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leaving time

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Leaving TimeLeaving Time by Jodi Picoult
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Mind blown. Mind blown for me. I love elephants so i definitely enjoy The elephants part, and i love supernatural so i pretty much indulge on the people, or the ‘ghosts’ that is, Such twist! One of the books that made me exclaimed in disbelief, like ive just been revealed of an information i had been unaware of all the while. I love it!

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im a jodi picoult fan but not necessirily i enjoyed every of her books. but this. leaving time. one of my faves already. another of those books which made me truly indulge and just when i thought i found the answer, it gave such a turn around twist that i never could have imagined. who would have thought that these much details go into the protagonist finding her mother and all the while thinking and hoping that she will find her mother only to find out that she is actually a ghost? this is what i love about jodi picoult’s writing.

2014 has been a great year for my reading pleasure because my fave authors came up with new good books. i waited and anticipated much about it and when it doesnt disappoint, it’s just satisfying, that you realised why you love reading books in the first place.

hangover

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ok i think, being me, i need two weeks of homacation.

one is for me to really just recuperate, recharge and re-energise myself doing things i miss doing. spend more time with my family and just stay home do nothing, really.

another week is for me to kind of re-connect with friends i didnt get to see everyday. seriously. one week is not enough to be doing everything and i have many things to acheive.

i would love to spend some time with my friends and my paternal cousins but i wasnt able to fit in everything! i honestly couldnt.

tomorrow i start work. i kind of happy to be working again but i know i have thousands of things to do. at the same time, i dont want to start work!!

butterflies & hurricanes

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so here is the deal.

I am excited. but very worried. very. i am having butterflies in my stomach and hurricanic thoughts in my mind. how apt.

we have about two weeks more to start the year and i am short of teachers still. the good news is, i need only three more. i think i did better this time around in recruiting teachers than previously. i hope i get more good teachers coming in. i seriously need.

i am praying and praying that the good ones will come by soon. very soon. i need them very soon.

i have my handbook ready. i have my calendar and action plan. i have my standards on the way.

i believe taking this one week leave has been good for me. just the restorative niche i needed because as much as i wish this week do not ends, i am also feeling like i look forward to re- work next week. so it should be good right? anyway, im only working for three days next week, hehe.

i have my pending tasks planned out. although i may not manage to research as much as i wanted to, i believe i do not need to rush so much and a clearer perspective that at the end, i will go through it all, i will be able to accomplish them at its own right time. it really helps that the action plan and calendar is laid out nicely. gives me less of those got-to-rush-rush nerves that i always gets nowadays. i just couldn’t wait to print out the calendar! in colour!

peace of mind i pray.

and as a mentor said, it will be just alright.

i start to believe that i do my best, have done my best, i have my ups and downs but things will be all right.

amiin.

halfweek

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oh dear lovely week. please do not end so fast. I am really enjoying my homacation (home + vacation, heh). I could really get used to this!!

I love that I get to spend some productive 2-4 hours of work (yes, I still check my email and complete some pending tasks). I love it that I get to watch Charmed and movies, listen to favourite songs without a care that it disturbs anyone. I also get to do housechores without rushing to complete them. I get to clear my stuffs and enjoy its spick and span.

I get to sew, do scrapbooking, do bookmarks! but mostly, I love that I get to read to my heart’s out. and yes, spending a bit of time with my parents. I miss that. I had the best nap sleeping on my mother’s lap.

I have four more days and I don’t want this to end!!

the blind man’s garden

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The Blind Man's GardenThe Blind Man’s Garden by Nadeem Aslam
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

i dont like war. a bit depressing for me everytime it gets to Mikal’s experience. but i love everything about Rohan, and even Naheed’s experiences, her determination to move on.

i like that this book shares some hadiths and open about religion (islam and christianity.

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i bought this book a long time ago and never got to read it. i liked it but i just dont like the prisoner experiences of mikal. something is missing because it doesnt grip my attention as much as i hoped it would. i skipped some parts but i totally enjoyed rohan’s experiences as a blind man yearning. i could almost picture him in my mind. naheed’s determination is quite admirable. other than that, it’s not a book i am likely to reread and loved as much as i love khaled hosseini’s but i guess it isnt fair to compare the two. they have different ‘voices’.

home sweet home soon

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so I heard the new home is ready!! I am very much excited and we are just awaiting for the keys to the home!

