1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.

2) Italicize those you intend to read.

3) Underline the books you LOVE (or just make the font bigger)



1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5. To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6. The Bible
7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11. Little Women - Louisa M. Alcott
12. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare
15. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20. Middlemarch - George Eliot
21. Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23. Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33. The Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34. Emma - Jane Austen
35. Persuasion - Jane Austen

36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41. Animal Farm - George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47. Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50. Atonement - Ian McEwan
51. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52. Dune - Frank Herbert
53. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63. The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding
69. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72. Dracula - Bram Stoker
73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74. Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75. Ulysses - James Joyce
76. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78. Germinal - Emile Zola
79. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80. Possession - AS Byatt
81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87. Charlotte's Web - EB White
88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90. The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94. Watership Down - Richard Adams
95. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

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Got it from my friend's blog. Apparently none of the books that I haven't read here are the ones that I intend to read :P

yes, yes, i forgive you and...

hm...so yeah, I do forgive you. It's not like I hate you for criticizing me and all, because it's a fact XD. Yeah~~ I guess both of us were shallow and dense back then...oh well :P

Btw...i guess I forgot to mention that I'm already back from Chiang Mai last Monday. XDD Meh...but too lazy to talk about it in the blog, coz too lazy to upload ze photos :P.

To answer your question..

..Okay, so I read one of my friend's blogs about the tudung question she asked me last year... Even though it's SO last year, I'm still gonna write a reply to that entry.

When I read back the answers I gave you, I guess I realized how immature I was at that time. Truthfully, when I meant by 'It depends' at that time, means that I would wear tudung when I hang out with friends (aka you guys), but I won't when I'm with my family (yes, I know, it's STILL doesn't makes sense). But we haven't hang out since, so you really don't know what changes I have made since after SPM.

I've worn tudung since the beginning of the year..I don't know how, but I've become more serious and worn tudung everytime I go out (...ok, maybe only twice, but i've learned my mistakes --_--||). But as I grew accustomed to wearing tudung, I then realized what made me not wearing tudung before - my family. Okay, my dad is an exception, since he's been growing up in a religiously strict environment, and Ezhan supported me as well, even asking me, "You x nak try pakai selendang ke??" But my other siblings...GUH! I don't know what the heck their problems are...especially my eldest bro. He kept saying "Buka je la tudung. Don't be like kakak la." Even my other family members were like, "OMG, are you trying to be like your sister?" (FYI, she was like an 'ustazah' when she was in MRSM, but when she graduated from 'U', she's a total different person). And Eli and Mama were like, "Ala...buka je la! Siapa nak ngorat ko??"

...U have no idea how hurtful I've been receiving those kinds of responses/comments, just because I've started wearing tudung, a Hijjab, that's a part of the Holy Islamic rule. It's true that I'm not 100% nice, innocent and oh-so-religious like other people, but is it wrong for me to decide what I wanna wear?? Do you have any idea that I've been trying to wear tudung since a long time ago, but then these - THESE obstacles were in my way.

You probably won't understand why it takes me a long time to finally wear tudung, when you just have to put it over your head; or why I'm so hurtful by listening to those comments when I should just be ignorant and do my own thing...because your family's not like that at all. I was easily influenced by my siblings, taking up the latest styles, buying expensive facial washes, going to Coffee Bean, and the list goes on... No, you probably won't understand, since you don't have a sibling who's only had 5 or 6 years of education in Malaysia; or a sibling who thought that some of them veiled women are just covering up the devil side of them, so might as well just expose yourself just to be 'true' to yourself.

Just to be precise with the answer to your question again about whether I'm gonna wear tudung at U - YES, I'm going to wear it, and NO, I'm NOT going back to those days. Even though I'm going to UiTM's Shah Alam campus, the so-called 'world social class' campus - I won't change my ways. And just to be precise with you again, I still love my siblings and family, even though they threw negative comments at me - with or without realizing it. I hope that answers your questions and such. Hopefully we can chat again soon - or maybe later, since I'll be entering college life this 27th --_--||

Yet another unfortunate event...

OMG...it hasn't even been one week! My cousin was robbed yesterday! O_O And it was on 9am....9 A. M!!! ON FREAKIN DAYLIGHT!!

She lived in an apartment (yes, apartment people!!) in kota damansara all alone, and she works through laptop (she hasn't got an office yet). She said that usually she would let the sliding door in her room opened, just to let in more vantilation (is that how you spell it??).

