Assignment: movie review Slumdog millionaire

About two weeks ago, I watched a bollywood film. But its different from other bollywood films. This film is directed by Danny Boyle. This movie is a romantic story between Jamal Malik and Latika, a couple which comes from the slum area in Mumbai.

When his lover went away without any hope to meet again, Jamal tried the last way which is join a quiz show in television called “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire”, one of Latika's favorite TV shows. By joining this show, Jamal hoped that Latika will see him in the TV and go back to meet him.

Nobody expected that Jamal, the office boy can answer all the questions one by one until he reached the final question for the 20 million rupee. For Jamal himself, it felt like his destiny because most of the questions that being asked made him remember his past. Every points in his important live, he got lots of knowledge that became the answers for each questions. From here, the film jumped to the past when little Jamal playing with his brother Salim, and his friends in the airport. No other place for them to play because the alley near their homes is too narrow to play marbles.

No amusement park, not enough chairs in the school, no appropriate toilet, and for bath and wash the clothes they do it in a public pool. One day when Jamal and Salim swim together in the public pool with their mother, a group of people from Hindi community came and attacked Jamal’s community which is Moslem community. A slash of a stick strike Jamal’s mother and made her die in the pool. Now only Jamal and Salim, running away to find a save place. In that scene, Jamal met Latika for the first time. They tried to survive together in a place where all the garbage collected.

One day, a male who claimed to be a person from the house of refugee, came to gave them a place and food. But after a while, that person that acted like a hero actually just wanted to use them to become a beggar.

Slumdog Millionaire shows all those stories in a realistic way. The density of the dirty settlement, crowded passenger in the top of a train, public restrooms that only uses a wall made from wood, and the asymmetry of a society that happens in Mumbai.

I think this movie is advancement in bollywood movies. Not like usual films from India, when in romantic movies, the actor and the actress always dancing and singing. Well, in this movie, the characters also dance, but it only at the ending of the film. A bollywood romantic movie should be like this, where they have to make an exciting story and lessen the dance and the sing.

Health effects of Shisha

For those of you who don't know shisha, shisha is a multi-stemmed, glass-based water pipe device for smoking tobacco, originating from India. What makes smoking shisha diffrent from smokin ciggerate is that you could add flavour to a shisha. Most commonly are fruits flavour, like apple or lemon or maybe lemon mint.

i am a big fan of shisha. i went to a shisha cafe at lease 3 times in the last 2 months. I dont smoke, i just like the fruity flavour of a shisha and because of the innocent fruity taste, i thought that shisha is not that hazardous to your health, unlike ciggerates. But, when i was browsing through facebook, i found this facebook groups who is against shisha and i was interested to know the reasons why. And as i read tha facts about shisha, i was so surprise. It is a lot more hazardous than ciggerates.

A comparison of nicotine (the addictive component of tobacco) concentrations in body fluids reveals that a typical 45-minute shisha session exposes its user to the equivalent of 15 regular cigarettes worth of nicotine. And last week i got through 2 session of shisha in kemang, that makes it like 30 ciggerates in 90 minutes. and another interesting facts is the tobbacco use in a shisha, shisha tobacco to be 100-fold more concentrated in tar, 4-fold more concentrated in nicotine, and several-fold more concentrated in toxic heavy metals like nickel, arsenic, and cobalt. I was even more surprise ! About a month ago i enjoy about 3 session of shisha with 3 of my high school friends, but 1 of them refuse to even take a sip. So it's like 15 ciggerates in one night !

But, personally, i think it is hard to be addicted to shisha. Because, it is to expensive to buy them on a daily bassis. but, for those of you who loves shisha, my suggestion to you is to take it easy.

source :
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=a154cae5313e96c29ab8407cc46c0f69&gid=2216752276
( i know its a face book page, but about the author :
Kashif Yousuf is a medical doctor currently pursuing his specialization residency training at Hamilton Health Sciences in Hamilton, Ontario.)

Academic English Assignment:Movie Review

Slumdog Millionaire is one of a good Indian Movie that I have watched,it is directed by Danny Boyle. Danny Boyle is a Golden Globe winner director from English. It takes time approximately 2 hours.It is using a mixed plot and set in India.

Jamal Malik is an Indian moslem from Mumbai. He lived together with his brother,Salim Malik and his mother. But later their mother died because the attack from the people with different beliefs. Jamal is uneducated.They also meet Latika who also being attacked by them. One day they meet Maman, a bad guy who uses children to get money. They are trying to escape from him, unfortunately Latika doent's get away succesfully.. After that they must continue doing dirty works in order to survive because they have no parents. They must steal food, cheat a lot of people to continue live, they also become a fake tour guide in Taj Mahal. Jamal is so sad, because he loves Latika, both of them love each other. Because he wants to save Latika, he goes back to Mumbai to save her. But Jamal meets Maman again, confrontation happens,Salim kill maman with a gun.

As time goes on,Jamal become a waiter and because Salim has showed his skill.Salim become a mafia. Jamal register himself into an Indian Who Wants To Be a Millionaire Quiz,he also hopes that he will find Latika. Jamal is able to answer all of the question although he is uneducated. When the last question is announced, time is over.They continue the quiz to the next schedule. But the policemen don't believe him because how come an uneducated person like him is able to answer all of the question. So they accused Jamal is cheating, and Jamal is being interrogated by the policemen. Then it is told by the movie that the reason why Jamal is able to answer all of the previous question is because all of the questions are related to his childhood story. He doesn't want to admit it because he doesn't cheating.

