wham..bam...nothing ma'am

such and such heartache from merely fugly perpretrator is unnecessary
and yet
still
why?

nona cyan's review on Mrs.Henderson presents

Been wanting to watch this movie since I saw the poster,however didn't had the chance (and everyone's just doesn't seem interested)
British movie + cabaret + tons of 40's songs + Dame Judi Dench = Nona Cyan's kind a movie! In addition, Will Young's character bear the same name as me.
Taking WWII as the time frame, it was feast for my eyes. The wardrobe (Viva L'art Nouveau!) was fantastic. The cinematography wasn't bad,but i guess they can do better (since the maker made Amelie).

Judi Dench acting was flawless (no wonder for the Oscar nomination),as a widow who wanted something to do after her husband passed away. So she decided to give a go in entertainment bussiness. The chemistry between Dench and Hoskins (he was butt naked in this movie,wonder was it a stand in?) was compellingly sassy. Quite amusing script, very british comedy, so, if you don't like British jokes,well, this movie won't be enjoyable.


When a friend got the DVD, my initial reaction was playing it and sing a long with any song that I recognised (that include "Goody-goody" and "All The Things You Are"). Come to think of it,it was better for me to watch it on DVD,guess those other people will throw their drinks and pop corn all over me if i saw this flick in the cinema.

nona cyan's review on Transamerica

My initial comment about this movie was Felicity Huffmann SHOULD won the Oscar for this!
Gosh...she looks really authentic! The gestures,the face,the make up,the dressing style,the voice and the wee wee (does it looks like that when guy's peeing?).

Back then,my (personal) explanations for men who wants to become women were :
1. Women simply just have better looking bodies.
2. Lotsa-lotsa wider choice of wardrobe,make up and accessories.
3. All men are obesessed with boobies.

This movie just gave another (yet more reasonable) explanation,because psychologically, they're just : women. Stanley-turns-Sabrina (Felicity Huffmann) just wanted eveybody else,especially his/her family to see him/her as a whole woman. To turn himself into one, he had to overcome his issues first. That includes getting closer with his son (hence i can't helped imagining Chandler in Friends).
Toby (hot-hot young lad Kevin Zegers), his son has been living in dumpsters, and Sabrina's instinctively wants to get him a better life. I really admire her for letting him to pursue his career (even if his ambition is to becomes a porn star). This father-son relationship is weirdly heartwarming.
Some satirical humor are slipped here and there, like how's Sabrina sits with thighs opened wide and the GG (Genuine Girl) who dressed like transexual.

Can't agree more with the tag line:
LIFE IS MORE THAN THE SUM OF ITS PART

different tunes

At first I had no idea what genre this album should fall into. Luckily ITunes is equipped with "genre" section,so it's classical.

I'm a soundtrack junkie,especially for James Newton Howard's,John Williams's,Shigeru Umebayoshi's and off course, Ennio Morricone's works.
To listen Morricone's piece in cello played by Yo-yo Ma has given me a different dimension. Morricone's compositions have always been my favourite since "Cinema Paradiso",but the composition for "Legend of1900" was incredibly moving. The deep stringy sounds from Yo-Yo Ma, just make those compositions slit deeper into my veins.

does enough means more?

alia : Goodness Gracious! I just don't want to feel worry ANYMORE!
olio : so basically,you wanna die? Let me see....what's the most painful way to kill you.
++thinking++
olio : well,i can chain and starve you to death,with feasting on ice cream in front of you.
Or stab you with tooth picks all over your body,then let you bleed to death.
Then again there always be those KNVB team who can beat you up.
--silence--
olio : hey? SPEAK woman!
--long pause, about a hundred sighs later--
alia : Missing you is enough.

The One That Got Away

Source: The Manila Times
By: Mark J. Macapagal

In your life, you'll make note of a lot of people. Ones with whom you shared something special, ones who will always mean something. There's the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you lost your virginity to, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you're with ...and the one that got away.

Who is the one that got away?

I guess it's that person with who everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong. There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw in the chemistry, but the cards just didn't fall the right way, I suppose. I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a long time partner that is, does not lie merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing.

It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little niceties of giddy romance. How often have you gone through it without even realizing it? When you're not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn't matter who you're with, it just doesn't work. Small problems become big; inconsequential become deal breakers simply because you're not ready and it shows. It's not that you and the person you're with are no good; it's just that it's not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact.

