TRANSFORMER

We are on the top of the food chain.  Nothing can kill us but disease and us.  Last night I joined the world in a fight to save mankind.  We the world showed up to give support to our braves men and machines as they fight against a common foe.  We needed everyone and everything we got to fight against this enemy.  This something does not discriminate.  It will kill us weather we are black, white, brown, or yellow.  We had enemies that destine to destroy us and wipe us out of our existence.

So we put up the fight.  We applied ourselves using what we’ve learned since birth of humanity.  We showed up with the best technology available.  We had the battleship, war planes, tanks, guns, and big guns.  All seemed to be like tossing a bunch of ants into a flame.  It all turned out that we needed the best weapon we got, ourselves.  We needed knowledge and wisdom.

It seemed Hollywood is the last stand against evil thus far.  Hollywood seems to be the best University to attend for just a small fee.  If we can get people at attention without interrupting for one, two, or more hours to deliver the message, if that is what it will take, we will continue our work.  Transform two times, Terminator three times, ok?  We are bringing GI Joe in August and we are bringing the Avatar next years.

At the end of the film a lot of us clapped our hands.  Last night we united in harmony under one roof and we won another battle.  All of us went home in peace.    I can only imagine what the little children got out of this movie.   Parental guidance has always been suggested not restricted.

Pieur Nong (For You)

The Band has not yet go on tour to promote their new CD. There is a talk of planning a tour.

I interpreted the song and posted it on youtube (for those of you that don’t understand Lao).  I hope you just listen to the music and forget about the video quality.  I am pretty bad at creating one.  Ha ha…I hope everyone enjoy the Chitpanya band’s Pieur Nong (For You). It’s sweet love song. I would recommend this song for a wedding or a special occasion. If you are a fan of Lao music, you can help promote this new CD by writing to the Chitpanya Band yourself.

The Legend of the Shadowless Sword

New Line Cinema in association with CJ Entertainment, a Taewon Yedang Entertainment Production: The Legend of the Shadowless Sword.

Master swordplay, epic battles and stunning martial arts action kick into high gear in this fantastical adventure set in ancient Korea. 927 AD. The Killer-Blade Army has toppled the ruling dynasty, plunged the kingdom into chaos. The only remaining heir, Prince Jung-Hyun is living in exile, unaware of his family’s dark fate. Still loyl to the dynasty, the beautiful and deadly warrior Soha sets out to find Jung-Hyun and guide him to become the great leader he was born to be. But with the Army’s greatest assassins and the criminal underworld hunting them, Soha and Jung-Hyun are swept into an explosive nonstop battle of swords, wits and bloodshed as they to reclaim the fallen throne.

At the end of the movie, after all said and done, the prince led his Army to the gate of Balhae. Before he put on his battle helmet, he turned to his soldiers and makes a speech. “We were robbed of our castle…our land…and our country. They even invaded our capitol…and changed the name of the palace. Our people have died. They beseech us to recover the valuable things they have lost. So, in this battle…we are not going to falter or fail! We’ll continue to fight. If our swords break, we’ll fight our hands. If we have no strength left, our eyes will pierce the enemies. If our eyes get plucked out…we will cry to the heavens about their sin. We’ll let them know…that they can never take anything away from us. This castle will once again be named Holhan Palace…and we will restore our country!”

He then turned toward his enemy and cried out, “Charge!!!!!”

The film ended there. The script came up after that scene:  Finally in the year 928 East Georan reverts back to Yodong. After that New Balhae and Junghan are established. These two are considered the descendants of Balhae.

The film is rated R for violence, supplemental material not rated.  I say that was a good Block Buster pick. I often hesitate when it comes to Asian martial film.  I hate to run into that same ole mumble jumbles.  Making the wrong choice would mean “Waste”.    This movie was fun to watch. I like their costumes designs. Each scene is highly prep and decorated with a good back drop.   It really showed they paid attention to details.  The extras are so funny looking, they’re the type you don’t see often in movies.   The martial is good not too much.  The delay of death is cool, the blood squirt and burst out shooting in different direction? Groovy awesome.  It was like, okay?  This is something new.    The over all production is great.  The actors and the actresses fit the part in the movie. In comparison to the Last Samurai, I would say that this movie is stronger in creativeness and artistic. The fight sequences are something new.   The Korean product is taking over the market: car, television, music, food, fashion, and film.

This is how movies should develop into.  Human drama is forever.  A movie that’s entertaining at the same time shows human quality is what I got out of this whole thing not the hatred and vengeance.   Guys, lets continue on this route.

Silly Love Song of the Day

I was tired of my lady, we’ve been together too long.

Like a worn-out recording of a favorite song.

So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed.

And in the personal columns, there was this letter I read.

If you like pina coladas getting caught in the rain,

If you not into yoga, if you have half a brain.

If you like making love at midnight in the dune of a cape.

Then I’m the love that you’ve looked for.

Write to me and escape.

I didn’t think about my lady.

I know that sounds kind of mean.

But me and my old lady had fallen into this same old dull routine.

So I wrote to the paper, took out a personal ad.

And though I wasn’t no body’s poet,

I thought it wasn’t half bad.

Yes, I like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.

I’m not much into health food. I am into champagne.

I got to meet you by tomorrow noon and cut through all this red tape.

At the bar called O’mally’s, where we’ll plan our escape.

So I waited with high hope, then she walked in the place.

I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face.

It was my own lovely lady, and she said, “Oh, it’s you.”

And we laughed for a moment, and I said, “I never knew,”

That you like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain,

And the feel of the ocean, and the taste of champagne.

If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape.

You’re the lady I’ve looked for, come with me and escape.

If you like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.

If you’re not into yoga and you have half a brain.

If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape,

Then I’m the love you’ve looked for, write to me, and escape.

Yes, I like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.

I’m not much into health food, I am into champagne.

I have got to meet you by tomorrow noon, and cut through all this red tape.

Hong hab Kak

A long time ago a nice couple in a Lao Kingdom said to the other one, “Honey let’s call this room, hong hab Kak.”   The other one replied, “Sound good to me!   What else can we call it? It’s to receive them.”   The thing a bout Laotian and naming is there is a history to everything.   A long time ago we received a lot of Kak.   Kak is what Laotians described a person who supposedly came from the Continent of India.   Hong is a Laotian word for a room and hab is to receive. So hong hab Kak is literary a “room to receive Indians” or a guest room.  Like most homes in the world, a Laotian home would consist of a praying room (since we are mostly Buddhists, bed rooms, living room, dinning room, kitchen, bathroom, and a guest room (hong hab kak).   It is customary for Laotians to host their guests with pride and dignity offering their guests quarter and all that good stuffs.

The story goes that a lot of Indian people come to visit the Laotian people to trade, exchange culture, and what not. They normally came in some type of envoy, their “truth and non violent” way.   They always have a good reason to visit especially with the leaders. The Laotian always had to be prepared to receive these out of town and country guests.   They dressed up their hong hab Kak to impress the Kak.   “We have got to show them we got culture too,” said great great great granny.   Nowadays, to receive a kak simply means to receive a guest, any guest.

Laotians often joke around, “Oh, you came as Kak today?”   The statement means “You came as a guest today?   This saying refers to a person who came to a function or an event as a guest.   Some people can say this in joking way or even in sarcastic way to their close friends who always come over to eat but never help prepare the meal.   You may have heard some people say, “Kak boh mee nuat” meaning Kak without a beard.   This usually refers to a Laotian who acts like a Kak. A Kak to Laotians also means a guest or a dignitary of a sort.   Today, “Mee kak si ma” means “We will be receiving guests today”.

What is your hong hab Kak looks like?