Perfect Selfishness

"So then I'd give him all the love he deserves for what he's done."
Midori, Norwegian Wood

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The Help

Bad habit that I have is that I just can't wait. If I watch let say korean drama, I cant do an episode a day. It will always be a marathon. even during exams, or having lots of homework. The same goes when I read books. Yesterday I finished reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett, it was like I didn't even realize it's morning again. Tiba tiba dah "Eh, dah cerah dah?" So fast the time was. 

The Help was a page turning book. It made you talk like Aibeleen, and change the next second to magically talk like Skeeter. It made you want to be awesome like Constantine, knowing how to do house chores, or bake caramel cake like Minny, or amazingly brave blurting things out like Skeeter. and of course, it made you wanna slap Hilly on her face! and really, human beings can simply endure so much. I never realize how bad thing was during Martin Luther King times. 

Hee sila baca The Help! Worth every second ^^

“Ever morning, until you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision. You gone have to ask yourself, "Am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?”

What's next?

Repressed

"I think Maria is terrifically sexy, and this burst of passionate graffiti is only further evidence of it. Interestingly, though, Giulio sees the scrawled-upon wall as a sure sign of Maria repression, because she wrote her curses against him in Italian, and Italian is her second language, a language she has to think about for a moment before she can choose her words. He said if Maria had truly allowed herself to be overcome by anger - which she never does, because she's a good Anglo-Protestant - then she would have written all over that wall in her native English. He says all Americans are like this: repressed. Which makes them dangerous and potentially deadly when they do blow up."

- Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert

Analytic mind. Beautiful.

real

Harry Potter: Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?

Dumbledore: Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?

- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

1000 places to see before you die

Whether we go to London for the weekend or to a place that's utterly alien, travel changes us, sometimes superficially, sometimes profoundly. It is a classroom without walls.

heh 1000 kali best g kelas yang tade wall ni dari kelas yang start dis Wednesday. Oh noo!

2010 ahead.

Maka membukalah Naziha lembaran baru 2010 dengan gembira sekali. hehe. Toronto was such a beautiful experience despite its extreme weather. Coldness makes me tired but nevertheless subhanallah snow is just amazing. Need to trade something to get something else eh?

2010 will be obviously a huge year for me academically. May Allah make it easy. resolutions? gulp but oh well I need to find what I am actually interested in doing before commencement and ehh you'll never know what life will give you kan? Tu academically lah kan, kalau sudut2 lain semuanya under constructions hehe.
Oh btw, since I just came back from RIS, maknanya ada la buku yang TERbeli kan. Sape2 nak pinjam(Vandy ppl) just let me know, more than glad to give. A great way to spend another week of winter break =D.

• Stories of the Prophets (peace be upon them) by Imam Imaduddin Abul-Fida Ismail Ibn Kathir Ad-Dimashqi  
• Book of The End by Al-Hafiz Ibn Katheer Dimashqi 
• Fiqh According to the Quran and Sunnah compiled by Muhammad Subhi bin Hasan Hallaq 
• The Rights & Responsibilities of Marriage (CD set) by Hamza Yusuf

Every breath you take is a breath closer to your ultimate destination. -Hamza Yusuf-

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama

Title: Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Author: Barack Obama

Publisher: Three Rivers Press

“Provocative . . . Persuasively describes the phenomenon of belonging to two different worlds, and thus belonging to neither.” 

—New York Times Book Review

“Fluidly, calmly, insightfully, Obama guides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity, class, and race.” 

—Washington Post Book World

“Beautifully crafted . . . moving and candid . . . this book belongs on the shelf beside works like James McBride’s The Color of Water and Gregory Howard Williams’s Life on the Color Line as a tale of living astride America’s racial categories.”

 —Scott Turow

“Obama’s writing is incisive yet forgiving. This is a book worth savoring.” 

—Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here

My stepfather Lolo said, "Men take advantage of weakness in other men. They're just like countries in that way. The strong man takes the weak man's land. He makes the weak man work in his fields. If the weak man's woman is pretty, the strong man will take her. Which would you rather be? Better to be strong. If you can't be strong, be clever and make peace with someone who's strong. But always better to be strong yourself. Always."

