I got my Covid-19 second vaccine shot yesterday. Side effects were different from the first shot. I anticipated headaches, so I gulped acetaminophen right after the shot. My arm wasn’t as numbed, but the fatigue lingered longer (still feeling groggy, in fact). I want to thank Huma Yusuf of the North West Islamic Community Center…
Today I experienced for the first time watching a movie in a 4DX theater, Mall of Indonesia‘s Blitzmegaplex. I searched through Wikipedia, and it says the Jakarta-based Blitzmegaplex was the first to open a 4DX-capable theater in Indonesia in August 2013. The film I watched was X-Men: Days of Future Past. The 4DX experience delivered all…
Sudah agak lama gue nonton Cinta Silver, tapi tiba-tiba kok teringat ya kata-kata yang diucapkan Wishnu (Christian Sugiono) ke sahabatnya, Levi (Restu Sinaga): “… yang paling perih dari sendirian itu bukan pas kita lagi sedih, Lev. Justru pas kita lagi ketawa senang tapi ngga ada yang bisa kita ajak untuk ikut ketawa …” Sekalipun udah…
[Today is the opening day for the 9th Jakarta International Film Festival and my third time attending JiFFest since 2005. I watched Across the Universe and am writing about it in Bahasa this time as you can read English comments about it in many other places.] Tadinya gue kirain ini film animasi Jepang, Paprika, soalnya…
It seemed like a movie-out weekend or something. We ended up watching another movie last night. This time, it was the movie that we had planned to watch two weeks earlier, if only Salman didn’t get into a car accident (don’t worry, it wasn’t his fault, read my Day 76 posting for more details). Yes,…
Today is a fun day. After I got off from work, I came back home to meet with Salman, and we decided to spend the night watching Charlie and The Chocolate Factory at AMC Hoffman 22. We have been planning to watch this movie for a long time. It’s among the top 3 movies to…