my current read

i know this sounds sooo weird but would you believe it that i've never read dahl before?  uh huh, true... don't ask me why and so, this is my introduction to dahl.

got this one at the recent pearsons sale.

i didn't know that dahl wrote for adults as well.  i've read five of the thirteen stories in this book so far and i like them.  i guess better late than never, huh?

my current read

and this is my current read...

and yes, this is another one of my warehouse sale finds :)

25 new authors --- challenge met!!!

Hey, guess what ---  I met my challenge to read at least 25 new authors and I did it !!!  Yup, I'm pleased!

Maybe I should try to list down all the books that I've read this year... I just might surprise myself with the number!!!

For now though, I think I deserve a reward. Hmmm...I wonder how should I reward myself...no, it's not going to be another book (I've still got lots waiting to be read!!!).

1. Piece of Cake by Swati Kaushal
2. Monsoon Summer by Mitali Perkins
3. Weekend in Paris by Robyn Sisman
4. The Bus Stopped by Tabish Khair
5. Skin Deep by Catherine Barry
6. Turtle Nest by Chandani Lokuge
7. Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now by Gordon Livingston, MD
8. Undead and Unemployed by Mary Janice Davidson
9. Dress Rehearsal by Jennifer O'Connell
10. By the Time You Read This by Lola Jaye
11. Jemima. J by Jane Green
12. Roommates by Whitney Lyles
13. In Full Bloom by Caroline Hwang
14. Big City Eyes by Delia Ephron
15. 10 Things To Do Before You're 16 by Caroline Plaisted
16. Three Wishes by Isabelle Merlin
17. Chasing Daylight by Eugene O'Kelly
18. A Consise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo
19. Fate and Ms Fortune by Saralee Rosenberg
20. Law of Attraction by Michael J Losier
21. The Other Hand by Chris Cleave
22. The Dangerous Husband by Jane Sphiro
23. Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance by Lloyd Jones
24. You''re Broke Because You Want to Be by Larry Winget
25. A New Earth: Awakening Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle

my current read

i finally finished reading 'here at the end of the world we learn to dance' after being distracted by all the other books.  and this, is my current read (got this one in the times warehouse sale)  :)

cookie monster on google

i found the cookie monster looking back on me on the google website today  :)  it's sesame streets 40th anniversary today.  i especially love this one.

lables

i was chatting to someone online last night.  he was Malaysian and within the first few minutes of the chat, he wanted to know if i was malay, chinese, indian or eurasian.  next, he wanted to know what i do for a living.

when asked why he was so caught up with lables, he said something about the government doing it too.  when asked what the government's interest in labling others had to do with the chat at hand, he kept saying the goverment was doing it (it made absolutely NO logical sense to me and so, i politely bid him good night (and good riddance!) and went offline).

that chat only reminded me why i shy away from chatting to fellow malaysians online.  i think they are too hung up on the lables and miss the whole point that there is a real person behind all the lables. 

me, i'm not bothered about lables.  i'm more interested in the person i am chatting to.  i guess, last night's experience only explains why i like chatting to europeans --- they aren't likely to ask me to lable myself.

what are you when stripped of the lables that you associate with yourselves??? think of it... what will you be without the lables that you hang on to so tightly?