Author: Saifulrizan

  • Miracle in Cell No. 7 (Indonesia)

    Easily a tear jerking movie. The hall was sobbing. The story telling is amazing, it didn’t let you wander off. Until the last 15 minutes of the movie, the pace pick up (when they decided to fight for Hendro and Linda custody right of Kartika in court). Definitely a different mood; earlier you feel wrapped…

  • Cook to eat

    We had this conversation. “Who suppose to cook, boy or girl?” It started when I asked them to help me prepare with the garnish and protein for our lunch. I believe I had this conversation with other people, and with myself; to justify if gender play any role in this basic life thing. And it…

  • Wisdom

    At the Primary 6 graduation ceremony, the PTA President gave a speech which was long and ‘too adult’ for a 12 years old kids. But maybe kids these days can handle such mature uplifting speech, what do I know. Anyway, I paid attention and interested in these words spoken by the Mr PTA President. It…

  • Upstream (2024)

    Simple review of China’s film, Upstream (2024) on Netflix

  • 4 boxes of book

    ”That’s a lot of book. Are you selling?” The Custom officer called her colleague to show my books I placed on the back seat. I live in an island, where a Custom check is normal at entry gate at the Ferry Terminal to Sabah. ”No. I’m just moving old books to my new house.” There’s…

  • wolfs

    wolfs

    The movie stars Brad Pitt and George Clooney. It has a bit of a slow burn, but it’s still enjoyable—likely thanks to the strength of their performances. The plot feels somewhat familiar: two experts in the same field competing to prove who’s better. But I realized that 95% of the film is actually setting up…