redefinition of a typical malay mind

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Synopsis

It is about an american teenager, who gets into trouble in a pawn shop at China Town. His adventure begins when he tried to save a  golden stick from a group of gangsters. The golden stick was the weapon of the legendary Monkey King.  While defending himself with the stick, he was transported to the world of ancient China. With the stick in his hands, he is the messenger, destined to save the Monkey King .

Review

Combining 2 kung fu heroes in one movie, and both of them playing lead roles proves to be a huge success for The Forbidden Kingdom. The actions produced were top class. So does the graphic, photography and visual effects. If you enjoyed the visual effects on Narnia, Forbidden Kingdom deliver the same quality if not even more.

With lot’s of eyes popping actions, simple story line (some critics said it is out of focus), added with Jackie Chan sense of humor, this film is indeed entertaining.

dakwanie ratings scale : 7/10 

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” If  you’re not nervous, that means you don’t care, so why play? I take great pride in what i do. So yeah, you’re going to be a little nervous, and that’s a good thing”

Tiger Woods- quoted from HOT magazine 

SINOPSIS 

Ia bermula dengan penerangan mengenai asal usul permainan congkak. Konon nya permainan itu diperkenalkan di sebuah kerajaan di langit. 7 lubang menghala ke neraka dan 7 lagi menghala ke syurga.Entah bagaimana, permainan itu turun ke bumi, dan telah mewujudkan pelbagai kejadian aneh dan menyeramkan.

Permulaan filem ini menarik dan telah berjaya memberi gambaran bahawa perjalanan untuk 1 jam 45 minit selanjutnya akan menjadi lebih mendebarkan. Cerita ini mengisahkan tentang Kazman dan keluarganya yang bercuti di sebuah kawasan yang agak terpencil. Rumah percutian mereka berada berhampiran dengan kawasan perkuburan. Setiap malam, Sufiah, isteri Kazman akan mendengar bunyi orang bermain congkak di dalam rumah tersebut. Kejadian aneh mula berlaku apabila Lisa anak pasangan itu menjumpai papan congkak di dalam rumah tersebut. Bermula dengan rasukan terhadap Elly, anak pertama pasangan tersebut, satu  demi satu kejadian aneh menimpa keluarga itu. Klimaks kepada segala kejadian seram itu adalah apabila Sufiah turut dirasuk dan Lisa hilang entah ke mana.

REVIEW

Terus terang, Congkak gagal menandingi kejayaan filem seram pertama Ahmad Idham - Jangan Pandang Belakang. Walaupun ciri - ciri suprise/ kejutan dan suspens masih wujud dalam cerita ini. Congkak adalah sebuah filem yang biasa - biasa sahaja. Jika dalam filem Jangan Pandang Belakang, penonton tidak senang duduk dan sentiasa ingin mengetahui apa yang akan terjadi seterusnya, perjalanan filem CONGKAK agak perlahan dan membosankan.  

Ceritanya simple, papan congkak yang berpenunggu dan siri rasukan terhadap sebuah keluarga yang menghuni rumah yang berhampiran dengan sebuah kubur lama. Mungkin agak kurang adil untuk membandingkan Congkak dan JPB. Namun hakikatnya, ada penonton yang menguap kebosanan di tengah - tengah cerita.

Walaubagaimanapun, pujian harus diberikan kepada teknik solekan dan cgi yang telah digunakan di dalam filem ini.  Tahniah juga kepada Ahmad Idham kerana masih mampu mengekalkan elemen humor dalam filem seramnya kali ini. 

 dakwanie Ratings scale: 6/10 

ps:// thanks kepada MON kerana telah memberi idea untuk membuat movie review at www.dakwanie.com. MMMMMUUAHHHHH 

“A man who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing, and If you love nothing, what joy is there in your life?”

King Arthur of Chamelot - The First Knight 

Yada .. yada.. yada…..

