100 books by 2016 (list)

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

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.

100 books by 2016 (list)

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

So far, this is what I have read up to mid of year, just another 49 books to finished by the end of the year. It is just, for july - I am really behind my schedule due to excessive and long holiday and as for now, I am reading 600++ pages of The Essential of Franz Kafka and still a long way to go. Anyway, selamat hari raya and maaf zahir batin =)

Bottle : With Fujifilm XT10

Bottle. Only if we knew how beautiful it is under the sea. The life - such as fishes and coral reefs, it is a majestic underworld of the sea. It is like you step into a different world, scary yet amazing. The blue greenish of ocean colours, the warmness and coldness of sea water at the same time and the fishes swimming freely make you forget about everything and appreciated for everything with what you have and experienced.

Over the Scattered Sky : with Fujifilm XT10

Over the Scattered Sky. This was taken when I went to outstation to Kota Kinabalu for thousand times. This is where the famous beach located in Sabah, Pantai Tanjung Aru. My last time visit to Pantai Tanjung Aru was 15 years ago and it was when I was 12 years old. Such an attraction to the tourists and when I am taking this picture, you can see lots of tourist from Korea. This is the kind of view that will help to soothe the tired souls. You can just sit down and enjoy the view. The winds are salty, the waves are rough and the sky is calming. What else do you want? At this moment, I prefer to sit and read book for hours. Just my kind of short vacation.

named after name..

how do you take if your name is after your father's name? What happen if I were named after my father? I will be called,

Muhammad Said bin Muhammad Said.

How weird would it be? This is what I am asking when I read Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt.