2012 the review...

Water rushing, volcanoes erupting. Chaos is everywhere. Humans running away trampling over each other just to save their lives. Well, what can you expect? It's a disaster film. That is 2012. Another random time when I have nothing better to do than to sit in the cinema, with popcorn and with my girlfriend.

2012 started with a quite calming scene of 2 friends visiting. However, it turned quite fast into a disaster. Global temperature rising. NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh well, that's what you expect of one anyway. Roland Emmerich didn't waste time into bringing the suspense early in the story. However, the suspense was a little way too early but, it shows that Roland Emmerich does not intend to waste time over boring intros.

The story progression kept the viewers stick to their chairs instead of leaving the cinema. Kudos to the CG team. Without it, the movie would have sucked like 2012: Doomsday. Well, can't compare high budget films with low budget films. The action scene was so-so. The supposedly comedic parts were lame. A supposedly intense scene turned me down when the actor was way too calm in such an intense scene.

Despite the lame comedic scenes, the progression of the story was average. But, the CG pulled up the scores for the whole show. I'm giving it a 7/10

Views on Humanity...

Today, I started to look back at humanity itself... We are such pitiful creatures... With our vast knowledge, yet, we could not progress far... Such a pity... The main reason... We did not put our knowledge to full use... Instead of focusing on such unimportant matters such as war and politics, we could have focused more on bringing peace to everyone... Nuclear weapons? We don't need them... They have no use for us... Who says peace can be achieved through war? Is this saying really true? that a total annihilation of one side means peace? Wouldn't this continue on for another one? Eventually, we will annihilate ourselves... Think again...

the irrationality of humankind...

Humans have always been strange creatures. We are capable of provoking a silly thing. Imagine a world without racism and religion. We can still find fault with one another for a silly reason. Question is why are we like that? Is there a world where such things will never happen? Are we capable of living in harmony? I guess not. Though this post might be short, but the question still remains. Will we really be able to achieve world peace?

Day 10

I woke up to the noise of rustling. I readied my gun and started walking out of the bedroom I was sleeping in. I aimed it at the door and then walked slowly trying to make as little noise as possible. The noise comes from downstairs, slowly, I walked down the staircase with my gun ready. I kept myself alert and looked at the surroundings trying to find where that noise is coming from. As I approached the kitchen, it became louder. I looked carefully into the kitchen. A woman with an apron was going through the fridge and looking for some nice stuff to cook.

I called out to her and she looked at me with a calm look. I lowered my gun as I saw a familiar face. "Mom?"

"Yes, honey?"

"I thought you were..." I tried to make some sense.

"Dead? Yes, I am dead." She replied.

"But how, what's going on here?"

"You're dreaming, Jim."

I slapped myself a few times trying to make sure it's a dream. I barely felt a thing. She made some pancakes.

"Come on, eat it before it gets cold." she said asking me to have breakfast.

"Mom, why are you here?" I asked.

"Jim. It's been a while. I visited you here to see what you've had become." she said with a calm voice. "Now now, come on. Eat it while it's still hot."

I took a chair and sat down preparing to eat. Boy, it's delicious. That pancake. I haven't had it ever since she died 5 years ago.

"Mmhmm mhhmhmhm..." I mumbled with the pancake in my mouth.

"Don't talk with your mouth full.",she said, lecturing me like I'm still a child.

"I came here just to see how you've become, Jim. I've missed you ever since that day I have to leave. Seems like you're doing quite well, nowadays."

"What happened to everyone? I mean where is everyone?" I asked thinking that she might know something.

"It's not what happened to everyone. It's what happened to you. No one left you."

"Jim. Jim." a strange eerie voice called out.

"Who's that?" I said.

"Jim, you'd better be going soon. I can't stay here any longer. But before I leave, I wanted to tell you something. When you found everyone back, spend more time with them than you usually do while you still can." she said, her voice getting fainter and fainter.

"Wait, what do you mean by that? Mom, where are you going? No! Don't leave me here." I tried to grab hold of her. But a bright light shone upon me and she disappeared.

I looked towards the bright light and I looked back to see if there's anything. But I decided that I would rush towards the bright light. I ran and ran and ran towards it. And I ended up lying down on a bed. A blinding light was aimed at my eye. I tried to look around and I see a few people surrounding me. They were wearing white suits. Are they doctors?

