the "Vengeance" of a Gladiator (2000)

Maximus

Gladiator - barbaric warriors of Rome. The cutscene of interest was when Commodus demanded Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Army of the North, General of Felix Legions and loyal servant to the true Emperor Marcus Aurelius [Commodus's deceased father] to make known of himself.

If not because of Lucius, I bet the Emperor would have gone down the second Maximus got the chance with the arrowhead, because he got nothing to lose anymore. One man left to kill, then he's done. Revenge for his murdered wife and son would be served in this life or the next [me wrote it this way doesn't even compared to the feelings of hearing it].

The plot build up, up to this point was really tensed, but why would he still bothered by Lucius? Because of Lucilla? Or is it the wish of the dying 'old man'?

"Strength and Honor". 

-"cause you're already dead".

The humbleness of a farmer, down to earth.

-I'll give you the throne...

-"with all my heart, ... no".

Survival fueled by anger and revenge. 

- Death? "not yet".

Balik Kampung!!! balik hari je...

March 19th,

Objectives - jumpa mak pak, tengok apa rupa rumah tu, gi kenduri rakan-rakan, and mengeratkan silaturrahim dgn masyarakat kampung (i.e me'dang sambil tgk game Spurs vs West Ham & Man United vs Bolton).

Kalau ikutkan ati nak je rempit balik, tp memandangkan cuaca yg jealous makanya menumpang je la gamaknya, cam x biasa jer, haha sungguh terasa. Memang tu la jadinya. Motor, kereta, Komuter (KL Central), Star LRT (Setiawangsa), lastly kereta. Jauh gak travel nyer tp menapak cikit je, camner nak capai 1000 steps a day camni. Bukanlah nak kurus just wanna stay healthy by being active.

As predicted, hujan turun merahmati bumi di Sabtu hari meliatkan makhlukNya tuk meninggalkan selimut and katil memasing. Feel sorry tuk mereka yg kahwin/bersanding hari ni. Kenduri kat Bagan Tengkorak pun still hujan lagi, redah je la even squadmates belum gerak dari Klang lagi. Tak boleh lama sebab menumpang transport orang lain...

Kalau hujan lebat gini sah petang ni dak-dak kampung tak main futsal, sumer malas nak kasi clear court. Udahnya nyembang bertiga ngan cousin sorang & member kampung. Xder hasil nampaknya. Lagipun bukan bawak kasut pun, travel light je balik ni. Sepak bola tak dapat, tengok game bola pun jadi la, tengok performance team yg bakal di'ayam' Real Madrid hahaha. Man United lak bakal berentap ngan The Blues cuma mlm ni ngan Bolton je. Punya la mengharap MU kalah pas Evans kena red card, tu pun payah nooo. Sengal nyer Bolton.

Esoknyer planning need to be good, already got plan A, plan B and a bit of plan C.

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If U fail to plan, U planning to fail, ayat biasa dengar but doesn't make it less true though. More phrases - we could only afford the planning, ketentuan hanya ditangan Nya. Perancangan, strategy, gameplay whatever U call it, needed to get what U aimed for. Sometimes one plan was not enough especially when we're dealing with another human being, they've got flaw/s U know. Thats why U gotta have the next plans so we can work around those flaws (them and ours cause we're human too). Itupun if the objective was so important to U.

Thats the necessity. But to eased Ur mind working the plan, it doesn't hurt to make micro planning. It would sometimes shortened the ETA (estimated time of accomplishment), smooth things trough and avoid people snapping at each other for fear the plans failing.

An example - trip balik kampung fom JB to Sabak Bernam, more specifically my home at Parit Baru. I would need 2 trip by bus just to get to Sabak, thats the plan without involving others. Even if I got the Sabak - KL's ticket early on, I couldn't guarantee the JB-KL's eta. Worse case scenario of buses unreliable services I've experienced myself, it was Hari Raya's eve. The ticket for 1830 but hopped in at 2030, it was an old extra bus. Got delayed some more on the highway, bus broke down. Reached Pudu nearly Subuh. Almost ten hours. I think maybe it just happen on festive seasons.

For KL - Sabak, got three option. The bus if  U're lucky enough, or friends with weekend homesick, or the best option - my brothers and sisters, straight to home. When planning with people, make sure they aware of Ur plan so U wouldn't be left stranded somewhere. And take care of their feelings, keep reminding Urself that U just 'menumpang'! Sedar diri sikit. Thats my plan A, B and C. Truth is, mostly it went with C, but honestly I prefer A (less dependent to others and less people keeping tabs for favors).

