You used a compact disc as a side mirror. If I were to substitute something for my side mirror, I would’ve gone with those cheap small mirrors that you can get from a supermarket. How expensive can a small mirror cost? I tried using a compact disc in a manner this guy is using it and I can’t see a damn thing. It’s just not reflective enough. But hey, at least he found a way to recycle those redundant pirated VCDs he have around the house.

On Sunday, the 26^th of December 2004, when people all around the world are still having a little bit a Christmas fun, we are shocked with a deep sea earthquake that struck the Indian Ocean. The quake triggered a killer tsunami that spread across a few nations, mainly Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives and a few countries in eastern Africa. Even Malaysia was not spared by the tsunami. It killed over 230,000 people, including 160,000 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, making it the deadliest tsunami ever recorded in history.

Saturday, 27^th of May 2006. Exactly 518 days, 1 year, 5 months and 2 days after the tragic killer tsunami, a quake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale strike the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta. To date, it has killed over 5,100 people and the number is still growing. 6,500 people are injured while 100,000 other are left homeless.

I guess why Indonesia is being punished by Allah SWT will always remain a mystery, SubhanAllah, walHamdulilah, wa La illaha ilAllahu, waAllahu Akbar, wa la Hawla wa la quwwata illa billah.

I am dumbfounded. My heart goes out to people who lost their family in the quake, Inna Lillah Wa Inna ‘Ilayhi Raji’un.

After the deep sea crap Shark Tale and the hit-and-miss Central Park Zoo misadventure in Madagascar, looks like DreamWorks SKG did something right. Their new animated feature, Over The Hedge, is nothing like their previous works. Over The Hedge is based on a popular comic strip created by Michael Fry and T. Lewis. It tells the story of a bunch of animals, living in an undeveloped suburban area. They have just come out of their hibernation. So until the next hibernation, they have to collect food for the winter, which is like months away. Their leader, the ultra conservative Verne, is a turtle. He likes to do things the safe way, and that is until a raccoon named RJ showed up. RJ is in a pickle after he tried to steal food supplies from a bear, Vincent. The mission failed and he accidentally ruined Vincent’s food supplies. Now he got until the next full moon to retrieve back all the food for Vincent. Now, he’s trying to get all the animals, including Verne, into helping him find the food back.

The last great 3D animated feature that I watched was The Incredibles. Nothing has yet to surpass the awesomeness of The Incredibles. Over The Hedge, although it is not that awesome, it is still quite good. Packed with silly jokes and plenty of good laughs, the flick is family friendly. Let’s not forget the star-studded actors voicing the characters. There’s Bruce Willis, Steve Carell, Allison Janney, Avril Lavigne and much more. Adults alike are going to like it, and kids are going to love it. So go, bring you family and those pesky little kids to watch this one. I’ll guarantee you that they’ll stay glued to their seats.

Ron Howard is one of my favorite film directors. He directed some of the best films I’ve ever watched; Willow, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, and the recent box office flop, Cinderella Man (which was a great, amazing film). When I heard that he is directing Dan Brown’s bestseller, The Da Vinci Code, I am of course, very much excited. The hype was everywhere. I’ve been waiting for the movie for god knows how long, until I heard terrible reviews from Cannes Film Festival itself. Now, I don’t believe in reviews until I watched it myself, and I’m in for a surprise. Yup, the movie was not what I was expected. It’s not bad, it’s not good, and it’s not mediocre either. Unlike the book, which was engaging, chapter after chapter filled with cliffhangers, the movie was extremely dull and boring. The movie was slow, yet everything good from the book was skipped. The car scene chase was overdone, I find it irrelevant. The acting was bland, especially for Tom Hanks. I’ve never seen him this dull before. He was amazing in Forrest Gump and Philadelphia, but in Da Vinci, he blows. Audrey Tautou was flat. Sophie Neveu is like a piece of white paper sitting nicely on a table; simple and insignificant. If you watched Amelie, you know just how amazing she was. If she was a piece of white paper in Da Vinci, she was a bundle of multi-colored papers flying around in a room in Amelie. I don’t know what happen to that bundle of colored papers. Paul Bettany’ portrayal of Silas was ok, except for the look. Silas was supposed to be an albino, yet he looked like a bleached white man in this one. Ian McKellen on the other hand, was spot-on as the holy grail expert, Sir Leigh Teabing.

If you’re a die hard fan of the book, by all means, go watch the film. If you’re just a fan, you can give this movie a pass. I don’t blame Ron Howard or Akiva Goldsman for the boring flick. It was a high profile book and there’s a lot of pressure. You can’t please everyone. George Lucas has his Episode II: Attack Of The Clones, Oliver Stone with Alexander, so I guess Ron Howard will have his The Da Vinci Code. But I guess a book would always be book. Even if the movie turns out to be amazing, nothing can beat the original written literature.

