Jun 28, 2010

The Largest Outdoor Reading Event

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Last saturday, i joined the event organised by PPAS at Taman Tasik Shah Alam. It was announced in our GRMY forum by one of our members, BunnyBaby (who is also part of the organisors).

A few of us from the GRMY decided to take this opportunity to join in the event & meet up at the same time. However, since it was announced at the last minute, most already had plans so could not make it.

I arrived at the location at around almost 8am. While waiting to register my name (& to collect the cap & bookmark & food coupon), received a message from Khairul, saying that he had booked lot 25 for us GRMY folks. Mind you i have not meet any of these GoodReads folks before & most of us did not use our own pictures/faces as our avatar (me included).. good thing there wasnt as many people around yet, so i easily could guess which was Khairul.

The 2 of us spread out our mats, but was chased away by the usher coz Lot 25 was booked for Jabatan Pengairan (or something like that). Good thing that we were "registered" under Bunnybaby as "staff & families", so he allowed us to set up camp at Lot 35. Much later, we were joined by Najibah & her family plus Mr Thamrong/Hamizao & their granddaughter.

To be recorded in the Malaysia Book of Records, each participant was to read something for 1 hour, once the "gong" has commenced. Mostly brought their own books, some had newspapers, others magazine. The ushers also passed around some magazines for those who did not bring any reading materials.

At first, most folks was busy setting up camp.. having breakfast.. taking photos.. but once it started, everyone (at least most people) started reading.. a funny thing i overheard, about 1/2hr into the reading time, a guy behind me was surprised that he's only been reading for 1/2hr & saying that it's too long to reach an hour of reading.. haha.. i normally spend too much/long on reading, especially when i'm suppose to go to sleep..

After the 1 hour, we packed up to leave & said our goodbyes.. i dropped by to meet/say hi to Bunnybaby & ended up chatting with her for the next 2hours.. I havent meet too many people that i can talk non-stop with on the first encounter :) so it's a pleasant surprise. Of courses, we have been "chatting" online for a while beforehand..

Anyway, it's always fun to meet up with like-minded people. At least now we have a face to match to these folks that we talk to in GRMY.. :)


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Musing Monday Jun 28

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This week’s musing asks…

What do you think of books that receive a lot of hype? (think of the “Twilight” saga, or “Harry Potter”, or “The Da Vinci Code”). Do you read them? Why, or why not?

Some of these books are actually pretty good... but so far that i've encountered (& not many at that so i could be a little bias), are well.. not the greatest really.. chances are, i would want to see for myself what makes so & so books "hype"-ful, so yes, i would probably read them & then make up my mind about it..

However, i did read the Twilight saga, Harry Potter & Da Vince Code way before it got huge.. i really liked these books, but not obsessed.. And i have seen how obsessed some people are (for Twillight).. *shake head*...


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Jun 22, 2010

13 things

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Thursday 13 is hosted at http://thursday-13.com

13 THINGS I SHOULD BE DOING INSTEAD OF SPENDING ALL OF MY TIME READING:

1. mopping
2. ironing
3. vacuuming
4. dusting
5. cleaning up my cupboard
6. exercising
7. cutting my overgrown grass
8. cooking
9. baking
10. filing
11. meeting friends
12. sleeping on time
13. catching up with work

Jun 15, 2010

Kepada Allah jua kami kembali

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Tepat seminggu selepas Mak Uda meninggal, Mak Tam pula menyusul. Mak Tam kembali ke rahmatullah pada pukul 4.20 pm, dikelilingi adik-beradik & saudara mara. Buat Pak Tam & sepupuku, banyak2 kan lah bersabar & berdoa buat Mak Tam. Semoga roh nya dicucuri rahmat. Buat Wan Chu, tabahkan diri atas kehilangan kedua2 orang kakak sekaligus. Allah lebih menyayangi mereka.


Buat Mak Tam, telah kumaafkan apa yang pernah berlaku. Minta ampun & maaf, halalkan makan minumku selama ini..


P/s: Bila tiba masa ku nanti, adik-beradik dah lah tiada.. ada kah saudara-mara mahu menjenguk? membacakan yassin? menguruskan mayatku?

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Jun 13, 2010

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"You can turn a smart person into an idiot just by overworking him.. "notes Peter Capelli, a professor of management at Wharton.


How true..

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Jun 10, 2010

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Do i really have to do this work/job for the next 20 years? I so can't imagine it.. :(



P/s:I'm in one of "i hate my job" & cant-focus moods.. how ah to get rid of it?

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Jun 6, 2010

Bed of Roses

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Just finished reading Nora Robert's Bed of Roses.. I have to say, this Bride Quartet is one of my favourite non-supernatural books of Nora Roberts.. :)


Also, i'm totally envious of the women.. having their own business & their own space.. if i had skills such as that, i would love to do the same.. it would be great to be doing something that you love on daily basis, rather than "makan gaji" like i'm doing.. dont get me wrong, i like my job, just dont love it that's all..

and i've been so distracted lately, not sure why.. maybe coz i'm totally swamped, doing things i dont like.. which i absolutely hate & it makes me want to go off & do other things.. darn..

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Jun 5, 2010

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Are there such man like Kasyah (Lagenda Budak Setan) or Jim (Ghost Whisperer) out there? Or maybe there are, but not for me..
Orang lain dah anak 4..
aku masih di sini lagi..
masih menanti, masih mencari..
salah aku kah?
atau belum sampai jodoh ku lagi?
aku tak punya siapa, kecuali ibubapa ku..





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