I know its good and nice to have friends with benefits but don't push it. Instead of having friends, U're making an enemy out of Ur closed friend . . .

A bit of a quiz - I'm a guy and U're a girl. Is it not possible for us to be best friends? just that...

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March 20th, 

Minggu ni memang tak dapat nak stay kampung tolong kemas rumah, gi kebun ka tolong apa-apa yang patut. Even when I got no concrete reason not to. 

Hari ni dua majlis to attend to, Batu 38 and another at Bukit Jelutong. The one at Shah Alam ni classmate time primary school, last time I've met her raya lepas, only that once after our UPSR. Thanks to Wawa, I've got to ride along once more before gettin her title 'Puan' beberapa bulan lagi.

Talking about settling down, bapak aku pesan "nek sembahyangmu sek eneng seng ketinggalan, rausah angan-angan arek kawen". That means diri ni still perlu diperbaiki before even dreaming of getting married.

Back to Ekin&Mal event, also raining. Good thing it was held in Bukit Jelutong Public Hall. All four of us (Pana and Suraya) got a round table at the back for us gonna be long in there, thinking of a photoshoot with the bride later on. Each of us got the chance to show our faces to the bride, Wawa during reception, mine bila diorang bersanding kat pentas, Pana time makan beradab, Sue je segan masa potong 'cake'.

Rasa berbesar hati plak bila time amek gambar bersanding tu, Sikin senyum melebar lebih sikit bila nampak classmate lama dia compared to when the hired photographer asked her to. Really sweet wei!!! With her facial structure, I'd say susah tuk orang yang tak berapa kenal dia tuk nampak kemanisan senyum dia tu (don't get me wrong here, this is a compliment from an old friend).

Ekin&Mal

Bila group photoshoot, aku plak spoil wat muka tak berapa photogenic. Sian hired photographer tu. Habis jer majlis tu terus gerak balik Kajang, tilamku telah lama menunggu...

- border gambor still suck, argh the hell with it. Janji siap -

The Rite (2011)

I'm a big fan of Sir Anthony Hopkins works from 'Silence of The Lamb' all the way to the his latest movie, 'The Rite'. Its about his calmness, his convincing acts and his steadiness in his speech despite the age, that hooked me deep, among few other things like the expression on his face while devouring a human heart, getting possessed by Baal. Not to mention the annotation of lines, even a long one, which accented of Welsh as he is one. 

This movie revolved around one young man, raised by a single father [profession - kind of undertaker at morgue, handle the preparation of the death for wake ceremony]. The way his life was set to either life of solitude [being a minister] or inherit the family business makes a depressing retaliation within.

After the whole courses of solitude and about becoming minister, he decided to drop out. When  it was actually well planned as the only way to be away with his father's expectation and hope. It was then he was introduced to special exorcism class held in Rome.

Even with his whole life was Christianity and death, his doubtful faith towards evil spirit was getting him to face them firsthand right after his 2nd class. And here come our Father Lucas to save the day, not this guy faith obviously. Unfortunate to this guy, the devil's faith was not as mutual towards humankind.

You think you've outsmarted HIM?

Putting out unsur-unsur keagamaan, other aspek kemanusiaan (not humanity but humanly) dengan jayanya ditonjolkan. Michael Kovak lebih memilih penjelasan/pendekatan saintifik dari sudut psychology in choosing the best cure for what claimed to be demon possession rather than choosing exorcism ritual as it looks more like a torture to unbelievable extent. Being the victim of his own circumstances, still keeping his doubtful faith, he stick with Father Lucas learning bit by bit the father's side of the story.

Unsur kekesalan yang terpendam dalam jiwa Father Lucas pula mula menghantuinya when he start realizing the similarity between them two when he was young, the doubtful faith towards the evil powers. This weakness resulted in him losing quite a number of patients [death], worsen his condition to the point he himself got possessed by Baal [proved that he was in poor mental condition].

Michael long foreseen resentment, was snapped by the death of his father. Not because of the death news, not so much i guess by the fact that the devils brought it up even before the phone call got to him. Then kena main dengan makhluk-makhluk iringan syaitan & hallucination, triggered the changes in him. He start believing and get into the action, treating Father Lucas possessed body, against the 'big dog' straightaway. Camner dia bleh menang plak? Ceit . . . tipu tul.

