Girls' Night Out

Kathy Lette, Sophie Kinsella etc., 2001

It's a compilation of 33 short stories, 600 pages.
It took me about 5 months...
Not that it was too thick to be finished in a short time..
just that it wasn't interesting enough I guess
so I wont recommend this book to anyone..
Do like some stories though...such as the one from my fav author, Sophie Kinsella :)

ok, it's 11 pm..Sweet dreams!
:)

★★★
my 19th book, 2010

Ford County

John Grisham, 2009

It's not a novel but it's a short stories compilation, 7 stories to be exact and is belong to my dear husband.
He's John Grisham's fan and has almost all of the John Grisham's..more than 10 for sure.

Well, I would say it was a typical John Grisham's...such as; lawyers, courthouses, Carlton (name of a town which had appeared several times in his novels), small town people conflicts (southerners of American) etc.

Of all 7, I like "Michael's Room", "Quiet Haven" and " Funny Boy" the most.
"Michael's Room" was about a lawyer kidnapped by a father whose son has brain damage since 3 and who was defeated in court against a doctor...the doctor was presented by a scum lawyer..
"Quiet Haven" was about a stalker hunts victims in a retirement home..and "Funny Boy" was about a young man..having infected by AIDS and dying at a small town..

About 30-50 pages for each story and, an easy reading English.
★★★★
18th book, 2010


By the way, my husband has finished reading this book..."Malaysian Maverick" a few weeks ago.

This book was once banned in Malaysia but when it was released it has become Malaysian Best Sellers. 

Well, I am not into politics so I would need some きっかけ to read the book but my husband said it was indeed very very very interesting book. So for those interested...どうぞ! :)

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この写真、大好き。
だから、ここに（ちょっとだけ）載せておこう。
（ハリラヤ期間限定だから、今見ないと！・・・ふふ）

これは、私の（たくさんある中の）
一つの大きな幸せ
:)

（ここに写真がありました）

Kad Hari Raya

Kalau dulu-dulu bila bulan Ramadan

semua orang sibuk cari kad raya
kad raya untuk famili,
kad raya untuk orang tersayang,
malah kad raya untuk cikgu pun ada....
pejabat pos dan posmen pun sibuk uruskan kad raya
seronok kalau dapat banyak kad raya
sampai tampal-tampal tepi dinding
atau hias macam pokok krismas
itu dulu-dulu...
sekarang semuanya sudah tinggal kenangan....

sekarang semua beri ucapan dengan sms sahaja
ada yang ikhlas tulis
tapi ramai juga yang forward aje sms orang lain
atau tulis satu dan hantar kepada ramai..

so
sudah hilang keistimewaannya...

saya pun sudah tidak tulis kad raya lagi
saya pun hantar sms sahaja sekarang..

cuma saya tak suka guna sms yang orang lain buat
itu kreativiti orang lain..bukan saya..
dan saya cuba elak hantar satu sms kepada semua..
sekurang-kurangnya saya pastikan
saya tulis nama orang tersebut
supaya orang tu tau yang itu memang sms khas untuk dia.....

keistimewaan kad raya memang sudah hilang
tapi bila sms yang tidak ikhlas...
ucapan dari sms juga tiada nilai istimewa...

itu pendapat saya

jadi
semasa kad raya semakin menghilang..
apabila mendapat kad raya yang ditulis khas,
ia adalah sesuatu yang sangat-sangat istimewa....

dapat satu saje tahun ini..
tapi sangat-sangat hargainya

thanks!
:)

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri
kepada semua yang mengenali saya
terutamanya para pelajar JAD yang disayangi
Mohon maaf jika ada terkasar bahasa dan termarah-marah :D

チチ、カエル

西田俊也,2008

「あいつが、女になって、帰ってきた。」というキャッチ・フレーズ

高校生の一海は母と二人暮らし

母が出張中のある日、

家に帰ると見知らぬ客が来ている。

黄色いドレスに赤いハイヒール、

金髪にマニキュアに指輪がジャラジャラ・・・

派手な格好をしたその人は、

四年前、リストラされて失踪した

父だった！

オカマになった父を受け止めることができない、

そんな父のことをみんなに知られてほしくない若者の悩みを描く話。

まあ、私たちの環境では、考えにくい話ですが、

外国だから、このようなこともコミカルに描くことができるでしょう。

そういう世の中もあると考えて、読めばいいでしょう。

ドラマにもなったようで、演じた俳優もかわいい人

なんとなく、小説よりドラマのほうがおもしろいかも・・・

★★★

2010年、17冊目

⑤踏み倒し （ふみたおし）

意味：代金または借金を支払わないままにしてしまう
lari dari hutang/bayaran

使い方の例：

・前のテナントが電気代を踏み倒して、イギリスに逃げてしまった。

・借金を踏み倒して、姿をくらました。

SIFU

Khoo Kheng-Hor, 2009

The main reason I bought this book is that it has a Malaysian history element in it. Although it was a fictional story,  the author used some real historic events as the background of the story.

Well, it was about a boy whose father was murdered in a cold-blooded way by an over-zealous British Army Officer during British occupation in Malaya. He knew he had to survive in order to seek vengeance. Young as he was, he also knew he couldn't do it all on his own but had to learn from those who were able to teach him. He then met the sifu - and later, became a professional assassin.

Easy reading English.


★★★★

My 16th books, 2010