Muhammad

i'm currently sinking my nose into this book, Muhammad by Martin Lings. i've been a moslem all my life yet not a single book about The Prophet i have finished reading. there's a saying in my country which goes like "if you don't know, then you don't love". so better late than never i guess.

This book, which was written based on original sources, was named the best biography of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in english at the 1983 National Sirat Conference in Islamabad.

i'm excited about the book, the review said that Muhammad was beautifully written and easily understood. it's probably just like reading a novel, a very good one. which is a good thing, because many of the religious books in the market are too stiff or too smart for me :D

good gone bad

this is one of those good movies that probably only 1 out of 100 people know about (hehe is the exaggeration too much?).

Equilibrium is a sci fi movie about a new reign that emerges in the future earth after world war 3 happened. one of its high-rank-officer (played by Christian Bale) disagree with the system, so he triggers a revolution.

the casts are overall good. i'm a huge Christian Bale fan, and he doesn't let me down in this movie (well he doesn't disappoint when it comes to acting). his acting was intense, plus he looks soo good in those uniforms..yum. plus again, he's quite proficient in the fighting scenes. the other actors are Sean Bean, Emily Watson, Angus McFadyen and Taye Diggs.

the fighting scenes are superb, i would't say the best fighting scene on screen, but it certainly has originality. plus they invent this new martial art style, the gun-kata, which is a flowing technique of gun fighting in close range for more efficient and effective effect. kinda the mix of gun fighting and asian martial art.

i read somewhere the movie took US$ 20 mills to produce, but only made US$ 1.19 mills in US grosses. it spent only about a week in the theatres. lack of publication? lack of screens? it's such a great movie. what the hell went wrong?

shame.

beautiful life

this is one of the best books i ever read.
it reminds me of what's important in life and what's not.

a beautiful book indeed.