Then I have Kawan too, a good comic with a lot of educational information. I also grew up with Gila-Gila which is very popular in the 90’s. I loved all the comics in there such as Tiga Dara Pingitan by Cabai, Atuk by Nud’s, Budak U byDe’ Usop 5050, Shah Shawati, Jaki Jipang and all of them! I also learning English through Once Upon a Time, 80’s Something and 2’s Company..
I still remember during my 10th birthday, abang once again gave me a book for present. This time he gave me Atlas Kajian Tempatan which I found very interesting as they answered quite a few of my questions about the geography. I knew my brother was relief too caused I didn’t badger him about the countries nor the continents or the seas, for the time being.
As I grew older, in secondary school, I started to love Malay novel. Abang bought me some – Diari Seorang Guru by S. Hawa, Buih-Buih by Azizi Hj Abdullah and many more. But at one point he did say he felt it just a waste cause I would finish the novel in 3 hours and less. Then I discovered that my neighbor, a tailor who also like to read, so I just borrowed from her.
I didn’t borrow from the school library because it only has 80’s collections, with yellowing paper, molding cover and an inch of dust. I didn’t sure anybody who will be tempted by those. Hermm, historians maybe. I also borrowed many novels from my sister who lived in other town whenever I went to her house. She has amazing collection of Alaf 21’s novels. Here, I read all of them. And I discovered myself transformed..
I grew weary of the plot, a handsome man meet with a beautiful woman, fell in love, have crisis, reconcile and everyone live happily ever after. Yes, I prefer the happy ending, but I want to read about normal people, the ugly, the commoners etc. Though I was lucky to read one. It was in Gila-gila, one of the humorous novel series but I can’t remember the title but I sure it was from Zuraidah Othman. It was a pity, I didn’t follow until the end, because my brother has stop buying the magazine.
Then in university, I had a much better equipped library though they only provided 6 shelves of fictions out of 5 floors of building. And the shelves were near the toilet. I wonder what they think. But I didn’t stop me to go there once in every three days so that I could peruse any new novel that back on the rack. I learned to fall in love with modern English fictions and got enthralled. I loved Paulo Colhoe, Jude Deveruyx, John Grisham and many more. I thought I read more novel than my textbooks and my course books added together (hey, I still got above 3 pointers, mind you!).
In my third year at campus, my college roommate, Aishah, introduced me to a new world. HARRY POTTER.. Harry Potter and The Order of Pheonix just hot from the rack and she bought it. I was wondering why she laughed most of the time while reading it and close the book with satisfied smile. I cannot resisted and after I started reading it, I can’t put it down until I finish. (which were 3 days later cause I did stop just to fulfill the basic human needs and pray - lucky it was during the holiday). Then I realized that I already missed four of the previous book. My library let me down, they didn’t have any of the Harry Potter novel, could you believe it? Hey, it could be a text book you know. I would like to propose to KPM. So I started to save some money and I proudly present that I’ve completed the series.. I think I have memorize all of them as I have read them over and over again.
Right now, with a job, I found another interest. I found Sophie Kinsella and quickly fell in love.. Kinsella’s review ? Next time…
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