Movie Review: Loser Lover

Lepas tengok movie Hafalan Solat Delisa separuh, gua beralih ke satu movie Thai tajuk Loser Lover. Wah, minggu South East Asia Movie Marathon barangkali.

Cerita ni agak lembap. Lawak dia cuma kadang-kadang. Dan hero tu adalah hopeless romantic. Dia sediakan buku manual dekat heroin pasal dia dan peta jalan 3D ke rumah dia.

Hari-hari dia pegi rumah pompuan tu tepat pukul satu.

The idea of that movie maybe nak perli keterlampauan pengaruh K-Pop dan mendenykan perkembangan lagu-lagu indie Thai yang lain. Berkemungkinan. Panjang betul akal gua berfikir.

Pompuan tu plak agak blur, gua suka taste fashion dia dan cute. Statement dia "Aku takde la suka kat dia, tapi aku tak faham kenapa aku selalu teringat kat dia"

Cerita ni offer banyak tanda soal kat korang. If let say la kita boleh jual tanda soal tu, gua rasa gua dah boleh belanja 5 orang kawan kat Tutti Frutti.

Movie Review: First Love (A Crazy Little Thing Called Love)

Ini filem Thai pasal cinta monyet. Bukan cerita Snow White. Macam cerita oh yeah, oh yeah My Girl dan Jeab tu...

Cerita ni comel, boleh buat korang tersenyum panjang. Macam gua. Gua masih senyum ni. Sebab gua pun pernah ada cerita-cerita macam tu.. heh.

Cuma, gua bengkek la part cerita dia menunjukkan sangat yang pompuan kena jadi putih, berambut panjang dan cantik baru lelaki nak perasan.

Mana ada hero yang tanam pokok bunga pastu keep record of the progress growth of the pokok dan buat skrapbook about it? Mana ada! *mata bintang-bintang*

Paling awesome dalam cerita ni adalah si Chone ( mamat sangat cute) tu suka dekat Nam dari masa dia huduh lagi. Cuma pastu aku sedar, benda cam tu susah bebenor nak berlaku dalam realiti.

Dan ending dia agak sakit ati, macam nak cepat-cepat abiskan je. Macam mana wartawan rancangan tu dapat skrapbook Chone masa sekolah? MACAM MANA?

Hebak betol wartawan ni.

Cuma, gua juga tak faham cerita cinta squid dia ekceli. Gua malas over-analayzed.

Once a upon a time, there were two squids. They had traveled until they met each other. Then, they fell in love. They became a couple. Finally, they got married. On the day of marriage, squid priest told them to hold hands. So, they held each other’s hands, held the hands, held hands, held hands, held hands, held hands......

Am being extra nais to y'all:

A detailed review (in English) HERE

Watch the movie (English subbed) HERE

Pernah Juga Jahil

Membaca entri Sue Anna Joe bertitle-kan Terasa Jahil ni, aku pun nak mengshare-kan experience aku masa kat Bangkok dulu.

Bangkok adalah destinasi kedua kerja aku selepas Chiang Mai. Aku pergi satu meeting kat Windsor Hotel. Cantik tempatnya. Kat tengah-tengah bandar. Dekat je dengan mall segala bagai.

Tapi, oleh sebab kejahilan aku juga yang rambang mata nak mencuba makanan kat situ, dengan selamba aku kutip segala makanan tanpa kesah ada bekas ba-alif-ba-ya ke tak.

Terang lagi bersuluh sebenarnya dia letak sebelah2, tapi, aku tak rasa aku kesah waktu tu sebab kat kepala hotak aku yang kadang-kadang ada part sengal jugak ni, aku pikirkan Bangkok ada consider pasal makanan halal. Dan sepatutnya aku lebih berhati-hati mengambil pinggan ataupun mengambil makanan.

Di Chiang Mai, takde hal. Sebab adik-adik comel aku dari UM semuanya menjaga makanan aku. Diorang bersusah payah carikan makanan halal padahal aku cakap je aku tak kisah makanan vegetarian pun.

Jadi bila aku ke Bali, Kin dah warning siap-siap kat sana makanan berasaskan ba-alif-ba-ya banyak. Tapi boleh jumpa banyak makanan halal.

Dan bila aku kat hotel, aku dengan selamba-badak-sumbunya bertanya kat minah yang kerja kat restoran tu. "Kak, makanan sini halal tak?" Dia kaget (ewah) lalu menjawab: :"Ya, di sini kita tidak menyediakan ba-alif-ba-ya, mbak, jadi semuanya halal"

Dah sudah. Nasib baik tanya. Dan nasib baik takde ba-alif-ba-ya dalam menu restoran tu. Sepanjang aku kat restoran tu, aku makan makanan Jepun. Takde la aku komplen pun, sebab aku memang excited makanan Jepun. Semua ikan mentah aku belasah. Itu je la sumber protein yang ada.

Aku juga jadi pemakan buah-buahan, salad-saladan,cheese-cheesean utama kat situ.

Pengajarannya di sini adalah;

1. Kalo ke luar negara, sila berhati-hati dengan makanan yang korang amik. Ingat, pinggan bekas makanan ba-alif-ba-ya kita sebagai orang Islam tak boleh guna. Kalau dah tau, try opt pakai pinggan salad ke, pinggan dessert ke.. Kalau dah tak berpinggan, susah gak.

Aku tau soalan akan timbul, kalau diorang basuh sekali macam mana? Tapi, bagi aku, kita tak payahlah nak over-question yang tu sebab kita tak tau. Yang kita tau dia ada hidangan tu, dan pinggan paling besar la selalunya orang pakai kan.

