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...

Its Time for a Brain Recess

Finally the exhausting test marathon week had come to an end. fuhhh... now i wanna enjoy my weekend.

and lets celebrate with a tag from tka! yay! (dan raikannya dengan daun saderi!) xD

(Rules:Copy to your own note, erase my answers, and enter yours. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real...nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.)

My name starts from Z

1. What is your name: Zaid Mohamad
2. A four Letter Word: zany
3. A boy's Name: zahir
4. A girl's Name: zalina
5. An occupation: zoologist
6. A color: zoren (in some parts of kedah and perlis, this is how they call oren)
7. Something you wear: zipper (my pants zipper... haha!)
8. A food: zoo plankton (its fish food! jadi lar)
9. Something found in the bathroom: zink (atap zink kat kampung!!!)
10. A place: Zimbabwe (all hail mugabe!)
11. A reason for being late: zzzzz...
12. Something you shout: ztupid!!!
13. A movie title: Zoro
14. Something you drink: Zephyr juice (i think there was such a brand. i think)
15. A musical group: Zwan
16. An animal: Zebra
17. A street name: jalan zaid ( i cant think of a name!)
18. A type of car: perodua ZIRAFAH (there'll be one in the future i tell you. you read it here first!)
19. A song title: Zero - the smashing pumpkins
20. An adjective: zonal?

damn this is the toughest thing ive had today after the test! and i was checking the dictionary 3 times to see if there is any colour that starts with "z". i cant do it, there are madeups in there.

of course.

Who i TAG?:
I wanna tag kak afzan, hani. and also cato;patchi if u happen to read this (do it with the letter c k?)

Can You Keep a Secret? - Tagged by tka jayhunn

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.(To do this, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, then click publish.)

disclaimer: instructions edited by tka

1. My name is zaid. my family+relatives call me ed (as in first "aid")
2. No one outside the family calls me ed
3. This blog i keep secret from my classmates
4. I'm single (haha)
5. I have a list of the 5 ppl i wanna get married to that i update every now and then


6. Currently those 5 are Peyton (One Tree Hill), Han Ga-In (witch yoo-hee), Dido, echa(who? teehee) and liyana jasmay
7. I weigh 50kg. tomorrow it might change to 53.


8. I rarely get angry. once i do the person will learn new vocabs. i hardly resort to physical violence.
9. because im kinda small for a guy.
10. Usually i win because part of my debating skill is sarcasm


11. i have a facebook. find me. zaid bin mohamad.
12. i have given up on friendster because facebook is easier to use


13. Im the president of acels


14. My favourite band is Radiohead. it has been since i was in form 3.
15. I started this blog in 2006


16. I can't grasp the fact that there are still some fat girls wearing tight clothes out there despite me saying "sausage bags dibuat daripada lemak" out loud (tho not directly). those in pink i call em fly baby piglet.


17. I rarely go to the movies
18. I just had this for bfast.


19. I can't swim


20. I play the guitar, both acoustic and electric. i have both
21. I play golf, tho haven't been to the greens to properly play there coz i didn't take the test needed to get to the greens. i only play at the driving range.
22. That means my handicap is 24


23. My mom likes liverpool fc and she knows her football better than any men i know. that includes my football fanatic friends
24. My first gf is Sheril Rizal Vincent. I still like her.
25. My favourite footballer is Andrea Pirlo of AC Milan, which is also my favourite football team since 1999.

Who I want to TAG?
Shark, Shuhada, shant, ATIKAH JAYHUNN, raihan, kak afzan, whoever with blogs lah...

Got to prepare for class now...