Latika watches Jamal on TV and wants to meet him, unfortunately he has married and her husband is the mafia boss. Because Salim is worked for the mafia, he knows whre Latika lives. Salim knows that he is in danger now because he helps Latika escapes. Salim let his life in danger to protect the happiness of his brother. Confrontation begins between Salim and Latika's husband. Salim let himself die in the bathtub but fortunately he has killed him.Jamal uses the phone a friend help to call his brother, but the one who pick the phone isn't Salim, it is Latika.Latika doesn't know it either. The last question is very difficult, at last Jamal uses his luck to guess the answer that he never heard before. The answer is correct, he wins 20 million and he meets his true love, and they live happily ever after.

My conclusion for this movie is a good one.This movie tells us the diffculties in life that we will face. This movie also tells to be always do something until it finished and depends on our luck.^^

Movie Review : Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire is an Indian movie directed by Danny Boyle that win some of the movie awards. At the beginning of the movie, there is a question that ask why Jamal Malik could win in the Who Wants To Be a Millionaire with choices A. He's lucky B. He's cheating C. He's genius D. It is written. Well, before you watch the entire movie, you will not be able to answer this question. This movie is all about the life of a man called Jamal Malik from Mumbai, India. His mother was killed when he was little, and he live only with his brother Salim. When his home was attacked by a group of people who also killed his mother, both of them met a young girl called Latika whose parents are also killed. They tried to stay alive by doing anything to get money including as stealing and cheating. After one day they’re kidnapped by a group of evil men who wanted to take their eyes, both Jamal and Salim could escape but Latika doesn’t. Since that day Jamal is always thinking of her. Salim is very proud after he had a lot of money. He left his little brother alone. After all of them grown up, Jamal works in a telecommunication company and tried to call his brother, both of them met up again and actually Salim knows where Latika lives.

One day, Jamal registered at a quiz program “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire” and he could answer all the questions except the last question given because all of it is related to his past life. When the last question is given, the time is up, so they continue the show on the next day. Because of this, he is considered cheating by the MC and he was interrogated by the police. The police force him to accept that he is cheating, but Jamal doesn’t want to accept it because he doesn’t cheat. When the day come for the last question, Latika who already married wanted to meet Jamal and left her husband. She wanted to escape from her husband house and finally she’s successful to escape with the help of Salim. After Latika’s husband who is a gangster knows that Latika met Jamal, he tried to search for Salim. Salim know that he will be killed, so he prepared himself with a gun and successfully killed Latika’s husband before he died. Finally, Jamal met with Latika again and they both live happily. This Indian movie is a bit weird because there is no dance, not like other Indian movie. But overall the movie has a good view of moral with the mixture of love and difficulty to survive in life. And the answer to the question is D. It is written, because all the question in the quiz are related to Jamal’s past life.

The Millionaire in India: Movie Review

Last Tuesday, I watched a movie during my Academic English Class with my classmates. The movie, Slumdog Millionaire, is about a story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"

As it was time for the show to end for the night, the police arrested him on suspicion of cheating. Jamal was desperate to prove his innocence, so he tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Intrigued by Jamal's story, the jaded Police Inspector begins to wonder what a young man with no apparent desire for riches is really doing on this game show.

In each chapter of his story, he and his brother had certain hardships of overcoming it. During the raid, they had to run and save themselves from being killed. When they were escaping, they met a girl named Latika. Then, they worked at a dump station and were adopted by a stranger, he gave them food, water and shelter. Jamal’s brother assisted him as a watch dog. When Jamal’s brother found out the stranger’s plan, he told Jamal and tried to escape together on a train with Latika but she did not make it. They stole the food on the train and sold them to the passengers to earn a living. As time flies, they grew up. They went to save Latika from her work place and Jamal’s brother killed the stranger, who adopted them, with a revolver.

After the incident, Jamal’s brother decided to work under a gangster. Then Latika was stolen from Jamal by his brother. Thus, they were separated. After that, Jamal went to the millionaire game show.

When I watched this movie, I was able to imagine the life in India. How the Indians overcame poverty, how they were treated by another religion. More importantly, this movie had taught us the importance of life and knowledge, the experience of poverty, the resolve of trying to live and results of following the path of a gangster. In conclusion, Slumdog Millionaire is a movie that is both entertaining and powerful. I enjoyed this movie and it was funny, emotional and exhilarating.

