Book Review: Dreams of Joy by Lisa See

Untuk perkongsian NILAM bulan ini. =D

I managed to finish one novel in a week. Phewwww~~ It's not easy to steal time to read but I managed. Proud!

 

Title: Dreams of Joy

Author: Lisa See (this is the first novel from this writer that I read)

What I love about the story:

 Kid you not, this novel is hard to put down. I had to keep reading until my eyes were tired or I had other things to do. What fascinated me the most is how Lisa See wrote so much detail about the communist in China around mid 50s. I know China had it's revolution age around that period but I have never read anything so vivid and real about the situation at the time. How much brainwash the people received everyday, how hard and dirt poor their lives were. Haishhh I am no good with bood review but the book is a must read!

I bought 3 of See's novels from BBW. Now, onto the next book shall we??

Big Bad Wolf - MITC Melaka 2013 #2

So as I mentioned earlier, I went straight to MITC Melaka after school ended at 12pm. Honestly speaking, I never experienced that kind of rush to get something. I was so ecstatic so excited because Big Bad Wolf was something I could only admire before but now they are here!

The traffic was quite congested (it was Friday), I arrived around 1pm. It was so quiet.haha not many people were around which means Yippeee for me! If you are looking for ATM Machine, there's only one in the building and that's CIMB. I wanted to withdraw my saving from Tabung Haji but only through Maybank. So I took out all the balance left in account and not satisfied (did i mention I'm super broke?haha). So I told myself, neh mind, go see around first and if I feel like I'd buy more, I'd go to Maybank branch near Mydin.

For you information, I went there twice.haha the first round I didnt take any picture. I was too indulged looking at all the books. The first round I spent about 45 mins when I started to feel dizzy and then realised I had not taken my lunch. Spent whatever moolah in my wallet, left the hall and looked for something to eat. At first I wanted to go back but then, this thing doesnt happen often so I went to Mydin, ate asam pedas ikan pari, withdrew more money from Maybank and headed back to the exhibition hall. This time the place had more people.heheh

When I entered the hall about 2.15pm. 

For a first timer like me, I didnt know that I could bring own bags, carrier, trolley etc. They provide box for you to fill with books but as a pregnant mommy, how much weight could I carry rightttt???. This second round, I managed to get a trolley that was provided by the management. I saw some people brought their luggage.Never thought of that. muehehehehe

 

Bought this book when it was first published costing RM62 if I'm not mistaken. It was only RM8 there. sob sob sob. Thick cover summore okay!

Some of the tables had books arranged liddis. I felt it wasnt maternity friendly. I had one book I wanted to check out but it's in the middle. I couldnt reach it and that's why I accidentally banged my belly so many times against the table trying to reach it T___T in the end it's just look so funny so I walked away. tsskkkk

Was queuing at the cashier around 4.30 pm and took this picture. More visitors definitely. =)

It was a great experience for me. I have never spent so much for books in one time and bought that many.hehe I'm satisfied. I'm not sure when I'll start reading all of them but I guess confinement time is the best right?muehehehehehe So what did I catch yesterday?

 

Bought for myself, B, Baby A, Anis the cousin and her baby.hehe

Frigde magnet crazy, bought these 3 special BBW Melaka edition for RM10 onleyhhh. 1 for me, B and Anis =)

So if you are still torn between going or not going, please go. The books are sooo cheap like a novel usually costs around RM32 but I got 4 novels with the price at BBW. The cheapest one I saw was RM3 the most expensive could go around RM25- rm45 depending on the genre.

The books are divided into these categories:

1. General
2. Romance
3. Reference
4. Sci-fic
5. Young adult
6. Children non-fiction
7. Children activity books
8. Comics
9. Humour
10. Beauty
11. Hobbies
12. Arts
13. Best sellers
14. Cooking
15. aaaaa I cant remember anymoreeeeeee

There were 6 cashier counters for your convenience, the persons on duty were very friendly and very organized fair.hehe

Hope my post helps to toss the coin for you. Happy Shopping!!!

Bangsa Membaca Bangsa Berjaya!

Simple English mistake yang buat telinga aku bernanah!

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, abang-abang, kakak-kakak, pakcik makcik, adik- adik...here is one simple lesson about occuring mistake in our daily basis.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS:

THAT'S MEANS... 

It is totally WRONG!!!!!!

Contoh ayat:

"Kalau aku pegi IKEA, that's means aku kena makan IKEA Meatball la?" 

The CORRECT form is:

THAT MEANS... 

Contoh ayat:

"Kalau aku pegi IKEA, that means aku kena makan IKEA Meatballs la?"

IKEA Meatballs

It is a simple but recurring mistake in our daily conversation, as if we were born with that knowledge to make the same mistakes. But I dont blame the education though. Many many lectures in my university who graduated overseas speak in the same manner =.='. I am lucky to be taught by quality teachers back in Batu Lintang. =)

On a different note, to answer the question above, yes, if you go to IKEA, eating the meatballs is a MUST!!!