This is a documentary film from Michael More. It about how bad health services is in America. How bad? many people could not afford to have health insurance. People are hard to get health insurance. People are hard to make claim (the corporation even do special investigation to make an excuse to reject a claim). When people have to pay for their medical treatment it’s cost fortune. Sometimes hospital just dump a passion on the street when they find out that they can not pay all bills. People still have to queue for a long time. He also show the political history how all this could possible happen in America, as what their politician call as socialize health support. He also bring a case that even some of the 9/11 warrior even not get support for their health issue due to work hazard during their voluntary. He also compare how other country (Canada, England and French) give health service to their people, which is a lot much better (free & more people focus). They even have 24 hour doctor support that could be called to come to your house, a nanny support, baby day care even laundry for the elder that pay by the government (yes they pay a lot of taxes but for a good result). One thing that had been highlighted here that in that country, people have strong voice power to be listened by the government while in America people more afraid with the goverment. One finding by this movie is that in Guantanamo Prison, the health support even better. Moore then bring some sick people there, but no luck. Ironically they even got better services from Havana’s hospital (which are cheap but in a good quality).

I don’t know how true is this? or how subjective is Moore reviewing this? But the issue is real. So, we see a lot of success stories, multi billion stories from America ... but what’s that for if on the way there that’s not bring good for more other people. People that not as lucky as small percentage of wealthy society. It should be about we, not about me. How about us? no much different (probably worst).

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Film documenter terakhir dari Michael More. Menceritakan buruknya sistem pelayanan kesehatan di Amerika karena kapitalisasi perusahaan-perusahaan kesehatan dan buruknya kinerja pemerintah.

"Somewhere Over The Rainbow"
from The Wizard Of Oz movie

music by Harold Arlen
lyrics by E.Y. Harburg

and sung, beautifully, by a 6 year old, Connie Talbot.
Child singing sensation Connie Talbot is already the favorite to win Britain's Got Talent.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow

Bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow.
Why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?



OR HERE

Kalo liat posternya, kayanya kurang menarik - tikus yang ga sengaja ke flush di toilet & menjalani petualangannya (dooh - kebaca banget dari posternya). Tapi ternyata film ini malah menarik. Ceritanya memang begitu. Yang bikin agak beda karena latar belakangnya budaya Inggris (sekali2 denger aksen Inggris). Ceritanya justru memiliki detial yang kaya & lebih menarik. Lebih lucu dari open season yg baru ditonton. Dari Dream Work (walau bukan Disney, filmnya banyak yg bagus Shrek, Madagaskar, etc.)

Tentang seekor beruang yang hidup 'enak' sebagai entertainer di sebuah taman nasional, yang kemudian terpaksa harus kembali ke alam bebas dan hidup mandiri pada saat open season (musim berburu). Gambar animasinya bagus, pemandangannya indah, karakternya menarik dan lucu. Ceritanya biasa, mudah ditebak, penyajiannya juga biasa (jauh deh disney). Yang parah saat mereka 'berperang' melawan para pemburu .. hrs nya bisa lebih kreatif. Dang!

Nonton juga walau bukan penggemar serial ini, tapi lebih tertarik CGI-nya (computer animation). bercerita ketika group ini harus rehat dulu sementara tapi kemudian bergabung kembali untuk mengatasi kejahatan yang muncul .. hooooh. Buat penggemar animasi komputer bolehlah. Animasinya sendiri bagus cukup detial & rapi, aksi ninjanya pun kelihatan menarik. Tutup matanya para ninja kelihatan masih terlalu tebal. Ceritanya sendiri cukup baik & mengalir dgn baik - walaupun biasa2 saja. Harusnya masih bisa di perbaiki supaya tidak terlalu muda ditebak, ada klimaks yang menarik dan menutupi beberapa kejanggalan yang terasa agak mengganggu (contoh moster terakhir harus ditemukan di seluruh kota hanya dalam 1-2 menit terakhir saja .. come on!) .. lumayan, just watch & relax :)

