Superman Returns

I'M GOING TO TELL THE ENDING OF "SUPERMAN RETURNS" SO CLOSE THIS WINDOW NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO FIND OUT!








gw udah nonton Superman Returns. filmnya okeh banget. as soon as Brandon opens his suit and reveals his custom, there are no other superheroes. superman IS the hero. itu mnrt gw sih. dan gw lgs sadar klo ya dari dulu komik favorit gw emang superman. ckckck... the amazing thing is Brandon looks very, very similar to Christopher. dan karena Superman Returns takes place after Superman 2, rasanya lebih gimanaaaaaaa gitu.

okeh. here comes the spoiler part. don't say i didn't warn you ya!

Superman returns after a 5-year trip to Krypton (or what's left of it anyway). he didn't find anything. he came back, in a meteorite of some sort, right in the vicinity of his home in smallville. then he went back to Daily Planet. Perry White is portrayed as a meaner version of his comic book counterpart, but not as mean as J. Jonah Jameson (Daily Bugle, of Spider-man's fame). and guess what? Lois Lane is married to Perry's nephew, Richard (James Marsden), with one son. I'd say Kate Bosworth did a good job in portraying Lois Lane as a smart-ass, bitchy reporter.

Kevin Spacey, as always, fleshes the best Lex Luthor (but then again, I never watched "Lois & Clark" or "Smallville", so i may have no reference whatsoever to other actors portraying Luthor). he found the Fortress of Solitude, and stole all of Superman's memory crystals. he discovered that the crystal, when thrown into water, will materialize into a combination of dirt and concrete. He also stole the kryptonite from the museum.

Lois, during Superman's absence, got broken-hearted and wrote "Why The World Doesn't Need Superman" and won a Pulitzer award for that article. Superman, in his Clark Kent alter-ego, was mad and broke the picture of Lois and her family by accident. Superman then met Lois on the roof of Daily Planet and take her "for a trip". oya, Superman's powers are somehow more "exaggerated" more in this movie, as he seems to be able to fly at the speed of light (CMIIW). then came the magic moment, when Superman held Lois in his side and flew. Whew!

meanwhile, the stolen crystals, when thrown into water, created electromagnetic pulses (EMP) which in turn disrupts all electricity and electronic devices. Lois is assigned to cover Superman (much to her dismay), and Clark is assigned to cover the blackouts. Lois, always the rebel, found the first place where the blackout occured. there, with her son, she saw the ship (which belongs to Luthor). when they wanted to get out, she met Luthor and the ship went to the ocean.

Luthor planned to combine the crystal with the kryptonite. the idea was to create a land-mass where Superman can't get into. interestingly (A HINT!), when he showed the cryptonite to Lois and her son, Jason, he (Jason) became weaker. he then proceeded to shoot the combination of crystal-kryptonite into the sea, and it quickly became big. while Jason played with a piano, Lois faxed a note to get help, but was caught by one of Luthor's thugs. when she was about to be hit by him, the thug got hit by a piano (ANOTHER HINT!). who threw it? Jason! (HINT, HINT, HINT!).

Richard got the fax and immediately flew to save his wife and son. Superman also went, but he found out the land-mass was about to hit Metropolis and went back to save the people there. it hit Daily Planet quite hard. Perry was about to be crushed by the globe, but Superman got the globe. meanwhile, Luthor ditched the ship after locking Lois and Jason in the pantry. when we were about to guess Jason was about to break the lock, Richard opened the door (ARGH!). then the ship was hit by the land-mass and broke in two. the family were almost doomed, but Superman saved the day.

he then went to confront Luthor. he didn't realize the land contained kryptonite until it was too late. Luthor and his thugs beat him, and stuck a sharp piece of kryptonite in his back. Superman then fell into the sea. Lois and her family managed to go back to save him. he awoke, and flew again into the sea, dug under the sands. Luthor and crew felt a tremor, and ran to the chopper. his crew was crushed, and Luthor flew with Kitty (and the dog). it turned out that Superman dig the whole land-mass and threw it into space. the effect of kryptonite was too much for him, and he fell.

he went into coma. here comes one touching moment where people, including Ma Kent, held vigil outside the hospital. Lois and Jason went to see him. there, Lois whispered something to him, while Jason played with his costume. the whisper? it wasn't showed, but the movie implied that Lois told Superman that Jason is actually his son!

the next day, a nurse found Superman's bed is empty. he's alive! hahaha... Superman went into Jason's room, glowing with pride. Lois went outside to smoke, but decided against it. then she saw Superman. not much words were exchanged, but it was enough.