India Movie Review

Last week I watched a movie during Academy English time on Wednesday. I watched this movie with the other classes, not only with my class. The movie name is Slumdog Millionaire, it is set in India. The main story is about a man who participates in who wants to be a millionaire show. The man’s name is Jamal Malik. He is an uneducated person. Luckily, he get a chance to join who wants to be a millionaire. The movie starts with Jamal in the police station being interrogated. He is accused for cheating, because he is the first person to reach the final question for the who wants to be a millionaire show. The police accused him for cheating because they don’t believe an uneducated person like Jamal can answer all of the question until the last question. That is the beginning of the movie. The rest of the movie was about he was being interrogated by the police about how Jamal can reach until the final question, even though he is an uneducated person. Then Jamal explained why he can answer the question by retelling the story about his childhood. Luckily, all of the question from the show is written in his childhood experience. And then he got freed by the police and continues to participates in the show. At the end, Jamal can answer until the final question and won the grand prize which is 10.000.000 rupee.
I think this movie themes are about love and fate. The story tells you of how cruel the world can be, but at the end there will be a hope. The story is about someone who never give up in his life, even though he face many problems. And with the help of his luckyness, he overcome his harsh life to a new good life.
The moral that can I take from the movie is if you are a man, you can’t give up until your life has ended. Which means you must struggle to life even it is very hard. Because after darkness there will be light. After hardwork there will be a good result. I think the moral that I can take from the movie is only that. Because the rest of the story is kind of bullshit. Because how come there is a coincidence that happen so smoothly. Especially in answering the who wants to be a millionaire question, that the question is related to your childhood. If it is really happen in real life, then you just only need to do a little work and leave the rest to luck. But overall, it is a good movie among other India movie that I know.

Movie Journal : Slumdog Millionaire

The true face of our society and the society of some country also. This is what can i say when i watch this movie. The movie Theme is played around some of the dark side of society. Like Prostitution and sex, Religious violence, Money, Slavery, and many more. The story revolves around a boy named Jamal Malik a man from Mumbai who lives a tragic live. Who live story is an answer to "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" quiz. A quiz that he registered in to find his lost love. He answer thru the quiz until the last question where his time is up and he have to continue tomorrow. But he is captured by the police for questioning because his background as a slum dog. He told the story of his life to explain about his success in the quiz. After he is done with his story the police officer believes him and release him from custody. Where now he is going to answer the last question of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" quiz. Where in the end he found again his love and won 20 million rupee.

It Is Written

I have heard wonderful things about this movie prior to watching it, and let me just say that it definitely did not disappoint. Slumdog Millionaire is a British-Indian Film directed by Danny Boyle a Golden Globe winning English-Irish director. It tells the story of a young man from the slums of Mumbai who appears on a game show and winds up knowing all the answers arousing the suspicion that perhaps he has cheated in some way. The movie then explores his touching life story and how he came to know all the answers.

From my observation, I feel that this movie is mostly about life and the difficulties one must face during it. In Jamal’s case, he is put in very difficult conditions; it depicts how we must survive in the harshest circumstances. The film is also a sort of rags to riches story told in a modern way. Of course another major theme to this movie is love and destiny, which I think appeals to a lot of us, the idea of such true and epic love between two people who are meant for each other. Another thing I noticed, the film in a way tells us that good things happen to good people. Jamal, though he’s lived a harsh life he is still a very kind and loving person and in the end he was able to gain everything he had ever dreamed of. In contrast, his brother Salim was bitter about his life and this caused him to be a morally grey person who made many questionable choices. In the end he had to take responsibility for all he had done and this resulted in his less than stellar life ending. I think we all believe that Jamal will go on to live an incredibly happy life with the girl of his dreams along with the small fortune he had just acquired.

I enjoyed this film immensely. I thought that story was told in a very cool way and it had a mix of everything drama, action, love and basically life. Moreover it also gives you a sort of lesson on life. It had a very exciting story which was both heart breaking and exhilarating. It unfolded like a modern day epic fairy tale. I also loved the dancing in the closing credits, a great way for Hollywood to pay homage to Bollywood. The actors were all amazing, especially given they are relative newcomers to the industry. This film well deserves an Oscar nomination.

Slumdog Millionaire : Moral view

Since everyone has already reviewed the story, I think I'll give the moral about the film and my opinion about it.

From what I've watched, this film tells us not to give up and work hard to achieve the turning point in your life, from slumdog into a millionaire. We don't need to be genius to be success; all we need is experience in life and hard work. In order to survive in the harsh social environment, we must not give up and work hard. Jamal and Salim however, do some dirty works to survive, but we shouldn't follow it. What we should follow is their determination to live and not giving up their live easily.

Next, we need to be earnest. See Salim do dirty works in the rest of his life, in the end he regretted what he has done and died sacrificing himself to free Latika. On the other hand, Jamal becomes a millionaire and he can be together with his lover. Moreover, when he was interrogated by the police he answer honestly, proves that he didn’t cheat and the police understand him and let him go. Finally Jamal can continue the "who wants to be a millionaire" quiz and win.

Friendship issues can be found almost in all scenes. We can see great bonds between Jamal and Salim, how they help each other and their relationship breakdown because of human greed in this movie. There are many conflicts between these two, but in the end Salim knows that he was wrong and he gives everything he could do to save his friend, Jamal and Latika. Even though their relationship clashed, Jamal and Salim still have faith in each other. We can see that Jamal tried to call Salim to help answering the last question, and Salim gives his life to realize Jamal’s hope.

Another thing that I learnt from this movie is that we shouldn't trust stranger too much. See how Jamal and Malik are taken and cared by Maman at first, but actually he wants to make them as his slave. Also when the presenter trying to crush Jamal's hope by giving the wrong answer, Jamal doesn't trust him and then he use fifty: fifty and choose the opposing answer. His strategy was right and he wins. We could learn a thing or two from this.

In my opinion, this movie has interesting plot about the slice of life and we can learn many things from it. This movie focused more on the serious part and only has few humor parts; therefore it may be boring for some us who doesn’t like serious theme. The last thing that is not forgotten, Indian movies usually has crowdie dance part in it, and this part can be seen on the credits. Overall, this is a good movie if we see it from the moral part.

