umm..i might be days too late but happy new year.
new year..whoa..this year i shall be a year closer to the big 3-0. yup, i can run but i can’t hide from it. 3-0..what have i achieved? nothing much…i have a lot of shoes and books..does that count?
anyway, speaking about books, i took the liberty (well, actually a friend gave lent me her book) of reading a malay novel. yes, i do read books in another language other than english……sometimes and just like how picky i am with my english books, i can be extremely picky with my malay books. This time, however I wasn’t that picky – i saw a malay movie everyone was talking about, realised its actually an adaptation from a book and read it. Was it good? it was interesting – its a love story and it’s in malay and it’s slightly long and winding. in the end, everyone’s happy (well, most of them). Lots of stereotyping – you know, the rich are massively uber rich & westernised & pure evil while the poor are dirt poor & everything good..all it needed was a few 10 minute songs with costume changes, fight scenes with “dush-dush” punching sounds and voila, it’s a hindi film!
anyway, i did finish the whole novel in a few days. it was an easy read so it was good.
otherwise, i’ve been reading the newspaper diligently and have started reading evelyn waugh’s a handful of dust - it sounds kinda depressing but we shall see.
anyway, except sporadic updates from me once in a while.
