how I met your mother, is a story I will tell my kids :)

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Old!

I am afraid of getting old, honestly. I just want to stay where I am as today, Being old, ughhhhh. So sorry but that is the reality. But, I have to admit - I am getting older. Why? Because, during my free time - especially during this new year. My buddies asked me to celebrate the new year, but I take a rain check. I just stay at home, watching my favorite series. Then, when I bored - I switch to read books. When I am bored again, I draw, yup - this is one of my current passion - acrylic painting. I decided to give it a try but I found it to be fun - to just immersed with the painting. I am still learning and taught myself with the skills. Luckily, I found this special book and the kit of acrylic painting was provided as well. So, there you go. One two three four, I have created three drawings so far with a small size of canvas. I am also thinking of purchase new large size of canvas for me to draw and also, new acrylic painting because what I have with mine, already finish because last week - I try to paint with very large canvas size which I ended like half of my paint - I hate the top, but I love the bottom of my paint. So, basically - it is the story of my new passion. But seriously, I don't want to grow old. People said that it is just a matter of mind, but I want to stay awesome as I am today. I am awesome.

Monday, January 2, 2017

New Year Resolution 2017

Happy New Year everyone and all the best for the year 2017. Let's do the best for ourself.

My only new year resolution is to just keep on going what I have been doing. I have exercised regularly since August 2016. I also have started eating healthy and less junk food. Come on, who can resists the temptation. I also have cut my rice intake which sometimes, I don't eat rice at all but instead more protein and fiber. More chicken and salads. I went to gym since last August and try to lift this and that and jogging. I am not going for bulky body, just a fit one.

So, Let's keep going for the better. I am doing this because I want to look awesome when I am old. Hahahaa.

100 Books by 2016

JANUARI 2016 (9 books)
1. Tenggelamnya Kapal Van Der Wijck by Hamka**
2. The Night Rainbow by Claire King
3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
4. 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window by Jonas Jonasson
5. Ajaib by Syafiq Izat
6. Merantau Ke Deli by Hamka
7. The Death Cure (The Maze Runner trilogy) by James Dashner
8. Kumpulan Cerpen : Kopi by Fixi
9. Harry Potter and Half-Blood-Prince by J.K. Rowling

FEBRUARI 2016 (12 books)
10. Lelaki Sesuatu Itu / Cikgu Asyraf by Shaz Johar / Dayang Noor
11. Voice in My Head - A Mind Reader by Lilian Chan
12. Mereka by Ariff Adly
13. The Other Side of Coin - Aiman Azlan & Ameen Misran**
14. Looking for Alaska - John Green
15. Paranoia - Hani Suraya
16. Kampung - Irvan Affan**
17. Winterwood - Patrick McCabe
18. Nota - Shaz Johar
19. Babies in Waiting - Rosie Flore**
20. Aksara - Syafiq Aizat
21. Anne Frank : The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank**

MARCH 2016 (12 books)
22. Dosa - Nuril Basri
23. The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
24. Mental - Shaz Johar
25. Ten Things I've Learnt about Love - Sarah Butler
26. Love in Penang - FIXI
27. The Gift of Maybe - Allison Carmen
28. Santet - Saat Omar
29. The Paper Boy - Pete Dexter
30. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho**
31. Kasarnova - Izwan Hafifi**
32. Diary of A Wimpy Kid (Rodrick Rules) - Jeff Kinney
33. Diana Story of a Prince - Tim Clayton & Phil Craig**

APRIL 2016 (5 books)
34. Perjalanan - Regina Ibrahim
35. Winter Journal - Paul Auster
36. The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud - Ben Sherwood**
37. Retina - Lokman Hakim
38. The Savage Detectives - Roberto Bolano**

MAY 2016 (6 books)
39. Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Owell**
40. Once - Morris Gleitzman**
41. My Name is Red - Orhan Pamuk
42. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
43. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
44. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy**

JUNE 2016 (7 books)
45. The Tale of Beedle the Bard - JK Rowling**
46. About a Boy - Nick Hornby
47. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
48. Conversations with Heaven - Theresa Cheung
49. The Hundret-Foot Journey - Richard C. Morais**
50. Antwerp -Roberto Bolano
51. Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt**

