Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts

Sunday, July 03, 2011

HELP! - Oliver Burkeman



The smaller caption of the title says :

How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done


Before I decide to borrow the book from library, I flipped through introduction to help me to make the decision. It managed to get me by these :


Besides, as a rational, non-guillible sort of person, I was allergic to the cheesy premises of self help gurus.


But I should be honest : if I was half-joking, I was also half-serious. Deep down, however much we cover it up with cynicsm and wisecracks, isn't everybody at least half-serious about wanting to be happy?


That brings me to the name of my blog. :)

Sunday, November 07, 2010

Bella Should Have Dumped Edward?

I was in the Harris the other day and saw this particular book on the feature shelf with the other Twillightesque-Vampire books.

And it costs RM 59.90??????

Sunday, September 12, 2010

The Breakup (Not the Jennifer Aniston Flick!!!)


To the front of Wati who is now in Bukit Tunku, whom I hope is well.


Wati,

I think our relationship should end here. My love for you was real but I have been clapping with one hand. You were so mean to me at your becoming-day party, just because you were with your rich friends while I'm from a difficult family. I never know there was a prawn behind the rock all this while; you were using me to make your ex jealous! How my liver hurt when you showed your true self. I guess what they say is true: hornbills with hornbills, sparrows with sparrows. Let me now bring myself.


Maybe it was the Satan-water talking, but why did you have to call me such names? You dropped my face-water and scribbed charcoal all over my face. Once is enough. I don't want the banana to fuit two times.


I know I am just a dispatch guy I still have feelings. I thought you were my my liver-fruit but you saw me as just a pick-up brother at best and a joke at worst. All those times that we ate the wind at Lake Gardens, feeding the ducks and rowing the boats, I thought a love was blossoming. But you were planting sugarcane at your lips. I gave you my body and soul but after the honey had been extracted, the husk was thrown away.


What your friend Suzy said to me still plays in my ear, "Your fish-hook is so small, don't try to contend with the ocean!" How did she get the information about my fish-hook? Have you been telling stories from inside the mosquito-net?


I know my school is not as tall as yours. But I still have self-price. So just pretend I never exist in your life.


Yours in sadness,

Sham.


Reproduced from the book of bite-sized stories from Amir Muhammad, ROJAK.
Trying to play some game here. The story above really tickle me. Try your Malay peribahasa prowess by detecting them above hahaha.... in a way, it's kinda first floor!!!!!

Monday, March 29, 2010

我的私房地图 林悦策划 24 个大马人的旅游版图 My Private Map (...in the footsteps of Malaysian backpackers)

我的私房地图
(林悦策划 24 个大马人的旅游版图)
My Private Map (...in the footsteps of 24 Malaysian backpackers)
www.myprivatemap.blogspot.com

A compilations of travel stories of 24 Malaysian backpackers.
Wondering when will be my next trip.......

you can check out some of the contributors' travel blog here:
www.nelson-film.com
forbiddencultur.livejournal.com
www.douglasho.com
bevisloh.multiply.com
gogolion.multiply.com
et-et.blogspot.com
vanceleeteng.blogspot.com
www.flickr.com/photos/angie_ots

ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think the Chinese title should be 24 个马来西亚人 (24 Malaysians) instead of 24 个大马人 (24 Malayans). Printing mistakes I guess.

Friday, March 26, 2010

小时代 - 郭敬明 (Updated)


I bought this out of curiosity. 郭敬明 is one of the top earning author in China.

To me, it's just brand name dropping (tonnes of Starbucks, Prada, Gucci etc etc) story; though not appealing to me, I guess it must be appealing to the younger generation in China now hence the popularity. And one thing I can't stand is that he mentioned about his name and books in his novel, a topic of conversation between the characters in his novel. Hmm... tak suka but that's my humble opinion only.

Yasmin Ahmad's Film - Amir Muhammad (Updated)


To those who likes Yasmin Ahmad's movie, it's a good read. Amir Muhammad gave his insights on the movies and many behind the scenes and all those why-why-why moments in Yasmin's movies.

P/S : Yes, my friend, I read your strawberries entry!

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Man and Wife - Tony Parson

Just finished the book. A look at what being together means.

Friday, October 23, 2009

New Malaysian Essay 2

Shahnon Shah's , Amir Muhammad's and Amir Sharipuddin's are the most enjoyable in this volume.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Devil's Place - Brian Gomez

Have not read any fictions lately and Devil's Place is definitely a great enzyme to kick-start my interest in reading fictions again!
Funny, witty, pages turning and make me laugh!!!!
You will too, if you are Malaysian!

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Escapade

Can't wait to escape all these hot weather with routine power-cut, occasional water shortage and throw-in the disconnectivity of the streamyx too!!!!!!!!
Coming weekend... I'm gonna watch a concert (Maliq & d'Essentials - my favourite Indonesian group, Afgan, Yovie & Nuno plus our own Atilia), a theatre, meet up with the cutie Olivia and just jalan-jalan......
Oh... also, please check out the 15Malaysia, a film by 15 movie makers. To be launched on August 17!!!!!!!

Saturday, December 06, 2008

Dah Bangun Ke?


It's Christmas time. It's gift and present time too. Get this at any bookstores around the country. Contributors include Ann Lee, Kam Raslan, Kua Kia Soong, Azly Rahman, Azmi Sharom (cool law lecturer), interviews of RPK, Steven Gan, Zaid Ibrahim, Guan Eng and Husam Musa, Martin Vengadesan (Jed....:) haha) and many more.