My Office & Books

Assalamualaikum,

Ni gambar ofis aku kat site. Pejabat Design Manager. Sambil tu stok buku untuk baca bila bosan. Paling penting buku Puzzle tuh. Boleh release tension.

Yeay! I finally got them

Assalamualaikum,

I'm very excited this afternoon because books that I've bought 5 months ago from MPH Online have finally arrived. The books are

1. Dan Brown - The Lost Symbol

Book Description
Dan Brown’s new novel, the eagerly awaited follow-up to his #1 international phenomenon, The Da Vinci Code, which was the bestselling hardcover adult novel of all time, will be published on September 15, 2009.

The Lost Symbol will once again feature Dan Brown’s unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon. The Lost Symbol is a brilliant and compelling thriller. Dan Brown’s prodigious talent for storytelling, infused with history, codes and intrigue, is on full display in this new book. This is one of the most anticipated publications in recent history, and it was well worth the wait,” said Sonny Mehta, Chairman and Editor in Chief of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

Brown’s longtime editor, Jason Kaufman, Vice President and Executive Editor at Doubleday said, “Nothing ever is as it first appears in a Dan Brown novel. This book’s narrative takes place in a twelve-hour period, and from the first page, Dan’s readers will feel the thrill of discovery as they follow Robert Langdon through a masterful and unexpected new landscape. The Lost Symbol is full of surprises.”

"This novel has been a strange and wonderful journey," said Brown. "Weaving five years of research into the story's twelve-hour timeframe was an exhilarating challenge. Robert Langdon’s life clearly moves a lot faster than mine."

And I got it today 15 September 2009! Yeay! I waited 5 months because I pre-ordered the book when it wasn't even published yet. I got this book at RM70.00 (it's a hard-cover book)

and..

2. Mary Clark Higgins - Just Take My Heart
I had to wait 5 months due to Dan Brown's book was in the same parcel. I didn't want to waste RM7 just for MPH to post this book first.

Book Description:
Natalie Raines, one of Broadway's brightest stars, accidentally discovers who killed her former roommate and sets in motion a series of shocking events that puts more than one life in extreme peril.

While Natalie and her roommate, Jamie Evans, were both struggling young actresses, Jamie had been involved with a mysterious married man to whom she referred only by nickname. Natalie comes face to face with him years later and inadvertently addresses him by the nickname Jamie had used. A few days later, Natalie is found in her home in Closter, New Jersey, dying from a gunshot wound.

Immediately the police suspect Natalie's theatrical agent and soon-to-be-ex-husband, Gregg Aldrich. He had long been a "person of interest" and was known to have stalked Natalie to find out if she was seeing another man. But no charges are brought against him until two years later, when Jimmy Easton, a career criminal, suddenly comes forward to claim that Aldrich had tried to hire him to kill his wife. Easton knows details about the Aldrich home that only someone who had been there -- to plan a murder, for instance -- could possibly know.

The case is a plum assignment for Emily Wallace, an attractive thirty-two-year-old assistant prosecutor. As she spends increasingly long hours preparing for the trial, a seemingly well-meaning neighbor offers to take care of her dog in her absence. Unaware of his violent past, she gives him a key to her home...

As Aldrich's trial is making headlines, her boss warns Emily that this high-profile case will reveal personal matters about her, such as the fact that she had a heart transplant. And, during the trial, Emily experiences sentiments that defy all reason and continue after Gregg Aldrich's fate is decided by the jury.

In the meantime, she does not realize that her own life is now at risk.

A Bookish Household

Assalamualaikum,

I found this interesting article by Abby Wong in The Sunday Star, 23/08/09.

REMEMBER that bookworm I was enamoured of because he was reading in public? The one I wrote about in Read, men! (Book Nook, April 19)? Well, I am happy to share with you, dear reader, that bookish fate not only brought us together again but that we then chatted, dated, and are now husband and wife, living with two young children who are showing early signs of bookishness.

Those who don’t love books might think my life with a bookworm would be boring. On the contrary. Though not as intense a reader as he was when I first laid eyes on him, Mr Bookworm still reads – and still isn’t satisfied with merely reading about things and places. He has to also see it, smell it, feel it, use it, observe it or even live it. And that, dear readers, certainly makes for an interesting life!

