Saturday, May 16, 2009

Holiday Program List

I'll be having my break till July.

Since I'm not a fan of a "8-hour-part-time job" and the bloody swine flu chose a rather untimely period for an outbreak which hampers any move to get my father agreeing to a overseas holiday, I hereby have successfully laid out a list of my own holiday program which, I really do hope I have the discipline to at least follow 3 of them. Here goes;

  1. Learn how to cook. No more frying frozen food.
  2. Learn a new language. Either French, Japanese or Mandarin (not just the cursewords).
  3. Change the blog layout. Its long overdued. Even the songs are not playing full.
  4. Plan a beach holiday with friends.
  5. Get to know those "unknowns" in my msn/ym. Its about time.
  6. Dig deeper those "related artists" in my last.fm
  7. Hangout with friends. Movies, pool, arcade, mamak, anywhere! (Now this is something I can do)
  8. Learn a new skill. I can't think of one at the moment.
  9. Fix the guitar. And learn a new song. (dah 3 sem)
  10. Read books. Thomas Harris = awesomeness

That goes without saying the watch-tv and play-football-manager programs. I will return to my campus next wednesday coz I'm one of the runners for the Arau Open 09. WTF?

And I'm currently heavily addicted to the background song in this TV commercial.





I have been looking for the song name for two days now and I still cannot find it. Damn!
The US stock exchange has gone on a rally for a few past days but I'm expecting it to still be tied to a bearish market range since it doesn't get past the resistance level. Same goes to Bursa Malaysia. Of course!
Recovery period is definitely not within this year. Time to buy securities?
Cases of swine flu in Malaysia has been reported. There are 2 confirmed cases and both are reported in Penang. One in Bukit Mertajam. Of all places.
I have nothing else to say.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Its the Holidays! and I Got Tagged!

You have received this note because someone thinks you are a literary geek. Copy the questions into your own note, answer the questions, and tag any friends who would appreciate the quiz, including the person who sent you this.

1) What author do you own the most books by?
Dan Brown. I own all 4 of them. I heard the new one has been released. *looks at wallet*

2) What book do you own the most copies of?
Godfrey Howard's A Guide to Good English in the 1980s. I don't know how there's 2 of them on my bookshelf.

3) Did it bother you that both those questions ended with prepositions?
wth is prepositions?

4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with?
Hermione. Only if she was hot.


4a) What fictional character would you most like to be?
The old dead guy from mitch albom's the 5 person you meet in heaven. i wanna go to heaven and meet the blue man.

4b) What fictional character do you think most resembles you?
Will Kelly from My Legendary Girlfriend

5) What book have you read the most times in your life?
The Da Vinci Code. god knows how many times.

6) What was your favorite book when you were ten years old?
Some enid blytons's(sp?) the famous five series. and some classics illustrations like rebecca, oliver twist and the 3 musketeers

7) What is the worst book you've read in the past year?
Ian R. MacLeod - the Light Ages - I cant get pass the 3rd chapter and it was RM5. no wonder

8) What is the best book you've read in the past year?
Mike gayle's my legendary girlfriend. definitely in my top 5!

9) If you could force everyone you tagged to read one book, what would it be?
mitch albom's the 5 person you meet in heaven. the most beautiful book ive read

10) Who deserves to win the next Nobel Prize for literature?
I have no idea.

11) What book would you most like to see made into a movie?
anything stephen king

12) What book would you least like to see made into a movie?
i don't know but it is rare to see a good movie adapted from the books. that said slumdog millionaire is unforgetable.

13) Describe your weirdest dream involving a writer, book, or literary character.
i shot shakespeare in the head. he's bald, can't help it.

14) What is the most lowbrow book you've read as an adult?
LAW BOOKS!
15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read?
Elizabeth Kostova's the Historian. it is so long and wordy. 2 months. and harper lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.

16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen?
obscure? none.

17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians?
French

18) Roth or Updike?
neither.

19) David Sedaris or Dave Eggers?
I don't know.

20) Shakespeare, Milton, or Chaucer?
I only know Shakespeare.

21)Austen or Eliot?
wtf?

What is the biggest or most embarrassing gap in your reading?
Biggest gap – the Historian. 2 months!

23) What is your favorite novel?
the 5 person you meet in heaven

24) Play?
Badang - The Untold Version... which is also the winner for my campus drama competition!

25) Poem?
none

26) Essay?
My groups' study on fashion and its role and effects in the 21st century pop culture. some group work during my matrics days...

27) Short story?
Adibah Amin's take on her university life

28) Work of non-fiction?
Adibah Amin's As I Was Passing and Lydia Teh's Honk! If You're a Malaysian

29) Who is your favorite writer?
Dan Brown. He writes easy-to-understand fictions.

30) Who is the most overrated writer alive today?
dunno.

31) What is your desert island book?
3 easy steps on how to get away from a desert island. safely. can't imagine being there.

32) And ... what are you reading right now?
Thomas Harris - Hannibal Rising and Silence of the Lamb.

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I AM NOT A BOOK NERD.
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All who have read that sentence are required to answer this TAG
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You will not die in any supernatural ways if you don't answer this tag.
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Great, holiday till july! I'm home and i don't know what to do...