ranccho), Raju (who is he?), Farhan (who is he?), Virus (Irani) and 'Silencer' Chattur (who is he?). Good job guys, 3 Idiots will not be enough without all of you. Perfect recipe for a comedy & tragedy movie. Well cast!

Footprints

There is a person who constantly will give a big question mark inside my head every time I meet him. He is somebody, which in logical condition I’m not suit to be with him on the same floor, anyhow, anywhere, anytime. But yet, there will be one day you were given the opportunity to get close and personal. And that one day had happen.

My question is simple, “Why you’re still a hardworking man even though you have everything? Even others will get credit on that? Although you can sit, relax and enjoy the world but still you do things all out?”

The answer is simple. He said, “Footprint.”

“For every job and obligation you do, you will mark footprints. And the footprints are yours. It is not belong to anyone else. It belongs to you.”

“People can always trace back your work and give comment on that. But the most important thing is…”

“You can track back your footsteps. And by the time you do that, when you stand before your footprints, will you be proud or regret of it? That, you have to answer by yourself.”

“Mine, I prefer to be proud for every single step I stepped.”