The Chronicles of Imans

Dragon Year 2012

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:34:00 +0000

Welcoming the dragon into the new year.

Happy Chinese New Year to Chinese readers and hola dragon babies alike...

Its our year baybeh!

Soho Life

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:14:00 +0000

Just imagine this scenario:

You are in a cafe

alone

browsing the menu while waiting for someone ... or not.

and you have your lappy in front of you, with your work half done.

while you furiously typing away replying to that oh-so-urgent-do-or-die email on your tablet

while your smart phone sitting politely beside you retrieving comments to your status or comments to your comments on someone's wall on facebook or some mentions on your timeline in your twitter account

and while all these are happening and staring you in the face, you are busy listening to your favourite playlist on your ipod.

... and the world passes by without you even noticing.

I'm talking about myself right at this moment but hey, admit it, it sounds eerily familiar to you too. Right?

RIGHT?

what was world like before I honestly can't remember...

well... actually i do coz I will be cozily tucked in some corner reading my favourite book while the world passes me by*

Such is our lives...

Office No No

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:50:00 +0000

Definitely not a proper office attire ye kakak kakak semua

Political Collateral Damage

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:22:00 +0000

I know election is just around the corner. Everyone is milking whatever mileage one can get. And newspapers ~~are also~~ seem to be taking sides but whatever reasons you may have or whatever intention that you have, why must innocent children be collateral damage in a political scuffle? How heartless can one be?

I can understand if housing residents are irritated with the haywire morning/evening traffic, a normal occurrence whenever there are educational facilities around. But come on, these are just kindergarten children. I would have endured the traffic if it means there are educational facilities for children around my housing area. But to give a reason of not wanting the housing area to be changed into a commercial one by having a kindie around, I went like huh? ooo kedai makan ambik parking areas sampai berpuluh2 tak apa pulak? Bila budak2 nak belajar, pandai pulak marah. What kind of mentality is this? Please la...

*one of those rare morning when I actually read the news and this is what i get... morning irritation. Huh!

HB

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:53:00 +0000

or short for Happy Birthday on Facebook!

love you much much <3 <3 <3

***

cuppies + some good looking ladybug apams ordered from this cake maker

If only

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:10:00 +0000

I have the power to erase the past.

I can rewind life and record a new one.

I can click undo whatever I have done.

I can change a heart I hurt into a new fresh heart

I'm sorry. I truly am.

:'(

Sent from my  BlackBerry®

First Day of School - 2012 & Registration for Standard 1 - 2013

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:58:00 +0000

All is well. In fact all went super smooth today. Everyone fell into last year's routine as if school holiday was only an imagination.

Went to school to pay for fees and was suprised to be told that there is no fee to be paid. Lupa pulak budget hari tu PM buat announcement yuran sekolah dimansuhkan. Malam ni nak ~~tampal lencana sekolah dgn gam gajah~~ jahit lencana sekolah pulak kalau rajin tapi macam malas.

***

Finally registered Aliya for standard 1. Didn't know it was SOOO easy! All I need to do was to log in to Jabatan Pendidikan Selangor's website (but take notice: this is only for schools in Selangor), go to "Pendaftaran Tahun 1 2012 - 2013 and start filling in the form. Whallah your kid is registered. But you do need to go back to the school and submit these:

- print out completed form,

- a copy of the kid's birth cert (bring along the original coz the school will put a stamp at the back of the original birth cert to indicate that your kid has registered for school)

- a copy of parents' IC

- a copy of parents' marriage cert

- a copy of utility bill for address confirmation

- 2 envelopes (half of A4 size) addressed to the kid at your home address with 60 sen stamp on each envelopes. (1 envelope will be posted to you with a letter to confirm registration and the other to inform placement of school)

Education Department will inform you around August to confirm registration and the confirmation will be received in around November. That's when you might want to do an appeal if your kid got sent to a far away school (like what happened to Adlan when he was in standard 1).

So I'm done for today. Falling back into familiar routine is soooo easy... and predictable.

***

And tomorrow in full gear until end of year...

***

Buckle Up!

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:24:00 +0000

Its 2012 peeps. Time to buckle up. In front. AND back. If you are not concerned with the safety of your back passengers, at least be concerned that the fine is RM300 per passenger.

Cheers! (*<>*)

01.01.12

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:01:00 +0000

Here's to a

better year,

full of laughter,

new experiences,

colourful happy life journey

and

old resolutions!

