The Kite Runner

I thrive on fictions. I still do. And as far as this year goes, there's one fiction that really stands out, at least to me. And this book is by far My Best Book of The Year. Simply Marvelous. Found it by chance a few months ago at Kinokuniya and have been re reading it several times over.

It is called The Kite Runner - authored by an Afghan medical doctor who grew up in San Francisco, Khaled Hosseini.

It is about an illiterate Afghan boy with an uncanny instinct for predicting exactly where a downed kite will land. Growing up in the city of Kabul in the early 1970s, Hassan was a loyal 11-year-old with "a face like a Chinese doll" and was the son of his best friend's (Amir) father's servant and a member of Afghanistan's despised Hazara minority. But in 1975, on the day of Kabul's annual kite-fighting tournament, something unspeakable happened between the two boys.

The Kite Runner tells the gripping story of a boyhood friendship destroyed by jealousy, fear, and the kind of ruthless evil that transcends mere politics. Running parallel to this personal narrative of loss and redemption is the story of modern Afghanistan and of Amir's equally guilt-ridden relationship with the war-torn city of his birth. Said to be the first Afghan novel to be written in English, The Kite Runner begins in the final days of King Zahir Shah's 40-year reign and traces the country's fall from a secluded oasis to a tank-strewn battlefield controlled by the Russians and then the Taliban.

Kalau ada kesempatan, I suggest that you read this book. Somehow, this book humbles me. And it's only a fiction, boleh? I can't help it - it's the melodramatic me that read (and feel) the book.

Yeah, How old am I again?

These Boots Are Made For Raya!!!!

Today woke up to haze, yet again. Ingatkan dah tak dak. Hmm entahlah. Anyway, as promised to the girls, we went out to do Raya shopping today.

Dan entah dari mana ler pulak bebudak ni dapat ilham nak pakai boots pada Raya tahun ni. Dan agaknya dah rezeki dia orang, terjumpa ler pulak boots yang sesuai. Alhamdulillah. Nah tengok rupa boots yang dibeli sila ler ker www.blueberryjournal.blogspot.com.

Kami pergi shopping kat Amcorp Mall, PJ. Dah very the happening rupanya tempat nih. Tambah2 ada flea market. Yan pun apa lagi enjoy sangat ler dapat browse the bric and brac stuff yang available kat situ. Tapi dalam haze nih orang ramai jugak.

Then we proceeded to Subang Parade pulak. Ada lagi barang yang tak jumpa. Masa nih, pinggang and kaki kepala lutut segala dah macam nak tercabut. Went home dalam pukul 4 something. Masa tu dah rasa nak merangkak ajer. Dah tua ropa2nya.

Balik2 ajer, terus tergolek tak larat sangat2. Nasib baik ler benda2 macam ni kena buat sekali setahun ajer. Menulis blog ni pun di dalam keletihan yang amat. Macam tak ceria jer kan???

Arissa sedang try baju kurung. Seperti biasa, muka blur. Sebab memang blur.

Asma dengan boots nya yang dah siap dibungkus.

Kaum wanita sedang melihat-lihat barangan di Flea Market di Amcorp Mall.

Daughters and Daughters

My beautiful daughters with Ayah Anjang's beautiful daughters. Err, beautiful ker?

Hari ini seperti biasa berbuka di rumah. Tetapi hari ini kami menerima tetamu istimewa sewaktu berbuka. My cousins - Anom, Yone and Cha - came by to berbuka at our place. Dah lama tak bertemu muka memang seronok. Masak ala kadar ajer tapi enjoy. Bukak sesi mengumpat artis lagi. (Astaghfirullah!!!).

Anom, Yone and Cha are my uncle's (Ayah Anjang) three daughters. Depa datang setelah seharian pergi shopping Raya. Yes, they are also Adi Fimiyun's three aunts.

Menu mudah berbuka puasa hari ni:

Rendang Ayam
Sawi Tumis
Siakap Tauchu
Yam Cake

Sedap, memang sedap. Tambah pulak yang masak nya Yan.

Youngest Meor

Adi tengah posing pakai jean dari Korea lagi (and t-shirt dari Pahang). Musykil jugak kenapa Mak Tok Adi nyorok belakang cucu dier?

This is Meor Adi Fimiyun. Anak my cousin Meor and wife dia Rina. Cucu Ayah Anjang and Wan. In our huge happy extended, family he is currently the youngest Meor/Mior.

Handsome memang handsome. Harap berkekalan hingga dewasa. Jangan jadik macam Ayah Ngah dia, handsome masa kecik2 jer, bila besar hmmph. Anyway, macam abah Adi jugak.

Oooh ya nama Adi diambil sempena nama satu watak protagonis dari novel karya Faisal Tehrani.

My Net life is complete

Finally, after sekian lama duduk dalam queue, we at long last got our Streamyx connection. Macam ni barulah ngam. Macam ni malam ni gua akan membrowse dengan lebih giat ler. Boleh lah download mendownload dengan riang ria.

Tahniah Mior.