Masayume

Bismillah.

Tempoh hari aku pernah beritahu yang aku ada pergi kat BookXcess kat Ipoh. Beli satu je novel sebab aku is miskin.

Novel The Last Grand Adventure, aku dah ulas kat sini (pergi baca sekarang!! >;<)

Untuk entri ni, aku nak cerita pasal kecantikan dan ke-aesthetic-an tempat ni pulak.

BookXcess kat sini ada satu ruang bawah tanah yang sangat cantik. Kalau korang masuk kat bawah tu, korang boleh jumpa galeri seni Yasmin Ahmad. Kat bawah tu memang banyak novel Eng. Ada novel famous, tak famous, ada juga komik DC which is, aku pun terkejut tengok sebab awesome gila kuttt.

Memang korang kena turun ke bawah ni untuk mendapatkan pengalaman terpesona dengan bau buku dan kecantikan tempat ni.

masuk ke dalam bilik tu, korang akan nampak galeri seni tu. Tak adalah banyak barang mana pun. Cuma ada beberapa memento pasal sumbangan arwah dan poster filem-filem arwah sebelum ni.

soriii ni gambar random ehek

my hensem johnny depp!!! By the way, aku geram tau dengan geng produksi Fantastic beasts 3 sebab drop Johnny Depp daripada watak Grindelwald. I hate them so much! Depp terang-terangan tak salah kut! Mahkamah pun dah bagi kata putus cakap Depp yang jadi mangsa.  

interior designnya lawa siotttt

Aku menyesalll tau tak beli Flawed ni kat sini sebab kat Popular tempoh hari memang mahal nak mampuih. Ada dalam RM 50+ tak silap. Ni ko tengok. RM 19.90????? Dahekkkk

By the way, aku memang peminat Cecelia Ahern. Aku baru baca 2 or 3 buah buku yang dia tulis, dan semuanya aku fall in love! Ada satu buku ni, tajuknya If You Could See Me Now adalah antara buku yang termasuk dalam list Forever-In-Love aku tapi malangnya buku tu dah kena rampas masa kat asrama dulu. Dan aku tak dapat balik buku tu! Life sucks :'((((

HARRY POTTAHHHHH

more books to fall in love with :)

Bismillah.

Holllaaaa minna-saaaaannnn~~

Haritu aku actually nak pergi Big Bad Wolf kat Selangor tu, but it's kinda far and I did survey the bus fees but the bus schedules didn't fit mine. So I pun cancel jela BBW :'((

Instead, Sufi wasap aku, ajak pergi Popular Bookstore sebab katanya ada sale up to 85%. Aku macam, wowwww serius ah? Okey cunss letss goo

Kitorang sewa kereta, aku dan Sufi je sebabnya yang lain semua ada lab masa tu. Naik kereta axia auto yang a lil bit worn out (okay that's a stretch. It IS worn out) Harga Rm70/half day. It's actually kinda expensive sebab kitorang dua orang je yang kena split bayar tapi dah nak buat macam mana terpaksa sebab obses nak pergi hahaha.

Kitorang pergi kat AEON Kinta Mall. Aku dah pergi kat Popular kat AEON Station 18, Ipoh Parade dan AEON Kinta Mall. Dalam ketiga-tiga mall tu, Popular kat Kinta tu yang paling best dan banyak pilihan.

Tapi aku tak nak cerita pasal Popular. Tapi takpelah meh aku cerita sikit.

Rupa-rupanya bukan semua buku 85% off. Some of them je. Tu pun novel melayu cinta yang dah publish lama dah. Aku beli dua buku english dan 1 buku Rapunzel untuk kids yang aku tolong jagakan (babysit). Okeylah, sebab dapat 25% off sebab guna member card.

Lepas pergi Popular, kitorang pergi kat Funtasy House Art Trick. Actually lama jugak kitorang duduk kat popular tu. Dalam pukul 4 camtu baru gerak ke Funtasy. Ni tak plan pun actually. Kitorang just gugel apa yang best kat sekitar kawasan, then start enjin terus gerak.

Aku rasa agak best tempat ni. Dia ada dua tingkat. Rating kat gugel 4 stars. Wait em.. actually korang tak yah lah percaya sangat rating kat gugel sebab owner boleh delete review.

For me, personally it would be 3.8 stars. Not 5 because it still not perfect. Not 4 because I wouldn't recommend coming here twice (ofc no bcs it's just a memento for tourists)

Bayaran untuk adults = RM15/1 person

Untuk kids, aku tak pasti.