Credits go to Drowned Madonna for the photos.

A week ago, I went with my dad to a Doctors Association meeting. Something about renewing the practice license, I don’t really give a damn. But what amazed me the most is the fact that most of the doctor that I met that day look like shit (aside from my dad of course). Seriously, it’s the parade of residing hairline, thinning hair, huge beer belly and fashion disaster. A fat guy with thinning hair, got this perfectly lined hair, god knows how many bottle of gel got abused for that matter. A female doctor, actually came wearing a Scottish kilt (yes, that skirt you see on Scottish man) and a pair of Nike sneakers . WTF? They shoot people with bad fashion sense, don’t they? But yet they let this woman roam on the street, ruining people’s eyesight! I wish I got her picture, but they are so many of them, I scared I would get mobbed by the nerds. Where have the cute doctors gone to? I blame myself though, coz I let myself into thinking that doctors always look as good as the fake ones from House M.D. and ER. How I wish all female doctors are as good looking as Katherine Heigl from Grey’s Anatomy, I would let them do “full body checkup” on me anytime .

Thank god I chose not to become a doctor (I’m not qualified anyway ). Sorry for doctors and future doctors out there, no offence (but you are welcomed to take them). I know, your job is noble, saving lives, and you make good money blah blah blah.

I went to the cinema on Saturday to catch Poseidon, but the review was so bad, I decided to watch Fragile instead, which was the last option since there’s no other movies playing except for a Malay movie and a couple of Chinese movies. Fragile is a horror/thriller movie from the director of Darkness, which is the crappiest horror movie I’ve ever seen. If I knew that he directed Darkness, I don’t think I would want to watch Fragile. But it is truly a blessing in disguise because Fragile turn out to be a good movie.

It tells the story of Amy (Calista Flockhart), who was sent to work as a replacement nurse at a dilapidated looking children’s hospital when the previous nurse decided to quit (for obvious reason). The hospital is really creepy, I don’t see why anybody would want to work there. There, she met a girl named Maggie (Yasmin Murphy), who could see this “mechanical girl” she called “Charlotte”. Nobody could really see this “Charlotte”, except for Maggie. In the movie, it says that when someone is nearing death, they could see “things”, things the people on the living world couldn’t see, except when they are dying. To save Maggie from dying, Amy decided to investigate and see if she could do anything to save this girl.

When you watch this movie, it is ok to think that you are watching a Japanese horror movie, because it does look like one. The creepy green tint, the exploding sound, the little girl ghost trick, it is all there. Jaume Balagueró did a great job at directing this one, nothing like that piece of crap, Darkness. He did borrow a lot of elements from Japanese horror flicks, but in a good way. And the acting was top notch, even for Calista Flockhart. I haven’t seen that bitch ever since her Ally McBeal days, but she did a great job in this one, along with Gemma Jones, Richard Roxburgh, and the exotic and hot Elena Anaya. The storyline is not that great, but it works. Again, it borrowed lots from Japanese horror movies. The best thing about this movie though, is the great usage of sound and music. The sound in this film, BANG BOOM BANG!!! It will surely put you on the edge of your seat. And the music by Roque Baños is great and works very well, especially towards the very end of the movie when there’s an exploding scene and everything start to move in slow motion and this soft enchanting music started playing. Oh, before I forget, for some odd reason, the movie reached our shore without any censoring. Yes, shit, fuck, boobies and profanities are all over the movie, no cuts! And there’s one lesbionic kissing scene at the end of the movie. Ok, not actually lesbian-y, but for perverted people who watch porn for a living (like me), they might take it the wrong way.

Very good movie, so if its still playing at the cinema near you, go watch it now. Or for you cheapskates, I found out there’s already a copy of the movie floating all over the internet, so go look for it. This movie is a good fix for horror junkies since there haven’t been any good horror movies lately.

At last, finished The Kite Runner yesterday. Amazing, powerful and haunting, that’s all I have to say. Afghanistan is longer what it used to be. From what I read in the book, and also from the internet, Afghanistan, Kabul especially, used to be a very beautiful place, where kids can run around on the street, and women are free. Then the fuckers (read: Taliban) came in, ruin everything. Those sons of bitches, I really hope they have a slow, painful death. There’s no place for the Taliban in heaven. They should be in the lowest level of hell, so Satan, Lucifer, Iblis and Jinn can go medieval on Taliban’s assess! I pray that someday, Afghanistan can go back to the way it used to be, a free, beautiful country. Right now, I can’t wait to read Hosseini next novel, also about Afghanistan, Dreaming In Titanic City.

