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congrats to ac milan for their triumphant CL final win over liverpool in athens. in the end, there were no miracle or fightbacks for the repeat of the 2005 final in istanbul. milan were vulnerable in the match, but liverpool seems unable to capitalise on it. so now that the game is over, there will be no football to look out for for these 2+ months ahead. n now that AF has drawn to a close, wikens will be more of a mundane affair, so it seems.

as ‘torrenting’ is also slowing down to a crawl, my supply of movies is totally cut off. it is very terrible nowadays. in the daytime, the speed is 5-10 kbps, whereas at nite, 10-20kbps. so i had to resort to other means of entertainment. lucky there were few games which i still had, but never got the chance to play it, or been playing it in patches depending on my mood. n since i had lotsa free time, i resort to benchmarking my graphic card n also my other pc parts just for fun. also calculating how much Frames per Second my games is giving me under different conditions n settings.

so 1st off, i played flatout2. it was a pretty fun game. the motive is not that much in finishing 1st, but to do the most destruction; either to the ‘racing circuit’ or your opponents. u will get more opponents in ‘destroying’ ur opponents, than finishing 1st or having the fastest lap. other than that, it was pretty standard for racing games, like having competitions (single-player campaign), unlockables (the more you win, the more options are open for you). its like a career path. do well, n u will be rewarded well. with bigger rewards, u can buy bigger, better, nicer cars or upgrade ur existing ride. this game is quite good actually.

up next, ghost recon advanced warfighter. wow. im pretty impressed with this game, even though im not a fan of tactical squad-based shooter. in short, u control a squad of armies to achieve certain objectives set in the game. u command them where to move, where to go. they do have a mind of their own, if they sees the enemies, then they will engage. but if they die, thats it. u will have 1 less squad member to deal with enemies and that makes achieving ur goals much more challenging. it is getting tougher after each mission, and it has a very steep learning curve. even after maxxing out all the settings, im still getting ~30fps for this game. hehe. that means my pc is up to to the task, even though the system requirements for this game is quite high. now i cant wait for the sequel to make its appearance to the pc, even though the console version is already out for quite some time.

so games to look out for? starcraft 2!!! it has just been announced in korea under much funfare. it is scheduled to be released before this years’ end. last i remembered playing starcraft during my schooling days. it was in form 4/5 i guess. why it took 10 years to make a sequel beats me. its a simple RTS game, but difficult to master. it has 3 factions, all having its advantages & disadvantages. n after viewing the gameplay for this game, i must say it rates quite highly and would even work on ‘old’ machines. it doesnt put much emphasise on having the latest tech to play it, just normal pentium 4 will do. i must say that the protoss mothership is very awesome. it p4wns joo all. lol. most units will still be in the sequel like the marines, battlecruiser, siege tank, zealot, zerglings. but most will have extra capabilities to annihilate the enemies.

we will also be having the next instalment of need for speed, fallout 3, crysis, hellgate:london, alan wake, medal of honor:airborne. with so many games to look forward to, i wonder if my rig can run it. definitely not crysis though, since its a Directx 10 game; which requires a DX10 graphic card, windows vista & all the other necessary drivers. guess im due for another upgrade in the later part of the year. heck, i was even eyeing to buy the 22′ widescreen entry level lcd from dell, retailing at rm899 if you buy online. with 5 years warranty, nothing beats the bang for buck for this monster lcd.

my social avtivities is still going on like usual, except that i expect to have my salary on the 25th, but not yet. hehe. so have to postpone the shopping for a while. n i did managed to watch pirates of the caribbean 3:at worlds end at cineleisure. wat a pleasant movie it was. full of many intricate stories, lively characters, and the best part of it, lotsa jokes this time around. plus, u knowlah pirates, even though they have their own codes; but how many of them actually following it. betrayal is the norm. selling ur frens to the highest bidder is considered normal. n the fighting, n the drinking, n the woman as always. later i would love to go to ‘Consoul’, a xbox360 competition held at Gamers Hideout cineleisure. i had always wanted to try my hands on console gaming, but it does seems awkward playing with the controller. i still prefer mouse+keyboard combo.

n they say, pc gaming is a very expensive hobby. how true itis. u will keep on spending loads of money to keep up wif the latest games, whereas wif consoles, its like 5 years or more before they replace the technology. sumting similar like Playstation 2. even PS3 is out in the market, PS2 is still churning out games, because most users are still comfortable wif it, n doesnt see the need to upgrade just yet. so to all the gamers n 1337 alike out there, keep up wif this expensive hobby. n lets hope for a more vibrant n exciting future ahead for all of us.