Yes CUEPACS have managed to persuade the government to abolished the PTK examinations. In fact they have been voicing out their dissatisfactions on PTK since like FOREVER. For those of you who are not familiar with this issue, briefly, PTK is an assessment method used by the government to evaluate the competencies of civil servant. PTK is one of the crucial factor for confirmations and promotions. Should one failed the assessment, they will not be promoted.So why is it such a huge issue? Firstly because, some of the civil servants argue that, the questions were not related to their field  of work. For example, people who are doing human resource would not know so much about International Relations and vice versa. And people who do admin wont be knowing a lot about finance and etc.  There are also arguments that, those who actually excelled in PTK exams don’t actually perform in their actual work. That’s how they got the time to study and score A’s in their examinations. 

I beg to differ from those arguments. So far I have sat for 2 PTK exams. The first one while I was still at grade 41 (PTK 1), at that point of time, my nature of work was SOLELY international relations. I sat for PTK 3 recently, and  now I am doing admin focusing on Quality. Yet, for those 2 exams, I passed without any problems (although not with flying colors).It is true that the exams was a bit difficult. But then again, it help us to learnt about things that we never experienced before. So at least we have some theory and basic idea on what it is all about. It also helps to diversified our skills and knowledge. So that we would eventually become good officers and assets to the government. 

As always there’s two sides of a coin. Most probably the best way is to revise the whole PTK systems, in order to make it more relevant and effective. But by abolishing the system, the civil service will be taking a few step backwards, back to the days where there are no proper evaluations for promotions. During the Sistem Saraan Baru (SSB) years, everybody complaint about the sole power of bosses in evaluating and recommending officers for promotions. Due to those complaints the government has revised the evaluation process and introduced PTK. But then again after a few years, we heard some complaints about PTK also.

Giving it a deep thought, regardless what methods  or how the evaluation process going to be, the basic rules are, love your job although they wont love you back and Saya Yang Menurut Perintah. If you are excellence, EXCELLENCE  lah kan… regardless what methods used to evaluate you, you will still be EXCELLENCE?

Betul?  

 ps:/just came back from an interview at JPA, bersemangat waja nih. Maka bermula lah satu era pernantian yang sungguh menyeksakan. Hmmm

The movie was on astro recently. It was called Music and Lyrics. Hugh Grant with Drew Barrymore played  a couple who felt for each other while they are trying to write a song for a pop superstar. Enjoy the song people, it is kind of cute.  

I’ve been living with a shadow overhead, 

I’ve been sleeping with a cloud above my bed, 

I’ve been lonely for so long,

Trapped in the past, I just can’t seem to move on! 

I’ve been hiding all my hopes and dreams away, 

Just in case I ever need them again someday,

I’ve been sitting aside time, 

To clear a little space in the corners of my mind!

All I want to do is find a way back into love. 

I can’t make it through without a way back into love.

Oooooh.

I’ve been watching but the stars refuse to shine, 

I’ve been searching but i just don’t see the signs,

I know that it’s out there,

There’s got to be something for my soul somewhere!

I’ve been looking for someone to shed some light, 

Not somebody just to get me through the night, 

I could use some direction, 

And I’m open to your suggestions.

All I want to do is find a way back into love. 

I can’t make it through without a way back into love. 

And if I open my heart again, 

I guess I’m hoping you’ll be there for me in the end!  

There are moments when I don’t know if it’s real Or if anybody feels the way I feel 

I need inspiration 

Not just another negotiation

 All I want to do is find a way back into love, 

I can’t make it through without a way back into love,

And if I open my heart to you, 

I’m hoping you’ll show me what to do, 

And if you help me to start again,

You know that I’ll be there for you in the end!

http://musicandlyrics.warnerbros.com 

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sebenarnya banyak gambar aku nak upload kat sini… tapi aku nyer camera bateri kong…. charger ada… tapi universal adapter aku entah mana - mana. Uwaaaaaaa, my beloved universal adapter……Kenapa aku memerlukan universal adapter? Sebab masa Mon beli kamera ni kat Jepun, international version lom keluar, so kamera aku, bukan sahaja berbahasa jepun, tapi,….bersocket jepun juga……

Bukan lah universal adapter tu mahal sangat pon, tapi aku nak yang exactly macam tu jugak…..so aku tak ler beli lain, dan aku tak ler dapat charge kamera dan aku tak pat ler upload gambar bagi korang tengok… sat aaaa aku carik sat mana benda alah tuh… 

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