Monday, 2 January 2012
book analysis
38 books read in 2009, 27 in 2010 and now 23 in 2011. Yes I think I see a pattern there. Not a good one.
bought (2011)
- 01. more than you can say by Paul Torday
- 02. out of oz by Gregory Maguire
- 03. luka and the fire of life by Salman Rushdie
- 04. imperial bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis
- 05. the rules of attraction by Bret Easton Ellis
- 06. generosity by Richard Powers
- 07. player one by Douglas Coupland
- 08. loaded by Christos Tsiolkas
- 09. devil's place by Brian Gomez
- 10. a brief history of the future by Stephen Clarke
- 11. midnight's children by Salman Rushdie
- 12. geek love by Katherine Dunn
- 13. matchless by Gregory Maguire
- 14. the hopeless life of charlie summers by Paul Torday
- 15. the next queen of heaven by Gregory Maguire
- 16. lost by Gregory Maguire
read (2011)
- 01. luka and the fire of life by Salman Rushdie
- 02. imperial bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis
- 03. a short history of tractors in ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
- 04. loaded by Christos Tsiolkas
- 05. midnight's children by Salman Rushdie
- 06. player one by Douglas Coupland
- 07. devil's place by Brian Gomez
- 08. the slap by Christos Tsiolkas
- 09. a brief history of the future by Stephen Clarke
- 10. sushi & beyond by Michael Booth
- 11. room by Emma Donoghue
- 12. point omega by Don DeLillo
- 13. the museum of innocence by Orhan Pamuk
- 14. geek love by Katherine Dunn
- 15. the next queen of heaven by Gregory Maguire
- 16. the hopeless life of charlie summers by Paul Torday
- 17. matchless by Gregory Maguire
- 18. the story of sushi by Trevor Corson
- 19. the tale of genji by Murasaki Shikibu
- 20. lost by Gregory Maguire
- 21. the help by Kathryn Stockett
- 22. stardust by Neil Gaiman
- 23. beautiful as yesterday by Fan Wu
Sunday, 11 September 2011
Borneo Expedition: Day 19 - 31/12/1997 Wednesday
There must have been a day 19... but I lost that page of my physical travel log. But it was the last day anyway so we could not have done a lot. We probably took an early flight.
With this, I conclude my first Borneo experience and shall proceed to discard my yellowing and fading physical journal.
Borneo Expedition: Day 18 - 30/12/1997 Tuesday
Woke up and started packing up and unpitching the tents. Collected assam fruits. Went back to Kota Kinabalu early around 9:00 am. Checked in at Sabah Inn. Then ate breakfast. Came back and rested. Practiced our performance for the night. Went out for lunch and went walking around. Visited the Philippines Bazaar. Went on walking. Back back and rested before going out again for dinner. We came back for briefing and expedition conclusion in Mrs. Faridahs room. We performed our routine. Waited for the early morning meal before fasting started at Restoran Selamat. Came back up and watched Eraser and then slept.
Borneo Expedition: Day 17 - 29/12/1997 Monday
We woke up and prepared breakfast. Ate and then went to rent snorkles. I shared mine with Jimmy. Went down with Chun Hoo and David right after breakfast. Went quite deep. Saw some magnificent sights; pufferfish, schools of parrotfish, schools of barracudas, the remains of a turtle. We played volleyball and went swimming. Later, we had lunch and played scrabble with Mrs. Faridah, Jenn Nee and Pei Yee. After the last boat left the island, we went diving off the jetty. I did that twice and got sea water in through my nostrils both times. Continued snorkling with Jenn Nee, Jimmy and Chun Hoo. Came back up the beach to help the rest prepare dinner. We had some difficulties doing the dishes after dinner because of the lack of water supply. Instead we scrubbed stuff with sand. We got to know the other party of campers on the island. We introduced some games to them. Pei Yee and Hun Yie had a girl-on-girl dance. When the water supply finally came, we went to shower. We sat on the beach and chatted til the wee hours.
Borneo Expedition: Day 16 - 28/12/1997 Sunday
We woke up early and went straight to the airport for a morning flight to Labuan. Boarded a Fokker. Great view. Arrived at Labuan and eat breakfast there. Went to Kota Kinabalu by ferry. The ride was bumpy but we managed to sleep the whole journey. We arrived at Kota Kinabalu and headed for lunch in the stalls above the market. We took turns in two groups. Later, we boarded a 3:00pm to Pulau Sapi. We pitched our tents when we arrived and proceeded to prepare dinner. We wanted to shower but there was not water supply that day. After washing up at sea, we laid on the beach and chatted, played games, went hiking with Chun Hoo. We saw sandfleas that glowed blue in the dark. Continued chatting about weird emo stuff.
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