UUULTIMATE FIGHTOOO!!!

Two of the best fighters/martial artists in DA HOLE WAYD WOERLD duking it out in a friendly contest to the death.

In reality this fight never happened, because nobody beats Chuck Norris. Ever. (text needs to be highlighted due to spoilers on the outcome of the fight)

Highlights: Check out 3:00 for some chest-hair grabbing action!

Tlansfolmels!

Gosipnya robot slash alien favorit rakyat Indonesia yang sekaligus menjabat sebagai ketua geng robot gaul Autobots, Optimus Prime, lagi nyari temen-temen baru untuk diajak gelindingan (rollout) bareng.

Be scared, Megatron. Be very, very scared.

Guys+Small Bags=Eyebrows Raised

Yesterday I was hanging out with two of my old friends in the local coffee shop when something caught my sorry eyes.

There's this group of 17-18ish AGJs (no other word to describe it, really) walking to the exit, and the boys are carrying bags. Not just your ordinary backpacks, but these small, slightly-womanly, tas selempang-type bags.

So I asked my friends about it, and they said that it was the same question that they're going to ask.

I mean, what's the deal? It's totally understandable if it were women who are carrying small bags, they use it to put their wallet, handphone, perfume, cosmetics and other God-knows-what thingamajiggers, but boys? What could a human male possibly need to carry other than their wallet and cellphone?

Wallet on the right front or the butt-pocket, cellphone on the left front pocket, keys on the remaining pocket or you could just shove it anywhere.

That's it, right? Bet you those bags doesn't contain anything useful.

Current Obsession: City Bloxx

Lately my eyes seems to be glued to my cellphone's LCD screen. Not because of Facebook (which is slowly gaining points in the boredomness meter) or Twitter (which is just plain stupid). But because of this very fun, requires-heavy-thinking, logic-building game called City Bloxx.

That may be an exaggeration on my part.

No exit option WTF!?

So basically the goal of the game is similar to Tower Bloxx, in which you have to place tower uh... blocks as straight as possible to the highest level without it falling. The better and straighter you build your tower, the more people are going to live in the building.

So much fun! /gay

There are four tower types, blue is the lowest and yellow is the highest level tower. After you build your tower, you place it in a 5x5 square field to make a city. You can't just place the towers wherever you want, careful planning and strategizing is needed (again, lebay) because the higher level towers needed certain colored towers placed beside it--for example, a blue tower is needed in the adjacent square before a red tower could be placed.

OMG so many colors to choose from!!1!

Jadi intinya, setiap gw nganggur, gw pasti ngeluarin handphone dan dengan sigap langsung menu>gallery>games>city bloxx dan kembali mengasah otak dengan permainan asah otak ini (?). Lagi nunggu makanan dateng gw maen, lagi di travel gw maen, lagi naracap gw maen, lagi bokerpun gw maen. Mungkin di angkot doang gw gak maen soalnya takut hapenya dicolong.

And yes, the game's title is one "x" away from being a porno.

Popstar or Donut?

I swear, somebody on the telly just now pronounced Michael Jackson's nick "Jacko" like one would say "J.co"!

The Change We Need

A Palpatine-Darth Vader tag team for the top spot of Indonesia's government would be the best thing ever.

Sure, this country probably won't be a republic anymore, stormtroopers will patrol the streets 24/7, and planets will be blown to bits with a giant Moon-sized superweapon.

What's not to love? Plus, the military would look like this:

Move along, citizen

For once we'll have a strict and stern leader, one who's capable of taking action! Yes, he's older than my grandma...

WTF u mean old, bitch!?

...but he's still able to do this:

Die Punjabis die!!!

Awesome, right? Criminals are zapped, justice will be served, and he does it in style. Bite me if that doesn't make Indonesia a safer place to live!

Running beside Palpatine is none other than his personal boy toy Ani Skyw... Darth Vader. Oops, narrowly avoided a Force Choke there, see?

