Sabtu, 04 Desember 2010

Our Famous Fellow Sagittarians Persona- part 2

Fellow fabulous Sagittarians, it’s amazingly fantastic for Miss Mocca to be on the same stars with you all. Shoot it!

1. Walt Disney

Mickey Mouse’s papa and the founding father of the land of magical and happiness. Guess Sagittarians blessed with joyful soul and just love to share it with the world.







2. Tyra Banks

Supermodel turns actress turns reality TV star turns talk show host. This over-achiever beauty has tried everything and no sign of slowing down. FIERCE!





3. Katie Holmes
There was a time on my “abege” years I used to put “Cruise” as my last name. And now “Joey” of Dawson’s creek who maybe once also play “the last name” own it for real, legally. As a fellow Sagittarian I couldn’t be any prouder for never give up her long teenager’s huge crush dream. Bulls eye, Katie!






4. Samuel L. Jackson
A bad-ass! We play with bow and arrow of course we have that killer insticnt in our blood. Mr. Jackson here is the perfect killing example. With you on our side, other signs must think ten thousand it they wanna mess with us.



5. Jane Austen
Okay, confession. I only read her book through numerous romantic chick-drama movies. But her romance vibe stab me right through my chest. Somehow British people never failed to impress me.







6. Gael Garcia Bernal

Forgive me, father for I have weak for a good-looking guy. To make it worst, this one is Sagittarian. Make it even more hard to avoid his sexy Latino persona on the big screen.





7. Jonathan R. Knight
Helloo...he’s one of the New Kid on the hottest Block in the 90’s. Jordan may charm us with his falsetto, the cutey Joey may make all the girls scream like a maniac, but Jonathan...oh Jonathan he always be my favorite kid. Calm, cool, and that shy-smile makes me scream louder than any girls at their concert in Jakarta back on the 1990’s. He surely got the right stuff! Ooo...ooooo!

Our Famous Fellow Sagittarians Persona- part 1

Mr. Frapu secretly and openly got a bruising-brutal crushed on ‘em:


1. Julianne Moore

A fine-featured redhead, Julianne Moore moved to New York City in 1983, working as a waitress and performing in bit parts before achieving recognition in several independent films. Her outstanding performance in Boogie Nights (1997) brought her widespread attention and nominations for several major acting awards. At present, she is Bvlgari brand ambassador. Her last features, The Kids Are Allright alongside Annete Benning is predicted to gain her an oscar nomination for best actress.


2. Judy Dench

Dench has been on the British stage since the late 1950s, and in television and films since the 1960s. She was awarded an Order of the British Empire in 1970 and made a Dame of the British Empire in 1988 in recognition of her illustrious theater career, but it took high-profile film roles in the 1990s to make her an international celebrity.
In 1995, she took over the role of M (James Bond's boss) with the James Bond film series, starting with GoldenEye to Quantum of Solace. Next year, she will appear alongside Johnny Deep in Pirates of Caribbean 4 : On Stranger Tides.


3. Sammy Davis Jr

Born into a vaudeville family, Sammy Davis, Jr. was dancing onstage by the time he was four years old. He grew into a genuine song-and-dance man: an expert tapdancer, crooner, impressionist and all-purpose entertainer. He's best remembered for his high-energy years in Frank Sinatra's so-called Rat Pack, appearing onstage and in movies like Ocean's Eleven (1960) with Sinatra and Dean Martin. He was nominated for a Tony award for his lead role in the Broadway hit Golden Boy and was a frequent headliner in Las Vegas. Davis's interracial marriage to Swedish actress May Britt in 1960 was a rarity for its day. They divorced in 1968. He married dancer Altovise Gore in 1970 and they remained married until his death. Davis lost his left eye in a 1954 car crash while driving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles and converted to Judaism in the mid-1950s. He was played by Don Cheadle in the 1998 TV movie The Rat Pack.


4. Dionne Warwick

Warwick was a pop and R&B music star of the 1960s and 1970s, particularly known for singing the songs of the composer-lyricist team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. (Her Bacharach/David hits include "Walk On By," “Don’t Make Me Over”, "Do You Know the Way to San Jose," "I Say A Little Prayer" and "I'll Never Fall In Love Again.") In the 1980s she collaborated with Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder on the Grammy-winning single "That's What Friends Are For," a fundraiser for AIDS victims.
Dionne Warwick now lives in Brazil. Warwick first visited Brazil in the early 1960s and has become so entranced by the South American country that she has bought a home there and has studied Portuguese. She’s the cousin of Whitney Houston.

5. Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi has appeared in more than 80 films, but he is best remembered for playing creepy criminals such as Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs (1994, by Quentin Tarantino) and Carl the kidnapper in Fargo (1996, by the Coen brothers).
Buscemi, a former New York City fireman (1980-84) broke into films with a leading role in Parting Glances (1986). During the '80s and '90s he earned a reputation as the "king of the indies" for his many appearances in small, independently produced movies. Buscemi usually plays squirrelly, "funny looking" guys (especially for Adam Sandler) and has appeared many times in movies by Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, as well as films by the Coen brothers. The kind of actor who makes even small roles memorable, he has also appeared in mainstream blockbusters such as Con Air (1997, with Nicolas Cage), Armageddon (1998, with Bruce Willis) and The Island (2005, with Ewan McGregor), Desperado (1995, starring Antonio Banderas), Airheads (1994), Tim Burton's Big Fish (2004). Buscemi has also done voice work, including Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001), Monsters, Inc. (2001, with John Goodman), Monster House (2006) and Charlotte's Web (2006, with Julia Roberts). Besides being a busy actor, Buscemi has directed television shows and feature films, including The Sopranos (2003; he also played the character Tony Blundetto) and Trees Lounge (1996). Currently, he landed the lead role in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire in 2009.

6. Benjamin Bratt

After several years of small roles in movies and on TV, Benjamin Bratt made his name in the late 1990s as lean and hunky detective Reynaldo Curtis on TV's Law & Order. He left the show in 1999 to work in feature films, playing clean-cut straight men in movies such as Red Planet (2000, with Carrie-Anne Moss), Miss Congeniality (2000, starring Sandra Bullock) and Steven Soderbergh's Traffic (2000, with Benicio Del Toro). Once dated Julia Roberts but happily married to actress Talisa Soto. He received critical raves and surprised fans in Love in the Time of Cholera (starring Javier Bardem). Wish to see him more.

7. Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle was nominated for an Oscar as the heroic hotel manager who sheltered refugees in the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda. Cheadle was already one of the busiest character actors of his era, appearing in movies such as Boogie Nights (1997, with Mark Wahlberg), Bulworth (1998, with Warren Beatty), Traffic (2000, with Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Swordfish (2001, with John Travolta). Cheadle started out in television in the early 1980s, picking up a regular role (1993-95) as district attorney John Littleton in the series Picket Fences. His breakout movie role was as the hair-trigger chum Mouse in the Denzel Washington film Devil in a Blue Dress (1995). Handsome, thoughtful and intense, he began working his way toward leading roles as the 21st century arrived. In 2010, Cheadle assumed the role of James Rhodes in the film Iron Man 2, replacing Terrence Howard, his Crash co-star. He also was appointed, "U.N. Environment Program Goodwill Ambassador

8. Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg directed many of the top-grossing films in Hollywood history, including the blockbusters Jaws (1975), E.T. (1982), and many more.
Over the next 20 years he grew into the most successful movie mogul alive. His directing credits include hits like Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981, co-produced by George Lucas), the cuddly-alien flick E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, the dinosaurs-on-the-loose classic Jurassic Park (1993), and War of the Worlds (2005). Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jurassic Park each spawned two sequels and are among the most lucrative film series of all time. Spielberg's huge box office successes have allowed him to make more serious films as well, including The Color Purple (1985), Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998) and Munich (2005). In 1994, with fellow Hollywood moguls Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, he founded the studio Dreamworks SKG; the company was sold to Viacom in 2006. Spielberg went many years without winning an Academy Award, but he broke through with best director and best picture Oscars for Schindler's List, given in 1994. He also won a best director Oscar for Saving Private Ryan.

9. Judd Apatow

Comedy go-getter Judd Apatow is a producer, writer and director who found mainstream success with The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005, starring Steve Carell). A childhood spent studying comedians led Apatow from New York to California when he was just out of high school. After years of doing stand-up, writing jokes and hustling TV and film projects, he produced The Ben Stiller Show (1993). He produced the 2004 Will Ferrell comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and after that it was sunny skies and smooth sailing. Known for lacing lowbrow boy humor with chick-flick sentiment, Apatow's string of box-office hits includes Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006, producer only), Knocked-Up (2007, starring Seth Rogen) and Superbad (2007, starring Michael Cera and Jonah Hill, with Apatow producing but not directing). He was once Adam Sandler's roommate.

Super-fab Sagittarius



Hoorahhh...the most wonderful moment of the year is here again! Not only the world turns into festive m
ood and merry and deck the hall thingy-it’s because tis our month! Many happy returns of the day to us!