Then one day you're ready. You really are. And when this happens you'll be ready to settle down with someone. He or she may not be perfect, they might not be the brightest star of romance to ever have burned in your life, but it'll work because you're ready. It'll work because it's the right time and you'll make it work. And it'll make sense, it really will. The day comes when you're finally making sense of things, and you find yourself to be a different person. Things are different, your approach is different, you finally understand who you are and what you want and you've become ready because the time has truly arrived. And mind you, there's no telling when this day will come.

Hopefully you're single… but you could be in a long-term relationship, you could be married with three kids, it doesn't matter. All you know is that you've changed, and for some reason, the one that got away, is the first person you think about. You'll think about them because you'll wonder, "What if they were here today?" You'll wonder, "What if we were together now, with me as I am and not as I was?"

That's what the one that got away is. The biggest "What if?" you'll have in your life.

If you're married, you'll just have to accept the fact that the one that got away, got away. Believe me, no matter how fairy tale you think your marriage is, this can happen to the best of us. But hopefully you're mature enough to realize that if you're already with the one you're with, that this is just another test of your commitment, one which will just strengthen your marriage when you get past it. Sure, you'll think about him/her every so often, but it's alright. It's never nice to live with a "might have been," but it happens.

Maybe the one that got away is the one who's already married. In which case it's the same thing. You just have to accept and know that your memories of that person will probably bring a nice little smile to your lips in the future when you're old and gray and reminiscing.

But if neither of that is the case, then it's different. What do you do if it's not yet too late? Simple... find him, find her. Because the very existence of a "one that got away" means that you'll always wonder, what if you got that one? Ask him out to coffee; ask her out to a movie, it doesn't matter if you've dropped in from out of nowhere. You'd be surprised, you just might be "the one that got away" as well for the person who is your "the one that got away." You might drop in from out of nowhere and it won't make a difference.

If the timing is finally right, it'll all just fall into place somehow. And it would be a great feeling, if in the end, you’d be able to say to someone, "Hey you, you're the one that almost got away."

ternyata?

gerah
tapi aku tak ingin terbangun
karena sebentuk dirimu bertandang dan menetap

di alam sadar rindu berkadar nihil
di bawah
dirimu hadir dengan kaos berkerah setrip-setrip

ramalan (kurang) tokcer Djeung Susy

Ibu saya memang seorang pribadi yang suka mengejutkan dengan kelucuan-kelucuannya. Entah mengukur mobil dengan sapu (jangan tanya ijuk apa lidi) atau "menjebak" saya untuk mengukur peruntungan ke orang pinter.
Saya tidak bakal lupa,saat itu dia meminta saya menjemputnya di suatu rapat di hotel Sahid."Lagi males nyetir sendiri kali doi",pikir saya. Jadi sebagai anak yang berbakti,saya menebeng motor rekan sekantor,kemudian menyambung bus way,demi menyetiri ibu saya pulang.
Ternyata eh ternyata...
Begitu kelar rapat,dia langsung menggiring saya ke suatu stand pameran. Papan yang terpampang di depannya : JENG SUSYLOWATY keturunan bla bla bla,ahli dalam mencari barang hilang,peruntungan dan jodoh dan bla bla yang lain.Lengkap dengan foto ukuran 5R.
ASTAGA!
Begitu melihat saya,seorang ibu-ibu berumur 40an yang Njawani berat (untung waktu itu dia nggak pakai kain) langsung berkata,"ooh ini toh anak ibu. Ayo mbak sini,duduk". Begitu duduk dia langsung menanyakan tanggal lahir lengkap dengan jam (ibu saya mikirnya lamaaaaaaa banget,pas ditanya,"pokoknya dia lahir sore-sore,waktu itu aku lagi belanja di supermaket"). Kemudian Jeng Susy ini mengambil semacam lingkaran tabel (sundial?) lalu mencocokkan dengan unsur-unsur.
"ooh,mbak ini unsurnya tanah,jadi cocoknya kerja di bagian perkebunan" (kenapa nggak sekalian jadi makelar tanah aja?). Demi kesopanan dan kestabilan jagat,saya cuma menggangguk-angguk.
"sekarang kerjanya opo tho?",tanyanya.
"desainer".
"baju? atau interior?"
"bukan,grafis"
"ooh..ndak pa pa,percetakan tho? masih berhubungan sama kertas. Kertas kan dari perkebunan juga".
*gubraak* iya aja deh,pikir saya.
"Haduh,bukan itu dia masalahnya Jeng!",kata si Mamah,"dia ini kok seret jodohnya".
buset...sekalian aja dipampang di billboard bunderan HI Mah...tapi saya sudah pasrah,mengenal ibu saya sejak lahir.
Karena banyak yang mengantri Diajeng,maka ramalan disambung ke sesi ke dua...dia datang ke rumah..

