book review....

The latest book I've read so far is from Jodi Picoult - The Pact...regarding a teenage couple who have shared most of their lives together since birth they were as 2 sides of the same coin...they grew up together..becoming from childhood playmates to lovers up to discovering sexuality together...resulting in the girl becoming pregnant...leading her to suffer from depression and thus having suicidal thoughts as she also once a victim of sexual abuse...I feel that she was rather selfish to keep the truth from her bf...and not to give her loved ones the opportunity to show her what true love is all about...great book..I love the scenes in court best, the points both prosecution n defense team brought up help us see the possible different angles of what might have happened the night of the suicide...the bf was to be convicted for first degree murder of the gf...the legal repercussions and emotional suffering by families of both parties...which boils down to one question at the end of the day...how far will you go for your loved one? because for this young guy named Chris, he went as far as helping his gf commit suicide to end her pains...despite not understanding why death is her only solution...n feel like dying of pain himself with every second of guilt n confusion caused by her decision...

rating = 5 stars ( exceptionally heart wrenching n overflowing with suspense yet full of space for intellectual stimuation )...( read : great for nerds like me!! )

My current reading is...



( 5 stars )
One of the greatest book I've read in my entire life! Extremely nerve-wrecking and exciting...love the twist revealed near the end of the book...looking forward to the show for this one...quite sad though that this is the last Harry Potter book...great lessons for people of all ages to learn from...the meaning of true love and sacrifice...not everyone is strong enough to portray the values Harry showed in the last book...superb book!

selamat hari raya to all muslims!!

The festive of Hari Raya marks the end of one month of fasting by Muslims...all those times you get to break fast together with your loved ones- be it in posh restaurants or ur humble homes - gives you the opportunity to have the same short term goal with them; to overcome all feelings of hunger and thirst and go through daily life activities as per normal...and celebrate the victory at the end of it all...

The most prominent change most Muslims will experience is weight loss...mine was quite drastic..I weighed from 45kg to a measly 40kg...which caught my loved ones' attention, but hubby's adoration..lol...can't wait to resume my running and workout regimes again...yeah!

shape run 2007 outcome...

Finally...the outcome of Shape Run...I wasn't part of the first few runners of course...but the cert was simple with a humble timing of 38min and 5 sec( read: it was better than I expected cos I trained for 40 min..)...will try to improve my timing for next yr's run...

a week more before hari raya! yeah!

Phew!! Can't believe how fast time flies by me nowadays...been busy working my ass off at gleneagles, being trained to handle the blood bank section at the lab...it was nerve-recking initially, with ppl calling you last minute for blood and blood products, demanding it urgently, prompting u to act fast to make all the necessary arrangements to ensure the patient does nt die in OT cos of insufficient blood to transfuse....

The good news is I just graduated from blood bank, n will be learning slide reading (read: to the dismay of my colleagues who believed it would be impossible to teach me from scratch considering the hectic mornings...)...all in all, fasting month teaches me to strengthen my faith and be a more patient person...nt only that,I learnt how precious time n blood is...( read: currently the centre of transfusion medicine is experiencing low blood supply..so pls donate blood..! I can't though cos I'm underweight...lol )

On a lighter note, one of my tuition kids shared with me her experience playing an Korean online dance game called 'Audition'...curious as I was, I surfed the net to find out more bout' it and was hooked!! it's really great practice for ur psycho-motor skills...I just loooove such games!! :) it involves great chinese tracks and beautiful choreography!