CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS & "9" THE MOVIE

These two animations are a must see movies to watch...... I watched Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs in 3 D last Thursday at Berjaya Times Square and "9" DVD at home last night.

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.

One of goofiest animated movie I have ever seen. Small to humongous meatballs, burgers, macaroni and cheese falling from the skies....spiral spaghetti storm....this is the most cartoonish animated movie for me but this is one show that I have never seen and can imagine before. Very effective yet creative with a straightforward story. Inspired by Judi Barrett's children's book, it is about an inventor, Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader) who builds a machine that converts water into food and becomes local hero when tasty treats fall from the sky like rain. Things went well but goes haywire when the machine spins out of control and threatens to bury the whole world with giants foods and Flint must find a way to stop it. The characters in the movie are quirky as well such as Sam Sparks (Anna Faris), a weather girl with the heart of a nerdy-girl-next-door, Tim (James Caan), the father, the scene where he tries to help his son by sending an email was hilarious and the others memorable characters as well.

The best part after watching this movie, believe me, is that you will suddenly feel hungry for food except chicken...why? you will know the answer after watching it..hehehe

"9"

This is a different ball game altogether. First and foremost, this animated movie is visually stunning. The overall storyline might not be so clearly defined and it is too scary for younger kids for it actions scenes but I truly truly love this movie...awesome...The renowned filmmaker, Tim Burton produced such a distinctively and thrilling tale. "9" stars Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer.

"9" is basically the story of 9 intricate, beautiful shaped and curious creatures who must dodge metal dogs, fight off a mechanized giant octopus like creatures and unlock a secret in a world where all humans are gone and the machines that roam the earth want to destroy them in the first place. Ermm...sound like the story you are familiar with? (Matrix and Wall-E combined). Each one of the nine creations has a distinct personality. "1" is bossy, opinionated and protective, "2" is a thinker and healer. "3" and "4" are twins who thrive on knowledge and study. "5" represents friendship and family. "6" is madness and secrets. "7" is agility and a warrior, "8" is strength and "1"'s bodyguard. "9".... ermm you have to figure out yourself...I would not be a spoiler for a good movie like this...

Amazing visual effect

Burlap heroes

Why were they created? Who was the inventor??

Fighting the machines..

Calling all hard-core sci fi geek, comic book lover or aspiring animators, go watch these movies ... I am none of those yet I really enjoyed it immensely...what will they think out next???

OPEN HOUSE - MINE AND OTHERS

There were so many raya open house invitations for me this year. Some I did attend, others I can't for some reasons but I made sure that I informed them beforehand as a sign of respect for the invitee... something I learn about simple invitation etiquette from my late father since I was a child....Enough about that....

I would like to thank among others Amri & Leo (Bukit Antarabangsa), Yus & Amir (Bandar Tasik Permaisuri), my relatives and my neighbour, the infamous Berita Harian's reporter, Farihad and his housemate for inviting me. Off course, the sweet surprise came when my friends and I were busy eating the yummy foods in Farihad's house, then came the most sensational couple in Malaysia and my idol no doubt, the two Datoks Siti and her husband...Datok K. Both of them looked dashing and sweet and at ease with all the people around them albeit the gaping mouth of one of my friends...And she did eat a lot...honest....I can't blame her, the mee udang and nasi ayam were mouth watering...plus the delicious homemade karipap made by A's were snapped clean once it were put on the table...

Courtesy of Farihad's facebook..me sitting far end hehe

Farihad's housmates & Siti

At Farihad's....

As for my own open house, it was held on Saturday nite, 10 Oct, 2009 at my house. I would like to thanks those who came especially BB group (thx for the fruits pickles), my close friends, Panzer, Is and Shah (thanks for coming late after giving promise to help., babab nanti..hehehe), Safuan...my relatives, Azman and Eddie, Nasrol & Sid, my neighbour, Farihad, Wan & Sharil. Rostam, Yus and the gangs, Epul and friends, Najib on behalf of Penang's friends, Ajib, Kzul, Heri, Imran from Melaka, Hadie from Jakarta, Amri & Leo and many others I am unable to mention here... A special thanks to Epul who without his help, I could not made it ready on time.....We all had a good time, despite a few hidden drama behind it, jeng jeng jeng hehehe... The last group to leave was at 3.00am after watching, Wanita Berkalong Sorban, a VCD I bought in Jakarta earlier this year.