I looked around and I smelt something of a weird smell. It smelled like a hospital and I realized, it's because I am in one. I looked around. My wife stood not far away crying. My children were panicking.

"He's fine. He just woke up from his coma." one of the doctors said.

"Coma? what happened?"

"You had an accident 10 days ago. And you were in a coma ever since." she said.

"Wow, considering a cardiac arrest just now, I'm surprised that it woke you up. Someone up there must've loved you really much." the doctor said and left.

I looked at my wife with her teary eyes and my children. They rushed towards me and gave me a hug. I was crying, How could I ever say what happened to me there? I was alone and I nearly killed myself in there. If I had done that, I would had been dead. I looked at them, and said, "I'm glad to be back."

Choose it or not?

People have been saying things like that guy's good in this and that and he's so awesome. From my view, things like these is not nothing. There is no perfect human. Humans are created equal in a way but they are created different according to their abilities. Talent is what they have. Some people are good at entertaining. Some are good at thinking. Some are good at doing the harsh work. Perhaps, most people should start to rethink this. Talents are not based on their genetic code. But talent is based on whether you choose to do it or not. If you have the passion for that field, talent comes in naturally. As you choose to learn.

Take a princess and throw her in a farm. She might not be able to work in the beginning. But as time goes on, she'll learn and she can become a good farmer as well. Take a pauper, throw him/her in as a prince or princess. He'll learn how to govern his subjects in a matter of time. What they are good at doing is not based on who they are but what they chose to do to their lives. Despite this might be an already obvious thing. I still find that most people today still say like this person is so great at this and that. I find it uninteresting and say that humans are equal in all sense of ways.

War and Peace...

Recently, I've been going through some videos on youtube calming my mind until I came across a video of Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker trailer. And within the trailer, I just realized that there are countries without an army. For example, Costa Rica's Article 12 of their constitution abolishes the military forces ending the military spirit in the country. The abolishing of the military happened 1 year after the Costa Rican civil war which resulted with the overthrowing of their government. Ever since, Costa Rica has never went into civil war despite their neighbors do.

Today, their supposed military budget is focused on security, education and culture. This resulted in a peaceful nation which remains neutral in it's stance. From this nation, I've had came to realize. Why do we even need soldiers? Why do we fight? Is it necessary? If every nation in the world lay down their weapons and trade in for tool to build. Instead of tools of murder and despair, humans should rethink that war is the unnecessary method. Why on earth do we listen to our selfish leaders? Who decided that war is the only matter to gain what they want. Foolish leaders, because of your greed, you have caused young men and women to die. Fighting for an ideology, is it even important?

Militants world wide, especially religious extremists and radicals, think back! Would your religion approve of murder of innocent civilians? How about the murder of many women and children? These people have nothing but each other and their will to survive. Why do we fight? Humans are humans. Race and religion is not anything worth fighting for. Why do we have to separate people by groups. Why do we even identify each other in different races? Why not calling each of us as humans and humans alone. What is the difference? Africans, Caucasians, Arabs, Indians, Asians and other races, we are humans. Humanity has no need to fight to show who's different. Soldiers, lay down your weapons. Politicians, think of other ways to solve a conflict. The world needs to stop thinking each other as a different race but humans.

Laying down their weapons in trade for tools to educate, to build, to help is what every nation should do. Give the weapons to guards and police. Why do we even need to buy tanks and create more guns to kill? Leave the battlefield, join the people around to create a happy world. Without an army, there would be no reason to fight. Without an army, politicians would not interfere with other nations' internal affairs. Lay down your weapons and start to think again.

Instrumentals... a story without words...

Instrumental songs. One form of music which has began from the old ages and the longest surviving genre of music. Never obsolete and never forgotten. I've been spending hours and hours in front of my PC listening to instrumentals. It doesn't matter which era they are from. Classical, New Age, it always tell a story which will not describe in words. For example, Playing Love by Ennio Morricone from the movie The Legend of 1900, describes about the thoughts of a man when he sees a girl. Stories need not be told in pictures or words. Music itself carries a story. Plain music without words. Despite the great songs everywhere, there are those who finds it boring and uninteresting.

Plain music without words tell stories which no words can ever describe. Most of today's popular music are nothing but a corruption towards good music. Good music today is under-appreciated as more and more people has succumbed to the trends of music which promotes killing, death, self harming, sex and other immoral acts. What everyone should do, is to stop listening to every other songs and give these beautiful instrumentals a try.