Get Ready for ZoukOut 2008!

Obama Unplugged

via AdRants.

Palin Mania

Something that Republik Mimpi should learn about.

Is He?

Browsing thru the archive and found the outcome of this particular subject to be beyond mortal comprehension.

Coming into the season's last race FORMULA 1™ Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2007 second on the grid, rookie sensation Lewis simply needed to secure a podium finish to win it all. But somehow God had other plans for him. In a bizarre turn of events, he was inexplicably and uncharacteristically put out of contention and Kimi snagged a much needed win to edge him by mere ONE point for the World Drivers’ Championship. Talk about divine intervention, as the probability of this random sequence happening was nearly zero on paper.

Can’t help but wonder if God is indeed a racist. No, not the book.

Johann Lippowitz - Torn

The full length version.

It's Still Alive!

Not going to comment on the movie, too many did already. Order now!

iPhone Galore

If you happen to live in the States and in desperate need of one of those unlocked iPhones, but George Hotz never responded to your messages, despair no more!

Simply dial +62-21-63868000, and USD 1,350 should fix your craving.

Lot cheaper than one 350Z, obviously.

Pure Brilliance

Such as. For our children.

Not quite similar to our very own "Indonesia is a beautiful city", but still. For our children.

Support Your Local DJ!

About time we see a local act on THE list, don't you agree? Anyhow, my props go to DJ Romy 1945MF (since he does do a campaign for this).

Vote him now, people! Enter "DJ Romy (1945MF Indonesia)" in the top box.

Ini Kandang Siapa?

Last Saturday night was the day Nike Indonesia hit the jackpot thru its spot-on Ini Kandang Kita! campaign, since literally thousands of rabid supporters flooded the Gelora Bung Karno all dressed in red. And for that special night, somehow Plaza Senayan was converted into a makeshift parking zone for the upscale crowd trying to both avoid the (quite possibly) riotous aftermath and showing off their recently bought shiny replica jerseys.

Unfortunately, the Indonesian squad eventually lost the match to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2 to 1. The match was not the only thing dearly lost that night, though.

Between the 9 of us boys, one Nokia mobile phone and one Raymond Weil wristwatch priced around IDR 4,000,000 were the casualties. Hence the not-so-happy faces of two of our friends in this picture, and one was not even seated in the same section due to a mixed up ticket! Poor guy, and I quote, kalau tahu sampai harus keluarin empat juta perak begini sih gue harusnya bisa nonton duduk dipangku SBY! But the zaniest thing was,

The whole time, we were seated one row behind this particular young lady who was busy tinkering with her Nokia 9300, seemingly not genuinely interested in the match going on in front of her, when suddenly near the end of the 2nd half’s injury time she decided to call it a night and made her way up the aisle and to the exit. And a few moments later, Saudi Arabia scored the winning goal.

Allegedly, she was designated by the PSSI to prevent the goals. Here in Indonesia, it is not uncommon to summon this kind of "specialists". But why she LEFT before the match ended, shall remain unanswered.

And it doesn’t matter anymore. South Korea just beat our ass, 1 – 0.

07.07.07

Tennis Indoor Senayan, from 10 a.m.

Nathan's Famous 2007 Hot Dog Contest

Consolation Prize?

In a moment when Toyota finally took over GM as the world's leading car manufacturer, perhaps this is one way for the Americans to get even.

Joey Chestnut beat Takeru Kobayashi, the six-time reigning champion, 66 hot dogs and buns to 63, earlier today in the infamous Nathan's Famous 2007 Hot Dog Contest.

The Japanese can always argue that "Tsunami" was diagnosed earlier with jaw arthritis, though.

Transform!

This is more like it.

Trans-WTF?!

Non-Biological Entity found in Mal Ciputra, Jakarta.

Cheese!

Next time you're going clubbing, remember this.

6.28.7

Yeah, in this country it was neither 7.4.7 or 7.2.7 for some reasons. Anyhow, do not read further if you hate (minor) spoilers.

All in all, it was one helluva 2 1/2 hours joyride. Megan Fox rocks! Few glitches for me though:

- Optimus should NEVER have lips (or even mouth, for that matter). Period.
- Bay will always be Bay. Just one too many slo-mo side-angled close-up shots of the sweaty hero and heroine. A signature style beaten to death ever since Bad Boys, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, The Island. Enough already.
- Is it just me, or was Jazz really depicted as a black guy, only to meet an untimely demise by being ripped in half by Megatron? Hmm.
- Starscream bursting through the Earth's atmosphere to end the credit title. Lame excuse for a possible sequel.

Still, for a movie we were willing to wait 3+ years for its release, this one fared much, way much better than that other one.

Kinda miss the boxy 80s look, though. Call me a purist.

It Took Five

In the end, It Takes 5 took care of Witness. It was a great run, though.

Mad Skillz