Once, a few years ago, mesmerised by the crowded and filthy Bombay (now Mumbai) that he read about in Suketu Mehta’s Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found, Mr Bookworm booked a flight to Bombay for the two of us – his curiosity about the city described in those pages would not let him rest until he had been there.

So, with book in bag and camera in hand, we were soon standing on top of a hill overseeing the Indian city’s slums. Quietly observing, he paid little attention to the pungent smell that emanated from the garbage all around us, and was absolutely saddened by the filth the people had to live in.

Starring at his face, I knew then my life would never be boring with Mr Bookworm because, together, we would learn and experience the world through reading and travelling.

It was our love for books that brought us together, and it is this love that has helped us build a beautiful home for our two young children. Not that our home is neat and tidy because books often lie around everywhere for various reasons.

Sitting in the garage these days is my copy of The Forever War by Dexter Filkins that I read whenever I am in there watching over my daughter as she plays. Haruki Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle – an old book from 1998 that I’m only reading now for some unfathomable reason – sits on our kitchen table amidst the clutter, ready for me to enjoy when I have my afternoon coffee and cookies.

Randy Charles Epping’s interesting The 21st Century Economy is on the bedside table, weekly magazines are scattered in the bathroom, readily allowing us to catch up on worldly affairs during our own private moments.

But in the early days, Mr Bookworm would stare at me from the corners of his eyes and frown at the books I’d leave scattered everywhere at first, silently protesting my habit of cluttering up the house. It was not until a few years ago when we ran out of space on our bookshelves did he join me in my way of living.

One day, to my pleasant surprise, Mr Bookworm placed bookends on some of the window sills in the house. “In this crazy world of hassling and bustling, a row of books in a window next to a potted fern can be highly effective in paring down our overly heightened senses,” Mr Bookworm pronounced. I could not agree more.

And so, even our windows became cluttered with books. Though some of the potted ferns have disappeared, our home remains obstinately full of bookish charm. I think so, anyway.

Perhaps I feel this way because I did not grow up in a book-cluttered house. Neither Mr Shakespeare nor Mr Orwell nor other great literary names were housemates then. My obsession with books did not start until I was in my teens, when my habit of spying people reading officially became a fetish at my first workplace, a bookstore.

What I did not experience in my childhood I do not want my children to miss. The best way, we figure, to make books their best friends is by creating a home in which books get in their way, in which books are often pronounced lost but later found in the most unexpected of places, in which books are like spices, bread, pencils, utensils, plants, constantly reminding our children of their importance – as well as unimportance in that they are an ordinary, not-to-be-remarked-upon part of life.

As my six-year-old son begins to take his first tiny steps into the magical world of Harry Potter, Mr Bookworm is scouting for a bigger house to make room for a bigger nook to accommodate the growing number of books and bookworms. “The ferns have to be outside this time,” he says, “but the bonsai stays in.”

What can I say? Bonsai has become his new engrossment thanks to a copy of Bonsai Basics he recently borrowed from the local library. As with Mumbai, he has to see it, smell it, feel it, use it, observe it, and live with it. My kind of guy.

■ Abby Wong has this advice for single young women: men who read are not only attractive but also make great husbands.

Sedang Menunggu Buku

Assalamualaikum,

Hari ni dah masuk suku ke-3 tahun 2009. Pembelian buku aku sungguh tidak memberangsangkan. Tidak sampai lagi Rm500. Hmm..sebenarnya aku sedang menunggu buku yg dipesan dari MPH bulan 6 hari tu. Buku Dan Brown yang terbaru. Nampak gayanya bulan depan baru sampai buku tu. Sambil tu baca la buku-buku tahun lepas yang belum habis dibaca pun.

Satu masalah aku ni, tak boleh nak baca buku diluar lingkungan minat. Nak baca buku chic-lit rasa terhalang je. Kalau pegi kedai tu duk pegang-pegang, fikir nak beli, tak nak, nak beli, tak nak. Akhirnya letak balik kat rak. Nak pinjam pun rasa macam entah bila nak baca. Semacam ada halangan minda nak membaca buku-buku macam tu.

