World Trade Center - movie review

Another movie done during the nice Friday afternoon.
World Trade Center (9/11) – starring Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Stephen Dorff & directed by Oliver Stone. A re-collection on the actual 9/11 tragedy where the movie zooms in to the lives of a group of policemen. A true story where a group of Port Authority policemen was amongst the earliest to be at the rescue scene. They despatched in a rescue team into the WTC and just before they could conduct their rescue, the 2 towers collapsed on them. Following parts of the show will see the anxieties, sadness (including me) and relieved of the family members that waited, heard or seen their loved ones being saved from the rubbles……thousands of innocent lives lost in a tragedy.

The so-called cause fought by the so-called terrorists (which is giving a bad reputation to muslims around the world) unacceptable to me. An archive of the September 11 tragedy is available here.
Tags: Movie, Review, Cinema, World Trade Center, WTC, 9/11, September 11, Port Authority, Terrorist

Man Utd to Malaysia - Summer 2007

Yahoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

My favourite team of last 24 years, Man Utd, will be making their way to Malaysia next year as announced in a press conference held yesterday. Summer 2007 means during the months of June/July/August. Hopefully I'll be in Kuala Lumpur then or will ensure that I'll be there to witness their matches. Their last trip to Malaysia in 2001 was excellent. A crowd of 67,000 watched them played the Malaysian national team (Man Utd won of course, by 6-0) in Kuala Lumpur. Even their training session was attended by about 20,000.

This Man Utd's travel in 2007 was made available via a club sponsor contract signed between Man Utd and Malaysia Tourism Minitry which is also in conjunction with Visit Malaysia Year 2007 and Malaysia's 50th Independence Anniversary.
David Gill was joined at the press conference by Sir Alex Ferguson, AirAsia chief executive Tony Fernandes and Malaysia's Minister of Tourism, Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor. Paul Scholes and Wayne Rooney also attended a photo-call.
Tags: Manchester United, David Gill, Sir Alex Ferguson, Paul Scholes, Wayne Rooney, Visit Malaysia Year 2007

Hong Kong TVB series

Rested well on my Friday afternoon (halfday work in Khartoum) as it’s the weekend for Sudan (a muslim nation). Having a countdown on my journey home on coming Tuesday…..yahoooooooo!!! Meantime, finished the last chinese TV series that I have.

Shades of Truth (a Hong Kong TVB TV series of 25 episodes) – starring Chilam Cheung, Wong Hei, Gigi Lai, Tavia Yeung & Yuen Wah. A police force was assigned to nail a mob group and an unfavourable competition arose between 2 police teams to outdo one another to nab the mob. A policeman was sent in as a mole where he managed to convince and the mob leader trusted him. A friendship was developed in the course of it between the mole (unknown to other police members) and a policeman from the other team. Somehow the police’s plans didn’t work as intended.

I was fooled by the story line as it goes on as a new police plan was put in place (without you knowing of course). As the show goes on, relationships between the mole and the main policeman didn’t go too well. Daily work pressures didn’t help either. Lots of humorous moments in between. Along the way, struggle of power happened in the mob group and greed took place amongst the mob leader’s followers. Go for the series as the director did a very good job in the story line.
Tags: Hong Kong, TVB Series, Review, Shades of Truth

The Day God Spilled The Paints

The east side of the Carrizo plain, in the Temblor Range, about 50 miles due west of Bakersfield, California.
Tags: Scenery, Paint, Nature

Auditor-General's 2005 Report

The Chief Minister of Selangor quoted this statement (7 Sept, STAR) when responding to an additional RM21mil in expenses for the delay in constructing two slaughterhouses under the Auditor-General's 2005 Report:-

"I have checked with the economic planning unit and the Veterinary Department. There are no such projects in the state. I would have known if there were. The projects might have been a private initiative or done in other states but mistakenly attributed to Selangor" (saying that the Auditor-General's office made a mistake??)

Just last month, he was so sure that there was no monopoly contract for outdoor advertising BUT proven otherwise.
Tags: Politics, Chief Minister, Selangor, Auditor-General, Veterinary Department

911 Event

Be careful of what you say and do!
Tags: Funny, Humour, 911

DEATH!

WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO EXPLAIN IT !

A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side." Very quietly, the doctor said "I don't know." "You don't know? You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the other side?" The doctor was holding the handle of the door; on the other side came a sound of scratching and whining, and as he opened the door, a dog sprang into the room and leaped on him with an eager show of gladness. Turning to the patient, the doctor said "Did you notice my dog? He's never been in this room before. He didn't know what was inside. He knew nothing except that his master was here, and when the door opened, he sprang in without fear. I know little of what is on the other side of death, but I do know one thing... I know my Master is there and that is enough."
Tags: Death, Christianity