Masuk tu, cam biasa, diorang akan offer untuk ambil gambar korang dan print (kena bayar. Harga agak mahal, tak ingat berapa so aku dan Sufi tak beli gambar tu).

Below are all the pictures (not all ehem) yang I ambik sepanjang kat situ (pics are in no particular order). Lawaaa sangat lukisan dia. I really love them all muahss.

this one particular room is actually gross :( i wouldn't recommend kids go in here. It's like, a torture room so u can imagine the rest of it. i'm surprised some of the parents i encountered in here just let their kids went in here. I mean, gore things should be off-limits to kids.

this one picture turns out realllyyy good.

Overall, aku berpuas hati dengan servis dan instagram-worthy pics. But I kinda hope the place would be more big and more space to explore.

Do I recommend yall to come here? YES.

Kalau u olls dah pernah pergi, do I recommend datang lagi sekali? NOPE.

That's all for todayyy. Thankxxx guys stay safe stay healthy :))

Bismillah.

Benda aku nak cakap ni mungkin agak berat. Aku pun cuba mencari perkataan dan ayat yang sesuai supaya benda yang aku nak sampaikan ni dapat disampaikan dengan baik. Supaya orang tak salah faham. Supaya jelas makna tanpa berbelit.

Aku sebenarnya antara pengguna tegar media sosial Twitter. Banyak benda best boleh tengok. Benda kelakar, random daily rant, benda serius. Semua ada. Dan semua tu pun bergantunglah kat siapa following kau. Kalau kau jenis follow geng bisnes, banyaklah benda bisnes, tips etc. Kalau kau jenis follow budak yang suka merentan single setiap hari, benda tulah yang akan lalu kat timeline kau setiap masa.

Macam aku, aku suka follow orang-orang hebat dalam bidang masing-masing contohnya Mag Malaya yang berpengalaman luas dalam bisnes, Zamir Mohyedin (untuk siapa yang tak kenal, encik Zamir ni salah seorang speaker ML Studios favourite aku dulu. Tapi dululah. Sekarang ni, video ML studios banyak merapu je), geng-geng digital artists, Pidot (digital artist yang aku start follow sejak aku tahu dia terlibat dalam produksi animasi Lawak Kampus) dan ramai lagi lah. Malas lak nak sebut sorang-sorang kat sini.

So adalah baru-baru ni, isu yang timbul hangat kat Twitter.

"You don't need to have a religion to be good"

Pernah dengar ayat ni?

Aku akan bercakap(menulis) daripada perspektif seorang Muslim.

First of all,

Sebagai seorang Muslim, wajib kita percaya bahawa Islam adalah satu-satunya agama yang benar dan diterima oleh Allah S.W.T.

Meh aku ulang lagi sekali.

SEBAGAI SEORANG MUSLIM, WAJIB KITA PERCAYA BAHAWA ISLAM ADALAH SATU-SATUNYA AGAMA YANG BENAR DAN DITERIMA OLEH ALLAH S.W.T.

Bila wujudnya segelintir Muslim yang mempersoalkan benda ni, kononnya tak perlu ada agama pun untuk buat baik etc, ini dah jadi satu isu yang sangat bahaya sebab berkaitan dengan akidah.

Orang Islam wajib percaya Islam adalah agama yang benar dan sama sekali tak boleh menyamakan agama Islam dengan agama lain. 

So, boleh ke kita nak paksa orang bukan Islam masuk Islam?

Tak boleh. Allah dah berfirman dalam Al-Quran, bahawa Islam bukan agama paksaan. Islam agama yang sudah terang-benderang kebenarannya. Agama yang lengkap sejak 1400 tahun yang lalu. Tiada paksaan dalam beragama kerana sudah jelas sekali kebenaran Islam.

So, bolehlah kita nak hina agama lain?

Tak boleh. Kita perlu menghormati agama lain. Menghormati agama lain bukan bermakna kita iktiraf agama lain selain Islam adalah betul. Dalam dunia ni agama Islam sahaja yang betul. Nabi Muhammad adalah rasul terakhir. Tiada lagi agama lain yang benar selain Islam. Kalau tahun depan tiba-tiba ada yang mengaku Rasul utusan Tuhan, dapat wahyu, tu semua tipu. Okey?

Haa banyak kali dah aku ulang ni. Islam agama yang benar. Menghormati agama lain bukan bermakna kita iktiraf agama lain selain Islam adalah betul. Dalam dunia ni agama Islam sahaja yang betul.

Please bear that in mind, dear Muslim bros and sis.

