Pick Up Lines From Movies

During the bedroom cleaning process, I stumbled upon Youthspeak, the TJaP's monthly tabloid focusing on students. The March edition is about poems, rhymes and even pick up lines found in movies. Then, I did some googling and found more. Since I love pick up lines, I just want to share them here. Enjoy!


"You know the sort of girl who doesn't sleep with a man on a first date?  Well, I'm not one of those." - Emma Thompson to Jeff Goldblum in The Tall Guy, 1990.

"Let's get married and if that doesn't work out we'll live together and if that doesn't work out we'll date." - Randy Quaid in Lightning, 1996.

"Well, I'll tell you the truth now.  l ain't a real cowboy, but I'm one helluva stud." - Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy, 1969.

"How about coming up to my place for a spot of heavy breathing?" - Walter Mathau to Carol Burnett in Pete 'n' Tillie, 1972.

"Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?" - Robert Benchley to Ginger Rogers in The Major and the Minor, 1942.

"I used to live like Robinson Crusoe, shipwrecked among eight million people.  Then one day,  I saw a footprint in the sand, and there you were." - Jack Lemmon to Shirley MacClaine in the Apartment, 1960.

"I gotta warn ya, every man I've ever gone out with has been ruined."
"Well, that's what they get for messing with my girl."
(Annette Benning and Warren Beatty, Bugsy, 1991)

"You came back to this bar to see me tonight, didn't you."
"What if it wasn't you I came here to see tonight?"
"Well, ya’ got lucky."
(Paul Newman and Charlotte Rampling, The Verdict, 1982).


“Oh man…do you have change for a dollar? All I’ve got are these stupid Nepalese coins.”
“You've been to Nepal?”
“Not in months. I don't know why I bought the damn place.”
(Matt Dillon and Cameron Diaz, There’s Something About Mary, 1998)

"You know, when you blow out the match, it's an invitation to kiss you."
(John Gilbert to Greta Garbo, Flesh and the Devil, 1926)

 

“Rhett, don't. I shall faint.”
“I want you to faint. This is what you were meant for. None of the fools you've ever known have kissed you like this, have they?”
(Clarke Gable to Vivian Leigh, Gone With The Wind, 1939)
“When I think of why I make pictures, the reason that I can come up with just seems that I've been making my way here. It seems right now that all I've ever done in my life is making my way here to you.”
(Clint Eastwood to Meryl Streep, The Bridges of Madison County, 1995)

“God. You're a real live outlaw!”
“I may be the outlaw, but you're the one stealin' my heart.”
(Gina Davis and Brad Pitt, Thelma and Louise, 1991)

"I love that you get cold when it's seventy one degrees out; I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich; I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts; I love that after I spend a day with you I can still smell your perfume on my clothes, and I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."
(Billy Crystal to Meg Ryan, When Harry Met Sally, 1989)


"I have crossed oceans of time to find you."
Gary Oldman to Winona Ryder, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 1992)

"Swoon. I'll catch you."
(Ralph Fiennes to Kristin Scott Thomas, The English Patient, 1996)

“Your eyes are amazing do you know that? You should never shut them, not even at night.”
(Oliver Martinez to Dianne Lane, Unfaithful, 2002)
 

Source: here and here      

Jakarta, Before And During Earth Hour

Check The Big Picture to see the other cities during the 2011 Earth Hour. The cool thing is we simply click on the image to see it fading to darkness.

Zamrud Khatulistiwa*

A beach in Tanjung Bira, Sulawesi. Love the cloud:)

There is no better way to know Indonesia, with its dozens of thousands of islands, than to explore it. What is the best way to do it? Two journalists decided to spend one year traveling the archipelago using motorcycles. One is Farid Gaban, a noted journalist with around 25 years of experience covering international events. The other, 20 years younger than Farid, goes by the name of Ahmad Yunus. 

Read more about their adventure here. Or here to read the article my colleague wrote.

The website is in Bahasa. I hope there will be the English version soon, so that more audience get the message. Anyway, the photos are amazing. Indonesia's nickname is the emerald of the equator, I guess it's because everything is blue and green here:). Enjoy!

Sumatran elephant taking a bath in Aceh

Diamond found in Martapura, Kalimantan

Underwater beauties in Raja Ampat, Papua

Seeing the photos makes me longing for holiday *sigh*.

* means The Emerald of The Equator

Father-Daughter Moments

M&D leave each other's side when they're visiting my grandmother. I guess it's the adult way to have me-time. It is during the absence of my mother that I realize how funny my father is.

Below are excerpts of conversations I had with D when M was away.

