Surrogates

[ Surrogates ]

Have you ever wonder that, if one day, when you walk on the street, the passer-by are all AI products. including yourself. In another words, those walking human-being-like creature, are all ROBOTS. What has this world became?

Everything would be the same. We go to work, have nice meal, watch movies, shopping, even having sex! All these activities are done by the surrogates. It's very much like the role-playing games, where we put on a connecting helmet and get our mind into the role, into the surrogate in this case. That way, the surrogate will have your will, and do whatever you wants to do for you. You do not need to worry about ill, about death, about the how ugly you are. Moreover, you do not need to worry about the damages on your body. Because there are always a replacement for you, because everything is going through the surrogate. He/She can be in any form that you would like them to be. Anything at all. Well, looks like everything just so perfect, right?

But, have you ever think of, if everyone in the world no longer use their true faces to meet people, you would not know the truth. What is the real person that at this moment standing in front of you? Tall or short? Fat or slim? The communication among people, is only the brain waves communication through the machines.  Will you not have a feeling that your being cheated, while you are cheating on others?

Plus, when one lost in real touch with others, there will no longer be an intimate relationship. There will be a great wall behind every face.

Will you just not feel pathetic, when you do not know who is this person that standing in front of you at all?

P/S: It's been a long while since I last watch Bruce Willis movie. I've been his fans all the while. Well, atl east he don't simple take in any movie..

Lie To Me

[别对我说谎 ]

picture from Internet

Was watching a very popular English drama recently, it's called Lie To Me.

The story is about the good research for human body languages, and micro-expression.The main character can determine one's emotion, and if he is lying, by his body languages and his face micro-expression. He did make some good contribution to the local's police investigation.

He said, when one shows his sincere smile, his eye's wrinkle will show it. But if one's showing no wrinkle at his eye, then it's fake.

Also, when one's sad, the end part of his eyebrows area will be drop down. And, when one's showing reluctant, his shoulder will slightly bend over back. Things like that.. I feel really amazing to see this.

Of course, all this small tricks we might be abandoned it at our daily life. But I was thinking, if you could really just see one so clearly by just one look, isn't it a putout? Since you already know what's he going to do next, there will not be any surprise afterall. Well, unless he is so good in telling lies, that you aren't aware at all.

But then, come to think about it. When one is lying, can he be trusted still?

Beautiful Cooking (Season 2)

[ 美女厨房(第二缉) ]

Photo from the Internet

Recently the Astro Wai Lei Toi has been showing the second season of The Beautiful Cooking. Although I do not have Astro at home, but I trying hard to get this show. So, I've been watching this show at home this few days.

It's been hilarious since the first season, especially when the beauties all showing 'kelam-kabut' during the whole cooking session, can really makes your stomach-ache. But then there are some exceptional case. Some can really cook.

Again, the three funny hostess are always been jinxed by the beauty, to give them high marks. But ofcourse, all this are just part of the requirements of the show.

It's good to kill your time, really. Funny, funny and funny.

Ice Age 3 : Dawn of the Dinosours

[ 冰河世纪3 – 恐龙的黎明 ]

Last Friday I took a day off, for some personal matter. Then I went to watch Ice Age 3, a movie that always been my favorite. Bravo, enjoyed it indeed.

I love the way the animation goes, the smooth action that makes the creature so alive, the warmth of the friendship among that makes people believe friends are forever, the love that could conquer the hunger for food, etc..

Well, this is defnitely a must-not-miss animation, for those animation lovers!

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Synopsis extracted from IMDB:

After the events of "Ice Age: The Meltdown", life begins to change for Manny and his friends: Scrat is still on the hunt to hold onto his beloved acorn, while finding a possible romance in a female sabre-toothed squirrel named Scratte. Manny and Ellie, having since become an item, are expecting a baby, which leaves Manny anxious to ensure that everything is perfect for when his baby arrives. Diego is fed up with being treated like a house-cat and ponders the notion that he is becoming too laid-back. Sid begins to wish for a family of his own, and so steals some dinosaur eggs which leads to Sid ending up in a strange underground world where his herd must rescue him, while dodging dinosaurs and facing danger left and right, and meeting up with a one-eyed weasel known as Buck who hunts dinosaurs intently.

Angels & Demons

[ 天使与恶魔 ]

So finally I watched this movie, though the book has been in my rack for months, wanted to read but keep dragging. Well, daddy bro-in-law won the tickets, in One Utama GSC Gold Class, oh man.. This is the very first time I ever watch in Gold Class, after all these years!

Hm.. There, are I think they have about 24 couple seats in the hall. The seats, are with no-massage function massage, which allows you to lift your legs up an rest on a special compartment. So just imagine this, in a quiet dark room with dim light, and air-cond on, and with people mumbling quietly, it's just so easily to fall asleep. (And there where daddy slept for almost 1 and half hour, snoring in the hall..)

And so I thought, with RM20 per ticket, there are free food and drink provided. Well, not at all. You have to fork out your own money for that, to put on the nice small coffee table in between the couple seats.

