Gone Girl

Gone Girl is not a new released film and I only have opportunities to watch this couple months ago. This interesting story is a typical genre of my favorite movie. 

The movie which based on the novel is about psychopath wife who orchestrated evidences with motive to frame her husband. The movie led by Ben Affleck as mister husband (Nick) and Rosamund Pike as his psycho wife (Amy). Amy was alike public figure and an inspiration of her parent's children book. Nick has a twin sister, Margo whom he shared all stories inside out. 

The story started with the sudden disappearance of Amy on their fifth wedding anniversary and received a massive media coverage. Amy flee away with new look and hidden in distant. The evidences which she left behind at their house indicated that Nick could have killed her. The policewomen tasked to lead the investigation. The murder motive could be developed from the proof left and the fact of their disharmony in marriage. The way Amazing Amy fabricated evidences is well planned which only aim to sabotage his husband. The bloods stain evidence found on the floor had showed how Amy had prior suck out her own blood, wiped on floors, cleaned up and left some stain marks. She also left the positive pregnancy test which using others sample to indicate she had pregnant in which this was one of argument topic of their marriage. She was indeed refused to have child which Nick always hoping for. In addition, Amy left the trail of the anniversary gifts with clues. And with journalist experience, Amy utilized her skills to write stories in her diaries implicating all their marriage problems and tendency of Nick hurting her. All of these in turn become evidence to the police references to imply Nick as main suspect of his wife disappearance. 

As the story picking up, Nick hired a proven track record lawyer to file his defence. With advise from the lawyer, he appeared in TV talk show confessed his secret affairs with student, maintained innocence statement and apologized for his failures as husband. Amy watched the talk show and seems like Nick had lured her. And the further dark secret of Amazing Amy before the marriage were disclosed. The ability she has to fabricate stories and evidence was even started during college time where her ex-boyfriend was framed by her for rape. Another his ex-boyfriend known as Desi which previously she filed for restraining order by court, however refused to give statement. 

During her hideout, Amy was robbed by the crooked neighbor which left her with no money. This is the turning point of the original plan changed. Amy desperately requested an assistance from her ex-boyfriend Desi whom trusted her well and still loving her. Amy changed his plot and now framed Desi of her total disappearance instead of original motive to frame her husband. By using art of self-inflicting, she once again fabricate stories of Desi kidnapped and abused her. In the shot of love making scene, Amy finally killed Desi on the bed and finally portrayed Desi as the scapegoat of the entire plot. Self inflicted wrangle marks on his wrist, forced rape signs using bottle (ouchh this is real pain), and acting of being abuse in front of CCTV. 

With blood still showering her body, Amy went back to her house and surprised Nick. While being interrogated, most of the investigators seems to buy in to her stories with all fake evidence she had created. The policewomen who was investigation officer however can find fault with her stories but can't do anything further. 

Amy finally declared the truth to Nick as he had always presumed before. Nick planned to expose the plots Amy had fabricated to clutter police and media minds including her killing of Desi. Again Nick been trapped in Amy game as she claimed she was pregnant of Nick's child claiming it is from Nick sperm bank. In the end, in tv talk show, the 'happy'' husband finally announce they are becoming parents soon. 

The end.

Enjoy the movie trailer from youtube:

It is very good movie to watch as to entertain yourself and sharpen your psychological mind. As norms, the novel-based film will absolutely deviate from the actual story line in the novel. There are still many things can be debated on the logical relationship and consequence. Maybe all illogical can be killed with the Amazing Amy abilities and skills to manipulate the stories. Haha. 

Word of the month and many months ahead

New word inserted into my own vocabulary this month. Others might do so as well. And this word might be word of many many months ahead.

Further explanation on this word can be found on the following link https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/public-corruption

KATEGORI IKLAN RAYA 2016 DAN PEMENANGNYA ADALAH.....