Vader's personal Star Destroyer (or spaceship, for the non-nerds that are unfamiliar with the term) in the early stages of its development

Vader has been Palpy's No. 2 for a long time now, doing mostly grunt works the old man doesn't want to dirty his hands on. This gives the black-armored asthma-ridden more-machine-than-man enforcer lots of experience on the field. With his trusty red lightsaber always at the holster, Vader is ready to show the people of this lovely country that with their combined strength, they can end the destructive conflict, and bring order to the galaxy!

I've had a chance to catch Vader at a press conference earlier this week, and when asked what he thought about his competitors, this is what he had to say:

Epic Win

General elections are coming closer, folks. It's time to make up your mind. Don't vote for anybody else. Vote for them.

Space, the Final Frontier

No, not a Star Trek post, kids.

Space has always fascinated me since I was but a wee lad. Maybe it's the whole "uncharted world"-ly vibe that makes it so interesting, like there's a gazillion of things waiting to be found there right there in the infinite blackness.

Kind of like the sea way back when, explorer dudes such as Marcopolo and Christopher Columbus setting sail into the unknown hoping to find something new. (...and gold). Difference is, the Marcopolos and Columbuses of today wear big-ass white suits with helmets. Guess we could call Space the "modern" sea, huh.

Come to think of it, we could have lived in a Space Age right now! Back in the 1960s, Space WAS all the rage: Sputnik. Apollo 11. THE SPACE RACE. Star Wars. Star Trek. Moonraker (the James Bond movie, not the Bandung-based biker gang). Peope actually thought that they're going to live in outer space in the near future, in space stations, the moon and all that. Though the fad unfortunately wore out after Apollo 11, one can wonder what the world could be right now if the Space Race did continue.

Got the pics from a site called HubbleSite, which my homo friend found using this website called Stumble Upon. Got chills just by looking at the three nebula pictures up there.

Here's to hoping in the next 10-20 years some genius (AHEMSHELDONCOOPERAHEM) finds a way to build a spaceship. If not, well I'm hoping for a breakthrough in time machine department, haha.

Avengers Assembled?

Incredible Hulk was awesome.

Kayaknya akhir2 ini gw ngomong awesome mulu deh haha. I'm not going to review the movie but allow me to say: now THAT is how a Hulk movie should be made! Jedar jeder jeger bum bum duaaar (okay that made me look like an idiot)! Pure destruction, pure fun!

Aaaaniwei, one of the most interesting part is the last scene before the credits (ya iyalah sebelom credits, makanya namanya last scene, haha dodol)...




-SPOILER(s) ALERT!!!-

Ahem.

Seperti yang kita tahu (atau tempe. ALAH BASI!) apalagi abis scene after credits-nya Iron Man, Marvel bener2 nyiapin film The Avengers dan kayaknya niat banget haha.

Okay. Ehm. Last scene. You know, the one with the general AND Tony Stark? I found one of the lines very interesting:


"I hate to say 'I told you so' general, but that super soldier program was put on ice for a reason."


Aha? Aha? Get it? Captain America was supposed to be a product of the super soldier program, he was frozen on the Arctic before getting extracted and joining the Avengers! Besides that there are numerous references to Captain America on the movie, especially regarding the super soldier program when General Ross tells the origin about the Hulk to Emil Blonsky.

Originally there was supposed to be a scene where Bruce went to the Arctic to kill himself, but ended up finding the Cap instead. The scene was deleted, however, but will be included in the DVD (DVD asli pula, kaga sanggup gw belinya). Stupid reason though, IMO.

Thor should be out in 2010, Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011 and will be followed by The Avengers movie later the same year. Expect more crossovers, I'll say. More of S.H.I.E.L.D. and more eyepatched Samuel L. Jackson.

I think the next Marvel movies are going to kick so much ass, there will be no butts left to kick.

The Next Level

The new Nike Football commercial is frickin' awesome! Pure mindblowing creative awesomeness.

It tells the story of (or rather shows, to be exact) this unknown Dutch football player dude rising through the ranks of his football career: from playing in his local league, being scouted by Arsene Wenger to play for Arsenal FC, to representing his country in the recent Euro 2008 football competition.