THE END!

i'd say Bryan Singer did a helluva job in directing the movie. the plot, the acting, the effects, everything! TOTALLY RECOMMENDED!

tiket gratis

gw dapet 2 tiket gratis utk nonton superman returns, dari hbo. WHOOOO HOOOO!!!! hahaha... udah lama gak menang undian, gw jadi excited gini. hehehe... timingnya juga pas banget, soalnya baru aja semalem ngobrol2 soal superman sama si amel. jadi langsung aja gw ajak dia utk nonton bareng.

oya, post gw yg sebelom ini khan isinya soal temen gw yg putus sama conya. ternyata, mnrt berita terakhir yg gw terima, dia udah baikan dan jadian lagi sama conya. well, it can be a good news as well as a bad one. it's your life, sweety. hehehe...

a sad love story

gw semalem jadi saksi (over the phone) akan putusnya sebuah hubungan percintaan. kasian ya. kasian si temen gw, bukan gwnya, jelas. gimana toh! but that's life, isn't it? interestingly, wkt gw di carita kmrn, another friend jg ribut sama conya, cuma gara2 hal sepele.

hal2 spt ini bikin gw bersyukur that i don't have a romantic life. less headache. hahaha... the friend told me that gw spt pura2 aja, soalnya gw selalu bilang klo gw gak mo pacaran, tp gw masih naksir2 ce jg. hey, i'm a perfectly normal guy, ok. of course i still like girls! it's the romantic life that i dislike, what's with the girl's whinings, ngambegs, and things. brrrr...

ahhh tinggal bertiga di kantor malem2

wuih. jam segini gw masih di kantor. tinggal bertiga. gw, nila, maretha. one from each division. hehehe... gak tau knp, males aja pulang buru2. pdhl kerjaan udah kelar semua for today.

hari ini ultah ponakan gw!

Chelsea Rebecca Simply (9 Juni 2004). Happy Birthday!

the 5th day in Yogya

certainly not one of my best appearances...

dasar ibu-ibu dangdut

knp ya gw sebel banget klo liat ibu2 yg kebanyakan gaya? contohnya hari ini. di yogya, nonetheless. situasinya lagi abis bencana khan. lha tp tadi ada ibu2 yg begaya, dgn pakaian dan perhiasan yg berkilau2. plis deh! ternyata artis dangdut, jadi ya gak heran jg. i could take their pictures and make a "whodoyouthinkheare" kind of blog, but i love my camera too much to do it.

but then again, this comes from a guy who wears bluetooth handsfree and lugs his notebook everywhere he goes. untungnya ipod gw ilang, jadi at least gw gak jalan ke mana2 dgn earphone putih khas apple itu. hahaha...

report from yogya

gw blm sempet nulis cerita soal acara intel di yogya, ehhh tau2 yogya udah kena gempa. lebih gila lagi, skrg gw balik di yogya! cerita detil nanti menyusul ye, klo gw sempet.

my dear auntie

gw gak terlalu deket sih benernya sama tante oosye, tp dia orgnya perhatian banget. every family funeral, she would be there! hmmm... nice kids, i feel for them. but she's happy now, at last.

Good bye, tante oosye. You're with God now. God bless us all.

death in the family

pulang dari nonton the davinci code, nyokap kasih kabar buruk: tante osye (terus terang gw gak tau nulis namanya) meninggal, malem ini jam 8. hey??? si tante yg sering curhat ke nyokap malem2, sampe nyokap suka males? what gives??

gak ada keterangan apa2, sayangnya. jadi besok gw & ortu (with chelsea, of course), mo ke sana. ngelayat. tante osye ini adalah sepupu bokap, dari sisi oma gw. anak2nya masih lebih kecil dari gw. ah...

movie short review: The DaVinci Code

film ini adalah satu dari tiga "must see in theather" film gw utk taon ini. yg dua lagi adl superman returns & x-men: the last stand. terus terang aja gw gak ngarep apa2 dari film ini, soalnya gw udah baca bukunya. pengalaman2 gw sebelomnya, utk lord of the rings & harry potter, banyak banget yg dipotong dari bukunya.

