Road to FA Cup Finals 2013..Gomo Kelate Gomo!!

Peace to All Homo Sapiens,

Although the title is definately in Kelantanese Malay...this post will be written in English...it's funny to think back of my aversion to football, or what the American refer to as soccer. i don't watch it, i don't know anything about it... some of my dearest friends watch football for the hot guys...all sweaty and sexy..but i don't...nothing can tempt me to watch even if they ran around naked on the field...

it's not just football come to think about it..it's sports in general...and football in particular...at one time, i was in the second interview for PTD before i entered service, i was asked to do public speaking on sports and i just blanked out..it was so unfair...because i could talk just about anything else besides sports...and as i predicted i didn't get to join PTD...i guess my luck is somewhere else...

back to the issue of football, after being married, of course i was forced to watch the odd game or two and somehow, i now can bear watching football, if only for just the 1st game..(no re-runs) and only if it's good..but i am intrigued by how the football sport in Malaysia seems like making a comeback..a lot of team is getting better and garnering more supporters...like Pahang, JDT, ATM and of course The Red Warriors...The last semi final match for FA cup the supporters were overflowing into the field and the match was rescheduled and it shows that there's a lot of football fans out there...where have they been say 8-10 years ago? i seem to remember the football stadiums and matches only a smattering of people came to watch..but now the tickets for the FA cup finals had SOLD out after 10 minutes of sale opening...

this is indeed a great era for footballers...where they're celebrated, getting higly paid, earning celebrity status...and marrying celebrities of course...

And although i'm not at all enamoured of the idea of going to the Final Game this 29th June 2013, i do have to go with my husband..well, for moral support and to share his 'thing' when i expect him to come with me to watch the next hunger games movie :P... ohh the sacrifice of a wife.... 

well, that's all for now..it's nearly 5.00 p.m and i leave work on the dot! ciao!

Favourite English Paperback Novels (Mills&Boon, Harlequin and Barbara Cartland)

Hi All,

Now, my mother is the sole influence for my interest in reading romance novels. i started out with Mills & Boon's novels to Barbara Cartland novels since i was 14 or 15 then i started on the thicker novels when i entered college..who could blame me...? my moms book collection is bigger than her closet...i seem to remember her reading by the window in the late afternoon..my mom still loves novel but she seem to divide her reading and watching telenovelas nowadays...:) but her passion for reading had been passed to me. although i graduated to heavier stuffs, the heady delight of doing nothing and losing yourself in short romance novels will always stay in my mind...

Here are amongst a few of the novels that i had read repeatedly throughout the years:

1. A Durable Fire by Robyn Donald (brother's love triangle..very scandalous...and Tini, my friend said the hero was cruel..but i like bad boys :) )

2. Born Out of Love by Anne Mathers (about second chances...)

3. Pagan Encounter by Charlotte Lamb (Amongst my absolute favourite although Tini also says the hero is cruel :) ) lost a few pages of this book but i uploaded the whole novel online and now i have the complete version..

4. Bid For Independence by Yvonne Whittal (Internal conflict...brotherly love gone wild!)

5. Enter My Jungle by LindsayArmstrong (the hero's a barrister :) and the heroaine was his maid...)

6. The Tears of Love by Barbara Cartland (i somehow managed to lose this title and been searching for this novel eversince and it's been a frustrating search because i couldn't seem to find it and the only one resold is on Amazon and they don't courier to Malaysia!)...i love the story because the female is smart and confident, unlike most of the timid heroaine in Barbara Cartland novels. If somebody have a copy of this novel, please, please, please send me... and i don't mean the spanish version [BECAUSE I DON'T READ SPANISH, COMPRENDE?...]

..and a few other which i couldn't remember because it's all back home and i have to wait until Raya to switch my novels with Mom's...I love that i just have to go back home to Mom's to get a book that i want...

***for those who wants to find the novels i posted about, its available online. you'll probably have no luck in  finding the hard copy. those titles probably had stopped printing years ago. the best you could do is downloading it via 4shared.com or scribd.com...