Unless, korang rasa was-was jugak nak pakai pinggan salad, mungkin korang boleh pegi cari makanan kat tempat lain yang halal.

2. Di Indonesia, aku tak rasa maksud 'halal' adalah 'binatang yang disembelih oleh orang Islam dengan tatacara Islam'. 'Halal' kat sana lebih kepada 'binatang selain ba-alif-ba-ya)

3. Nak selamat dan taknak was-was, buat lah macam aku yang bersungguh pack megi Rusky-Tomyam ke Jakarta dan Bali. Kenyang je. Bukan lama pun nak stay sana.

10 Things you can ONLY find in Hadyai

1. We departed at 10.15pm and arrived in Padang Besar 6am the next day. Later on we were joined by our Thai tour guide name Auseman Isa, from Satun. He was pretty excited talking things in Thailand which 80% of them are not in Hadyai. Without proper bath nor brush the teeth, Abang Jack, the driver drove us around the city for breakfast, drink bird nest and shop for souvenirs at Nora Plaza, buy cashew nuts and prickly powder at Thai Lee Seng Factory and shopping (again) at Central Market.

2. Aside from "belum mandi", we had a good time at Central Market bargaining for stuffs. I bought myself a pair of jeans, some blouse and t-shirts and a handbag. Then, we met "you say can, auntie say cannot" when i tried to bargain for a blue cardigan for Aya. huhu. Heck, i didnt understand a word she said!

3. Went to hotel on tuk-tuk for 15 baht each and checked in Sakol Hotel, me and Wani found ourselves in a cheap-honeymoon-suite-for-eloped-couple kinda room (we also had huge mirror on the wall at the back of the queen bed) while the others have bath-tub, twin beds and area to jump around.

~hadyai's tuk-tuk~

4. Hungry people are angry people. Kak Wiznie and me walked around the block to find food. We went to mamak called Darbar Restaurant and FACT: Mamak anywhere in the world is freakin'ly expensive! We both had mee goreng (which actually instant noodle) for RM6.00 and milo ice for RM2.00! And please, put it in the menu as Fried Blackpepper Instant Noodle next time.

~tell me, which guy won't be tempted with this kin-of ad?~

~Mee Goreng aka Fried Blackpepper Instant Noodle~

~air menet~

5. On the evening, we walked into a shops-lane and got chased by the 'Go Home' uncle. He was annoyed by us touching his stuffs but not buying any of it and i felt sorry for Aya; she politely ask to take photo, but got a big "NO". He yelled at us several times telling us to go home.

~after got yelled at, we stopped to buy sticky rice with mango~

6. Then we went to Grand Plaza at Central Hadyai and met this cute-shy-guy selling necklace at a flea-market style in the plaza which Intan, Atun and Aya were enthusiastically bought a few. We had a short break at Dairy Farm and continued the shopping journey to the upper floors.

~this lady carves soap bars and turn 'em into beautiful flower~

~wanie enjoying her chocolate snowy milk~

~Intan check out stuffs she bought from the flea-market~

7. Tired and feel hurt from the 'Go Home' uncle, we went to a massage parlour and had a good foot massage - Kak Wiznie, Intan, Aya and myself, while Atun and Wani got body massage and they had 'quite an experience' in there...EHEM! We met 4 Malaysian marathoners with two escort girls and their pimp. The pimp showed "tiger show" ad in a magazine to one of the marathoners sitting next to me. My guess, they gonna have a GREAT NITE IN HADYAI.

~kak wiznie's blissful face, and aya picking her nose, the usual..haha~

8. Lepaking at a makcik's stall with nice Air Limau Perah Ais, we enjoyed the night scene at the Centre of Hadyai. And there was one tuk-tuk with flat-screen tv with awfully loud stereo. But, we surely will enjoy more if we were at THE SHOW for the midnight..wahahaha - well, partying with fried chicken and prawn for 200baht each in the hotel room is also ok whaatt....

~night view at Central Hadyai~

~the fried prawns and chicken stall~

9. We had breakfast on the 10th floor of Grand Hotel Plaza and shopped some more at the street with the excuse of "finishing our baht notes".

~girls doin' the shoppin'~

10. After watched a drama of Rivalry of the Pink in the morning at the lobby (it was hilarious to watch her eyes rolling up and down - a pink lady with jealousy), we head back to Malaysia at 10am. Enjoying Tomyam and Kau Lau Soup (which i only found out its a beef soup) at Padang Besar at 12pm and arrived in Cheras at 10.30pm

5 OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE TRIP
~just stomp on the Americans, Your Majesty"

1. Atun has a 12 years-old rival over a pony-tailed hair guy. The standard six tried to be a lady but doesnt work with all-pink outfit. Everytime she looks at Atun with THE pony-tailed-hair guy, she has this face like "stabbing Atun for a couple times in the chest with rambo knife until satisfied". Did you ever had that kind of crush before? I know i didn't

~atun, the one who got jealous-ed by, is cam-whoring~

2. Got a call in the morning asking for Haris. I did made it clear this is Azwa's room and not Haris's. She asked - "why you're in Haris's room?" errkk?

3. I feel uneasy around guy with freakishly huge body. I am fine with body-builders at the gym. But, if you're too huge, with turtle head in the making, kinda like the obese-for-bodybuilders.. that's scary. Oh, damn~! I'm starting to miss Jun.

4. Ah Yen, the tour guide from Malaysia told 3 funny stories which I heard like 10 years back. Sungguh retro...hohoho

5.We still and will always remember the 'Go Home' uncle.

~Hadyai city, view from the 10th floor~