Posts Tagged ‘cecelia ahern’

If it’s up to me…

// January 15th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // bookcrossing, personal, travel

… I would grow and sell mushrooms. Yah that’s what I’d do. By mushrooms I mean the food, not anything else. I would eat them everyday. I never did like mushrooms, not until I met Adda 2 years ago in 2006 (we stayed together in a house with Siti for 4 months). She would put them in everything we cook, even in sambal udang! Amusing to think about it now but it was good nonetheless. There’s so many type of mushrooms. The only one I don’t like so far is the one that looks like taugeh. Eww… I couldn’t get it to taste nice enough for me to swallow. But yea I put mushrooms in everything I cook these days, well, most of the time. But you can’t get fresh mushrooms easily here, not if you’re looking at pasar malam. Even at Giant or Tesco, they only have it in cans which always works for me. But I’m not that cerewet (I’m a self-professed low maintenance person). The fresh ones are usually more expensive so I usually give it a pass.

Last Tuesday I went to pasar malam here in Putrajaya. I LOVE grocery shopping! Looking at the seafood that night oh wow – the fish were all fresh, the squids, shrimps, crabs etc. They smell like they had just been brought in from the sea. Last time when I was living with Adda and Siti, our house was near the beach. So you can imagine how excited I was everytime we went to the pasar after work. There were 3 of us so we bought alot for a week. Now I’m only buying for myself – no fun. And I found myself actually like to cook. I enjoy planning my meals everyday.

So I made that caramel pudding again today, without accidents this time, thankfully.

Had eaten it halfway when I took the pic. Sweeeeeet sweeet thing. The pic didn't do justice, I should've use white plate to bring up the colors.

I took a panadol today and feel asleep right away. Loooong and deeeep sleep. Woke up at 5! Kinda late to do anything for the day so I just made myself some snacks and wash my clothes and sweep the floor. So now I feel like going to bed early for a change. I’m still reading Band of Brothers. Lots of spelling mistakes but what a book. I’m drawn by the individual experience during WWII, not just talking politics of winning the war. The series was great but the book offers so much deeper insight of what happened. Like LOTR, if you’ve read the book, you’ll understand the movie much better.

Next in line should be my borrowed pilates book and again Cecilia Ahern’s Thanks for the Memories. You know I never noticed the book stall in Street Mall of Cyberjaya. The books are new and really cheap. I got 2 books for RM50 that day. If it was a normal bookstore it would’ve cost me around RM70. That stall has all the new books I see on New Arrival shelf in MPH.

And I finished reading The Child Called It by David Pelzer. If it didn’t state that it’s a memorial/non-fiction book, I would’ve thought it was fiction, how brave of the author to put such gruesome details to sell the book. But yea it is a memorial and I was stunned at the end how on earth did he make it alive. Inspiring piece, I must say.

Come to think about it, I haven’t registered the books on bookcrossing.com yet! Alright. Toodles you blog readers – read a book.

I’m giving these away people!

// December 5th, 2008 // No Comments » // bookcrossing

I think this one would appeal to all chicks – A Place Called Here by Cecelia Ahern, it’s a chicklit. Got this via bookcrossing.com – I was so happy the day when it arrived. But in the end I don’t really like it. I don’t get the storyline.

Free books!

Free books!

I’m only going to give it away to a fellow bookcrosser so go and register yourself if you want this free. Yes I’ll just mail it to you, no need to pay me anything. Yea I’m that generous :P . I got it for free too from someone in Germany. See the journal here.

Well well since we’re on giving away mood, anyone wants this too? The Olive Season: Amour, a New Life and Olives Too. I reached halfway and now I forgot what I read and kinda lazy to reread it. This one is actually travel-biographical thing. A british actress got married and now living in Italy and growing olives. See journal. Ah bliss! Wish I could just go somewhere and grow strawberries and shoes.

And also Call Me Elizabeth by Dawn Annandale up for grabs. This one is biography I guess. It’s basically the author’s life as a call girl in London. I don’t like it. See journal.

Looks like I’m giving away books I don’t like today…. hmmm… well there’s time for everything.

Want any of the books? Here’s how it works.

  1. PM me via your bookcrossing account. Else, I won’t accept.
  2. I’ll get back to you for your address, doesn’t matter where you live.
  3. I’ll mail it to you.
  4. When you get it you better journal it down in your bookcrossing account or I will personally hunt you down and hire an assassin.

Hey it’s free, do some work ok.

Never have I seen such a beautiful thing that came in an old torn brown envelope

// July 2nd, 2008 // No Comments » // bookcrossing

Hey it’s already July! Feels like yesterday I just had March. Time flies, and actually I have an update.

I received the book during the weekend. Yay.

Last week I went to MPH after such a long time (with a guy) but couldn’t stay long (because I was with a guy). But long enough to visit the New Arrival shelf. Browsing it as fast as I could (the guy was being restless), I could spot 3 books immediately that I want to read. How I miss books – such an odd thing to say but who cares. I love sobbing like there is no end when reading Nicholas Sparks’; laughing whole-heartedly when reading that book by that-very-gay-I-forgot-his-name man; blinking my eyes repeatedly in disbelief when reading The Da Vinci Code; and learning the military tactics and courage those guys had when reading Band of Brothers.

Magics, people, is one of the wonders on earth. And books certainly have them.

Anywayzzzz,

tada!


Stuffed Mushrooms.

It’s so delish it’s a sin to eat them. The pic only shows only 1/4 of them left. Delish delish delishhhh…. god awful truth. And it happened last weekend, we had this bbq thing at home. My mom made this mushies + potatoes thing that had similar taste. So now I have this grand idea…. muehehehehehehehhh…. *plans some critical stove-damaging cookery skills*

That itches to buy books is here yet again

// August 14th, 2007 // No Comments » // bookcrossing

What I want, now.

1. A Place Called Here – Cecilia Ahern (RM35.90)
2. The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold (RM23.03)
3. Empress Orchid – Anchee Min (RM31.60)

I’ve been waiting for [1] to come down from RM60. [2] is on sale and [3], goodness, it’s been on my wishlist for quite a while now.

We’re going to see Simpsons. I don’t have high hopes but hey company pays for it so I got nothing to lose here except my precious sleeping hours – need to make up for what I lost over the weekend.

I WANT THIS

// January 3rd, 2007 // No Comments » // bookcrossing

A Place Called Here

I’ve read all her books. I sent out two of then to fellow bookcrossers, of which one I just had to buy the second time around and keep it for myself. The book is just georgous! All her books are. This author is gifted.