The Ulterior Motives

Do you ever think that lifes funny? You know, the weirdest things that could ever happen in our life. So, for this time let’s laugh hard as I will give list of funny and weird facts that are exist accross the world, anybody who has a list of funny facts is welcome to add it to the list. Here are my search results:

1. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.

2. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
3. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

4. A yo-yo was originally a weapon from Philippine jungle.
5. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching T.V

6. To escape the grip of a crocodile’s jaws, push your thumbs into its eyeballs — it will let you go instantly.

7. On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

8. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete!
9. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

10. It is illegal to hunt camels in Arizona.

11. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.

12. Coca-cola was originally green.

13. Kermit the Frog has 11 points on his collar around his neck.

14. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans!
15. The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other’s shoulders!

16. It is estimated that millions of trees in the world are accidentally planted by squirrels who bury nuts and then forget where they hid them!

17. Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!

18. The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!

19. Owls are one of the only birds who can see the color blue!

20. Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!

21. In England, in the 1880’s, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!

How y’all doing folks? I hope I’m not too long in updating my blog, it’s just that recently I’m tangled up with my project. Enough said, I write this blog after I watched Spiderman 3 (Wait…. I’m not giving any spoiler), which is another masterpiece among many blockbuster movies.

So, what is it with Spidey 3 this time? Well, the main theme about this movie is about Pete’s relationship with MJ which I feel most reflected in our real life’s relationship. From my manly perspective, I think that a typical relationship, a man sees his girlfriend as a single perfect creature.

In this first stage of relationship, a typical man is at his highest possessitivity. He always want to be with his girlfriend, feels jealous when his girlfriend is with other guys even if they are her friends. But, a typical man will not confront his girl yet because he is madly in love with her. Girls, if you feel that a man is acting weird in front of you (like acting cool, but looking a real geek), cheers! that guy probably falls in love with you. Another common symptom of early relationship is that a man will call you as often as possible just to say ‘How you’re doing?’ or ‘Hi? What’s up?’. They also will pick you up at school, drive you to the mall, carry your shopping bag, or cleaning your dog to give good impression to you. I think it’s a nature of a man to protect woman that makes the man willingly to do anything for a girl.

After 2-3 months, a man will soon realize that his girlfriend is not a single perfect creature anymore. He will feel that text messaging has become shorter than ever, phone call duration has shorten, and voice tone is a big matter for him (You know, when a man called his girl. His girl will naturally say ‘Yeah?’ or ‘Hello?’ rather than ‘Yes Darling?’ that’s when it becomes a problem). In this stage, man can become like a baby, wanting to be served all the time. Girls, in their head, they want more than ever. Now, this is what becomes really ugly. If you fulfilled his desire, he will crave for more such as if you normally text message him 3 times a day with 150 characters, he will demand you to text message him 6 times a day with 300 characters. On the other hand, failing to fulfill his desire will cause to the third typical stage of relationship which I will explain next.

The third typical stage relationship comes around after 5-6 months. It’s get to the point that a man feels bored with his girl. Ever heard of saying ‘Neighbour’s grass a lot greener than ours’? It’s a fact girls, a man on this stage sometime gets a little cockier and trying to reach for another girl. Maybe I’m a little bit bias, but the reason of a man conducting this action might be for several reason such as:

1. Prestige, to show that he still a charismatic idiot.
2. Adventure, men are natural adventurer. Likes new things.
3. Desire fulfillment, seeking another girl to fulfill his desires that can’t be fulfilled by his girl. (This is the most typical reason)

Moreover, if he fell into this trap than the final stage of typical relationship has been fulfilled which is called ‘The break up’.

Now, I know that you’re thinking that ‘Did God make mistake in creating Man?’. Hehe, even I sometimes question my stupidity. So, on the behalf of men race I beg for your forgiveness for our stupidity that might hurt your feeling. It’s not your fault actually, it’s just that a man sometimes can’t understand a woman’s heart. You know, like when she says that no means yes, and yes means no. Or like she doesn’t want to see us for a while.