Start:	Mar 4, '07 01:30a
Location:	Goedang VOC

PLESIRAN TEMPO DOELOE ke Goedang VOC
Kumpul di Museum Bahari, di sekitar Pasar Ikan
Minggu 4 Maret 2007 jam 07.30 pagi
Rp. 30 ribu/orang, sudah termasuk:
(roti boeaja)
(aer minoem)

(es kelapa muda)

(Tiket Museum Bahari)

(Tiket Menara Syahbandar)

(ke Pelabuhan Sunda Kelapa)

(diceritakan oleh Pak Lilie Suratminto, achli riwajat Djakarta)




(oh iya bayarnya ditransfer aja yah biar kita bisa nyiapin es
kelapa mudanya, biar si abangnya siap manjat pu'un kelapa)

ditransfernya ke Rekening BCA 2371425693 cabang Pondok Indah,
atas nama ADE HARDIKA PURNAMA dikonfirmasikan via sms ke no:
0818 94 96 82, atau via email atau di fax ke no: (021) 769 62 73
(nomer urut akan diberikan setelah mendaftar ke adep@cbn.net.id)
(nah, jadinya kirim email dulunya, entar dibales kok, jangan langsung
transfer yah, ntar kitanya bingung karena mendapatkan uang kaget)

bagemana tjaranja ke Museum Bahari ini?
kalo dari Stasiun Jakarta Kota (BEOS)
Kopami 02 : Senen - Muara Karang
Mikrolet M15 : Kota - Tanjung Priok
Taxi: kayaknya kagak nyampe Rp. 10.000 deh
Ojeg Sepeda : ± Rp. 5.000 sampe Rp. 10.000
Bajaj : ± Rp. 5000 (kalo lu nawar segini, gue
jamin si abangnya akan ngebut dan ngepot :)

kalo bawa mobil, dan mau masuk tol, ambil yang
keluar: Sunda Kelapa. kalo dari arah Rawamangun,
begitu udh lwt pintu keluar, ada lampu merah, lalu
belok kanan (kalo dari arah tol Slipi, begitu keluar,
belok kiri (kagak ketemu lampu merah), langsung
bekibolang aja (belok kiri boleh langsung) lantas..

(eh pas udah sampe jalanan ini, yang dari Rawamangun
sama aja yah petunjuknya), okeh kita lanjutin rutenya:
lurruuusss aja, ada lampu merah lagi, tapi walopun mau
ke Museum Bahari tuh sebenernya arahnya ke kanan,
tapi ini kagak boleh belok kanan disini, tapi lewatin
lampu merah dulu, puter balik di depan, trus belok
kiri ke arah Museum Bahari, kira-kira 200 meter
atau lebih, keliatan deh ada menara tinggi di
sebelah kiri, pas ada jalannya, langsung aja
belok kiri, masuk ke halamannya (nah ini nih
yang namanya Menara Syahbandar), parkir
mobilnya disini aja yah, pokoknya kalo kita
liet ke seberangnya, ada Galangan VOC)



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"Ach, achirnja kami mentjioem daratan. Dari kadjaoehan kami ada liat
itoe plaboehan ketjil. "Soenda Calapa", kata Piet, soldadoe toewa jang
doedoek di sabelah saia sambil melamoen. Soenda Calapa? Soenggoe
soewatoe nama jang sering saia denger sedjak misih di Nederland!
Ini tempat jang pernahnja sedikit ka loewar kota oud Batavia,
sedikit keloear dari Kasteel Batavia jang djadi awal moela
berkoewasanja kita, orang Nederland ka itoe kota.