But when she turned away from her laptop, there was a knife pointing at her arm. There were two of them. One of them asked her where her jewellery, money, etc. were, and she just showed them where they were. Then, they led her to an empty room and told her to face the wall. They covered her with a quilt from the bed and took everything outside. In the middle of it, she was praying and just stood there without moving.

One of the thieves came back and, strangely, asked her if she wants the keys. She said, "Up to you la." (Her mind was blank at that time. Wat do you expect?). But the thief just threw the keys at her and said, "Sorry."....SORRY?!?!?! WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN?!?! "Sorry that I broke into your house?" or "Sorry that I'm stealing your stuffs?" or "Sorry that I put a quilt on top of you and threaten you with a knife?!?!" ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! You people should just DIE and ROT IN HELL!! Or, even better, let BOTH of your hands CUT OFF so that you can live in MISERY!!!

...Okay, I'm done talking shit about those sons of bitches. ^_^ FYI, those two robbers are actually Malay. Screw you...

PS: Tomorrow, I'll be going to Chiang Mai with my family...I know, weird time to go, but we already booked the flight before the robbery at our house happened, so we had no choice but to go (Otherwise, those stupid AA staffs will burn the money). Even my dad wasn't in the mood to go and thought of cancelling it...eh, wat da heck. We'll try and relax ourselves there...

Friendship...I wonder

Yay! I have my own laptop! :D Um, okay, this is SO off topic, but just wanna inform you. Heck, it was my bro's old laptop anyways, and he bought it second-hand XP. Anyways, back to the topic.

IDIOT'S GUIDE TO Friendship for Teens is right next to me. Why the heck was it next to me in the first place? Because I've been reading since yesterday - especially when I read a blog that's been waging a war with another. I even remember there was a fight between two of my closest friends (but they're back together, which makes me wonder even more --_--||), hence the book itself was lying on my desk...maybe my sis was reading it before, but meh...

So all these about having best friends really bugs me. I'll tell you my own experience - I never have a best friend. No, seriously, I don't. Even in the book, there can only be ONE best friend for each of us, but who the heck is my best friend?? I mean, if I'm talking about one of my friends, each of them already has their own best friend, which makes me go back to square one. Yet among the best friends that I know of, they always have conflict with each other. It can be from the smallest things to the biggest. I guess the reason why I never have a best friend in the first place was I'm scared of being back-stabbed. Never in my life will I see some backstabbing among my friends, but it happened slowly. One of them is because of misunderstanding, where this person thinks she's helping her friend, whereas the other thinks her friend is too much. (Yes, you know who you are. I'm just glad you guys are over it. If you're not, I swear I'll slap both of you in the faces).

Another, is because I moved houses/schools too much, especially when I was in primary. The maximum number of years I'd be in a primary school is just two - TWO years!! What do you expect of me trying to understand the word 'BEST FRIEND'?! Okay, fine, people said that you'll find your best friend when you've become a teen - but I see none. I mean, I thought I've found one in Form One, but then we moved classes. Then I thought I've found one in Form Two, but then in recess time we secluded ourselves a bit to our respective groups. And when that person moved out of school in Form Four, I found myself quiet, silent, and lonely. I realized that I need a chatterbox friend to help me gear up for my day. But even now, I haven't contact her yet, because I don't know what I should say to her. It's really frustrating...

Okay, the reason why I started this entry in the first place was - how the heck am I gonna make friends in college?! Sure, there are some guides in that book, but I don't even know if I can seriously follow or understand what I'm supposed to do when I'm there, especially when none of my friends are in the same university/campus with me @_@. (Ugh, Eli's so lucky to have her BFF with her) Another thing, I heard that the people there are like...how do you describe it...'world socialites'?? I mean, I'm used to people that are like very soleh/solehah type of people, or just some average people who know their limits. But these people who bleached their hair and pierced their ear more than one?? I don't know ==__==|| I guess I'm just gonna get used to it...

SO, the moral of the story is...ah, wat da hell. I'll just close this up. END OF STORY.

I hope you people are DEAD and rot in HELL

On 5th June, around 6.15 am, I suddenly woke up at the sound of noise...which later I found out that it was my mom knocking on my brother's door. She told him to call the police - coz we were robbed by 4 masked men.