Books & An Update

Assalamualaikum,

Ada yg sudah bertanya kenapa tak update blog? Jawapan biasa saya; sibuk. Itu benar sungguh.
Semalam ada kelas lagi. Balik Shah Alam semalam dengan rakan pejabat kerana saya perlu balik semula ke Tanjung Malim malam itu juga. Saya perlukan peneman supaya tidak mengantuk bila memandu.

Lepas kelas habis 8.30mlm, saya dengan rakan menuju ke MPH di Giant Sek.13. Wah! Saya borong sakan buku. Iyelah tahun ni, belum ada buku lagi yang saya beli. Rakan saya tu pun beli juga. Buat penghilang bosan kerana hujung minggu ni (esok) saya dan dia tinggal berdua di rumah sewa kami. Yang 2 lagi rakan balik KL. Hmm..tapikan, buku tahun lepas ada lagi banyak yang tidak habis baca. Berikut senarai nya:

1. Handle With Care: Motivating & Retaining Employees - Barbara A. Glanz
2. Malaysia Dalam Peralihan: Ceritalah 1 - Karim Raslan
3. The One-Page Project Manager - Clark A. Campbell
4. Mikahil - Ramlee Awang Mursyid
5. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson
6. Yakjuj & Makjuj: Bencana Di Sebalik Gunung - Muhammad Alexander
7. Mushaf Tajwid Beserta Terjemahan ke Dalam Bahasa Malaysia
8. Majalah NUR Ogos 2009
9. Blueprint Asia

Alhamdulillah saya juga sudah pulangkan buku orang yang saya pinjam. Lega sangat rasa. Sebab dah berbulan-bulan rasanya dia ingatkan, tapi saya ni asyik lupa sebab selalu berulang-alik Klang - Tanjung Malim. Terima kasih ye! Saya sangat buku-buku itu :D

Peringatan juga buat adinda-adinda saya, kalau ada kawan-kawan korang yang pinjam buku akak tolong pulangkan ye! Akak tau buku akak banyak buku hilang terutamanya semua buku karya Habiburrahaman El Shirazy & Zaid Akhtar. Akak sayang buku tau. Itulah harta akak!

Iklan...

Assalamualaikum,

Sedang aku menunggu kereta ku di basuh di 'car wash', aku membelek-belek majalah Anis keluaran bulan Mac 2009. Sedang selak-selak halaman aku ternampak iklan ini:

TEMUI KAMI DI PESTA BUKU ANTARABANGSA KUALA LUMPUR 2009 - RUANG LEGAR, PWTC.
17-26 APRIL 2009

Aiseh! Pesta buku di musim exam ku..huhu.. Takpe, daku sanggup ambik cuti tahunan untuk pegi waktu pejabat :D

How Much I Spent

Assalamualaikum,

I'm dissecting how much I spent last year in buying books.

1. I went to bookshops & bookfairs 32 times.
2. There was a lull in February, March & October. I didn't buy books.
3. There were 5 times that I spent more than RM100 in one receipt. The highest amount I spent is RM 197.10.
4. There were 8 times that I spent more than RM50 and less than RM100 in one receipts.
5. The most buy was in April 2008 during the KL International Book Fair at PWTC.
6. The total I spent on books for the year 2008 was RM2,033.51!
   

Twilight Series

Assalamualaikum,

I must confess when I saw the movie poster for Twilight I was intrigued but not so fascinated as I had seen the books in bookstore many times but never have the urge to buy.

Then Aini posted in her blog links to e-book and I saw Stephenie Meyer name was on it. That piqued my interest so I downloaded all 4 e-books. And whoa! was I hooked. You see I have this fascination for English Fictions. It as if the language draws me into the story as a 3rd person point of view. This time I was obsessed with the Twilight series. How obsess?