Tu la kut yang aku nak cakap kali ni. Semoga akidah kita semua terus terjaga. If you guys have any topics yall want me to talk about, do drop it in comment! 

till then, tata.

Bismilllah.

Buku ni aku beli masa pergi Book Xcess kat Ipoh haritu. Best gila tempat tu tapi malangnya I was hella broke so aku cuma beli satu buku ni je. Terpaksa aku say goodbyeee kat buku Among Ten Thousand Things kat kaunter masa nak bayar.

Masa aku nampak buku ni, firstly aku sangat tertarik dengan muka depan dia (cover). There's something that seriously draw you in once you've seen it. Lepas tu, tajuk buku ni. The Last Grand Adventure. Sounds so grand, and beautiful. It's like, do u wanna watch (read) my last adventure? Last adventure ni bagi aku satu phrase yang sangat boleh buat bulu roma meremang. Sebab dia macam penamat kepada tujuan hidup kau. Bukan mati, okey. Maksud aku, biasalah kan main characters have their own purpose of living, dan last adventure ni merujuk kepada penamat kepada tujuan tu. 

Em aku tak sure korang faham atau tak, tapi teruskan membaca. Kalau tak faham, buat-buat faham je ahahhaha.

Cerita ni ditetapkan pada zaman awal penciptaan kapal terbang. Yang ada hanyalah plane dan aircraft yang hanya muat untuk beberapa orang. Jap aku check balik tahun berapa. Oh, tahun 1967. 10 tahun selepas Tanah Melayu merdeka.

Buku ni ditulis berdasarkan POV Beatrice (Bea), seorang budak perempuan berumur 12 belas tahun yang mana her parents divorced. Dad remarried a lady with a kid younger than her, mum went off on New Jersey for her career purpose, who is a writer.

Bea sepatutnya duduk dengan emak kandungnya untuk 2 minggu or something, tapi mak dia tak dapat datang ambil Bea atas urusan kerja. So ayah dia cakap, why not Bea spend time with her grandma?

At first, Bea was reluctant but she didn't have a choice anyway. Dia jarang bercakap atau melawat nenek sebelah ayah dia ni, that's why dia rasa canggung. Nenek dia baru berpindah ke Sun City, which is kinda far away from her home.

Nak dijadikan cerita, Muriel (her grandma) ada seorang kakak named Meelie who is actually a famous pilot. Meelie menghilangkan diri selama hampir 30 tahun setelah perjalanan terakhirnya, tanpa dapat dijejaki oleh sesiapa. Takde siapa pun tahu dia kat mana. Muriel ataupun dipanggil Pidge oleh Bea, actually ada terima surat daripada Meelie over the last 30 years. Sejumlah 5 pucuk surat yang diterima, kesemuanya dikirimkan kepada Muriel tanpa ada alamat pengirim. Meelie menerangkan dalam surat tersebut bahawa dia punya sebab tersendiri; kenapa dia menghilang tanpa berita.

Dalam surat terakhir, Meelie mengatakan bahawa July 24 is the date we shall reunite again. Dan dia akan ceritakan segalanya. Tempatnya, their childhood home in Atchison. Pidge pun ajak Bea untuk teman dia balik ke Atchison in order to meet Meelie again. Bea was scared at first, of course she is. Tapi lepas tu dia setuju.

So it marks their last grand adventure - well it's actually Bea's first- heading towards Atchison.

Beatrice

The first three chapter or so menceritakan dengan baik tentang background Bea and how her character is. Came from a broken family, she had a dark opinion about life and worried about a lot of things. Aku sesungguhnya sangat concern dengan Bea sebab she is just 12 year olds and yet she thinks about the ugly war, the capitalism and all the hungry people in the world. I mean, back when I was her age, the only thing I'm worried about is getting caught for cheating on exam (sorry teacher :'( )) and whether or not that freaking guy who read my diary secretly read the part where I threw all my darkest secrets. Oh my god, talking about that guy, I still remember his name. Azraii. How I hated him back then but now I'm okay hahahaha (nope i'm not holding scissors and listing down ten things on how to get my revenge).

Well tulah apa yang budak 12 tahun patut fikir kan? She also doesn't believe in such things like, fate and forever because of what her parents did. I really think it's cruel. The adults get to have a say in their life and get off with it happily but do they ever think of how their decision affect the child? It's so depressing to listen to Bea's voice, really. She becomes wary of life because of what happens to her.

Cakap pasal divorce ni reminds me of Adele's Easy on Me, a song recently released, which, is a bop (no lie). She asked her son to understand her decision, that she really tried, for both of them. But she's tired now and want to pursue her own happiness.

