heath ledger ’79 – ’08

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gua first time masuk era feeling feeling tahun ’99. being the dumbstrucked ns-man wih not much to do, the obvious destination to dating lating was duh movies. i still remember that, we went to plaza sing and having read about good reviews, we decided to catch 10 things i hate about you.

it was an enjoyable film. particularly when julia stiles read that 10 things note and heath ledger slide down the post to dedicate that song.

i still remember that show very well. i still remember when keegan kang said that both him and mr ledger were classmates. (spin!) i found him in the patriot as the ever faithful son, and i *cringe* at brokeback. oh yes, i am very looking forward to watch him becoming THE joker.

i don’t know him, he does not know me, the world will move on. but in this age where somehow – somehow – movies, music and entertainment had made into part of our lives, evolving us with memories and experiences, i felt sad surrounding news of his death.

but then in the words of patrick verona, “..who needs affection when I have blind hatred?”

peace.

yey free movie!

Zeit·geist [tsahyt-gahyst] Pronunciation KeyShow IPA Pronunciation –noun German. the spirit of the time; general trend of thought or feeling characteristic of a particular period of time.

more here.

**all the papers this morning were reporting fed cuts this, fed cuts that, people are still optimistic for investments to pour in, recession can be twarted, yadda yadda yadda. but after watching this, i strongly believed that it’s all a bloody propaganda. we are all at the knife’s edge of a supreme few. and the best part? we are all dumb enough to fall into this brilliant ploy.

then again, are they themselves producing this show?

full of air

yes it’s beautiful. but oh so dangerous.

if parents or any other control freak who blames “condom advertisements located near to schools are bad” or “you are better off to proceed to ITE instead of doing ‘O’ levels because 40% of the cohort will drop off in the polytechnic” type, they should be very, very concern at the manner apple has produced its products lately.

you see parents or any other control freak, you should worry because apple has really put a stamp mark on everything these days as “nothing else matters as long it looks piss ass beautiful”. nothing else. just. make. it. beautiful. no one will care. they’ll just drool at the enthusiasm and all the world’s problem will cease to exist. no function? so what! we don’t need substance these days. we just want style. it is in our nature to potray an image that is more beautiful, er, elegant than anything else. gettit?

so parents, please be worried about these matters. unless you too are swayed by this. but if you are still buoyed by it, you can always get this. beauty is everything, right?

Conspicuous Consumption And The Growth of Human Beings Pameran Style

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this topic seems to be said to everyone for ages, but apparently it seems to be more obvious now, aye? sarip’s been guilty, of course, countless of times and he is still trying to find his way around. he feels that it is high time that he should be just be satisfied with what he has now – but let not be deluded that he does not have dreams or aspirations. he still does, but it feels weird to look at people to live to live to the high life with the notion of grabbing the entire population’s attention.

and it could not be more apparent as to what sarip had witnessed over the weekend. watching the majority of the married-to-bes at teh pahm3ran, it was whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa boy to the stratosphere. sarip does not like to assume, but the desire of a grandness for one occasion is a bit too much for him to stomach. it was his first visit, and definately will be his last ‘cos he does not like to waste his money on an extravagance like this, be it this is the only day of one’s life to commemorate such an event. he wishes for a simple one where the event is just held in the mosque, some epok epok and right next grab the flight to go travelling.

now that would be something.

be like mike

I gotta be honest with you George, I admit the show’s quite good, but I was paying more attention to Mike’s white dress shirt, dark grey sheened suit and multitude of dark, solid blue/grey printed or not ties with that resolute dimple.

Not to forget, that brown corduroy suit he wore while chasing down Tom Wilkinson, is super fab too.

Southern Central Vietnam

When we went for the Perhentian trip, we met a Dutch couple who complained that their worst trip so far was when they visited Vietnam. Just because of that Sarip was apprehensive of going there thus. However, while scouring for nearby destinations on Virtual Tourist, it was noted that HCMC and Hanoi were in the top 10 list of places to visit in Asia. And just because of that Sarip responds “why not?” Fickle him.

We initially planned to head to Hanoi rather than HCMC. But due to time constraints, we decided to head to the south first. We planned to spend for at least one week and head to HCMC first, then proceed to the highlands of Dalat, then to the bustling port town of Nha Trang, after that head to the quiet town of Mui Ne and finally head back to HCMC.

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New years are a chance for a beginning
Even when there hasn’t been an end.
Wheels turn in an interminable bend,
Yet, marked in one spot, seem to wobble spinning.
Each year we hope to do a little better
Although we know that really nothing’s changed.
Reason thinks that everything’s arranged,
So we must dream if we would fate unfetter.

2007 was an amazing year.
hopefully, more good things to come in the year ahead.
god bless you all.