Movie review = American History X

First of all, I would like to say sorry to you guys because I didn't wrote about 'Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa'. To be honest, I haven't watched the movie yet. But, I wrote a review about a movie named 'American History X'. I'm sure some of us had watched this movie. It was so popular in the year of 1998. It is an American drama film directed by Tony Kaye and starring Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo and Avery Brooks.

The film was released in the United States on October 30, 1998 and went on to gross over $23 million at the international box office. Critics mostly praised the film and Edward Norton was given an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. It was also named by Empire magazine in September 2008 as the 311th Greatest Movie of All Time.

The film tells the story of two brothers, Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) and Daniel "Danny" Vinyard (Edward Furlong) of Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California. Both are intelligent and charismatic students. Their father, a firefighter, is murdered by a black drug dealer while trying to extinguish a fire in a South Central neighborhood of Los Angeles, and Derek is drawn into the neo-Nazi movement. Derek brutally kills two black gang members whom he catches in the act of breaking into the truck left to him by his father, and is sentenced to three years in prison for voluntary manslaughter. The story shows how Danny is influenced by his older brother's actions and ideology and how Derek, now radically changed by his experience in incarceration, tries to prevent his brother from going down the same path as he did.

At the end of the story, Danny was shot to death by a young black student. When Derek arrives, he cradles his dead brother in his arms. The film ends with Danny narrating part of his paper, in which he quotes the conclusion of Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address: "We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature."
(source: wikipedia.org)

Danny (left) and Derek (right)

Before i watched this movie, I thought this movie is all about fighting, gangsterism, and racism. At the end of the story, I found out that this this movie brings so much moral values, despite of the violence. This story tells us that there is no point to be racist. And we should love and take care of our family no matter what happens. It's a great movie to watch...

"To Cheat, or Not to Cheat"

Cheating is a bad thing to do. Everybody doesn't like a cheater. Don't matter if what we're doing, try not to cheat. Try to be honest to ourself and then we can be honest to everyone else. The person that always cheating will make it as a habit. They will found out that cheating is fun.

But sometimes cheating can turn ourself into trouble. As a student, many of us always cheat on our assignments and works. But if we cheat in our examinations, it will be a serious offence. If we get caught, we will be expelled from the university.

If you cheat in a relationship, you will hurt the other person. Nobody wants to be friend to cheater, right? To me, cheating is not a crime. But, why do we must cheat? We must be honest to ourself. It is a sin if a Muslim cheating... So the best way is, not to cheat...

My Top 5 Awesome Things...

There is so many things that are awesome to me. Here i share only 5 of it...

#1 Own a first ride.

The moment that got my first ride. Don't know how to describe that feel. So thrilled, i guess. And of course I am happy! That bike is very popular back then, during my secondary school. I was at form  4 at that time. This bike has a lot of memory with me. And i will never sell it, unless if u offered me a million ringgit.lol...

#2 Swimming, Eating, and Sleeping...

After swimming for a long time, our body will become extremely exhausted. And we will definitely feel hungry. Then just eat and go to sleep. Wow... It is so relaxing. But sleeping after taking a meal is not good for our health, right?

 

#3 When a girl ask for your phone number or give her number to you...

Yeah...feel a little surprise... Just smile when thought about that. But it is awesome!

#4 The feeling when you had completed playing a computer game

A truly satisfaction when u had finished playing a computer games for a long time till the ending. Awesome...

 #5 Holiday Break

Happy because no pressure. All the work had done, and you're thinking of what to do the next day of holiday. Everyday will be filled with enjoyable things.

Skateboarding!

Salam and hello everybody! Today i want to share about skateboarding. Why? Because i found out that this is an interesting activity! Oh, extreme sport actually. I'm sure some of us had already experienced skating. Roller-blades or ice-skating also uses this concept. It's like surfing on the ground. Skateboarding is the act of riding and performing tricks using a skateboard. The person who skate is most often referred to as a skateboarder. In the life of skateboarding, he or she is called a skater.

