CICAK-MAN makes Malaysian cinema history

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This lizard's sure good at climbing ... the box-office charts, that is. Cicak-Man ("cicak" is "lizard" in Malay), Malaysia's first big-screen superhero, broke the opening-day record in the country by grossing RM350,000 on its first day of release on Dec 7. And just three days later, its gate receipt rose to RM1.15 million.

Official website

Star Online Malaysia article

The action-comedy is also set for release in Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia. The Cicak-Man promo tour is currently taking place, while KRU FIlms, which produced the film, has announced a 13-episode TV series as well as a monthly comicbook series.

In fact, there is already a cellphone game!

Cicak-Man is set in the fictional city of Metrofulus, where a scientist inherits superpowers after an accident involving a house lizard. It is directed by Yusry Abd Halim, one-third of sibling pop group KRU. The film has a few things going for it, namely star-power in the likes of the extremely popular (though not very good) comedian Saiful Apek, the novelty of it being "Malaysia's first superhero" and the first film to have extensive use of CGI and effects. It also has across-the-board appeal that has helped it draw audiences from all races (usually a difficult thing to do for Malay-language films in Malaysia).

The producers said a sequel had already been planned even before Cicak-Man was released. According to KRU FIlms CEO Norman Abd Halim, in an interview with Malay newspaper Berita Harian, Casino Royale, with 80 prints, only managed to gross RM600,000 while Cicak-Man, with only 40 prints, did half as good on only its first day.

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One day, it gets to be too much, so the guy grabs the bird by the throat, shakes him really hard, and yells, "QUIT IT!" But this just makes the bird mad and he swears more than ever.

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At first the guy just waits, but then he starts to think that the bird may be hurt. After a couple of minutes of silence, he's so worried that he opens up the freezer door.

The bird calmly climbs onto the man's out-stretched arm and says, "Awfully sorry about the trouble I gave you. I'll do my best to improve my vocabulary from now on." The man is astounded. He can't understand the transformation that has come over the parrot.

Then the parrot says, "By the way, what did the chicken do?"

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A: The porcupine has the pricks on the outside.

Q: What do you call 400 lawyers at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean?
A: A great place to start.

What's the difference between a good lawyer and a great lawyer?
A good lawyer knows the law. A great lawyer knows the judge.

Q: What's the difference between a lawyer and an onion?
A: You cry when you cut up an onion.

Q: What is the difference between a catfish and a lawyer?
A: One is a bottom-dwelling, garbage-eating scavenger. The other is a fish.

Q: What do you throw to a drowning lawyer?
A: His partners.

Q: If u laid all the lawyers in the world end 2 end, how far would dey reach?
A: Into the pocket of the next one.

Q: How do you get an attorney out of a tree?
A: Cut the rope.

Q: How can you tell when a lawyer is lying?
A: His lips are moving.

Q: What do lawyers and sperm have in common?
A: Theyre both squirmy,both live in slime,& only 1 in 250 million
accomplishes anything worthwhile.

Q: What is the difference between a lawyer and a leech?
A: A leech will drop off when its victim dies.

Q: What do you have if three lawyers are buried up to their necks in cement?
A: Not enough cement.

Q: How does an attorney sleep?
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Special you

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sunshine and fun you are everything i luv all rolled into 1

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2mor + my whole life thru & ill think of u 4eva coz i think da world of U

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kind & 24/7 ur on my mind!

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u as much as I do.den I realise its because u r u!

there was an headcount of angels in heaven,pandemonium strucked discoverin dat an
angel is missin,pls call heaven &tell dem ure safe wit me,my sweet angel

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cos he knew id luv you the best!

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smile.Your loving face No1 will ever take your place

Media Al-jazeera-Israel plans more settlement units

The Israeli housing ministry has announced that it will build 884 more houses in East Jerusalem, an area that Palestinians want as the capital of their promised independent state.

"We will invite tenders for the construction of 121 housing units in Har Homa and 763 others in Pisgat Zeev," Eran Sidis, a ministry spokesman, said on Sunday.

Both the settlements are part of Palestinian territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 war.

Har Homa is built on Jabal Abu Ghnein in East Jerusalem.

In 1968 Israel unilaterally annexed East Jerusalem - a move that was condemned as illegal by the UN Security Council.

All settlements in both the West Bank and East Jerusalem are considered illegal under international law.

Ehud Olmert, the current prime ministers, has said he considers settlements blocs in East Jerusalem as part of Israel.

Palestinians angry

Palestinians criticised the housing ministry's decision, saying it undermines peace efforts.

"We strongly condemn this decision, which is a continuation of similar decisions to expand settlements that have never stopped," Saeb Erakat, the Palestinian senior negotiator, said on Sunday.

A statement from the office of Mahmud Abbas, the Palestinian president, called the decision a "dangerous threat" to the peace process.

It said the peace process "cannot advance without a complete and total halt to settlement activity".

The Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now also criticised the decision, which it said was part of a larger effort by the Israeli right to pre-empt the division of Jerusalem in a final peace deal.

"More settlements in Jerusalem will mean that the physical ability to have compromises between Israelis and Palestinians will be harder," Yariv Oppenheimer, the director of Peace Now director, said.

But Sidis, the housing ministry spokesman, referring to the occupation of East Jerusalem in the Six Day War, said: "These offers are being published for the occasion of Jerusalem Day [on Monday], celebrating the 41st anniversary of the reunification of the city."

Uri Lupolianski, the Jerusalem mayor, also defended the move, telling public radio it was necessary to address the "urgent need for housing for the Jewish population.

West Bank protests

In other news, hundreds of Palestinians, Israelis and international activists gathered outside the occupied West Bank village of Bilin on Sunday to protest against the extension of Israel's separation wall.

At least three people were wounded by rubber bullets and another eight were treated for tear-gas inhalation when Israeli troops dispersed the protest, the organisers said.

The villagers say they mobilised last month when the Israeli army told them it would confiscate some 2,500 dunams (620 acres) of land for the separation wall, which Israel insists is necessary to prevent attacks from the territory.