Currently reading this weird book by Neil Gaiman called Anansi Boys. I love Neil Gaiman’s words. Such an amazing, imaginative writer, he never failed to amaze me. The last book Neil Gaiman’s book I read is his graphic novel, The Sandman: Endless Night which I still read once in a while. Highly recommended. I heard he is going to direct a film soon and a few of his works are also going to be adapted for the big screen.

And on the side note, those fuckers at McDonalds no longer sell their Double Cheeseburger at RM2.50 like last time, ARGH!!!!! Now it is back to its normal price, which is RM5.10, fuck fuck! Gone are the days when I would sneak in a Double Cheeseburger into a cinema. But they did introduce a new burger, Beef & Egg Burger, at RM3.00, which is not a bad burger. Tried it today, very tasty. A wee bit on the rich side though, it is bathed in mayonnaise (which is not a bad thing actually, hehe). You guys should try it.

Kim Sam-soon, 30 years old, single, fat & chubby. She represents all that is real. Unlike every Korean girl her age, she hasn’t had any plastic surgery. She loves to eat, she bakes beautiful cakes, but when it comes to her love life, it’s a failure. That is until she got this job at a French-esque restaurant and falls in love with her evil, son of a bitch, absolutely obnoxious boss. That is all I can spoil you with, you just have to watch this drama yourself. Don’t be a cheapskate, go and buy it. It’s not that expensive. And totally worth it.

The main character, Kim Sam-soon. She’s 30 years old, single, fat, and chubby (and she’s kinda cute!). She hates her name so much, she wants to change it. Sam-soon, in Korea, is like a village people’s name. Her boyfriend of 3 years, left her for another woman, whom Sam-soon grew up with. She can never love another man but that is until she met Jin-Heon

Jin-Heon, boss at the French-esque restaurant where Sam-soon works in. He’s an ass, obnoxious, thinks highly about himself, and self-loathing. Hired Sam-soon after she smashed a lemon cake to his face. Had a girlfriend before, but she left him so that she can be with her family in America. He thought the relationship was over, until Hee-jin decided to return to Korea.

Hee-jin, Jin-Heon previous girlfriend (and she is damn cute and hot!). Moved to America to be with her parents, but actually she had other reason that she hides from Jin-Heon. She came back, hoping that Jin-Heon would accept her back. But she was in for a surprise, her friend back in America, Henry, who had this crush on her, decided to visit her in Korea and tells her his feelings.

Henry Kim, half Korean, half-Caucasian. Born and bred in America. Her mother was adopted by American when she was little. He’s a doctor in America. He loves basketball, the guitar, and most important of all, he loves Hee-jin. Would Hee-jin accept him? Would Hee-jin forget her love history with Jin-Heon?

Well well, looks like Harvard students are getting more and more notorious everyday. An Indian girl, Kaavya Viswanathan has just joined the list. This Harvard undergrad bitch wrote a novel by copying other people’s work. What a tool! Her first novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life (the most pretentious title ever!) copied words from Megan McCafferty’s books, Sloppy Firsts & Second Helpings. That bitch even denied doing so! She said, it was “unintentional” and “unconscious” because she was a big fan of Megan McCafferty’s books and wasn’t aware that she had “internalized” some of the words from McCafferty’s books. “Unintentional” my ass! I have seen the comparison between McCafferty’s passages from her original books and the passages from Viswanathan’s Opal Mehta and its nothing but intentional. You guys can check it out yourself by visiting this Wiki link. There are a few other allegations that she is being convicted of, including copying words from Salman Rushdie, Meg Cabot and Sophie Kinsella’s books. I’m surprised that she didn’t copy anything from Stephen King’s books.

I hope she got the boot from Harvard. Teach that bitch a little lesson, that copying other people’s work is not nice and is not acceptable, especially for a Harvard student.

All this commotion makes me think, maybe I should write a book. I already have a title for it: “How I Wrote Book, Copied Other Writers Passages, And Try To Pass It On As My Own”

I had this really awful experience a few days ago (on Friday to be exact). It just pisses me off at how the Malays run business. Here is the full story:

I was sent by my brother to this “cibai” office, to pick up a few documents to be dropped at the lawyer’s office. The meeting was set at 10 am, so I have an ample time to rush back for the Friday prayer. I reached the office at exactly 10 am, when I had this rude awakening that makes me want to turn into a power ranger. Those fuckers that worked there told me the office will only be opened at 2.30 pm. Fuck fuck fuck!!! I went home, damn pissed, hoping that those bastards burn in hell. So to be safe, I called them first before I went out for the 2^nd time to pick up those documents. And guess what, the office finally opened, at 3.30 pm, an hour late from what they originally told me at the “original” time!

So remember, if you are going to have any meetings or appointments with Malay companies, remember to take it with a pinch of salt and a spoon of monosodium glutamate because you’ll never know when those fuckers will fuck you back.

p/s: not all Malay companies are like this, but most of them are.