I'm wondering...

I saw this kind of post at my friend (Pei Er's) blog. So, I though of making a carbon copy of it  via my perspective since I have nothing better to do. NOTE: Facebook and Quizilla is boring to me, for now anyway...

Did the last person you held hands with you mean anything to you now? : Uhm... My brother? Note: I don't want to let him go astray in a shopping mall do I and he 's 4.



Do you sleep with the TV on? : More like my father's thing to do...


What are you doing right now? : My brain is processing what am I suppose to do and my fingers typing and my heart beating and my lungs breathing-in short, being alive.


Have you ever crawled through a window? : Crawl no, jump...yes. Yeah, once when I was chasing after one of my ex-classmate to get my water bottle back. Great. I shall call the water bottle to act as  witness if my lord has any questions.


Can you handle the truth? : Depends on how dynamic it is. Might be dynamites under my mattress.


Are you closer to your mother or father? : 100% my dadio! Wait, on 2nd thoughs my mom. No, wait, I think it is my dad.


Who was the last person you cried in front of? : my pillow!

Do you eat healthy? : Nope. Over-consuming of chocolate is ddefinately not healthy right?

Do you still have pictures of you & your ex?: I don't have one and even so, my dad dosen't trust me with a camera, I broke his ex-ex-camera.

Have you ever cried because of something someone said to you? : I did. My piano teacher quited a after a long lecture on how a failure I was (though in gentle tone). I still need to thank her for making me realize I don't like piano. Or do I? I do.




How often do you go to church?: Not a christian so never.


If you're having a bad day, Who are you most likely to go to? : My pillow or my aunt.


Are you loud or quiet most of the time?: Depends... I believe I have split personality *just joking*.


Are you confident?: Absolutely NOT! I need to self console myself just to do a presentation in class with my friend!

About Sequels

Sequels...*sigh*, you hate them, you love them. I'm pretty fed up with sequals right now. Do I have to explain?

About Books

I went to the bookshop a few days ago, hunting about for books. However, I must say that I was pretty disappointed. I found iout that now, most of the books are split into three branches (mostly for teens). The first branch is a typical story line of a girl and a boy, blah balh, then pow! Vampires!. The next branch is the typical...The Dark Lord has risen and the fate of the world lays in the hand of XX who has magic powers. The third and last barch is a cloone of the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. XX found a map, sating blah blah blah, following the symbols, blah balh, found out the anicient secrets of Babylon, anicient times...blah balh, secret uncovered.... balh.

OMG! Give me a break! How are we suppose to enjpy reading similiar storylines again and again. Geez... I feel that all the spark of imagination that human ever had were all simply put out, POOF by the put outer. I hope that one day, I would find a book unlike others...

Book for Sale

I have a book for sale as shown below for a very cheap price. Shipping fee is charged according to area. *Available at Malaysia only.*

Dragon's Breath

Written by E.D. Baker

*picture as shown above varies from actual book, pic shall be published at e-bay*

In good condition and wrapped. FREE: Book mark!

Normal Price: RM34.90
Current Price For Sale: RM12 (Lower price available)

Please contact via bookaholicgeek@gmail.com or go to my e-bay account at http://www.ebay.com.my/ if interested.

Book Review #5

Book Review #5
I Finally Posted This... Am I Not Glad? Geez... Well, sorry, no more Anime Post.

Feather Boy

Written by Nicky Singer

Published by Harper Collins

286 Pages

(now a motion-picture)

Blogger's Note

Awarded the Blue Peter Book Award, this is indeed a very inspiring story. Though this is not an action packed story, at the end, I was pretty much satisfied. Those who love magic and sword fighting and stuff...one advice: Stay away from this book. However, I think that even those who hate books that are more emotionly based should give it a shot. For a  book about courage and self discovery, it is very well written indeed. A 5/5 for this one.

Synopsis

It all started when Catherine the storyteller announced the Elder's Project. Robert Nobel is the class victim, the guy who's never picked for the team and bullied. So, no one was more surprised than Robert when an old lady picked him to be her partner and sends him to a quest to solve the mystery of the Chance House where it is rumoured that a boy around Robert's age once fell into death from an upper window. To get to the truth, Robert needs to learn what it really means to fly.

Divided City

Written by Theresa Breslin

Published by Corgi

230 Pages

Blogger's Note

Based on the book cover and the given synopsis, I had expected something more like FBI and murder case and an action- packed story. I could say that it was a let down. I kept reading, expecting more but it just nevr came. Then I reached the end of the story and I was still waiting for something BIG to happen. It never came. So, you can't judge a book by it's cover huh? Well, all I can say is thnat it is a great book about humanity and friendship and conflict between religions. I can say it is a fine book. Inspiring, though not as Feather Boy. It's an OK read if you're bored. A 3.5/5 for this one.

Sypnosis

A young man lies bleeding in a quite street. It's Glasgow and it's May- the marching season. The Orange Walk begins. Graham does not wants to be involved. He just wants to play football with his new mate, Joe (Joseph) But then, he witnesses a shocking moment of violence...In a city that is divided by religion and difference, can the friendship of Joe and Graham survive? What is the soul porpose that the young man called Kyoul was stabbed? Two boys, of different religion and culture, can they find the answers and the way forward in a city divided by diferrence?  

Book Four, The Demonata: Bec

Written by Darren Shan (Pen Name)

Published by Harper Collins

262 Pages

Blogger's Note

If you don't mind a book in which almost ALL of the characters die and a lot of blood sheded, I guess it's an OK book. It's not exactly seriouly scary, as the warning at the back of the book stated. It's DISGUSTING. That's more like it. I just don't get it... why are demons are always so blood-thirsty and evil in books. They hunt humans and all. Aren't humans the same? We kill animals for living and we destroy their homeland. What is it that different between humans and demons. Fact: Demons are a tad bit more stupid and they DON'T have establishments like WFF to protect human species. And they don't have zoos. Well, to put apart the 'demon' fact, it is still a good book about humanity, courage, cowardy, selfisness, hope, good and evil of human beings. Rate? 4/5. P.S. My friend SMD (not superintendent mental doctor if you are nuts enough to think so) like this series (not crazy about it, just like), she's a little crazy over books by Virginia Andrews. And this copy that I'm reading is suppose to be her Christmas gift. Hahaha! o.O You: The blogger is CRAZY!

Synopsis

A tunnel is formed between the human and demon realm. Demons (or Demonatas) are starting to invade the human world. As a baby, Bec(which means little one)  fought for her lkife. As a trainee priestess she fights to fit into her tribe (MacConn tribe). Bec's magic is weak and untrain until she meets the druid, Drust. Under his leadership, Bec and a small band of warriors, a simpleton boy, an ex-king, a deputy king and a smith embarks upon a quest to seal the tunnel between the human realm and the Demon world. But the journey is perilous and many morfe demons lies in the dark. But the final conflict demands a scrifice too horrific to contemplate... Can Drust and the others make to the tunnel at time? Is all lost when all they have is only hope? Is there a chance for humankind to survie? Read it now!

Abhorsen 

Written by Garth Nix

Published by Harper Collins

396 Pages

Blogger's Note

I regret to say I did not enjoyed it as much as Lirael. Perhaps it was because of the lack of humour but it was appropriate, as everything seems so bleak. However, I find it not as heart frighthening as I expected. And there seem to be less words about how the characters feel. And I must say less face to face conflict. And everything was expectable. I was surprised that it was supposed to be the climax. Oh well, I guess it's pretty hard to write a good book. 4/5.

-.- Nevertheless, it was a great book about resposibility and humanity. A good read indeed.  

Synopsis

An ancient evil has arisen- freed from its subterranean prison and seeking to eascape its final bound- the binding of the two silver hemispheres which prevent it from finally unleashing its terrible powers. Lirael, newly come into her inheritance as the Abhorsen-in-Waiting iknows that the fate of the world is in her hands. With only the vision of the Clayr to guide her, and the uncertain help of her comnpanions - Sam, the Disreputable Dog and Mogget- Lirael sets out on her perilous mission. The answer lays  beyond the Ninth Gate of the Death. Can Lirael- a former Second Assistant Librain- resist the Ninth Gate's summons and reach into the past for the answer and defeat the Destroyer... before it is all too late? Read it NOW!!!

And for Younger Readers (Aged 8 and up)

Ella Enchanted

Written by Gail Carson Levine 

Published by Harper Collins

272 Pages

 (now a motion-picture)

Blogger's Note

 A simple story at it's best, Ella Enchanted is a mixture of a curse and Cinderella. I guess it's entertaining, and since I borrowed it from a local library, I can't say it's nolt worth my money. Awarded the Newberry Award, it is an okay story for me. I had expected more conflict, but it was still okay. Don't worry, such books only have a happy ending. 4/5.

Sypnosis- (I just straight away copy from the website, out of time)

At her birth, Ella of Frell was the unfortunate recipient of a foolish fairy's gift--the "gift' of obedience. Ella must obey any order given to her, whether it's hopping on one foot for a day and a half, or chopping off her own head! But strong-willed Ella does not tamely accept her fate. Against a bold backdrop of princes, ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, and fairy godmothers, Ella goes on a quest to break the curse--once and for all.                                         

  

( My Copy)

   

Crimology

Crime
All right, this is not much of a crime but still...

Wednesday, 25th of November 2009, 1:24 p.m. (approx)
Me dad recieved a call, saying that someone had applied for a credit card under his name and spenbt up to 6000 dollars.  The caller identified himself as a bank staff from Bank YY. You could imagine how shock my dad was. My dad wanted to contact the bank negera (national bank). The man then offered to link him to the National Bank's line. My dad was, as you see, was lazy to go out at the middle of the noon to KL, so he said yes. A malay man voice was heard next on the phone line. The man asked him whether he got Bank XX credit card and the account number and so on. My father answered all his questions. Then, my father said it would be better if he just go to the HQ at KL. The malay man then replied that it would be a waste of time. To this point, my father became suspicious as the goverment's staff would, CERTAINLY not speak as such. He then asked the position of the man in the bank negara. He came up with an answer easily. Then, my father hung up. After calling my mother and telling her about EVERYTHING, my mom said 3 words, annoyed, "You've been fooled." 

    So, my dad had to deactivate his credit card. So, beware of the bank caller and no matter what, don't tell them you're account number!