Our rasional mind can’t accept that easily and that’s when jealousy came. I define woman’s heart is like a pandora box, you won’t know until you open it. And when you open it, it will not be a pretty sight. Well, in the end, for bitter or worst, I wish you girls that have boyfriends have a nice relationship. And boys who read this, please be patient with your girl, I know it’s tough, but be a man dude, do the right thing.*Taking my guitar, sit by the window, and start singing ‘Endless Love’*

Ever wonder why most of Indonesian people suck in creating innovation? Well, wonder no more as I reveal the reasons why Indonesian are lacking creativity. Here are the reasons why:

If you see in the local television, you’ll discover how large sinetron title quantities with zero quality. This sinetrons copy the story of another drama from the other countries such as Japan or Korea. Here are some lists:

1. Siapa takut Jatuh Cinta (SCTV) –> copied from Meteor Garden –> Taiwan Drama
2. Demi Cinta –> copied from Endless Love –> Korean Drama
3. Liontin (RCTI) –> copied from Glass Shoes –> Korean Drama
4. Cincin (RCTI) –> copied from Beautiful Days –> Korean Drama
5. Pelangi di matamu 1 –> copied from Hoshi no Kinka –> Japanese Drama
6. Pelangi di matamu 2 –> copied from Kamisama mou Sukoshi Dake –> Japanese Drama
7. Ciuman pertama –> copied from Itazura na Kiss –> Japanese Drama
8. Jangan pisahkan aku –> copied from Endless Love –> Korean Drama
9. Cinta sejati –> copied from Stairway To Heaven
10. Atas nama Cinta –> copied from Stairway To Heaven
11. Cinta 100 Hari –> copied from 100 day with Mr. Arrogant –> Korean Drama
12. Istri untuk suamiku –> copied from Chori Chori Chupke Chupke –> Indian Drama
13. Buku Harian Nayla –> copied from One Litre of Tears –> Japanese Drama
14. Benci Bilang Cinta –> copied from Princess Hours –> Japanese Drama
15. Penyihir Cinta –> copied from Magician of Love –> Taiwan Drama

Not only that, now there are TV medias who broadcast the same typical story with other TV medias but with different titles.

Most of these titles are religious sinetron type where the most typical story is about a bad guy, messing up with other people, got ill with an uninidentified disease (usually skin disease so we disgust him more), and die afterwards. Or a good guy, bullied by other people, raise his hands to the sky asking "Why the fuck do you torture me, God?", and then the bad people become good because of the good guy’s nature will.

Still not enough? Well, now we got TV shows which are adopted from other countries. Fear Factor, Super Deal, Famili 100, and much more.

Nowadays, Indonesian horror movie adopted a Japanese girl onryo (Japanese term for vengeful ghost). Usually it has long black hair with white long dress. But what the hell, America also copied ghost stories from Japan recently.

However, I’m not saying that all Indonesian media are plagiating. There are also some media that try their best to present an orginal masterpiece such as Nagabonar Jadi 2 or Soe Hok Gie. Let’s give a round applause for the genius producers and directors who can make this happen. *Clap**Clap**Clap*

Last week, I just watched an Asian Horror movie. The title was The Day. It was a pretty terrifying movie so make sure you have prepared for a good scare. The film pattern was pretty much the same as Ju-On and The Ring. They use the same ol’ long-haired onryo (japanese term for vengeful ghost).

Anyway, after the I watched the film I begin to think that actually there are things to avoid being dead by the vengeful ghost a.k.a long-haired onryo. Here are what came up in my mind:

1. If there’s a rumor about a haunted house around your neighbourhood that has taken countless life, please don’t tempted to go inside the house. It’s a really simple logic actually, Go in you die or NOT Go in you do NOT die.
2. Now, what if you accidently go to that freakin’ house? Okay, don’t panic. Stay calm and look for the freakin’ door. If the ghost tease you by locking the door up, stay calm and always look behind you. That’s the spot where they like to give you a surprise. If you encounter a ghost, it’s a good idea not to run. Why? because if you run, the ghost will be behind you. Remember what I say about ghost’s favorite surprise spot? Now, if you just can manage the ghost to be in front of you, there’s no chance the ghost will vanish and reappear on your back, because it seems that ghost only disappear when you are not looking at them.
3. Okay, the ghost is in front of you now, what if that freakin’ thing crawls toward you? Now, the classy horror movies that I’ve been watched over a decade has shown that people tremble with fear and cannot move when the ghost tried to approach them to say hi. Well, let me say this, I’ve watched over a dosen of horror movies and most ghost walk slower than my grandma. Still can’t get it? You just have to move backward every time she approaches you.
4. This is the dumbest idea that people can think, splitting up. They propose the idea like "It’s dangerous, you wait here" or "Let’s split up so we can find it faster". Now, if you are by yourself, then who will watch over your back? It’s easier for the ghost to kill you when you are alone than when you are with you are with your friends. Moreover, you can grouply punch the ghost in the face with your friends when she appears.

That’s the tips how to avoid being dead by a vengeful ghost from me. Hope you safe on your way home guys