India Movie

Today I watched a movie with my friends and some of other class in Academic English additional class. The duration was about two hours. The language was English and there were no subtitles except when the actors or actresses used Indian's language, what is it called, Hindi? The English was not very clear so I miss some of the conversation.

The main actor was named Jamal Malik. He has a older brother named Salim Malik. The movie start with this question, "How can Jamal was able to win twenty million Rupees? A. He's lucky B. He's cheating C. He's genius D. It was written" then the story started. It started where Jamal was being interrogated by two men from the police department it seemed. One of them is turtoring him so he will confess. After that the other man turned on the video about the game "Who wants to be a Millionaire?" (Which I was wondering is there any "Who wants to be a Millionaire" show in India?) which Jamal was attending. He was accused for cheating in the game. That's why he was being interrogated. Then Jamal began to talk about his life and why he can answers the questions.

His story began from while he was playing crikket in airport area which was dangerous. Suddenly two guys chased them out of the area (and for good also) and chased them until they (Jamal and Salim) caught by their mother and were dragged to school. They were given a book about The Three Musketeers and being told to read, but they fought for the book and the teacher slammed them with the book.

Back to the police's office, Jamal continued to talked why he can answer the first question. It was about the famous Indian actor Amitabh Bacchan (if I don't mistaken the name). He said that when he and Salim was working (It's toilet business), the helicopter which bring Amitabh came, then because Jamal made the customer angry, he was locked inside the toilet by Salim. Because he couldn't get out and he wanted to take Amitabh autograph, so he ..., anyway, he got the autograph, but Salim sold it.

Next question was about the India's crest. There was a sentence under the crest's picture (I forgot what picture). Since he didn't know, he used a lifeline option, "Asks the Audience". The officer asked him why he couldn't answer it because even primary school students know the answer. And Jamal asked back if the officer knew the price of a food and the name of a seller. The officer can't answer right so they didn't continue interrogating about it.

Next was about the god Rama is holding in his right hand. Jamal said that when they were with their mother washing clothes, a group of people came brought sticks and began killing the moslem people. Their mother got killed, but they escaped. When they were escaped, Jamal saw a statue of god Rama, holding a bow and arrows in his right hand. They also found a girl named Latika and escaped together.
Next was about a "song" which made by a poet named who. Jamal said that there was a kind man who brought them to his place and taught them how to sing the "song". One night, Salim and another kid was brought into a place and the kid was told by the man to start sing the "song". He said it was good and suddenly the kid was given cloroform. He was made blind by the man. After that he told Salim to get Jamal. When Jamal was being tested for his capability, Salim splashed the cloroform to the man's face, brought Jamal and Latika away. They escaped by train but Latika was left behind.
Next was about the face on one hundred American Dollar. Jamal said that when he was seeking Latika, he found his friend Arvind, which has been blinded, sang in an alleyway. That's when Jamal gave a hundred dollar to him and he asked Jamal if the money was real, asked to described the face on the money. And he said that it was Benyamin Franklin. Then Jamal asked him about Latika whereabouts, take Salim and went to find her.

Next was about the inventor of revolver. Jamal said that he knew it when he and Salim were seeking Latika. They found her in a house and tried to brought her away when suddenly the man (who taught them song) came. Then Salim taken out a revolver, threatening him to step aside. And before they escaped, he shot him.

After Jamal has told them, the officer asked how and why he attend the show. He said that when he has rescued Latika, Salim booted him out, told him to go away. Then years later, he had a job as a helper in a kind of telephone office. Then he was asked to help someone for some minutes with his work. then he seeked out the name Salim Malik phone number and tried them one by one. After he found him, Jamal was told to meet him in a constructing place where after that he was been told to come at Salim's place. One morning, Salim went out and Jamal tracked him all the way to the a house where he found Latika. Then Jamal went into the house and engage into a conversation with Latika. While they were talking, Latika opened the television showing "Who wants to be a Millionaire" and suddenly the owner of the house, a gangster boss came in and changed the channel, also told him to get out. Latika told Jamal to get out quickly so he wouldn't face any trouble. That's where Jamal thought that by joining the show, he could find Latika. Then he told her to meet him at train station. The next day, when she found him, suddenly Salim and some men grabbed her away and Jamal couldn't chase them.

Next was about the legendery crikket player who scored the highest in history. That's when they were having a break from the show while the presenter and Jamal went to toilet. The presenter and him were having a talk, said that Jamal could be winning the show. Then the presenter went out after washed his hand. Jamal, when washed his found a hint left by the presenter showing that the answer is B. After that they continued the show. But rather than choosing B, Jamal chose D after using lifeline option, "Fifty : Fifty". He got that right and that's where the time is over so they must continue next time. After that Jamal was called by the presenter and when the presenter brought him out, the police grabbed him and taken him away. The man who was there asked the presenter why he was taken away. The presenter said that he was cheating because he has given him an answer (What kind of reasoning is that?).