Haiya, sad lah

Haiya, so sad. I don't know but I can't find any good books to review lately. Meow. All right! Stop the self pitiying blabbering! Goodness. Sorry guys but I guess the next book review is gonna take a little more longer. Is the books closing in!? They are not willing to comunicate with me...Meow! 'What is this stupid person blabering about?' You think. Geez. It's hard to explain, but sometimes, if I touch a book and concerntrate hard enough, I kindda know whether those books are those that I would enjoy. Like my heart beating faster, getting this weird tingle. Instincts you say? I don't know. No weird tingles from the books lately. *sobs*. Weird, when I'm blogging this out, I realise it was only my brain stating this and not my heart. Geez. Ok, you are perhaps, as I assume, very muddled and screaming, 'What is this person thinking about? This person is MAD!' Fine. Whatever. Everyone is mad, its just base on how you look at them, sane or insane. Just because people are different doesn't mean that they are mad. Just so. As they say (I don't know who), we see things through our own window. Ha ha. Speaking of which, the song 'Through My Window' seems to be widely advertised.I kindda like it. So... I'm running out of topics...so I think I shall declare the end of this post. Ciao!

P.S.: In subsitude of the Book Review that should come out soon (though not soon enough), I shall post a post about anime. Hope you don't mind. Meow.   

Laughaholic

Laughaholic
Welcome to the special LAUGH post. I’ve gathered various jokes all around the world…just kidding. Enjoy! Lol!

1) “Married people, here’s some advice: stop making marriages sound so scary! My married friends always say, ‘You know, Pete, marriage isn’t a sprint; it’s a marathon.” Well, I’ve run a marathon, and I was only happy when it was done.” --Pete Lee

2) “Scientists say they have found the missing link-a little monkey. It lived on mostly twigs and berries, which makes it the direct ancestor of today’s supermodel.” –Craig Ferguson, on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

3) While filling up at a petrol station, I accidentally spilled gasoline on my shirt. When I when inside to pay, I noticed a women crinkling her nose. Very embarrassed, I tried to put her mind at ease. “If you smell gas,” I said, “It’s me.”—Reader’s Digest, September issue , life section, Joseph Bozulich.

4) My boss’s wife was concerned about her son. He had gotten one D and three F's ’on his report card. “Why do you think he is not doing well?” she asked me. Before I could stop the words coming out of my mouth, I said, “Seems to me he’s concentrating too much on just one subject.”—Reader’s Digest, September issue, @ Work, Al Curry.

5) An elderly couple goes to Burger King, where they carefully split a burger and fries. A trucker takes pity on them and offers to buy the wife her own meal. “It’s all right,” says the husband, “We share everything.” A few minutes later, the trucker notices that the wife hasn’t taken a bite. “I really wouldn’t mind buying your wife her own meal,” he insists. “She’ll eat,’ the husband assures him. “We share everything.” Unconvinced, the trucker implores the wife, “Why aren’t you eating?” The wife snaps, “Because I’m waiting for the teeth!”

6) Doctor, Doctor, why are you putting a brain in that man?
He said he wants to change his mind.

7) Doctor, Doctor, I stuck my finger in an electrical outlet!
Young lady, that’s shocking!

8) Doctor, Doctor, why are you putting makeup on that patient’s head?
I’m trying to help her makeup her mind.

9) One day, a teacher, a politician and a rabbi went to have lunch together. Their conversations turn to about what would they want others to say about during their funeral. “If I were to die,” began the teacher, “I would like someone to say that ‘He was a dedicated teacher who sacrificed his wings to protect his students, teaching them, making it able for them to fly.’” The politician nodded and began meaningfully, “If I were to die, I hoped someone would say so during my funeral, ‘He was a great man of honor, of great qualities and a respectful man. Period.’” They both turned towards the rabbi, who remained silent throughout the conversation. “What about you, rabbi?” The rabbi kept silent for a moment and said, “One my funeral, I did like someone to say, ‘He’s ALIVE!’”

10) A group of psychiatrists were attending a convention. Four of them decided to leave, and walked out together. One said to the other three, "People are always coming to us with their guilt and fears, but we have no one that we can go to when we have problems." The others agreed.
Then one said, "Since we are all professionals, why don't we take some time right now to hear each other out?"
The other three agreed.
The first then confessed, "I have an uncontrollable desire to kill my patients."
The second psychiatrist said, "I love expensive things and so I find ways to cheat my patients out of their money whenever I can so I can buy the things I want."
The third followed with, "I'm involved with selling drugs and often get my patients to sell them for me."
The fourth psychiatrist then confessed, "I know I'm not supposed to, but no matter how hard I try, I can't keep a secret..."

11) GOLF-Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.

12) My cousin always “borrows” money from her older brother’s piggy bank, which drives him crazy. One day, she found the piggy bank in, of all places, the refrigerator. Inside, was this note: “Dear sister, I hope you’ll understand, but my capital has been frozen.”

-end-

WIN A BOOK!-The Maze Runner!!!

Contest! Win a hard copy of the Maze Runner!!!Ends on 18th of November! Go: eoseventeen.blogspot.com.

