Archive for the ‘Arts & Entertainment’ Category

Surabaya Johnny

(Uncle) Nick, who’s technically not my uncle but more like uncle-in-law, is a huge opera fan. He could fly to Switzerland or Germany for the weekend just to watch the performance. His and Alison’s house is full of opera singers and shows posters from all over the world. One night Alison asked Nick to show [...]

Arts & Entertainment May 5, 2008 4:41 pm 2 Comments

The Mighty Boosh

Billy came and stayed with us on Friday night a few weeks a go. He brought two rucksacks, one contained his laptop, and the other contained his stuffs for the night. Inside his laptop, he had a DVD of The Mighty Boosh. On Saturday morning he made us sit down and watch the show. I [...]

Arts & Entertainment, UK March 31, 2008 8:10 pm 1 Comment

American I-Dull

I am embarrassingly watching American Idol now. I have never been a fan, and only saw the show on and off, if it happens to be on telly, but since a few weeks a go I decided to tape it so I wouldn’t miss it (people in Indonesia would not be familiar with Sky TV; [...]

Arts & Entertainment March 19, 2008 4:02 pm 4 Comments

The Fake Trade

The Fake Trade, a documentary by Channel 4, written and directed by Nick Hornby (yes, the author of Fever Pitch, About a Boy, and High Fidelity), was aired on Monday night, 3 March 2008. It took us to see the inside of the counterfeit industry. The documentary opened with BASCAP arranging the biggest anti-counterfeit conference, [...]

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Style March 5, 2008 9:09 pm 9 Comments

Britz

I watched a program in Channel 4 the other day called “Britz” and it just… tickled me. The program, fictional of course, showed brother and sister, born in UK, Pakistan origin, Moslem (who don’t drink, don’t eat pork, but still sleep around, ironically), who went to totally opposite directions. The brother joined MI5 (perhaps like [...]

Arts & Entertainment November 9, 2007 10:22 am 3 Comments

Is Our Ministry of Tourism Sleeping?

I never thought I was a proud Indonesian. There are so many things our nation has done that made me embarrass enough to admit that I’m from the largest archipelago state. It struck me when I was living in Australia, especially during East Timor’s independence issue. By that time we were still recovering from economy [...]

Arts & Entertainment, Indonesia, Life & Style September 27, 2007 3:32 pm 3 Comments

Overdue 'We'jaculation

Yap yap, the term is taken from, where else!, The Between Boyfriends Book. I find the book constantly amuses me with its witty, cheeky, sensational terms. Originally it is called Premature ‘We’jaculation: “A common dating dysfunction occurring when one member of a couple starts using the ‘we’ before the other is ready.” But actually, this [...]

Arts & Entertainment, Women June 18, 2006 11:28 am 0 Comments

Upgraded Girls

Ever read books called “4 Blondes” or “Trading Up” by Candace Bushnell? It’s hilarious. It’s also scary, especially to me, to realize that there are so many women out there, who are willing to give up anything, anything!, just to climb a social ladder and be in a better position (richer, more famous, etc). Oddly [...]

Arts & Entertainment, Women March 16, 2006 2:29 am 0 Comments

King Kong: Why I Hate It

I might be the only one in the world who doesn’t like King Kong. My friends’ opinions are split into two: some of them say it’s really cool and worth watching; some of them are less enthusiastic and think it’s just ok. But none of them say they hate it. I do. Not because it’s [...]

Arts & Entertainment January 17, 2006 4:35 am 0 Comments

It Ain't Over Til It's Over (1)

Ever read Between Boyfriends? Cindy Chupack wrote wonderfully about the situation of being single – again! – after having a (so-called) relationship and/or a boyfriend. It’s funny, witty, hilarious book that will make you either a) keep on hoping to find Mr.Right by trying to avoid mistakes she’s made, or b) give up entirely and [...]

Arts & Entertainment October 9, 2005 3:19 am 0 Comments
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