the observatory

its interesting to see how Warner Brothers market Blade Runner 2049. Rather than giving us repeated cuts of trailers and yes the annoying teaser trailer, they produced 3 short films to present us what happened before we see Blade Runner 20149. Blade Runner 2036 : Nexus Dawn - we are introduced to  Niander Wallace played by Jared Leto. Wallace introduces a new line of “perfected” replicants called the Nexus 9, seeking to get the prohibition on replicants repealed after Nexus 8 replicants goes all out to create a worldwide blackout - see Blade Runner 2022.  Second, Blade Runner 2048 : Nowhere to Run, we are introduced to Sapper ( played by Dave Bautista ) and finally we have the Manga driven piece entitled Blade Runner 2022 : Blackout. Cool eh. ( p/s - extend your prayers and wishes for my niece's cat named Charlie for a safe journey home as he was abducted by idiots yesterday )

apparently Charlie the Cat ( my nephew ) is missing since yesterday. Bet he got abducted by someone as he knows when to come back. Anyone who is reading this - send awesome prayers, doa ,wishes and energy for him to come back home ok. My niece found him in the dustbin, brought him back home Raya last year, so he got tons of love, attention and care - he grew up and fit nicely to the family. I simply dont understand or comprehend why on earth people like to abduct, take something which they dont own. hish..... niece, Charlie and with my late dad. miss you lil brat

someone asked me - how you keep in track of what im doing. I replied - i dont know. As usual when the year is ending - people will do all sorts of list ( New Year Resolution ) and other declarations. But again, let me share you whatever im doing. I always refer to Maslow's hierachy. Most city folks now is suffering - with high inflation rates, we experiencing this "urban poor" epidemic, where people stretching their dollars to the thinnest limits. Lets see the most basic need first Food is the main motivation for survival. If nak do good - donate rice ( beras ) or oil. Its essential. Not instant noodles ok. In the areas of safety - is our environment healthy enough? Parents now are even afraid of letting their kids wander out alone. Traffic jams everywhere, people chasing time like mad scientists, double parking and whatever idiotic acts - the problem is we always lose to time . Urban poor scenario - imagine 7 people living in 600 sq foot of flat. 7 mo...

decided to check out new characters for The Last Jedi, the new Imperial Royal Guard, named Royal-Praetorian looks like my mom's Tuppperware. after so many directors got fired - replaced halfway, glad to know Rian Johnson able to finish The Last Jedi without any drama and they got Abrams to conclude the trilogy. ( Rogue 1 was manhandled ) JJ is a  safe bet. ( cant complaint as there are so many watchdogs, share-holders to please for Star Wars properties. )

“After a time..........you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting . It is not logical, but it is often true.” - Spock

when Star Wars belongs to Lucasfilm - we have Hasbro distribute them, we have brilliantly sculpted, articulated 3 quarter figs. It costs around 40 bucks....well when it was released, it may sound pricey...but hey - with all the stuffs they put unto them - no complaints from me. Take a look at the Black Series Luke. and this Luke fits nicely to the newer sculpted Taun-Taun. Then Disney took over Lucasfilm and the ringgit took a tumble. Star Wars figures now have limited articulations - yes badly painted and sculpted figs.Costs around 60 bucks. That is easily increase of 20% higher price - lower quality. you know something is not right when a toy can pay for 3 decent individual meal. 

Kingsmen 2 is like having 4 triple Big Mac, 2 jugs of Pepsi and 3 Mcflurry while listening to Elton John's Rocket Man. 

again - after watching it back to back, i need to get my hands on The Milano. Peter Quill's a.k.a Starlord's rig named after his crush ( besides Heather Locklear ) Who's The Boss child actress and later Charmed's babe Alyssa Milano, this bird-like ship needs to be in my who's who of sci-fi collection. Lego produced 2 versions of it. The sequel model is smaller than the first. A chinese company named Bela sneaked in, flood the market and gave us ( me ) joy. the first Milano The Milano's for the sequel, packed with the pink battery eating monster is pretty neat but the price is not. the sequel's Milano - smaller The first Milano was released 2 years ago and hard to find as most stores told me that Bela no longer produced them - with my packed schedule and workload, i dont have time to do a reasonable built MOC. ( MOC stands for My Own Creation ), Lo and behold - universe gave me one as i found one when i was back in Melaka. yehahhhh...i change t...