Let see I started reading Book 1 on Thursday at 11 am and by 5.00am Friday morning I was half way through Book 4. Yep, I've been reading for 18 hours non-stop! and I had to go to work by 8.00am Friday! By non-stop I meant not eating or drinking except for prayer time (my weight hasn't depreciate though..haha) I finished reading Book 4 after I got home.

Yep, I'm bonkers all right and I set my own record at reading non-stop, Yeay! for me (my eyes can't stand the monitor anymore)

No, I have not seen the movies. Lets not spoil the imagination in my mind now shall we. :)

Granada Trilogy 1 = Rindu Andalusia

Assalamualaikum,

Harga: RM 23.00
Karya: Radwa Ashour
Penerbit: Telaga Biru

I happened to chance upon this book while browsing the English Fiction novels. It was tucked in between the English novels & nicely wrapped in plastic so I had no knowing of what the story is about except for the synopis at the back of the book.

Anyhow, the book that I bought is an Indonesion version published by Telaga Biru. I Googled for Telaga Biru but couldn't find the book in their catalogue. Perhaps because it was just published in October 2008.

This story is by Radwa Ashour, an Egyption novelist. She even took first prize with her Andalusian trilogy, whose component novels are named after a place, a person and an event: Granada, Manama and Al-Rahil (The Departure). All are set around 1492, when the fall of Granada marked the end of Arab hegemony in Spain (See Aramco World, January/February 1993). Ashour was cited for her lyrical approach to the lives of ordinary people during a turbulent century that, said the judges, "also evokes present events." The work was published by Dar al-Hilal, Cairo. (source: Saudi Aramco World)

Review of the book can be read here.

The synopis of the book is (according to the back cover of the book):

RINDU ANDALUSIA menyelami penderitaan keluarga Abu Jaafar di tengah keruntuhan kota Cordova. Ratusan kitab kesayangan beliau dibakar oleh tentera Castile di laman Bab el Ramlah. Badan Inkuisisi Granda merampas semua kitab berbahsa Arab dari masjid, pusat sumber, sekolah & orang perseorangan Masjid diubah suai menjadi gereja & Katedral. Kalau ingin selamat minta sahaja dibaptis menjadi Kristian. Anak cucu Abu Jaafar bertahan menjadi Muslim. Di dalam rumah mereka solat dan berkomunikasi dalam bahasa Arab tetapi di luar rumah mereka berbahasa Castille, menggunakan nama baptis dan menghadiri "misi suci" pada hari Ahad di gereja.

Sampai bila Saleemah, Saad, Hassan, Mariama dan semua keturunan Abu Jaafar sanggup mempertahan iman? Suami Saleema, Saad, dipenjara. Dia sendiri difitnah mempraktikkan sihir kerana menyimpan ramuan herba tumbuh-tumbuhan dan biji-bijian yang didapati dari perlbagai kitab berbahasa Arab. Dia dihukum bakar hidup-hidup. Bagaimana nasib Saad? Bagaimana Saleemah berhadapan dengan kehilangan nyawa di tangan penguasa biadab? Bagaimana pula si kecil, Aisyah yang dibela Bibi Mariama? Mampukah mereka bertahan daripada kekejaman yang bersembunyi di sebalik "misi suci" itu?

RINDU ANDALUSIA merupakan buku pertama daripada 3 novel dalam Tsulatsiyah Gharnathah (The Granada Trilogy). Dua buah buku lagi akan segera terbit.

Can't wait for the other 2 books to come out. Oh yes, I got 10% off from the bookstore for novels bought there. :D

Bookie..books

Assalamualaikum,

I went to the office bringing this book, a translated Swedish crime novel.


Then I went home bringing along this book after reading in the newspaper that he has been fired from his political party.

When I still have all these on my desk at home (plus other books that has been bought but has not been read)
And this Swiss Cheese...eh, Swiss Ball exercise book (I wonder when I'll start exercising?)

Book 3 for Novermber 2008

Assalamualaikum,

Book no. 3 for November 2008.
Book 2 was Derap-derap Tasbih (an Indonesian book).

Will update on this later.

Love Hate Relationship

Assalamualaikum,

I must confess that I have a love hate relationship with Malay novel. I love it because nowadays you get good quality Malay novels but I hate it because those novels never fails to make me cry (sometimes my eyes get swollen) and I can't put it down because the story lines are good.