Welcoming the Dragon...

Here's to MY year! :-)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

31 December 2011

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:08:00 +0000

Last day for the year.

2011 was not a whirlwind year, nor a quiet one either.

First of all I aged a year (suprise!) and I like to think that I am more mature than I was last year. Had to do some very serious decision regarding my career earlier this year of which I decided to stay put for a while and rejecting a VERY tempting offer ~~even if i regretted it a little now but its too late to do anything about it~~. Family has always been my no 1 priority and money second so there's no point crying over spilt milk coz I truly believe that there is a reason for everything. Nonetheless, 2011 was an active year in terms of my career. Series of interviews, headhunters, awards and recognition, crisis, email fights, truckloads of work. Even in the office there were non-stop supply of drama, gossips, confrontations, suprises, karma, pay back time... definitely a colourful year work wise.

The number of occupants in the Imans household didn't expand (thank god!) for now but everyone grows up too. Adlan has become more mature, less timid, getting braver and more responsible Abang while Aliya is more compassionate, more girly by whining, sulking, showing ~~very minor~~ some interest in girl stuff like make-ups, girly dresses, dolls etc ~~even if it only last 10 minutes tops~~. Aydin, well... this one I can safely say not as terrorising as he was a year earlier, still in his "terrible two" phase but a milder one compared to BEFORE he turned two. He's still not talking but towards the end of the year (he turned two on 29 September this year), there are some intelligible words coming from his mouth. And he is parroting everything, from words to behaviour *self reminder* need to be more careful during 'ehem' time.

Got myself a new sister in law very recently so probably we may be expecting news of family addition next year... and ohh... i think this is worthy of a mention. I think the stove in my kitchen hasn't seen any action for a full 1 year. Waaahhh I'm impressed with myself.. hihi..

That's the briefest summary I can conjure at this last few hours of the last year of 2011.

And I kinda like it that we are celebrating the coming of a new year by ... not doing anything out of the ordinary. And I have no new resolutions as well. I have learn that if I want to make changes ~~be slimmier, thinner, get serious with my workout, diets...~~, I don't have to wait for specific event, date, day, month or year. I can always start tomorrow... eh wait, tomorrow is a new day in a new year.. hehe..

Have a nice end of year peeps :)

End of Year Activity

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:34:00 +0000

Crash Test Dummies :: Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm :: Official Video | HQ

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:47:00 +0000

one of my favourite song ever. Don't ask me why. It just is...

Red Apple

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:54:00 +0000

Buah epal imans family has turned red! Waaaaa! tak sempat celebrate 1 year dh tukar warna. Gara2 terhempas ke lantai dengan jayanya. Guess who's red fingers it had slipped from?

This time around my little Destroyer is innocent albeit with a shadow of a doubt... Sigh...

Eczema

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:25:00 +0000

Its acting up again now, not that it ever went away. The itching is killing me, more so than the breaking of skin and the trickle of blood or the ugly scab of thick discoloured skin.

Been slathering all sorts of cortisone meds which doesn't seem to have any effect. And how do I control my runny nose, coz that is the only trigger that I can identify.

That finger of mine is ugly but the big toe on my right foot is uglier. I'll spare you the ugliness. Thank god this time around it doesn't attack my face like it always did. The scar is still there for all to see even with foundation.

I may want to try homopathy remedy next. Been reading up on natural remedy and seems coconut oil is on top of the list. I may need to have a go at it. Anything to stop this torturous itch!!!

Sigh...

*read that apple cider vinegar (ACV) is also a good cure to be used together with coconut oil for when the skin dries up after using ACV

Friday Cheers :)

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:00:00 +0000

Aydin in 10 sentences

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:00:00 +0000

1. If I like it, it's mine.

2. If it's in my hand, it's mine.

3. If I can take it from you, it's mine.

4. If I had it a little while ago, it's mine.

5. If it's mine, it must NEVER appear to be yours in anyway.

6. If I'm doing or building something, all the pieces are mine.

7. If it looks just like mine, it is mine.

8. If I saw it first, it's mine.

9. If you are playing with something and you put it down, it automatically
becomes mine.

10. If it's broken, it's yours.

Kinabalu Escapade

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:00:00 +0000

Ok, this is seriously stale news. Sooo last month... i guess i was having writer's block (cheh prasan!) , the feel was not there before for me to update this blog. I'm guessing you would already have guessed based on the lack of stories and the series of youtube postings I had last :p

***

Anyway, yes we had our family vacation for the first time ever. All five of us. The tickets were booked way back in June this year when Air Asia was having some kind of sale. I wanted to go to East Malaysia specifically Sabah for a long time but the tickets were always expensive. It was always cheaper to go to Bandung than to Kota Kinabalu. Then on a whimp went online to "saja2" check the tix and got a suprisingly affordable tix for the 5 of us. So apa lagi, terus buat booking, paid up and wait.

