since when changing names and ID numbers is considered doing an assignment ?

You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.

--Dave Barry (1947 - )

Life's not pretty

She's got hidden wrinkles here and there, some nicely consealed cellulites and a cronic bad habbit of torturing some poor souls. A certain path in life is a complete oxymoron since the brittle balance ultimately rests on the constant imbalance of things.

However, someone who is accustomed to see only black and white seem to have a hard time understanding that certainty is a luxury.

a kid and her dreams, the deadliest poison there is..

After watching the controversial movie and rereading the original novel, i declare the movie as a fair attempt to visualize "the biggest story ever sold" ^__^ IMHO, Ron Howard did not entirely deserved to be dished at Cannes but yet he did fail to bring about some of the grandeur and majestic scenery so eloquintly described in the book. moreover, just like what happens to movies adapted from Crichton's novels, the beauty of symbology and a large portion of historical references mentioned in the novel were stripped down.

many details were altered and some were added, but over all they are still acceptable. also, it could be very annoying or excitingly amusing watching the movie beside someone who hasn't read the book with their occasional bewilered gasps and shocked expressions. for those watching in Indonesia, a bit of warning: when English is in use rather than French or ancient Latin, do NOT depend on the translated text since it is often deliberately blanked, specially when the dialogue is revealing an important but sensitive issue.

now, back to the story. when i first heard the title of the novel, being a great scientist in his time, i expected Da Vinci's codes to be mathematic and cryptographic in nature rather than subtle message in the art works themselves. clearly, my portion of digital science education far outweighs that in arts. nevertheless, personally i think this is a good story.

Cha-cha

1. Closed basic
2. Spot turn
3. New York
4. Spot turn
5. Hand-to-hand
6. Triple Cha-cha
7. Spot turn
8. Open basic
9. Closed hip twist
10. Hockey stick
11. Shoulder-to-shoulder
    
12. Spot turn
13. Time step
14. Spot turn
15. Natural top
16. Natural Opening Out
    
17. Alamana
18. Closed hip twist
19. Alamana
    
    

Jive

1. Fallaway rock
2. Change of places Right to Left
3. Change of places Left to Right
4. Change of hands behind back
5. Link & Whip
6. Change of places Right to Left
7. Stop and Go (kaya nama bengkel sepatu ya?)
8. American Spin
9. Change of places Left to Right
   
10. Windmill
11. Spanish arm
12. Link rock
13. The Walks & Single Walks
14. Turning Chasse Right to Left
15. Change of places Left to Right
16. Rolling of the Arm
17. American Spin
18. Change of places Left to Right

Rhumba

1. Fan
2. Hockey Stick
3. Progressive walks back
4. Natural top
5. Closed hip twist
6. Alamana
7. Side steps
8. Cucarachas
9. Alamana
10. Open hip twist
11. Alamana
12. Hand-to-hand lead Lady to turn left into Spiral Turn (yep, this is where i went: "Come again...?")
    
13. Aida
    
14. Cuban rocks (shake that hips!)
15. Spot turn

• there will never be enough time, you'll have to make some
• there will never be satisfying enough carreer while you put something on hold
• there will never be enough good in this world, you will just have to try

 
how far is considering considered too far?