.. to omoimasu

Never thought that I’m one but yesterday’s experience showed me that I’m not as strong as I thought I am. I was on my home, on the usual bus. You know how buses in Jakarta are like; stuffy, cramped, with the usual performers and hawkers getting on and off (you have them all the time you don’t usually pay attention to them). Yesterday’s performer was not the standard type however, very out of the ordinary that you WOULD at some point notice him. He was some kinda a street magician, a debus performer to be exact. You heard me right, debus, the mystical art of Banten. He did stunts like chewing on shards of glasses and then threw them out, and for the main attraction he -get this- slit his arm with a shard of glass (gasp). Needless to say, all the while he was making all those slits I was looking the other way.  I mean, I was already rattled enough when I saw a paper he pulled out of his pocket was blotted with blood here and there. There’s just no way that I’m watching him cutting himself.

I really don’t understand the logic of him thinking that we’d give him some money for his stunts since I don’t think you can’t call that entertainment. Instead of entertaining us it freaked us (well, most of the female passengers) out.. No way in hell I’m paying for something that freaked me out. Ergo through this episode I found out that I am faint-hearted when it comes to real-life blood.

Thinking back, he should stop those stunts. I mean, what if he has hepatitis or something? He might pass it to a passenger who got into contact with the blood.

I was gonna rant on the outrageously bad “Halloween II” but on second thought I don’t think it even deserves my rants. ^^ I’ll just say this, spare yourself (and your wallet). DON’T watch it. Unless you want to know what a BADDDD movie is like. If it weren’t for the association with the Halloween series, it would have been a straight-to-video one. Seriously, it’s THAT bad. Now, even though I said it didn’t deserve my rants I did rant a bit on the movie so I guess I’ll continue this post to rant on my sworn enemy.

I used to hate people who smoke in public places so much I never thought I’d see the day something replaces them in my heart (halahh..). Turns out living in Jakarta has introduced me to the lowly species that is motorbike riders. I HATE them. I REALLY HATE them. I HATE them with all my heart. And if you’re a pedestrian in Jakarta then I’m sure that you will agree to at least some of what I’m saying.

Motorbike riders in Jakarta showed me that THEY, and not smokers, are the most selfish creature in this whole world, my world at least. I’m sure every pedestrian has had a rider honking him from behind when walking on the walkway. I’m sorry, I thought walkways are meant for pedestrians. Are you walking? No, you’re not. SO WHAT’S WITH THE HONKING??!!!!

Riders also NEVER stop even if they’re going to run into something. They don’t stop even if it seems they’re gonna collide with a car so there’s just NO way in hell that they’d stop for a pedestrian. As I mentioned before , I’ve had riders barely avoiding me at the intersection DURING THE RED LIGHT just because they won’t hit the brake. I’ve even had a rider actually running me over EVEN THOUGH I WAS CROSSING AT THE ZEBRA CROSS!!! Fortunately I survived the accident (dengan memar di sana-sini bak korban penganiayaan) with my head and all four limbs intact. Masih inget aku, motor kawasaki ninja (sedikit curhat ^^).

Yang bikin lebih sebel lagi, motor kalo nyelip-nyelip suka-sukanya aja. Tapi kalo dia kesenggol marah. Eh monyong!! Macam jalan neneknya aja dibikinnya.. Jujur, kalo ngeliat kecelakaan (yang 90% korbannya motor tentu saja) aku udah gak ada kasian sama sekali ngeliat pengendara motor yang jadi korban. Bukan apa-apa, kemungkinan besar he brought it upon himself.

I know, I know, not all riders are like that. But due the VERY HIGH frequency of my meeting an ass**** rider, I’ve adopted the principle “guilty until proven otherwise” ato kalo dalam bahasa Indonesia, “praduga bersalah”. Kalo elok laku dia, barulah aku menganggap “Oh, ini orang. Bukan pengendara motor.” kehkehkehh

No offense to riders reading this. Sukur-sukur pengendara motor yang baca ini agak bertobat dikit. Kalo ada orang lagi nyebrang dikasi lewat. Gak suka ngebut dengan motornya yang saking ributnya kayaknya kalo diukur mencapai desibel 100. Ato kalopun kelakuannya gak berubah setidaknya abis nabrak orang ada lah kepikiran dikit..

Watched the pilot episode of psych and I think I’m gonna watch the rest of season 1. It has its cliched scenes here and there but the story was interesting (bizarre is more like it I guess) and (the most important thing) funny without trying too hard to be funny. It’s not sitcom funny mind you, more like a one-hour series that has humor blended into it, like “Monk” (though I don’t like “Monk”). Which, reminds me of “How I Met Your Mother”, zealously promoted by a friend of mine. I gave it a try and turned out it’s just one of those run-of-the-mill sitcoms. The jokes were stale and the scenes felt too scripted. Or maybe I’m just past that age to watch sitcoms (mang ada?? )..