a just completed read

I've just finished this book. It's another one of my pearson penguin warehouse sale purchases. Got this one for RM10!!

a just completed read

I completed reading this book recently. It's one of my purchases from the recent pearson warehouse sale. It presented in simple to understand language and made a lot of sense.

happy bunnny

i went to the pearson warehouse sale yesterday. thought i'd just have a browse and see if there was anything worth purchasing.

i managed to find four of the books on my wish list:

1. the kite runner
2. a thousand splendid suns
3. the memory keeper's daughter
4. a new earth

and the best part??? i got them all for rm10 each!!! i'm definitely a happy bunny!!! all those times i was holding back from purchasing them at retail price was certainly worth the wait!!!

i also bought some other books and came away rm176 lighter... not too bad considering i purchase around 15 books altogether.

lumosity

i'm hung up on the mind training games on lumosity. try it, you might find what i found out --- it's fun!!!

my current read

and so i rummaged through my stacks of unread books and looked for one that i felt like reading next (yes... i have a tendency to load up when there is a warehouse sale so that i would be assured of always having something on hand to read).

anyway... this is my next read... haven't read any of the author's books before and i hope to enjoy this one!

my next read?

i finished reading patterson's book this morning (yup, i did as soon as i woke up). so... what shall my next read be? hmmm... gotta see what else i have that i have yet to read...

Sam's Letters to Jennifer by James Patterson

just started reading this one yesterday... another tear jerker by patterson. nope, i didn't purchase this one --- this isn't the kind of book that i'd purchase. got this one from the bookcross zone in 1-utama (where else???).

my last read before this one, the dangerous husband, turned out to be kinda of a weird story --- consider a husband who turned out to be so clumsy and uncoordinated that he ends up killing all of their three pets (an albino frog, a reclusive ginger cat and a dog) and as the story goes on, two of his wives.

consider having to plot to kill your husband before he kills you... like i said, this book has a strange story line.

my current read

and this, is my current read (started reading this book about three days ago... i think!)

my current read

this is what i'm reading at the moment! i purchased this book out of curiosity because the author would not give a sypnosis of the book saying that it would give too much away while promising that it is a book that i, the reader, would most definitely enjoy.

my past reads

i finished reading these two books in the past week. i'm definitely gonna give the law of attraction a try!!! :)

my current read

Just finished reading this book --- a quirky read.

challenge: 25 new authors update

Well, as promised, this is the update of my new authors' reading list:

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

I'm getting there!!!

"No"

i finally mustered up enough courage to ask her the question and my worst fears came true --- she turned me down. said that i had said earlier that i didn't want anyone else there (did i really say that --- i don't remember; could it possibly be taken out of context?).

i said that she was there for my sister and brother, couldn't she be there for me too? who was i kidding, what was i hoping for??? the answer that i got was one that i'd feared all along --- no.

how i miss dad... this achievement of mine is for dad, for never giving up on me, for always believing that i could do it even at times when i didn't...

i truly want to share this moment with my parents, but if she doesn't want to be part of it, i can't make her.

i worked very hard for this milestone in my life. i just wish my one remaining parent could be there to share in the joy but if that is not possible, i will accept that it is my fate.

i know that dad will there for me. i know he will be proud of me and i suppose, that is all that i need.

the passing of the storyteller

it was only yesterday that my mother asked to me, "did you hear that yasmin ahmad collapsed from a stroke yesterday?". she was operated on the same day. sadly, i heard on the radio today as i was driving that yasmin ahmad passed away last night. Al-Fatihah.

her passing away is definitely a great loss. the very first malay movie that i watched and definitely fell in love with was none other than yasmin's sepet. her movies are full of messages... perhaps messages that malaysia as a whole is not yet ready for but still meaningful messages. she dares to take a step and potray the malaysian life diferently from other local movie makers.

i will definitely miss her movies and her advertisements. farewell yasmin.

the overlooked middle child

i went over to my mom's this afternoon. like always, she shifts her attention and gives her full attention to my brother the minute he woke up (never mind that it was 2 pm when he crawled out of bed and that i was in the midst of a sentence when she tunes out from me and focuses on him).

like always, even after all these years, she never fails to make me feel like the overlooked middle child that i have always been and will always be... :(

my current read

i started reading this book yesterday.

challenge: 25 new authors

here's something that i happened to stumble upon while surfing the net --- a book reading challenge. the challenge that i'm setting myself is to read 25 authors whose work i have never read before before the end of the year.

so far, i have already read the following books:

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

i plan to update this list as i go along --- wish me luck!!! :)

klutz marks

hey, i've reached the 100th blog post mark!!! how about that!

i came home from work today and slipped into my shorts before going down to the night market and noticed that i had blue black marks on both of my thighs --- yup, klutzy me been walking into tables again :(

my current read

yup, i've moved on to my next book.

my current read

this is what i'm reading --- another one of my book crossing finds :)