-After all this time, maybe you could not believe it, that my love for you was blind, but I couldn’t make you see it, that I loved you more than you’ll ever know, a part of me died when I let you go-

back to the movies again eh? NBTD. but since torrent is being throttled, my supply of movies is slowing down. so start off with the movie, world trade center. it is a movie about the story of 2 survivors of port authority personnel on the 9/11 calamity. they were among the first to respond to the distress call, when the WTC got smashed by the planes. in their mission to evacuate the building, it collapsed. the story tells, what & how they did in order to survive the ordeal, before being rescued. quite sad actually, especially the part where they almost went asleep & imagining things.

then we move on to happy feet. for me its quite a bore to watch it until the end. its a story of a ’special’ penguin, who instead of learning how to sing in order to find a mate, he tap dances for a change. and because of his uniqueness, he was kinda exiled by the elders of the penguin tribe. but there are also others who are wif him. so in the end, due to his tap dancing, it manages to unite the whole tribe and live happily wif humans paying more attention to the penguin’s needs. not my cuppa tea though this story.

children of men. now this is sumting new. i have never seen anyting quite like it. it is really a ‘reverse’ of wat we r xperiencing now. imagine, celebrating the ‘youngest’ man/woman in the world. humans can no longer breed, and that is why the ‘youngest’ man/woman on earth is so special. this is the story of a woman who is the only woman in earth’s history for the past 18 years, who is pregnant. it shows how she is so valued, like a messiah, like Miriam & Jesus, that many interested ‘parties’ would like to own her baby one way or the other. the government, the freedom fighters, the rebels. i really like the part where the army is attacking the building which they are hiding. very cool stuffs, and seems very real, just like u r inside the scene.

we are marshall, a story of a winning american football team who crashed landed while on their way back from a tournament. all the 1st team players, reserve team, coaches all died in the plane crash. the story depicts how the team rises from the ashes, and keep the spirit going on, no matter how deep the scars & wounds. life goes on, i guess. how they start all over again from scratch, and after a few years in the doldrums, were back to their best soon after. ‘there comes a time when winning is everything, but now playing the game and keeping the spirit alive is evryting’.

chaos is another typical bank robbery kind of story. but this time the bad guy gets away wif it. i have heard before the term ‘chaos theory’, but im not sure the definition of it. its sumting like; when u think that everything is in chaos & everything is not in order, but in actual fact, the chaos is in order, just like 1, 2, 3, but this time in reverse, 10, 9, 8. so in the end, the actual ‘bank robber’ & the negotiator who was called in to broker the siege, were collaborating wif each other. another jason statham movie where he is so cool. but i like the movie ‘crank’ a whole lot more by the way.

eight below. based on true story of 8 snow wolves who was abandoned for 6 months in extreme cold weather without any humans around. so they had to use their animal instinct to survive. quite touching, how they hunt in packs, helping each other out, and even burying their dead friend. in the end only 6 survive, including 1 who broke her leg.

so chelsea were the worthy winners of the match at the ‘new wembley’. a goal in extra time did the trick for them. after the CL final this thursday morning, then no more football for 3 months. its gonna be a long 3 months. weekend nights wont be the same again. the only thing im complaining about is that, the internet downloads are getting really slow nowadays. if i were to p2p, 5-15kbps only. but direct download ~50kbps. sharing is caring. even YM is also frequently disconnected.