..and here are the list of some Mills & Boon Bestseller Romance that you can HUNT for online...and if you give up and wants a copy, just email me your email address @ nana_lynzie@yahoo.com...

Anne Mather's Novels:-

1. Smokescreen
2. Spirit of Atlantis

Robyn Donald : Mission For My Love

Charlotte Lamb's Novels:-
1. Temptation
2. Dark Master
3. Savage Surrender
4. Who's been sleeping in my bed?
5. Sensation

Carole Mortimer's Perfect Partner


HAPPY HUNTING!

Senarai Novel Melayu Favouriteku...

Hai Semua,

Kepada siapa-siapa yang suka baca novel Melayu, mesti kenal buku-buku yang saya nak post ni. tapi, bukan semua buku saya tahu..selalu tersalah beli dan kadang-kadang rasa terseksa pulak membacanya...rasa macam nak baling ke dinding je....saya jenis tak suka novel-novel yang terlalu berbunga-bunga sampai tak faham apa mesej yang novelis cuba sampaikan..so ini adalah antara beberapa novel melayu yang menjadi favourite...

1. Ombak Rindu (dah selamat jadi movie dah)..the ultimate novel..siapa-siapa yang baca novel Melayu yang tak pernah baca novel ni, saya tak tahu la nak kata apa...hehehee

2. Sebenarnya Saya Isteri Dia (diadaptasi dalam drama TV3)

3. Kasih Yang Suci (drama TV Nora Elena)

4. Gelora (lama gila saya cari novel ni then dia baru reprint...by lama i mean years ye..rasanya more than 10 years..dari umur 17 tahun...dulu nak beli pun dah SOLD OUT...)

5. Lagenda Budak Setan (pun dibuat filem) and generally masa remaja dulu pun novel-novel Ahadiat Akashah yang paling ditunggu-tunggu..

6. Adam dan Hawa (aaron aziz jadi hero drama ni...smart gile pakai uniform pilot..seswaii...)

7. I Love You, Stupid (i bet abang-abang polis-polis suke novel ni sbb hero dia polis..hehee)

8. The Wedding Breaker...bolehlaa...novel dia macam direct translation dari novel omputih sikit, tapi bolehlaa baca time boring-boring sangat...

So, di atas adalah novel-novel yang saya baca berkali-kali ye..memang MUST HAVE la..sebagai penggemar novel be it English or Malay...banyak lagi novel melayu yang saya baca, tapi yang masuk list ni yang saya baca berkali-kali la :)

Life's Update

For those who knows me and for those who cares, i had already been transferred since the last time i posted about my previous transfers...it started with a transfer order..massive transfer orders...ugh..i hate moving, again, when i had to move after only over a year at one place...again... i was just beginning to like living in Bentong...now i had been living in Batu Caves after my transfer to Mahkamah Selayang.. (and into the Lembah (Klang)..where dreams died...ahahahaa...)...i'm thinking of buying a house here, but who know how long i have here, so, what's the  rush?..

i hate, hate, hate moving! and it's so unfair!

Senarai Novel English Bacaanku - setakat Jun 2013 Part 1

Ini adalah entri senarai novel English yang telah dibaca sedari Januari 2013 sehingga Jun 2013 dan komen berkenaan novel-novel tersebut:-

1. 50 Shades of Grey (Book #1-Book #3) oleh E.L James - tak sangka buku ni amat "sweet"...tapi WARNING!..baca dengan fikiran terbuka dan bukan untuk bacaan remaja...pembaca DEWASA sahaja...mengisahkan seorang pelajar universiti Anastasia Steele yang terjebak dalam dunia Christian Grey, jutawan muda yang misterius...kalau nak tahu lebih lanjut kena baca sendiri :P