Synopsis

Thomas wakes up in a pitch black metal box which begins moving upwards. He knows somehow that he's forgotten everything about his life except his name. Then the box opens, he realizes he's been in an elevator-type place and a bunch of faces are peering down at him from above. He's hoisted out to meet the Gladers; boys, only boys, who have been living in The Glade for two years. None know their pasts or how they got there, or even what is beyond the world they're trapped in. Do you remember the movie The Cube? It's what The Maze Runner reminded me of at first; strangers wake up to find themselves trapped in a labyrinth that shifts and moves, trapping them and testing them. Except The Maze Runner also has particularly horrible beasties running around. The boys are safe as long as they stay in The Glade and have even managed to set up a system of governing and a decent day-to-day lifestyle. But every night they send out a team of Maze Runners who try to out-pace and out-smart the maze. No one has solved the problem after two years and then one day the Gladers receive a note, and a girl, and everything changes-review by eoseventeen.blogspot.com

CONTEST ENDS ON 18th of NOVEMBER!!! Log on to eoseventeen.blogspot.com for more information!

KANGAROOS!!!

KANGAROOS-GREY AND RED!!!

In the WILD!!!
Kangaroos can hop as far as 6 feet far each hop and up to 3 feet high! In the wild, the main predators of the roos (short for kangaroos) are the dingo(s), canine’s that are wild dogs dogs that act like wolfs. Dingo(s) can be found in all states of Australia except for Tasmania The dingo(s) and the roos can run (dingo)/hop (roo) up to 65km/h (approx), which is really fast. However, the roos can maintain the same amount of energy for up to 32km/h without using any more; the dingo(s) however needs more energy the faster it runs. So, if the dingo(s) want to catch the roos , they have to catch it fast before they are exhaust of energy.

:)Awe, A dingo pup, very CUTE!!! Ain't it???

REPODUCTION
The roos mate on the mating season (naturally spring). The male will first exhibit its masculine then ferociously scratch the grass (I don’t know why). If the ladies ain’t impress, they would try the soft way, pawing the ladies taile, rubbing the fur etc. Then, there is the fight. Two males will fight each other. Box. Punch and the great KICK! The kangaroo will stand on its tail alone, which could support the body’s weight entirely for a short time and …kick. Yup. Kick.
When the baby roo is born, it is red, hairless, and blind. Only the size of a peanut, or a lime bean according to Wikipedia (I don’t know how the lime bean looks like), a new born baby roo is equal valiant to a 7 weeks old human baby. Thought you might want to know, the baby roo is first in the womb, then is delivered straight to the female roo’s pouch. The baby roo will then suck up to one of the mother’s 4 teats, where it will get sufficient amount of high fat milk. The baby will stay in the mother’s pouch for 9 months before it is ready to set foot on the world. The mother will provide the baby milk for as long as 18 months then no more. As the baby grows, the mother will provide different formula of milk, ranging from high fat milk to well, I don’t know. Nobody knows how but the roos did it. Another extra info: Female roos have two vaginas. It is also said that they could hold their babies and choose when to born them. The mother would extract the baby form it’s pouch when on the verge of death. That may seem cruel, but it’s the only chance of survival for the young joe. An extra info: The female roos on the early stage of their motherhood lives would most likely give birth to female roos and later in their live, male roos. Nobody know why. Yet another unsolved mystery. I did not really go into the depths of the reproduction system and all. Go Wikipedia for more info.

INTERACTION WITH HUMAN
The roos breed fast. The symbol of the Australia. But that ain’t mean they don’t interact with humans. Male roos cause a lot of car accidents, leading to the deaths of many roos. Before mating season, male roos would most likely cross the streets and prowl the streets, invading people’s backyard. To them, the backyard is nothing more than another…salad dish, waiting to be consumed into those herbivores’ tummy. The kangaroos are mostly harmless apart from causing car accidents. However, there are some occasions when roos attack humans. Humans don’t stand a chance to the roos’ ultimate kick. But so far, no deaths (I guess).

MEAT
At the western part of the Australia (OK, not so sure), the roos breed too fast for the framers to be pleasant. The more the roos, the more they consume, right? So, the framers aren’t that pleasant to find that 10%-30% of their crops are down in the roos tummy, right? So, what do they do? Yup. Thay call the legal poacher. The poacher can kill up to 500 roos per night and up to 10’ 000 roos per year. That is a lot of roos. So, where do all those meat go? They must end up somewhere, right? Yup. They end up on shelves of supermarket, processed from Perth. Kangaroo meat are most commonly used for BBQ or maybe using the oil for soap. So that where they end up. Don’t wince.

EARS, EYES, AND WHAT!
Roos have ears that can turn almost up to 360 degrees and hear sound from 360 degrees. They have very sharp eyes, which can see up to…maybe 6 km (I’m so not sure, Wikipedia it).They have a layer of fur and underneath skin and under the skin is a network of veins. The kangaroos hop around to keep themselves cool. They also lick their skin to keep them moisture. The kangaroos grow a set of new teeth which push the old teeth forward. I didn’t really get how it worked. Oh yeah, extra tip: The roos leg have a kind of vein or something that stretches from the knee to the their very toes, these, act as spring and helps the roos a lot when they hop. Roos have very strong legs. You know that when you see how they hop! Even though I only saw it through TV, I’m truly awed!



WARNING!!! THIS IS A LIGHT VERSION ABOUT ROOS! FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, LOG ON TO WWW.WIKIPEDIA.COM.

