THE RICE MOTHER-RANI MANICKA

Salam everyone!

So long.. Haih.. been busy with few things and today I want to share one novel written by Rani Manicka. This book was suggested by another book worm! Yes she is! It was suggested by Anis Sabryna :) back in 2009 if Im not mistaken. A heart-wrenching novel, worth reading novel and Ill share the synopsis later! :)

This is the new cover version

The old cover version

So here is the synopsis,

Rani Manicka's debut novel is as luscious and mysterious as its Malaysian backdrop—is more than an engrossing family epic. Interweaving magical realism with traditional folklore and studded with an array of evocative motifs, it is a work rich with symbolism. Readers will ponder the special meaning of spiders and birds as well as the colors black and red, and they will wonder what the words "singing bamboo" mean to Lakshmi's family long after finishing the book. Above all, it is a meditation on emotional and psychological wounds that take generations to heal—the consuming nature of repressed grief—and about how even a Rice Mother cannot save her children from savage tragedy.

Let us make reading as our utmost hobby!! :)

Happy Reading
Till we meet again!
Salam. :)

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Assalamualaikum everyone! :) 

Everyday we meet new people. Many of them become instant acquaintances and most acquaintances bloom into friendship. Often this transition period occurs gradually. Friends come into our lives and go. Few stay a while and fewer still leave footprints in our hearts and in the sand of time. Who is a friend and what are the qualities of an ideal friend should posses? Is he or she who makes you laugh? Is he the person who shares great times with you? Is he the person who features in your happy memories but strangely does not seem to feature even in single sad memory? Many of us think that an ideal friend is the friend who cheers you up when you are feeling down and is always there when you are enjoying yourself. True friendship is demanding. It requires loyalty, trust, empathy, support and understanding. However, one should never expect such virtues in a friend unless she is willing to offer these virtues in return. In other words, one must be a friend to have a friend. In fact, I always believe that ' A Friend In Need is A Friend Indeed'. 

...and to all my friends, I dedicate this poem to all of you, whenever and wherever you are, take this as an advice so that we are more aware of who is our friends 

Friends they come and go, 

They scratch and stab,

They clap and tap,

Today they said you are pretty,

Tomorrow you are witty,

but the next day you are ugly..

Good friend says hey and bye,

Cruel friend gives you the angel lie,

Footprint creates to the hardest cry,

That's how the time flies,

Near or far..I still remember you,

Day and night I know you miss me too :)

 

-Fatima Wahida-

 

-Ida-

Asasi TESL, UiTM :)

Badriah n Farhah(Paah)

Tikah n Badriah

Lulu, Aten n Bad

Lulu n Nina

Fiqah, Baby, Maktok, Mieyna, Kak Yong

Romeo and Juliet Team

Anna, Mieyna, Scholas, Baby, Kak Yong, Hada, Fiqah, Maktok

DOA FOR FRIENDS

Ya Allah..I don't know of all the challenges my friends are facing, but You know everything!! I hear their silence, You hear their plead. I see them laughing, You see their tears. I see when they give, You see what has been taken from them. I see their appearance, You see the scars in their soul. I experience their faith, You know their doubts. I ask You to give them everything they need & Bless them abundantly for all the times to come... Amin..

Assalamualikum everyone,,

This poem is written with my deepest condolence to the Japanese people and how I picture a little girl who was happy and glad to have her father with her, enjoying themselves yesterday but today everything has gone and she was left alone, This poem is an attempt to make the reader believe that no one can ever stop the power of our creator as he was the most Almighty.

 

Tsunami in Japan

Place of spiritual life,

Destroy with pathetic plight,

Struck by tremendous wave,

With no heart could be save,

Buildings that stands strong yesterday,

Collapsed in a day called Friday,

There she saw herself waking,

Giggling and laughing,

Holding hands with him.

He looked at her with love,

She looked at him with tears,

That was the picture of yesterday,

The love is no longer today,

He is now gone forever,

Because of the anger,

That destroys every angle,

Leaves many heart tangle,

The anger of the old earth,

Roar in the angriest mode,

Where never any secret code,

Could decode the power of Lord.

“Kemudian setelah itu hati-hati kalian menjadi keras seperti batu, bahkan lebih keras dari itu. Padahal di antara batu itu ada yang mengalir sungai-sungai darinya, dan di antaranya ada yang terbelah lalu keluar air darinya.” (Surat Al Baqarah: 74). 

Happy Reading! Till we meet again :)

PASSION

Assalamualaikum everyone! Ok, this will be a bit awkward because its been a while since i updated anything here and its mainly because I accidentally forgot my password! So January has started and for this year let us share more about books! My passion since I was a small kid. Lets be exact here, passion towards reading novels.. Its a journey on different scale of road. Let us make reading as one of our new year resolution. At least a month a book or a week a book! You will love this. :) .. and here are SOME of the collection.. yes.. SOME...

 

Till we meet again, Assalamualikum.. :)
A month a novel (Sehari sepotong ayat Al-Quran)