"....ada banyak bibit di dalam diri manusia.
Ada bibit kebodohan, keserakahan, kemarahan, iri hati, dendam.
Ada juga bibit kesabaran, kasih sayang, cinta, memaafkan, persahabatan.
Pertanyaan berikutnya, bibit-bibit mana yang kita sirami setiap harinya?"
(Gede Prama)
This book is so...touchy. A lot of great stories and quotes spread all over it. There are 22 stories written by Andy F. Noya, the host of Kick Andy show.
From the stories here, I found out about Andy's life, as a broken home child, his childhood, his struggle in life, his thoughts and all other things that at last make me cried and laughed.
After reading this book, I got a picture of what kind of person he is, a very general description off course, since I don't know Andy personally. I learned a lot from Andy 's life. Why he is so humble, so positive in everything he does. I conclude it all comes from his life experiences. His life experiences are so rich.
From 22 stories here, my favorite is "Lentera Jiwa", talking about a person with his job. If you love your job, it means you do it not as an obligation but simply because you love it, then congrats, you have found your Lentera Jiwa. The story really hits me. Yeah, I'm still looking for my Lentera Jiwa.
I've read somewhere a quote says: "Find a job that you love, then you don't have to work for the rest of your life."
Berbahagialah mereka yang menikmati pekerjaannya
Berbahagialah mereka yang sudah mencapai taraf bekerja adalah berekreasi
Sebab mereka sudah menemukan lentera jiwa mereka
(Andy F. Noya)
Andy's Corner
Shopaholic the Movie
Watched it the other day and felt completely disappointed. Too high expectation? Could be. Since I'm a big fan of Sophie Kinsella and read, enjoy and fall in love with all her books, but when I saw the movie, whoa....so shallow, seemed like watching a very ordinary movie, not the shopaholic (my idol) Becky Bloomwood.
I know that books and movies are two different things. But....at least the movie could do more.
No wonder that Brazilian writer, Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist, Zahir, Eleven Minutes) has no intention at all to put his books into movies. He said that he wanted his readers to have their own unlimited imagination upon reading his books. It also happened to Milan Kundera (writer of The Identity, The Unbearable Lightness of Being) who once agreed to let his book adapted into a movie and when he saw it, he was truly disappointed and said that he wouldn't let his books to be put into movies ever again. Well.......well...adapting book into movie is really not a simple thing.
See complete review here (written by my partner in crime: Karin).
Weedflower
Second book of Cynthia Kadohata after Kira-kira. Still enchanting. This book tells about a-12-yr-old-girl, Sumiko who felt that her life was separated between two parts: the good part (before Pearl Harbor bombing) and the bad part (after Pearl Harbor bombing. Grown up in a beautiful garden in California, Sumiko had a cozy home, beloved family and her Weedflower.
All was changed after Pearl Harbor incident. American people got suspicious to all Japanese people. The Japanese people were relocated to a camp in Indian reservation area. The hottest desert in USA.
The writer wrote her story based on facts at the time of Pearl Harbor incident. Weed flower is a beautiful story about fear, happiness and friendship.
Sputnik Sweetheart
The more I read Haruki Murakami's books, the more I fall in love with his writing. Like this one, check its opening lines: "In the spring of her twenty-second-year,Sumire fell in love for the first time in her life....... The person she fell in love with happened to be seventeen years older than Sumire. And was married. And I should add, was a woman. This is where it all began, and where it all wound up. Almost"
See, how could I leave this kind of story. I couldn't even put it down before I finished the whole story. There's romance here, weird things as usual, all packed in a perfect combination.
It's a story of a college student, identified as "K", falls in love with his classmate, Sumire ('Violet' in Japanese), while Sumire falls in love with Miu, an older woman, and much more sophisticated businesswoman. When Sumire disappears from an island in Greece, K joins Miu and trying their best to find Sumire.
A love story mixed with a detective story, obviously entertaining. Still couldn't get this story out of my mind even after sometime.
Najla's Birthday
Happy 4th birthday, kakak Najla
Wish you good health, happiness, and all good things in life
Thank you for being such a great kid all this time
We are so proud of you
Lotta love: Mama, Ayah, & dedek Zea (March 1, 2009)
Great cake's made by our favorite baker, thanks a lot!
Diary of A Wimpy Kid
Curious about this book at the moment I saw it at Periplus. The title is so catchy "Diary of Wimpy Kid (A Novel in Cartoon)". Jeff Kinney, the author wrote it in a journal form completed with cute drawing. It's so hilarious. I couldn't stop laughing.
The book tells about Greg Heffley's journal. Gregg is a middle school student. This journal tells about Greg's daily life, his family, his friends, his school, all told in a very funny way from a boy's perspective. Sometimes naive, yet naughty.
This Wimpy Kid series consist of 3 books, I've read the first one, already bought the second one (Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules) and ready to grab the third one (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3 : The Last Straw). Can't wait to complete the whole series.
I enjoy this book a lot. Releasing my stress. So funny...funny....funny. Remind me of Bart Simpson. Get one immediately and I bet it will brighten your day.
South of the Border, West of the Sun
Another book of Haruki Murakami that make me stunned (as usual).A story of Hajime --beginning in Japanese-- has arrived at middle aged wanting for almost nothing. he already has a fine marriage, two daughters, and an enviable career as an owner of two jazz clubs. Yet a nagging sense of inauthenticity about his success threatens Hajime's happiness. And a boyhood memory of a wise, lonely girl names Shimamoto clouds his heart.
When Shimamoto shows up one rainy night, now a breathtaking beauty with a secret from which she is unable to escape the fault lines of doubt in Hajime's quotidian existence begin to give way. And the details of stolen moments past and present threaten to undo him completely. Rich, mysterious, quietly dazzling, this book is Haruki Murakami's wisest and most compelling work.
I love this book.