REPOST: Really really sad abuse story.Don't read if you're not ready

desperate and miserable only 9 yrs old praying that her mother and father wouldnt but they didmom:your a worthless peice of sh*t i hate you its your time to go.the mother hits her with the beer bottle not caring not thinking just hitting cursing and yelling forgetting that whenever she asked the girl for something the answer was yes and the girl was needing or wanting something the answer was nodad:you've been here long enough and now im p*ss*d you gonna have to leave now.the father hits her with the medal bat giving her a concusion not saying sorry forgetting how much trouble he'd be in but you wouldn't beleive it.girl:mommy whymom:why why what why NOT!!.hitting her harderdad:BYE BYE.the father took it too far he got the gun and shot her in the head they barried her below the house and made it look natural.three years later they werent caught by the police but by the girl!her spirit came to her mother when she was in the tub with a knife in the hand in her white flower dress and said :your a worthless peice of crap i hate you its your time to go and stabs the mother right in leg gets the blow dryer and plugs it and throws it in the tub she disapears when the mother screams.the father comes in and helps her but too late she was gone he didnt cry he just barried her where he barried the girl.3 nights later sleeping at night awoken by a light the girls standding at the bottom of the bed with her mother the dad didnt know what was happening so he thought it was a dream he let them lift him up and tie a rope and hang him 7 weeks later resting in peace until the cops coming after never seeing them for along time fsearching the house!police 1 was searching under the house found nothing unusual until he smell something underground he got a shovel in the barn and started to dig until he found the bodies he call his cop buddies and told them everything they came emidiantly when they couldnt find the murderer they gave up and forgot about they said they tried as hard as they could they really cared for the death but the man who found the bodies was haunted by the mother the father and the girl in the middle he was eating his food at the time and choked on a bone having no time to get it out now he did beleive in the paranormal and he did reconize this as soon as he saw the spirits the next day his mother found him dead upside down in the chair purple face and miserable death if youd ont repost this the three will come honest here the three will come mother father andd girl and kill you so repost this or prove how cold hearted you are and get killed thank you god bless you if you repost this

Lenka: the Show

I love this song, The Show, it makes me smile, I don't know why. Thought I like to share it with you guys. A real nice song really. I don't have the clip, you did have to you-tube that of course. Plus, the clip was real funny or just something different that I like...you know.

To Sakurakitty, speaking of which, the last lines, (I want my money back )reminds me of Swallow, was she speaking of this?

The Show, Starts ::

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go I can't do it alone I've tried
And I don't know why

Slow it down
Make it stop
Or else my heart is going to pop
'Cause it's too much
Yeah, it's a lot
To be something I'm not

I'm a fool
Out of love
'Cause I just can't get enough

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I don't know where to go I can't do it alone I've tried
And I don't know why

I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out
It's bringing me down I know
I've got to let it go
And just enjoy the show

The sun is hot
In the sky
Just like a giant spotlight
The people follow the sign
And synchronize in time
It's a joke
Nobody knows
They've got a ticket to that show
Yeah

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I dont know where to go I can't do it alone I've tried
And I don't know why

I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out
It's bringing me down I know
I've got to let it go
And just enjoy the show

Just enjoy the show

I'm just a little bit caught in the middle
Life is a maze and love is a riddle
I dont know where to go I can't do it alone I've tried
And I don't know why

I'm just a little girl lost in the moment
I'm so scared but I don't show it
I can't figure it out
It's bringing me down I know
I've got to let it go
And just enjoy the show

dum de dum
dudum de dum

Just enjoy the show

dum de dum
dudum de dum

Just enjoy the show

I want my money back
I want my money back
I want my money back
Just enjoy the show

I want my money back
I want my money back
I want my money back
Just enjoy the show

Book Review #4

Before-note: This book review is quite a let-down. I know. I couldn't exactly find any really good books but i promise the next one would be better. Anyway, just to let you know, starting from next week, i might put up a monthly science post about animal or anything that i found out. This month would be kangaroos. Don't ask why.

The Hunger Games

Written by Suzanne Collins

Pulished by Scholastic Press

Pages: 378 (approx)

Blogger's note

Personally, I didn't exactly enjoyed reading this book. I don't exactly know why, I just don't. I would give a 4/5 for this one. However, i must congratulate Collins for she couls really express her feelings with words. It really made me felt scared for the main charater, Katniss, afraid that she might be in danger. It is one of those rare books that can make your imagination lively. Collins also express herself very well, so I wasn't confused exactly. An added bonus is that throughout the story, bits of information about the new North America is asserted in such a way that you wouldn't feel that you are lectured. Although I didn't really enjoy it, it was a great book about survival, friendship, fear and humanity.

Synopsis

In the near future, North America has been devided into 13 ditricts. To punish the citizens of all districts, the Capitol, the ruler of the new North America launched an annual game that will remind the citiens of the districts about the cost they pay for betraying them that is broadcasted live throughout the nation. Every year, a two chlidren, one boy and one girl is chosen amongst all the children ranging from 12-16 to fight to their deaths in the annual Hunger games. Katniss Everdeen was aghasted when her sister, Primerose was chosen and chose to take her sister's place instead for Prim was the whole world to her. As a illegel hunter, survivng is Katniss's second nature. The other person chosen was a boy called Peeta Mallark, known to Katniss as the boy with the bread, a strong baker. Throughout the story, she met friends and foes, survivng in a land where everyone is determine to kill each other. Could she make through the Hunger Games? Can she save Peeta's life as well? Read the book!