So what I do is, I read it at night when everyone has gone to sleep so that they can't see that I'm bawling my eyes out (sob..sob) At times I have to stop reading Malay novels for a while and read other genre.

Oh! I do read English novels. But those are mostly mysteries, detectives & adventures. So no crying there. My favourite authors are Mary Clark Higgins (Queen of Mysteries), Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta series), Clive Cussler (NUMA series) and Ann Chee Min (Empress Dowager series). Somehow I'm not into family & chic lit genre for English novels.

Book for November

Assalamualaikum,

Book for November 2008.

UPDATE:

Tajuk: Bukan Yang Pertama
Karya: Salina Ibrahim
Terbitan: PTS Milenia
Harga: RM34.00

Ulasan:

Watak utama dalam cerita ini adalah Yasmin Zulaikha, seorang graduan universiti yang berusaha sekuat mungkin mencari kerja di Kuala Lumpur sesuai dengan kelayakannya. Takdir menentukan dia akhirnya menetap dan bekerja di desa mengusahakan projek homestay dan makanan tradisional kampung.

Watak pembantu terdiri dari mak Yasmin, abang Yassin, Anis & Azlan (anak sepupu mak Yasmin), Jason (seorang kacukan Cina Inggeris yang akhirnya memeluk Islam selepas menetap di homestay Yasmin), Mak Long Zaharah (rakan baik mak Yasmin), Ustaz Mustakim, Hasniah, Pak Isa, Alang Karim (ketua kampung), & Umar Khalil.

Setiap watak diberi perkembangan yang baik. Dari satu bab ke satu bab ada debaran yang menggunung. Mungkin kerana Salina Ibrahim sebagai editor majalah Karangkraf, maka gaya bahasa, penceritaan dan penggunaan perkataan digunakan secara baik.

Secara umum cerita ini biasa sahaja, namun yang luar biasa kerana apa yang diceritakan dapat dikaitkan dengan kehidupan kita dengan penggunaan ayat-ayat al-Qur'an, hadith & kisah Nabi & Sahabat yang banyak tetapi tidak terlalu sarat.

Books During Ramadhan

Assalamualaikum,

Isnin lepas sementara menunggu ayah saya menjemput pulang ke rumah, saya singgah di kedai buku kat bawah ofis. Niat di hati hanya nak tengok-tengok saja buku-buku yang ada. Alih-alih beli juga buku. Bukan satu tapi 4! Buat pertama kalinya saya beli semua buku non-fiction.

Tajuk: Dilema Melayu - Islam; Kurang Fikir Atau Kurang Zikir

Pengarang: Pahrol Mohd Juoi

Terbitan: Telaga Biru

Mukasurat: 350

Harga: RM 30.00 / RM 32.00 (S/S)

Tajuk: Kemuncup Dalam Perjuangan

Pengarang: Tuan Guru Dato' Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat

Penerbit: Anbakri Publika Sdn Bhd

Mukasurat: 228

Harga: RM 17.00 / RM 20.00 (S/S)

Tajuk: Kisah Cinta Sejati Khadijah

Pengarang: Abdul Mun'im Muhammad Umar

Penerbit: Kharisma

Mukasurat: 363

Harga: RM 28.90 / RM 30.90 (S/S)

Tajuk: Alex Goh Baking Class - Fruity Cakes

Pengarang: Alex Goh

Penerbit: Seashore Publishing Co.

Mukasurat: 158

Harga: RM 30.00

Update! Books Galore

Assalamualaikum

Bekalan buku untuk 2 bulan. Dari 20 buah buku di atas, hanya 3 buah yang baru saya selesai baca. Oh ya, buku-buku di atas dibeli selama 2 kali saya berkunjung ke Pesta Buku Selangor 2008. Jumlah belian, hampir RM600 (uh..oh Huda, you have really gone overboard this time around)

Pesta Buku Selangor 2008 (2)

Assalamualaikum

Sabtu lepas, 02/08/08 saya berkunjung lagi buat kali ke-2 (dan terakhir) ke Pesta Buku Selangor 1008 di Kompleks PKNS. Oleh kerana saya agak tertekan dengan masalah yang menimpa seminggu lalu, saya berhabis duit jugalah membeli buku-buku. Mujur la bukan banyak makan, maunya gemuk nanti..ahahaha..