Quite rare for a movie, crowning the evil side as the winner and this one was not excluded. Even with the opposition was among the Prime Evil.

The act was of course first class, it just that the storyline could have been better if it was more complicated, with lots of issues or more unpredictable or even sophisticatedly messy.

Another thing that comes to mind was the rating in Malaysia. I wouldn't mind if it was PG13 in the US because its not an Islamic country like us. Even the mind of 18 years old youngster might still need guidance, explanation  and warning concerning their belief/faith.

I've seen the movie at JJ Cheras Selatan with my 17 years old nephew. Good thing he didn't show any 'shock and awe' after that. Yang bangsatnya ada mamat dua ekor duk sebelah yang tak tau nak duk diam and shut their holes. I'm focusing here brader!!! Dah la subtitle takleh harap sangat.

 - pakcanjibam-

I'm gonna add some more when i feel like it...

Broga Hill by Ex - PF16

First hill-hike after mountain-hike around 4 years ago (lookin for Puteri Gunung Ledang). Cerakah, Cahaya Seri Alam was cycling so x kira. Future entry hopefully kebanyakannya bukan pasal yang dah lepas lama, maybe just a few for old time sake.

Broga Hill, around 350 m high with 1.7 km track with slopes ranging from around 25' to around 60' kalau x silap. Best to be climb with two to three partners with stamina (yg pancit jangan terasa), starts at 0530 if U're expecting sunrise view on the menu (plus U're slow climber and using torchlight) or sprint-hike at 0640 with sunrise still possible provided U've got the stamina and the track is not crammed with other hikers.

Noticed few attire yg x sesuai time naik tu, and those guys will and were having problems to get to the peak. Most people wear tracksuits, or shorts with sport shoes or hike shoes for better grip. That guy wore slippers, passed him separuh jalan naik atas, lepas pusing-pusing kat puncak nampak lagi, lencun dia mandi peluh (suit Urself la brader, sapa suruh x pikir dulu siap-siap). Instead of tracksuit for flexibility, mine was comfort cut jeans for better protection, boleh lasak lebih sikit.

The track - hard reddish soil with soft brittled sands covers till midway with trees for support. Then hard clay routes that at few parts looks like a ladder (hebat hikers sebelum ni) with death grass and rocks here and there that sometimes helping but can also sometimes intimidating. U might get separated from Ur groups if goin ahead of them simply because there's two route at midway that split but still converged back before the first peak.

The peaks - all three peaks got huge boulders surrounding quite spacious flat area. Kat sini le makhluk-makhluk yg nak tengok sunrise berkumpul. That makes me thinking, so long U still alive, bukan hari-hari ke boleh tengok? Maybe pasal scenery kot tuk artistic creatures ni...

The eX-PF16 expedition haha...

March 12th 2011

-2100 sempat lagi main boling dua frame with housemate and Geng Raya at Alamanda. Tu cerita lain tp result aku dapat tiga kali strike and few longkang, kira Ok la. 

-2300 dah sampai rumah just tunggu Jat's (roomate merangkap classmate) call. 

-2330 gi BB Bangi' s Mc D but fullhouse ngan dak-dak UKM gamaknyer. So to mapley we go..

March 13th 2011

-0110 Man U vs Arsenal. 2 Man U fans vs  2 Arsenal fans and one xtau fanclub mana. Sedih jer Arsenal kalah, ni dah masuk musim kecederaan, lots of main key player injured.

Xbest ar pakai sistem camni.

Anggota PF16 yg tersenarai - Izzah Kadir (idea), Shiela Ismail (pelaksana), Izad Hamid (pelaksana), Qaiyum Borhan (pelaksana) and me (pak turut). Turut disertai Marina Iskandar dikala mula mendaki. Plan asal lepak McD, tengok Man U kalah, sembang hangat till 0430 then gerak ke Broga Hill. But we can only planning, after 'that lost', a bit discussion, we moved on to Jat's home to get some sleep kata girls. Not me though, kang tido bukan takat mata xleh buka, Broga pun x pegi gamaknyer. Sg Jai, Beranang to Broga Hill tu kojap jo da sampai.

