Another Tsunami @ Our Backyard

There it goes again ... another sad story from my country, as quoted from an international News Agency ...

Toll rises from Indonesia tsunami
Tuesday 18 July 2006,

At least 201 people have died and 125 are missing after a tsunami struck Indonesia's Java island, the head of the crisis centre at the health ministry says. Nearly 300 people were reported injured on Tuesday and over 23,000 people have been displaced in the tsunami that followed an earthquake. A French national was among the dead, and two Dutch and four Japanese were among the injured.Two Swedish children were reported missing on Monday, a diplomatic source said. At least three other districts were affected by the waves but Ciamis was the worst-hit by Monday's tsunami. Waves 2 metres high crashed into beach resorts and fishing villages on Indonesia's Java island on Monday.

Regional agencies had sent out tsunami warnings after an undersea earthquake struck 180km off Pangandaran.But the alerts did not reach the victims because Java - which only seven weeks ago was rocked by a powerful quake that killed thousands and left a million homeless - does not have a tsunami warning system.The hardest-hit area appeared to be Pangandaran, a beach resort 270km southeast of Jakarta popular with local and foreign tourists. Witnesses said people shouted "tsunami! tsunami!" and climbed trees or crowded inland mosques as the wave approached.

The 7.2 magnitude quake, whose epicentre was more than 40km under the Indian Ocean, hit at 0819 GMT. A woman told Jakarta-based Radio Elshinta that the waves had come several hundred metres inland at Pangandaran beach. "Waves suddenly came and we ran to the hills. Four people from my group are still missing. Many small hotels were destroyed and boats have been thrown into hotels," she said. Tremors were felt in high-rise buildings in Jakarta for at least one minute, prompting many to flee their offices. The nearby Cilacap refinery owned by state oil company Pertamina was unaffected."The refinery is operating as usual. There were rising waves, but now the water has receded," said a Pertamina official.

In May, an earthquake near the central Java city of Yogyakarta killed more than 5,700 people.Indonesia's 17,000 islands sprawl along a belt of intense volcanic and seismic activity, part of what is called the "Pacific Ring of Fire". The country was the worst hit by the December 26, 2004 tsunami that killed 220,000 across Asia.

A Memorable Song When I'm 50 or 60

This posting is actually inspired by latest Adam Sandler's movie, Click. In order to comprehend my reasoning, you should watch the movie first. Ok, let's get to the point. Can you guys (especially who come from the same generation with me) tell me what will be the kewlest song to be played in a wedding party or a tv shows like "Berpacu Dalam Melodi", "Nostalgia", etc when we all are 50 or 60 year old? The song must be a kind of everlasting ones, like Frank Sinatra's New York New York or Jim Morrison's Light My Fire or John Lennon's Imagine....Well? From my personal point of view, which has already been approved by Adam Sandler in his movie :), the song is called Linger by The Cranberries. I wonder where they are now? All I know that I'm pretty sure that Dolores appeared in a scene of Click performing this song in a big band style (yes you can see lots of violins there), and she had this "old lady" kind of make up. Gosh...I Miss The Cranberries so much..So, I decide to put the lyric of Linger and hopefully you guys can sing along with me and imagine what will it be when we're 50 or 60 listening to this song in our kid's wedding party...

Linger

by The Cranberries

If you, if you could return
Dont let it burn, dont let it fade
Im sure Im not being rude
But its just your attitude
Its tearing me apart
Its ruining everything
And I swore, I swore I would be true
And honey so did you
So why were you holding her hand
Is that the way we stand
Were you lying all the time
Was it just a game to you

But Im in so deep
You know Im such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to, do you have to
Do you have to let it linger

Oh, I thought the world of you
I thought nothing could go wrong
But I was wrong
I was wrong

If you, if you could get by
Trying not to lie
Things wouldnt be so confused
And I wouldnt feel so used
But you always really knew
I just wanna be with you

And Im in so deep
You know Im such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to. do you have to
Do you have to let it linger

And Im in so deep
You know Im such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to, do you have to
Do you have to let it linger

You know Im such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to, do you have to
Do you have to let it linger

Just Watched Adam Sandler's Click

I always be a big fan of Adam Sandler's movies. Last night, after finishing the whole 2nd session of Lost, I managed to watch latest Adam Sandler's movie called Click. It's a typical Adam's movie, hillarious, witty, and lots of moral messages in it. Too bad Rob Schneider didn't show up on the movie :) . So, this is a little review as I quote from IMDB :



"On the surface, Michael Newman (Adam Sandler) seems to have it all, yet with all the demands forced upon him by his ungrateful boss Ammer (David Hasselhoff), Michael finds that setting aside time to spend with his loving wife, Donna (Kate Beckinsale), and two picture-perfect children, Ben (Joseph Castanon) and Samantha (Tatum McCann), has grown increasingly difficult. When a frustrating bout with the television remote leads the overworked husband and father to a nearby Bed, Bath & Beyond in search of a universal remote with the power to control all of his electronic devices, a curious peek into the back room leads Michael into the company of eccentric employee and talented inventor Morty (Christopher Walken). It seems that Morty has created a device that will not only allow Michael complete control over his television and stereo, but his entire life as well. As Michael discovers that the remarkable device has the power to muffle the barks of the family dog, zoom himself past an irritating quarrel with his wife, and even allow him to travel back and forth through time to different points in his life, the rush of being able to skip straight to the good parts in life soon leaves him feeling as if he's missing out on the total experience. Only when Michael begins to realize that the he has lost control of his life and the remote is now programming him does he finally learn that life is as much about the moments he'd rather forget as it is the moments he will always remember. "

Release Date: June 23, 2006
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken and David Hasselhoff
Directed by: Frank Coraci
Written by: Steven Koren & Mark O'Keefe
Produced by: Jack Giarraputo and Neal Moritz
Executive Produced by: Barry Bernardi

Back to The Field

Last weekend I managed to attend an airsoft skirmish in Bandung, met Yudha, Ricky, Berny, etc. The skirmish was held on a highland called p*n*l*t , a perfect place to run a kind of Hamburger Hill scenario. We were too busy playing and didn't realize that nobody took any snapshots of the action :( , the game itself was very kewl, an intense 2 deathmatchs session and very exhausting :) .... well, it's good for me since I'm really lack of sport. Anyway, just wanna say I'm glad to see a good development in the community. The zombie issue isn't a big deal anymore, new comers and veterans get along, brotherhood is in the air! I think we're heading somewhere positive. Here are some pictures from the weekly skirmish.