The game is on...

Attention book lovers out there!

                The trailer for “Hunger Games” the movie is out! So far, it looks promising. I’m anticipating that the movie (movies?) will somehow manage to live up to the hype…maybe even better than the book series! 

            Hopefully, though…'cos it's kinda doubtful when Hollywood grabs a hold of any books...huhu.

p.s. I’m adding this one to my 2012 movie dates. Can't wait :)

Something xtra: http://gma.yahoo.com/video/movies-26594261/hunger-games-trailer-makes-debut-on-gma-27248969.html

Anne of Inspiration…

Who inspired you? 

                My students often asked me that. And I often wonder. How should I answer that? Was it Anne…or Megan?

                Well, you see once upon a time, I’ve watched the most life-changing TV movies I’ve ever watched in my life so far. The title? ‘Anne of Green Gables’. Why life-changing you say? ‘Cos after watching that, I dreamed of becoming…A TEACHER! Not the most glamorous profession, I know. And yup, I think some of you might have…once in your lifetime hated teachers, right? Keke…I know the feeling.

                Who or what is ‘Anne of Green Gables’? Okay, Anne Shirley is an orphan girl who was ‘accidentally’ adopted by two elder siblings, Matthew & Marilla Cuthbert. Matthew adored Anne, but Marilla not so much. This is because Anne is such a headstrong, highly imaginative young girl. 

                Anne was given a chance to study at a village school, where she excelled tremendously. She met several interesting characters at school, for example her ‘bosom buddy’, the beautiful Diana & her ‘sworn enemy’ Gilbert Blythe.

                 The story chronicles around Anne’s journey to become an inspiring teacher of English. She often spouted poetry & daydreamed about becoming some tragic literary figures. I love the TV movies. Megan Follows who acted as Anne was perfect! That is why I couldn’t answer my students’ question on who inspired me to become a teacher. Anne or Megan? Hmm…

                By the way, many well-known people adore ‘Anne of Green Gables’ too. Yay! This is what I often quoted as “Great minds think alike”! Some of Anne’s fans are…Mark Twain (author of ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’) & Stephenie Meyer (author of ‘Twilight’).

                Anyway, if you are interested to know more about Anne Shirley, I hereby provide you guys with the following links :)

 

http://www.anneofgreengables.com/

http://greengables.tripod.com/

http://foreveranne.com/
 http://www.lmm-anne.net/archives/

If you are inspired like me, don’t forget to read the books too, starting with the first book -->

READ, READ & AWAY!

So, the weekend came, as usual. What did you all do? I went to KK for some much-due book hunting. Reading my sister’s blog entries made me realised something. I’m itching to get my hands on some new books. And whatdaya know, voila! Book hunting I did!

                My mom and youngest bro were such wonderful sports and patient enough to allow me to ogle at all those wonderful books at Times and later at Harris, 1Borneo. And, yes indeed! Ogling was the right operative word...keke. After much hesitations and quick calculations on the cost of the books (well, I am on a tight budget these days...sigh), I managed to buy a few books. 

                I got so giddy just thinking of reading all those books. Can’t wait! For those of you who don’t read much, well, you wouldn’t know the feeling...huhu. I think only geeky bookworms like my sis and I would understand the ‘giddiness’ of fresh, new, unread books. So, enough of that. What did I buy?

                Ta da! ‘Dark Peril’ by Christine Feehan, one of my favourite authors. I have ALL her Dark series collection. Well, except for the latest. I couldn’t find it in bookstores here...yet.  

                Next, ‘Goddess of Troy’ by P.C. Cast, another one of my favourite authors. I should really stop saying that...favourite authors.

 

                Really, I have so many favourite authors, it’s kinda embarrassing. Shows how much my loyalty lies, eh? I don’t know why, I just couldn’t narrow down that favourite author list to only one or two names. It’s too hard, well for me, somehow. I wonder how other people can do that. Hmm...who’s your favourite author?

                Then, a book that I have been anticipating to read for quite a while, and finally managed to get my hands on. ‘A Doctor In The House’ by my favourite Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. I don’t know why, but sometimes Mahathir’s smile reminds me of my dad. Love you, Yah :)

                What else? ‘Suri Wanita Teladan Zaman Rasulullah’ by Dr. Talaat Muhammad Afifi. I like this book, it’s pretty flowery...keke. And it’s thin, very suitable for some light, inspirational reading.

                And not forgetting, ‘Akukah Snow White Itu?’ by Lily Haslina Nasir. I love her writing style. And the book cover is simple yet I somehow find it to be quite attractive. Yep! I’m judging a book by its cover. Guilty!

                Ooo...can’t wait to read all the books I’ve just bought. But then, the weekend is almost over. OH NO!! Back to work. Hold on books. By hook or by crook, I’m gonna read all of you before the month ends (err..hopefully). Let’s hope there’ll be very few workloads next week...which I doubt. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, but then, those new books...sigh.

                I wonder if I should review them too? Well, I might as well do that if I have nothing else to do...keke. READ, READ & AWAY!