Apricots at Midnight

Written by Adele Geras

Pages: 189

Published by Barn Owl Books

Blogger's Note

This is a sweet and simple story. Nothing much to say but I felt content, reading this book. It wasn't exactly touching, it wasn't dramatic, it just had its own gracefulness of simpleness that makes it a book. It's very nice. I give it a 5/5. As a child I always liked short stories and this book provided me much more then mere entertainment. It provided me the simplity of life. For those who love action, plot and extremely solid characters, I suggest you to stay off this book. It ain't going to provide you these. For those who needed a break and just read something simple for a change, read on.

Synopsis

Every peice of material on Aunt Penny's wonderful quilt has a story behind it. As the stories go on, the story of Aunt Penny was reveiled, one by one, reveiling a charming yet simple story of one's childhood. Aunt Penny, now an old women, tells her neice the story of how a particular peice of cloth came, as the story of her past unravvels, the main character found out that there was so much of her Aunt Penny that she didn't knew. Just so simple. Ha ha. Throughtout this story, i found out that we must never ever froget that those of elders too have had a childhood. Their not old, they've just simply grown.

For Younger Chlidren

Ereth's Birthday

Written by Avi

Published by Harper Collins

Pages: 180

Blogger's Note

This is a very heartwarming animal story that one would find it hard to forget. I highly recommand it for children among 6-10. This story shows that love can break through the boundaries between races and types and also responsibility towards ones friends and family.

Synopsis

It was Ereth the old porcupine's birthday. But nobody seems to remember! Even his best friend Rye and Poppy were nowhere to be seen. Ereth was angry and he decided to give himself a treat, if no on would. Ereth loved salt and he was determined to find some for his own pleasure and so off he sets in search the salt. Ereth knew just the place, near the cabin. On his way, he stumbles upon a dying mother fox who begged Ereth to take care of her children. Agreeing, Ereth became the foster father to three boisterous fox kits. At first, Ereth was clearly annoyed with the situation he got himself into but as time goes by, the old pocupine finds himself warming up to the three foxes. But good things don't last long. With Marty, a vicious fisher stalking him and the kits' father determined to show Ereth who is the real boss, the old porcupine was in for a challenge of his life.

P.S. Apricots at Midnight is also suitable for younger children, just thought that older readers should once in a while rekindle the childhood joy of reading simple books.

I'm posting this on behalf of Sakurakitty for a book recomandation. Below is her very words, no editing envolved. Enjoy! To Sakurakitty: Sorry, I got this out a little late. Hope you don't mind!



The White Darkness

Written by Geraldine McCaughrean








(Sakurakitty's idol)
I just read a book called The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean. I don't really care for the storyline. Young girl obsessed about the Antartica was brought to the Pole with her crazy uncle who believes there's a hole that leads to the middle of the earth and other worlds inside like a Russian dol on top of each other so he tries to find the hole to communicate with the aliens and kills people and hijacks a plane and then she finds out about how he killed her father and has to kill him and etc...It sounds real familar like another story I've read, as though the two authors challenged each other to write about a girl and a crazy uncle and somewhere cold and something supernatural. In the other story it was a yeti, but in this one its the girl's imaginary friend, who saved her by forcing her to keep living even when she said she wanted to die. Well, that more or less the only thing I REALLY like about the book, otherwise I wouldn't have spent all that time reading it. You see, the uncle was slowly poisoning the girl's dad and feeding her all kinds of books and videos about the Pole. On the day her father died, the girl watched a video about these explorers who tried to conquest the Pole, but found someone was faster than them. Dejected, they turned back but ran straight into a ginormous storm. One of them died and another was crippled in all four limbs, but the other three wouldn't let him go. Finally, on his 32nd birthday, March 16, he woke up and crawled out of the tent, teling his friends, "I am just going outside and I may be some time." Then he fell into the middle of the blizzard and died, so that he wouldn't weigh down his friends. His friends died soon after anyways, just 11 miles away from a food store. And while rescuers found their bodies, they never found his. That man's name is Captain Lawrence Edward Grace Oates, though some of his friends call him "Titus" (so does the girl in the story). And get this, HE REALLY EXISTED. He has a whole museum dedicated to him. In the story, the girl was lost and alone after her uncle died (fell into the Hole...long story), with only Titus (well, her imagination of him anyway) by her side. Once she reached the place he allegedly died and wanted to sink into the ice and be buried with him. But he screamed in her mind that the ice was forever changing and that his body was no longer there, having fallen into the sea and devoured by sea-lions and whatnot. But the thing is, he's just her imagination right? Whatever he knows is just what she's read about him. BUT SHE DID NOT KNOW THAT HIS BODY WAS GONE. Of course, that part was just part of the story (but I cried anyway). But what he did before he died is real. And I've half a mind to use his quote--"I may be some time". Only people who don't know his story won't know what it means. So here, I'm giving you all I know. Did I ever tell you how much I respected 诸葛亮? Now I admire Captain Lawrence "Titus" Oates just as much. Rest in peace, both of you.


