Gone With The Wind.

Friday, December 07, 2007

Yes, I am still bumming at home while my friends are working during this holiday. I would want to work but I just don't think I have the drive to do so. Another resolution gone out the door.

BUT. I don't sleep all day okay. At least I read most of the time. And I plan to go to the gym at least 4 times a week since I have the time. Heh. Gym resolution isn't exactly working out but I'm trying.

Now I'm busy co-planning the youth caroling.

And the time I spend looking and applying for scholarships.. Bah!

Then I need to go for my IELTS exam. In KL. Sigh. I hate going so far to sit for an exam. I don't wanna sit for another English exam :( I feel it just proves that my language is just not up to par sometimes. I knowla I very kiasu sometimes. And to pay a bloody RM 500 for an exam is just plain extortion. I don't care how much the examiner is getting paid. Fly by AirAsia and sleep in a 3 star hotel next time.

Plus, tomorrow I planned to go to Taylors to settle my fees and results transcripts and I totally forgot that it was their open day :( They'll probably be so busy that they won't be anyone to assist me. Sigh. But I need my transcripts badly.

The end of my rants for the week.

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On a happier note.. I've been catching up on my reading. Nothing makes me happier than getting really engrossed in s good book. Or shopping for pretty, pretty clothes, shoes and bags :)Call me a nerd. I really don't care. I don't love to study, but I do enjoy reading. A lot.

Anyway, I just finished this classic book. Perhaps you have heard of it : Gone With The Wind.

People. Don't be stupid. Get your hands on it. Read it. Enjoy it.

Its not a classic written in the 1800's okay. Don't roll your eyes when I mention a classic. I know not everyone loves classics cause its hard to digest it sometimes, the words being so deep and all. But this novel is a modern classic.

Published in 1936 by Macmillan and written by Margaret Mitchell, this maginificent historical epic is a book for all times. Set during the time of the American Civil War, this is really an unforgettable tale of loss, love, families torn apart by war and a people forever changed. This book continues to earn fans and remain a favourite to this day. Set in a time when people had to act a certain way or be forever branded an outcast in society, it is the ultimate love story of beautiful, ruthless Scarlett O'Hara and the dashing, gallant soldier of fortune, Rhett Butler.

Okay, if you don't loveeeee love stories, I can assure you, there isn't more than a few kissess and pecks in the whole book. It is afterall, a fictional story set during war times and during the era of gentlemen and ladies of rich, honourable families. But the reason I love the book is because it really delves into the characters and how they have come to be.

I won't spoil it for you. Read it :)

I even gained knowledge okay. I actually looked up the American Civil War online because I was too caught up in the story and didn't really understand much of the talk of the war. For all you who don't know much about it if you are as clueless about history as much as I was, or am actually, the American Civil War happened from 1861-1865 between the the United States of America (the "Union") and the Southern slave states of the newly-formed Confederate States of America. In short, between the people of the North and the South. The existence of a slave-owning South with an increasingly anti-slavery North made the coming of the war inevitable. It was the bloodiest war in America at the time. I got a bit lost in the book at one point for although I knew what was going on between the characters in the book, I was kind of confused between the slangs they used in the book to describe certain characters. So yeah, I actually learned abit of history from there :)

It is by far the longest fiction book I have ever read at 1010 pages. But it was worth it. Seriously, the characters are just so captivating.

Just so you don't get the wrong idea, the book does not conatain any sexual situations whatsoever. Those are more of romance novels. This book is categorized as more of a historical epic. I say this because a certain cousin of mine saw the cover and automatically considered it "porn" Doink. Anyway, its wayyyyy more mild than what you guys are reading these days :)