Berikut ialah buku-buku yang saya beli (tiada gambar kerana tiada kamera):

1. The Everything Home-Based Business Book - Yvonne Jeffrey & Sherri Linsenbach
2. Kasih Disemai Sayang Dituai, Dr. Amida Abdul Hamid - Galeri Ilmu
3. Suu Phea, Abu Hassan Morad - AMN Publications
4. Tunas, Hlovate - Jemari Seni
5. aA + bB, Hlovate - Jemari Seni
6. Naqiah Khalida, Diya Noordin - Must Read Sdn Bhd
7. Kuseru Namamu Kekasih, Maya Iris - PTS
8. Curahan Cinta Niagara, Maya Iris - PTS
9. Mencari Jalan Pulang: Daripada Sosialisme kepada Islam, Kassim Ahmad - ZI Publications Sdn Bhd

Huish! Banyaknya buku, yang beli minggu sudah pun belum mula baca lagi. Pulak tu sekarang selera baca buku 'non-fiction'. Buku-buku novel belum buka plastik pun ada lagi. Sekarang sedang membaca buku karya Kassim Ahmad yang dahulu mencetuskan kontroversi dengan bukunya bertajuk 'Hadis - Satu Penilaian Semula' pada tahun 1986.

Pesta Buku Selangor 2008

Assalamualaikum,

Hari Sabtu lepas, 26/07/08, saya berkesempatan mengunjungi Pesta Buku Selangor yang diadakan di Kompleks PKNS Shah Alam dari 25/07/08 hingga 03/08/08. Awal-awal lagi duit dah tolak ke tepi kerana dikhabarkan oleh Wanie 2 minggu awal walaupun belum gaji lagi.

Tolak ke tepi baju raya, tolak ke tepi kasut & tas tangan, yang penting 'candu' saya dapatkan dulu. Habis juga dekat Rm300. Setakat ni saya membeli buku yang diberi ulasan bagus oleh kenkawan blog dahulu. Oleh kerana tempat Pesta Buku berhampiran pejabat, maka saya akan mengunjunginya berulang kali selepas habis waktu pejabat. :P Sukanya saya!!!

Terdapat juga gerai yang menjual buku yang diimport dari Indonesia. Tapi harganya mahal juga. Walaupun begitu, membaca tajuk-tajuk buku ini bergetar dada dibuatnya. Hebat-hebat. Ada lah 1-2 buku yang saya beli. Tentu ada yang tak sangka kenapa saya beli buku Ustaz Cahyadi yang bertajuk "Bahagiakan Diri Dengan Satu Istri". Entah saya pun tak tahu kenapa. Tapi memikirkan ini buku Ustaz Cahyadi, maka saya beli juga kerana itu sahaja tajuk yang ada. Tajuk yang saya cari "Di Atas Jalan Dakwah Aku Menikah" tak terdapat.

Kali ini pembelian buku saya tidak terhad kepada novel semata, malah terdapat buku kisah harian. Mungkin kerana saya minat kaunseling atau sering dirujuk orang untuk kaunseling tak bertauliha, maka saya membeli buku-buku tersebut buat panduan. Saya dan Faizah beli buku tentang "Shalat sebagai Terapi Psikologi" karya Muhammad Bahnasi (terjemahan Indonesia) yang mana pada ketika itu tinggal 2 buah sahaja. Menurut Faizah, buku ini menyamai ESQ.

Berada di Kompleks saya menerima SMS Wanie menanyakan di mana gerai yang menjual novel karya Andrea Hirata, sayang kita tak dapat berjumpa buat pertama kalinya ya. Harap-harap dapat bertemu juga nantinya. Insya'Allah.

My 4th Day In Ireland

Assalamualaikum,

The day start with a gloomy weather and it has been raining non-stop from morning until now. The sky is grey, in contrast to yesterday's sunny weather. Today I'm cooped up in the house. I'll be freezing & wet if I decide to go out.