-the way that u dance, the way that u move, the way that u stare at me across the room, but the record keeps playing the same old song, keep ur hands off my girl, i got brass knuckles hanging from my neck in my chains-

sambil menaip ni, tgh layan linkin park nye latest album, minutes to midnight. mmg benar ar, lain gila ’sound’ diorang dari album2 seblum ni. dh mengarut pun ada. not staying true to the old ’sound’. maybe diorang nak eksperimen kot dgn lagu2 baru. tp bagi aku, x best pun. the 1st album is stil the best. ingat lg time launching, masa aku baru kat matrix upm. siap beli kaset ori diorang lagi. haha. 1 of my fav bands during that time. n time dia buat collaboration dgn jay-z for the collisiion course, it was just awesome. kecewa gak ar sket dgn latest album diorang ni.

so, mcm biasa, layan lagi lah movie. skrang dh sampai 1 tahap, x tau nk tgk movie apa, byk sgt. so i started off wif the movie the illusionist. cite pasal sorang ahli silap mata yg mmg hebat pada zaman dia sekitar tahun 1800′an kot. org yg tgk dia perform, akan terpukau. dia ni telah jatuh cinte kpd anak emperor nye awek time tu. so dia tepaksa buat 1 ‘magic’ utk hilangkan awek ni dgn membuat seolah-olah, anak emperor tu yg bunuh, n kendian dia pun cabut lari dgn awek dia ni. mmg genius ar mamat ni. last2 anak emperor tu bunuh diri, n then they go on to live happily ever after.

nex, stranger than fiction. cite lawak sebnarnya pasal seorang penulis buku yg menulis tentang kisah kehidupan seorang mamat ni yg seumur hidup dia, melakukan benda yg sama setiap hari. dari brapa kali dia gosok gigi, dari kul bapa dia tdo n bangun utk ke keje, brapa tapak dia ambil utk ke bus stop. evryday is the same, sampai lah 1 hari, dia telah jatuh cinta. pd asalnya, penulis ni x tau yg apa dia tulis tu, akan benar2 berlaku kat mamat tu. pada mulanya, dia nak endingkan buku tu dgn ‘membunuh’ karakter mamat tu, tp dia x sampai hati, sebab dia tau, yg mamat tu sure akan mati kalau karakter dlm buku dia mati. pelik kan?

letters from iwo jima, arahan clint eastwood. pergh, layan gile. cite pasal org jepun zaman world war 2, kat pulau iwo jima. cite pasal camana askar2 kat pulau ni, terpaksa defend pulau ni tanpa any air or sea support. consider all alone lah, menentang kekuatan tentera amerika & british zaman tu, yg telah menyerang & bersedia utk menakluk jepun. pihak allied nak tawan pulau ni utk dijadikan base of operations utk attack mainland jepun. org jepun pun paham2 je ar, dgn semangat nasionalisme etc, yg xkan mengaku kalah. kalo dia mengaku kalah pun, dia akan perform ‘harakiri’, iaitu bunuh diri dgn cara yg mulia. tp bukan dgn pisau, dgn cabut hand grenade, letak kat jantung, biar dia mletup n hancur berkecai. so in the end, pulau iwo jima ni ditakluk allied forces juga.

lagi, smokin’ aces. ni pun cite pelik gak, not the typical cop versus villain/mafia nye cite. cite pasal sorang right hand mafia kat US ni, dia nk testify against dia nye bos. so, kontrak pun dikeluarkan ke atas kepala dia, supaya dia xleh testify n jatuhkan bos dia. so mamat ni, holed up in the penthouse suite of a hotel, sedang diburu oleh macam2 jenis psiko yg nak reward utk bunuh dia. so polis pun terpaksa ar carik jalan utk protect mamat ni. gerun gak tgk hitmen2 diorang ni. no mercy given. macam2 taktik dipakai utk mendekati mamat ni, tp in the end, ko sendri xkan percaya camana mamat ni mati. hehe.

little children lakonan kate winslet. hehe. byk adegan bogel dlm cite ni. cite pasal a housewife dgn househusband yg bila pasangan masing2 g keje, mereka ini telah menjalankan extra-marital affair. so bg mereka yg telah berkahwin, make sure pasangan korang bekerja, so xde masa mereka nk ‘carik’ lain. haha. mula2 diorang ingat nak elope together, tapi bila ingatkan anak masing2, n pasangan masing2, they decided to not go ahead n putuskan hubungan tersebut.

the break-up lakonan jennifer aniston n vince vaughn. cite pasal bagaimana from total stranger to kawan baik leads to couple, then dok serumah tapi kendian clash. mula2 si pompuan ingat, dgn membuat laki ni jeles, perangai laki ni akan berubah, n akan jatuh cinta balik kat minah ni. tapi gagal. memang terkejut gak ending dia, ingat masing2 akan berbaik smula, tp last2 abis gitu je. reverse psikologi sumtimes menjadik n sumtimes backfire. so lebih baik, terus terang je ar, suka ke x. abis cite. sesuai ditonton oleh mereka yg frust bercinta.