#1. Eating
Me: What do you want for breakfast?
D : Nothing. I'll buy it at a nearby food stall. Or I make it myself.
Me: Noodles? Omelette? Fried rice?
D : No, I don't feel like eating anything now. Maybe later. (He's a picky eater)
Me: Okay.
(Then I cooked something for myself. A few minutes later I sat and ate.)
D : Hey, what's that?
Me: Oh, this is the chicken M left for us in the fridge.
D : That looks good. How about if you make another one like that?
Me: Sure (Aha, now I know how to make him eat!)

#2. Watch (or being watched by) the TV
Situation: D watched a boxing match. I was doing something, so I walked between the kitchen and the living room.
Me: Are you watching this?
D : Yes.
A few minutes later, I found D sleeping on the bench. I switched to another channel.
D : Hey, why do you change it? I'm watching. (suddenly wake up)
Me: Okay (switched back to boxing match)
--This conversation would take place again every 10 minutes

#3. Sleeping
Me: What are you planning to do today?
D : I don't know. There's a keroncong practice this afternoon. But I don't feel like going.
Me: Why? Just go. I'm sure you'll have fun with your friends.
D : I want to sleep at home.
Me: If M is here, you can sleep at home. But if she's not home, why don't you meet your friends?
D : If she's here, she'll be complaining when she sees me sleeping. I can sleep better when she's not around.

#4. Texting
Situation: I saw D holding the cell phone, it seemed he just send a text message to M.
Me: What did you say in the text?
D : I said that "it is safe and spacious here". Hahaha (the devilish kind of laugh)
Me: Well, I guess she feels the same too about being away from us.
D : Hmm, you're probably right. (staring at the cellphone)

Concert For Japan

Hello, sweeties! What are your plans this weekend?

I'll be working on Saturday, alas. But if you are free, you can come to a charity concert for Japan on Saturday night. Click on the picture above for details.

Another event on Saturday is the monthly movie screening in Erasmus Huis. This month, the movie is Eep, about a couple raising a winged child. Hmm, I think I can leave office for a few hours to see this movie:).

I'm also curious about Magnum Cafe in Grand Indonesia shopping mall. If I've completed all household chores on Sunday, perhaps I'd go to this cafe. Ice cream never fails to cheer me up:)

Have a great weekend!

It Pretty Much Sums Up My Feelings Lately

(Source: here)

Playing With Photos Around Petak Sembilan*

Warning: post may contain shameless self promotion photos.

I may be born and grew up in Jakarta, but I always find interesting things from the city that make me goes,"Oh wow, I didn't know this part of the city." There are parts of the city that are changing and evolving, while other parts are keeping its tradition.

Anyway, two weeks ago I went to Glodok area with Peeyutz to find Lautan Mas, a store that sells diving gears. The store is located on Jl. Toko Tiga. So we took a busway ride and got off at Glodok shelter. 

From the busway shelter, we were supposed to find Jl. Pancoran before heading to Jl. Toko Tiga. So we asked a guard on the busway shelter how to get to the street. His response? "But Pancoran is on Jl. Gatot Subroto." Hmm, that's Pancoran subdistrict, not Jl. Pancoran. In Pancoran district, the names of the streets are Jl. Pancoran Barat, not Jl. Pancoran.

If you're a Jakartan, be honest with me, do you know that there is a street named Jl. Pancoran? Don't be embarrassed to say you don't know, because I also learned about the existence of Jl. Pancoran that day.

Another busway officer told us to walk through the market and the soft bridge and then turn left. As we walked along the shophouses, we noticed that an alley was adorned with lanterns. The alley was teeming with activities, vendors carrying their products, people going shopping and motorcycles passing through.

"Excuse me, what is the name of this alley? Is this Jl. Toko Tiga?" we asked a vendor nearby.

"Oh no, this is Petak Sembilan," the vendor replied.

We decided to take a quick look on the alley and took some photos. Glodok area is the Chinatown of Jakarta, so the decoration of the alley is dominated by the color of red.

You can feel how fast the people are moving there by noticing the guy in the brown shirt in my background. In the first photo he was looking to the left, then in the second photo he already picks up some boxes and poof, he is out from the third photo.

Petak Sembilan is actually famous for the various eateries. But we had to find to shop, remember, so we got back to the rows of shophouses again.

I really like walking along the shophouses again. There were so many vendors selling unique, cheap and (usually) not useful stuffs but I often found myself glancing to their goods.  

Back to our purpose of visit to the area. Did we find the shop? Let's take a look at the next photo.

Yes, we did! Did we buy the wetsuit? Well, Peeyutz did. She bought a very nice Mares wetsuit, worth Rp 1.2 million, thanks to 40 percent discount. The real price was Rp 2 million! Argh. I need to save money first.

Anyway, if you need wetsuit and other diving gears, Lautan Mas will hold the sale until March 31. The shop will close down at 5 p.m. Or if you want to have more option, there will be an exhibition on diving equipment in Jakarta Convention Center between March 31 - April 2.

*Petak Sembilan means Nine Square. It is also called Jl. Kemenangan (Victory Street).