Our maid, Kak Tum, was frying bananas in the wet kitchen, which is outside. She heard an alarm coming from one of our neighbours' house. She thought, "Eh, jangan2 la rumah kitorg kene masuk pencuri." And guess what - she suddenly saw 4 heads - 2 of them with long knives/daggers that's about more than 1 metre, 1 with a knife, and 1 with a huge scissor-like thing that can cut off a fence. She screamed, but it was brief, because one of them pointed a knife at her, saying, "Diam! Nanti saya bunuh kamu." They told her to lead them to my parents' room, so she did. But before they went up, they cut off the wire of lamp in Kak Tum's room, and went to the guest room. They cut off the wire of tv in that room as well.

They went up with the tong gas (sorry, don't know in english), and I think one of them went into Eli's room. Thank God Eli was sleeping in my room. Otherwise, God knows what they'll do to her. And thankfully that man only found her pencil case, which he left it outside. They went into my parents' room and told my mom to wake up. She thought it was a dream so she sat up. Then, she realized Kak Tum was at her side, and their arms were tied - Kak Tum with my dad's belt, and my mom with one of the wires.

One of them said, "Mana duit, mana duit!" My mom pointed at her dressing table. She told them to just take anything they want, just don't hurt them and her kids (which is us), but the biggest guy (probably the boss) threw one of my mom's tudung at her, telling her to shut up. They asked where the children and her husband were. She answered that my father went for solat, but she didn't say anything about us. Kak Tum was already shaking with fear and trauma. They stole money (including the Rial currency, which my mom didn't change yet after we got back from Umrah), gold jewellery (they can differentiate between original and fake ones. wtf?!), handphones (including my maid's), watches (again, they only took the originals) and my dad's camera. It lasted about 10 minutes until they left. Kak Tum freed herself (their hands were tied at the front, not at the back) and freed my mom. My mom went straight away to my brother's room.

She woke us up as well and told me to call my dad - only to realize that he didn't bring his phone and was taken by the robbers as well. My dad came back about 5 minutes after the incident. The police from Bangi were already in the area, so they came to check on the house. Other neighbours who went to surau also came when they heard the news, right after they visited the other house that were almost robbed. The robbers at that other house didn't manage to steal anything because Uncle Madnan was screaming his lungs out at the balcony of his son's room until he lost his voice. So they were safe.

Then, the police from Kajang (bigger station) came and interviewed my mom and Kak Tum. Honestly, I can't tell you how scared my mom was, but Kak Tum was more traumatized and was really pale throughout the day. The neighbours, especially the women, came to check on us. One of them even bought some kuih for us. I'm really glad we have thoughtful neighbours like them. Even my mom's whole family came, with some of them stayed until around 10 or 11 pm.

All of us were just glad that my mom and Kak Tum were safe and unhurt. Some of my family joked about me and my siblings in the house not waking up even in the middle of the commotion, but we seriously didn't notice at all. Though our cousin just now said it might've been worse if they caught us as well, because me and Eli - well, you get the picture, since both of us are young women and God knows what they'll do to us, and another is because Ezhan's a guy. Yes, it's even worse if they knew there's a guy present in the house as they'll be more aggressive - heck, I don't even wanna think what'll they do to him if they knew he was here.

Now, all of us are more alert. My dad finally decided to put an alarm system with cctv. Every time I pray, I pray that all of us are safe from harm, and that the robbers should be given heavy punishment, like having their hands cut off. I don't get why the government doesn't allow that kind of rule. Look at Saudi Arabia, they don't have robbers or thieves! It's all thanks to that rule that the country's peaceful and has no crime rates. I seriously hope the special crime team just kill them off by shooting at their head. They're better off dead at the side of the road.

Alhamdulillah~~

I finally got Actuarial Science in Shah Alam and will start this 27th June. Most of my friends have gone to their respective universities/matriks and already gone through the orientations...and this quite scares me a bit O_O||. According to one of my classmates, who've gone to UiTM in Kuantan (if I'm not wrong), only slept for like...what, 3-4 hours?!?! >_<|| She didn't even have time to even take a shower or even eat! I really wonder how I can survive there...especially since I'm such a heavy sleeper @_@

Apart from that, I find it funny that my mom and sis were more excited than me when they heard I got actuarial science... Of course I'm excited, but at the same time I'm nervous about college life there.