Favourite Qoutes-"I am just going outside and I may be some time."-Captain Lawrence Edward Grace "Titus" Oates, to his fellow Antartica explorers before he crawled (he could no longer use both arms and legs) out of the tent to his own death instead of being a liablity to his comrades. His body was never found.

BookReview#3

Lirael

Written by Garth Nix
Publisher: Harper Collins
Pages: 527

Blogger’s Note:
This is an amazing book. It might be real boring at first, but it’s real exciting in the middle! It’s one of the best books I’ve read. Kindda have some suspense, this one. I find it really nice and thrilling. Like there is danger at every turn. And there is. Of course, it might not be a match with horror stories, but I can say it’s really well done. WARNING: Not really a lot of humor in this book, but something in it keeps you reading on. P.S.: Part Two of the old kingdom series. There are 3. Book one: Sabriel; Two: Lirael; Three: Abhorsen.

Synopsis:
Lirael is a Daughther of the Clayr, who are all gifted with the power to see the future, the Sight, all except Lirael. Lirael, who had been orphaned and never really knowing who her fater was, never really felt like a true daughther of the Clayr. However, as thing s turns out, the destiny of the world was in her hands,, while Abrosen Sabriel (necromancer) was engaged somewhere else. As an evil casts it shadow-one that opposes the Royal Family, blocks the Sight of the Clayr, and threatens to break the boundary between life and death- Lirael undertakes a mission with only the Disreputable Dog, whom accidentally created from charter magic and free magic, Sammeth the prince and Mogget the cat, which is very alike to the Disreputable Dog, and comes face to face with her own fate, as seen hundreds of years ago.

Zip’s Apollo

Written by Philip Ridley
Publisher: Puffin
Pages: 301

Blogger’s note:
This is one of my very, very most favorite books. Ridley has an extraordinary way of writing and I really thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Maybe many of you would think it is crazy beyond words, but I must say it is pretty creative! P.S.: What’s more to say? I really LOVE it!

Synopsis:
Zip Jingle, with his mother and little brother, Newt, have just moved to Newtown. Where everything is new and new. Even the trees are made of plastic. Then, one regular day, Zip and Newt were at the supermarket, just when they accidentally awakened the trolley and it speaks to them. Then, they met Nabil with his pet ferret, Roz and finally Memphis, a boy who is actually a girl. Then, suddenly, there are people hot on their trails, wanting to destroy Apollo (the trolley) , but why? Why? And can Zip and his gang save all trolleys before it is too late?

The Starlight Conspiracy

Written by Steve Voake
Publisher: Faber and Faber (ff)
Pages: 388


Blogger’s Note:
A very inspiring and delicious story. Round and juicy and makes you woozy. Ok. May be I’m exaggerating. But, really, Gee, one of the best books I’ve met-the Starlight Conspiracy. I really enjoy reading it. Just READ IT!!!

Synopsis:
Alone and running from social services, 14 year old Berry has nowhere to go, until she mets an old man who handed her a mysterious item that he claims to have remarkable powers and gave her a hundred dollar bill and asked her to deliver it to New Mexico. Then, her life changed forever. Suddenly, the old man, Joseph Mitchell was murdered and killers and FBI agents were hot on her trails. And soon, Berry and Elliot, a fellow outcast found themselves in a desperate race across Atlantic to America. Berry must find the owner and return the package before being captured and killed. Whatever and whoever it is. The time is ticking

For Younger Readers:

The Tale of Despereaux-A winner of the Newberry Award

Written by Kate DiCamelo
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Pages: 269

Blogger’s Note:
This is a sweet little story and I find it refreshing. I kindda like it. Hope you find it enjoyable, ‘cause I didn’t. HA, Ha!

Synopsis:
This is a tale about an unlikely hero, Despereaux, the weakling and only surviving mouse of his litter. Despereaux wasn’t like any other mouse. He has alarmingly large ears, and is constantly sick. He doesn’t even act like a mouse. He doesn’t scurries, he doesn’t constantly thinks about food. He loves music and reads. He was the weirdo in his parents’ eyes. One day, he heard music, sweet like honey, flowing through corridors and walls to his large ears. He follows it and found the King of the castle strumming his guitar and singing to the human princess, Princess Pea. Princess Pea was lovely and Despereaux, the mouse, fell in love with the human princess immediately. Then, he broke the ancient law of all mouse, he spoke to a human, namely Princess Pea. He is then sent to the dungeons and to be eaten by the rats, away for m the lights. But then he met a man with a red cloth, who was also a prisoner. The man told Despereaux stories, which lighten up the mouse’s world. Just then, Princess Pea fell into the dank prison with Meg, a servant girl and was ambushed by the rats. Could Despereaux be the knight in the shinning armor and save Princess Pea? Can his love be enough to brave through the rats?