Then the interrogation was over and Jamal was back on the show. At that time Latika and Salim was watching the show and Salim told her to meet him. She said that if she go, the boss will get mad, but he said that he will take care of him and gave her the car key and his handphone. Then she rushed to the studio but get caught in traffic jam, because everyone has stopped and watched Jamal so she came off the car and joining the crowd. Jamal was given a question about The Three Musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and who. But he didn't know because he didn't read the book at all. Then he used the last lifeline option, "Phone a Friend". The presenter asked whose number was it and he said that it was his brother and the only number he knew. Latika realized that it was the handphone and rushed back to the car. After ringing for so long, in the last second, she took the call and Jamal was surprised to know that it was Latika who took the call. After some short questions, the presenter reminded of the time and then Jamal asked Latika what was the answer. But she said that she didn't know. Then Jamal made a brave choice and he won twenty million Rupees!!! At the same time, Salim took out the gangster boss but he died shot by the other gangster.

The next day, Jamal was waiting for Latika at train station. Then he saw her waiting at the other side and rushed quickly. In the end he could meet his love (And they kissed). Then the question before was showed again and this time it gave the answer. "How can Jamal was able to win twenty million Rupees? A. He's lucky B. He's cheating C. He's genius D. It was written", it's "D. It was written".

I was wondering there are no dance because I always see dance part in India movie. Well, after the question, there were part that the actors and actresses dancing altogether.

Why do I make this long article? We have been told to make a blog about the theme of the movie so here it is. I think that the theme is "Life experience is the best teacher" as Jamal could answer most of the questions by relying on his experience.

Movie Review : Slumdog Millionaire

Today, I watched a movie called Slumdog Millionaire in room number 310. Not only me, but other students who take Academic English class also watched this movie. Slumdog Millionaire is set and filmed in India. The story is about a man who participates on a game show. The movie is using flash-forward plot.

Jamal Malik is young man from the slums of Mumbai. He is participating on Who Wants to be a Millionaire and luckily he has made it to the final question. Unfortunately, the police are accusing him of cheating because Jamal is the only person who can answer until the last question. Actually, he could guess all of the answer because the questions are related to his childhood. While he is being interrogated, there are some flashbacks about Jamal’s miserable childhood.

Jamal and his brother, Salim, live in a slum of Mumbai. Their mother dead because there was an attack from people whose religion is different. Jamal and Salim have to survive from the hell of India. In their journey, Jamal and Salim are accompanied by a beautiful girl name Latika. First they met Maman, a gangster who uses children to earn money. After they escape from Maman (without Latika), Jamal and Salim start earning money by stealing food in a train, selling goods, become a tour guide in Taj Mahal, and etc. Until finally they grow up and become an adult. They have a different job. Salim, who is brave and harsh, become a pupil of Jave (a mafia). On the other side, Jamal, who is calm and considerate, become a waiter at call center.

Actually there are two themes on this movie. The first one is about Jamal efforts to find his love, Latika. Even though they are separated, but they still can meet each other. The movie told that you won’t lose your true love if you put all of your desire and effort in it. The other theme that the director wants to tell in Slumdog Millionaire is about life in India. In India, most of the people live in poverty. Because of the poverty problem, the children can’t get a well education. At young age, some of children don’t go to school, but they become a beggar. Another thing that we can conclude from the movie is there are still many slums area in India. Other problem that we can see from the movie is most of the gangsters can conquer all of they want. The India Government should solve all of these problems.

In my opinion, the movie is very interesting especially the scene where Jamal guess the last question. It makes the audience become curious. What make Slumdog Millionaire different with other movie is because it is served with flash-forward plot. The flash-forward idea is amazed me. The best thing in this movie, it gives you a lot of information about how hard live in India. Last but not least, this is a very good and interesting movie.

Movie Review : Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire starts with this scene that goes back and forth between the police station and the studio set of who wants to be a millionaire. The main character of this movie is an indian Moslem with the name of Jamal Malik, he is a kid who was a victim of religious act of violence against Moslem. He, who is already poor, lost everything that he had in that act of violence. Jamal with his brother, Salim, and a girl who was also a victim of the riot, Latika, than starts their journey to survive. And years later, he got feature on this TV show called Who Wants to be a Millionaire. And then, the story will go back and forth between the TV show and Jamal’s life experience.

This movie, in my opinion, is about life, spirit and love. The story tells you of how harsh the world can be, but they never seem to bother and fight on. The story is about how someone can make the best of their miserable life, how they turn lemons into lemonade. The spirit of Jamal in this movie are truly admirable and we are all have to realize how lucky we are with what we have right now. Because I am sure many people are suffering like they do as we speak. The story is also about the love connection between Jamal and Latika, how Jamal would risk his life just to see her again and rescue her. But, for me, the movie is more about telling the harsh life conditions and spirit to keep fighting. The love story is just a way to make this movie more commercial.

Another thing that make me so interested in this movie, is because I have been to India. And the condition in India is very harsh indeed. I mean, the beggars are everywhere. My tour guide told me stories of how homeless people would freeze to dead on the street in winter and how the government would only send trucks to collect their bodies.

Overall, I think this is a very touching and powerful movie. People could really learn from this film. Great director, great story line, great script and awesome actors.