Here in the pictures from my raya open house...

BB group among first to arrive..

My guests..

Old friends meet new friends...

Ajib entertaining us with few songs...

Makan jangan tak makan...

The foods, Laksa Johor, Nasi Minyak, Nasi Impit & many others..


Epul and friend

With Farihad and his housemate, Sharil..

Heri's cute son...

Happy and sweating as usual...hehehe

Again, thanks to all who turn up to my house the other day...God Willing, I will do it again next year.... I am smiling...my raya wish turn up to be true...ermmm...have a productive day...happy hari raya..........xoxo

OFFICE RAYA CELEBRATION - 2009

On my last post, I did mention that I will talk about my Raya Open House but I decided to post it later and post this instead. Like any other companies be it in the private or public sector, office raya celebration is a compulsory event. This year, because of the H1N1, the management had decided to cancel the annually major raya celebration for the whole staff i.e in the same building but gave permission to any department to hold its departmental raya celebration instead.

Below are pictures of my departmental Raya Celebration which was held on Thursday 8, October 2009.

Waiting for guest arrival

Guests and staffs taking their seats

Doa before eating

Ah..I win yet another small plastic bin for lucky draw.. Lucky me

What is Raya Celebration without the foods?....yummy..

Kenyang perut, suka hati....

Kelas Tadika 2009 huhu...

touch me hold me...my stomach again?? ermmm curious...

KRYPTONITE - PART 2

One wise man did give his view on my post regarding kryptonite and I quot here verbatim,

What makes superman, superman is becoz of kryptonite, not Lois Lane, not anything else. Without kryptonite, he is just another average joe, like any other human being walking the planet earth. Kryptonite is what differentiates superman and everyone else. It's the only thing that defines him as who he is...His weakness. Even if it kills him, the truth about the subject is, that superman is nothing without kryptonite. It is what completes him.

Well, a good viewpoint, I guess....

My next post will be the my Raya Open House which was held last Saturday nite.... till then, have a nice and productive day...hugs

KYRPTONITE

I was watching Smallville the other day and there was one scene when our mighty hero, Clark Kent, howsoever powerful and with his mighty alien superpower got weak when a small green stone were hurled at him. A small green stone? insignificant to all other people, to all other human being yet can be so powerful to only one person? Illogical? What was in the mind of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster when they created this cultural icon character in 1932?

This green mineral debris can nullifies Superman's powers and immobilises him with pain and nausea...prolonged exposure will eventually kill him. And the only thing than can protect him for this green thang is lead which can block the radiation....

If Superman need to be strong and healthy both in mind and body for him to be "faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound" he needs to be far far away from that green thing call KYRPTONITE...

Everybody does not want to be vulnerable...everyone does not want to be weak... its understandable that if you are in that situation, you will probably run away as far as you can from that thing than can make you weak... Its all about realizing and understanding what can move us or shake us and making the ultimate decision for it...

Another one of my rambling post? XOXO

SALAM EIDUL FITRI 2009

Eidul Fitri ...the day come and go so fast as the fasting month itself and all we know we are already in the last quarter of 2009...2010 is just around the corner.......that is how fast time flies....

Unlike previous rayas, which were kind of dull and boring, surprisingly this year was hectic but cheerful. Reason being, we had more visitors this year from near and distant relatives. Why the influx? I guess it must be tied to my mum who has now become the oldest surviving member in her family and as such, has become an important figure for her grand nephews and nieces to come and pay respect. One family even stayed over and making our loud family even louder hehe... We did not take family picture this year but below were selected pictures concerning this year raya in my family.....

Cooking in progress

The infamous Sambal Tumis Udang....my most fave food

My nephew, the house cleaner....exhausted.

This is the best part...the all purple colour were purely coincidental...

With my fave nieces....

My sis daughters and sons

Our dearest madam of the house...our mum..

Among relatives who came...

After that....online games la...no more main nyorok-nyorok...

Aik!!! dah tido pun leh bg Good sign? hehehe

The chubs in our family hehehe

I would also like to say thanks to my old friends Telok Mas, Melaka i.e Heri, Imran, Kap and Kzul for our late night rendezvous in Melaka town and Tanjung Keling beach last Monday....lets do it again next year yea... hehe

To all my friends, I wish you all Selamat Hari Raya, maaf zahir batin...hugz..

