things about roaches

gua benci banget sama kecoak sampe2 gua suka cari info2 tentang kecoak.. aneh ya? :|
well anyway, i think i'm gonna share some roach trivias

1. kecoak punya dua otak. satu di kepala, ini otak yg lebih canggih diantara keduanya, otak ini yg ngatur naluri untuk cari makan, tidur, dsb.. otak yg satunya, yang lebih primitif, ada di dekat kaki belakangnya. otak yg kedua ini ngatur insting untuk lari menghindar.
2. kalau seekor kecoak kehilangan kepalanya, dia masih bisa hidup sampai sekitar seminggu setelahnya. (karena masih punya satu otak lagi di belakang)
3. kecoak bisa bereaksi cepet banget untuk menghindar karena otaknya yang kedua. jadi sementara otaknya yang "canggih" (ya secanggih2nya otak kecoak gimana sih) masih mikir untuk makan dan segala macem, begitu dia ngerasa terancam, si otak yg kedua bisa langsung nyuruh si kecoak kabur tanpa nunggu konfirmasi otak pertama.
   
4. kecoak yg bisa terbang itu cuma kecoak betina
5. kecoak jantan punya semacam kait/capit di bagian belakang badannya yg digunakan untuk nempel ke kecoak betina waktu mereka kawin.
6. telor kecoak ukurannya sekitar 1 - 1.5 cm, keras, warnanya coklat tua hampir hitam, satu telor bisa netasin 12 bayi kecoak.
7. satu kecoak yang terlihat berarti ada sekitar 100 kecoak yg gak terlihat di daerah tersebut.
8. cara paling efektif ngebunuh kecoak pake air panas. gak beracun, tinggal dilap setelah kecoaknya mati huehehe
9. kalo kecoak dibunuh, dia bakal ngeluarin sejenis protein untuk memperingatkan kecoak lainnya. kalau protein ini kena kulit manusia, bakal bikin gatel2, jadi ati2 aja..
   
10. belom kepikiran.. nanti ditambahin.. huahaha
    

Batman Begins

"It's not what you are underneath but what you do that defines you."

tadi malem baru nonton salah satu film terbagus yg pernah gua tonton.. Batman Begins! :D Keren banget! gua suka cara Christopher Nolan memvisualisasikan Batman dan Gotham.

• Christian Bale cocok banget jadi Batman/Bruce Wayne, terutama karena sorot matanya yang pas banget, tajam dan agak sedikit prikopat.. hahaha.
  
• Michael Caine, well, kayaknya untuk aktor kawakan satu ini gak perlu komentar kan? Karakter Alfred jadi bagian yang sangat penting untuk film ini IMHO.
• Morgan Freeman,- Lucius Fox, kayaknya jadi kebiasaan dia jadi karakter paling cerdas di film2nya ya? hahaha... tapi bagus, he doesnt take his role too seriously, his character was fun to watch
• Gary Oldman - Patrolman/Sergeant/Lieutenant Gordon. ini orang tumben2an main jadi karakter protagonis.. hehehehe... tapi keren juga ngeliat aktingnya yang beda dari film-film lainnya
• Katie Holmes - Rachel Dawes. Karakter ini gak ada di komiknya, but well, i'm not complaining. it's just that her acting hasnt improve much from her Dawson days

All in all, it's a good cast. everybody can act exceptionally.

Now to the storyline. This is by far, the best superhero movie i've seen. really. REALLY. the character development is superb. the relationships between the character is also great! especially the one between Bruce and Alfred. Bale and Caine plays the dynamics between these two characters perfectly.
I really like the way Bale makes it obvious that Bruce Wayne persona is merely a facade for Batman.

If there's anything i would complain from this movie, it would be the fighting sequences. it's too jittery and blurry to comprehend. and after a while, it gets a bit repetitive.

should there be a number two and three? you betcha! it would be such a waste of material kalau nggak.

anyway, that's it for now. i'll append something later if anything came to my mind :)

posted by iqbalbaskara

weekend rant

Ask any guy what makes him fell for a particular girl, and you can almost guarantee
that the answer is "she has a good personality" or, "she has
the most beautiful eyes i've ever seen" or "she's got the hottest
body in the world" or something like that.

Let me tell you something. For me, it's more personal --more "detailed"
if you will-- than that.


I dont think that we could understand other people's personality that quickly.
We could spend an entire lifetime without knowing who we really are, let alone
who others are.


Beauty and good looks can capture the eyes, but not the heart.


For me, it's the little things that matter. It may be how she answered certain
questions, the way she tells a story. How she handle certain situations, or
the way she lay her eyes on me. But the thing that grabbed my heart usually,
is how she make me feel when she's around, or even when we talk over the telephone, or chat over the internet to be more contemporary :D. And yes, I know how selfish it sounds. :)


It's how she makes me feel to have a purpose waking up each day. How she makes
me feel I can do certain things I didnt know I could do (or things I didnt even
care doing before), without her even have to ask.


Anyway, just a weekend rant.. heheh.. have a good weekend everyone.


batman begins tonight! yay!

Vindicated

Dashboard Confessional

Hope dangles on a string
Like slow spinning redemption
Winding in and winding out
The shine of which has caught my eye
And roped me in
So mesmerizing, so hypnotizing I am captivated

(Chorus)
I am Vindicated
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right
I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along
And I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself

So clear
Like the diamond in your ring
Cut to mirror your intentions
Oversized and overwhelmed
The shine of which has caught my eye
And rendered me so isoloated, so motivated

I am certain now that

(Chorus)

So turn
Up the corners of your lips
Part them and feel my finger tips
Trace the moment, fall forever
Defense is paper thin
Just one touch and I'd be in
Too deep now to ever swim against the current
So let me slip away [3x]
So let me slip against the current and let me slip away

(Chorus)

Slight hope It dangles on a string
Like slow spinning redemption...

mimpi kehilangan sayapnya

di sebuah sore yang tak begitu istimewa, kudengar sesuatu menabrak jendela
di kaki jendela itu, di tepian kolam terlihat sesosok tubuh mungil
"kenapa kau?" tanyaku
"aku kehilangan sayapku" jawabnya
"siapa namamu?" tanyaku lagi
"aku Mimpi"
kenapa wajahnya begitu sendu, pikirku waktu itu.
lalu entah bagaimana, kami mulai bicara panjang lebar.
tentang aku, tentang dia, tentang dunia.

"kenapa sayapmu bisa hilang?" akhirnya meluncur dari mulutku
"karena kau" jawabnya, matanya yang bening itu menusuk jiwaku
"aku?"
"ya, kau"
lalu dia memalingkan muka kearah kolam , memperhatikan lebah yang hinggap sejenak diatas teratai.
"kau berhenti percaya padaku," katanya lagi.
"aku tak berhenti percaya padamu, aku hanya lupa bagaimana wajahmu," kataku
"sekarang kau ingat?"
"ya," kataku sambil mencoba membaca wajahnya
"lalu kenapa aku masih kehilangan sayapku?" tanyanya

kami berdua terdiam.

"mungkin karena aku takut membiarkanmu terbang lagi" jawabku

ia menolehkan kepalanya, menusukku sekali lagi dengan tatapannya, lalu tertunduk dan berkata, "atau mungkin... karena aku tak tahu harus terbang kemana."

the aviator

kemaren baru nonton the aviator.. keren. mustinya dapet best picture tuh. the movie's great, and it's about time martin scorsese's got one oscar for best picture in his pocket, dontcha think? on the other hand. kayaknya si leonardo dicaprio lagi menebus dosanya bermain di film titanic :D. oh, and kate beckinsale is so damn hot! :|