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There will be time when reading in sequence page by page just won't make any sense anymore.<br />
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This brilliant book is truly one of a kind as you can just pick it up, read a passage from any page you want and the next day flip another random page and it will make sense somehow. Personally, this book has helped me describe all those confusing, unidentified feelings I had in me very accurately. If The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho can help push you to follow your dream, this is the book will definitely help you survive yet another dark phase of your life.<br />
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It is simple yet poignant and the raw feelings described within just a few sentences can really make you feel like you're not alone - the author knows what kind of turmoil you're going through. If you're not into books then maybe you can check out the official blog of <a href="http://www.iwrotethisforyou.me/">IWroteThisForYou</a>.<br />
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To <a href="http://iainsthomas.com/">Iain Thomas</a>, thank you for everything!iNsOmNiAchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930464691857603603noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-55405876834754344232013-12-01T20:08:00.000-08:002013-12-01T20:09:27.320-08:00Wedding diaries<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is a nice book, funny and might be an adoption from a real life story, just maybe. </div>
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I found myself giggling to a lot of the sentences. It was funny, and the lead character is cute, even the names are cute, there were Kiki, Suse, Thom (of Thomas, of course) and Jim (I imagined Jim as a super nice and understanding guy friend), Greta, Eve, Rich, Zoe, Zac, Jacki, and Pedro? </div>
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It is a story of Kiki, an Editing Assistant at Polka Dot Publications something who is gonna have her wedding somewhere in August, a summer wedding nonetheless. I am not sure how to relate because i) obviously the culture is different, and ii) I have no experience in planning my own wedding (yet). But I think this book tells more than how crazy a girl could be when planning a wedding but it emphasizes more on family value, friendships, works related matters. </div>
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And even the most expensive wedding didn't mean it would last forever. Kiki found everything (she thinks) is good for her wedding, she found a nice venue, a long lists of invitee, a perfect dress, until, things some sort of fell, with her fiancé being fired, etc. </div>
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This book tells a story of how a marriage works in India. As we know there are so many casts in their society. What should marry what, when is the right time, a doctor to a doctor, rich to rich and there's also rich to poor people marriage.<br />
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Mr. Ali, the main character is a pensioner. He's bored and later he comes out with the idea to open a marriage bureau, more or less, it's a marriage agency.<br />
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People send in their application, and Mr. Ali will compile, arrange them according to the casts, religion, job, etc.<br />
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It was an interesting read. I have always love Indian culture I think. I love Hindi movie to start with. Mr. Farahad Zama also wrote in such a simple way.<br />
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Mr. Ali succeeds in arranging few marriages, and he gained a lot of attention and respect. There's always a woman behind a successful man... Mrs. Ali was illustrated as a content woman, patient, intelligent and kind. I love her.<br />
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I've never read the Pride and Prejudice but I love the movie with Keira Knightley and Colin Firth. So there, at least I could imagine how was Mr Darcy, his character and everything. </div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">It's interesting. And reading it made me felt the same excitement as watching the drama series. :)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">It's about how Carrie got to know her 3 companionship~ Samantha, Miranda and lastly, Charlotte...</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Apparently, it's Carrie who first got to know all three of them, and with her skill, she'd turned them all three of them (four later) into a click...</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">It told the story, a summer before Carrie was supposedly go to Brown, but she begged her father to let her take up a short summer writing course;</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Carrie, with the assistance from Samantha finally (so easy) got to adapt to the new environment (surroundings);</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">How she met Capote Duncan- I believe that his name was somewhere in the series..</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">All of the old stories on how was Samantha (which nothing hardly differ) and how Miranda was so feminist, and how polite and naive Charlotte was...</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">It's good (I did say it, right) for those who loves the movies/drama series....</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Oh, I wish there would be more sequel of it! :) </span></li>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I never imagined in a million years that a whimsical child’s fable could make me feel so downhearted. I can understand why this book was listed as one of the greatest classic. To a child, the fantasy about having a fren from outer-space is so appealing – this book has been used for elementary literature all over the world (err… except M’sia which I don’t quite understand why :p) and to an adult like me, the depth within the simplicity of the story is what captivated me the most.