Toewan Brousson, tetangga sabelah roema pernah jang pernah dateng
ka Batavia sering tjeritaken soal Soenda Calapa boewat saia. Soeatoe
pelaboehan ketjil jang tjantik, katanja. Banjak kapal kajoe bawa roepa-
roepa barang dari loewar poelo. Di sitoe, tahoen 1834 soewatoe
bangoenan tinggi dibikin boewat mengatoer kapal-kapal jang
keloear-masoep plaboehan.

Trada sabrapa djaoe, kata Toewan Brousson, ka sebelah barat
ada bangoenan toewa jang doeloe diboewat oentoek goedang
barang dan lada sabeloen diangkoet ka saantero pendjoeroe
doenia. Goedang ini katanja misih ada dan bagoes. Setelah
debarken dari klaas tiga kapal keparat ini, saia pingin liat
djoega itoe gedong. Saia djoega ada denger orang priboemi
bikin kampoeng ketjil trada sabrapa djaoe pernahjnja dari itoe
gedong. Nama kampoeng itoe soenggoe lotjoe boeat koeping
kami orang Europa: Loewar Batang. Moengkin soewato hari,
saia djoega bisa liat itoe kampoeng..

Lamoenan saia terganggoe oleh soewara ramai di lantai atas.
Penoempang ramai bernjanji lagoe Voor Janmaat en Soldaat.
Trada sabrapa lama lagi, kami sampai ka Tandjoeng Priok.."
(catatan imajiner Jan Van Straaten, 1904, Kopral Resimen
Infantri Ketujuh Oost-Indie Compagnie. Diinspirasi oleh
"Batavia Awal Abad 20"-HCC Brousson)

wwuuuiiihh asik juga yah catatan buku hariannya yah,
jadi kepengen ikutan khaaannn... makanya dateng ke:


PLESIRAN TEMPO DOELOE: Goedang VOC
hari Minggoe tanggal empat boelan Maart tahoen 2007 djam poekoel 07.30

Yap, di gedong jang doeloenja dimangpaatken sebagi tempat oentoek simpen
itoe hasil-boemi Noesantara, aken kite ubek-ubek nih isihnja, tjari-tahoe apa
sih fungsinya doeloe, siapa eigenaar-nja (pemiliknja) di djeman doeloe, oh yah,
katanya Pak Lilie sih, orang yang punya gedong ini, makam-nya ada di Museum
Prasasti yang di Tanah Abang sono noh.. wwuuih nampaknya Pak Lilie nantinya
akan bercerita banyak nih tentang gedong ini, sekalian kita samperin deh ntuh
Tembok Kota Batavia, yang sampe sekarang.. masih ada tuh!!! aje gile nih jek!
ntuh tembok kan udah dari sejak jaman kapan tauk... dan hari ini masih berdiri
kokoh walopun pondasinya agak nyungsep, yah karna perkembangan jaman sih
dan karena juga daerah sono, sering kerendem aer, makanya gedongnya rada
ambles ke bawah, hhhm ngarti kagak loe?!! kalo kagak ngarti, gue juga kagak!
nah mendingan kita barengan berame-rame aje plesiran naar ini gedong yeee

So, toenggoe apalagi ?!! Lekas, Sigra daftarken diri toean dan njonjah sekalian
sekarang djoega ke email: adep@cbn.net.id atawa hoeboengi telefoon-tangan
di nummer: 0818 94 96 82 (no. urut peserta akan diberikan setelah mendaftar,
sehingga nantinya transfer uang sesuai dengan nomer urut) dapat ditransfer
setelah mendaftar, doeit bisa ditransfer ke Bank BCA: 2371425693 BCA cab
Pondok Indah atas nama ADE HARDIKA PURNAMA toeloeng dikonfirmasikan
via email atawa sms ke 0818 94 96 82 atau difax ke (021) 7696273 setelah
transfer berhasil dilakukan. (doeit jang soeda ditransfer tida dapet dikembalikan,
tetapi bisa dioper kepada orang laen/teman, nah yuk yak yuk pada ikutan yuk..)