2. The Hunger Games Trilogy (Book #1-Book #3) oleh Susanne Collins - penceritaan yang mendebarkan dan berkait rapat dengan isu politik. telah diterjemah dalam bentuk filem dan tidak banyak penukaran jalan cerita. A must read! saya selalunya sukakan genre Romance namun novel-novel ini terlalu menarik untuk diabaikan. Novel ini mengisahkan Katniss Everdeen, 16 tahun yang tinggal di negara bernama Panem di mana setelah perang saudara (pemberontakan) berlaku di 13 daerah, mereka dikalahkan oleh The Capitol dan terpaksa hidup dalam kesengsaraan. 12 daerah yang kalah terpaksa menghantar 2 wakil dari setiap daerah setiap tahun untuk menyertai Hunger Games di mana mereka terpaksa bertarung sehingga mati antara satu sama lain sebagai tanda penyesalan atas pemberontakan yang cuba mereka lakukan terhadap Capitol. Hanya 1 sahaja pemenang yang akan dinobatkan sebagai Victor dan pertandingan tersebut akan ditayangkan secara reality TV...satu novel yang menyayat hati namun membangkitkan semangat juang...

3. Fever Series (Book #1-Book #5) oleh Susan Marie Moning- satu lagi siri thriller yang menarik. pada permulaan yang agak slow, namun novel ini mampu membuatkan berjuta-juta peminat novel membaca berulang-ulang kali. saya sendiri membaca lebih 10 kali. novel ini berkenaan Mackayla Lane, seorang yang happy-go-lucky, terpaksa berhadapan dengan dunia di luar jangkaannya. dan segalanya bermula apabila kakaknya Alina dibunuh di lorong belakang Kota Dublin. cerita ini mampu membawa kita ke alam fantasi sepertimana novel Harry Potter dll...

4. The Best of Me oleh Nicholas Sparks - sebuah lagi novel cinta dari Nicholas Sparks. tapi saya geram kalau baca novel Nicholas Sparks ni mesti novel cinta yang sedih. kalau tak hero, heroin yang mati...huhuhuhu....paling sedihnya cerita A Walk to Remember la..yang diadaptasi jadi movie, tapi novel dia memang lagi sedih dari movie. The Best of Me ni pasal Amanda Collier dan Dawson Cole yang masa remaja melalui zaman cinta monyet. tapi setelah 25 tahun berpisah, dan ada kehidupan sendiri, mereka bertemu semula..dan kenangan lama menjelma...

5. I've Got Your Number oleh Sophie Kinsella - penulis novel ini tidak asing dengan tema konflik dalaman pencerita dalam novel dan masalah mereka sepertimana siri novel terkenalnya iaitu Shopaholic. cerita ini adalah kisah cinta yang ringan dan sesuai dibaca ketika bercuti...novel ini menceritakan tentang Poppy Wyatt yang telah menghilangkan cincin tunangnya yang mahal dan bermula dari situ, satu persatu tragedi (kejadian yang melucukan) terjadi di mana dia menjumpai handphone di dalam tong sampah sehinggalah dia bertemu businessman Sam Roxton...seperti biasa heroin novel Sophe Kinsella selalunya kelam kabut tapi menceriakan jalan cerita...novel yang lucu dan menyeronokkan...

6. The Duke is Mine oleh Eloisa James - saya tak biasa baca penulisan novelis ini tapi terpanggil untuk order buku ni sebab masuk bestseller list. tapi sebagai penggemar Historical Romance saya tidak berapa suka jalan ceritanya dan memang ceritanya tidak melekat di fikiran...

7. Eat, Pray, Love oleh Elizabeth Gilbert - cerita tentang penemuan diri sendiri oleh seorang wanita. ia adalah sebuah memoir mengenai pengalaman penulis setelah bercerai dengan suaminya dan apa yang ditemuinya setelah melalui pengalaman pahit perpisahan dan membawa diri ke Itali untuk makan, ke India untuk mengabdikan diri kepada pencarian spiritual dan ke Bali untuk mencari keseimbangan hidup...satu novel yang menarik dalam perjalanan mencari cinta...novel ini telah difilemkan dan watak Liz dibawa oleh Julia Roberts dengan baik sekali...kebetulan saya beli novel ini semasa di Bali, jadi dapat menghayati dan relate dengan penceritaan novelis...

                                                                                                                      to be continued.........