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WW Series: Happiness is Simple (3) – with Giveaway

Happiness is as simple as bestowing kisses to your loved ones

Join me on WW tweet hop, simply just by replying below tweet with your own Wordless Wednesday post and put the hashtag #WWTwitHop8

Please RT at least two links before/after yours. I will RT all replies.

And now…the giveaway!

I want you to define HAPPINESS with 5 words and put them in the comment field of this post. Please put hashtag #giveaway after the comment to separate from the regular comments (if any).

I will choose THREE of my favorites and post it on my Facebook page. The post will be up for two weeks to get as many LIKE as possible. The one that gets most LIKEs will win one wristlet purse from Oyeta bag and $5 cash through Pay Pal.

This giveaway opens worldwide for 18+

I will wait for the comments until 24th June 2013

The favorite three will be up on Facebook from 25th June 2013 – 9th July 2013

HAPPY WEDNESDAY! :)

What I Did Last Weekend

Last weekend was a blast. I finally got to meet up an old friend who is currently in town for 6 months doing a construction project here. He was my high school friend so imagine I haven’t seen him for almost 14 years!

Three of us (J, me and that friend of mine) decided to go for a movie. Man of Steel that was. But we only managed to get the ticket for the last show, which was 10 minutes before midnight. Returning home to come back just in time was not an option so we headed for lovely dinner followed by durian party before got in for the show.

at Sushi Tei

 

from Ucok Durian

 

Perfect match for great movies

 

Levi’s jacket, Contempo t’shirt, unbranded skirt and legging and Youngki Komaladi pump

My outfit for the night (my college friends used to say my fashion taste was too kiddies…I think it still is, don’t you think? ha ha..)

This weekend is the beginning of school holiday here. How about in your area? What is your plan for the holiday?

Man of Steel: The Review

As a superhero movie Man of Steel succeeded to draw my attention undivided by sweetly combining the drama elements with the massive thrilling actions throughout the movie. Unlike other superhero movies, this one is focusing on the humanity side of the superhero himself when he has to choose between having his stance with his own people of Krypton or to defend earth, the place that he calls home for the past 33 years.

To Kal-El, the Man of Steel, there is no such thing as win-win solution. He has been trying for so long to solve the puzzle of his early life and his origin. But when the facts are finally revealed his happiness is short-lived because in the end he must chose to fight his own people in order to save the earth.


The Movie

The scene where Krypton is on the verge of doom’s day opens the movie. Jor-El, father of Man of Steel, advises the guardians to stop the massive use of core energy, as it will destroy the planet faster, and suggests them to start evacuating the planet to seek a new one to live in. But before the conversation is through, Zod barges in with his own troop and announce his coup de ta.

In between the fight, Jor-El manages to escape, runs back to his home to proceed with his plan to evacuate his newborn out of Krypton using a launcher heading to a new planet (the earth) his wife, Lara, has found. On the way to his home, Jor-El steals the Codex, an artifact that decodes the genetic makeups of the Kryptonian babies, and uses it in the process of the evacuation. His baby is the first Kryptonian baby that is conceived and born naturally without being artificially incubated by the Codex.

Zod, who chases him to the house, fails to abort the launching and instead being arrested by the official Krypton troops who at the last minutes manage to take the control back. Zod and his troop are sent to incarceration in the Phantom Zone.

However although the coup de ta has been handled Krypton can’t afford to avoid apocalypse. The irony is that the explosion of the planet sets Zod and his troop free and alive.

The scene then moves to the earth some years later where the baby whose Kryptonian’s name is Kal-El, now Clark Kent, is all grown up and venturing the life trying to find the secret of his origin. He knows about his power, he knows that he is not from the earth but he is still in the dark of where he has come from.

As facts are unfolding before his eyes he is soon found by Zod who is looking for the codex in order to create new Krypton.

