Monday, April 4, 2016

The Final "Curtain" for Hercule Poirot

Curtain: Poirot's Last Case (Hercule Poirot, #39)Curtain: Poirot's Last Case by Agatha Christie
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Finished another Agatha Christie's mystery novel, yeay! It is a sad one, though ... for this novel is about Hercule Poirot's final case. Fin, last, finale. Poirot has aged and ill, yet he is so adamant to finish this one final case that is so different from any of his other cases before. A foreseen crime soon to be committed, but by who or to whom, we do not know about. Yet Poirot know it will happen because it is linked to 5 different cases that happened before, and only he can see the link. The story is being narrated by Col. Hastings, Poirot's very dear friend. It's a mind-blowing guessing game, reading this and although this is one of the best cases, it ends in a sombre tune.

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Friday, April 1, 2016

Let sleeping murder lie....

Sleeping MurderSleeping Murder by Agatha Christie
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Aku mula mengenali novel-novel Agatha Christie hampir 16 tahun yang lalu, di sebalik timbunan buku-buku lama di kedai buku-buku terpakai di tingkat atas Bazaar Chowrasta, P.Pinang. The dusty and crowded shop was my heaven during those days. Sehingga ke hari ini sudah banyak buku beliau aku dah baca, namun sejumlah lagi hasil tulisannya belum aku baca. Dan judul ini salah satu daripadanya. Kisah Gwenda, seorang suri rumah yang baru berpindah ke rumah baru di Hillside dan mula mengesyaki ada tragedi pembunuhan yang berlaku di rumah tersebut hampir 2 dekad yang lalu setelah dia diganggu oleh bayangan-bayangan dan aura yang menyeramkan. Dan rumah tersebut rupa-rupanya pernah diduduki oleh mendiang ayahnya bersama ibu tirinya suatu masa dahulu. Jane Marple ialah penyiasat Christie dalam judul ini dan beliau membantu Gwenda menyelesaikan misteri tersebut sama ada pembunuhan sememangnya terjadi atau ia hanya bayangan Gwenda semata-mata. Novel Agatha Christie sememangnya tidak pernah jemu dibaca dan peneman yang sesuai dalam perjalanan pergi balik kerja menggunakan LRT!

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Friday, February 5, 2016

I.L.U.

Tahu apa itu rindu? Rindu itu apabila dirinya sentiasa dalam ingatan.
Tahu apa itu benci? Benci itu apabila dia tidak merindui ku.
Tahu apa itu cinta? Cinta itu apabila aku hanya mahu dia bahagia, walau aku berduka.
Tahu apa itu sayang? Sayang sekali jika aku dan dia hanya seketika.
Tahu apa itu jodoh? Jodoh itu rahsia-Nya.

Salam rindu.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Angguk Geleng

Angguk Geleng: Himpunan Kisah Dakwah SatiraAngguk Geleng: Himpunan Kisah Dakwah Satira by Pahrol Mohamad Juoi
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Sebuah buku yang mengumpulkan kisah-kisah pendek yang penuh teladan jika kita membaca dengan pemikiran terbuka dan mendalami kisah-kisah tersebut dengan hati. Ada berpuluh-puluh kisah dalam buku ini dan ada 5 kisah yang menjadi kegemaran saya iaitu 'Dengar dengan Hati', 'Miskin kerana Malas', 'Tidak Ada Kebaikan yang Sia-sia', 'Siapa yang Kaya?' dan 'Semua ada dalam Al-Quran'. Sesuai untuk semua.

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Sunday, January 3, 2016

the new year dilemma

Esok dah nak keje balik. Blank. Blur. Selepas 5 hari bersuka ria tak buat apa-apa. Truth be told I'm not that excited to go back to work. I know it's not a good feeling but I can't do anything about it. I can't tell my heart to not feel what I'm feeling. My job is good. I am good. I'm not sure why I always find it difficult to insert happiness in that job + I equation. There's a few things in my new year resolution, and when I read 'em back, none of 'em include anything about work. Yeah, in my heart I know that I want to do my job better this year but that's just because I know it is something expected of me by my boss and my colleagues. I know I can't just slack myself intentionally because it will affect my colleagues, our tasks are connected with each other. To get the job done, everyone has to do their part. That I know and understand good enough.

