Three Hours away and the NaNo’ing Begins!

October 31, 2006 in NaNoWriMo 2006

Oh boy…feeling the shivers now.
Here’s a brief on what my story is supposed to be:
A schoolboy and his ragtag group of friends in the battle against demons invading the human world. Fighting alongside these kids is one mage who mentors the hero kid in the ways of detecting and battling the demons and other forces [...]

Happy Halloween, everyone!

October 31, 2006 in Bitten by the Shutter Bug, Celebrations & Festivals

I’m not an avid follower of Halloween, but who can resist having a fun time partying and dressing up as evil ghouls, phantoms, witches and movie vilains as well as playing trick or treat while we were kids? Halloween is not just for kids anymore these days, even grown ups get on the act too, [...]

The Savvy Bookworms!

October 30, 2006 in Bookworm Confessions

The StarTwo, the lifestyle & entertainment section of my favourite paper The Star, main feature today highlighted the five ways savvy bookworms maintain the expensive (but oh-so-worthwhile & pleasurable) habit of reading. For many of us in Malaysia, books sold in regular bookstores like MPH, Borders and Times burn huge holes in our wallets, pockets & purses. [...]

NaNoWriMo 2006!

October 29, 2006 in NaNoWriMo 2006

Woo-hoo!
I am all geared up for National Novel Writing Month 2006! Only 2 more days!! November will be one heck of a busy month!
I’ve got my plot and I’ve got my characters all lined up! The only thing lacking now is DIRECTION, which I purposely did not prepare ’cause am interested to see where this wacky, [...]

Two November Movies to Watch Out For

October 28, 2006 in Lights, Cameras & ACTION!!!

Here are two movies which I believe will certainly cause a storm in Malaysian cinemas all over, especially with the school year coming to an end soon.

How frustrating!

October 27, 2006 in Personal Reflections

What’s frustrating?
Scrambling around my brain and pawing through all that mass of brain jelly thinking up what to blog!
I try to blog as much as I can, but (as always) I wonder what the heck am i suppose to blog about that I just shut my computer and say “to heck with it, I’ll blog tomorrow…”
And [...]

Keep your loved ones close by…

October 24, 2006 in Family Matters

if you do not wish to see family relations go up in smoke…like my family’s.
I’ve been observing both my mom’s brother and sister’s families to see how their’s differ from mine, and I’m not surprised by the conclusion I came to – there’s a stark difference between both my relatives’ families with mine, and mostly [...]

SELAMAT HARI RAYA!!!

October 24, 2006 in Celebrations & Festivals

That’s a big shout out to all my Muslim friends who are celebrating the end of their fasting month and can now stuff themselves silly with tonnes of food!