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is a story about a strange encounter, self-narrated by an aviator, whose plane crashes in the middle of the desert. While stranded there, attempting to fix his plane, he stumbled upon a fine-looking, small prince who claimed to be originally from Asteroid B 612 – a planet no bigger than a house. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Slowly, the aviator learned about the simple life of this little prince whose daily routines involved uprooting the baobabs & sweeping up his 3 volcanoes, how he loves watching sunset whenever he’s sad, and most of all how intensely in love he is with the one and only flower in his planet - the rose.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As the story unfolds, the little prince shared the story of his journey, all the memorable encounters he had with adults from other asteroid and finally how he landed on earth. The main theme of this story is how simple life can be if we see it thru the eye of a child and how we tend to complicate things as we grow older. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This book is somewhat like <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alice</st1:place></st1:city> in Wonderland - on a surface, it’s simple & appealing enough to be read by a child but if you really try to comprehend the meaning behind it, it’s mind-blowing how deep the message can be. I won’t be a spoiler by giving it all out to you, you should read it yourself coz you might have a different interpretation of the story as compared to mine. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But all I can tell you is, be prepared, you might need a tissue as this story has a bittersweet ending. And you’ll be surprised to learn how a simple tale like this can teach you a lot about life.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My fave quotes from this book: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #d9d2e9;">"One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye"</span> (On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux).</span>iNsOmNiAchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930464691857603603noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-53334841778875116182011-06-05T12:36:00.000-07:002011-06-05T12:51:15.574-07:00The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVevAKJIkoh7ZH-3RAejKpu0yB8keVsWGWcwVeHiPrp2cYjp9GwBSO8Il7BeMCYqGBvEK3evFzagIlxktNCSa7ice1VtEYcEr7Czm11IGOKH5uINt_iN5UHO8peoUympU3FSoZ3ZpsxOc/s1600/6708.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 208px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614822252286136290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVevAKJIkoh7ZH-3RAejKpu0yB8keVsWGWcwVeHiPrp2cYjp9GwBSO8Il7BeMCYqGBvEK3evFzagIlxktNCSa7ice1VtEYcEr7Czm11IGOKH5uINt_iN5UHO8peoUympU3FSoZ3ZpsxOc/s320/6708.jpg" /></a> if you are trying to figure out what makes you happy, or if there is anything that you should consider in order to make a better life, perhaps knowing the Power of Now would help you grasp the idea of enjoying the now.<br /><br />the book, frankly is not exactly an easy read. there are parts that would make you ponder hard, parts that would make you feel defensive, parts that would make you hopeless of what you are now. but then again, Mr Tolle writes so much truth in it, you would definitely be thinking, the man seriously has a point. and he must be right 'coz what he said was what happened to me.<br /><br />this book deserves to be revisited again and again, coz in life we experience different thing at a different time. and this book is better understood maybe in a different way at a different time.<br /><br />i must say, i love this book. it's an eye opener. it's thought-provoking. it demands a full attention from its reader. i dare you to read it. :)<br /><br />love from brussels.thinker bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377577067821660087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-64100577959048965582011-05-10T01:39:00.000-07:002011-05-10T01:41:59.391-07:00The Carrie Diaries - Candace Bushnell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Ri_39cnuJhJsgnPETiOGSsVG139gWhAEbyIRbAj1TM3qhtbEyuyXDdDjoP0SB5dN2PFLOhW-8hz-CRKn0Eh3MHg7LBDQnaO4ONDEb1yrU-KuThDiVleGARsBmnqUC9RqgQ9xO9_Xt5E/s1600/carries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Ri_39cnuJhJsgnPETiOGSsVG139gWhAEbyIRbAj1TM3qhtbEyuyXDdDjoP0SB5dN2PFLOhW-8hz-CRKn0Eh3MHg7LBDQnaO4ONDEb1yrU-KuThDiVleGARsBmnqUC9RqgQ9xO9_Xt5E/s320/carries.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I bought it for RM19.90 instead of RM89.90 at BookXcess, Amcorp Mall, PJ.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Basically it's about the life of Carrie Bradshaw pre Sex and The City. It's a teenage life. How she deals with her family, friends, boyfriends and enemies. It's high school. It's practically ala Glee where there's a popular group and the unpopular one.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Carrie kept her life in the middle, not so low, not so high until she met her childhood friend, who had transferred into a cute guy and apparently became the school heartthrob. He had been her boyfriend then. Usual things, Carrie got stuck up with so many friends' drama and anything, plus a discipline and full of explanation father, a troublesome sister, but lucky she's got one sister who always been the understanding one.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's an okay book. But as I am so into the series of course I like this book. :)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">I like the ending most, however.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">for more :<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carrie_Diaries"> here. </a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://lovelorn.tumblr.com/post/247910668/cosmoguyonline-the-carrie-diaries-revealed"><span style="font-size: small;">credit picture.</span> </a></span></div>cacahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109297815133292743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-471044180652167242011-04-12T01:15:00.000-07:002011-04-12T01:16:19.137-07:00For one more day-Mitch Albom<i></i> <br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><i>I've found this in my friendster's blog. <a href="http://aishahk.blog.friendster.com/2007/07/">Link asal</a>. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Macam biasa, karya Mitch Albom, sangat menekankan kasih sayang dan kekeluargaan. </div><div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Cerita ni berkisah mengenai Charley Chick Benetto…once a baseballer yang sangat menyerlah semasa zaman muda dia. Disebabkan minat dalam sukan baseball yang sangat mendalam, Chick sanggup berhenti belajar dan mengikut nasihat ayah dia dengan menyertai team pro untuk bermain dalam some sort of sport liga.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Selepas berhenti sebagai baseballer, Chick bekerja sebagai sales oficer..yang memang tidak kena dengan jiwa dia. Success was not always on his side, Chick rasa tertekan, started drinking…dan mula mengabaikan keluarganya… </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Wife Chick meninggalkannya dan Chick semakin tertampar bila his only daughter, Maria, tidak menjemput beliau ke majlis perkahwinannya. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Chick mengambil keputusan untuk take his own life (bunuh diri)…dan dia mengambil keputusan untuk kembali ke Pepperville Beach (his hometown) because he decided to end his life where he started it. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He’s got into an accident, but when he woke up to escape to his home, he was shocked to see that his mother, who died 8 years earlier, was there. So many things happened from the time he reached his home that night, most of them was priceless moment with his mother. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">These moment made Chick realized that there’s so much more to life, and there’s never too late to fix relationship with the families. Chick got to know many things about his father (who left the family when he’s about 9-11 years old). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Chick later woke up to find that he’s lying on the road (accident’s site) and he recovered to enjoy and to redeem his life, his time with families. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was a good reading. Mitch Albom… </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>cacahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109297815133292743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-38758668286239425902011-02-17T07:15:00.000-08:002011-02-17T07:18:10.518-08:00Tuesday With Morrie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqT7zVuA440pHeZYoEjT8U0fsfSBimaw7quCwmVRzLp-P9kSOdTp40aphXcl8t5HF5wv5k3Y-ErlrVhqvFr0BRAuJr0sesu-SkEZjpecN28p7CnOLjYLaeMjFMkId4QkhmKFmVvFqSqM/s1600/Crop-320x539.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqT7zVuA440pHeZYoEjT8U0fsfSBimaw7quCwmVRzLp-P9kSOdTp40aphXcl8t5HF5wv5k3Y-ErlrVhqvFr0BRAuJr0sesu-SkEZjpecN28p7CnOLjYLaeMjFMkId4QkhmKFmVvFqSqM/s320/Crop-320x539.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I believe you guys have heard or read about this book. Well, I just finished reading it, in Malay version. I read the original version while I was waiting for my friend at Border, The Curve some time ago. Hah.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This book was actually a thesis, done by Mitch and his beloved Prof. Morrie. His lecturer while he was doing his degree. It was a book/thesis discussing about life and what are important things about it. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mitch called him Coach, that was something to distinguish him from Morrie's other students, and while he was studying at the University (Brandies) he had always find time to spend with Morrie, to talk and discuss about everything. It was his way of escapism from the life which he thought boring. He thought when he's with Morrie, he was himself. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was 16 years after the convocation that he found out from a tv show that Morrie was sick. He started to keep in touch with Morrie and then the idea of doing the thesis came. They started to reminisce their old days, and started to discuss like they used to do. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mitch, while sharing Morrie's thoughts on life, couldn't help but thinking about how he had spent his life. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mitch came out with 13 ideas of topics to be discussed with Morrie and they met on Tuesdays to discuss everything on each topics.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This book was divided into few chapters each with a short and simple story, with pieces of Morrie's story from his life in between.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The way Morrie saw life was unique. He was positive and he brought love with him and shared with everyone around him. You'll feel the love when you read this, I bet. :)</div><br />
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p.s : good for pressie. <b><a href="http://pts.com.my/index.php/buku/tuesdays-with-morrie-selasa-bersama-profesor-morrie/">here. here. here. </a></b>cacahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109297815133292743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-12321075988396128852011-01-31T03:40:00.000-08:002011-01-31T04:18:48.827-08:00Veronika Decides to Die<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXAY9mwHZB0ihnuG2_mzcn9PF_CH3kvAR49pv1RaBtShDCXuWqtmnm5xh_8NTnU7X4N19ECpHHQwhxkrwrlFwsYSbdDowCjw6I88snA20mAiyKDsgfXTtbrd5Clj0CScPbOIxuONx8w/s1600/VD2D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXAY9mwHZB0ihnuG2_mzcn9PF_CH3kvAR49pv1RaBtShDCXuWqtmnm5xh_8NTnU7X4N19ECpHHQwhxkrwrlFwsYSbdDowCjw6I88snA20mAiyKDsgfXTtbrd5Clj0CScPbOIxuONx8w/s1600/VD2D.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Initially I was quite reluctant to share this book with just anybody else as this book is so personal to me. But then again, the story is too good to be hogged alone so, here I am :) This book was introduced by a fren of mine who claimed that this story reminded her so much of me. And the fact that Veronika Decides to Die was also my first Coelho’s book, I just have to confess - I’ve read this book so many times before until I’ve lost count ;p</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">This book talks about life and sanity, what it feels like being the ‘mad ones’. Coelho’s interpretation of madness was spot-on lucid given that he himself has been admitted to the institution for 3 times when he was younger. So, he’s the most perfect figure to talk about this issue. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Okay, so the story revolves around a girl from a small town who seems to have everything figured out. She got a job, her own place, boyfriend, you name it. But just because she felt that she knows how & where her life is heading to (like few years down the road she’ll be married & then became a mother, she’ll stay at home & devote herself solely to her family bla bla bla…) she decided that it’s pointless to go on living since everything is so predictable. So on one fine day, Veronika decided to kill herself. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Allow me to digress a little, FYI it is common for most ppl who resort in to suicide to perceive suicide as the only way of having control over their life when everything else falls apart. What so cynical about Veronika’s story is, she has the control over all elements of her life but she bravely decided to change the course of her life coz she thought it was too conventional.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">But the twist to this story is, she survived her suicide attempt only to find out that she got only another 2 weeks to live (due to heart damaged caused by the overdose of sleeping drugs). She woke up in an institution called The Villete where she met a few significant characters – Zedka, who suffered from major depression, Mari who suffered from severe paranoia / anxiety disorder and Eduard the schizophrenic.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Learning the fact that she’s dying somehow gave her another reason to live life as she felt the helplessness of not having control over her predicted demise. And being among the mad ones has given her the freedom to do or say whatever she wants because there will be no more fear of being judge as well as the fact that she got nothing else to lose. For the first time in her life, Veronika wanted to live her life to the fullest.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">If I were to describe this story in a nutshell, I’d say it’s story about the fear of losing control, losing yourself in life & relationship as you grew older, and the more you feel like you’re losing it, the harder you struggle to liberate yourself.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">But that’s not just it, there is another twist at the end of the story, which is so mind-blowing btw, and I just gotta say this, Coelho has the most amazing talent in crafting the perfect ending for all his stories. So, watch out as I’ll do more reviews on Coelho’s other masterpieces.</div>iNsOmNiAchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930464691857603603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-53873012940888803472011-01-25T00:45:00.000-08:002011-01-25T00:47:01.679-08:00Orhan Pamuk - The Museum of Innocence (Part One)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDX0H5N5QCd_1aVEFUz02LoOvncI1rTgqCEYDqfBsx3ARF1oD_wdBE2CnQ5A3a-QQwjtG4ys3-cmclnQWKONlUsWn2wLAzpzfR6-VvEfoiXa2eT7-2Bk8SdJX6yww5Ns0_VAgbFHpMoAY/s1600/orhan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDX0H5N5QCd_1aVEFUz02LoOvncI1rTgqCEYDqfBsx3ARF1oD_wdBE2CnQ5A3a-QQwjtG4ys3-cmclnQWKONlUsWn2wLAzpzfR6-VvEfoiXa2eT7-2Bk8SdJX6yww5Ns0_VAgbFHpMoAY/s320/orhan.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Actually I still read it but I can't wait to review it (I don't finish it yet). :) Been reading it since few months ago. It's not a boring book but I can't help but falling to sleep each time I read it. :( </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's the story of Kemal, who had been in love (or so) to Sibel and about to get engaged to her. Until he bumped into his childhood friend, to be exact, the daughter of his mother's seamstress, Fusun. Kemal and Sibel both come from an elite and well known family so when Kemal thought he had fallen into Fusun, he didn't know how to react, and most of all how to tell Sibel about his feeling towards Fusun. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Later, after Kemal and Sibel got engaged, Fusun and her family were kind of shying away from the society. To make matter worse, Sibel, upon knowing about Kemal's affair, refuse to break their engagement but instead she sticks to Kemal for quite a long time. While Kemal, when lost his love (Fusun), was close to lose his job and life. He was so lovestruck and practically did everything to find Fusun. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
However, when he had found Fusun (after a year and few months), he would have to live with a fact that his girl had married another man. At that time, Sibel had gone out of his life as well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Basically this book was named the "Museum of Innocence" because along the story Kemal had described everything that remind him to Fusun and practically collecting them to be placed in that museum. I guess it is so. Because I have just read first half of it! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I don't know how it ends, but can't wait to finish it. :D</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>Till then, happy reading. :) <br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"></div>cacahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109297815133292743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-42429828661521144372010-11-23T17:59:00.000-08:002010-11-23T17:59:02.813-08:00Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznEun4alq8dZ-RpiQvCX6FGLbvS1NrxymiAPBRi70YidMQz44l5VVFkDq_6VciO9mU5PFGIUxQn62W2dNpNA-abpfrSOZoizsOdCn1vLrTpUtagpvBU07ve22BskouRiEda0mP23YXlM/s1600/lipstick-jungle-14689910.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznEun4alq8dZ-RpiQvCX6FGLbvS1NrxymiAPBRi70YidMQz44l5VVFkDq_6VciO9mU5PFGIUxQn62W2dNpNA-abpfrSOZoizsOdCn1vLrTpUtagpvBU07ve22BskouRiEda0mP23YXlM/s320/lipstick-jungle-14689910.jpeg" width="203" /></a></div>After reading the recent reviews from you guys, aku terasa sangat bimbo in my choice of book!:P But since the baby arrived my time to read has become almost non-existant, let alone to go and buy books (kurang la tax exemption aku tahun depan!) Anyway, this book has been collecting dust on my bedside table for the longest time, and when I went for a much needed getaway last month, baru la i got to finish it!<br />