as usual the social media is abuzz with all a beerfest festival is banned. My brain trying hard to comprehend this shit. Seriously drinking beer is not our culture as we head to the nearest mamak to get our daily fix of teh tarik. mabuk teh tarik resulting in obesity. Fine beerfest is banned to curb many variables - sure people do dumb stuffs when they are drunk ( texting confessional testimonials to ex's ) and etc, what about people who are drunk with power, money and whatever than can be associated with..... i rather chose to entertain people who had 10 bottles of wine - they are more entertaining and harmless, if you are lucky they can be like Plato. Ive seen drivers in the early morning drove like a "drunk" madmen to beat the traffic jam.... maybe their are tipsy due to lack of sleep.....

Setiap Sekarang was written 3 years ago for  H3R O  and now, universe gave us a chance to frame a music video for it. Shot in Panggung Sasaran ( where i spend my formative years in USM ). Its like my semi-reunion with  Kebun Jiwa Halus ,NIna, Zul Ikhwan,  Norhelmi Othman  and yes  Lan Chin . photo by  Huzaifah As-said Zaharuddin

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sometimes its very hard to dig deep inside your heart to a) forgo the things, efforts, time and effort you invested upon when you know that you no longer have a role to play. b) forgive mistakes. Sometimes i wonder why on earth, they created the word SORRY as before actions or decisions made, we need to analyze and ponder it thoroughly. Human beings again are predictable, emotionally stunted and the word sorry is simply born with them. - dont get me wrong, im not asking everyone to be like a machine, an AI or like TARS in Interstellar where we rely on numbers, quantifiable numbers and figures to issue out a success, but a clear objective of what, knowing what we are doing. Of course, we have to deal with people - the ones who cant even bother to take full responsibility except bringing their pair of balls. c) the ability to forgive those opportunists and whatever cretins that is involved directly and indirectly. These batch of fuckers exists and seriously i just hope and pray t...

Brahim - "saya dah bertahun mintak rumah, tak dapat. Encik datang untuk apa?  ( i have applied for a house for years - but i didnt get it. What is your intention coming here sir? ) I replied " Tuhan nak kasi rumah kat kau Brahim heheheheh"  ( god wants to give you a house ) In NGO universe  there are no such thing as me, you, race, ethnic or party. No divisive lines. We are all God's and Universe's macai!!!!  Its all about WE.  Itupun people susah nak paham.

Most of my pals know that im too selective to attend any exhibitions and write a review, but CK's work is an exception. I took some time drafting this before i leave for my logistic,recee mission for INSAF. This piece will be published in his catalog. Have fun reading.  Act One - The Rock Stars This time CK’s lovable characters is playing the irreplaceable Freddie Mercury, the late Prince, Bowie, Slash and of course our local hero - Sudirman [i] . Their album unites half of the world population, we memorize their lyrics, sang their work loudly in the car, in the shower, stop whatever we are doing when radio played their tracks. Not forgetting making us weep in cold silent grief when they left us. So what is the connection between these rock stars – which is painted on our Astro [ii] dish, displayed in the iconic now forgotten Chinese New Village set-up [iii] ? The answer lies in technology and music. Both of them have a magical power that any politicians doesn’t have wh...

Even when you rule the nation, how much you can eat? Two and a half bowls. No matter whatever you do, brag, achieve -when you lie down to sleep, a man only occupies a single mat - Shino Sako of Bizen. Lone Wolf and Cub, Issue No 5, 1997. First Publishing.

alot of people will confuse when it comes to 1. opinion 2. giving their two cents 3. comments 4. review 5. reflection 6. criticism 7. judgment 8. commentary Before they do all of this, first of all - are they qualified?  Does their perception, evaluation have any weight? Do they know their role before giving out number 1 to 7? So when i was asked to view and to do a writing on my pal's latest exhibition, i took a deep breath before i do No 4 and No 5. Forget the No 1, 2 and 3, 6 and 7 as everyone can give those freely without asking. Anyone from Uncle selling Yong Tau Foo, amateur artists and to auntie jual sayur can provide this. Anyway below are the snippets of my reflection of my pal's latest exhibition, i enjoyed seeing all the images displayed. The visuals displayed doesn't waste any of my time - in fact - reinforcing and putting some light that there are honest to goodness artists out there. And of course, when they put effort in designing them nicely t...