SeaSands in the Sun

I'm back! Sorry for the delay..I simply had to finish my last book before posting this up for March (barely made the deadline of end March!) I have 3 books to share with you for March - 2 coming from the Percy Jackson series. Riodan did not fail to disappoint me with the remaining 2 books of the 5-book series (for now?) Both the books will take you on an adventure. Some characters that you met in the previous books will make a come back. I must say out of the 5 books, my favourite would be book #4 - The Battle of the Labyrinth where the plot is surrounding Daedalus - the architect of the Labyrinth and also the search for the great god of of the Wild - Pan. Fun fun fun :) The final book is about the last major battle between the Kronos and the Olympians. I will not elaborate as I think you would need to read it to appreciate them. :) A book I just finished half an hour ago is Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol. It was a good read and to those who have read his other books (2 which have...

I've got 4 books to share with you for February :) First would be a book given to me by Mariposi (aka Gavin) for my birthday. Was so thoughtful of you! Thank goodness he gave me the English version as I do not think I would be able to tackle the original version (which is in Spanish) as my vocabulary in Spanish is abysmal at this moment. The cover of the book pretty much sums up the story - A novel in monthly instalments with recipes, romances and home remedies. The story is set in a ranch in Mexico. A boy resorted to marry the sister of his girlfriend just so he could be close to her as she was destined to take care of her mother till her mother dies as she was the youngest of the family. I love the way Laura writes and she incorporates a lot of recipes in between the main plot. I just watched the movie (no subtitles!) and it was a good thing I read the book beforehand or else I might have gotten a little lost. They followed the book 100% and it was really good :) For more informa...

Taking advantage of a longer weekend, I actually watched 4 movies in a span of 5 days! Here are my reviews: First one was Percy Jackson. It's a book series from Rick Riodan. A friend of mine recommended the books a week ago. There are 5 books in total and the first book is Percy Jackson & the Olympians - The Lighting Thief. A movie was made based on the book. I liked it that they simplified the plot and I really enjoyed it. Movies can never be better than books but it was a fun watch nonetheless. :) Second movie I watched was Valentine's Day. It was light and easy to watch. It portrays how Love is for people of different ages. oh there are lots of big names in it too. We had no choice to watch this one as the line at the cinema was soooo long and most movies were sold out. My advice is not to watch this movie. It's so straightforward. Man ets bitten by a creature and changes into the beast himself every full moon and runs amok killing people and in the ends dies by the...

Just something I've decided to do for year 2010. I realised that I've sometimes abandoned what I loved to do most due to other daily commitments - read. So this year I have told myself to read at least one book a month. I barely made the deadline for January. I finished reading the book on the 31st! The book I'm talking about is Anne Frank - the diary of a young girl. I've read 2 versions of this book 13 years ago in school. I must say the latest version I read would be the best one. This book is a journal written by a Jew living in the Netherlands during the Holocaust. She writes about her life living in hiding for 24months. The ones I read previously was quite simplified and didn't show much of her emotions deeply. It was very light. Whereas for this book, it truly showed how depressed Anne was during her time in the Secret Annex. It also showed what strong individual views she had and how she struggled to keep her opinions to herself to avoid conflict. She som...

Well I've not blogged much for sometime now. Just last week I took some photos of our backyard cats. I normally only see them at night after work, so it was nice seeing them on a Sunday afternoon instead. Here are some pics of them :) This fellow is the most vocal one. ALWAYS meows when he hears any noise at our kitchen. I think he is the watch-cat for their group. This tabby is very intelligent. She waits at the back and knows when to catch when we throw food to her. This kitty surpassed all my expectations! Once I was late in feeding them and when i opened the window, she shot right up the window!! Thank goodness there were steel bars and window glass to block her from coming right in. And there was one more incident when I fed them late. This time I stood far from the window and opened it. She shot right up once again and hung to the window. And started meowing when she saw me. I fed her a piece of meat straight from the window to her and surprisingly, she ate! I was rather imp...

Oreja gave me beautiful paper art that she made out of scrap paper. The best part is when she gave it to me..I saw it as this: A bird But what she originally did it as: A cartoon chicken! I love it nonetheless. and finally, the both of us would like to wish all of you a Happy New Year!

2009 has been a mixture of many emotions for me. Basically there was a time for everything. Here's my year at a glance: Our dear Brownie passed away Visited Addy in KL Had some traveling fun to Miri , Sarawak, East Malaysia (first time there) My wonderful friends and their limelight moment! Bobo's new girlfriend , Blossom Tried my hand at baking MJ passed away Special bday for oreja 090909 Another addition - Bindi Read some books Watched some movies That's about sums it up. Wishing all of you a wonderful and fabulous 2010!