Well, before “PLUR” was the essential way of life, we–the genuine Sagittarians-constantly and persistently practice them everyday. We have a positive outlook on life, full of enterprise, energy, versatility, adventurousness and eagerness to extend experience beyond the physically familiar.

We enjoy travelling and exploration, the more so because our minds are constantly open to brand new dimensions of thought. We generously spread the sunshine all over the place and optimistic, and continue to be so even when our hopes are dashed. Plus, our strongly idealistic natures can also suffer many disappointments without being affected.
Sagittarius is considered an extrovert sign and governed by the planet Jupiter. It is also a fire sign and are considered to be compatible with other fire fellows such as Aries and Leo (to be honest, we can get a long easily well with others). We are honorable, honest, trustworthy, truthful, and sincere, with a passion for justice.

On the sunny side we are:
- Optimistic and freedom-loving
- Jovial and good-humored
- Honest and straightforward
- Intellectual and philosophical

The gloomy side of us:
- Blindly optimistic and careless
- Irresponsible and restless
- Tactless and bothered with details
- Dislike being constrained
- Hate off the wall theories

As a tribute to our zodiac, we handpick several personalities that we are lovingly admired and cherished.

Stay tune ...

Minggu, 21 November 2010

COVER UP ! Mr. Frapu Edition

One of my greatest fat-free, guilt indulgence is listening to the ear-friendly cover version over the monsoon, unpredictable weather. Hope it shall give us a new level of understanding and appreciation. Let me turn up a few good ones and share them ...



1. Sway – Rosemary Clooney & Perez Prado
Because it becomes the opening theme of Repo Men – a futuristic thriller flick by Jude Law. Original mambo at its best!





2. I Want You – Madonna & Massive Attack
A soulful signature Motown-ish tune turns into a semi-noir composition and still retain a hauntingly seduceful vocal. Marvin still approves. Guaranteed.






3. La Vie en Rose – Pascal of Bollywood
This timeless repertoire reinterpreted and revisited with a dish of Indian flavor. Imagine tandoori and curry fine dining in the stylish Cafe de Flore. Melting pot should sound like this!







4. Aksi Kucing – White Shoes & The Couples Company
Dear Warung Shanghai Blues .... this should be your in-house anthem!








5. C’est Magnifica – Kay Starr

What’s not to like Cole Porter simplicity yet majesty-honesty-reality: “When love comes in and take you for a spin o la la c’est magnifica .... When every night your love want hold you tight o la la c’est magnifica .... But when one day your love want drifts away o la la well it’s so tragica ... But when once more he whispered j’tadore c’est magnifica




6. I’m In The Mood for Love – Jamiroquai
Jay Kay flexes his acid jazz modus operandi into a sun-drenched, up-lifting reggae arrangement.







7. Cry Me A River – Dinah Washington
Because the swingin’ Miss D delivers it from the heart.








8. It’s Only A Paper Moon – James Taylor

Easy and classy. Full moon panorama is only an optional.








9. That’s All - Eliane Ellias
São Paulo-born, Manhattan-based pianist Eliane Elias performs this brush-stroked ballad and gonna touch the inner you. Elias’ pretty pianisms complement her breathy Portuguese/English contralto. Dear Oom Peter Gontha, please bring her back next year at Java Jazz Festival stage.




10. Wishing on a Star – Paul Weller

A standard, strictly female “longin’ for lover come-back tune” becomes surprisingly and refreshingly masculine ... thanks Paul!







11. Over The Rainbow – Melody Gardot
The story of how Melody Gardot overcame the effects of a near-fatal accident to become one of the vocal sensations of 2008 is not the most extraordinary thing about the 23-year-old Philadelphia singer-songwriter. It is simply that here is a voice in a million; one that touches the soul. It would take a heart of stone to remain unmoved by the poignant classic, an irresistible, Brazilian take on Somewhere Over The Rainbow. And when the song is over, the Melody lingers on . . .

12. Mercy Mercy Me (Ten Piedad de Mi) – Ottmar Liebert

His ability to take a melody, weave a fine tapestry and time seems to stand still...









13. Nobody Does It Better – Radiohead
One of the coolest song ever - being twisted and inspire the listener to be uplifted and reflective in equal measure.

Songs – Under Cover. Miss Mocca Edition

“Nothing’s new under the sun,” said a wise man. But that doesn’t mean life will bored you to death. Thank heaven for the restless-musical soul for giving a new beat for these ones used-to be hit songs. Hit it!

1. The King of Pain – Alanis Morissette

As the kid of 90’s I didn’t know this song was a cover version of Sting’s song. It was so now back then when Alanis sang it on her accoustic album.





