Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Zeus, Poseidon, Hercules, Athena, Aphrodite. Do you remember those names?!.. Yupp, they are the God and Goddes according to the ancient Greek myth. Well, there is more.. such as Perceus/Percy, Luke, Annabeth? Ring a bell? Guess not… they are the Demigod, half-human and half God, they are the offspring of the God with their human wife/husband.
This story tells us about the adventure of Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman), Poseidon’s offspring, Groover (Brandon T. Jackon), a Saythr and Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario), Athena’s offspring in their conquest for the saving of Percy’s Mom from Hades (Steve Coogan), God of the Underworld. It all began when Zeus (Sean Bean), God of the Sun and Poseidon, God of the Sea involved in small dispute up in the Empire State Building asking who might have stolen the Lightning Bulb which is the most powerful God’s weapon created by Zeus. All along Zeus suspected that it was Percy who had stolen it. This has created a quarrel between Zeus and Poseidon. Zeus ordered him to bring the Lightning Bulb back before the War between Gods begin, a.k.a, the end of the world.
On the other part of the story, Percy just found out that he was one of the Demigods, for instance he able and like being in the water for a very long time, has the ability to cure himself by having water and most of all his ability to control the water. He was being protected by Groover all along. Hence, when trouble comes, this is when a Rufy and a Minotaur hunted him in order to get the Lightning Bulb, he was instructed to be at the Demigod’s camp, where there were plenty other Demigods. (Yupp, apparently God or Goddes often come to the earth to make out with human, hehehe.) In that camp Percy was taught on how to fight and develop his ability by Mr. Brutner (Pierce Brosnan), a Centaur who along the way told him about his background. On this camp is where he met Luke, another Demigod, Hermes’ offspring, who kind of helped him in bringing his Mom back from Hades lair in the Underworld by giving him a Treasure Map of the Three Magic Pearl location and also the Underwold location. He also gave him the Magic Shield where in it the Lightning Bulb being hidden by Luke all the time. So now, you have figured out who is the bad guy here.
In his journey of finding the pearl he, Annabeth and Groover met with Medusa (Uma Thurman), also with a five-headed beast in Nashville, a Lotus seduction in Las Vegas casino and also with Perseipon (Rosario Dawson), apologize for my lack of knowledge in spelling the God’s name. She was kept by Hades in his lair forever and have tried to escape from him forever,. Apparently she is one of the good guys.
In the end, there is a happy ending, where he could have his Mom back and get a chance to talk to his father, Poseidon, who had left him when he was only 7 months old.
Overall, this movie is one of the “just-ok” category movie especially when you are a kind of person who digs an adventure, myth, fantasy and also special ability/power type of movie.. And most probably there will be a sequel of the movie that I might look forward to, just to have a leisure time with my wife.
One tips: you might want to browse and learn again the Greeks Gods and Goddess myth before you go to the movie

From Paris With Love

This movie tells about the newly recruited secret agent, Reese (Jonathan Rhys Myers) who is working for the United States Ambassador in Paris. Part of him being the Ambassador’s personal assistant, it turns out that he has been recruited as a secret agent by the U.S Department of Defense. His first job was to change a license number of an operation car that will be used by a more senior secret agent. He successfully nailed that easy job. His second task was even harder; he got to set a bug/ recording device at office of the Foreign Minister of France while at the same time attending a meeting along with the ambassador, after several attempts he finally set the device.
Now, the real action began when he was told to pick up Charles Wax (John Travolta) at the custom’s office in the airport who turns out to be the best secret agent who was sent to wipe-off terrorist chain in Paris. His slogan was Wax-On, Wax-Off. All the guns fire, butt-kicking action and bomb blast comes after he joined him finishing the tasks. The action happened at the Chinese restaurant, which turns out to be a kokain dealer spot, Chinese factory, slumdog apartment, rooftop, highways, and almost everywhere.
Here we could see that the newly recruited, Reese, still has the beginner’s nerve breakdown while holding a gun, and even to make his first shot, who in the end belongs to his fiancée.
Overall, it was a good movie, filled with action and blast, and some jokes during the assignment and recommended for the action-thirst movie goers.

Kampung Sawah - Soreang

Some people might ask, “Why do you have to go that far to find something to eat?” the answer is simple, when it comes to foods and restaurant; we will go to China even. Yes last weekend we went to Bandung to visit my parents in law. At the same time, it was my sister in law’s birthday; hence for the birthday brunch we decided to go to Kampung Sawah which is located somewhere before Soreang, it takes about 1 until 2 hours of driving from Bandung city. Yet the trip was paid off, as soon as we arrived there we were greeted by the vast rice paddy field and a traditional Sundanese restaurant. The view was great; Next to the restaurant was a water park and swimming pool compound. At the middle of the restaurant you could see a fish pond where the owner of the restaurant farms his fish.


After finding our seat, we ordered the menu and this time we felt like having a fried chicken, satay udang, fried calamari, and cah kangkung for our lunch and of course some drinks. While waiting for the foods to arrive, we opened the birthday cake and made a small birthday bash for my sister in law.

Apparently it did not take a long time for the food to arrive, yet another thumbs up for the service in the restaurant.
Afterwards, there was only small noises of nyam, hmmm, huhaah, due to the deliciousness and spicy of the foods. Another good stuff is the playing area for the kids, starting from Ayunan, Perosotan, Jungkat Jungkit, etc. and also other necessary facilities, such as musholla and a clean toilet.
After spending 2.5 hours of eating and relaxing there, we went back to my parents in law house with the feeling of satisfaction, full, and relaxed.



How to get there:
From Bandung city, find a way to Kopo area, through the Jalan Sayati, and go straight until Soreang, make a left turn at the Soreang/Banjaran intersection. It is only 15 – 20 km from Jalan Sayati until Kampung Sawah location, which is 30 minutes to 1 hour of driving depending from the traffic
The price is cheap, yet the foods were great. It is recommended for a family lunch trip, if you were looking for something different.