A talk about theories

Hello, guys. Nice to see you reading this. Yeah. I guess, for a change, I'll be polite. Anyway, today's topic is a theory of life. Those who dislike them, skip them. Dun care, scroll on.
In Buddhism, everything is impermanent. Everything that existed is because of a certain condition, and so they exist. So, in short it is the theory of randomness. Which means that everything happen because it just did. When there is as certain condition, things just happen. Unlike a opposition theory which states that everything happened because it should. Everything happened has a meaning to it, not just by chance, by luck. So as you see, things changes. Everything does. Since dinosaurs and ice ages than human evolution then we have the technology. It's just like you know, the evolution of writ ting tools. First, there was the quill and ink. Then, it ceases to exist, evolving into pens. Then, (ok pens are still used these days, I'm just trying to find an example) , there were the typewriter. Which then, ceases to exist and change into computers. Then, PDA(s). The point is, things evolve. If the end of the world is tomorrow, then let it be. As you see, the nature has a certain law to it. A sequence that we can't alter. Like the four seasons, day and night, that the tree must grow from a seed and not tree to seed. (I hope I'm not confusing you). But in this recent years, humans developed. They civilized. Industrial activities blooms. Pollutants are in the air. What happens? When humans cross the laws of the nature. Natural disaster occurs. Volcanic explosions. Typhoons. Global warming. Every single act we take, affects the nature. We are the culprits and thus, natural disaster occurs before us.

Before I go any further, I would like to make something clear. Everything around us is formed by atoms, tiny little particles. And in that, it is formed by all particles like...well, I forgot. Then, inside it, there is the energy. Everything in the world is made up of energy. Whether it is living beings or non-living things. Energy. That's what we are made of. Where does energy comes from? You asked. I don't know. There is no beginning on when does energy starts to exist nor do they end. Energy don't cease to exist. they just change. Transformed into another form of energy. In the law of Nature, there is the action and the reaction. if there is no action, there is no reaction. Every little thing we do have its counter attack, and the consequences that we must bear. Let me assert it this way: There is this bobby head jack-in-the-box that you have. you're staring at it. If you're just stare at it. Nothing happens. But if you push it hard to the right, the bobby head will swing back to the left than right then left, hitting you, until the energy is exhausted. Used up. And thus, the kinetic energy you apply on the bobby head is changed into potential energy and with the momentum within, it changes into kinetic energy and hits you back. So, that is the law of nature.

Its the same thing with natural disasters. One way or another, nature will still have its way. WARNING: DO NOT TRESPASS THE NATURE. THE NATURE HAS ITS LAWS.

My pa said that nature is always trying to keep itself in balance, balancing things out. you don't need to tell the nature to do this or that, it will do it, naturally. The sequence of life that should not be altered, or not destruction. This 'balancing theory' can be seen through a few phenomenons:

1) The water. The streams, flowing to the sea.
2) The seasoning wind. In the nature, air particles always flow to the place with less of them and thus forming seasonal wind.

So, do not alter the balance and harmony. But what have we got to do? We already crossed the line.

In Buddhism, energy can be radiated. We believe that in doing meditation, in gaining peace and happiness and sending out the positive energy, channelling it out of the body and spreading it, we might have a chance to channel it to the Earth's core and reduce the negative energy.

However, there is something I would also like to say about, I know I'm jumping from topic A to C then B then A then D, but I'm just writing what am I feeling, Ok?

The Dhama speaker had said, we look at the world not through a window, we look it through our minds. I s that not right? When you're unhappy, you're practically generating negative energy. And that, effects your sense of judgement and the way you see things. If you're feeling ugly, all the things around you are ugly. When you are feeling happy, the things around you seemed so nice. Even things that you would get you mad usually would make you laugh. Some people call it mood swings. However, there is always a way to change the negative energy to positive ones, right? These are the 4 steps to take to cease your unhappiness.

1) First, you must understand unhappiness.
2) Find out what is the cause of your unhappiness, there must be something bugging you.
3)To cease the suffering that cause the unhappiness.
4) the path to cease your unhappiness has been fulfilled.

Then, you can cease to be unhappy. Not being unhappy is happy, right? Don't worry, be happy. Easier said than done.

Back to the main topic. This is kindda like the Law of Attraction. You radiate positive energy, you get positive. You do negative, you get negative. Just like you sow bad seeds you get bad crops. Its in a way kind of like Karma. It runs in a cycle. So, stay happy, be happy. Positive. Positive. However, when someone does a bad thing to us, we should do good to them. In this way, the cycle of the bad chase bad and bad chase bad will be ended. But that is very, very hard.

Anyway, we should always think that every little act we do might have bigger consequences. So, keep in mind. be careful on your choices.

However, please keep in mind. No matter where you are, there are those who care for you. And you care for. If you care for the end of the world, we should start recycling, reducing, reusing things and doing what we should do. If everyone's doing what they should do, this world would have been a better one. However, please don't think that you are the only ones out there, doing things that won't change anything. Nothing matters if you recycle or not. However insignificant or small a thing you did was, it still meats a lot. To me. To everyone. After all, one little drop of water can change the sea.
One more thing to those who are suffering from economy crisis and share markets. Where there is a rise, there is a fall, where there is a fall, there is a rise. Just like the sea. When a wave rushes in, reaching its climax, then it starts to retreat. But the momentum of the pushing back of the waves, forms another waves rising again. Like the share markets. the W shape. Ha. Don't worry. One day, economy crisis will be over and shares rising up again.

So, DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY.
LIVE, LOVE, LAUGH.

My special thanks to Uncle Charlie, the speaker of the day at SJBA.

May you be well and happy always. SADHU, SADHU, SADHU!