Archive for June, 2007

Pirates of Caribbean 3

Monday, June 18th, 2007

"Yo ho, all hands, raise the colours high / Heave ho, thieves and beggars, never sail ye by / Yo ho, haul together, hoist the colours high / Heave ho, thieves and beggars, never shall we die!"
    ―Elizabeth Swann

 

The third sequel is the best! Cool 3D effects and cool intrigues, funny, nice love story. Caribbean is an archipelago lay between North America and South America. Now days consist of 5 major countries Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and some small island countries like Barbados, St.Lucia and Bahamas.   The history of piracy in Caribbean began on the founding of America. Let say "re-found by European" since the Indian has been there before and Viking had been there few hundred years before Christoper Columbus discovered America in 1492. As an archipelago between North America and South America, and as a transit port from Africa before enter America or Gulf of Mexico , Caribbean has a strategic value for trade route. As important as Singapore in Malacca Strait or Constantinople between Asia and Europe. Singapore used to be an island of pirates before it colonized by the British. Thats why they have Chow Yun Fat and The Silly Turkish Pirate in the league of 9. Piracy always occurred anywhere as it has a high traffic sea trade route. After Spanish claimed most of South America as his colony. They build cities ports around Caribbean. British, French,Dutch, Portuguese came after.  Some of the pirates worked in British/ France Navy before. For some reason (maybe end of war between 4 countries), they lost their job and found it more profitable to rob Spanish Galleon abundance with gold from Conquistadors who plundered Aztec and Inca Civilization. They mixed with native outlaw and grew into pirate community, lived in restricted island. There are some famous pirates as Black beard who twice attack American colony of Charleston, South Carolina or female pirate Grace O’Malley which adopt as a Broadway musical theater "The Pirate Queen". And i found it interesting how the film give a real personification of love. In poem, artist usually uses heart as a personification of love by asked someone to take his/her heart. But Orlando Bloom really give his heart (physically) inside the chest to Kiera Knightley. Pirates of Caribbean 3: "At World’s End"….. really a nice ending.      

careless

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

Usually i put my glasses on the night table beside my bed or i put it over a wood rack near my window. Finally, I found it on the dark mahogany color table which camouflage it from my sight. It remind me on my ex- glasses….. I had lived in Bandung for more than four years. I lived in Ciumbuluit 51 in a small cozy  mess up rent room.  I never put my stuffs in proper place. I always covered up my table with papers and my fish bowl aquarium. So i drew or wrote on the floor.  Wrote on the table is a special occasion for me. Unless i feel very happy that day or i really have nothing to do, so i cleaned up my stuffs. One day i really were in trouble to find my glasses. I had only 3 x 4m room. So the possibility  only  on my table, over my knock down plastic shelves or my bed. I had never put it on the floor. I went around my room, opened my shelves, scan my table, looked at corner of my bed. Thinking it was  fall down.  I pissed off because i couldn’t find important stuff only in a very small room. I went to bathroom, maybe i left it there…. but still couldnt find it. I want got rid from that small stupid little things called "careless" by playing my computer game. I turned on my PC and threw my body on my chair.  Crack! Eureka! i found it, but it broke into pieces under my butt. Arghh….. I wondered  why i was so creative to find an alternative for anything. So i have an idea to put my glasses on my chair. Maybe thats why someday i want a wife who love me and put anything in proper place.