dan terus terang lagi, banyak yg dipotong dari film ini. dan beberapa hal jadi gak masuk akal. andre vernet, the bankir, misalnya. dia ditinggal robert langdon & sophie neveu in the middle of nowhere. yet, before langdon & sophie sampe di kastilnya teabing, vernet udah dgn enaknya ada di rumah sakit. bawa handphone? probably.

di museum. louvre. banyak background yg mustinya dijelasin di sini. tapi, gak semuanya muat. not unexpectedly, to be fair.

tapi gw cukup impressed sama endingnya. di film ini sophie ternyata adalah keturunan SANG REAL, alias Yesus. wow! that's a nice twist! but then amel, my friend, pointed out that sophie almost did nothing in the movie, so maybe that's why the film makers decided to give her a memorable role. hmm... nice theory. and that came from a girl who hasn't finished reading the book yet.

acting pemain2 filmya, as expected, cukup bagus. though i can't get the images of tom hanks, sir ian, jean reno, and alfred molina out of my mind dlm peran2 mereka seblomnya. doc ock & magneto, anyone?

tp spt yg gw bilang di awal, gw gak ngarep banyak. dan, surprisingly, i was quite entertained by this movie. my verdict: recommended, even if you've read the book.

deja vu all over again!

ironis banget. di post gw yg terakhir, gw ngomong soal a chapter has been closed. nah, skrg gw musti buka chapter yg gw harepin gak bakal gw buka2 lagi!

it's intel. hmph. "my baby". hahaha... but things went sour wkt pr manager yg baru masuk. begitu kaconya, i was booted out from the account. and i was quite happy with it actually. kyknya gw pernah ngepost soal ini jg di sini.

now i'm back. "dragged back", more precisely. hmph. i don't mind sih. tp yg bikin eneg adalah gw musti berurusan sama si pr manager ini. aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! oh well, kyknya ini tantangan baru buat gw ya.

on a different note, gw hari senin kmrn lagi kangen2nya sama lagu "Smua Perlu Tuhan". gw kangen lagu itu soalnya di situ gw dulu kebagian jadi solo. nah, wkt kmrn citra minta ditemenin utk ambil peralatan psgp, i jumped at the chance utk ambil lagu itu. nostalgila deh, hahaha... dan ternyata, mnrt alda, gw diminta kak daisy utk jadi solo lagi utk lagu "prayer of st francis". secara gw musti jaim, gw ceritanya biasa2 aja donk wkt diminta. pdhl seneng skaleeeeeeee! hahaha... lagi2 ini tantangan baru. it's been... what... almost 4 years now since i sang solo di gereja. untungnya, gw udah tau lagunya, karena dulu pernah belajar. tentunya dulu bukan gw solonya, tapi kak daisy.

a chapter has been closed

seharian tadi, gw ada di ciawi, di wisma bang chemby, utk acara pembubaran panitia natal & paskah effatha. yg ikut gak banyak, but we had sooooooo much fun. dan gw musti ngaku, ada perasaan sedih wkt mo pulang. we've spent so many times together, through many difficult stages, through many ups and downs.

terus terang aja, gw gak terlalu semangat wkt ditunjuk jadi panitia natal. oh no, i thought. wkt itu gw baru kelar jadi tim kerja utk ywf. dan utk ywf, yg tim kerjanya semua pemuda, situasi bisa jadi kaco banget. apalagi panitia natal yg isinya gado2? tp krn udah ditunjuk, lengkap dgn surat keputusan, gengsi donk klo mundur? what will i lose anyway, pikir gw wkt itu.

ternyata, tantangannya banyak banget. even more so than ywf. intrik sana-sini. persaingan. bisnis. in essence, things you're not supposed to expect in a church! yow! apalagi wkt gw terima tugas utk jadi pengarah acara. wah! tapi akhirnya perayaan natal pun berlalu. we were all happy.

dan gw pikir semuanya udah selesai. ehhh gak taunya, panitia natal itu juga bertugas utk paskah taon berikutnya. SH***T!!! pabolebuat ya. gw ketinggalan rapat2 awal, soalnya wkt itu gw lagi ribet2nya di kantor. tp akhirnya gw bisa ngejar ketinggalan2 gw.