JULY 2016 (6 books)
52. The Seagull - Anton Chekov
53. Mat Jenin Sebenarnya Hero - Saiful Nang**
54. The Essential Kafka - Franz Kafka**
55. From the Meadows of Gold - Al Masudi
56. Letters from Rifka - Karen Hesse**
57. Harry Potter & The Cursed Child - JK Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne**

AUGUST 2016 (12 books)
58. Friedrich - Hans Peter Richter**
59. The Last Song - Nicholas Sparks**
60. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
61. Alice's Adventure In Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov**
63. A Bottle in the Gaza Sea - Valerie Zenatti
64. Chinese Cinderella - Adeline Yen Mah
65. The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid
66. The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
67. The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy
68. Fever Pitch - Nick Hornby
69. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger**

SEPTEMBER 2016 (5 books)
70. One Thousand and One Nights - Hanan Al-Shaykh**
71. Four Seasons in Rome - Anthony Doerr
72. Slumdorg Millionaire - Vikas Swarup**
73. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
74. One Day - David Nicholls

OCTOBER 2016 (4 books)
75. The Gospel of Loki - Joanne M. Harris
76. Why We Can't Wait - Martin Lurther King Jr.
77. The Kalahari Typing School for Men - Alexander McCall Smith
78. The Story of My Life - Helen Keller*

NOVEMBER 2016 (5 Books)
79. Summer of my German Soldier - Bette Greene
80. Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks
81. The White Castle - Orhan Pamuk
82. A Quiet Life - Beryl Bainbridge
83. The Little Coffee Shop in Kabul - Deborah Rodriguez**

DECEMBER 2016
84. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (The Long Haul) - Jeff Kinney
85. People Who Changed the World - Rodney Castleden
86. Kisah 25 Filsuf Barat - Mat Luthfi
87. Serigala - Lokman Hakim
88. Di Bawah Lindungan Kaabah - Hamka
89. Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits - Laila Lalami
90. Tuan Direktur - Hamka**
91. The Pigman - Paul Zindel**
92. Spark notes 1984 - George Orwell
93. Death is Forever - James Bond
94. The Translator - Daoud Hari**

So basically, I almost made it. I am just lack of six books to go to reach 100 books. Summarily, I have read too many awesome and amazing books.

Then, next year - I am going to try to reach another hundred books. All the BEST! Have a blast new year everyone!!

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

It is a 800 and plus of pages book, maybe it took me 2 weeks or plus to finish it. People said, it is one of the most and must read book. I just wonder, am I wonder for the second round? My first time read, it is really hard to adapt to the Russian writer style and maybe, it was my first time to read such a literature from Russian. Hopefully, there will be new insights from the second reading.

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

100 books by 2016 (list)

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Holocaust

Do you even know what does it mean by Holocaust? I am such an ignorance because I don't even know what the term stand for. But, what people said, the more you read, the more you will know eventually. For example, I came across this term when I read the Anne Frank, the Diary of Young Girl where she kept a diary of herself during this holocaust era which is WWII if I am not mistaken, Germany under the Hitler leadership, decided - he wanted to kill every jew in Germany. So, Anne Frank and her family have to hide from the army and the government. So, during her hideout of two or three years, she wrote everything happen in the attic and her personal thought. Then, after that moment - I am really attracted to this branding of holocaust. I even wikipedia the holocaust and trying search for another footage or picture during that era. The life during that moment was very hard and it is even harder for the jews. It is not that I am not stand or fight for the Germany or Jews, but there is some blurred lines between these and the misconceptions. I really have to study and read more about the conflict. However, I came across more and more books with the holocaust themed and it is good to read another different experiences of people during that era. Because of this, I am amazed and will make sure to visit Germany for the Auschwitz's camp, which is the largest camp that were build to placed all the people during that era and Amsterdam for the Anne Frank's attic, pay a visit and check personally how does it feel to hide for three years.

random things at 11.56pm 4th August 2016

This is just a random things that I want to post. As for now, I am somewhere, outstation and due to miscom with the client, I have plenty rest day. I am not even feel like to do anything but luckily, I bring a bunch of books with me. Just these few days, I switch between reading and watching movies, but I prefer reading while laying lazily on the comfy bed. Is there any job that will pay me just for reading books the whole day? Anyway, it is August already and believe or not, we will almost approaching the third quarter of 2016 and wishing everyone, to be strong and have faith. All this is just temporary and I will do my best and better, hopefully everyone is the same. This is the picture that I have taken today, just a dead butterfly where I found during my small walk. It is just die, but still beautiful.