Hooked On Bookz

Just recently, a colleague of mine came back from a one-week holiday in Korea. I asked her if she visited "those famous 'romantic spots' featured in their drama series." (Mind you, I'm not a fan. I came to know about them through my sister who's one) There are many other places that are made famous because of drama series and books, and have now become tourist trails such as New Zealand ( The Lord of The Rings ), Phi Phi Island ( The Beach ), and recently, Sweden ( Larsson's Millenium trilogy ). Have you visited any one of them? I hope to visit New Zealand one day :) "The Swedish capital Stockholm now has its own version, based on Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, as Carmen Roberts has been finding out. To watch the video, go here ." I have yet to read the novels, as I'm currently reading something on child development :) (Lots of non-fiction for me lately!)

I so so so lurrrve this video I saw on Facebook and thought I'd share it with you too.

Have you seen any book trailers lately? I've seen quite a few - Gaiman's Instructions , and Nicholl's One Day (didn't like this). And lately, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters hehe Seems like book trailers "are now an essential part of any marketing campaign for a big-hitting new novel. They've only been around for a short time – the first one was for Christine Feehan's paranormal romance novel Dark Symphony in 2003 – but they have just acquired the ultimate seal of pop-cultural approval: their own awards ceremony. The US publisher Melville House held the inaugural Moby awards recently for the best – and worst – in the book trailer industry, held in true awards-style with a glittering red carpet evening at a New York hotel." Read the rest here . Yep, you read that right. Book trailers and awards ceremony! Not sure if this will merely be a fad or something that'd last for a long while, but I'd enjoy it while it lasts heh ;P But seriousl...

Oh my goodness, this is extreeeeeeeeeeemely funny! The gang was assigned to read 'The Catcher In The Rye' for school. They got super excited about reading it when Mr. Garrison told them, "It has some very risque parts and strong vulgar language. And in fact many schools across the country still ban this book because it's thought to be so inappropriate." And they wanted to read the entire book there and then. (You know, it has the same effect on me when 'so-and-so' started confiscating some books from our local bookstores. That's why I went out to get ' Where Is Justice '" And I'm glad I did! :D) Here are the clips :) And their reaction after reading the book LOL! Have you read 'The Catcher in The Rye' before? Do you think it was controversial? Too vulgar? Or you share the same sentiment as the kids of South Park? South Park image from Google Images

Title/Author: The Vagina Monologues/Eve Ensler Publisher: Villard Books No. of pages: 223 ISBN: 0-345-49860-1 In a nutshell The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play written by Eve Ensler, which has been staged internationally. Every monologue relates to the female's 'down there'. No. Sorry. Vagina. There you go, Ensler. I said it :P There's sex, love, rape, masturbation, orgasm, the various names of the vagina, etc. There are sections where Ensler asked questions like, "If your vagina got dressed, what would it wear?" , and "If your vagina could talk, what would it say, in two words?" and "What does a vagina smell like?" What I liked and didn't quite like When Ensler asked a six-year-old girl some of the questions above, and " What's special about your vagina?" to which the little girl answered, "Somewhere deep inside it I know it has a really really smart brain." (Now I know why we're the smarter specie...

Do you think books make great gifts? I DO! And so do these celebrities :) Do you share the same opinion as them? Hear what they have to say. My favourites are Jon Stewart's and Maya Angelou's ;) I usually give books as gifts to all those near and dear to me (Unless they tell me not to haha)! Because I think a good book can make a difference in one's life! When I buy a book for a friend, I either buy them a favourite book of mine, or a book I think they'd enjoy or a book they could learn something from. These are some of those which I can remember: 1) Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert: to a friend who was struggling with a divorce. 2) Horseradish by Lemony Snicket: A book that I enjoyed reading and thought he might like it too 3) Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah: to a friend who loves family drama and thought the best are the HK drama series, until she read this book. 4) Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides: to someone who feels she's alone in this world. What abou...

I lurrrrve bookmarks! And fell in love with these when I saw them on youtube! Gonna make one of them myself! haha A braided bookmark A great personalised gift! With some creativity, I think you can make this too! And....THE COOLEST OF 'EM ALL!!

One of my favourite authors :) Find more videos like this on AnneCam

hahahaha exactly how I would react should anyone 'ill-treats' my books!

Great speech don't you think? I like the part which went 'Love what you do, do what you love.' Hmm...This video somehow reminds me of Murakami's What I Talk About When I Talk About Running . Have yet to get my hands on that book...

this is uber cool! thx dear for sharing this :)

I'm about to complete the Bartimaeus Trilogy (which I'm enjoying thoroughly. I so so love Bartimaeus! haha). While I'm at it, I shall feed you with some entertaining videos ;) This is funny! hehe

Am off to Penang this week for a press conference... To those of you who dropped by, I'll leave you with Rob Paravanian's Pachelbel Rant! It's entertaining and funny hehe Till then, HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!

This video touches my heart every time I see it. Thanks Dad and Adryan for sharing this with me. To those who'd like to learn more about Nick, go to: http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org Dear God, I'm here to execute your plans for me. Just lead the way. And thank you for all your blessings!

My hubby shared this lovely video with me, and I'd like to share it with you too :) It's really meaningful and touching... I hope you guys liked it as much as I did :D

A good friend of mine asked me to blog about this. And I'd like to thank him for sending me this great reminder. It is a great video, with a very important message. This song made me realise a few things: 1) I'm very very fortunate to have all my basic needs fulfilled 2) I must learn to appreciate what I have On the other hand, it also made me think how it would feel like to be in their shoes; stranded in the streets, ignored, forgotten and unwanted, and how I'd wish that someone would hear my cry for help. Instead, I see signboards like "Please Don't Give to Beggars. They cause traffic." How thoughtful is that? We get so involved in this rat race that we begin to want more of everything; more money, more cars, more houses, more riches, more fame, that we care only for ourselves. Our greed and selfishness have led to consequences that are affecting everything around us - the earth, the economy, the level of poverty and sickness, the people, the earth and natur...

I must, must share this with you :) Enjoy! Dude, thx 4 sharing this!

I think that is gonna be an overused phrase for quite a while haaha Anw, heard this song on 92.9FM this morning. It was so darn cool I thought I'd share it with those of you who have not heard it! :) He has indeed proven that CHANGE IS POSSIBLE if we want it bad enough! YES WE CAN OBAMA!!!

CL, you'll love this! hehee AIN'T SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS HOT! lOl

I've always thought Meryl Streep is one helluva great actor. The day after I've seen Mamma Mia, I've been googling about her (My hubby now calls me her stalker :P) Anyway, during one of my google and youtube sessions, I found this really hilarious video of her AFI in 2003. Check it out hehe Don't you think Jim Carrey is super duper hilarious? You can check him out at other AFI's too, one of which I find entertaining is the stint he did at Clint Eastwood's AFI, here it is: My verdict? LOL ROFL LMAO!!!