tjara membajarnja/transfer, misalnja: Onky Alexander ada di nomer urut 5, maka
Mas Boy (hehehe siapa tak kenal diaaaa...) tuh transfernja = Rp.30.005 (kalo di
mesin ATM ketiknya Rp.30005 <<<<< angka 5 di belakang mengacu ke no.urut)
djadi bajarnja boekan Rp.30.000 sadja, tetapi ditambah Rp.5 sebagi nomer urut.

oh iya kalo soeda mentransfer dan soeda pake no.urut, tak usah di fax lagi ke
(021) 7696273, karena udah keliatan kok di klik.bca, tapi kalo transfernja gak
pake no.urut, mungkin kelupaan nambahin nomer urutnya, maka WAJIB kasih
kirim itu bukti transfer ke fax (021) 7696273, nah tinggal pilih yg mana deh :)

Memoedjiken dengen hormat,
Ade Purnama (Adep)
SAHABAT MUSEUM
adep@cbn.net.id
0818 94 96 82


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(teks djadoel oleh: Irvan Kartawiria)

Minggu 4 Maret 2007
07.30 - 08.00 : Mendaftar Ulang di Museum Bahari
08.00 - 08.45 : Pak Lilie akan menceritakan riwayat
berdirinya VOC dan Goedang VOC
08.45 - 09.30 : Koeliling Museum Bahari
09.30 - 09.35 : Jalan Kaki ke Menara Syahbandar
09.35 - 10.00 : Koeliling Menara Syahbandar
Naek sampe ke atas-atasnya deehhh
10.00 - 10.05 : Jalan Kaki ke Pelabuhan Sunda Kelapa
10.05 - 10.30 : Koeliling Pelabuhan Sunda Kelapa
10.30 - 10.40 : Jalan Kaki Balik ke Museum Bahari
10.40 - 11.00 : Makan Es Kelapa Muda dan acara klaar

Kunjungan ke Ancol, nganter ponakan liburan desember lalu.

Gelanggang Samudra.

Ticket 60rb untuk terusan, tearter saja 40 atau 50 rb sendiri. Semua ada 4 wahana utama (teather 4D, lumba2, singa lain, aneka satwa). Total lokasi cukup baik dan menarik, ini adalah gelanggang samudra yang direnovasi.
Teather 4D main mulai jam 12. 4x sehari. Jeda masing2 1 jam. Dari total 1 jam 15 menit:
5 menit pertama belum bisa masuk (entah apa yg terjadi didalam). 25 menit kemudian pengujung mulai masuk dan mengisi kursi-kursi yang ada. Kemudian kaca mata 3D dibagikan di dalam saat pengunjung sudah duduk (lama banget mulainya). Fimnya sendiri tidak lebih dari 10 menit (30 menit setelah mulai masuk, padahal pengunjung lumayan sepi).
Yang aku ingat ada 3 bagian cerita:
Keluarga beruang yang anak-anaknya bermain di permukaan es & lorong-lorong es. Selain gambar 3 dimensi dengan kualitas yang cukup baik, pengunjung juga diberi sensasi gerakan dengan kursi yang bisa bergerak-gerak, semburan air dari belakang kursi depan dan hembusan angin dari kipas angin dari kiri kanan tembok. Cerita berikutnya tentang lingkungan sekitar terumbu karang. gambar kura2 yang seolah muncul dari layar memang merupakan bagian paling menarik. terakhir terumbu karangnya kena gusur jaring nelayan. Ketiga cerita binatang yang hidup di kanopi hutan yang terakhir pohon2nya ditebangi. Semuanya tidak sampai 10 menit.
Terlanjur beli tiket terusan, akhirnya ikut nonton pentas singa laut. Cukup menarik walau cukup lama disuguhi lagu2 house music yang cukup kencang selama menunggu pertunjukan dimulai.

