the true story of my probably insane quest to become a professional surfer by Sullivan McLeod

The writer made Pedro bought his book when Pedro met him in Australia. Hehe naughty guy. anyways, the book is damn interesting. McLeod is seriously funny. being a stand-up comedian, u can sense that he was just exaggerating some parts of it so that we can feel what he felt (or how lightly he thinks of it) that day, during his journey to become a pro-surfer.

his writing in present tense made me feel that i was with him throughout the entire holiday-surfing-drama-selfdiscovering journey. and if you are a newbie in this surfing thing, fret not, he explains everything in the annex at the back of the book. this flip that flip, lefthander, righthander, bodysurf, bottom-turn, charger, all that he explained it all in the book.

in a way, i find it hard to believe that he had to experience so much drama in his quest becoming what he thought he WANTS to be. i still wonder how could a person takes so many challenges, and be quirky or funny about it. i bet if i was him, i would just have broke down and lost my hair. (which i do these days of oppression).

friends and readers, if u are in need of self discovery and a push to your self esteem this is a book for you. it would somehow motivates you. Sully was frank of his ambitions, achievements and failures, and all that will make u feel that you are human after all, and dreams do come true, and is indeed doable if u persist. and if it doesnt work out at all, it is indeed not the end of the world, and there's more to this world than that one thing u pursue. you just haven't discovered it yet. so, cheers! ;)

lady chatterley's lover by D.H. Lawrence

sorry friends, i just couldn't get the exact cover of the book i read, but any cover will do kaan? :)

frankly, i was intrigued into reading this book was because i read lady chatterley's trial first, before reading this book. do u know that this book was ban in the UK, but was published bit by bit and with much censorship? due to its so-called vivid writing of sexual scenes between an aristocrat's wife and a servant? the trial lasted like around 40 years kot before eventually Penguin won the case to publish the book in full.

anyways, u can read that on the link. and my take on the trial was, it happened due to the culture then, the mentality then, the religious upbringing then, in the UK, of the conservative Christians.

after finishing the trial, i actually hunted for the book in Waterstone's. I bought it out of curiosity, apart from my thirst for classics of late. and believe me, you will be disappointed like me if u read about the trial first and not the book. with all the drama over the the publication of the book, i cant believe that the only vivid sexual encounter that i read was only twice throughout the book, and frankly the description of the encounter was so much with rasa terhormat, you didnt even thought that it was a sexual scene, and the man had ejaculated. lol.

but it's unfair for me for not giving the credit to D.H Lawrence for being daring, for being ahead of his generation in writing such scandalous book that gets published world wide and not the in UK. frankly if u feel like reading a totally dramatic forbidden romance, this is the book. and no, it wont give you that gooey feeling like u did when u read judith krantz, or any judith for that matter. hahaha.

my recommendation : read it if only you are interested in knowing what's the commotion behind the publication of a book after the writer's death. totally to fill your curiosity ;)

Love Life, Ray Kluun

Buku ni adalah prequel kepada The Widower. Tapi jodoh saya terlebih dahulu dengan The Widower, dah baca baru sedar, ada buku pertama iaitu Love Life. Pertemuan dengan Love Life sangatlah penuh cabaran. Tak kisah, akhirnya ketemu juga.

Buku ni, mengisahkan kepada kehidupan Danny dan isterinya, Carmen. Mereka hidup bahagia, dengan kehadiran seorang baby girl, Luna. Hidup mereka turut ditemani dengan rakan-rakan yang memahami, yang sentiasa berusaha untuk berada di sekitar mereka ketika diperlukan.

Carmen disahkan menghidap penyakit kanser. Dengan jangka masa yang terhad seperti diramalkan oleh Doktor, Carmen sentiasa positif dan mahu meneruskan kehidupan seperti biasa, dengan gembira bersama-sama kawan2 dan keluarga.

Danny walaubagaimanapun, mempunyai isu tentang monogamy. Tambahan pula dengan Carmen yang menghidapi breast cancer. Memang susah untuk mempertahankan monogamy. Carmen menyedari tentang itu dan cuba bertoleransi dengan perangai Dan. Dan cuba untuk merahsiakan semua tu tapi, sudah namanya isteri, semuanya terhidu, dan terbuka dengan sendiri. Dan, despite all of the bad things, tried his best to always be by Carmen's side.

Sehinggalah Dan bertemu dengan Rose, perasaan dia menjadi lain dan peliknya, dia boleh mengamalkan monogamy dengan Rose. Tapi masih tetap menyayangi Carmen.

Carmen berusaha dan berjaya membuat Danny berjanji untuk tidak curang sepanjang masa-masa terakhir Carmen. Masa ni, paling sedih. Mr. Kluun pandai sekali mengekspresi segala perasaan sampaikan I pun turut mengalirkan air mata towards the end of the book.

It is a usual story, tapi gaya penceritaan tu berjaya membuatkan ia lain dari yang lain. Menarik, deskripsi semua perkara adalah lengkap.

Sesuai untuk dibaca oleh husband2 yang susah nak monogamy. Harap2 takdelah di sekeliling kita. HUHU.

Sekian. :)