Adus, songkok sengget la pulak...ermm...

MY ADVICE FOR MYSELF

I had once given an unsolicited advise to a friend when he encountered a problem. Dunno if I managed to help him with those words..nonetheless, now I need those words back for my own purpose... here goes..

DALAM menghadapi apa juga masalah, dua asas penting perlu diyakini dan dihayati iaitu setiap perubahan bermula daripada diri kita sendiri seperti termaktub dalam al-Quran yang bermaksud: “Sesungguhnya Allah tidak mengubah apa yang ada pada sesuatu kaum sehingga mereka mengubah apa yang ada pada diri mereka.”

Kedua, ketika berhadapan dengan manusia, walau siapapun mereka, kita mesti ingat bahawa manusia adalah makhluk yang tidak sunyi daripada kelemahan dan mempunyai pelbagai harapan yang tidak mungkin dipenuhi dan dicapai kesemuanya. Dalam hal ini terdapat satu ungkapan berbunyi, ‘mengharap keredaan semua manusia itu adalah satu matlamat yang tidak mungkin dicapai’.

Berlandaskan dua asas tadi, kita boleh hadapi masalah ini daripada dua perspektif iaitu pertama, melihat ke dalam. Maksudnya lihat kelemahan dan kekurangan yang ada pada diri sendiri. Terima segala kesulitan yang dihadapi sebagai ujian. Hidup ini memang medan ujian. Ujian diturunkan sama ada dalam bentuk kesenangan atau kesusahan. Jika kita sabar menghadapi ujian kesusahan, dosa kita diampuni, darjat kita diangkat tinggi. Begitu juga jika kita bersyukur menerima ujian kesenangan.

Kedua, melihat ke luar. Maksudnya setiap manusia ada hak dan tanggungjawab terhadap satu sama lain. Jangan harapkan perubahan berlaku serta-merta. Allah amat mengetahui dan akan menunjukkan kepada kita sama ada yang baik atau buruk, sama ada kita suka atau benci.

Kadangkala kita terlalu cepat menghukum. Apabila kita mendapat berita duka, kita pantas berkata, ini tidak bagus. Tetapi benarkah itu tidak bagus? Mungkin itu bagus. Cuma kita belum tahu hikmah di sebaliknya. Setiap yang berlaku dalam kehidupan kita mesti mempunyai sebab. Kita lahir di dunia mempunyai sebab. Cuma kita mungkin kurang sabar. Kita mahukan jawapan atau perubahan berlaku dengan serta-merta. Kita perlu bersabar dan bijak membuat keputusan supaya tidak menimbulkan masalah pada masa depan. Hidup perlu diteruskan!

I had told someone that I believe one day he will become a successful person. I still do. And I hope he will believe in himself and have the courage that he can be the one. With positive support and encouragement from his close friends and family members, I have no doubt he will pull through whatever barriers come what may......and lead a fruitful life, the one that he is hoping to achieve, InsyAllah.

As for me...I just believe in this one song....and I am singing it every night in the bathroom, the only time that I think I have the best voice ever, .... who isn't,....hehe....

Mereka meragui. Wujudnya cinta yang sejati

Tidak hati ini. Semenjak dari mula

Ku yakin ada cinta

Cintalah yang memungkinkan segala

Ku rela....Biar betapapun perit tertusuk duri

Jalan berliku tiada bertepi. Ku percaya

Tiada sia sia aku diuji.

Demi cinta....Tersembunyi hikmahnya pasti.

Pandang-pandang alam ini. Sambil pandang difikiri

Mana bumbung langit tinggi. Mana lantai bumi

Tiap satu yang terjadi. Tidak mungkin tersendiri

Cuba cari jawapannya andai meragui

Ku rela. Biar betapa pun perit tertusuk duri

Jalan berliku tiada bertepi. Ku percaya

Tidak sia-sia aku diuji. Tidak sia-sia aku diuji

Ada hikmahnya pasti

Sejak mula ku percaya ada cinta

Cinta itu memungkinkan segalanya

Cinta suci. Dan abadi.

Ku Percaya Ada Cinta

- Dato' Siti Nurhaliza -

Tahajjud Cinta 2009