rocky balboa lakonan sly. ni episod 4 ke 5 aku pun dh lupa. masyuk gak episod2 awal cite rocky ni. dlm cite ni, rocky fight for 1 last round under the name of exhibition. to cleanse the beast in him. to bow out like a true champion. "its not about how hard u got hit, but how hard u got hit n keep on moving forward just to be hit again, n keep moving forward again". pergh. ayat org2 macho n never-say-die attitude.

the fountain. cite mengenai 3 parallel kehidupan tapi yg beza adalah zaman kehidupan mereka. mmg pelik cite ni, aku x paham pun. cite tentang masing2 nak carik the ‘tree of life’, yang kononnya bleh bg immortality bg mereka yg minum dari air pokok tersebut. aku x rekemen korang tgk, sebab mendalam sgt, even though imdb rating dia quite high. or maybe its just me.

the last king of scotland. true story about idi amin, presiden uganda ~70′an. cite mengenai doktor aka penasihat rapat kepada idi amin ini yg berasal dari scotland. daripada seorang medic kat kem pelarian, then jadi personal doctor kepada idi amin, n then to closest advisor to the president. tapi in the end, dia x tahan dgn perangai idi amin, yg memang pandai cover line brutality beliau. so dia pun expose pada dunia luar, siapa itu idi amin sebnar.

so nex wik, cadang nk tgk sumo-lah. then layan pirates 3. masyuk2. lastly, congrats to MU yg berjaya mng balik EPL. looking forward to the trip to wembley nex week. im so proud of u guys.

-Aku persembahkan hidupku untukmu, telah kurelakan hatiku padamu, namun kau masih bisu, diam seribu bahasa, dan hati kecilku bicara, baru ku sadari, cintaku bertepuk sebelah tangan, kau buat remuk seluruh hatiku-

byk tul aku layan movie lately ni. sejak aku x ‘brapa baik’ dgn kane n sejak tenet dh pasang kat umah, maka makin cargas ar aktiviti menoreng. skil2 lama kena bukak balik, kena tanya tok2 guru, camana nk wat itu camana nk wat ini. tapi sampai skrang, aku x reti nk wat port forward lagi. haha. xyah wat pun xpe, asalkan tracker masyuk. mytorent pun bleh tahan laju nye, sebab mesia nye tracker.

hardisk aku asyik kena cut & paste je, sebab byk sgt mendonlod. kejap move kat sini, kejap delete yg ni, kejap paste kat sini. so aritu layan ar cite dejavu. member aku cakap ada ala2 paycheck cite ni. mmg thriller gak ar, tp dh midway cite ni, dh x brapa stim nk layan. macam dh ilang fokus cite ni. lagi 1, sebab cite ni x masuk akal langsung. ada bab2 teleportation, time travel yg x brapa logik. less human elemen, n more towards fiction. a bore to get to the ending.

nex, cite night at the museum. cite lawak lakonan ben stiller. hahaha. klaka tahap cipan je, even though IMDB nye rating 6.3. ada unsur2 jumanji sket. cite pasal org susah, yg tepaksa wat keje yg org lain xnak wat, iaitu jadi jaga muzium syif malam. sebab sacrifice utk membahagiakan anak dia, dia tepaksa ar teruskan keje kat muzium, even though cabarannya amat berat. cuba bayangkan, suma benda dlm muzium tu, comes to live at night. mana x cuak. tapi bila dia dh berjaya adapt, dh bleh wat kawan lak dgn suma ‘makhluk2′ dlm muzium tu. ben stiller mmg pakar dalam membuat org ketawa dgn muka slenge nye.