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If you have been watching the TV series for this one and never read the book..you'd be a bit eh?! The TV series did not religiously follow the book. The characters are still the same (but i think Nico's husband's name is different and she has a daughter in the book!) You get my drift la kan?<br />
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Well..it's about 3 best friends in their early 40's and on top of their careers, living in New York. Makes me feel like I don't have to explain further to you guys cause the storyline is like any other chic lit, borderline cliche but still a fun read nonetheless.<br />
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Oh god!not helping at all am i??hahah! I have also read Candace Bushnell's other book - One Fifth Avenue. OK...confession..I only bought both books cause I wanted a complete collection of Candace Bushnell's work. To make my book shelf look pretty..*kantoi* (pasni nak beli Trading Up and 4 Blondes..somehow i can't find the Sex & the City book...)<br />
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Blame the bimbo in me! I secretly think we need to be one once in a while *wink*Sasha Sharifuddinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04414660216501418763noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-22805949293684804162010-11-22T07:32:00.000-08:002010-11-22T07:53:36.346-08:00Love Over Coffee<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjotRsxX7srG3XC2AFDCaFQZzZ7FMbO1mVzySg0dphnM9fXHgfO9WgaYQSFBPNeERMAZyxoqu8a3rU1S85XYwAFxvPsuKEU24Tok6D-7xTNYGyfQbZFhzPDZade6JfiYL6zYoMJx2zSWNk/s1600/DSC00756.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjotRsxX7srG3XC2AFDCaFQZzZ7FMbO1mVzySg0dphnM9fXHgfO9WgaYQSFBPNeERMAZyxoqu8a3rU1S85XYwAFxvPsuKEU24Tok6D-7xTNYGyfQbZFhzPDZade6JfiYL6zYoMJx2zSWNk/s320/DSC00756.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542402677023411970" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With the Indian culture and the IT development background, the story revolves around Anup and his love, Rajni. Nothing interesting but this book is quite funny. Anup, acts as a story teller , telling details about his colleagues, the closest which make them 4 as a gang. Each of the characters is different but with certain similarities that keep them bind together.<br /><br />Rajni, the girl, works in the same office, but different division. The love over coffee is about their secret meetings/datings at the office coffee machine. Few things happen in their work, which involve the office politics to the extent of leaving them speechless and the shocking truth, the love, the feelings, the comedies.<br /><br />It was like watching a Hindi movie-minus the songs.<br /><br />The relationship between Anup and Rajni is against their parents decision, as we could always predict in Hindi movie but they find the solution anyways.<br /><br />It's a good read, with good laugh here and there.<br /><br />It's quite boring in the beginning but it gets better once you understand and I found myself guessing and hoping what could have happened.<br /></div>cacahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109297815133292743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-7873753650402403902010-11-22T04:35:00.000-08:002010-11-22T04:45:25.414-08:00Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVCZ9yY_EOWW6xOyftwPTuLCLf-6FKSq0g-ThlY4h40B4v03Gz4RtB-3Bl5HZVkYMjctIKf0lN9wU0yixP92i1v6YRefJ9OA2fX4B0DhNg3rhipBDlC8XQ-gz5RmFRV7elun-2oZIzQ/s1600/Metamorphosis_Franz_Kafka.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542354133596869458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 182px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVCZ9yY_EOWW6xOyftwPTuLCLf-6FKSq0g-ThlY4h40B4v03Gz4RtB-3Bl5HZVkYMjctIKf0lN9wU0yixP92i1v6YRefJ9OA2fX4B0DhNg3rhipBDlC8XQ-gz5RmFRV7elun-2oZIzQ/s200/Metamorphosis_Franz_Kafka.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I came across Kafka when I was away on a foreign land and I have to admit that I’m not the type of person who can just pick up a book, read & rave about it. There’s a lot of convincing involved with this book :b But I have to be frank, when I stumbled upon this book, the timing couldn’t be more perfect. I was in a very awkward state of mind where I don’t mind ppl hating me coz I loathed myself even more kinda situation… *sigh* Long story, not worth mentioning…<br /><br />Ah-neways, back to Metamorphosis… This book tells a story of how a perfect man fell from grace & all his good deeds were completely forgotten when he somehow transformed into an insect-like monster. Gregor Samsa was the perfect model of a filial son – he single-handedly supported his family after his dad’s business fell short, he worked hard day in & day out to help pay the debts and never once he failed to be that gentle, sweet-natured son & brother to his mom & little sister. Gregor worked as a traveling salesman where he spent all his day on the road, never had the luxury to have his own personal life. He devoted himself just to his work in order for him to help out his family.<br /><br />This book tells in details of how Gregor coped with the overnight transformation, getting used to his bug-like physique and how he survived his remaining days as ‘the monster’ before he was left to die as an outcast in his own home. It also depicts the changes happened to his family member & how they cope with his bizarre transformation.<br /><br />Kafka was well-known for his peculiar style of story telling – he would write something so unthinkable yet convincing enough to make us drift away & delve further into the story. I shall not spoil the surprise by summarizing the whole story coz it will be a great insult to a book this amazing. And to think that it was written back in 1912 – it’s awesomeness. It’s definitely a must-read & I’m looking forward to get hold of other Kafka’s book in future.</div>iNsOmNiAchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930464691857603603noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-89457347873409007752010-11-02T01:49:00.000-07:002010-11-02T02:19:53.255-07:00Bedroom secrets of the master chefs - Irvine Welsh<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBtk7N3XZAgu26tM453fTc8eom3sg2ZicbZua6hFxX2zxg1GuLyVM3KYuXIUlwpmgtbmZpcAvGDQcAkC86extJycQaIaKNtbir8CvdYAOvduCOP9G_4r1QZXSKnF9zNCN8bEMYKHun38/s1600/16213.