The Pursuit Of Greatness

The pursuit of greatness..Is it from inspiration, is it envy or is it greed that leads us to the temptation of being superior, iconic or even legendary? Is it possible that our deeds and virtues would be told and sung by like the legends of old? Is it still possible in today's world locomotion where everything has to be quick thus bound to be meaningless?

Today it's easier being inspired by a movie character than a real life figure. The kindle is usually something that moves you on the inside. It's like what it feels after watching Forrest in Forrest Gump, Archilles in Troy, or William Wallace in Braveheart. You can hear the screaming urge of your inner self struggling, trying to break free..maybe something like the Hulk inside Bruce Banner or Eddie Brock and his alien symbiote in Spiderman.

If the urge is strong, it will stay for a week or two, influencing your thoughts and acts and after a while it withers until you become you again. Then I begin to wonder if I myself could be something that of what makes them special. There's no war here like in Tolkien's Middle Earth to become a legendary warrior..of course I am no king to rule a land of miracles. Our world now lacks of giving the opportunity for us to appreciate and indulge into something that we admire and passionate about. It's all about the end result and never about the journey. Time is inexpendable.

William Wallace: Yes, I've heard. Kills men by the hundreds. And if HE were here, he'd consume the English with fireballs from his eyes, and bolts of lightning from his arse.

But then they say that great people does not need opportunity. They stand out from people..they push through the barriers and create what they have designed for themselves. That is their quality.

Every man dies, not every man really lives

Those who inspire people become what they they not by chance nor by fate alone. It's because of who they are what they're made of..and of course from that comes the deeds that follow. Then I started thinking that not everybody have the capacity to become great. Something of that magnitude would usually need a lifelong dedication and sacrifice to be achieved, which comes naturally to the special ones.Well maybe I should just settle for mediocrity..heheh..

My dead babies!!

Baru minggu lepas ikan aku yang comel, Shin Chan (sblm ini dikenali sbg Nagano) mati..semalam Shiro (Makoto) yang cantik pulak mati..my poor babies..Minggu lepas Shin Chan mati lemas pasal filter tersumbat. Shiro lak tiba2 je mati. Mungkin sedih Shin Chan dah mati kot.

So far diaorg berdua ni la ikan yang paling lame aku pernah bela sejak kecil. Dari aku duduk di rumah Tmn Meru sampai la aku berpindah kerja di KL..aku rase dkt setahun stengah kot. Dari kecik kurus sampai la cute dan debab macam mummy diaorg..hehe. Dulu kecik2 mak aku belikan aku ikan emas paling lame 2 hari je tahan pasal bela dalam balang plastik yang takde pam oksigen. Yang idup lame skit pun ikan guppy kecik tu je..tak payah pam pun.

Dua ekor ikan emas aku ni ikan emas paling cantik aku pernah jumpe. First time aku nampak kat kedai aquarium kat Greentown Mall Ipoh terus aku beli walaupun harga agak mahal (banding dengan ikan2 lain aku pernah beli)..RM10 sekor..dan yang paling besar pun.

Tergelak juge mikir time aku bawak balik diaorg dalam baldi time cuti raye aritu.kelakar tul. Siap ade adegan paramedik lari naik ke rumah pasal ikan dah nak pewai lame dok dalam baldi naik kete dari Ipoh ke KL.

Tak tau la nak bela ikan lagi ke tak. Rase macam kesian pun ade. Nanti mati lagi pulak kang. Ape2 pun..farewell my little dumplings. Hope you're happy there in fish heaven..

Back From Mecca

Almost two weeks has passed since Eidul Adha and still I've not left Mecca yet...since I've never been there...hehehe. It' been a long time since i wrote anything and when i feel like writing again, all those ideas that came before simply vanishes..wtf!

Whitesnake in Kuala Lumpur!! (review)

Whitesnake rulesss!!!Definitely worth going..walaupun pegi sorang2 je, I enjoyed every bit of it. Walaupun mamat David Coverdale ni tau cakap "Apa khabar?" dan "Terima kasih" je..itu pun dok ulang dkt 10 kali..yg penting suara dia mmg power. Masih boleh tarik high pitch..takde ngelat2 nyer..padahal umur dah 60 dah kot..rilek jer.

Aku sampai kat Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil ngam2 kul 8.30mlm..boleh tahan gak susah nak cari parking. Tapi org nampak mcm x ramai sgt..maybe ramai belum sampai kot. Semua dok berkumpul depan entrance. Dari luar takde dgr bunyi ape2..lambat lagi la kot nak start. Sampai2 jer ramai kutu dok promote t-shirt concert (bkn ori)..byk lak tu designnye..mcm x best gak..tp dari takde langsung..sambak jugak la satu buat kenangan.