Chose a date which is NOT a school holiday coz we had a bad experience once when we went for a family holiday in Penang during school holiday. Bad choice! (err.. we did actually had a first family vacation but it only consisted of mummy, daddy and Adlan... yup... it was that long time ago). Pilih date pun dah hujung2 sekolah so that it won't coincide with the final exam.

Perfect timing.

It was the first time for the kids to be on an aeroplane.They were of course excited. Me, on the other hand was anxious. Aydin - 2 hours of confined space - lots of people around : not a good combo. Was praying that he didn't do any of his stunts or noise that would bother other passengers.

Hmm... how should i put it...

Masuk terminal ok lagi. masuk tempat check in baggage dah start nak lari. Masuk kat boarding hall dah mula meronta2. Lalu kat depan kastam for bag and body check dia dah start melolong. Jalan kat tarmac runway nak naik aeroplane dia dah menjerit2 nangis. Naik je aeroplane meronta nak lari keluar... ish ish ish.. penat melayan mamat sorang ni. Muka dah garang tapi dalam hati ada taman der. Nasib baik ada ipad so dia sorang conquere menatang alah tu sampai landing kat KK airport. Agaknya mamat yg duduk sebelah Aydin sure tension tengok perangai dia. Nak lelap mata pun tak senang da. Sorry ye bro, whoever you are.

Day 1: arrival

Arrived quite late sebab flight delayed (biasa la Air Asia :p). Took a cab straight to the hotel which i have pre-booked earlier.

Cititel Express KK was quite nice actually for a 3 star hotel. Not bad at all. I booked a room with 1 queen and 1 single bed. It was sufficient for all of us. The kids got to sleep on the single bed (except Aydin who was downgraded to sleeping on a duvet on the floor.. padan muka sapa suruh lasak sangat tido.. hahahaa!).

2nd day: Island Visit

Woke up early unintentionally coz the sun was already up at 6am!

Today's program is to swim at one of the island in Tuanku Abdul Rahman Park. But first we have to get to Jesselton Point where the jetty is located. It cost us RM12 for a less than 10 minutes drive to go by cab.

Went to Jesselton Point early in the morning and was told that Manukan Island has the best beach for kids to play on. So ok lah, decided not to go to other islands surrounding Tunku Abdual Rahman Park because, well... don't think we would have the energy to handle Aydin in the middle of the ocean. Satu pulau pun cukup la. It costs us about RM80++ for the boat fee, entrance fee, island fee, and whatever else fee that we had to pay.

spot the little man in this pic if you can! LOL

but first to get there we need to get on a speedboat... hahaha... those first timers like us, do go inside the jetty and buy your ticket, or else you'll be like us buying from ticket peddlers outside and getting on a small speedboat for a bumpy ride of your life..:p

For that cost, it was one of the most enjoyable time for us. Seriously. The island was beautiful. The ocean was beautiful. The weather was perfect. It was simply bliss. 5 hours on the beach seemed to passed by so fast that we had to to reluctantly pack and leave.

it was sooo relaxing that "some people" can actually fall asleep on the bench for hours accompanied by cool breeze

Came back, had our late lunch and since that was the only itinerary planned for this day, we stayed put at the hotel and just relaxed for tomorrow.

Day 3: Poring Hot Spring and Kinabalu Park

A few days before I bought a deal from MyDeal.com. Thought that it was a good deal that i grabbed it immediately. Booked the time and day with the travel agent. Turned out the deal was a steal since even taxi drivers in KK lamented that i got it dirt cheap to get to Kinabalu Park and Poring since they charge approximately RM170 per head. Per head!

We got lucky to be travelling in an MPV eventho i specifically told the travel agent that a car is sufficient for us. Got a lady guide named Olivia. Reminds me of Shakespeare's Comedy the Twelfth Night. We were fooled. She was no ordinary lady driver. I think she was a speed drift driver in her spare time.

mula-mula suka la...

lepas tu start mabuk darat...