Synopsis Seerah Rasulullah

This book is based on Seerah Nabawiyah written by Dr Muhammad Sa'id Ramadhan Al-Buthy. The main contents have been summarized and condensed so that it is suitable to be used in your usrah and also for personal use.  What else? They give you comprehensive exercise! Wow what else do you want?

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Sinopsis Seerah 50% II

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Title: The Kite Runner 

Author: Khaled Hosseini

Publisher: Riverhead Trade

In The Kite Runner, Amir and Hassan grow up together in Afghanistan like brothers, although they couldn't be more different. Amir is the son of a wealthy businessman, a Sunni Muslim, a Pashtun, and he's educated and reads voraciously. Hassan's father is a servant to Amir's father, and Hassan is a Sh'ia Muslim, a Hazara, he's illiterate, and he has a harelip. But neither boy has a mother and they spend their boyhoods roaming the streets of Kabul together. Amir, though, continually uses his superior position to taunt or abuse Hassan, and one day hides in fear as Hassan is beaten mercilessly by bullies. The Soviet invasion of Aghanistan sends Amir's family to the United States, but he returns there as an adult during the Taliban rule to atone for his sins to Hassan. Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan émigré living in San Francisco and his debut novel has received mostly good reviews. The Denver Post says The Kite Runner "ranks among the best-written and provocative stories of the year so far." 

and also, the Kite Runner movie is awesome. I almost cried(silly me!) when Amir went to mosque back in Afganistan after a long time being "Americanized" and sort of leaving Islamic lifestyle. Here's the trailer:  

Tentang Cinta by Pahrol Mohd Juoi (Malay)

Title: Tentang Cinta

Author: Pahrol Mohd Juoi

Publisher: Telaga Biru

This book brings new perception about the “hottest” topic among youth since forever. Haha. That phase has passed me by long time ago I guess. So back to the topic, Tentang Cinta basically answers the question about: What actually we called love? Who should be loved? How do we actually show our love? Who is the role model? Romeo and Juliet? And the questions will go on and on till you finally read this book. 

“JIKA TEPAT MASA, KETIKA, KEADAAN DAN SIAPA, CINTA ADALAH KUASA LUAR BIASA YANG TIADA BANDINGNYA” 

- Pahrol Mohd Juoi- 

Formula Solat Sempurna (Malay Language)

Title: Formula Solat Sempurna

Author: Ust. Zaharuddin Abd Rahman

Publisher: Telaga Biru Sdn Bhd

If a person had a stream outside his door and he bathed in it five times a day, do you think he would have any filth left on him? The people said, "No filth would remain on him whatsoever." The Prophet (peace be upon him) then said, "That is like the five daily prayers: Allah wipes away the sins by them." [Sahih al Bukhari Muslim]

p/s: I got a copy with me, if Vandy ppl want to borrow it. :D

Purification of heart by Hamza Yusuf

 

Title:  Purification of Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of Heart

Author:  Hamza Yusuf

Publisher: Starlatch, Llc

"If we examine the trials and tribulations all over earth, we'll find they are rooted in human hearts. Covetousness, the desire to agress and exploit, the longing to pilfer natural resources, the inordinate love of wealth, and other maladies are manifestations of diseases found nowhere but in HEART. Every criminal, miser, abuser, scoffer, embezler and hateful person does what he or she does because of a diseased heart. So if you want to change our world, do not begin by rectifying the outward. Instead, ............"

-Excerpted from Hamza Yusuf's Introduction- 

The Sealed Nectar

Title:  Ar Raheeq Al-Makhtum

The Sealed Nectar

Biography of the Noble Prophet SAW

Author:  Safi-ur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri 

Publisher: Darussalam Publisher & Distributors

Looking for biography of Prophet Muhammad SAW? Yes theres a lot out there but here you go, the best one! 

This book was awarded First Prize by the Muslim World League at worldwide competition on the Biography of the Prophet SAW held at Makkah Al-Mukarramah in 1399H/1979. In this competition, this book competed with 170 other manuscripts, 84 in Arabic, 64 in Urdu, 21 in English, one in French and one in Hausa.  

Taking into account various phases of life of Prophet Muhammad SAW, with authentic references, seriously, this is a must have for every Muslim!

p/s: Buzz me if u want to borrow this book.