A Strange Movie from India

Today I watched a movie from India. My class and the others had to watch it, as it is an Academic English class. The movie was played at three o’ clock in room number 310. It was very crowded and the room temperature was relatively hot, so I felt uncomfortable.
The movie’s duration is about two hours. It is a movie from India, but English is the mostly used language, with a little Hindi (when Hindi is used, there will be subtitles). At first, I did not really understand about the storyline, which is a bit complicated. Later, I realized that the story is actually about love.
The main character is Jamal Malik, a young man from India. He has an older brother, named Salim. They have experienced miserable life in their childhood. Live in a slump area which is also very crowded, attacked by officers, raided by people whose religion is different (Jamal and Salim are Moslems); those are the things happened to both of them. Once, they have to escape from Maman, a wicked man who is taking advantage from poor children to earn money; he is a type of man who does everything in order to fulfill his ambition. In that escape, the brothers lose their precious friend, Latika. They are growing and their mind is formed. Both of them have personalities which are unique to each other. Jamal is calm and considerate, while Salim is really brave and harsh. Although they often quarrel, but actually they love each other as a family. When they have become adults, Jamal has an unpleasant experience. He participates in a quiz called “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” Most of the questions can be answered correctly by Jamal. A person seems to be not happy with Jamal’s success, so he accuses that Jamal is cheating. Because of that, Jamal must pass an awful interrogation. In the end, he is able to win the twenty million Rupees and meets his love, Latika.
I think this movie’s story is a bit complicated and hard to understand if we do not really follow it from the beginning. With this movie, we can get a picture of life in India, especially the poor people’s. The language is sometimes not clear; I miss some conversations because the English is strange. What I do not like about this movie is the violence. There are a lot of violence showed, for example, when they are raided by some people, a person is burned alive, and many other scenes. In short, this movie is not good enough and disappointing.

Movie Review : YES MAN !

This movie is about a man who just gone through a bad break-up with his fiance - or girl friend ! i forgot ! - and missing out on life. He keep saying no to every opportunity he got and he shut out every friends that he have. So basically, his life is going towards the gutter until one day one of his friends show up and ask him to this YES ! seminar. Even he didn't really want to come, but he did. And he made this sacred promise in that seminar, witch requires him to always says yes to opportunity. And that is how the story kinda kicks off.
This movie is a very fun movie ! And it is very hilarious ! I watched this movie after doing that final presentation for programming principals and this movie really help me to relax and forget about University. Jim Carey is one of kind actor, i have to say that there is nobody could replace him on every movies his on. He is just so hilarious ! I think he is my 2nd favorite artist in the world ( my favorite artist is Adam Sandler ). But, the real talking point of this movie is Zoey Dechanel. She play as Jim Carey's new girlfriend in this movie. She was very beautiful in this movie, i would watch that movie again just to see her. She has played in some other movies like the happening, but i dont really pay to much attention to her in that movie so i didnt realize how cute she is. For the guys, i suggest you check it out, if you dont like the movie, at least you would enjoy 100 minutes of Zoey Dechanel.
To sum things up, i think this movie is a must watch. probably the funniest movie i watch since Night at the Museum ( but i haven't watch Bed Time Story ). So if you looking for a laugh than you have your movie. I give this one 4,5 stars out of 5.

MOVIE Review : Bolt

I just Bought Blot a couple of days ago and just watched it today. The story is about a dog that is a star in this major Hollywood Movies but the interesting is, the dog thinks its real. The Dogs thinks he have super power, and he thinks he super fast and everything. The dog only thought is to save the little girl who happens to be his master. One day, the director decided to end the story by kidnaping the girl. So when bolt trying to save her, he accidentally got shipped to New York ( Bolt lives in Hollywood ). Anyway, the story is about Bolt trying to get back to hollywood from New York.
The Movie is really good, i think it is one of the best cartoon i watched in a while. But i haven't watch Madagascar 2 ( i heard it is very funny, cant wait to check it out ). The movie Bolt have a solid plot and story line, that is why i like it so much. Because many cartoon today don't have a decent plot and story line, and just trying to give us 'american' jokes that most of the time i dont really understand.
So to Conclude, i really think that Bolt is a good movie and worth to watch. If i'm a professional movie critics i would give this one a 4 out 5 stars, because the jokes are funny and still have both solid plot and story line - whitch is rare now days for cartoon movies-. So i suggest you guys check it out.

Fifa Player of the Year

Fifa has chosen Cristiano Ronaldo as Fifa Player of the Year 2008. Ronaldo is 23 years old. At his age, he has become the youngest Fifa Player of the Year. CR7, the acronym of Cristiano Ronaldo, has been voted as the best player. He got 935 voices from 2154 votes. The other player, such as Lionel Messy only got 678 votes, Fernando Torres got 203 points, while Kaka and Xavi only got 183 and 155 voices.

So, who is Cristiano Ronaldo ? Cristiano Ronaldo is a soccer player from Portuguese. At the age of 22 years old, he has scored 18 goals for his national team. Now, he is currently playing for Manchester United. Last year, he has brought Manchester United as the winner of Champions League and the Premiership. By becoming Fifa Player of the Year 2008, Ronaldo also become the first Premiership player who got that award. Not only that, he also the second player from Portuguese who got Fifa Player of the Year after Luis Figo in 2001.


source :
http://www.cristianoronaldofan.net/and-the-winner-of-the-fifa-player-of-the-year-award-is%E2%80%A6-cristiano-ronaldo
http://www.cristianoronaldofan.net/