Aliya siap mabuk darat duduk dalam kereta. It took us about 3 hours to get to Poring Hotspring and we had about 2 hours to spare inside.

It was RM3 per entry per person to enter Poring Hotspring.

Poring Hotspring is famous for its tree top canopy walk but we decided to skipped it coz it was raining and slippery. Also, there was this "Aydin factor" that we had to consider. There was a butterfly park but it was just a small place with flowers, some water ways and some butterflies. For RM3 per entry per person, boleh la...

babai butterfly

Then we went to have a bath at the hotspring. We opted for a private bath which was in a hut. Budak2 bogel terusssss mandi air panas. That was soooo good in contrast to the cold mountain air. Rasa macam tak nak keluar dari kolah air panas tu. The hut was a bit stuffy but at least we could do as we please inside. Since we saw some water slides nearby, we cut short our berkubang air panas (albeit reluctantly) and let the kids have fun at the water slides.

Boy it was one VERY cold pool out there. I was panting coz I was shivering so bad.

After the 2 hours are up, our tour guide tool us to a nearby raflesia farm. I requested to see a raflesia flower coz I heard they are in bloom around this time of the year.

That farm charged us RM30 per head just to see the flower. There was only 1 in full bloom and some buds around the bloom. It took us about 10 minutes to see the flowers. I wanted to stay longer but because it was in a confined area and other tourists have arrived, we had to make way for them. Puas hati dapat tengok the biggest flower on earth!

Some trivias about the Raflesia flowers that I learned:

- you can't breed the flower. It grows wild at will.

- Faflesia flower does not grow exclusively in Borneo and Sumatera. There were some found in Belum Forest as well. However, the biggest are in Sumatera that has a diametre of 1 metre.

- it blooms for 6 days and then it dies. The dead flowers looked totally charred. Black like charred log.

- there's no guarantee that the flower will bloom every year. The flower keeper informed that there were once a drought of 3 years before they saw the next bloom.

- it doesn't smell bad actually. Probably is if you smeel inside the flower. The bad smell is to attract insects and the likes.

- the flower is very sensitive to human touch. It won't last long if touched by humans. It would apparently die soon after.

Definitely a majestic looking flower seen from near.

Next stop is the Kinabalu Park.

This was at the Nabalu look out point in Nabalu town which is a few kilometres before Kinabalu Park

What is a KK visit if you don't go to the mountain. If I can't climb her now at least I can be at her foot. And our guide took us all the way up the mountain to the last stop a visitor can go (in a car) before you need a permit. Yup.. you need a permit to climb up. It was awesome to be standing at the foot of the tallest mountain in south east asia. Awesome man!

However it was pouring when we arrived at the Kinabalu Park so the top of the mountain was blanketed by thick mist and was invisible to the camera lens. Tapi yang penting we were there!

yup.. the mountain is higher but you only see her midrift coz the top is totally invisible in this pic

Olivia's companion (whom I didn't get his name) informed that he's also a mountain guide for those people wanting to go up the mountain. No wonderlah since the mountain is behind his kampung's backyard. Went around the Park Centre for a while and then headed home. By then it was already 4pm. After a race drift back and peak hour jam in the city centre we finally arrived at the hotel around 8pm. Headed out for dinner at a nearby restaurant and went straight back to our room. It was one exhausting day man! But fun nonetheless. Everyone slept early that night out of sheer exhaustion.

Day 4: heading home

There were no other plans for the day. Well, actually I planned for us to go to Lok Kah Wi Park / Zoo before we headed back to Semenanjung later this day but everyone was still tired from the journey the day before so we chilled at the hotel for a while before heading out to Filipino Market.

Took a cab ride that cost us RM10 and later found out that it was only a 10 minutes walk from our hotel. Dang! In fact, we suspected that everything is just a walking distance from our hotel. Hpmmppfftt. Tapi tak apa la. The idea of dragging "Terror" walking around town has me in sweats already. Pasar Filipino was interesting, if I had the time to browse that is. The fact that Aydin was on the verge on a meltdown had cut short my window shopping so didn't really have time to browse through. Only managed to grab some souvenirs.

After deciding that everyone is already tired from the adventures of the day before, we decided to head early to the airport. We were in fact very early because we were anticipating a long queue seeing that the day after is Hari Raya Haji but suprisingly the terminal was quiet empty. Siap boleh tidur dulu tunggu flight.

