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posted : Sunday, March 30, 2008

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Nur Lutfiah Izdihar bin Mohd Ali -CUTE tak boleh tahan! =D

the back row people who were bored to tears, they had to resort to this.

nurul & hariz.

senyum banyak2! pahala banyak bergolek. Amin.

after IJC performance at Plaza Singapura. =)

Road Run is over. Finally. I'm not disappointed at all though.

Despite getting 43rd position. Drastic drop. Haha!

Sec 1-160+++ position! (haiya. haven't cultivate the love for running yet mah. mcm phm. =p)

Sec 2- 10th POSITION! (pheeweet gitu kan? I have no idea what took place along the way.)

Sec 3- 9th babe! (one place is still an improvement okay! =D)

Sec 4- 32nd position (the end of my running-is-my-love period and the start of all the babats. Hahs! =D)

JC1- 43rd (okay with me. I was expecting 200+++. =p)

JC2- Top 20 hopefully? (I'm going to work my butt off lah! Really! =D)

It's so unfair that the girls had to run under the scorching Sun lah. I felt like I was at the Sahara Desert, and my throat was super parched. The guys were really blessed. The moment they started running, the weather took a turn. Argh! Sudahlah, rezeki masing-masing. =)

I have no idea what's wrong with me nowadays though. Been getting constant ailments.

Severe headaches everyday.

Kneecap loose.

Legs feels like it's going to drop anytime soon.

Have I been draining my legs out after all those years of running?

But cannot be lah. I've not been running up till my maximum potential. Not even half actually. Sheesh.

Oh, read a super interesting book yesterday. A Malay novel at that. It's been what? Two years plus plus plus since I last read a Malay novel. I only read Malay novels you see. Non-fiction is a bit too taxing for me. Hahs! But two years ago, I discovered my passion and penchant for Malay books dissipating since I was tired of the same plotlines, lackluster dialogues and most importantly, the tak-menjadi-nak-menggunakan-bahasa-INGGERIS(dari LONDON lagi!). Sheesh, hope I'm not misusing my rights as a blogger urh. =p

But, but, but, I discovered a super-intriguing-and-arrestingly-captivating novel. (Well, not me lah. Mama did actually.)

5 TAHUN 5 BULAN by Hlovate (should be his/her nickname. I think. =D)

For the first time after so-many-years-and-Malay-books-read, I found a novel whose English was SUPERB!

No grammatical errors. (I was totally WOAH-ED.)

Plotline relevant, coherent and interesting. (Nah, not that intriguing.)

Humour present. Lots of humour, And lame jokes. (My mum was practically tearing while laughing hysterically lah! Kay, that was a bit exaggerated. =p)

Lots and lots of quotable quotes. Both from people and the Qur'an- which is super amazing since it's so hard to find a book which puts in verses from the Qur'an nowadays. (I was totally impressed by then.)

Alot of quizzes the character did, which she then put up on her blog. (Macam cool lah gitu. Macam nak copy lah pulak. Hehs. =D)

Best of all, with two thumbs up and eight other fingers possibly, the dialogue and the script(?) was downright exquisite.

Excerpts from the book( not more than 10% lah!):

"All the verses in the Qur'an are like personal love letters from God to us. If you want to find solace and balm for the sore, the words will heal it straight away. Ayat memujuk sebagaimana dalam Al-Insyirah and Ad-Dhuha. Soothe you anytime. Sweet!"

"...boleh lah jadi kamu membenci sesuatu, padahal ia amat baik bagimu, dan boleh jadi(pula) kamu menyukai sesuatu, padahal ia amat buruk bagimu; Allah Mengetahui, sedang kamu tidak mengetahui." -Al-Baqarah:216

one small teeny-weeny part of the script:

"Apa 'palpitation' dalam bahasa Melayu?" Afiq mengangkat kening merenung empat bakal doktor di keliling meja itu. Sekilas dia mengukir senyum mengusik ke arah Jo(hanna).

Senyap. Tak ada yang menjawab. Semua berkerut dahi memikir.

"Ana? Palpitation?"

Jo cuba menahan muka dari beriak. Palpitation tu ala-ala apa yang saya tengah rasa apabila Along tengok gaya saya amacam tu lah. Mangkut tingkat betul la Along ni! "Palpitasi." Ujarnya selamba.

Ketawa pecah tanpa tertahan.

"Palpitation...palpitation..." Jo memetik jari sambil memandang siling malam ini. "Betul jugak apa yang Along kata tu. Kalau patient macam nenek aku, takkan aku nak tanya dia 'makcik ada rasa palpitation atau palpitasi atau apa-apa seumpama dengannya'. Mau kena baling terompah sebab cakap bahasa orang tak faham."

Aie menggaru pelipis. "Jantung dup-dab-dup-dab...jantung main aci kejar..." Dia turut mencari kata yang sesuai. "Palpitation..." Telunjuk menggosok dagu pula. "Berdebuk-debuk..." Apa lagi..."Hah!"

"Apa!"

Muka Aie sudah ala-ala Isaac Newton bertemu idea graviti di bawah pokok epal. "Berdebar-debar." Serius dia menuturkannya.

Jo terkedu. Ek?

Seketika ruang bilik itu sunyi.

Ketawa pecah bagai nak gila.

blah blah blah...then Jo and Aie acted this out.

"Makcik, makcik dah lama ada sakit dada?"

Jo sengih. "Agak lama la jugak." Sekelip mata dia dah jadi makcik pesakit.

"Sakit macam mana tu makcik?" Aie masih serius bertanya.

"Alamak!" Jo dah menepuk dahi. "Sharp pain nak kata apa eh dalam bahasa Melayu?"

"Err...sakit mencucuk-cucuk?" Aie sengih.

"Dull pain?"

"Erm..." Aie menggosok dagu memikir."Berdenyut-denyut?"

"Tu throbbing pain kut."

"Haila..." Aie dah menggosok pelipis. "Tak pe lah tu, abaikan dulu. Aku nak tanya soalan paling best ni."

"Apa...?"

"Makcik ada rasa berdebar-debar?" dengan wajah habis serius Aie bertanya.

HAHAHAHA! I went laughing all the way. If you understand, it's super lame but funny lah. Unless I'm the one who has a wry sense of humour? Kelakar tak menjadi. Hahaha! =p

But my favourite quote?

"Boys are stupid. Throw rocks at them." -Todd Goldman (superrb.=p)

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