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on mind power

"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." - the Alchemist. the Alchemist is written by Paulo Coelho, a roman catholic supposedly, with some history of involvement with satanic group. (according to wiki) one of the main figure in the story is a king named Melchizedek. sounds familar ya. it's interesting how books like the Alchemist and the secret quotes bible in one way or another. one of the most interesting verses in bible in this context would be genesis 11:6. having seen the men building tower of Babel, God said: "and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do." another verse from Proverb was famously quoted by the book 'as a man thinketh', but as far as bible interpretation is concerned, the verse was simply misinterpreted. in new testament we will see many quotes from Jesus' teachings that basically says that as long as you believe, you can ask for anything and it will be gi...

Transformers 3: Gift of the Boss

Haven't reviewed movie for a while, and haven't been watching many summer blockbusters either. i did watch some entertaining Thai movies with ika in Jkt tho. Thais are really good at making comedy and horror movies. it helps as well that they got some good looking stars to work on. Laddaland and Loser Lover that we watched on my last trip to Jakarta were quite interesting, and I love Blitz' seats to bits. It is better than Cathay, and definitely much better than GV. Transformers 3 was the last movie I caught here. The special effects, actions, CGs, are near-perfect for summer blockbusters. Not much morale of the story though. Well.. if anything worth taking notes, it is the lesson NOT to praise your male boss in front of your boyfriend. And NEVER accept your boss' gift, especially if it's a super luxurious sports car. Not to mention that it's decepticon. Coz it's equally unwise to praise your lady secretary in front of your girlfriend. Accepting her gift? Yo...