2. If I Ain’t Got You – Maroon 5

Suprised to see this tune on their new album, Hands All Over. It’s soo...Alicia Keys and no American Idol’s female contestants could ever nail this song. But bam! Adam “melancholy bad boy” Levine bring it and sing it like a broken hearted white chicks. I feel your pain “sista!”




3. Take a Bow – Lea Michelle (OST Glee)

I’m not a big fan of Rihanna and this song. But when watching Rachel Berry sang this song whole heartedly on one episode of Glee...this song get stuck in my head. You really put out quite show, miss Michelle.


4. Cherish – MYMP

This filipino duo never fail to soothed me with their cozy accoustic tune. Their version one of Madonna’s hits on the 80’s sounds yummy and cherry.






5. Always be My Baby – David Cook
I gasped when David Cook sang this song on season 7 American Idol. Mariah Carey’s buble gum hits suddenly sounds like a heartful love song written by a desperately in love heartfelt guy.





6. L.O.V.E – Joss Stone

Short. Simple. Powerful. You just fall in love with Joss’s strong voice.









7. Your Song – Ewan McGregor (OST Moulin Rouge)
Did you see the movie? Did you see Ewan’s expression when he sang it to Nicole “the courtesan” who he fell for at the first sight? Oh how wonderful life is...







8. Pergi Tanpa Pesan – Sore (OST Berbagi Suami)

I’ll tell you what you shouldn’t do when you play this song. Stay away from sharp objects or any deadly liquid.






9. Fire – Des’ree & Babyface

It’s a sexy sexy sexy duet! You couldn’t resist their lusty chemistry when listening to every beat of this cover version of Bruce Springsteen’s song.





10. What it feels like for a girl (OST Glee)

A girl’s song cover by a bunch of Glee hunky guys? Waw! After all this is not just some random girl. It’s Lady Madonna’s.

Minggu, 07 November 2010

Miss Mocca’s line of action

“Words it’s all I have to take your heart away”, said The Bee Gees. Just like these brilliant words; line from some of my favorite movies. The right things to say at the right moment and stuck forever in my head.

1. To ‎love is to burn to be on fire (Sense and Sensibility)

As the high-spirited Marianne Dashwood said to Ellinor Dashwood, her uptight elder sister.








2. The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to ‎love and be loved in return (Moulin Rouge)

As said the tortured writer, Christian.






3. ‎Love is like oxygen! (Moulin Rouge)
I still have trouble breathing everytime Ewan McGregor said this line.


4. Religion is flawed because man is flawed (Angels and Demons)

This is explain all the hatred and mislead religion fanatic out there.





5. You are the butter on my bread and the breath of my life (Julie & Julia)

Deliciously romantic!






6. Instead of telling our young people to plan ahead, we should tell them to plan to be
surprised (Dan in Real Life)
This line is by far the best justification for my unplanned life.





7. I’m also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her (Notting Hill)

Julia Roberts begging for love...and we-the hopeless romantic movies addict-totally buying it! Awesome...awesome line!





8. If you find someone you’re in love with who’s also your best
friend, wouldn’t that the greatest benefits? (One Tree Hill season 3)
Give new deep-meaning to the term “friend with benefits”.







9. If god is a DJ, he’ll be on this station (The Boat that Rocked)

May god bless this hard rocking boat and all the cool crew! Rock on!

In The Line with Mr. Frapu

It’s only a line – but it lingers into my mind thoroughly. Sometimes, it helps me to relate the old-school adage “everything happens for a reason” thingy. At other times, it acts as a sparkling pearl of wisdom.

Here’s my favorite movie quote ...

1. You are not a regular. You are a spectacular (Jack)

2. Life can be difficult sometimes ... it gets bumpy with family and kids and things does not
exactly the same as we intend to be but that what makes it interesting (Grown Ups)

3. In life first act always exciting – second act where the depths comes in (Grown Ups)

4. I love you but I love me more (Sex and The City the movie)


5. Pray is telling God what’s in your heart and asking Him to help you with it
(Letters to God)

6. Maybe the absence of signs is a sign. (Serendipity)
7. The most beautiful place to be is in love (Stealing Beauty tagline)

8. Well, nobody is perfect (Some Like it Hot)

9. Scarlett : I only know that I love you.
Buttler : That’s your misfortune (Gone with the wind)

10. Be careful what you wish for (Coraline tagline)
11. You don’t get 500 million friends without making a few enemies (Social Network tagline)
12. Passion. Ambition. Butter. Do you have what it takes? (Julie & Julia poster teaser)
13. May The Force be with you (Star Wars)