Just realized its school holiday bila nampak a group of kids cycling towards our mutual objective. Kuat semangat dak-dak ni, pas cycling menapak lak naik bukit tu. Get ready kat carpark/ ladang sawit dalam kegelapan, everybody got a torchlight kecuali aku, maacam haram camner bleh aku xtau lak ni. Tp biasa la pak turut duk belakang guna cahaya and step org depan sebagai panduan, tambah lagi lampu org belakang. Safe!

U come in group, U climb in group and U accomplish in group. Ur strength as a team is as strong as Ur weakest member. Kang sampai atas tapi sesorg apa guna, tak happy langsung, plus selfishness (gi jual ikan tempat lain weyh!), nampak sangat. Between the journey and the objective, the effort we put up supposed to be cherished more. Sesambil mengeratkan silaturrahim sesama umat dapat gak nyembang-nyembang sikit pasal lama gak tak jumpa diorg ni. And we even got to the peak before sunrise, but lots already there. Baguih nyor still dapat port yg agak best. Sambil melahap breakfast KitKat seketul dua ngan 100plus, video-recording tuk sunrise, snap photoshoot sana sini, feeds rodent sekor ngan KitKat...

At 2nd peak ni le port paling baik yg dapat le tuk rehat kaki, amik gambo lagi. tapi aku nak tengok abeh Broga Hill ni so off we go to the last peak. Agak mencabor track nyer ni. Sampai atas da ramai org ghuper nyer, mostly duk atas batu2 besar. Nak tengok view punya pasal aku naik gak batu besar tu even bersesak-sesak. Argh sama je ngan 2nd peak td. Sesi fotografi pun bermula kat 2nd peak atas batu besar port baik td sampai kedengaran istilah 'Kesenian Lalang', pelik, and perbincangan ilmiah vitamin dari cahaya matahari pagi.

Lahirlah scene-scene hantu kak Limah, nasyid berterbangan and scene duka lara but happy.

The Crew yang hilang ke'lelakian' dikala tamat ekspedisi.

After last scene tugu negara, operasi menurun bermula. Turun bukit memang sah lagi 'sakit' dari naik. Sampai bawah longgar lutut ngan fatigue nyer lagi. But there's some hikers who were more unfortunate, Kelisa diorg hilang tayar, all four. Mau nangis diorg ni...

Perot suda lapar so off we go for breakfast...

sambung nnt ler...

Main Reason, then Smaller One and Rest of the Minions...

'Limited to 420 word only', thats how kedekut ruang facebook ni tuk wallpost dia. So terpaksa la aku mencari medium lain tuk membantu memori yang semakin dimamah usia dari kehilangan cebis-cebis kenangan.

LOOKING FOR BETTER MEDIUM


Even with the Notes (FB) part, don't think it would really ease my eyes to read. Along with not so much of creativity to be possible to be put in, better look for the alternatives.


History Is What Made U


Kadang kala event yang best terasa sweet sangat untuk di'reminisce'kan kembali, even to the smallest detail possible. Sangat berguna tuk kerja-kerja me'maku' member yang terlibat di kala gathering nanti hehehe. I've posted some notes on FB before, or maybe just a post about life being one big experiment on 'How I Deal With People, Generally!!!'. Its a self defence mechanism that was not perfectly flawless but gave quite the outcome of making less hates and more 'love' (love is a bit heavy, maybe just friendly vibe). This gives me practically slower rate of friends gathering but even lower rate of haters gathering. The result of all this 25 years experience analysis of my life is the ME now.

So with the uncertainties of the memories would still remain, or me being sane (hopefully aku tak nyanyuk la tua nanti, InsyaAllah), better look for the alternatives.


The minions


Ikra' - bacalah. Maka bacalah olehmu untuk segala ilmu yang memunafaatkan dirimu dikemudian hari. Tambah lagi petua tuk tak cepat nyanyuk - 'rajin-rajinlah membaca, terutamanya Al Quran' dapat pahala lagi.

Experience of others - bukan aku tak bersyukur with my ONE life, tapi menuntut ilmu biar sampai ke liang lahad, dah sampai liang lahad tapi kalau tak ada 'some experience' camner? Terasa or dapat imagine sikit pun jadilah dari tak dapat apa langsung.

posted at; 1911, March 14th 2011
belum reti nak setting masa blog ni lagi...

Testing, testing one 2 three...

lets start with:-

 "Dengan Nama Allah Yang Maha Pemurah Lagi Maha Mengasihani"

Just trying new medium apart from the FB...