Movie Review:Valkyrie

Valkyrie again?Stop thinking abouyt the old Greek Valkyrie won't you?Now this is a movie that has been released recently.This is a historical thriller film.The film was set in World War II,where Adolf Hittler act as the bringer of Nazi.Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg(Tom Cruise),who is German World War II colonel who leads the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and render the German war machine impotent.He also bcome the real-life mastermind behind the elaborate plot known as Project called Project Valkyrie,which is a plan to assassinate Hitler and overthrow his government from the inside,this project also involves the deployment of the Reserve Army to maintain order, to take control of the government after successfully assassinating Hitler.Stauffenberg is a very loyal soldier and an asset to the Reich for his entire military career, but he lost an eye, a hand, and three fingers in an Allied bombing.A destructive madness that unleashing on the world has become too terrible for the colonel to stand silent and doing nothing.So he decided to join the resistance movement,a very risky action,punishable by death and also risks his life and the life of his family for the chance to change history.He believes that is too dangerous so he does everything he can to change the history.At last, he is able to kill and assasinate Hittler using a bomb,also require a good set of strategy.He believes that could kill Hittler and make him death.After that, Stauffenberg and the other plotters make orders to arrest SS officers and to take control of the Berlin's government quarter, which would allow them to command the rest of Nazi Germany's territories.Although rumor spread that Hitler survived the assassination attempt,this movie ends with how General Stauffenberg is being executed and shout "Long Live Sacred Germany!!"
The real history said that Hittle commit a suicide after a year when Berlin is surrounded by Russian.

source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie_(film)
http://http://www.starpulse.com/Movies/Valkyrie/Summary/

List of sources

Everyone was supposed to send me a list of sources for the final essay. This was explained during last class. Many of you have not done this.

SPSE & Final Essay

There is some confusion about the last two assignments. The SPSE essay, which some of you handed in last week is due tomorrow. It was assigned before Xmas break. The final exam essay, which you saw the topics for and chose last week, is due by 6 February. This was all written clearly on the board. You had a month to work on each of these. We'll discuss this in class and register for Turnitin. Then we'll have the debate, led by our great debaters.
See you tomorrow.

Highest Mountain in Our Solar System

A few days ago, when I was playing a game, there was a quiz about the highest mountain in the solar system. I answered Mt. Everest without thinking and I thought it was right. Surprisingly, my answer was wrong, and the correct one is Mt. Olympus, the mountain that's located on Mars. I was surprised, so I searched the fact on the Internet. From what I've found, Mt. Olympus is indeed the highest mountain in our solar system. It is an active volcano that has 24 kilometers high (3 times higher than Mount Everest) and 550 kilometers wide. The one who discover it was Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli on November 10, 1879. It's already discovered from a long time ago, but I never heard a single things about this. Even physic and geography lesson never tell me about this one...

I wonder if you guys ever heard about the mountain...

Sources:
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/kids_space/qss_mars.html
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_kids/AskKids/olympusmons.shtml

A Fact About Chimpanzee

Do you know that chimpanzee has some similarities with human? Not only physical appearance, they do things that usually done by human. First, they use tools to help them survive in the wild. For example, using a branch to lure ants and then eat them. Next, chimpanzee is a social animal; they live in group and also there is a hierarchy in it. Like human, chimp also communicate to each other. They give information, date, wrestle, and even learn how to use tools.
It is said that chimpanzee is an intelligent animal. A research found that a young chimpanzee is more superior than human in memory. The experiment shows that a young chimpanzee can memorize numbers from 1 to 9 very quickly, which can not be done by human.

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMHiOCD-0aI

Sources:
http://www.animalintelligence.org/2007/04/25/the-mind-of-the-chimpanzee/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/apes/chimp/
http://lessonsforhope.org/abc/show_description.asp?abc_id=31

Movie Review : Bedtime Stories

On the last day of my holiday, I went to watch Bedtime Stories in 21 Cineplex. Firstly, I thought that the story will be looks like Narnia, but it's totally different. The story is about Skeeter Bronson (Adam Sandler) who works in a hotel. One day, he had a responsibility to look after his little nephews Bobby and Patrick which are interested in bedtime stories. One night, before going to sleep, Skeeter and his nephews a story that is created from their creativity and the next day, the story really happens. Skeeter was very happy when he know that the story will come true, so he keep telling good stories. But, not all of the stories will happens. This film is a comedy film by Disney, which is very funny. :D

Directed by: Adam Shankman
Cast: Adam Sandler, Courteney Cox, Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Lucy Lawless, Jonathan Pryce
Duration: 100 min

Source : http://www.blitzmegaplex.com/en/movie_detail.php?id=MOV497

Game Journal : Assassin

Well upon searching for the debate i stumbled on a game named assassin.
The game idea i think is cool and very innovative.
In summary each 'assassin' is given a target, so each 'assassin' must hunt for their 'target' with their 'weapon'.The target is another 'assassin' who play the game. Upon successful assassination the assasin will be given a new target usually the victim target. For who is targeted by another assassin you could defend yourself and claim a 'kill'.
I'm thinking going to host a little trial game if 5-10 people want to join.
Of course with some changes to the rules. Everyone can join including the lecturer if they want to. I hope you will join.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin_(game)
http://www.sassins.com/

A Lucky Human Corpse

This human corpse must be the luckiest man on earth. His wife found his husband's lottery which won US$ 10 million. Donald Peters, 79 years old, had bought two lotteries before he died in Danbury, Connecticut, USA. After Peters had died, his wife, Charlotte, looked for his husband's inheritance and found the lottery. Then, she checked the lottery to the store where his husband bought the lottery. Surprisingly, she brought the "victory" lottery. Charlotte felt so shocked and amazed.

source :
http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/amerika/2009/01/07/brk,20090107-154079,id.html

Blood type and personality

I found an interesting pictures about blood type and personality. It's quite hard to be desribed, so I recommend you to visit the website (see below). Here is the summary:

A type:
-likes to lean againts the wall
-perfectionist
-anxious
-on time
-obedient
-good at crtitisizing

B type:
-likes to be the center
-straight to the point
-easily distracted
-relax
-rules broker

O type:
-likes to walk around the room
-not on time
-don't like to be bored
-use harsh language
-not very obedient

AB type:
-unique, extravagance
-likes the corner
-hard to be understand
-careless
-not easy to be influenced
-not cooperative

So what's your blood type? Does the picture resemble your personality?

