July Books

Finished reading 2 books in July. Sekarang ni encik Shahrun tak marah dah beli buku banyak2, sebab boleh buat his tax deduction, hohoh.

Bahlut - by Faisal Tehrani

In my attempt to read one of Faisal Tehrani's masterpiece. Heard of him a lot, even from my Ayah. Worth a try, sebab aku rasa Faisal Tehrani's unlike most of other Malay novels yang aku baca, ada jalan cerita yang menarik, a lot of details dan takdelah terlalu fokus pasal bercinta-cintaan je. (But then again, aku baca novel melayu last sekali was last year, maybe my opinion doesn't count. )

Bahlut is about an aboriginate boy (orang asli) from Pahang's live. Macam mana penindasan terhadap orang asli ni sebenarnya, part of it disebabkan orang asli sendiri.

My Bestfriend's Girl - by Dorothy Komsoon

Leisure read, good book Bagus, sebab this book overachieved what i've expected. Hehe. Good for parents, sebab even Kamryn; the best friend who took care of a daugher of her late best friend (a child with her ex-fiance) can love the girl, affectionately. Unconditional love, I called.

Korang boleh ke sayang anak yang dilahirkan hasil hubungan rahsia dengan your lover/fiance? haha.

as i was passing by

huh, dah bersawang.

Anyway, there's a lot of happenings, which i thought has less significant to own a whole post here (read : sebab dah past tense yg sangat panjang.. plus i am super lemau and malas to update), for instance :

1. We went crazy deciding whether to move or not (tak abis2 kan? that's the art in our relationship, no case will be close, *grinnnn..*)
2. The Thomas Cup has made us half sakit jantung, screaming and what's not in the house.
3. I've finished reading 2 books, and am currently reading 1:
1. The Concubine of Shanghai by Hong Ying

• Read this during my whole trip in Borneo. The book was given free by the hotel owner when we stayed in Brunei (rugi, tak boleh claim tax).
• A true story of a woman named Cassia, who lived as concubine in Shanghai.
2. Natrah - Cinta, Rusuhan, Air Mata  by Fatini Yaacob

• Who doesn't remember Natrah @ Maria Huberdina Hertorgh @ Bertha Hertogh ? Read this book, strongly recommended.
• As the writer said in her preface - this story is about Natrah, and beyond. U should be surprise of the beyond (ke aku je?)
4. We went to several interesting places :
• Lost World of Tambun
• err.. balik kelantan, boleh?
5. Watched good and not so good movies :
• Shrek in 3D - cool!
• Ironman II - cool too, at least to my kids.
• Clash of the titans
• Robin Hood

And, I'll be updating the borneo trip soon.

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How soon you say? hehe.. Very soon.

Loung Ung and then, KL

I'm here in KL, with Masyitah. I have an interesting write up about our journey, but I haven't finished writing that.

And Loung Ung has been fascinating my week, last week with her detailed autobiography :

First They Killed My Father

She managed to redraw her childhood nightmare into a book, and I could see the painting clearly.

And again, be thankful for our peaceful beloved hometown.