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 188px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534872717132432594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBtk7N3XZAgu26tM453fTc8eom3sg2ZicbZua6hFxX2zxg1GuLyVM3KYuXIUlwpmgtbmZpcAvGDQcAkC86extJycQaIaKNtbir8CvdYAOvduCOP9G_4r1QZXSKnF9zNCN8bEMYKHun38/s320/16213.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="justify">have u read any of palahniuk's writing? and haruki murakami's? and do you like them both? if you do, this book will suit your palate through and through. and if u have a thing for scottish accent or any new/foreign accent for that matter, this is definitely the book to read.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">frankly the title isn't a reflection of the content. it has no bedroom secrets at all to share with the readers. but the title has something to be shared with its main character, Danny Skinner. Skinner, a guy that does and has it all, drinking, womanising, flirting, ace-ing meetings, is a total opposite of Brian Kibby, whom he hates for just being his direct opposite.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">why did i say its a combination of palahniuk and murakami? coz Skinner's character was really bad-assed, and so rotten, u almost find it inhuman to have such hatred or disgust in his heart. funnilythough, it was human enough to have humanly thoughts when he was sober. But frankly, who amongst us never had such rotten thoughts in our minds? i must say i do. so perhaps it is a real reflection of impure thoughts that a person could have, and sometimes people dont need reasons for these kind of thoughts.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Anyway, along the way, there was some kind of curse happened between them and there it was, sounded as mysterious as any murakami's novel, and its adoration of Skinner's youth and its bad reflection only on Kibby, reminds me so much of Dorian Gray by oscar wilde. the book is a blend of all these.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">the book is really a twisted journey of Danny Skinner and Brian Kibby's life, and finding the real truth of themselves in each other. One could only guess what was happening between the two of them when Skinner fell in love with Caroline Kibby (Brian's sister) and was unable to have sex with her.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">p/s: why are all my posts have no spacing between the paragraphs eh? weird.</div>thinker bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377577067821660087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-49494439850338328602010-10-07T18:45:00.000-07:002010-10-07T19:09:25.829-07:00Jaja dan Din - Noor Suraya<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibXBhhW4tDfYhARlJ36ktTbhaCBnTnAtUoiZZsyqaop1wz_WehWdKrz9t1yEWrNk8epIScjFTNNtkf58MucRs4m2Yoh6dXjMphVny8EjxSDmBqDMxT0wUqz0PXHPtEWSrXGAmF3xjYZaM/s1600/jaj+dan+din.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibXBhhW4tDfYhARlJ36ktTbhaCBnTnAtUoiZZsyqaop1wz_WehWdKrz9t1yEWrNk8epIScjFTNNtkf58MucRs4m2Yoh6dXjMphVny8EjxSDmBqDMxT0wUqz0PXHPtEWSrXGAmF3xjYZaM/s320/jaj+dan+din.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525491238758696274" border="0" /></a>Salam.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Sekarang I minat baca buku Bahasa Melayu la kawan2. Pening dah mengadap semua bahan kerja berbahasa Inggeris. Nak relakskan kepala otak baca novel Melayu.<br /><br />Novel Melayu sekarang ni, I rasa semuanya bernafas baru. Dah kurang tema cliche, kahwin paksa, then akhirnya jatuh cinta tanpa disedari, nama cantik-cantik dan cinta dua darjat-that sort of things, well kalau pernah baca novel Melayu, tahulah. (Opss.. membebel pulak)<br /><br />Well, novel Jaja dan Din ni dicadangkan oleh my colleague, Salina. Dia teringat novel ni bila I cerita hari tu I ada berkawan dengan seorang Ustaz, lulusan Al Azhar. Tapi betul, ustaz tu zuhud juga orangnya. (Sama macam karakter si Din ni). Jaja pula media planner, jumpa Ustaz Din tu masa sedang berusaha buat iklan keselamatan jalan raya. (I worked with Jabatan Keselamatan Jalan Raya before, and memang I jaga kontrak media JKJR-iklan dalam tv tu... dulu). Well, me dan Ustaz tu takde apa2 pun.<br /><br />Jaja ni, (menurut novel) seorang yang berjaya, anak pertama, sentiasa digesa kahwin oleh parents beliau (sampai sini, kisah I dengan Jaja masih selari-eh, review buku ke review persamaan I dengan Jaja?). Seorang yang ceria, talkative, bersemangat, tapi solat dia tak sempurna, tak pakai tudung, kiranya bab-bab agama dia tak berapa sangat. Baca jawi pun tak reti. Dia susah sangat jatuh cinta. Bukan takde yang cuba, tapi hati dia keras. Malas.<br /><br />Sampailah masa dia membantu kawan dia cari gambar untuk poster keselamatan jalan raya. Tetiba secara tak sengaja dia terpandang gambar randum seorang lelaki dekat pusara, sedang baca Yasin dan dia rasa gambar itu sungguh indah, syahdu dan terus dia rasa berdebar-debar dan blushing. Dia jatuh cinta dekat lelaki tu, dengan hanya tengok gambar begitu.<br /><br />Sejak hari itu, Jaja bertekad nak cari lelaki ni, akhirnya dia jumpa dan paling kelakar, dia suruh family dia 'pinangkan' lelaki tu untuknya. Ustaz Din tu pun, entah mengapa rasa lain bila ber'jumpa' Jaja.<br /><br />Banyak lagi kisahnya... ye, tentu sekali happy ending!<br /><br />Gaya penceritaan adalah sangat segar! Diselitkan juga dengan hadis-hadis dari Al-Quran dan riwayat-riwayat dari sahabat-sahabat. Sungguh, novel ni telah berdakwah, secara tidak langsung.<br /><br />Kalau ada kelapangan, dan mahu cuba sesuatu yang baru, buku ni memang sesuai. Murah jer, RM20.00. Kalau ada kad popular boleh dapat diskaun 10%. :)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jemariseni.com/01/component/virtuemart/details/50/1/novel-umum/jaja-&-din-%7E-noor-suraya.html">Beli kat sini lagi murah! (klik)</a><br /><br />Buku Tarikh Luput Cinta tu pun I beli malam tadi, (sama dengan JDD ni). Tajuk dia menarik. Nanti I review. :)<br /><br />Happy reading guys!