Hari Raya sudah menjelang tiba dan kurang seminggu kita akan meninggalkan bulan Ramadhan yang barakah ini. Moga-moga amalan kita di bulan Ramadhan diterima oleh Ilahi. 
Seperti biasa, banyak iklan raya atau TV Commercial muncul di kaca tv, youtube dan media-media online yang lain. Ada yang sedih, ada yang kelakar dan ada yang kadang-kadang kita pun tak paham. Ada yang sarat dengan mesej untuk kita semua berfikir dan menghayati realiti kehidupan ini. 
Untuk tahun ni, iklan yang berjaya menarik perhatian aku adalah iklan raya daripada Samsung dan versi parodinya. Rasa-rasanya versi parodi yang aku lebih minat maybe sebab aku suka baca material politik. Salute pada semua pembikin iklan yang dapat menterjemahkan idea kreatif kepada bentuk yang mempunyai mesej. 
Untuk tambah mood raya, jom kita layan Iklan Raya dari Samsung dan iklan parodi dari saudara Harris Nasril. 

Iklan Original Samsung

Iklan Parodi / Troll

Selamat Hari Raya Aidifitri dan Maaf Zahir dan Batin. Ahlan Wa Sahlan Ya Syawal

Pre-Idulfitri 2016 Headlines

There are a lot of happenings surrounding us in the globe in this holy fasting month leading to Idulfitri. Some may bring happiness to some while others may bring sadness to some. Here are my picks for the headlines:

Global Headlines

a. Brexit campaign successful and Britain officially exit from European Union (EU) - Referendum which held on 23 June 2016 resulted British votes for exit by 52%.

b.  England exit European twice a week - This time around England was knocked out of Euro Cup after beaten by the super duper underdog Island (Iceland) of 2-1 in Round of 16 on 27 June 2016.  

c. Turkey Blast, Again? - More than 40 peoples died and more than 200 peoples injured following the shooting and blast by the terrorist assailants at Istanbul Airport on 28 June 2016. As expected, the finger pointing is leading to ISIS in connection of the deadly attack. 

Local Headlines

a. Bigger majority win in two by-elections - Mr PM and federal government can inhaled deep breath and could smile longer with the win at Sungai Besar (Big River) and Kuala Kangsar by-elections on 18 June 2016. Seems like the winning formula applied by BN worked very well. And for some period of time ahead, Mr PM is on the upper hand. 

b. TSMY and DSMM finally made to the UMNO axed list - With no surprise, the former DPM and the former Mentri Besar of Kedah were finally sacked from UMNO after unanimous decision by UMNO supreme council on 24 June 2016. DSSA UMNO membership was suspended pending for disciplinary report.

c. LGE charged in court with two charges - On 30 June 2016, LGE claimed trials of the offences under Section 23 of the MACC Act 2009 (Act 694) and Section 165 of Penal Code. If convicted, he might be taken to jail and this time may be longer than before. Solidarity for LGE, are you?

What more can be expected as the time is fast approaching Idulfitri? And what will be the headlines after Idulfitri? So enjoy reading, thinking and writing...

Aku Bermonolog Di Alor Setar

Jam di sepertiga malam

Mata masih tak terpejam
Otak masih sedar
Walau tubuh kurang segar
Mengapa malam ini
Sukar hendak beradu
Mungkin kerna tiada teman setia di sisi

Semuanya berputar-putar
Bermain di kotak minda
Minta dan minta lagi dicerna
Tentang kenangan dan pengalaman
Juga bagaimana masa depan
Cita-cita dan harapan

Kalau bisa diulang waktu
Itu dan ini hendak diperbetul
Pada keputusan yang kurang tepat
Yang silap dan khilaf
Bukan hanya sekali dua
Kekadang ada yang terus diulang
Umpama jatuh ke lubang ular berkali-kali

Kenangan lalu mengusik jiwa
Mencuit emosi dan naluri
Mengenang peluang lalu yang dilepas
Harta dan wang yang dilebur
Pada emas masa yang dibiar berlalu
Walau ilmu kurang di dada
Ingin saja kuputar jam kuning itu

