Books Books &More Books Part 30, 31 & 32

(That sure is a lot of numbers for a title)

Thanks Zana for posting the following :

"Read, read, read. Read everything—trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the most. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out the window.”
— William Faulkner

At least now I wont feel that guilty whenever I read a non-acknowledged author with an even more obscured book (sigh - with content).

I was on my way home one Friday evening and felt a compelling need to read. I headed to Kinnokuniya in KLCC but the sky was dark and it definitely was going to rain so I turned around and headed towards MPH that's closer to home. Got some books and dumped (almost) everything else and burrowed down with the readings.

So I have finished all these three books. A couple I like. The other not. Janet Dailey was (yes, was) a favorite author of mine - her later books divulge a bit too much on horses and ranches and cowboys. Bluegrass. Sonora. Cholla. Quarter horses. Wyatt Earp. Saguaro. And so on. Feel like I have enough takes on the wild, wild, west thingy. Maybe I could even try a hand at writing about ranchers, wranglers and rodeos.

I am trying to read To Kill A Mocking Bird next. Which friends had said, kita dah baca la buku tu masa kat sekolah dulu. Unfortunately I didnt do literature at school (or had I and had forgotten?) Anyway. I have bought the book I cant remember when nor where it is now - had it misplaced somehow masa kemas rumah for the wedding (in fact I had done so good a job at the kemas thing that I have lost quite a few things - the laundry bag - found it again after searching high and low, a couple other - good - books, the magic eye cream).

I am also reading a few other books in between (at least 3 - tiny, thin ones). As usual buku2 ilmiah memang susah nak perabis. Terlalu banyak gangguan bila baca buku2 nih. And no, I have not finished the book on Tun either (not that I consciously categorize that as ilmiah..) Yet.

So what are you reading currently?

And also. The other day I read from here the following -

(jika anda seorang wanita) .. bayangkanlah jika saya mengajak puan ke masjid untuk bersolat…. Apakah puan perlu mencari telekung? Jika ia, kenapa? Apakah puan merasakan yang pakaian puan belum cukup sempurna untuk mengadap Allah SWT? Jika benar begitu, kenapa pula kita boleh ke hulu dan ke hilir dengan pakaian tersebut?

Saya tinggalkan puan/saudari dengan penilaian masing2. Namun saya sendiri terasa saya perlu mencapai setidak2nya stokin saya hari ini..

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A Day On The Highlands

We were in Genting the other day. We were sending Luqman back to his training under Khazanah's SL1M program after Eid Adha and thought we should see what there is in Genting (it was an impromptu visit actually). After all, I have been to Genting only once a long time ago (Luqman was only 4 or 5 years old then!)

We took the cable car instead of driving all the way up to the top. The queue at the skyway was long, we stood in line close to an hour (ramai orang mid east). The ride was very interesting - especially when you are at the top of a steep incline and then looked down to where you had started from and see all the tiny cars hanging on the cable. Scary and exhilarating at the same time.

As we got to the top the clouds closed in on us and there is nothing to see except the cable car that passes by ours on its descend to the station. It was quite daunting sitting in the silent car (everybody was silent looking out the glass pod when the clouds came in) thinking should anything happen.. So do not think. Looking at the photo, maybe I can dream that I am perhaps sitting in a ski lift on my skiing vacation on the alps or the rockies.

The boys went on the rides. Most of the rides had long queues - menyesal pulak tak ambik express line tickets. You pay more but surely it is worth the time saved in queuing. At around 4pm strong wind blew and the mist came down. But nothing could dampen the boys' spirit in trying out the rides. My husband and I got newspapers and coffee and ice cream (yes, in the cold) and then hid in the London bus-cum-restaurant getting warm.

It was really cloudy on the way down. And raining too.

If you are heading to Genting on the skyway this year-end, be sure you are there early so you can beat the crowd. The service starts very early, 730am if I am not mistaken. The last ride is like 11pm or midnite. The park opens at 9am and closes at 10pm weekends (10am till 6pm on weekdays). If you take the cable car down when the park closes, like we did, then you will be in for a(nother) long wait.

Tickets are RM46. Or RM82 for express lines. With no queue to any ride.

Tak ade ape pun kat atas tu. Budak2 je nak masuk amusement park. But the weather was very nice that day. Very, very cool, almost like mid-autumn with a little bit of fall showers.

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My Eid Adha

You have to excuse me - I had to put up this photo - it is our first family photo with menantu (Ilyas sakit perut pulak pagi raya so he's missing from here)

I had to put this up too - our first raya with Sushi and Fishy (although Fishy isnt here - mesti keluar kawan dengan stray cats kat luar!) And after all saya memang suka letak gambar skema dalam blog.

My raya turned out to be packed. My mom is in town, so I spent the morning with her and sent the boys aje pergi tolong kerja korban. Then I spent the rest of the day at the emergency ward with Ilyas waiting for the doctor and test results. Ilyas had stomach cramps all morning and I suspect it is stones in his bladder or something akin to that. We need to do more tests to confirm. For now he's doing ok.

As usual, kalau mak ada di KL our raya celebration meriah sikit la. My sister invited us over to her place for makan2 the next day. Which was nice, everyone of us in KL turned up - including my MakSu & Pakcik with our cousins. The little cucu(s) seronok kat kolam. Orang2 tua sibuk bersembang and the youngsters watched tv or played on their iPads / PSPs / phones (what else do they do anyway?)

My days are back to normal. Slow, now that the wedding's over. I somehow think I need to create a new project to manage (not another wedding, though. Not this soon anyway). But something big. Hmm.

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