Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Nuk Rob Lued Thai



NUK ROB LUED THAI
นักรบเลือดไทย
Author : พันทิวา

Friday, December 26, 2008

Sedang Membaca Buku Ini: Sandera GAM+


Kisah nyata Safrida dan Soraya.
Buku ini banyak menampak sisi POSITIF Gerakan Acheh Merdeka (GAM). Walaupun mereka melakukan aktiviti penculikan. Selama ini kita tertipu oleh pihak tertentu yang men'jahat'kan GAM.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Jalan Pahlawan



JOSEPH CAMPBELL, menulis dalam bukunya The Hero Journey perjalanan hidup setiap pahlawan pasti melalui enam peringkat penting, iaitu, innocence, the call, initiation, allies, brekthrough, dan celebration.

Sebelum seseorang itu boleh dipanggil pahlawan, dia mesti orang biasa atau bersahaja( innocence). Barulah ketika dia merasa ada sesuatu yang harus diperjuangkan dan rasa terpanggil (the call) untuk melakukan sesuatu, maka bermulalah langkah untuk menjadi pahlawan.
Melalui uasaha dan kerja keras serta rintangan dan tentangan yang kuat (initiation), seseorang calon pahlawan memerlukan satu visi dan misi (allies) untuk mencapai tujuan perjuangan.
Dari situlah diharapkan muncul pelbagai idea dan terobosan (breakthrough) yang memudahkan mencapai tujuan.
Setelah itulah seseorang boleh digelar pahlawan ( celebration) kerana dapat membuktikan diri berjaya dan bermanfaat.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Man Booker 2008 winner





The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga won the 2008 prize.


Born in a village in heartland India, the son of a rickshaw puller, Balram is taken out of school by his family and put to work in a teashop. As he crushes coals and wipes tables, he nurses a dream of escape - of breaking away from the banks of Mother Ganga, into whose depths have seeped the remains of a hundred generations.

The White Tiger is a tale of two Indias. Balram's journey from darkness of village life to the light of entrepreneurial success is utterly amoral, brilliantly irreverent, deeply endearing and altogether unforgettable.


Author Biography

Aravind Adiga was born in Madras in 1974 and was raised partly in Australia. He studied at Columbia and Oxford Universities. A former correspondent in India for TIME magazine, his articles have also appeared in publications like The Financial Times, The Independent, and The Sunday Times. He lives in Mumbai.