Anyway, let's go back to the movie. Hm, this one, is more excited than the previous "Da Vincci Code", for its more exciting action scene. The "Da Vincci Code", I remember it was more on dialogue type where you have to really pay attention to the words come out from the actors and actresses. This one, is the a story happened before "Da Vincci Code".

But then, seriously, I don't really understand why is this story named as such, Angels & Demons. Is Angels, refering to the statues? And angels are suppose to be the messengers from the God. So, demons are those who aren't God's followers? Where in this case, the Illuminist? So, the Illuminist, are the demons? The demons using angels as their community's guidance.. Hm, such redicule and sarcastic though.

But then, is it really true that Science and Religion, cannot be aligned? There are somet hings that we really cannot explain with Science, aren't they ? Or, is it we haven't able to explain it just yet ?

Plot Summary from WIkipedia:

The plot follows Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, as he tries to stop what seems to be the Illuminati, a legendary secret society, from destroying Vatican City with the newly-discovered power of antimatter.

CERN director Maximilian Kohler discovers one of the facility's most respected physicists, Leonardo Vetra, murdered in his own secured, private quarter at the facility. His chest is branded with a symbol—an ambigram of the word "Illuminati"—and his eye is dislodged. Instead of calling the police, Kohler researches the topic on the Internet and finally gains contact with Langdon, an expert on the Illuminati. Kohler requests his assistance in uncovering the murderer.

What Langdon finds at the murder scene frightens him: the symbol appears to be authentic, and the legendary secret society, long thought to be defunct, seems to have resurfaced. Kohler calls Vetra's adopted daughter Vittoria to the scene, and it is later revealed that the Illuminati has also stolen a canister containing a quarter of a gram of antimatter—an extremely dangerous substance with destructive potential comparable to a small nuclear weapon, a potential unleashed upon contact with any form of normal matter. When charged with electricity at CERN, the canister's magnetic field controls the drop of antimatter to float suspended in a high vacuum, ensuring safety; but when it was taken away from its electricity supply, it automatically switched to its back-up battery, which will only power it for 24 hours. The horrible truth is that the Illuminati has put the stolen canister somewhere in Vatican City, with a security camera in front of it as its digital clock counts down to the explosion.

Langdon and Vittoria make their way to Vatican City, where the pope has recently died, and the papal conclave has convened to elect the new pontiff. Cardinal Mortati, host of the election, discovers that the four Preferiti, cardinals who are considered to be the most likely candidates in the election, are missing. After they arrive, Langdon and Vittoria begin searching for the Preferiti in hopes that they will also find the antimatter canister in the process. Their search is assisted by Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca (the late pope's closest aide) and the Vatican's Swiss Guard, including Commander Olivetti, Captain Rocher, and Lieutenant Chartrand.

Convinced that the Illuminati are in some way responsible for the disappearance of the Preferiti, Langdon attempts to retrace the steps of the so-called "Path of Illumination", an ancient and elaborate process once used by the Illuminati as a means of induction of new members; prospective candidates for the order were required to follow a series of subtle clues left in various landmarks in and around Rome. If the candidate followed the clues properly, he would be able to locate the secret meeting place of the Illuminati and be granted membership in the order. Using his extensive knowledge of religious and occult history, Langdon sets off on the Path of Illumination in hopes of uncovering clues as to the disappearance of the Preferiti and the location of the antimatter canister.

The Path leads Langdon to four major locations in Rome (Vatican City is within the city of Rome), each associated with what the Illuminati believed to be the four primordial elements of all things in existence: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Upon arriving at each location, Langdon finds one of the Preferiti murdered in a fashion appropriate to the location's respective element: The first cardinal was branded with an Earth ambigram, had soil forced down his throat and was buried (Earth); the second was branded with an Air ambigram and had his lungs punctured (Air); the third was branded with a Fire ambigram and was burned alive (Fire); and the fourth was branded with a Water ambigram and was chained and left to drown at the bottom of a large fountain (Water).

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Beethoven @ 1992

[ 92年的贝多芬 ]

Do you ever wonder why a lady like me, would love to rare a huge dog as baby? Well, here I'll tell you why.

When I was little, I watched this movie "Beethoven" from the television. There is a huge furry monster in the movie, with big head, big body, big mouth that always drooling, and always show you his sunny silly eyes. I was like, OMG, what in Earth is this huge monster? But indeed, he gave a lots of joys and happy to the family. He is just so adorable!

So, from the very first sight I saw him, I've fall for him. And there was where I decided to have one when I am allowed to. Four years back, I have my baby, a birthday present from him. Although we are staying in the Condominium, but we still have her sneaked in and stays there illegally. Haha..

Well, have you ever watched this movie? It's ok if you haven't. I've just found it from the Youtube, and I've paste it here. The very first "Beethoven" series starts from here. Enjoy the show~

Hm.. Will you be as heart-touching as I am then? Well, let's see..