Of course the flight had to be delayed twice (Air Asia kannnnn!) and we arrived nearing to 10pm. It was not very eventful the flight back home but I didn't manage to get some winks since Aydin refused to sleep eventho he was tired. At least he was not having his tantrums, thank god for that.

It was a tiring journey but a fun bonding family vacation. The kids loved the trip and so did we. Next year another family trip pulak. We will not wait until the "kids are a little bit older" because that was the reason why we have never been to anywhere!

KK Escapade was a success!

Time to plan for the next trip...

Misteri Jalan Lama | A Review

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:00:00 +0000

This post has also been pending in my draft for quite a while (tajuk je la, isi kandungan baru je nak buat ni ha).

The absence of my handbagss (read: kid no1 and kid no 2. Kid no 3 has been deposited with his teacher for the day) has given us the window to go on a date, which we haven't done for a while. Wanted to watch Breaking Dawn just because (no particular reason since although I am a fan of twilight series but only the book and not the film) but since mr hubbs have never watched any of the previous movies (let alone read the books) he might not understand the story line fully. Oter cartoon movies must be watched with kids no 1 and kid no 2. So the only movie left was Misteri Jalan Lama.

My verdict? Let see what the movie is all about first:

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To cut a long story short:

It was a story of 2 estranged brothers on a strange journey that would in the end reveals who they really are. Indra (played by Hans Isaac) was the eldest of 2 brothers, a has been great rider who succumbed to alcohol and gambling after he was caught for fixing a race - or was it because he was gambling that he fixed a race and got caught and later turned to alcohol...hmmm... (or something, can't really remember la). Ilya (played by Que Haidar), on the other hand is an obedient child, helping his (apparently) very rich father, Datuk Iskandar (Tarmimi Saregar) with their family business. However, he was also suffering from OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and rarely leave the office.

Both brothers were estranged because Indra felt left out and ignored by his father and that was 15 years ago. On the eve of Ilya's 25th birthday, his father went back to kampung to settle a matter. He died on the way there (he actually died in the first few minutes of the movie, and later audience would understand who was the apparition who had caused the fatal accident).

In the meantime Ilya was having nightmarish/ghostly visions and flashes of memories/nightmare. Indra was summoned to his father's office and given a letter written by Datuk Iskandar. He was asked to drive Ilya balik kampung for his funeral (the datuk not the son) seing that Ilya has OCD and is unable to drive. In return, Indra will inherit all of Datuk Iskandar's wealth.

On the way balik kampung and instead of using the highway, Indra decided to use the old road to avoid jam. On the way there the 2 brothers chit chat and that's where the audience will find out about the history behind the family riff. Indra decided to stop on the way to eat durian and while they were talking/arguing/fighting, gangsters came to wack the light of Indra for cheating the boss in a 'friendly' gambling card game. This is the first time audience will see that Ilya actually has some power of which he himself was unable to explain. But since their car has been hijacked by the gangsters they had to walk. To cut a long story short, Ilya saw a vision while taking a piss, they ran when a group of scary apparition chased them and later was directed to a kampung by Pakcik gerai (arwah Yalal Chin) for help.

When both brothers reached the village, they were greeted with a festive atmosphere. Everyone was wearing white and everyone was following them into the village. They were greeted with a bow and a feast, all their favourite food on the table. Ilya became suspicious but Indra was oblivious to the oddity of it all. Again, to cut a long story short, Ilya slept with a beautiful woman that night (Mariaon Caunter) and later was revealed to have married her.

Now the story has shifted into the mystery genre. Ilya was revealed to be the royal son of the Nian people. His father King Dewata (Nasir Bilal Khan) was killed by Harak (Afdlin Shauki although you wouldn't know him for all those layers of make-up) and his mother the queen (Vanidah Imran) was maimed by Harak to be the ugly scary no face apparition that Ilya was seeing before. Ilya was given to Datuk Iskandar when Datuk Iskandar happened to came across the fight between King Dewata and Harak in the middle of the road. At that time, Datuk Iskandar had just lost his wife due to complicated labour and he agreed to take on Ilya on condition that he had to return Ilya when he turns 25.

Snip snip, and cutting the story again, Indra was caught by Harak's men (beasts?) and Ilya embraced his birth right and lead his Nian people into battle with Harak's geng. Harak was then killed by Indra (ye ke eh? tak ingat la sebenarnya...hmmm...) and the battle ended. Ilya decided to stick with his people despite the plea by Indra and left in a floating kapal to continue the battle while Indra was left behind to probably make right whatever wrong he has done.

