with the ban lifted, in what seemed to be a twice a week to kinokuniya trip buying absolutely nothing, and with some ketua pemuda from twitterjaya giving off books for birthday presents, and borrowing stuff from dude who lost a bunch iof stuff over raya, this month seems to be a hopeful one. mostly read during the raya.
i mainly survived on reading during all rayas. last year was trainspotting together with the portrait of an artist as a young man, the year before was nine stories, the year before that was franny and zooey, and year before that particular year was the catcher in the rye together with beyond good and evil. yeh, i know, i’m pretentious. i am fond of mr. salinger. sadly about three people didn’t return all those three books; the pristine white version. i am left with a sad looking seymour; an introduction, quite alone on his own.
anyway, without any reviews, because i’m too lazy. just a lazy list.
- Tapai by Hishamuddin Rais (!!!!!)
- Confessions of an Old Boy: The Dato’ Hamid Adventures by Kam Raslan (!!!!!)
- On the Road by Jack Kerouac
- Paradise Lost by John Milton
- Program Pendidikan Pelajar Pintar Cerdas: Teori dan Praktik by Nik Azis Nik Pa (!!! – dug this number from the dad’s shelf. very um, academic )
that should suffice. lots to do this week and the week after. some stupid critical thinking speech, a subject that should be rightfully murdered and burned. also that essay. blegh. and some video for some subject. things like these they kill me. as much as i wish for timelessness, i also wish for time to be extended. one to block out people and shit, and another to welcome whatever subject. blegh.
Chuck Palahniuk akan ditangguhkan bulan depan. I like your humble narrator better. Also, New Malaysian Essays 3 will be released sometime this week.
until next time.
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Can you believe it that Malays used to be known as sex machine among the orang putih? hahaha
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'some ketua pemuda twitterjaya' eh? Hahaha! Rarely get that from someone outside TJ.
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elliotsmith> uh, really? ah well, we're all easily manipulated, aren't we? doesn't matter. patek> *facepalm* that dude at KLAB told me it's not called a president, but a ketua pemuda. bapak pretentious.and since we're at it, i don't know he motive behind he other book you gave. \”Hope you'll like it?\”. ugh no, sorry. I'm not familiar with Tariq Ramadan's stuff at all and have no idea what really is he trying to defend (clarify) in his book. It's weak stuff to argue back some collective and 'vague' arguments and be all touchy about it to make some book. Also, I'm not too hot on him explaining this distinction of being European and yet, a Muslim. i'll try to finish it, tho. Title is misleading, perhaps. I thought it would be along the lines of Kassim Ahmad's book, but oh well. thanks though.
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i did write \”one for the future.\” didn't i? Oh perhaps one day day it'll be of use.
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