<br /></div>cacahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109297815133292743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-39910782105391773852010-08-13T21:30:00.000-07:002010-08-13T21:46:28.816-07:00Rembulan Tenggelam di Wajahmu<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCygvA3a3SD3CoppLypKXXH83o-VgbHYCcEzCoJAYFfYXS8kfLUCk3KWiw4G7KFKTp1DpE_k4bCbwtMZFSC-eWk08Hu-4VrbGQOqL1PnXxLz68pgAugil31wUwHy5g9CCsH5o4WdDBUAg/s1600/tere.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCygvA3a3SD3CoppLypKXXH83o-VgbHYCcEzCoJAYFfYXS8kfLUCk3KWiw4G7KFKTp1DpE_k4bCbwtMZFSC-eWk08Hu-4VrbGQOqL1PnXxLz68pgAugil31wUwHy5g9CCsH5o4WdDBUAg/s320/tere.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505120004278129042" border="0" /></a>Buku ini bukan buku jiwang kawan-kawan. Ia bersifat keagamaan, mengisahkan pasal kehidupan Rehan atau Ray atau Rae.<br /><br />Dari umurnya kecil sehingga hari terakhir dia di dunia. Buku ni ditulis macam monolog pun ada juga. Macam biografi pun ada.<br /><br />Kisah Ray yang semasa remajanya sering mencari punca kematian ayah dan ibu, yang menemukan puncanya, dan sentiasa berusaha untuk membaiki dirinya demi untuk membalas perbuatan jahat dunia ke atas dirinya. Ray berkahwin dengan Fitri, gadis yang dipujanya, sehingga Fitri meninggalkannya 6 tahun kemudian. Ray sekali lagi mempersoalkan takdir dan menjadikan kerja (dunia) sebagai tujuan hidupnya. Berusaha meningkatkan dirinya, dan tuah sentiasa menyebelahinya.<br /><br />Walaupun Ray berjaya, tapi dia merasakan kehidupannya adalah kosong, mungkin sebab dia semakin menjauh dari Tuhan, mungkin. <br /><br />Buku ni ada beberapa bab yang ringkas menceritakan bab-bab dalam kehidupan Ray, sehingga dia diberi peluang untuk mendekatkan diri dengan Tuhan, di samping merungkai persoalan Ray terhadap kehidupan, ada 5 soalan dan sepanjang buku ini, persoalan memang dirungkai lah.<br /><br />Mula-mula baca memang agak boring, tapi mungkin mood bulan Ramadhan ini buatkan saya sudi mahu luangkan masa. :)<br /><br />Buku ini sebenarnya adaptasi dari buku Indonesia. Tere-liye memang antara penulis keagamaan yang agak glamer di sana, rasanya.<br /></div>cacahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109297815133292743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-82417572015525083322010-06-21T18:29:00.001-07:002010-08-13T21:53:55.652-07:0028 Hari: Jurnal Rock n Roll<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlo_eEPzyGonrjSVs9iP9_nsjmOPTlAHc2mX08A9Hs9zUZ0N-4a5S6zBdGaUhSF8XFbGWeIWGwPsekX9w29B6GHYMF2VcZNoM4bsbuOTvhCpLK_AIvcVuRePo10w7wBA6SDen09E4V84/s1600/jays.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlo_eEPzyGonrjSVs9iP9_nsjmOPTlAHc2mX08A9Hs9zUZ0N-4a5S6zBdGaUhSF8XFbGWeIWGwPsekX9w29B6GHYMF2VcZNoM4bsbuOTvhCpLK_AIvcVuRePo10w7wBA6SDen09E4V84/s320/jays.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485404160096271298" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>Aku perlu berkawan dengan seramai mungkin manusia pelik supaya aku boleh rasakan yang aku ini normal. Aku selalu rasakan yang aku ini pelik dan tak normal.</blockquote></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The title speaks for itself (out and loud). This book is basically a journal on what Mohd Jayzuan had faced in his 28 days adventure all around Malaysia (Peninsular).<br /><br />He wrote with his heart, and being a truly rock n roll enthusiast, the book is pretty straight forward, you don't have to think while reading this. It's good, if you are craving for a light reading. There are few uplifting (and funny) quote.<br /></div><br />It's an easy read, I finished it in less that one hour. :)cacahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109297815133292743noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-56617855373403223902010-06-11T07:16:00.000-07:002010-08-13T21:59:51.154-07:00The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-lOH-kuj02TQRgLgqfWn-LEdlaUv43xrswGPi_oVG1IgXT5ynH5gKV7t7_kefHU3dQa3zbzK73znK1LTd1U8_8BZebG56q9CSWWljA5ZkjRwu6_3642j5N0DOgsSEpF6zuqtPNZYFA/s1600/lovely-bones.jpg"><span><span></span></span><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-lOH-kuj02TQRgLgqfWn-LEdlaUv43xrswGPi_oVG1IgXT5ynH5gKV7t7_kefHU3dQa3zbzK73znK1LTd1U8_8BZebG56q9CSWWljA5ZkjRwu6_3642j5N0DOgsSEpF6zuqtPNZYFA/s200/lovely-bones.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481535377191897458" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal">I've been meaning to write the review for this book ages ago, but as usual something always got in the way ;p </p><p class="MsoNormal">First & foremost, I just have to tell you, if you have watched the movie, please, please skip the book coz the storyline in the movie has already sugar-coated all the gory details of most of the events in it. Like the rape thing and ooo… the mom & the detective so-called “merciful adultery” part – errm… all watched by the girl from up above. Sigh! </p><p class="MsoNormal">But if you happened to have read the book, do not repeat my mistake, ppl. Skip the movie instead. Unless, you can’t imagined how Susie’s heaven looked like. I personally think the movie depicted the heaven most beautifully – it’s just so breathtaking. </p><p class="MsoNormal">So, back to the book… </p><p class="MsoNormal">This is a story of a girl's journey after being murdered (& brutally raped, as omitted in the movie :p) into the afterlife as she pursue the closure of her own death by watching how her family came to term with the tragedy. It was melancholic, infuriating at times (as she watched her murderer deceived those ppl around him), adorned with a few love-struck moments from a teenage girl’s point of view (yup, she did try to count Ray Singh’s eyelashes before ;) hehe!) but most of all, this is a story of how love survived a tragedy, in fact the worst tragedy that could ever happened to someone. </p><p class="MsoNormal">I just love the way Sebold wrote the story in a somewhat incoherent flow, you know, just like a fourteen-year-old would do. When we were that age, we just got a lot of things to tell, sometimes they’re not in accordance to the timeline ;p but we just talk & talk without ever thinking whether our sequence of the story made any sense or not. And as always, teenage crush – they have this ‘thang’ that can make your heart (yes, you, the readers ;p) sorta flutter unnecessarily ;) </p><p class="MsoNormal">All in all, it’s a good read but don’t be coaxed by my review though, this book can still bring tears to your eyes. <i>*sniffle*</i> Wish I had a braver heart when I read this ;p </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Fave character:</b> Surprisingly, Susie’s sister – Lindsey. She’s like Ms.Cool-Smarty-Pants and my fave moment in the book when Lindsey told off her Principle: </p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>“I'd say it would be pretty hard to play soccer on the soccer field when it's approximately twenty feet from where my sister was supposedly murdered.”