mkderwish…

Yesterday was not interesting. Okay, maybe it’s not fair to say it wasn’t. But what I am certain of is yesterday was extremely tiring. I thought my shoulders had detached from my body and I couldn’t stand walking in my high-heels, it was too painful.

Back from the exhibition, I got a bag full with brochures and prospectus from almost 10 universities that I want to consider applying. (Oh, and one university that my friends and I felt pity to because no one was visiting its booth, I guess because it is located at Darwin and such a small university.).They were so heavy that the bag carried them cut through my shoulder. I felt like dragging it all the way in the komuter and LRT and at Mid Valley but it would be too embarassing. My friends wouldn’t want to walk besides me.

We ended our fasting of the day at Mid Valley. I decided not to do that anymore. There were just too much crowd. Not only it was hard to search unoccupied restaurant table, the surau too, was too crowded and it took times to take the wudhu’ and took turns in praying. Just too many people. It’s not worth it, I think. If you really want ‘outside’ food, just buy them and then go back home and eat peacefully.

I forgot to say that I broke my own promise. I bought 2 novels instead of one. There are ‘The Pact’ by Jodi Picoult and ‘My Story’ by Dave Prezler (or something). I felt guilty but not anymore because there are the only 2 things I bought yesterday. (Well, excluding pretzels and Long John Silver meal set).

I am half way through ‘The Pact’. I feel uneasy because there are just too many obscene things. I was expecting something like ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ by the same author. ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ is so touching and inspiring and somewhat clean if you know what I mean. Maybe I was dissapointed but I still think the theme brought by ‘The Pact’ is good. I enjoy reading the clean part of it.

This always happened to me. I bought ‘I Know This Much Is True’ by Wally Lamb months ago and I still haven’t finished reading it because I felt disgusted by the explicit part. But I really like the theme. So touching, about this scyzhophrenic man and his brother. Depressing, yeah, but interesting.

Anyway, I want to talk about ‘My Sister’s Keeper’. I recommend this book and give it 5 stars. This book is so good. It overwhelmed me everytime I read it and I felt empathy towards the main character (Anna). This book is narrated so effectively that you can almost feel what the character feel. I cried a couple of times in the process of finishing this book and I’ll say, it was worth it. This is a story about a conflict in a family who had an ill daughter (Anna’s sister) and how the family dealt with it.

I always say this but it is truly true that I am not a good book reviewer and I cannot tell about books effectively. But I can confirm that ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ is truly a good book and a must-read.

Oh, tomorrow classes will start again. And SAT result! and 5 days more before holiday.. cannot wait…