lagi cite lawak, tapi kali ni layan kat midv. mula2 kata nk layan kat cineleisure lah, OU lah, last2 midv. tapi ok gak, sebab x pernah lg g midv sejak this year. layan cite zombie kampung pisang, on the same day, spidey 3 launch kat mesia. mmg haram gak cite ni, byk gile scene2 lawak dia. jalan cite x best pun, n very shallow, tp lawak nye mmg class ar. paling xleh handle, part zombie ramai2 naik kete pasang lagu jinjang. mmg gelak guling2 ar time tu. tapi cuak gak awal2 cite ni, ada gak part tekejut. tp in the end, aku rasa x berbaloi ar kot blanja rm11 utk tgk wyg cite ni. tp tringat zainal alam kadir nye tagline, "wayang sapa lg, kalo bukan wayang kita". nasib baik abis wyg, ijlal blanja 3 air stabak. hehe.

pastu layan lak cite cars. cite pasal rookie racer in a 3-horse race wif a legend n a tough nut. byk gak unsur2 kehidupan, even though ia adalah filem animasi. so in the end, winning is not evryting. seterusnya, cite the host, cite korea. nasib ada subtitle, kalo x mmg x paham. katanya kat korea, cite ni top gile. cite pasal mutated fish yg mengganas kat sungai han. ada part ganas, ada part seram, ada part nangis n ada gak part klaka. spontan lak tu lawak dia. tu yg x tahan tu. pandai sih, org korea wat cite. highly recommended, sebab x ramai org tau pasal cite ni.

lagi, cite the pursuit of happyness. ni paling touching antara suma movie aku layan. cite pasal mamat yg strugle nak idup dgn wife n anak laki sorang. dia punya sengkek, sampai wife dia tingalkan dia. n sampai kene tdo kat toilet subway, xde duit nye pasal. after hitting rock bottom, rasa mcm nk give up dah, dpt lak ofer keje masyuk. x brapa lama kendian, dia jadi milionaire. rezeki masing2, tuhan nak duga, tuhan nak tgk kita syukur ke x. so just preservere n hope n pray for a better day tomoro.

da vinci code? pernah dgr teori konspirasi ni? aku x brapa tau pasal priory of sion ni. kalo pasal illuminati tau ar sket2. subliminal verses, shadow govermen dan byk lagi. sapa baca buku dan brown, maybe lagi sesuai kot tgk movie ni. aku yg xde any background knowledge pasal cite ni, so x tau nk expect apa2. cuma aku tau, there r some secrets which we shud die for to protect it. jgn sesekali bg org tau, even after centuries lamanya. tp payah gak, sebab kita x tau, sapa yg bleh dipercayai, n sapa yang x. byk talam dua muka kat dunia ni. kena tgk cite ni wif an open mind.

little miss sunshine is up next. cite lawak pasal dysfunctional famili. keje nk gaduh je, tp common goal diorang sama. nak make sure budak kecik ni masuk competition little miss sunshine kat california. dah ar diorang tepaksa travel bratus2 kilometer utk ke tempat tu dgn menaiki van kuning buruk, pastu ditimpa mcm2 dugaan lak tu. dari kete rosak; xleh masuk gear, atuk budak tu mati dan macam2 lagi. memang klaka siut. pengajarannya; stick together wif ur family thru thick n thin, becos that is all u’ve got in this world.

n last but not least; spiderman 3. layan kat cineleisure, sabtu mlm kul 130pg. cite paling lewat aku penah tgk sepanjang idup aku. tp xde ar rasa ngantuk sgt time tgk cite ni. maybe sebab grak ramai2 dgn budak2 suma. sebab terlalu full nye pasal, tepaksa dok row 3 dari depan. tepaksa mendongak sket ar utk layan. n aku rasa, part 3 ni paling byk human elemen dia. n grafik dia tetap world class gitu. all in all ada 3 super villain; green goblin junior (harry osborn, member baik peter parker), sandman (atuk dia punya pembunuh) & venom (alter-ego spidey). sekuat mana dendam kesumat yg kita ada, kemaafan adalah tindakan yg paling bijak. fight scene dia masyuk gile, especially masa ending dia. tapi kesian gak, sebab pete x jd kawin dgn MJ. haha. lawak time scene kat restoran perancis tu. mon amie.

so much movies, so little time. pirates #3 kuar 24 mei ni. transformers julai ni. fantastic 4 #2 tah bila. erk. byk nye…..

-buang semua puisi, antara kita berdua, kau bunuh dia sesuatu, yg kusebut itu cinta, yakinkan & sadarkan aku tuhan, dia bukan milikku, biarkan waktu, hapus aku-