</i> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Score!!! And enjoy :)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><i>I wish you all a long and happy life – Susie Salmon.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"></span></span></span></i></span><i style=""><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>iNsOmNiAchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930464691857603603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-30463342910487609522010-05-03T19:39:00.000-07:002010-08-13T21:55:44.205-07:00His and Hers, by Mike Gayle.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://s.lowyat.net/uploads//attach-34/post-221634-1226075188.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 166px;" src="http://s.lowyat.net/uploads//attach-34/post-221634-1226075188.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This is the review on the first book that I bought which was written by Mike Gayle.<br /><br />Fiqa dear...<br />I've found this review dated back on 6th August 2006 in my friendster's blog. Guess what, you were the only one who left comment, excluding me.<br /><br /><blockquote></blockquote><div class="entry"> <p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><p><br /></p><p>I recently finished reading a new novel, his and hers, by mike gayle…it was a nice book, anyway, it was written, mainly based on a man’s and woman’s point of view, how they view the same things from the different sides..</p> <p>hmm anyway, the writer is a guy…</p> <p>the story based on what they couple had been thru, from the first time they met, their first date-eating takeaways from an Indian restaurant-,they get married, their searching for an apartment, and how finally, the man-found himself fall out of love with the woman who he used to think-"this is the woman im going to spend my life with"-hmm man….</p> <p>anyway, as love story shud end, because of a small meaningful event happened-which is the death of "Disco"(real name-Best of Disco Volume II)-the couple’s cat, basically, it was given to the woman (Alison) by the man (Jim) after his confession of love towards Al…they got back together…</p> <p>they reunited after couples of years of seperation, Al is getting married to another man, and Jim just moved in with his new girlfriend…but the event, had waken them up, made them realized, that what they felt for each other was never over….</p> <p>hmmm u cud predict there will be a happy ending in the end..:P</p> <p>reading the book, i realized, that there is a possiblity of couples breaking up suddenly, it doesnt have to have a firm reason to break a relationship up…so in falling in love, there is no firm reason needed to fall in love…it is to love and beloved that count…</p><p></p><blockquote></blockquote><br /><p></p></blockquote></div><p></p> </div>cacahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109297815133292743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-51844244087728929212010-03-28T05:01:00.000-07:002010-08-13T21:56:09.603-07:00the true story of my probably insane quest to become a professional surfer by Sullivan McLeod<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7H3S7vBXTfxIdFSdweTP5tXmu3tqtxcWU6-su0q47Jdn3QC_hjeX3_4O2tol-4U8Fj-9IDA4eoMOZy4u1P-txlz6PCFkdrU-qRDMbRIkKplxp2-jKa_2k47R7SQ0IFWvEV1OeLMm2OLI/s1600/pro+surfer.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; display: block; height: 320px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453655697708686450" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7H3S7vBXTfxIdFSdweTP5tXmu3tqtxcWU6-su0q47Jdn3QC_hjeX3_4O2tol-4U8Fj-9IDA4eoMOZy4u1P-txlz6PCFkdrU-qRDMbRIkKplxp2-jKa_2k47R7SQ0IFWvEV1OeLMm2OLI/s320/pro+surfer.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>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.</div><div> </div><div>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. </div><div> </div><div>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).</div><div> </div><div>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! ;)</div>thinker bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377577067821660087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526202261844378352.post-76139556704813057642010-03-28T04:45:00.000-07:002010-08-13T21:56:33.086-07:00lady chatterley's lover by D.H. Lawrence<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvFLLOrvWpgaoA1hSPxeQmN-KgDkSvkMtvcwVqjxtH4Wsvs-tg_vlHmNj6csAaQHUifHkPXub24H_dsFq615qFEiC35gUeZVqyOHRIVmm3_0vMups61ktrr9bar6bBlQUedYYGyarZ1s/s1600/lady+chatterley%27s+lover.jpg"><img style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; display: block; height: 300px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453650516464783202" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvFLLOrvWpgaoA1hSPxeQmN-KgDkSvkMtvcwVqjxtH4Wsvs-tg_vlHmNj6csAaQHUifHkPXub24H_dsFq615qFEiC35gUeZVqyOHRIVmm3_0vMups61ktrr9bar6bBlQUedYYGyarZ1s/s320/lady+chatterley%27s+lover.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>sorry friends, i just couldn't get the exact cover of the book i read, but any cover will do kaan? :)</div><div> </div><div>frankly, i was intrigued into reading this book was because i read <a href="http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/minisites/happybirthdaypenguin/html/1.html">lady chatterley's trial </a>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.</div><div> </div><div>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.</div><div> </div><div>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.</div><div> </div><div>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.</div><div> </div><div>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 ;)</div>thinker bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18377577067821660087noreply@blogger.com3