So I took the opportunity to finish Ketika Cinta Bertasbih 2. I find the novel not as touching as I hoped for compared to Ayat-ayat Cinta. But the storyline is good though. Now I'm on to my second novel, Bohemian by Imaen. So far so good.

So Many Books

Assalamualaikum,

Final preparation before departing to 'somewhere' I bought few books. Few books that cost me RM250. That's my book stock for the month of June actually. And 2 books will be my gift to my husband-to-be during the akad nikah ceremony.

Apalah kan, orang lain bagi jam ke, bagi cincin ke, saya bagi buku pulak. Well, I have to give him something back after 'sarung cincin'ceremony later on, but I cannot for the love of God waste my money on something that he doesn't wear. So finally after nearly 1 hour browsing through books, I bought 2 for him. Why book do you ask? Well, he is a PhD holder in Arabic Language so he loves reading. During the early stage of our relationship, he gave me a book. And I know he has loads of books, so why not add more to the collection. Furthermore, that is the only gift for my-husband-to-be. The other gifts is intended for his family.

What do you guys think?

'Candu' Resah

Assalamualaikum,

Semalam aku resah lagi. Gara-gara masalah yang menimpa begitu menyesak kalbu ku. Pening kepala ku. Disaat itu aku segera membayangkan akan keseronokan rasa & minda jika aku beli 'candu' lagi. Hilang segala onak rasa. Setiap kali aku sedih, resah atau alami masalah yang begitu mendesak sekali, maka setiap kali itu duit aku akan melayang untuk beli 'candu' ini. Dan aku rasa semua orang patut hisap @ makan @ digest 'candu' kehidupan ini. Biar berkembang peribadi, biar halus bicara, biar sabar menghadapi hidup.

Anda ingin tahu? 'Candu' yang ku maksudkan adalah buku-buku. Muahaha..tertipu kah anda? :D
Semalam sudah buku yang ke-4 aku beli dalam bulan ni. Wah! Banyaknya duit kamu ye? Nak buat macam mana, dah memang minat aku kat buku sejak kecil lagi. Nasib baik bukan candu betul kan. Dah namanya 'book addict' akan selamanya ketagih buku. Buku terbaru yang aku beli bertajuk "Persis Sebutir Pasir" karya Manjlara terbitan Jemari Seni. Gambar tidak dapat nak upload. Nantilah, akan ku upload dengan gambar-gambar buku-buku yang lain.

Oh ye, sedang leka mencari buku, ada seorang gadis menyapa ku.

"Akak dah lama baca novel tak?" tanya si gadis.

"Em..dah lama juga la, kenapa?" balas aku.

"Saya sedang cari buku yang best-best untuk dibaca. Akak boleh cadangkan tak?"

"Nak beli untuk siapa?" tanyaku.

"Saya yang nak beli. Saya dengan tiga orang kawan saya sekarang sibuk membeli buku novel. Saya ni walaupun nampak brutal, tapi bila baca novel yang best tu, menangis juga saya" jelas adik tersebut.

"Kalau adik nak cari buku yang best sebagai permulaan, adik boleh baca karya Sharifah Abu Salem. Jalan cerita dan gaya bahasa memang mudah difahami & diikuti. Pilihan lain, adik boleh baca buku-buku terbitan Jemari Seni (wah! promosi nih!). Akak beli novel pun berdasarkan komen rakan-rakan. Kalau akak dapati novel tersebut bagus akak akan beli (walaupun, aku beli juga berdasarkan pertimbangan sendiri)".

"Ye ke kak? Terima kasihlah ye. Akak ada nombor phone tak? Boleh nanti akak SMS saya kalau ada novel-novel best yang terbaru" ujar gadis tersebut.

Terus sahaja aku hulurkan 'name card' buat adik tersebut. Gadis tersebut lalu mengambil novel Sharifah Abu Salem. Dan aku tidak tahu pun nama gadis tersebut. Dan aku pun terus mencapai "Persis Sebutir Pasir".