Monday, November 30, 2009

Buzzer Beat / ブザー・ビート (2009)

Buzzer Beat is a japanese drama that won best drama award in the 62nd Television Drama Academy Award on autumn 2009. Buzzer Beat is like a comeback (the last ball, that was thrown just before the game ends, changes the leading team, so the team wins). In the drama it is when a basketball team wins in last minutes. When I watched the movie (streaming - from the source), I was moved and sometimes burst into tears (I am exaggerating). This movie reminds me of myself and another movie.

I often show can-do attitude while actually after that I say to myself that I am a person that can motivate myself and I can do it. In fact, I am not. I often need others to cheer me. Most of the time if there are no others, most likely my performance will go down. I am not that spectacular, even though I wish I am (I am not a superman, even though I want to save the world). Probably, it is my own faults that I did not share my thought to others, so others did not know about that and did not be able to support me.

I often forget that about two closest people in my life. They are my parents. I should be thankful that I can be here and I am supported psychologically and financially, while now I often think that I should not be because I am in productive age. Therefore, people around me are very important for me.

Another movie is Bishoujo Shenshi Sailor Moon / Pretty Guardian / 美少女戦士セーラームーン (2003 - 2005). It is a live action drama, not manga or anime. One of the character in the movie is Hino Rei or Sailor Mars.


Picture 1 Hino Rei / Sailor Mars

The character was played by Kitagawa Keiko / 北川景子 / きたがわ けいこ. This year she got a role as Shirakawa Riko in Buzzer Beat.


Picture 2 Shirakawa Riko

Further research shows that she also appears as Reiko in The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), a Hollywood movie. Impressive, isn't she. Plastic surgery? Just kidding.

Source: DramaCrazyDramaWiki,  etc.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Taiwanese Express Meal

I often pass this restaurant when I go to my campus. This restaurant is close to my campus, but I have never tried it until today. It is located in Kingsford, between Fajar Restaurant (an indonesian food restaurant) and Hidaka Supermarket (an asian products supermarket).

Picture 1 Outside View

Picture 2 Inside View

The restaurant did not offer much variation. I chose menu no. 1 (it is the toppest left menu in the  list menu that was hanging on the wall). The list menu was the menu on the wall with orange background and white text (as seen in the picture above).

Picture 3 Menu no.1

After I chose the meal, I was offered to buy a drink. AU$1 for Black Tea or Green Tea and AU$2 for Milk Tea. I thought the price was quite reasonable. I chose Green Tea. The taste was quite similar with Pokka Green Tea.

The food itself had fresh taste and quite good. I want to eat there again, but when I visited the restaurant, it's closed when it's supposed to open. Now, it's already covered by used newspaper. I think it's already closed now. Too bad.

Note: Now it's opened again. Yaaay!

Which Beer?

I am a beginner in terms of drinking beer. There are so many brands in the bar and it's very difficult to choose. Here I present top ten beer based on their market-share in USA (data was taken in 2006):

Rank. Beer
 Market Share 
Company
 Introduced 
01. Bud Light
19.2%
Anheuser-Busch InBev
1982
02. Budweiser
12.0%
Anheuser-Busch InBev
1876
03. Miller Lite
8.6%
MillerCoors
1973
04. Coors Light
7.8%
MillerCoors
1978
05. Natural Light
4.2%
Anheuser-Busch InBev
1977
06. Corona Extra
4.0%
Cerveceria Modelo
1925
07. Busch
2.8%
Anheuser-Busch InBev
1955
08. Busch Light
2.8%
Anheuser-Busch InBev
1989
09. Heineken
2.4%
Heineken International
1873
10. Miller High Life
2.3%
MillerCoors
1903

Last time I went to a bar, I tried Carlton. Since February 2009, Carlton & United Beverage imports Corona to Australia. Last Saturday I saw Corona in Hitch (2005) on Nine (a television channel). I will try Corona later.

Source: CNBC

Friday, November 27, 2009

A Poster of The Invention of Lying (2009)

I saw the movie ads on a television channel just now. I thought the campaign poster was similar with another movie last year. I searched it and these are those two poster:


The Invention of Lying (2009)


Yes Man (2008)

I thought those two posters look similar:
  1. Both uses blue sky with clouds as the background.
  2. Both only view one person in the middle with similar jacket color, hand position, and face expression.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

A Man Sued The Maker of Lynx

Lynx, a deodorant product uses a unique and considered deceiving TV ads. Global brand for Lynx is Axe. Axe brands are used in several countries including India. Both Lynx and Axe are Here are some Axe or Lynx TV Ads.


Video 1 Lynx TV Ad (Australian version)

Some newspapers recently reported that Vaibhav Bedi, a 26-years-old Indian man sued Unilever (India branch) because no girl came to him after seven years using Lynx.

Some famous Australian newspaper agency reported the news, such as:
  1. Sydney Morning Herald - Missing Lynx Effect Sparks Lawsuit
  2. The Australian - After seven unlucky years, man sues for Axe 'failure'
  3. WA Today - Missing Lynx effect sparks litigation
Unfortunately, all of those are not available anymore and I could not get the caches. You can read similar news from overseas newspaper:
  1. Tempo Interactive (Indonesia) - Gagal Dapat Pacar, Pabrik Kosmetik Digugat
  2. China Daily (China) -  Missing 'Lynx effect' sparks litigation
  3. Daily Record (Scotland) -  Man sues Lynx after failing to pull in seven years 
After the news was tracked down, it was found that the news was come form an Indian Website. After I took a look at the website, it became clear and clearer to me the reason behind the disappearance of those news.

The heading of the article in the Indian Website is "Unable to attract even a single girl, frustrated man sued Axe". Picture of Axe TV Ads in the website is an Axe TV Ads from Indonesia starring an Indonesian actress, Asmirandah.


Video 2 Axe TV Ads (Asmirandah version)

So, you understand about typical Lynx or Axe TV Ads. It's usually about a man that is approached by a girl or some girls because he uses Lynx of Axe Deodorant. Knowing this fact, it makes sense that one day someone will sue Unilever because it is hardly possible. Regardless of that fact, the news come from an Indian Website. The name of the website is "Faking News" (here is the article). Here is a note from a part of the website:


Picture 1 About Us in Faking News

The name of the journalist that write the news is Pagal Patrakar. It is an Indian name in Indian language. It was said by American Broadcasting Company (ABC) that in English, it means: Crazy Journalist.

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2737707.htm