utk paskah, kegiatan2nya jauuuuuuuuuh lebih banyak! kunjungan ke gereja anak jalanan. kunjungan panti asuhan rawinala. pembinaan2 (yg gw gak dateng). kebaktian2 subuh. pasar murah. jalan santai pagi. dan tentu aja, perayaan paskahnya sendiri.

belajar dari pengalaman wkt natal, gw ambil posisi yg lebih sesuai dgn job desc gw: dokumentasi. alias motret2. ya ternyata jadinya jg gampang. wkt perayaan, gw gak motret soalnya ditugasin utk megang kamera video. perayaannya pun akhirnya selesai, meskipun ada miss sana sini.

nah, di wkt doa penutupan dan selama perjalanan pulang, gw mikir. penunjukan gw di kepanitiaan natal & paskah was a privilege. tugas berat. tp gw dipercaya utk ngejalaninnya. dan bukan sombong, but i think i did a good job. or two good jobs.

ah. a chapter has been closed now. new chapters are waiting.

the more things change...

gw baca kalimat ini di salah 1 komik x-men gw:

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

dan itulah yg skrg gw rasain. 1 tahun terakhir gw ngalamin baaaaaaaaanyaaaaaaak banget perubahan dlm hidup gw. kakak gw & suaminya pindah ke oz. gw gabung lagi ke psgp. fell in love (twice). crushed (twice). went to thailand. went to bali. went to malaysia. went to yogyakarta. and so on and so on. i should be a new man by now.

but no. i'm still the same. dan kyknya gw ngerasa gw malah balik lagi ke 1 hal dari diri gw yg mnrt byk org gak bagus: MORBID. that is, i have a death wish. lucu sih. i'm not stressed in any way. in fact, banyak org2 yg baru gw kenal, impressed with my ability to be happy at almost any situation. tp knp death wish gw bisa balik? wish i knew!

hal kedua. gw lagi kangen2nya sama gold coast, or rather, my life at bond uni. gw bahkan pernah scr gak sadar buka2 wikipedia cuma utk baca2 mengenai gold coast. dan tiap kali gw denger album celine dion yg "s'il suffisait d'aimer", pasti gw makin kangen. krn album tsb gw beli di sana, di waktu gw lagi hepi2nya. aahhhh...

hal yg 1 ini gak mgkn gw alami lagi. sure, gold coast & bond uni skrg msh ada. tapi temen2 gw udah gak ada! tinggal patty, andre, debby. yg laen udah moved on and most live in jakarta. gw masih suka ktemu mrk, tp suasananya bedaaaaaaaaaa banget. there's something about bond uni & lingkungannya (apalagi kamar gw di north tower!) yg somehow gak bisa ilang dari pikiran gw.

Are dreams supposed to be forgotten?

semalem gw mimpi. cukup bagus, klo menurut gw. it was about something i haven't done for quite a while (ps warouw), and about someone i haven't seen for quite a while as well (secret, hahaha). yg bikin gw bingung, kok tumben2an ya gw bisa inget mimpinya. dan cukup detil, gitu. hmm... now, i don't believe in dreams as signals, really. perhaps i just miss those i met in my dream last night.

live & die

found these beautiful, beautiful sentences in an edition of x-men comics.

We come into this world alone.
And we leave the same way.
The time we spend in-between, time spent sharing, learning together,
is all that makes life worth living.

PSGP, GP, and Effatha

My dear blog,

I'm feeling... how to say... I don't actually know how I feel. You see, yesterday at Kebaktian GP, Pdt. Sri complimented me, during her sermon (oh wow!), that whenever I'm around, people would be happy. It's my laughter, she said. I mean, I'm not the person who basks in the glory of him/herself, but I did felt proud when I heard her saying that. It's been quite a while since I got any compliments. And not from my bosses in the office, I tell you!

I wasn't complimented because of my skills or abilities. No. My laughter. Which, according to most of my friends, is loud. Perhaps loud enough to wake up the dead, eh?