Seperti dijangkakan crowdnya kebanyakannye mmg dah seasoned2 orgnye. Ramai yg aku slambe boleh pgl pakcik jer (konon2 aku mude sgt la..). Surprisingly, ramai juga kaum sanak famili yg datang sekeluarga nak tgk concert ni..mostly Chinese and Indian...makes me wonder betul ke concert Whitesnake ni..ke Lee Chong Wei ada main kat stadium malam tu..??

Dalam lebih kurang 9.15 macam tu..Coverdale and the gang pun naik stage..lambat skit..mgkn diaorg blow rambut diaorg dulu bagi nampak lebih rock..and truly mmg rock abisss!!! Performance-wise mmg diaorg superb..dari teknik kangkangan para guitarists dan ulitan drumstick oleh drummer serta permainan mike stand berbaur lucah oleh Coverdale menggamatkan lagi suasana. Which reminds everybody that Whitesnake is hard rocking band and this is a rock concert!!Yowwwwhhhhhhh!!! 

Kelakar jugak aku tgk deme yg dtg ngan family tu terkebil-kebil tgk Whitesnake terkinja-kinja atas pentas tu. Kali ni aku ambik port tepi stage lak..sesedap kepala nak meneleng..asalkan x sejauh tier yg mengadap straight ke pentas. Walaupun x sehappening free standing punyer geng..jadilah asalkan tiket murah.hehe..

Aku x ingat sgt susunan lagu yg diaorg main..tp aku hentam je la..bkn kome tau pun. Antara lagu yg diaorg main banyak juga yang klasik seperti Fool For Your Lovin, Love Ain't No Stranger diselangi dengan lagu dari album baru diaorg Forevermore. Tak ketinggalan balad2 klasik diaorg seperti Is This Love, Here I Go Again dan balad terbaru diaorg Forevermore yg terase semakin best bile dgr live. Lagu ni suara abg Dave mmg sebijik mcm dalam recording psl dia x payah nak compete dgn music yg kuat bile intro dgn gitar acoustic je. Terus rase mcm nak cari je guitar tab lagu ni balik nanti..

Dah ujung2 lak tibe2 abg Dave nyanyi lagu Soldier of Fortune tanpa music dengan suara klasik dia tu. Haha..mase tu semangat keungguan Deep Purple mula menyala di kalangan penonton.hehe..Sape tak tau lagu S.o.F tu..mak aku pun tau.semua pun pakat nyanyi la sekuat hati. Habis je lagu S.o.F stadium terus membakar dengan lagu Burn juga dari Deep Purple, semua crowd pun membuat gaya tangan Usop Wilcha sambil jerit "kite bakor je" dan aku pun gelak sakan psl aku menipu jer kome ni.keh3.dicelum-celamkan secara medley dengan lagu Strombringer..lagila crowd menggila..

Tup tup dah abis rupanye..x bagi signal pun deme ni.Walaupun ade crowd chanting "We want more" diaorg buat bidon je tapi takpe la. Memang puas hati dapat tgk Whitesnake..Live in Kuala Lumpur!!!

The Joker's Killing Jokes

It is very rare that a character in one single movie comes up with so many quotes from its peculiar perception of the world that' ll mess up your brains. Heath Ledger's Joker in the movie Dark Knight is one I know of. It has made to my most interesting characters in movies list.. which I've been thinking of writing for a while now. 

As I was surfing the net looking for them I found this on NYDailyNews.com.

Jack Nicholson, who played the Joker in 1989 - and who was furious he wasn't consulted about the creepy role - offered a cryptic comment when told Ledger was dead.

"Well," Nicholson told reporters in London early Wednesday, "I warned him."

Ledger recently told reporters he "slept an average of two hours a night" while playing "a psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy ...

"I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going."

Prescription drugs didn't help, he said.

Creepy ain't it? Note that Ledger died from consumption of a combination of prescription drugs.

Just as I expected the Joker's quotes are posted all over the internet so I don't need to stop and rewind throughout the movie to write back what the Joker said. There are a lot them and some even quoted every single word, but these are my personal favourites.

I believe whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you… stranger

Introduce a little anarchy, you upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I am an agent of chaos. And you know the thing about chaos, Harvey? It’s fair.

I’m like a dog chasing cars. I wouldn’t know what to do if I caught one…I’d just do things.

See, their morals, their code: it’s a bad joke. They’re dropped at the first sign of trouble. They’re only as good as the world allows them to be. You’ll see, when the chips are down these civilized people will eat each other.