To know where the codex is, the reason why Zod attacks the earth and how the Man of Steel tackles this intruder you need to go to the cinema, get the ticket and watch the movie yourself :D

About the Movie

Apart from the A M A Z I N G effects that are all over the movie, I was touched by the scene when Lara kissed her baby one last time before putting him inside the capsule that will bring him on the survival journey to the earth. She knows she will never see her son again and I think any mother who watches this particular scene will feel her pain and sorrow too. I was also touched when Kal-El puts a very high respect to his on-earth father and always listens to what he tells him and when that respect has eventually cost him his father’s life. He is indeed a good boy, isn’t he?

But my overall view of the movie is that it moves very quickly. I can sense that the director wants to tell as much story as possible within that limited time frame. The flashbacks are neatly inserted within the scenes but sometimes I feel those are like kangaroo that bounces its ways forward.

I am not impressed with Amy Adams who plays as Lois Lane. I can’t catch a loving chemistry between her and Henry Cavill. I also think that Henry Cavill is too much a resemblance of John Travolta.

One thing I am glad of is that there is no curly strain of hair forming letter S falling down on Cavill’s forehead (thank God!).

This movie also provides more make-sense-idea about Kryptonite. All this time we know that Superman’s weakness is the kryptonite, which is always pictured as a green-glowing-stone. Matter of fact here the explanation has more clarity. When Kal-El as a baby enters the earth atmosphere his body absorbed the radiation and then adapts to the earth environment. Because of this, he can no longer live in Krypton atmosphere and becomes weak if he is ever around things that carry Krypton atmosphere.

One more thing that is explained in Man of Steel is that the symbol on his superhero costume is not an S but it’s Kryptonian symbol of hope.

A good message I extract from the movie is that we should not misuse our natural resources because excessive use can lead to draining out. Instead we need to find a way to create a sustainable living not only for the present but also for our future generation.

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By the way, do you know that Man of Steel is only called Superman once in the movie and no one calls him Man of Steel?

 

Self-Contemplation on a Friendship

I still remember those days back in a foreign land when I was by standing over the window looking at the pool and those moms who were enjoying the day with each other and all of a sudden that feeling of loneliness sipped in. I had tried to get by every single day being completely a stranger and was busy looking for a friend, someone to hang out with over coffee and some silly conversation. Nothing luxury. Just a friend.

Being without a friend that I know of was something I was bargain for when joining husband overseas. I could never forget that feeling of solitary. Hence when we headed home I packed my suitcase with big hope that I can finally come home to my old friends and make some new ones.

But time changes. No one stays put. Everyone moves on. So does my old friends. It’s time to make new friendship. Or so I had thought excitedly.

Turned out making a friend wasn’t as simple as it seemed. It was probably due to the weather or the city. Whatever it is building a friendship is almost next to impossible here.

But I won’t stop trying though. I may not be the loveliest and friendliest person you could ever find but I am always open for a friendship.

Building a friendship over money is just like building a sandcastle. It looks strong but when you step on it, it falls apart. Friendship is about two equal people become one. When one feels superior than the other it’s employment.

~Rina

 

Handmade Cocktail Rings from Etsy

If there is one thing I want to tell you about myself (other than all the thing I have told you in this blog) is that I am very practical. Or should I say, functional. I mean other women would expect diamonds or gold or all other blink-blink from a man but for me, the kind of gift that will blow me away is something that I can use and up to date. Like, well, a car or a house, or current gadget, funky watch, gorgeous furniture and maybe stylish stationary. Sounds odd, doesn’t it?

Women accessories that I love so much are not only shoes but also handbags and mini purses or wallets. And as for jewelry I like cocktail rings.

Cocktail rings are basically any oversized ladies ring, with big stone in the center and surrounded by smaller stones. It is also known as dinner ring or cluster ring. This is the most common custom ring in the world of jewelry.

my unbranded cocktail ring

I just browsed around the virtual neighborhood, dropped by on Etsy and found these beautiful handmade cocktail rings that I thought you would love too!

Etsy: Le Chaim Shop

Etsy: Anemone Jewelry Shop

Etsy: MarisaDianeDesigns Shop

I really love the shape that is so simple and the color is so alive and vibrant. Last but not least, you are never too old to wear this pom pom ring ;)

Etsy: The Sparkling Cocktail Shop

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