In my new year resolutions, there's no major or 'operation-change-the-world' kind of thing. They are just small things that I want to do and I want to improve in my life. Start small but it's all workable. It's a working process. I didn't make any new year resolution last year and anything before that had probably been wiped clean from the thrash bin folder of my mind. So let's start anew. 

People expects that after a decade, I would've probably be in a safe and stable condition but honestly, I don't think I am. I know where am I at this stage and I am not quite happy about it. What has passed is passed and there's nothing I can do about it. But I can surely do something about the future. And to do something about the future is to act now. The present time.

Phases in your life, it keeps changing. In my life I have found something, I have kept something, I have discarded something, I have wasted something, I have treasured something, and I have learned a lot of things. But there's more to be found, to be kept, to be discarded, to not be wasted, to be treasured and to be learned.

I met so many things that I hate but I have to tell myself that not everything that I hate is bad for me. I found things that I love but I am reminded that not everything I love is good for me. I experienced bad and good things and I know that both have taught me new lessons.

I have a physical diary that I write on almost everyday, I also write in my Facebook yet today I am compelled to write in this blog of mine that I haven't touched since many many months ago. These things also have their own phases.... or trends, as we know it. There was the time where blogging is the 'in' thing. Then we just felt lazy to write so many things, we then just put out a line or a few words in our Facebook to tell people what we feel. Then we just too lazy to write anything at all, we only put pictures in Instagram.

I don't want to say that I'm going to do this and that. When I want to do it, I'll do it. Of course, I do plan things, but I'd rather keep some at the back of my mind and when opportunity to do it arrives or whenever it feels right, I'll do it.

About my attitude towards my job, that is something I need to dwell upon. We don't always get what we want. Sometimes we just have to grab or accept the next best thing, and hope that one day, we will get what really make us happy. For the time being, my sanity and my belief in 'keberkatan' are the things that make me stay on the track. But, having no passion is definitely going to affect me in the aspects of searching and learning and becoming better at what I am expected to do.

Perhaps if certain people get tired of me, will they see what they are supposed to see? Or am I the one who are blind of my true potential?

Sunday, May 17, 2015

dua rasa

merenung dalam-dalam
mencari dalam diam
mengintai di sebalik kata-kata
jika beroleh kucari makna

makna sebuah kejadian
makna sebuah cerita
apakah aku yang akan berubah
atau aku kah yang merubah

apapun, melengkapi itu pasti
lain sekarang dari dahulu
suatu masa akan ku fahami
biar rasa dua bertemu

170515, PDI

aku yang kebosanan

merenung-renung, memikir-mikir
mencari-cari apa yang hilang
di sana bosan, di sini lemas
di mana ada jiwa yang bebas
di ruang mana ku bisa lepas
potensi diri yang belum terjawab
menemui hati yang bisa mencakna
siapakah aku yang sebenarnya


130515, PDI

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

rasa hati

ia datang tiba-tiba
dahulu pun begitu
sekarang pun begitu
tidak ketahuan kenapa
tidak ketahuan bagaimana

mukadimahnya hikayat
penyambung semangat yang tergugat
pengakhirannya didebat
tidakku tahu tercapaikah matlamat

P.Indah 130515 2120

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

faraway love

sometimes I find myself gasping for air
and choking on words to say to you
time is running out
will I ever spend it with you

when I look into your eyes
I feel your love reverberating through my veins
warming my heart
with love, kindness and tenderness

everything happens for a reason
yet this has not stopped the pain
of having to be away
and left to face the world alone

all this time I have been strong
and I have been true
and now, I feel .... can I still continue
and wait for you?


~BSI, 221014 2337