Sunday, September 18, 2011

Eat Pray Love

I was feeling a bit down after coming back from UK and need to read something for inspiration.So I decided to read EAT PRAY LOVE BY ELIZABERT GILBERT .


It was a good book and it succeeded in inspiring me to do certain things.Incase you dont know this book is about a recently divorced lady who went to Italy to learn its language then to India to meditate/pray and lastly to Bali to seek love.
How does this book inspire me?Well..I have read again and again one of the things you can do to improve your mind is learning a new language.So after reading EAT PRAY LOVE I was so motivated to learn French.One of the reason is that one day I would like to go to this place and also they say French is a romance language(is it?).So after searching for a french language class I finally found one.However the person didnt reply my email and later when I went to the place I found out that he's not around in JB at the moment and the fee is super duper expensive.!!!I dont think I want to spend that much unless I intend to study or work in France.So in the end I settle for free online classes or you tube(whch I always play truant!!) and this free application on my iphone.But wouldnt it be nice to learn with a proper teacher??


I mostly enjoyed reading the part where she in Bali obviously because its where she find her love.I think Bali is a romantic place where you should go with the person you love or with 'girls only' trip(so that you can act like singles!! hehe.After reading it I went and search for places to stay in Bali and look at the pictures of Bali.It is indeed a beautiful place!!How I wish I can go there one day.


Unfortunately like all other books which turn to movies,it was a dissapointment.
So I recommend you read the book and forget about buying the VCD ok.
Will I read this book again??Yes I will,and this time at a slower pace...

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Water for elephants

I love reading storybooks...Its one way of an escapism for me.By reading I am immersed in another world,a world where I like to be.
The first english book that I read was one of the Famous Five series-FIVE GOES TO MYSTERY MOOR by Enid Blyton.Although I didnt understand a single word but I continued reading them because I love reading.And as time went by I was hooked with english storybooks especially by Enid Blyton.From the faraway tree to land in the clouds to fairyland,to to the enchanted wood,the land of gnomes,the kids who solve mysteries-Five Find Outers,the life in boarding school of St Claires...I love every single of them!!!Those books took me away from my boring life in Malaysia and bring me to the english countryside.


I did not come from a rich family so the books I have were scarce so I ended up reading whatever I have at home again and again.And if I have extra cash I would buy from the second hand shop.I dont mind at all eventhough the book looks old but what is important is the content.Come to think of it if the book looks old it means that it has been read many times..and I like that..:)

Well..today I just finished the book WATER FOR ELEPHANTS BY SARA GRUEN.
It's about the circus life during the depression era America.It was a bit boring in the beginning probably coz I couldnt imagine what they were talking about.I mean I wasnt brought up in a circus so everything I read sounds foreign to me.There are lots of 'circus words and one of the new word that I've learnt today is menagerie- a place where they kept exotic animals for display.



Its a good book and I couldnt put it down once the story got interesting and intersting.They have made this story to a movie so today I am going to find a VCD of it at JuscoTebrau and also I need to find a new book to read at Popular book store.Hopefully the movie will give the same emotional impact to me as the book and I hope it wont be a dissapointment like Eat Pray Love mobvie..(I will talk about it later)
And as usual after each storybook I will ask myself this question-Will I read this book again?
My answer will be YES!!!You got to read it too...

Oh yes..I remembered one quote by Dorothy Parker:WOMEN AND ELEPHANTS NEVER FORGET...how true it is!!