Ice World.

harga ticket 50rb. Aku pikir akan mirip seperti snow world genting island. Tapi ternyata benar-benar hanya ice, ga ada snow. Padahal waktu pergi seperti nya rumah salju sedang di buka di sekitar kelapa gading, sayang tidak sempat mampir. Di buat di sebuah bangunan seperti gudang. lantainya dari karpet, isinya patung-patung es diberi warna dan lampu warna-warni, jadi seperti ruang pameran saja. Yang cukup menarik 2 perosotan yang juga terbuat dari es.
Kalau mau nyaman siapin sendiri sepatu, celana panjang, jaket, sarung tangan, slayer atau kupluk. Kalo nekat bisa pake jaket yang disediakan disana. Sarung tangan dll bisa di beli disana.
Kalau sudah terlalu dingin bisa keluar dulu, makan bakso / siomay (bayar lagi sendiri) terus masuk lagi, jangan lupa gelang kertas-plastik yang diberikan jangan hilang dan harus diperlihatkan kembali pada petugas. Tukang photo istant juga ada.

Atlantis.

Harga tiket masuknya lupa, mungkin sekitar 50 ribu juga. Ini merupakan perluasan dari gelanggang renang dulu. Jadi sekarang jauh lebih luash dan cukup menarik. Mulai dari perosotan spiral (lumayan serem, tapi saingannya anak2 kecil :P), perosotan spiral dengan ban, kolam arus, kolam ombak, kolam bola, air terjun. Yang ini boleh di ulang.

Situs resmi http://www.ancol.com/

Cartoon. Adventure, family, comedy.
Story is nice. Soundtrack is lovely. Image are great (hope I can see it again on DVD). Lightly to watch. Recommeded for kids.

Total: 4/5 Player: 4/5 Story: 4/5 Picture: 3/5
Fail to watch dejavu (another Danzel Washington's movie, I like his movies), I borrow this one. It's a detective story, puzzling story of a bank robbery. Seems there is nothing missing from the bank and the robberies gone like a smoke.
But you know there must be something .. which in fact lead the strory to a more evil crime that get exposes by this occasion. Worth watching.

Yang bagus: filmnya :P, ceritanya, actionnya. James Bond bener-bener beda, yang ini lebih slenge'an. Beda tapi jadi menarik. cukup asik buat di tonton. fimnya 2 jam. Tapi terus terang aku agak bingung dengan endingnya, jadi masih penasaran nih (ada yang mo bayarin ticket buat nonton lagi ga ya?).
Jadi ati-ati nontonnya, ikuti semua dialog dengan baik ya. Terutama informasi dari si M di bagian akhir (yg kayanya gw miss). Padahal ada informasi penting disitu (kaya maen game).
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Good movie. A brand new 007 images, now he is less dandy and more crude. But that make it more interesting. Don't loose the last puzzle at the end of this movie, that explain the whole story.

Well, I had post about seafood that endangering our oceans life. But now I put a review of a seafood restaurant :P. I hope nothing that I eat was illegal. It's a week ago by the way.

• Menu: Seafood.

• Moto: Mutu Bintang Lima, Harga Kaki Lima (5 Star Quality, 5 feet (=street hawker) price).

• Address: Kemang Raya 84, South Jakarta (close to "9 month" baby shops & Izzy Pizza).

• Map: around here [link]

• Phone: 7179 2661 & 7062 1609

• Parking area is quite big, but since visitor are a lot, sometimes we have to park near bay. Unofficial parking officer, take advantage of this by charge parking rate of 3000rp.

• Restaurant is quite big. There is indoor & outdoor.

• They have October Monday promo. You can pay as much as you like for any orders, by using your platinum or gold card.

• Most of waiters are using PDA for taking orders!!!. Ipaq 1900 series I guess.

• Food serving is relatively fast for seafood restaurant.

• But one interesting here. We are not allowed to make re-order (except drinks). So, make sure you order enough. Another trick I though. They said, its to keep serving fast (?!?). So for a portion of prawn they are 4 pieces within.

