Secret Garden (Korean drama)

Two days ago, I went to office feeling like I've been hit by a 10 tonne trailer the night before.

It's been quite some time since I watch a Korean drama that moved me and when I found this I couldn't catch the tv transmission time so I finally resolved to the ever accommodating www and that's when the trouble started. For 3 nights in a row, my bedtime is getting one hour later than the night before and the last 6 eps had me going over the board. I could have wait until the weekend but no I didn't. Keep telling myself, just one more eps over and over again until it was 4am and the damage has been done!
Needless to say I survived Friday at the office but not without difficulty. I was a walking zombie. And I have no one to blame but myself.

Okay back to the drama, I was completely smitten by the main character Kim Joo Won played by Hyun Bin. As a result, I'm now watching an old drama starring him too. Yes, this time I'll limit myself to 2 eps in a day. Pray: 'God, pls grace me the willpower to stop'. Amen.

The script included some lines from Little Mermaid tale:
the little mermaid's hand holding the knife was shaking..
but next, she tossed away the knife into the waves..
the little mermaid's sight of the prince faded..
and she threw her body into the ocean
and the little mermaid turns into bubble and disappeared..

Funny thing is I thought the book looked so much like Alice In Wonderland. LOL Maybe I was wrong.

While I'm recovering from the drama aftermath, this is one of the sound track from it which I adore. It has two version and this is the female one. Enjoy people and good luck to me ^_^

Second Honeymoon by Joanna Trollope

It's hard to leave your safety cocoon but coming back after you have left the very house that you've grown up in proves even harder in this book.

The title is kinda soapy. Misleading in a way.

This novel is about what happen to parents (mothers particularly) when their kids grew up and leave the house. Kids looking forward to it but found life is not always rosy and how coming back to the very place you grew up in, somehow doesnt give you the same comfort or peace you craving for. How life was so much simpler then.

Rosa the second child lose her job
p112 Losing a job through retrench(even if you hate the job), when you are faced with rejection, in whatever situation and however deserved or undeserved, it wasnt just your confidence that suffered, it was your faith in the future, your ability to see that any effort you might make could be a tiny investment in what would happen to you there after; how pointless daily life seems when you cant see where you're going

When Ben the youngest child has to sleep on his parent's sofa
p355 ... the strangeness of the sofa didnt belong to the actual sofa: it belonged to the situation

My favourite
p149 It's like presents - the way people give you what they want to give you. It's a sort of conditional generosity

It was an okay read for me. It wasnt what I expected from the cover title.

p166 'You've become responsible forever, for what you have tamed'. Hmm... something to think about.

Remember Me

It was the evening of hubby's 40th birthday. We had birthday lunch earlier at Madam Kwan's in KLCC. Dinner was a function hosted by hubby's company where I had too much caffein hence the sleepless condition and I took out this VCD. Cried buckets. I tend to agree with the quotes from the movie. Would like to make it my mantra, if possible.



Whatever you do in life will be
insignificant
but it is very
important that you do it
because

You can't know

You can't ever really know the
meaning of your life

And you don't need to
Just know that your life has a meaning

Every life has a meaning
whether it lasts one hundred years or
one hundred seconds

Every life and every death
changes the world in its own way

Ghandi knew this.

He knew his life would mean something to someone,somewhere, somehow.
And he knew with as much certainty that hecould never know that meaning

He understood that enjoying life
should be of much greater concern
then understanding it.

And so do I.

You can't know

So don't take it for granted
But don't take it too seriously

Don't postpone what you want
Don't leave anything misunderstood
Make sure the people you care about know
Make sure they know how you really feel

Because just like that

IT COULD END

Some things will never change

By posting this pic, I'm showing off and owning to my hard to kick off obssesion of buying books even though I still have many unread titles in my possession.

My family was on our return trip from our hometown where I managed to persuade hubby to make a stop (a detour is more like it) to my favourite bookstore which I can never seem to get the route. BookAccess (the name of the store) is having it's Christmas sale and tell me who in their right mind can just ignore all these great and affordable books?

Well, maybe someone who already has about 24 (yet to read) books lol ... but that someone is not me :D

And now my list has added up to 28 yet to be read books that I own. Yup this is a disease. One that make you lose all sense of reasoning, what-so-ever. Hmm ... I thought only shoes and handbags can do that to you.

Through the Fire by Chaka Khan

Today is the first day of 2011. It started with Yasmin and Hadi engagement ceremony. It was sweet and simple and everybody had a good time, not to mention good food. Yasmin is hubby's eldest niece.

To the new engaged couple Yasmin & Hadi 'congratulation' and may this day be a start to many, many happy and meaningful occassions.

This is a beautiful song by Chaka Khan, I think it makes a good couple song too. *hint* I'm dedicating it to everyone.

Happy 2011.