The end.

***

Well, that's the gist of the story (waaaa gist tau, padahal cerita panjang lebar). My take on this movie? Let me list down the "eh?" "err..." "hmm..." and "what?" moments in the movie.

**SPOILERS AHEAD**

- Que Haidar was good as the scared OCD man but the character building of him being an OCD should have been expanded. The only time he was shown to be an OCD sufferer when he closed the door 3 times and locked and unlocked the door 3 times. There are more to an OCD but that was not portrayed. It would have been wonderful to see him transform from being a timid scared man into a warrior.

- Hans Isaac was ok in the movie although he would have been better if the script is more relaxed. Orang jahat mana cakapt macam skema kan?

- I like the fighting scene between the Nian people and Harak's men (beasts?) looks more real and unreheased. Looks like what battle should look like. Macam battle dlm Lord of the Rings pun ada jugak sipi2.

-There should have been sub-titles during the conversation/negotiations between Harak and the Queen. I was a bit lost as to the reason for the 2 groups to be fighting in the first place. Something about broken promises.

- The floating ship, well... I'm ok with that. If mat saleh can come up with space ships and aliens and we believe them, why can't we do something equally out of our mind? Although I'm a bit irritated with some audience who clapped when the floating ship appeared. Couldn't figure out why he was clapping and laughing, was it out of sarcasm or was he really proud that to him a malay movie could come up with a good storyline? Yang penting mak irritated hokeh!.

- there was a storyline to this movie. One that i understand eventhough the storyline shifted from "the now" to "flashback" and again back to "the now" scenes every now and then through out the movie.

- the CGI was not bad. The blank faces of the TV viewers yang dok lepak kat warung pakcik tu, the vines that helped Ilya to defeat Harak, the falling of durians, not forgetting the floating kapal.

- I kinda like it when I realised that Ilya's father was Nasir Bilal Khan. Yelah, asyik jadi orang jahat je, kasi chance la jadi king pulak even if only for a while. Machoo woo pakai full armoury. Badan ketak2.. hehe..

- Vanidah Imran is beautiful as always tapi make up dia mcm out la sikit when she turned into a queen.

- Marion Counter's role as Ilya's wife was not expanded. Ada pun ok tak ada pun tak pe. I guess the copulation scene could even be without coz it doesn't add up or enhance the storyline. Tak ada pun tk apa sebenarnya. *tapi cekak rambut flower n costume dia chun aahh..*

- There was no proper explanation as to why Nian people wants to make a full circle and trap Indra in their world. Scene tu pun kalau tk ada pun tak mencacatkan cerita rasanya.

-scene makan besar kat kampung Nian tu I was expecting them to see them realising that they are eating worms instead of mee tapi nan ado. So macam anti climax sikit la scene makan tu.

- Liyana Jasmay as awek botak (samseng yang dok kejar Indra tu) memang gedik habis aaa... nyampah pun ada comel pun ada... hahaha...

-that scene when Botak and Indra was playing card tu memang hilarious. Masa kat tepi jalan lama tu pun kelakar. It was cool that a samseng was using loghat kedah but at the same time tak cakap jerit2 pun. Funny la Nam Ron as Botak.

- when Ilya said to his brother before sailing off into never-never land "Abang, jadi good boy pun ok apa?" (or something to that effect) I can even imagine Afdlin was saying that. It is soooo Afdlin.

- Misteri Jalan Lama tak sesuai la jadi tajuk cerita. Tak jive with the storyline yang ada fantasi. Tu lebih macam cerita hantu. Should have been something else macam... errr... Rahsia Lama or something..

***

Overall I like this movie. Tak rasa rugi tengok kat wayang. I like the storyline. I like that its a fantasy genre. Its good to know that we can actually dream and make it a reality. Yang plaing penting good storyline and good script. Regardless of the pretty stuff you put in the movie, at the end of the day it always boils down to the storyline and the script.

I give 4/5 for this movie.

Best.

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Its A White Christmas on Google!

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:00:00 +0000

search "let it snow"

press enter/search

Voila and snow will fall down from your monitor screen...

And you can play with your frosted monitor screen too

Cool

I want to be that beautiful too!

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:50:00 +0000

While most lingerie brands would usually pick a buxom lady to model their latest underwear collections, Dutch department store Hema have opted for a more unconventional choice.