• Taste are quite good. Reasonable for price.

• Price is relatively cheep. Last time moderate portion, four persons cost us about 200,000.00. 1 portion prawn (4 big pieces) is 15,000. It said that they is employee charge (service?) per person.

• Complete price is here [link].

• Rice & waters are truly cheap. Rice Rp1000/person, tea Rp. 250/person, all are as much as you can take.

Bandung Raya Its not just a photoblog.

Its daily city photo blog.

It's address is Bandung Raya, but its titled as "Bandung Lautan Api, Bandung Daily Photo".

its post -almost daily- photo all about Bandung city. The city that I spent most of my childhood.

For me, its treat my yearn for that City.

This blog maintain by Bunyamin Najmi. Interestingly his daughter - Najmaa - also has a blog.

It's not just a ordinary photo, but should be able to talk about the city it self. I like this blog, hope he keep his spirit to update it. It's RSS enable.

Bandung Raya is part of City Daily Photo Webring. Webring is system of linking together a group of similarly-themed sites in a circular fashion. In that webring, you can find similar blog from -almost- all city across the world. 

For Indonesia, I can only find Bandung & Jakarta (link1, link2).

I wish someone would start to have similar blog for other Indonesian's city, would love to watch.

bLaugh! A blog to laugh ... they create, post & share their own comics.

If you blog & surf a lot you might understand some of the strip about.

one of them - Blogging Blackmail

Story 4/3, Acting 3/3, Direction 3/3, Visuals 4/3

I dont know how many series already for Lilo & Stitch. And this time the title is Leroy & Stitch. This time they still fight Doctor Hamsterviel who create a new creature -identical twins of Stitch, only he create hundred of them. This movie is not disappointment. Story is easy but still interesting with some nice detail. Art is nice, its more like a water color art. Shape of the characters, mimic, coloring, space craft & other stuff movement looks great, they really go into detail. Like Japanese Pokemon, in this episode they are many Stitch cousin get involved and their shape like the ones in Pokemon series. The story goes wild but still make some common sense, that overall make this movie enjoyable & fun to watch.

Story 5/5, Direction 4/5, Visuals 5/5

Very Good movie. Produce by studio GHIBLI (director Hayao Miyazaki). They are many good animation came from this studio, Price Mononoke, Grave of the Fireflies, Howl's moving Castle, including the Spirited Away. This is really a piece of art, image from frame to frame is amazing not just an animation. Story itself a bit strange. Recommended to watch the DVD version to enjoy the color & sharpness.

http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/porco/ (The Movie)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Ghibli (studio GIBLI)

Story: 3-, Acting: 3, Direction: 3-, Visuals: 4

Nothing special with the story. In fact they are a lot of similarity with Madagascar. One thing I enjoy most from this movie is the quality of computer generated image ... looks so real, look at the animal's fur, especially with DVD quality.

Ticket 40,000rp weekend & 25,000rp weekday. But if you use XL GSM network & your could bring your last paid bill that was more that 100,000rp (well, my friend could show his payment through his mobile - don't know how) . If you go to the ticket's box, staff might said that during weekend XL free ticket does not valid. So, proceed to XL boot cars and you could still get your FREE tickets there.

For 40,000rp is quite expensive and I though they already reduce the price from originally 50,000rp. Commercial stall are a lot more than the lantern's. Overall I would say its just ok.

Bring your camera, you could make quite some good photos with occasional objects.

when you fall in love
make sure it’s a right kind of love
a love with much propriety
where you wont hurt others
cause of a wrong reason

if your love are ok
love yours, wholehearted
in every single breath
even when a dead tear you apart
love yours no less

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vcd brokeback mountain (2005)
genres: drama, romance and western
running time: 2 hrs. 14 min.
distributors: focus features
rate: 3/5, story 3/5, acting 4/5, direction 4/5, visuals 4/5, special effect n/a