What sets this commercial apart from other football commercial is that it is shown entirely from the player's point of view, giving us the chance to at least get a glimpse on how it feels to play the game; on the field, with those big players.

The commercial is directed by Guy Ritchie and features numerous cameos by superstars of the sport playing beside and against the unseen Dutchman such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Ruud van Nistlerooy, Ronaldinho, Cesc Fabregas -- even a fight with Marco Materazzi.

This clearly blows away the Adidas Jose+10 commercial from way back in the 2006 World Cup. It's great, but this is just awesome. Period.

Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwlpTgbQTE

Just a Piece of My Mind

Hatiku gundah. Hatiku curiga.

Lho lagu Sherina dong?

I think I’m going to write about something a bit more serious this time, not to mention it’s a sensitive topic. I’m not one to write in-depth or anything, and originally I don’t plan to write anything about this… but eh what the heck. I'll try to make this as uncomplicated as possible! Doakan saya ya! Eh warning warning toletoletolet (ceritanya bunyi sirine) sama sekali ga bermaksud untuk ngikut orang gitu gara2 lagi pada nulis tentang ginian. It’s just a piece of my mind.

Anyway, steel yourselves lords and ladies because it is…

SENSITIVE ISSUE BELOW!

So Islam is supposed to be this pacifist religion, right? I’m a Moslem, and we are supposed to spread and practise the “message of peace”. Tapi kok kalo misalnya gw lagi ngedengerin khotbah Jum’at gitu, isi khotbah yang gw denger (mayoritas) ga jauh2 dari mencemooh dan menyudutkan agama tertentu. Bukannya menyebarkan “message of peace” tapi malah “message of hate”. And to top it all, pas mo Solat Jum’at lagi!

I attend an Islamic school since my childhood days (waktu itu gw masih botak dan gigi gw kayak Chipmunks! Imut deh! 8D) dan gw bisa bilang kelamaan di environment seperti itu bisa bikin pandangan lo terhadap dunia sempit priwit, sama aja dengan cara lo mandang suatu masalah. Yak ga bermaksud nyuwombong sih (walopun gw emang keren dan funky), gw sih selalu mencoba untuk “open minded ajyah” (kayak kata pacar lama saya Mariana Renata di iklan Lux jaman film Janji Joni dulu… Ah Marianaaa… *drools). Keliatan lah kalo kita terus2an “diajarin” aka. subliminal messages kalo this specific religion is bad, that kind of race ain’t good, atau this nation acts against our religion’s interest and therefore must be eliminated at any cost.

Ahhh… (desahan yang aneh -_-)

And suddenly I ended up in a drastically different environment, dimana temen2 gw kebanyakan agamanya berbeda sama gw. Trus? Ga kebukti tuh kalo apa yang dari dulu “diajarin” ke gw bener. Sometimes I feel more comfortable hanging out with them than with the people dari komunitas gw yang sebelumnya. Doesn’t mean that they’re bad or anything, tapi “orang2 baru” ini (istilah doang) lebih terbuka dan yang lebih penting, mereka lebih menerima perbedaan.

I guess I bore you already, huh? Maap yak! Hehehe.

Don’t get me wrong though. I love Islam so much, I believed it with all my heart. Gw seneng sama aja ajaran2nya. Yang gw ga suka tuh (beberapa kelompok dari) umatnya. Sepertinya yang mereka pikirkan cuma cause destruction towards the non-Moslem community dan menegakkan supremacy of their own twisted version of Islam.

Sayangnya gw belom bisa bilang gw Muslim yang baik hehehe, secara sholat gw masih bolong2 dsb, kadang2 malesnya masih suka mendominasi -_- Still a long way to go for me I guess.

You know, one of my biggest fears is that I live in an age where Moslem are hunted down like a plague. An era where my very existence is wrong just because I believed in this religion. And you know what? If the rest of the Moslem community keeps these acts of violence up…

…that age may not be far off.