surrealism

book #4: kafka on the shore by post-modernist author, haruki murakami.

whatta read!!! if you wanna delve into the strangeness that makes the japanese a different bread altogether, read this. think alice in wonderland meets the x-files meets oedipus rex and some other stuff... actually you can't even think it.

reminds me of my recent encounter with MJ's drug-of-choice, propofol...

needless to say i repeated my 5 questions oh, but 10 times, to the doctor; told him that i LOVED the anaesth; and even requested for u2 and lady gaga before the procedure (mind you, he asked if i had a request). don't remember anything (god knows what else i said) but embarrassing nonetheless!!!

what's so great about it if you can't remember any of it? do tell, MJ.

how's singapore? come back already.

book worm

while in hybernation since beginning of the week, i've been reading like crazy.

i'm choosing to go fiction now... and awarded, if possible.

just over a span of less than a week, i finished these books:

the first is by nobel peace prize for lit winner, toni morrison. title: tar baby.

i understand why she won the award. extremely poetic, very unusual, gripping, unpredictable way of writing. i really can't explain it :)

here's one of the first lines that caught my eye in the book:

"...clouds and fish were convinced that the sea-green green of the sea and the sky-blue sky of the sky were no longer permanent..."

second book is this. probably one of the most intelligent and quirky books i've ever read.

it's about a secretly smart concierge and a secretly smart 9-year-old in a posh apartment building in paris. they both have a secret fascination over all things japanese. how cool is that?

third book: siddharta. also written by a nobel-peace prize winner.

wow, an extremely spiritual eastern tale written by a western in the 1920's. still so relevant today. i think i'll give this to twinpopbro :)

yun lang. enjoy singapore!

onto my next book...

light wedge

hey sis,

cool party!!!  whazzaplan for halloween?

anyway, last night was the first night i was able to read without disturbing the sleeping hub (with my reading lamp).

thanks to my light wedge book light.

purchased in fully booked, and recommended by an oprah show.

as per oprah show, it's bright enough to read, but it's also dim enough to make you fall asleep easily (apparently, regular lamps mimic daytime and therefore can keep you awake).

cool right?  yun lang :)