Books Crave

Top of the list: The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
So, I discovered some time ago that this is actually written by JK Rowling.
It has been out there on the bookstore for almost a year (yeah?) now and I lately discovered that my favorite writer ever was the one who wrote it. :'(

It has been translated to Indonesian evenso, the price is still very high and I have been tricked to vowed to my mom not to buy another fiction book in 2014, when she said so she meant it, I know :s So I'm basically screwed now lol.
She frequently inviting me for a cup of coffee in Starbucks though (you know, buy one get one free promo) and I have been counting on this brain of mine that if I don't go at all on her invitation of having Starbucks for at least 3 months, I can save up the money and buy Cuckoo's Calling! lol. Silly thought right?
But anyway, I won't do so lah.. I can't just go to her and say 'Ma, I want money instead of Starbucks treat.' Because our quality time together is beyond everything and I don't want her to share that buy one get one free promo with anyone else but me :p (I'm a possesive daughter, I know)

Okay lah back to the topic..
I think I understand why JK Rowling used an Alias on this book. It must be so hard to write another book after an epic Harry Potter and not being judged.
I have read The Casual Vacancy not so long after it's been released (my mom was still very generous back then) and actually I loved it very much. Here's the thing about JK Rowling, it's all about plotline, I think. Her plotline is always very strong and everything seems deeply thought before she wrote it down.
Struggling as a writer who try to write, I know that I haven't succeed at all on that plotline thingy. Writer's block all the way, dude, and it always ends up rambling about unnecessary things.

Last christmas my sister bought me a book Eleanor & Park though, I am still working on my review about that book and hopefully will share it soon. And she also bought Sakae Tsuboi's book, Twenty Four Eyes.
I haven't read it :p eventhough I am also so excited because it's a Japanese writer's work man! But yeah, when it come to books I can be so greedy *throw peace sign*

Beside Cuckoo's Calling, I encountered 2 books, they poked my interest also T.T 

The first one is English by a Chinese writer whom name I forgot already..

So I can't insert a pic of the book cover here.

But it is about a school in a rural area of China, and the story started when a new English teacher, young, carrying dictionary of English everywhere and from Shanghai comes along. I am, basically interested in all Chinese-ee thingy, so really wanna read that of course. But seriously, beside of my vacuum cleaner like interest about Chinese culture and people, the story seems so very interesting to me! 

And one more is Tokyo Tower by Lily Franky 

All the reviews I saw on goodreads telling that this one is such a touching story. 

You know what intrigued me the most? The tagline: 

TOKYO TOWER 

'Mom, and me, and sometimes Dad' 

The good news this, there is a Dorama version of this and I think I am gonna watch the dorama first. Because I am not so sure about the translated edition as well. 

So, it's 2014 already! How fast time flies huh?
The new year's eve of 2013 is still fresh in my mind just as it was only yesterday and suddenly 2014 is already here! Anyway, to sum up my 2013, it was clearly better than 2012, although, in 2013 I felt like I lost my focus on many things! The first half of 2013 was amazing though! I performed and in charge for food and transportation on my choir event: "Jazzile". Which is a choir concert performing jazzy and pop songs! Which is my favorite, so yay! Some songs on the concert are really my favorite, such as Night and Day by Cole Porter and of course, Girl from Ipanema! Anyway, the concert went great. I was really happy to see both of my dad, and surprisingly, mom were there to watch the concert, also my sisters.
During that first half a year, I did quite well on the classes also, I mean despite all those practice schedule, but I nailed it, some grades are not so much satifying though, but it's acceptable for me, cause I know that I have done good enough.
The other half year, unfortunately, I didn't do such a great job! I have been so bad bad student around these past 6 months and I realized I didn't give my full attention on the lessons. Which had been such a let down to me! At least now I assure that laziness only bring one thing in the end: it's regret!
I am quite surprise seeing all what I've been through this past year now, not in the middle of new year's eve excitement. I am sure that if I do this reflection on the new year's eve I would not be objective enough on the perspective. What made me surprise? That the only obstacle I have to conquer is myself! Not all the activities outside, but when I got nothing to do, that's when I started to get lazy and so so taking everything for granted!
So, I've been thinking not to make any new year's resulution for this year. Cause all I ever did all this time was to make a resolution and ignore that list the upcoming year ahead lol.

So, I think, yeah, I'm not gonna make one :D
I only wanna set my focus on 3 things in this 2014, which are:
1. MY STUDIES!!
2. My responsibility of a project in choir.
3. My Chinese lesson!
(I promise myself, no matter what is gonna happen tis year I won't stop learning this language!)

So, a little bit tenacity and I'll be fine. I guess. I hope. I have to!

明天会更好

I am so grateful for the lessons I got in 2013.
And, last but not least, I wanna say that I am really grateful that I've met some amazing people that I can call my friend now. Although we live so far from each others but we know that we're true friends, sincere friends. You can meet amazing people from anywhere, and I am just so glad to know them, and I will always keep them in my memories, close to my heart. Friend is a treasure.
Thank you for reminded me that :)