It's all about reading

I always loveeeee books. Loveeee reading them. Errr... certain book though. Idak le suma buku aku suka baca, kan ;) And, I think it has a lot to do with the way I was brought up. The way Abah tried to inculcate the reading habit into all 5 of us. Well, unfortunately the habit only sticks with me. But hey, the success rate is already 20%, right? Oklah tu.

When we were young, Abah used to take us almost every weekend to the Perpustakaan Bimbingan Kanak-Kanak, along Jalan Tun Razak, where IJN now sits. I just love the library. I can be lost in it, so greedy and undecisive on what to read within the limited time that I had there. Later, had difficulty in choosing the books to borrow. Lucky for me, the other 4 didn't bother much about the books. They were too busy playing in the playground outside the library. Since everyone was entitled to borrow 2 books each, I had the luxury to choose most of them. Heaven gila!

Balik rumah, Emak would have tough time with me because I would then get buried in the books and didn't bother helping her with the house works. Heh! Dasar pemalas kannnn!!

All these were back then, during my pre-school era, I think. Or at least until I was in Darjah 1. After that we moved to Cheras and at that time Jalan Tun Razak macam jauh sangat dah nak pegi from Cheras as compared to from Ampang. Back then lahhh.. now semua tu tak relevent dah.

And looking back, I am glad Abah took all the time and trouble to do what he did. He is not a visionary, but at least he had that vision.

It's sad to see that my nephews and nieces don't have such habit. Asik ingat nak mainnnnnnn je 24 jam. Asal celik mata, main. Nak tutup mata pun main lagi. And because the parents don't have the habit, anak-anak pun tak boleh nak ngikut. Kids learn from what they see. Not so much from what they hear. During their development, speech understanding comes much later. They imitate what you do much earlier before they can imitate what they hear. So parents, if you want your kids to behave, you have to behave first. Ingat? Muehehehe..

Until now, kalau masuk kedai buku, I can be lost as well. Maybe not as lost as I was before but still.. deciding on which book to buy can be tough. Books are expensive here. I loveeeee the smell of books.. the smell of kedai buku. I don't know how to explain the smell, but it's just the same smell if you go to every kedai buku. Errr... kedai buku yang hapak tu tak termasuklah ye. I am talking about good kedai buku je ni. Same goes with magazine I suppose. Nampak, suma nak beli. Pastu, rasa macam rugi because I don't know what to do with the huge stack that I have at home.

So the other day, masa pegi books fair BBW kat MAEPS tu, I tell you.. Gila!!! Dahlah pegi lepas keje, and when I reached there, tolak waktu solat maghrib, dah tinggal sejam setengah je to spend dalam hall yang ada beribu buku! I tell you!! Tamakkk halobaaa melanda diri! Kata laki aku, I walked sooo fast, much faster than him. Dia kata macam aku nak gi shopping kat factory outlets lak. Hahahaha.. Well, sikit lebih kurang, dak? Dia tak tau yang I felt like running to reach the hall from the parking lot! It gave damn good deal that I just simply grabbed the books that I want without thinking much. Gila.. buku yang normally RM35 jadik RM8 je. Banyak tu diskaun! Sebab satu malam tak cukup masa, we went there 2 nights in a row. Puashati! Hahahaha.. My only regret is that I should have gone on the first day. Manalah tau kot-kot there were other books that I could have bought but dah gone by the time I went there. So next time.. got to remember that!

Now, we have a stack of books at home. Don't know where to put because my book rack is already fully occupied. Nak buang buku lama, sayang. Nak donate, don't know where to donate. And I am picky about where I want to donate the books to. I don't want to simply donate the books and then the books will be left untouched or ignored or hancur. I can't tolerate that. That's my rule on books. My books, especially the novels, are nicely wrapped. Wrapped as in wrapped with a stick-on plastic wrapper. The covers look like they are laminated. And, no one shall flip the pages to mark, or make any mark on the book. Oooooo tu pantanggggg!!! Cannotttt!!! That also, I learned from Abah. Kepantangan Abah kalau tengok kitorang conteng buku sekolah, hatta making any notes relevant to what being taught. To him, that's what note books are for. Horror tak?? Hahahaha! So, kalau Abah nak inspect buku sekolah kitorang, kenalah segera padam mana-mana yang berconteng kalau tak nak kena dengan Abah.

Books that I am reading now? I am finishing a book by Chris Manby. I just love the way she writes. Funny. Light reading. Girlish. I love chic-lit kind of books.

Errr.. above all.. Quran.. how? Baru semalam Wan cakap kat aku.. We should be reading Quran more often lah. Which is true. Oh so true. Why malas? Blame it on the setan-setan around. But more so blame it on diri sendirilah kan. Can't blame the parents or anyone else. Abah Emak rajin je baca Quran. Anak ni je malas. Alasan? Got plenty *icon setan bertanduk*.

I soooooo need to get my priority right! Sigh!

Angah