Books for September/October Readings

I have been eyeing these two books for the past few months but they were too expensive for me.(in hard covers). Now,they are available in paperback - A Painted House by John Grisham and The Code Book by Simon Singh.

Currently : reading Tasauf Moden half way through.

I have been neglecting my books the last few days because I was reading reports and personal stories about the tragedy of WTC:-(( This event caught the whole world by suprise. I am digesting the news and hopefully I could 'read' the meaning of the meaning!

Just bought the special edition of Newsweek-full of tragic pictures of WTC. Now, I know the real meaning of the phrase that a picture is worth more than a thousand words! Reading the story is one thing, undertanding the meaning of the event is another.

Bought Oct Issue of Fast Company.This the 5th annual anniversary issue. Btw, I bought the firts issue five years ago but could not trace it:-((
New Motto: Work is serious fun!
The old motto: Work is personal;Computing is social;Knowledge is power and Break the rules!

Last night I visited a schoolmate at ICU Pantai Medical Centre.He is one year older than me but he is dying on a bed fully supported by Life Support system(LSS). In about 30 minutes from now,the family has decided to disconnect LSS because there is no way he could recover. Death is waiting for him any time now.My "reading" of the case is simply that this thing can happen to anyone-only this time it happens to Khairuddin.Only miracles can save him.
Some of the words are not written;we must be able to read them.Many are written all over the world, but most of us failed to read them.
Life is very short-so make the best of it everyday while you can.
(PS: My friend passed away about noon on 9.9.2001)

Now,the school holidays has started for my youngest son. He is 12 yrs old and has just finished his UPSR. He told me to buy his form one text books but I replied not yet. I prefer him to read non text books for the holidays so that he develops a reading habit and becomes not only educated but cultured as well.

"Reading makes a man".

It is my personal ambition to get all my kids to acquire the good reading habit before they left me.So far, I managed to get one out of three;-)

Strengh In Numbers is a book I bought some years back but never had the time to read it . My son's maths teacher borrowed it for a year and returned to me only a year ago.Somehow, I kept postphoning reading it. Now it is staring at my face.

Yesterday I read the first chapter.I hope to read it this month to refresh my little mind on the beauty of mathematics.

It has been more than a year since I bought Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine. However,this September issue is a special one. It is the 5th anniversary of YIL. It contains a lot of stories about the people and the Internet.
So, I bought it and now reading every page of it!
The dotcoms come and go, but I believe the Internet will stay.

Bought the September issue of Reader's Digest. Also a special issue of Yahoo!- the fifth anniversary.
Somehow, I am not in the mood to read books but prefer to read short stories and articles from magazines.

I hope to go to Silverfish bookshop for Merdeka Reading to-day.

When I read an email from a friend that he read four Harry Potter books,then only I am convinced that millions are reading the books that make the author JR Rowling millions of quids! Honestly, I can't get to read the first ten pages of the books. There goes the saying -A man's meat is another man's poison!

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My friend told me that he is working in the BEST place in the WORLD! Where else can it be? He is having a nice room at 36th floor of Menara Petronas overlooking the beautiful garden! After having his lunch for 15 minutes, he will bury himself in the Kunikoniya Bookshop reading whatever books he chooses!

Now, I really believed that some people are born lucky.
Anyone wishes to employ me there? Just call, I come running.....

Just bought a magazine called The Web.The main story is :

Hacking: An Anthology

At the mosque to-day, I bought a book by Prof. Dr Hamka-Tasauf Moden.Hope to read it before the coming Ramadhan on the 16th. Nov.,20001

I like arts but reading books about arts make me go to sleep.Real stories is better-like biography and personal adventures.

Just finished reading Hamka' s Kenangan Hidup. Now, I am going to read something on management.My favourite magazine is Fast Company.On Literature, I prefer Utne Reader but when it comes to something 'geeky', my my choice is Wired.

To-day I met a friend who seldom read books-too busy he said. However, he reads political events taking place in my country. This is a kind of reading that not many can do. It is a reading without uttering a word!
Something like reading between the lines.

While we talked business over a steaming hot morning coffee, I also mentioned about my interest in reading to my business asociate. She asked me what book I am reading. I told her that I am reading Bookstore because I am interested to know more about bookshops.In fact, I have visited a few interesting bookshops in London,Beunos Aires, Boston,Melbourne and Sydney.She told me about an interesting book entitled Rich Dad,Poor Dad. Btw, she also reads books in French. How nice if I could also read mathematical books in French especially the discourse by Descartes.
Honestly, I love to be able to read in Arabic for my soul and in French for my mind;-)

After sending my wife to Starhill, I entered the Starbuck cafe' at KL Plaza. Then I ordered a cup of mocha americano as recommended by the salesgirl. Honestly I am always lost on what to order every time I go to Starbuck or Gloria Jeans-too many brands of coffee to choose from. After making myself comfortable, I took out my notebook and began to write notes of what I see and feel inside the cafe'. This is my first time writing in such a place. I got the feeling like a writer writing his first draft of his next novel along Champs Elyse'es in Paris!
The music and the ambience are the gravity and the lubricant pushing my creative juice down to my pen and paper.

Soon the movie entitled The Tailor of Panama will come to my local cinema. That reminds me to read the book by Le Carre' which I bought at London Terminal 3 Airport on 7th June,1997! I bought the novel for more than four years ago and never find the time to read. Every time I want to read the book, I always prefer to another another book. I think I am *not* doing justice to the author;-)

Actually, I have a few more books that I have bought that keep gathering dust. The execuse is the same as above.My rate of reading book is half my rate of buying books!