Male model Andrej Pejic fronts the campaign for the ‘Mega Push-Up Bra’ from Hema that promises to ‘add two cup sizes’.

The company’s decision to have a man front the campaign appears to have paid off - as his natural cleavage-free physique is visibly enhanced by their ‘boosting’ bra.

The images, featuring Pejic wearing the bra under two different dresses and a jumper, were released on 13 December and quickly became a trending topic on Twitter in the Netherlands in a matter of hours.

One Twitter user wrote: “That HEMA campaign is brilliant: Andrej Pejic sporting a push-up bra?!

“If a man looks good in that bra, it must be good stuff.”

Another tweeted: “Andrej Pejic is the prettiest man woman known to man.”

The overall reaction to Hema’s ‘first male bra model’ is positive but it remains to be seen if everyone feels the same way.

This isn’t the first time Pejic has modelled clothing for women. The Bosnian-born and Australian-raised model has made androgyny his trademark and has become of 2011’s breakout models.

Pejic closed Jean Paul Gaultier’s womenswear haute couture show in Paris wearing a bridal gown and appeared as Marylin Monroe in a short film for Love Cat Magazine.

He also ranked number 98 in FHM magazine's 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2011 but the ‘award’ that was accompanied with a derogatory subtext encouraging readers to ‘pass the sick bucket’ in response to his androgyny was later removed from FHM's website.

Despite his success in womenswear, the 20-year-old has made a name for himself modelling menswear collections for the likes of Marc Jacobs.

So how does Pejic pull off this role?

His soft and sultry feminine looks have captivated designers and his figure is regarded as nearly perfect for high fashion modelling.

Hilary Alexander, Fashion Director at The Telegraph told the BBC earlier this year: “Andrej is obviously beautiful and he has the most amazing figure. When you consider that a lot of designers are designing for this impossible ideal for someone who is 5ft 11in, no hip and no chest.”

Pejic’s campaign for Hema was shot in Amsterdam back in September. His agent Joseph Tenni said: “It's revolutionary. I've never known a man to do a women’s lingerie campaign before”.

-taken from Yahoo News

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He's definitely more beautiful than me. And a lingerie model to boot. Oh my! my inferiority complex is rearing its ugly head...

Kalau cikgu kencing berdiri, anak murid kencing berlari la jawabnya!

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:45:00 +0000

No wonder la Malaysian drivers nowadays banyak yang macam hampeh. Kalau instructor pun bawak macam hampeh, tak ikut undang2 macamana orang2 yang ambik lesen tu nak ikut peraturan.

Nyesal mak tak snap pic tadi.

#Metro Driving Academy, please take note. Do spot check on your instructors please!
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Labyrinth | David Bowie Drool Factor

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:07:00 +0000

I was 10 when this movie came out. It became an instant favourite of mine. David Bowie was yumm-meh! in this movie. So very the delish. And to think that I was only 10 that time and was clueless as to why I was drooling over him. Only now on hindsight did I know it was crush at first sight **sighhh*... And I was looking for the title of this movie for the longest time until when I was in college i discovered the title of the movie.

Now I finally got the movie in my harddisk.. yeay! Serious ogle factor, see if you agree...

look into his eyes and you'll understand the *cair* factor.

this is a fun catchy song from the movie

**drool**

**david bowie overdose**

Crew Pulau Gadong - anak sapa lah ni?

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:28:00 +0000

Orang nak konvoy dia pun nak konvoy. Conquere jalan, potong kiri kanan, hog jalan fast lane, tahan traffic kt simpang, langgar lampu merah, no police escort.

I can understand your alliagiance to your political party. Probably ada function and you are there to help. Tapiiii boleh tak jangan membahayakan pengguna jalan raya lain?

Ish ish ish.

Total Eclipse of The Heart

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:39:00 +0000

Staring at the moon right now... Or where its suppose to be...

Total eclipse .

Magnificent beauty even when hidden.

In awed of God's creation.

Simple awesome.
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updates?

noreply@blogger.com (J.A.D) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:48:00 +0000

macam malas la pulak...

weekend is for me to rest and relax. Dah pulun kerja macam hapa the whole week, I wanna chill out and do nothing.

so for updates... hmmm... agaknya minggu youtube boleh teruskan lagi la kot. Tengok la camna nanti ye kakak kakak dan abang abang... :)

*mode M.A.L.A.SSSSZzzzzzzz*