If you're a longtime reader of this blog, you might realize, most of the books mentioned here in this blog are fictions. and i have to confess, yes i mostly read fictions. because its much easier to read and entertaining (ooo.. dont we all love the idea of lite& easy?). and i dont need to keep on checking details and facts, absorbing the ideas and thinking about the contents (as i tend to do, reading non-fictions).
By reading fictions, we let our emotion rules. we dont really care about the facts, as long as its marginally believable, the plots gripping and the characters have character. we're hooked.
i have another thing to confess, i have problem reading autobiography. i just cant decide how to categorize them. but, i do read them and loathed most of them. some of the autobiographies i truly enjoyed were: A Malaysian Diplomat's Diary and Out of Africa. enough to say, i dont buy much autobiography. so, its not a surprise i missed Mortenson's Three Cups of Tea. i bought his second book (mostly because somebody else co-wrote it) 'Stones into Schools' and deeply inspired by the efforts of this guy.
what he did was amazing. an ordinary guy, trying (at first, just to return kind favour) to do something small, contributing with what he have with passion and ended up doing extraordinary humanitarian efforts in the tumultuous regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan. His mantra " if you educate a boy, you educate an individual, but if you educate a girl, you educate a community". He completely won my heart over.
note to self: keep on doing those baby steps...
4 comments:
Fuh!!! powerful juak the statement that!!! and oh-how-so-true!!
its an African proverb. pergh!
apaini? menjadi feminism? kihkih jan laa
bought a new book last weekend in kk. written by an Urang Putih, basically about her experience living in the Land below the Wind. Baru baca few pages. Mcm menarik juga.
hari ini, treshold kesabaran sia hampir pecah. dont underestimate the power of fools working in vast numbers!(ni last para, totally unrelated to the topic, saja mau kasitaw)
I also mostly read fiction books, but sometimes I read biographys. I think biographys are really good, but sometimes it is really sad to read about someone whose husband say he will kill his wife and children... :( That makes me sad. I also read few months ago a book where the writer spent few months in Kabul (Afghanistan) and she wrote how it is to live among people who are afraid to go outside the door after 9 p.m. And it was also forbidden to go outside after 9 p.m. But it was a good book! Really hooked me up.
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