Bruce Willis has been accustomed to star in great movies with lack of promotion lately. Hostage is one example. The recent one, smacked in the middle of the boisterous summer movies gets much less credits than it deserved despite its well known supporting stars.

Lucky Number Slevin is another Willis' flick of the same kind. It has everything a good movie must have. Twisted storyline, genious editting, cheeky dialogues, fabulous cast. The plot will keep you guessing until the end credits. Tho' think I need several reruns to catch some flashing moments...

Asian Festival of Speed 2006 consisting race Asian Touring Car Championship, Formula V6, Formula BMW Asia and Porsche Carrera Cup Asia series 5 & 6 will be held in Sentul on 22 - 23 July after completing series 1 - 4 in Sepang. Indonesia's champions, Ananda and Moreno, would be competing in the FV6.

Tickets are sold at Rp 50.000,-
More info here.

Indonesian Dance Festival 2006 comprising shows, discussions and workshop will be held from 19 to 22 July in Jakarta (another workshop is on 1 - 16 July in Surabaya).

More info here.

The world is divided. No, not because Supes supposedly left 5 years ago, but because the differences in opinions on the movie telling his return. Taking a stand, I must say Bryan Singer has done it again. The movie is, well, super!

Which is surprising, considering Bosworth, the trailers and production photos made me very sceptical about how the movie will end up. The 'S' is too small, Brandon is too bulky, Bosworth is not bitchy enough to be Lane and all those petty things. Composed into a two and a half hours of show, the end product is just beautiful. Although, Lex is not explored optimally in this episode, which is a waste of Spacey's talent, I shall say.

Another thing worth mentioning about this movie is the spoiler rate, which is low considering the weight of the fact and how the world behaved on the death of Dumbledore. You can keep reading, I will not spoil anything. However, you may want to stay away from the latest Tempo Magazine if you have not watched the film. And yes, please do watch it in the highest-tech cinema near you. It's worth it. Trust me. Do NOT watch it at Detos. Don't you DARE..!


Now, moving on to the science of the movie...

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It's been a while since I got a decent reading or even the time to do the reading. Well, considering the current situation, I bought not one, not two but three new books yesterday. And this time, I'm going local.

Bidik!
by Nugroho Nurarifin
I don't know the writer and never heard a review on this one. So basically I was trusting my instinct that this would be a genious book from the covers. The front side shows the tag line, "Tragedi selalu memiliki dua sisi" (Tragedy always has two sides) and "Sisi 1: Lomotions" (Side 1: Lomotions). So, there must be a second side of the cover when turned vertically, showing the exact same design and tag line, but instead of Side 1, it says "Sisi 2: Locomotive" (Side 2: Locomotive).
At first, I thought the story is about an occurance told from different sides. I was wrong. There are 2 persons, each with a very different storyline but connected at the end by a mutual character. The first person is a self-proclaimed loser artist trapped in a body of a low-grade accountant who took interest in the art of lomography. The accompanying pictures are quite interesting. The frustating atmosphere of working life in Jakarta could not be portrayed any better. The second main character is man with a broken heart. I salute the author, being a man but could really describes what it feels like to have your heart ripped off.
A depressing, yet genious book!


Boulevard de Clichy - agonia cinta monyet
by Remy Silado
This one is 671 pages long (large fonts, don't fret), reviewed by Kompas and set in France. A perfect holiday companion, wouldn't you think? The story is about a Javanese woman living as a singer and stripper in a particular district of the love nation.


Why Men Have Nipples?
--by Billy Goldberg, M.D & Mark Leyner (translated edition)
Not exactly a local book, but it is too interesting to pass. Questions like, "Can cell phones cause cancer?", "Is ER serial accurate?" or "Is it smart to smear butter over burnt skin?" raises my curiousity for sure. Although loaded by foreign medical jargons, the sense of humor and bits of pieces of hillarious chatting archives by the two authors successfully make it bearable.
So, it is actually possible to lose your sight momentarily after a shock. How do you tell if someone is lying about their sight? The two authors actually suggest using a picture of J.Lo's rear end ^^;

There are 4 other books that I am interested in but could not get my hands on for now.

Knowledge is power. Power consumes itself. Power corrupts. Then, is ignorance a bliss?

Whoever holds more information wins. History is written by the winners. History repeats itself, although too  bad this does not make studying and memorizing history lessons any easier.

... one of the jobs that is paid tremendously for one to torture others

can you name other jobs in the same category?