I couldn’t wait to furnish it and my most favourite corner (reading corner) and workspace for both myself and hubby.

and watching these homes and interior designs shows on tv doesn’t help to cease the excitement. so many pretty ideas.

some things I know I would like to have in a home:

1. Light. I love sunlight and sense of space. I want the rooms to be bright during the day. i guess white and light blue concept suits better. i seem to think navy blue is nice for a kitchen, i dont know why, maybe i saw in a pic somewhere. with grey-white marble tabletop.

2. Less clutter so I guess ample storage is important. perhaps less of the nitty gritties but I don’t mind abstract paintings or pictures from our trips. some of the smaller decorative items we bought on shelves or coffee tables.

3. Simplistic and minimalistic. I like simple but cozy. none of those bulky kind of furniture. because I love space more.

4. Carpets. I miss having carpets. because living with cats for so long kind of take away the luxury of having carpets around the house.

5. a reading corner! or room. I think we agreed that I needed that. a room for my books and where I can do my sewing and scrapbooking. and that reading sofa! I seen one and I sure do want one.

6. flowers! or plants or terrariums! modernistic arrangements though in the house.

7. and a khat, please.

sighhhhh…. I cannot wait….

madbook.

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So wow. i have breezed through the week totally focused at work and i have not shopped (retail nor online) for a whole five days! although i have been receiving packages(!!!) by the days! haha.

i went crazy over books because i found out about book depository and books actually online and having heartbreaks at wardah online because i need to stop or i will go hell over the budget. so patience seri. patience. and then there’s bookfest! ok ok sabar seri sabar. 😛 so, you can be pretty sure my packages are all books. and my bookshelves are heaving heavy with them. just last year we bought two bookshelves, and its just filled up about half, but today, its full to the brim (and that!! after i gave away some books already quite recent!!).

have i mentioned before, i have many ‘kegilaan’ but kegilaan on books is just stupendous! i think i need to improve my books phototaking. thus far, they have been ugly amateur photos. erkk.

i braved the work load and go ahead and took a week’s leave. because i think i needed to step back from moving too fast and i know i will probably still be working from home because the adrenaline is still there, the mind is just actively energetic with ideas and accomplishments to, well, accomplished. despite everything, i am actually excited. haha.

but i am also taking this week’s leave because i want to train myself and my body clock because i am trying to make some positive change here. and probably, finally, having some proper time to do a bit of research. and most importantly, i look forward to spending time with my parents. the big idea is to go, say, KL for some jalan2, but hubby was not able to take leave (because they are all crazy at work, such as mine) so, i have to make do with Singapore although, im thinking going JB would be nice too, what’s with the ringgit worth going on at this time. and yea, im having thoughts of ‘i could buy more books from Badan!’ tsk.

ok, back to what i was saying. i hope i can make my week’s leave well worth it.

girl in the mirror

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Girl in the MirrorGirl in the Mirror by Cecelia Ahern
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A work of cecelia ahern’s which i have been missing. The fantasy and mystery in a seemingly normal people. The short stories are disturbing and sad at the same time. I could imgine how the stories could unfold, if ahern is ever going to make them into a full novel, i would read them!

i agree girl in the mirror is disturbing, very disturbing. and i liked it more than the memory maker. but i find myself, i wish i had knew more about the younger J. Cecelia, please make them full fledged novel :))

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first love

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I was just thinking about changing my blog layout and perhaps change the header picture, to say, the recent travel to santorini. but then i realize, your first love will always stick with you, will always be the best love. and i will always love my trip to NZ. always. its been four years now and i still yearn for it.
so i decided, for now, NZ header picture will stay.

i truly have to count my blessings, because, i think i have had it easy. truly.

Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah.

I have been given the opportunity to travel and see the world, like dreams come true, and safely at that.

May this marriage is blessed, as much as God has blessed us thus far. we are not perfect, but we will strive to be perfect. I love you hubby dearest.

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the pic is taken from FB.

sister love

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i dont know if pms is coming. but i am listening to my wedding song on repeat mode but i am missing my sisters at the same time.

i will forever see them as my baby sisters. oh all the memories. all the times we went through. the fights and the laughters. the hugs and kisses. the frustration and the longing. the naggings (that should come from me) and the sharings. we hate and we love. we are so different but yet we are alike in so many ways.

i miss you so. and i pray that my sisters loves will have a good life, full of hope and faith, full of love and strength. i will always be here for you.

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