Aku hanya insan lemah
Yang tipis imannya bak kulit bawang
Sedarilah wahai diriku
Tuhan telah tentukan perjalanan hidupmu
Jika tiada di sini mungkin ada di sana
Mungkin masanya belum tiba
Semua penuh dengan hikmahnya

Yang susah ada senang
Dalam tangis ada tawa
Di sebalik gagal ada jaya
Mungkin hikmahnya masih terhijab
Bila tuhan mahu menguji
Menduga imanmu yang nipis

Percayalah nasib bisa diubah
Kapan kau usaha berubah

Kupohon ilahi restu dan doa
Moga selalu diperkenan
Usah didesak mahu segera
Minta dibimbing ke jalan benar dan redha
Tiada yang berkuasa selain dirinya
Sedarlah yang sekalian berlaku
Hanya asbab dari Maha Kuasa
Sebagai peringatan dan pengajaran
Semoga dirimu lebih bersyukur
Kepadanya sentiasa akur

Nukilan oleh Benhashim

Ustaz Kata - Bulan Ramadhan Di Penghujung

Assalam

25 Ramadhan 1437H

Alhamdulillah di bulan Ramadhan sempat mendengar siri tazkirah daripada ustaz-ustaz di surau taman. Menjadi kelaziman untuk slot tazkirah dimasukkan dalam aturcara malam di masjid/ surau samada sebelum, selepas 4 rakaat atau selepas selesai Solat Tarawih. 

Syukur Allah masih berikan nikmat hidup dan kita semua sedang melalui fasa akhir bulan Ramadhan kareem ini. Fasa ketiga dan sepuluh  hari & malam terakhir. 

Ustaz kata sepuluh malam terakhir di bulan Ramadhan adalah keutamaan yang sangat utama kepada muslimin dan muslimat. Di waktu inilah kita semua digalakkan mencari malam Lailatul Qadar. Digalakkan ajak seisi keluarga. Niat tu hendaklah diselaraskan dengan amal ibadat juga. Ustaz tambah lagi supaya fokus kita sentiasa perlu kuat di sepuluh malam terakhir ni dan jangan terkesan dengan amalan kita pada 20 hari sebelumnya. Di waktu inilah kita dinasihatkan untuk melakukan qiamullail. Amalan utama yang dituntut adalah solat-solat sunat, memohon keampunan, memohon hajat kepada Allah Taala, tadarus dan tadabbur Al-Quran dan berzikir. 

Tertarik dengan ilmu yang ustaz ajar malam tu. Dari segi istilah kata 'lailatul' (ada ta' marbutah') membawa maksud keseluruhan malam berbeza dengan kata 'lail' (contohnya seperti dalam surah Isra') yang membawa maksud sebahagian malam. Ustaz sampaikan yang keberkatan lailatul qadar adalah sepanjang malam sehingga terbit fajar dan amalan kita insyaAllah dihitung dalam tempoh waktu tersebut. Sekiranya terlajak tidur sehingga ke subuh, masih ada masa untuk memohon keampunan dan doa sekiranya ianya malam itu jatuhnya lailatul qadar.  

Ustaz kata lagi sesunggunya nikmat Allah tidak terhitung dan ustaz membacakan satu potong ayat Surah An-Nahl ayat 18 seperti berikut:

Maksudnya: Dan jika kamu menghitung-hitung nikmat Allah, nescaya kamu tak dapat menentukan jumlahnya. Sesungguhnya Allah benar-benar Maha Pengampun lagi Maha Penyayang.

Sangat tertarik bila ustaz memaklumkan kata 'nikmata' dalam ayat tersebut adalah bersifat 'singular' bukan 'plural'. Ini bermaksud setiap SATU nikmat Allah contohnya mata, hidung, telinga dan sebagainya. Setiap SATU nikmat Allah adalah tak terhitung jumlahnya. Besarnya nikmat yang Allah berikan kita bagi setiap satu dan apatah lagi secara keseluruhannya. Subhanallah..Allahuakbar.

