I watched the movie last Friday two weeks ago (25/05/2007) together with Artha. We watched it at Golden Village, Jurong Point. The show started at 1 AM. There were around 20 people that watched the movie. I guess not many people in Jurong West area were willing to watch the movie after midnight. (T_T)

Generally, I think the movie is mediocre great. Captain Jack Sparrow is still partially drunk. Although now he starts to hallucinate. Elizabeth Swann might won Oscar for ‘Heroine with the biggest shotgun hidden in her pants‘. As for William Turner, a surprising end is waiting for him. Not going to be a spoiler post here (^_^)/

Favorite scenes:

1. Elizabeth Swann disarmed herself. That scene is hilarious
2. Jack Sparrow talked to Capt. Teageu ( Jack’s father, a cameo by Keith Richards).
3. Jack Sparrow talked to Giselle and Scarlett. Jack’s words basically sum up all the lies that most men ever committed to their partner. Classic!!!
4. The battle scene Between Black Pearl v.s. Flying Dutchman. I think this battle is the pinnacle of the movie.

A few days later, Artha mentioned that after the credits there is an easter-egg scene. And we missed it. That night I was somehow quite disappointed with the movie and rushed out of the theatre.

And last Wednesday (30/05/2007), Yoga asked me whether I have watched Pirates of Caribbean 3. I answered ‘No’ because I was thinking to repay him back his treat (He bought me the ticket for Pirates of Caribbean 2). Also, I just recently receive my first pay check from NTUC Income. So a small treat to a friend shouldn’t be a harm, right?

We watched the movie at The Cathay. To my surprise, I enjoy the movie better than the first time. No more conundrums after watching the movie. So if you think Pirates of Caribbean 3 is confusing, watch it again 🙂 And make sure you are not watching the after midnight show time.

So what’s with the title of this post? Back at Square Zero? Well, only those who have watched the movie know what it means =P So go get your movie ticket! (^_^)

I was tagged by Pieter Marbun yesterday.

The Rules:

* Players start with 8 random facts about themselves.
* Those who are tagged should post these rules and their 8 random facts.
* Players should tag eight other people and notify them that they have been tagged.

Eight random facts about me:

1. Born in a village called Mojowarno. Mojowarno is a combination of two words, Mojo = is a kind of unedible fruit. Warno=Colour. The naming might be related to Mojopahit, a historical kingdom which was located relatively near to my village.
2. Frequently mistaken as Filipino (^_^) In reality, I am a pure breed Indonesian Javanese (Well I can’t really say I’m pure breed since I never test my DNSA. Although I know exactly my lineage up to my great grandparents. All of them are Java programmer nese. (^_^)/ )
3. Loves spicy foods
4. Wanted to become a pirate. But turned off by Pirates of Malacca Straits. These pirates are neither cool nor savvy. They are just purely violent criminals.
5. Lamb Chop with Black pepper sauce is probably the most frequent food I ordered in any food court
6. The eldest of 4 brothers. That movie very unlikely to be inspired by me and my brothers 😀
7. Believes in afterlife. Although I am in constant fight between good and evil (T_T)
8. Procrastinates frequently =P

I shall continue to pass the tags to:

1. Made Adi
2. Gede Artha
3. Adhi Wibowo
4. Haqi
5. Brett Mckay
6. Culture Shiok!
7. Lisa
8. Karen

Keep it going …..

On 18th May 2007, Tanmoy commented on “How To Kill MS Excel Process Started by ASP.NET”.

Initially on denial (^_^)/, I finally have time to investigate the issue. Tanmoy actually got it correctly. So I created a new GUI demo on how to correctly kill a particular Excel process.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Excel;
using System.Diagnostics;


namespace ThreadingGUI_01
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            ApplicationClass app = new ApplicationClass();
            if (app == null)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Unable to Open Excel");
            }
           
            app.Visible = true;
            _Workbook wb = app.Workbooks.Add(XlWBATemplate.xlWBATWorksheet);
            this.listBox1.Items.Add(app.Hwnd);
        }

        private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (this.listBox1.SelectedIndex >= 0)
            {
                Process[] procs = Process.GetProcessesByName("EXCEL");
                int selectedExcel = (Int32)this.listBox1.SelectedItem;
                foreach (Process p in procs)
                {                    
                    if (p.MainWindowHandle.ToInt32() == selectedExcel )
                    {
                        p.Kill();
                        this.listBox1.Items.Remove(selectedExcel);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Thanks to Tanmoy (^_^)/

Download the Project here.