In Bea's case, she suddenly got a new mom, PLUS a younger stepsister who always annoys her. I'd hate it too if your sister keeps on wanting to sleep with you, rips out your magazine and stuffs. But Sally was still a child, and i think that's how she shows her love. Yup it's undeniable that she absolutely loves Bea.

Dad got so happy with his new family that he forgots how to ask her feelings. He was always oblivious, and referring to Sally as her younger version whom she loves, and not the current her. Wait jap aku sebenarnya ada salin part yang ni, which hits hard you know. Jap aku carik. Kalau ada lah.

Ada satu babak ni di mana ayah dia cakap Sally reminds him of Bea when she was younger. He refers this part especially to when Sally rode training wheels kinda thing. Lepas tu Bea thought to herself like this:

And now you're happy, because you have Sally. Meanwhile, now that I'm past training wheels, you don't know what to make of me.

A lot of the parts where the writer writes Bea's POV as the outsider in the family. These parts are the saddest, because Bea feels left out. She feels as if she doesn't fit the new family.

But as the story progresses, we can see Bea's character development. She met new wonderful people on their journey, and she starts writing in her adventure journal and less in her worry journal. By the way, pardon my sometimes-past tense-sometimes-present tense-kind-of-writing. At the end of the journey, she becomes a better version of herself; courageous, able to decide on something rather than let it just happen and excited for the next awaiting adventure. 

Aku suka karakter Bea, and I'm happy how things turn out for her. Tapi ada satu karakter yang aku lagi suka. Nenek Bea.

Pidge

Namanya Muriel, tapi dia suruh Bea panggil dia as Pidge je. What I can say about her is that, she rocks. Totally. Dia jenis nenek yang don't-look-down-on-me-I-can-knock-four-guys-down. Nah she's not strong. She's old, sometimes forgetful. Best thing that both Bea and I love about her, is that she doesn't care if you eat junk food or sweets for dinner. In fact, the only proper meal Bea ever had since with her is that one time they were on the train.

Pidge totally loves her sister, Meelie. That's why she's willing to travel hundreds of miles just to see her despite her old age.

Pidge is not your typical grandma, did I already mention that? :P Tak nak cerita lebih-lebih sebab nanti jadi spoiler hikhiks.

Masa kecik Pidge ni memang rapattttt dengan Meelie, kakaknya. Diorang selalu buat benda sama-sama. Ibu bapa diorang memang encourage untuk diorang buat benda-benda lasak. Just like their dad said, "you are given eyes, and it's your duty to see that you own to it".

So bila Meelie menghilang tanpa khabar berita, imagine the heartbreak. The despair. The years of longing and waiting for news. The pain.

What's wonderful is that the author perfectly writes the emotion down and even I could feel how much Pidge was suffering. Anything. She'd do anything just to see her sister again. This is something that I forgot to note before, but the writing is amazing. While I was reading, I suffer the same way Pidge did, and I understand why Bea was acting that way. She was protecting herself, in a way, because she's hurt and the wound was deep. 

Having Pidge as your grandma, a lot happens on the journey. But do they ever reach Atchison? Do they get to meet Meelie? What happen to Meelie when she disappeared for 30 years?

That, my friend, is something you have to find out for yourself.

I'll just say this though: the ending was not kinda what I expected. It leaves me searching for words, but I'm satisfied nonetheless.

This book was actually based on a real life character, Amelia Earhart. She was a famous pilot and also the first woman to ever fly across the Atlantic. Her level of popularity was that even the President knows her. When she disappeared during her last flight along with her co-pilot, the whole word tried to find a clue, but they never did. No one ever knew what happens to her on her last adventure. It's amazing to read how she lives her life.

Meelie's life, as I read her letters, was one of a kind. It was extraordinary, full of danger and excitement. Me too, just like Bea, did wonder what does it feel to live the kind of life Meelie live? The life that leaves people in awe, wondering if they ever get to be as bold as her.

The age approriate intended for the book is 8-12 year olds. But like I said before, I'm not sure I'd want my kids to read Bea's dark background and opinion. It's kinda too dark for kids. But maybe kids these days are much mature than I think.... welp i dunno.

Do I recommend this book? HECK YEAH!

Out of five stars, how much do I rate this book? 5 stars.

I love everything about this book; the characters, the family and sisterly love elements, the adventures, the journey of overcoming your fear, how to face your own self, the granny comedy. It's perfect. No nudity, no inapproriate scenes and stuffs.

Hope yall read this book soon! =D