Ustaz juga menasihatkan supaya kita semua memperbanyakkan membaca Sayyidul Istigfar di bulan Ramadhan ini terutamanya sepuluh malam terakhir. Terkedu juga aku dengar ayat tu sebab aku pun tak tahu apa tu Sayyidul Istigfar. Yang aku tahu Sayyidul Ayyam (penghulu hari). Lepas google baru la dapat tahu. Inilah Sayyidul Istigfar dan moga-moga kita mengamalkan ayat ini (Ihsan daripada encik google):

Nota Kaki: Siri 'Ustaz Kata' di blog ini adalah sesi peringatan khususnya kepada penulis dan moga-moga bermanfaat kepada para pembaca lain. Sekiranya terdapat kesilapan dan fakta yang kurang tepat, bolehlah membuat teguran membina di ruangan komen semoga kita semua bermaanfaat daripadanya. Sesungguhnya yang baik itu datang daripada Allah, dan yang kurang baik ini datang daripada hamba yang daif ini. 

Down Memory Lane - Big River @ Sungai Besar

It's Big River in the headline. It's Big River be the critical factor that will be an indicator for future political landscape in Malaysia. It's Sungai Besar indeed the place where I was born. 

By-election for Parliament Sungai Besar just round the corner. 18th June 2016 is the day. P93 is the number. It will stage three corners fight between BN vs PAS vs PAN. The so-called outsiders YB Dr Rani of PAS and Azhar Abdul Shukur of PAN clashed with the so-claimed insider YB Budiman of BN. It is interesting episode as the by-election at Sg Besar and Kuala Kangsar parliament seats came after landslide victory of BN in Sarawak Election. BN leaders told the reporters that BN will use Sarawak winning template in these two by-elections. What are the winning 'templates' they are referring to? Curious and suspicious minds would wonder. My personal view that the chance of winning for BN may slim since Sarawak and these two places are different in demography and sentiments. Last GE13 saw Arwah TS Noriah Kasnon won with small majority by 399 votes. My take is PAS will be winning when I considering the easily approachable, moderate in nature and performance of candidate YB Dr Rani. He also can be seen as true mature and friendly in political camaraderie for both political divide. While PAN candidate has the blessings from PR and TDM in tandem with Citizen Declaration which TDM has initiated. 

While it is interesting to see the end result next Saturday evening, it was tragic indeed for the incident occured that lead to these two by-elections. Both arwah YB Sg Besar and YB Kuala Kangsar involved in the helicopter crash at Sarawak on 5 May that claimed their lives together with the pilot and all passengers onboard. They were all at Sarawak for BN campaign. And then come out the love story of TS Noriah and her 8 months husband who also died from the incident. It is really touched the hearts. Both were in love during school time and their intention to marry young was opposed by the parents. Both decided to take their own separate ways, pursued further studies, married to others, have children and later both divorced with their former spouses. They eventually met last year, love was on the air again and they tied the knots this time. Only God knows they only given 8 months to experience wonderful life as legal couple. Such a memorable stories. 

                  A picture worth a thousand words. 

And for me, Sungai Besar is close to my heart. It was the place that my beloved mother given birth to me. The place that was inked in my birth certificate. My family and I spent there approximately 1 year after my birth before moving out to Segamat. Although I'm used to mention that I am Johorean to others but I'm still original Selangorean indeed. Deep down in my heart. Haha. Somewhere in 2013, I exploring again the place with my families and it's my mother intention to see the house where I was given birth and to track old neighbours. Alhamdulillah both intention fulfilled. And after quiet some time, I revisit the memorable house at Taman Berkat Sg Besar. And I'm walking down to memory lane. 

          My place of origin and memories retain.