Lalu si Mamah bilang,"biar tokcer kamu mengobrol berdua aja sama Jeng Susy yaa!". Untunglah Jeng Susy cukup asik,jadi saya juga nggak terlalu berkeberatan.
"Nah,kamu mau nanya apa?",katanya.
"Apa ya? masa kode buntut? yaah,studi saya aja deeh",secara saat itu saya belum tahu diterima atau tidak di sekolah yang sekarang.
"ooh,tenang aja..pasti kamu keterima kok".
okeh,bolehlah yang ini bener tebakan Diajeng.Kemudian dia bercerita tentang klien-kliennya,mungkin karena saya bingung mau nanya apa lagi.
"Ada yang lagi kamu suka?"
"umm ada..."
"Coba diceritakan ke saya"
Saya cuma bilang satu jawa satunya cina (nggak rasis lho,cuma biar membedakan saja).
"ooh,jangan khawatir,nanti mereka akan mengejar kamu sebelum studimu kelar"
*nggak mungkin banget deeeeh!* kecuali gue ngutang gede sama mereka

Kemudian ibu saya dateng (sumpah,saya curiga sebenernya dia nguping)
"terus kapan anak saya kawin?",tanyanya ujug-ujug.
"ooh,jangan khawatir bu,nanti sebelum kuliahnya selesai,dia tinggal milih. Nanti malah dia kemungkinan besar milih yang bule. terus punya rumah di sini dan di luar,bla bla bla"

BULE???? astaga dragon panjangnyaaaaaaaaaa......
Djeung yang baik hati...seumur-umur (kecuali Keanu,itu juga campuran) saya belum pernah naksir/ditaksir BULE...selera masih orientalisme.
Reaksi saya cuma cengar-cengir monyet...

Saking nggak ada ide buat majang gambar,saya pilih kartu tarot "magician" dengan gaya Saturday night fever ini. Mungkin maksudnya infinite disco?

nona cyan's review on Pepper Lunch

Setiap lewat restoran yang menjual bistik gaya jepun ini selalu ada antrian...jadi penasaran dong ya..jualan apa sih? Lada? Jadi semalam saya dan tandeman nyoba hal-hal baru bertekad bulat untuk mencoba.
Dari luar terlihat isi restoran tidak terlalu ramai,tapi kok masih ngantri ya?
Di depan pintu dipampang menu gede yang amat informatif (this joint is smartly designed indeed). Ternyata sistem restoran ini adalah memilih dan memsan makanan di pintu depan,lalu mengambil minuman dan side dishes (penganan sampingan?) di counter. Kemudian ada yanto yang mengantarkan ke meja.

Kemudian pesanan diantar ke meja.Lucu sekali bentuknya,hot plate steak dipagari dengan kertas bertuliskan cara memanaskan. Jadi begitu pesanan datang, kita harus membolak-balik makanan agar mentega dan saus yang di tengah bercampur.
Baunya....ENDANG gulindanggg nendang!

Agar rasa lebih gurih,saya menambahkan kecap. Ternyata kecap mereka adalah garlic soy sauce! nyam! Lucu juga nih kalo bikin buat masak di rumah.

Pesanan saya; Hitokuchi cut steak,lumayan empuk dan sesame chicken shake salad ENAAAK! Salad dengan udon secuil di bawahnya.
Sedangkan Detta memesan Combo cut steak with hamburger. Enaaak juga! pas matengnya. Soft ice cream with caramel "kuromitsu" juga nyam nyam!

Teuteuup...ketika pesanan meja tetangga datang...beef pepper rice terlihat begitu mengundang. Kelihatannya menu itu bakal kami coba lain kali.

Wara laba ini berasal dari Jepang dengan cabang di Taiwan dan Singapura

bon menunjukkan $ 35

Walk the Line

Actually, in my opinion,this movie didn't fully covered The Man in Black's life.
I was expecting a movie as dark as his lyrics.
But hey,it's a terrific love story between Johnny and June. Although the movie explained why Johnny got hooked on drugs and mixed up. It's was all about Jack's death and his father's attitude.
Good casting...very good indeed. Phoenix (Ladies,another drool control when he wears singlet and unshaved chin) and Witherspoon really got the chemistry there.
No wonder those two leading role are among Academy Award nominations.
The costume is well designed...make me wanna wear black and bold coloured prints skirt.
Here's the bold movie official site .

Here Johny Cash proposing June for the 40th time (is that LOVE or psychotic??),well if you wanna do it big, do it in front of public i guess.

Feel the Southern love y'all!