Skateboard

What is a skateboard actually? Well, skateboard is a short board with two small wheels at each end, which you can stand and ride on it. The board where's the skater stands on it is called deck. Deck is usually made of maple wood, a hard wood that can stands a lot of pressure. On the deck, there's a griptape sticker stick to it. Griptape is similar to sand paper. So that the skater gets a lot of grip on the deck. The steel below the deck is called truck. And finally there's four wheels at the side of each truck. And of course got a set of bearing in the wheels. Very simple, isn't it?

 
Skateboards can be played at street, skate parks, or vert ramp. Vert ramp is a U-shaped ramp to perform special movements such as jumping high into the air. Back in the old days, the king of vert ramp is Tony Hawk. Sounds familiar with that name, right? That guy even had his own skateboarding game called 'Tony Hawk Pro Skater'.

Skate Park

Vert Ramp

 
Skateboarding is a fun activity. When we skate, we can forget all the things that bothering us. All the problems disappeared at the moment we skate. It's like you're living in a different world. The excitement is astonishing. Just feel the adrenalin rush when you jump and performing a trick. Once you managed to land, just feel the satisfaction. Phew! Its amazing...

Rodney Mullen

There are so many professional skater out there but my all time favourite hero is  a guy called Rodney Mullen. He is a legend. I love his skateboarding style! He had invented his own weird and crazy skills. He always came out with extraordinary tricks. Can anyone do a hand stand on a skateboard? Oh yes, he can. He can even dance on his skateboard. In the world of skateboarding, Rodney Mullen is called the godfather due to his creative tricks and incredible skills. Here's a video of Rodney Mullen. Enjoy!

Students must vote during the 'Students' Election' because....

 

Students must vote during the 'Students' Election' because everyone that lives in a community have rights to choose who will represents them as their voices. Before the election day, the candidates will gives their manifesto. It makes us easier to decide who we're going to vote for.

It is important to vote during the 'Students' Election' is because not all the candidate's manifesto satisfy us. So, we must choose the one who we like. And choose the one who can make a difference. For an example, Syed is one of the candidate. In his manifesto, Syed said that he can improve the wifi speed at Desasiswa Al-Razi. If Alex wants to protest about the super slow speed of hostel's wifi, by the election time Alex will vote for Syed because he knew that Syed is the person who can solve the problems.

In Islam, every muslim must vote during election day. Yes, compulsory. It is a sin if a muslims doesn't vote or doesn't choose the person to be their leader. We must vote during election day.

Finally my advise is, don't vote a candidates because they are handsome or gorgeous. Instead, vote for the competent one.

Kites

It's a bird? It's a plain? No, it's a kite!

During my free time, i used to go out and hang up with my friends. We usually had so many activites together such as playing futsal, swimming, 'lepak' at the mamak stall, or even sightseeing. But one day, all of us just sit at the recreation park nearby the cape wondering what to do... And suddenly i saw a little boy running to fly his kite. I was wondering, when was the last time that i fly a kite? Maybe when i was 11 years old, such a long time ago! Then, me and my friends bought a kite and fly it. What a great feeling it was...

To be continued...

Great Leaders are not born, they are made

Leader is a person who directs or controls a group, organization, or country.  There's a huge responsibility rests squarely  on the shoulders of a leader. To be a leader, a person must have the leadership skills, courageous, intelligent, inspiring, ambitious, calm, imaginative thinking, dependability, and high self discipline.  So, not all men can be a leader.

Did you remember what i wrote in the recent post - 'birth order trait'? Nobody is born with such a great talent. There is no 'Superman' in this world. Maybe some of us are born smart or intelligent, but the gifted talent will not last forever if we just sit and didn't do anything. A leader is the person who train themselves as a leader, to be a leader. Great leaders worked so hard to get to the top.

Courage — not complacency — is our need today. Leadership not salesmanship. — John F. Kennedy

To be a leader, a person must have the leadership skills, courageous, intelligent, inspiring, ambitious, calm, imaginative thinking, dependability, and high self dicipline. So, lets train ourself to to act like a leader and to live like a leader. Because, a great leaders are not born, they are made.

Ok, these ducks were born as a great leader...lol