Sources:
http://another.pieceofsky.org/?p=406

Novec 1230

What is Novec 1230? It is a liquid which can be used to extinguish fire. The benefit of using Novec 1230 is it can extinguish fire without nothing gets wet. It is also a non-conductive liquid, which means if it is poured into electronics, your device still can work. Novec is not harmful for human and the environment.

So, if your house is burned down, use Novec 1230 to extinguish the fire and prevent your electronic from being damaged. Well the problem is, we don't know where we can get this liquid.


Source :
http://kaskus.us/showthread.php?t=981951
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=94

My Holiday

This holiday mark the first time in a long time that I did not go anywhere special. Most of my days were spent at home and it’s surrounding areas. I think we all know the reason for this; it is due to the amount of work that was assigned to us. Thus most of my time was spent on said assignments.

However during the brief periods of time that were free, I opted to relax and stay home instead of going out as that would require more energy and result in tiredness. I did go to malls in my area, but I only stayed for small amounts of time, mostly just to eat. At home I was able to do quite a lot of reading, aside from the technology book we had to read for the book review, I managed to finish a hilarious novel by David Sedaris and am now on the verge of finishing “The Time Traveler’s Wife” which I must say is a very interesting read and very hard to put down. I was also able to listen to a lot of music albums, which turned out to be among the best albums of 2008 in my opinion. They include Ra Ra Riot’s “The Rhumb Line” and Bon Iver’s “For Emma, Forever Ago”. If you are interested in the indie/alternative genre, then I advise you to really give these albums a listen, they are marvelous.

This is also I think the first holidays ever that I did not go to the cinemas to watch a movie, not that there is nothing interesting to see, just that it was hard to find the time to do so. However, I did watch movies at home on dvd. One particular high light was a 2004 movie called Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind. It had such an amazing and original concept. It was also funny but incredibly moving. It has definitely become one of my favourites.

So, that pretty much sums up what I have been doing in the last two weeks. Even though it was brief, I did manage to do the things I love but I am really looking forward to a break with no assignments!

Story of my holiday....

Before I begin, let me say HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009 FOR ALL OF US!!! I hope all of your dreams will come true in this year.

Holiday will end soon.. actually today is the last day of the holiday.. about my holiday, I didn't enjoyed it fully because you know... all the homework.. including programming which is the hardest...

we have two weeks of holiday right?? as for me, in the first week, I used that week to meet and do the programming project with my friends. we had 2 meetings, the first one was in Senayan Plaza and the last one was in Puri Indah Mall. we also had chat to talk about the project before I go to sleep at night.

The next week, before the new year, I helped my dad, to clean his room in his work place. I packed lots of heavy books inside a plastic box, and move them to the car. In the night, I helped my mom to make a preasentation slide and I also have to continue my project....

On December 31, I went to my friend's house and gather with my frineds from high school. we made a BBQ there and watched some fireworks from the second floor of my friend's house... it was nice...

The last 3 days, me and my family stayed in Borobudur Hotel... too bad I didn't really enjoyed it because I have to do my other homework in the hotel...

yeah, that's all my holiday story... I hope in the next holiday I will have an enjoyable holiday ^^

Fart

I believe that you know what fart is. Farting means releasing gas (often smelly) from anus. The gas contains carbon dioxide, hidrogen sulfide, and mercaptans which make our fart smelly. Some people think that farting is unethical. But, it is said that it is dangerous to hold farts. Farting is healthy, actually; why some people often hold farts is because they think that it is embarassing if they are caught doing it.
There is a shcoking fact that farts can be burnt !! It may be caused that it contains mercaptans. It is said that some people have tried burning their farts. I believe we should not try doing that because it may be dangerous.
There is a website which provides facts about farting. I found many unexpected facts from that website. Also, there are facts which are funny. This is an example (direct quote from the website) :

Is it true that some people never fart?

No, not if they're alive. People even fart shortly after death.

Source : http://www.heptune.com/farts.html

Word Games

Hi All,
Happy 2009! Hope it's a great year for all of you.
I found 2 fun games to help your vocabulary: 1st is a crossword puzzle:
http://crossword.freeonlinegames.com/
The second is a 'how many words can you make' game:
http://club.live.com/Pages/Games/GameList.aspx?game=Chicktionary&form=MICCCL&publ=MSDR&crea=STND_Search_club_chicktionary_2007_380x200
Hope you enjoy. See you next week...

Happy New year

JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL. PRAYING FOR A GREAT YEAR FOR YOU AND AN EASIER SEMESTER( SPECIALLY ENGLISH )

~REGARDS LEON.