On a different note, today, at Kebaktian PSGP. Kenny, the new boy who's still very idealistic, said he looked up to me. Geez, I'm aware of my "senior membership" in PSGP, but to hear that someone is actually looking up to me is… priceless! Then, of course, things became too hot when the discussion became too intense. But, at least, everyone was being honest. What was said came from the heart. Everyone. I almost couldn't stop my tears when I practically yanked Kenny, who was about to leave in protest, to me, and he started crying on my lap. That's when I realized that here I was just like him, when I was starting to make my marks on PSGP. The ideal me, with all those ideas on how to make PSGP better. Oh how time flies.

You see, my dear blog, all these years at PSGP have hardened me enough, to not feel anything, even when everything went wrong. I'd feel something was missing if I didn't go to the practice. Hell, I felt that way all those times I was away from PSGP.

After the things that went down today, I realized that being a "senior" is not enough. I actually have to be a some sort of role-model for the "juniors". And I'm not sure if I've been a good senior there. Only time will tell.

One more thing. I do hope nola will learn something from today. I'll watch.

That's it for now, dear. I hope I'll be able to be someone better for anyone in PSGP. Even for myself.

Bubye.

uuu what a life...

dear blog,
feels like it's been ages since the last time i wrote. yeah. been too long!

anyway. life hasn't actually been good for me. no, it hasn't. but here i am, still managing to smile and laugh here. figures, since i had been to the very bottom of a depressed mood, things can only get better. and yeah, it's gradually getting better, i'm sure of it somehow.

may is a busy month for me already. for both work and church activities. 6, 7, 13, 25 i'm all booked up already for church. with a possibility for either 21 or 28. whew! i'm especially looking forward for the may 7 one, since it'll be a psgp activity, with the planned "evaluation" session. i have so much to talk about (or NGOMEL, to be precise). oh, and i'm also going to be the mc. yippi.

so, yeah. what a life it's been!

talk to you later, my blog! cheers!

-step-

the future

blm lama ini debby telp gw. terus lgs bertanya2, semacam survey gitu deh. isinya adalah rencana gw utk masa depan, spt "gimana harapan loe dlm karir?" "loe pengen jadi apa dlm bbrp thn ke depan?" dan semacamnya. predictably, secara gw emang cuek, jawabannya adalah: "uhhmmm... gak tau. penting gak sih? gak peduli ah."

yup, that's me. debby lgs kyk sebel2 gitu, terus dia blg "bused. loe datar banget yeh!" hahaha... hey, i don't have any goals, if you ask me. just being alive is good enough for me. don't forget that i was never hoping to stay alive for long. jadi gw ngliat kehidupan gw dari hari ke hari aja. no long term planning. what matters is the "here" and "now".

org laen mgkn heran ya, misalnya si debby. but i don't really care what people may think. selfish? of course! it's my life gitu loh! hahaha... i've had enough of nice words, homilies, and all those bullshits. talk is cheap. action is what we need. it's what I need! ambition? oh, i'm not ambitious. If i were, i'd been someplace else by now, i'm sure.

hmmm... kyknya gw lagi rada bt yah. ini tonenya beda banget sama posting gw sebelom ini. oh well.

stephen yg heboh itu loh!

malem ini sblm lat psgp gw dpt pertanyaan spt ini: "kak, knp sih klo ketawa kok selalu heboh banget?"

nah loh. knp ya? testimonial2 buat gw di friendster sebagian besar juga nyebut klo ketawa gw keras banget. dunno why (why ketawa keras, bkn why org2 pd blg ketawa gw keras). maybe i just love laughing. and u know what? gw taro foto gw yg lg ketawa lepas di friendster, thanks to debby who took that pic di pasar murah effatha minggu lalu.

terus si penanya nambahin gini: "jadinya sesuatu yg lucunya biasa aja, jadi lucu banget soalnya kakak ketawanya heboh."

hahaha... klo gitu siapapun si pencerita lelucon yg bisa bikin gw ketawa, should thank me soalnya krn gw ketawa, org2 bkl ngerasa lucu. iya donk?!?!

one more thing, i really don't like being called "kakak". rasanya tua banget gitu. tp secara anak2 psgp skrg umurnya cukup jauh di bawah gw, dan sebagian dari mrk udah kebiasa utk manggil senior2nya dgn sebutan "kakak", i guess i just have to live with it.

*masih gak bisa nyender dgn nyaman gara2 bisul di kepala*