Sunday, January 1, 2012

2012 Movies Must Watch


list that i've been made for my 2012 movies must watch. definitively will watching it. credit to rotten tomatoes 

1. Underworld: Awakening

When: January 20
Who: Mans Marlind, Bjorn Stein (director), Kate Beckinsale, Charles Dance, Stephen Rea
What: Selene returns to take down some more werewolves.
Why: Beckinsale makes a welcome, eye-catching return. And the Underworld series is the ultimate in January fare: fast, fun, and warmly trashy.

2.The Hunger Games

When: March 23

Who: Gary Ross (director), Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson

What: A dark fantasy film that explores daily life in America if American Idol were replaced with a psychotic and brutal televised ritual where young people are pitted against each other and looked upon by a panel of crazies.

Why: With Harry Potter over and Twilight winding down, Hollywood needs a new series to wean young audiences on. Enter: The Hunger Games.


When: April 6

Who: I think every one knows 


4.The Avengers

When: May 4
Who: Joss Whedon (director), Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson
What: A band of disparate superheroes (selected on skill, wealth, brains, whether they're into leather or not) work together for the greater good.
Why: We've put up with weird cameos and loose story threads across nearly a dozen Marvel films. It all pays off here.

5.Men in Black 3

When: May 25
Who: Barry Sonnefield (director), Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin
What: A secret government agent travels back in time in search of his old partner and some good jokes, having exhausted all of them in the present day.
Why: Will Smith hasn't released a movie since 2008 (guess Seven Pounds not breaking $100 million convinced him to focus on other things) and there appears to be still worldwide affection for the franchise.

6.Snow White and the Huntsman

When: June 1
Who: Rupert Sanders (director), Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth
What: A girl and a witch settle an argument over which is fairer with swords, armies, and sensible bloodletting.
Why: We've witnessed enough pouting and lip biting from Stewart: Bring us on some violence!

7.Prometheus

When: June 8
Who: Ridley Scott (director), Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Idris elba
What: Humans explore deep space in search of our origins, and to test theory that in space no one can hear you scream.
Why: Scott makes a welcome return to sci-fi territory and considering the killer 2011 Fassbender has had, we're eager to see him carry that over to 2012 and straight into the apocalypse.

8.The Dark Knight Rises

When: July 20
Who: Christopher Nolan (director), Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman
What: The caped crusader returns after eight years when Gotham City is terrorized by a villain frustrated that nobody understands him.
Why: This is it. The end of the legend. How far will Nolan be willing to go in closing out the ultimate comic trilogy?

9.The Expendables 2

When: August 17
Who: Sylvester Stallone (director), Slyvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li
What: Armed manly men take a trip somewhere manly.
Why: If you're one of the people who made the original a $200 million smash, you already know why!

10.The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

When: November 12
Who: Bill Condon (director), Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson
What: A vampire, a human, a werewolf, and an infant demon overcome their differences.
Why: Finally, it's OVER! . . .That is, we mean, this scintillating, well-balanced, and non-spooky journey of vampires and werewolves and the babies they love reaches the bloody romantic climax.

11.The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

When: December 14
Who: Peter Jackson (director), Martin Freeman, Ian Holm, Ian McKellan
What: A band of vertically-challenged friends, with the help of a wizard, quest for some jewelry.
Why: The actors, the sets, the personnel -- everything is in place. And high hopes remain that Jackson's heart is in the right place, too, and that his passion for Middle-earth hasn't diminished after so many years spent on the films.









Friday, October 28, 2011

Broga Hill - Between Dawn and Noon

#learning

Finally i did my first hiking activity on 26/10/2011 and the first lucky hill/mountain is Broga Hill. Broga Hill is a very nice and warm environment, a breath taking panorama and it is 400 meter above the sea level. Took me more than 1 hour to reach at peak include with rest, taking picture and so on along with 1.7+ km from entrance trail to the peak. So the pictures below can describe what actually i had been through on that day.





So, after hiking activity finished we all went to Sungai Tekala to fresh up ourselves and having barbeque there. Thanks to girls who prepare all the dish, without them we starve to death.






I'm glad this plan workout well and hopefully I'll have the opportunity to hike another mountain/hill. Sayonara babeh.



Saturday, September 24, 2011

Kingdom of Cambodia Trip - History, Dark Ages and Cultural

On 14 September until 17 September me and my family having a trip to Cambodia. Using Air Asia as our carrier, it provide us a very little amount of money to buy a ticket  and needs us nearly 1 year to make this trip happened. So I purchased the ticket on 9 Nov 2010  and just a couple weeks ago we landed on this beautiful country. Just go trough with the pictures below and it shown how the trip went well or not...

Day 1: Kuala Lumpur - Phnom Penh
Departured from LCCT at 6.45 a.m , arrived at 7.35 a.m (local time), check in hotel at The Green House, then did touring in Phnom Penh city.
Using Tuk-Tuk as our main transportation to move around in  Phnom Penh city
Visiting Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, where all the victims been tortured before moved to Killing Field
The Killing Fields of Choeung Ek, behind us is a Stupa for thousand of victim's skull include women, children and men.
Wat Phnom in Phnom Penh city center, just a temple with beautiful garden, museum and elephant too.
Buying souvenir at Central Market and Russian Market, the shopkeeper know how to speak Malay.




Day 2: Phnom Penh - Siem Reap
Go to Siem Reap at 7.30 am by bus  and arrived there about 2.30 pm, journey took about 5~6 hours, Siem Reap in flood but luckily it starting to receding at the time we arrived. Supposedly we check in at the Cambodia Backpack Guesthouse, but because of their admin stupidity we had to check in to another hotel and it need more cost, damn it Cambodia Backpack Guesthouse. We check in at Tan Kang Angkor Hotel, it $20 pernight and they are so clean and worth it  to stay in compared to Cambodia Backpack Guesthouse. Then we went to Central Market, ate Dinner and went through to Pub Street and also Angkor Night Market.


Kampong Thom is located in the middle route between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap (300++ km)
Water starting to recede, lucky for us
Pub Street, went trough it, took a picture and obviously did not enter the pubs.
Angkor Night Market, lots of shirt, handcraft from local and the price not too differ compare to other markets
Day 3:  Siem Reap - Phnom Penh
Early morning we all went to Angkor Wat, the main reason why tourists came to Cambodia. It has lot of temples which are Angkor Wat itself, Bayon Temple ,The Elephant Terrace and Ta Prohm. We took about 4 hours for detour and back to Siem Reap city for brunch at Kampong Muslims before we departure back to Phnom Penh. Check in back again at The Green House.

Sunrise at Angkor Wat
The Elephant Terrace
Bayon
Bayon, stone faces, we mimic them
At Ta Prohm, place where Tomb Raider been filmed
Mosque at Kampong Muslims it very near to city center
Restaurant own by Imam here and reasonable price for halal food
Phnom Pehn Night Market, this market is similar to normal "pasar malam" in Malaysia.

Day 4: Phnom Pehn - Kuala Lumpur
 Check out from hotel than ready for departure from Phnom Pehn to Kuala Lumpur, before depart we all been imposed with PSC (Passenger Service Charge), $25 for adult and $13 for child. But now since 1 April 2011 Air Asia had included PSC in their booking ticket.


Overall, this trip is awesome and maybe i come back again to explore more Siem Reap province and Angkor Wat Park.

p/s: already bought a ticket to Jakarta next year and will be going to Bandung by using Jakarta as my interchange station.