Books Shopping @ Gramedia

Hasil belanja buku di Gramedia hari Sabtu lalu cukup oke, walaupun perburuan masih gak maksimal, karena kita sampe di mal sudah malam,  karena parkir MKG seperti bisa ditebak 'tanggal muda di MKG, parkiran sampe muter bawah, atas, bawah lagi, baru dapet... perjuangan banget cari parkir'............

Akhirnya bookshopping jadi gak maksimal, karena terburu2, plus Gramedianya penuh kayak apa gak tau deh, terutama rak2 atau floor display yang ada signagenya 'Discount 38%', 'Discount 40%' , dan 'Discount 25%',,, sayang ada banyak buku juga yang rusak di floor display karena orang 'buang kesana kemari' ... 

I, myself, bought several books ; ada boxsetnya Ilana Tan yang Four Season -- sebetulnya agak sayang beli boxset ini, tapi liat boxset ini dengan harga discount jadi sekitar Rp 103 ribu, yah I didn't think twice, I grabbed this boxset for collection ... afterall, since my daughter lend these 4 seasons book to almost every friend, i don't feel comfortable to actually touching those books ... keliatan sudah kumel, dekil, dan pinggirannya banyak yang kelipet sana sini ,,, siggh,,, entah gimana cara mereka baca buku ........

Selain boxset Ilana Tan, ada juga boxset Darlene Shan, belum pernah denger mengenai buku ini sebelumnya tapi baca keterangannya keliatannya cukup menarik.  Books about human half vampire ... Dan beberapa buku novel ringan lainnya bertemakan Korea ... satu buku biografi ? 'from the city of apple to the big apple - belum dibaca sih, tapi penasaran dari judulnya , kisah seorang indonesia yang berhasil dari kota malang menjadi direktur di kota new york .. sangat menarik ....

Actually in mind before going, I was going to buy the book by Merry Riana, and it was on disc 25%, but then looking at it for several times, I changed my mind ... I don't feel like something serious for quite sometimes near this time...

Ada satu buku lagi yang masih penasaran dari bbrp waktu yang lalu ; buku yg judulnya : Please Look After My Mom, karangan seorang penulis Korea Shin Kyung Sook ... bbrp bulan lalu pernah dengar di radio (siaran KBS radio) bahwa buku ini cukup terkenal di America, sempet lupa untuk bbrp saat, dan ternyata bbrp minggu lalu lihat lagi mengenai buku ini lebih jelas di salah satu koran dan yang lebih bagus lagi adalah sudah diterbitkan versi bahasa indonesia ... jadilah buku ini lebih menarik lagi untuk dibaca.... i was looking on the computer in the Gramedia, it was written there is 0 available, and to make sure i asked one of the employee, but i guessed there is none in Gramedia Gading.... Sayang sekali, padahal buku ini juga discount 25% ... that's really too bad ...

anyway, eventhough not get the maximum benefit of the discount, I came home happily, especially since I only paid very cheap for all the books I got there ... it's all thanks to Gramedia and BCA credit card (my poin reward also deduct almost 100rb of the totals)... such a Great Bargain ...  especially for mommy who has little children, there are many interesting boxset available in 38% or 40% discount , nice ...

maybe i will put up the picts of all the books bought sometimes later on ...

Sering-sering ada discount semacam ini sangatlah menguntungkan buat orang yang gemar membaca.... 

Happy Reading ...

F A T E

Fate by Orizuka

another Best Seller book that  re-appear with a new attractive soft pinkish or more to peaches color design cover that i finally can't resist to grab and buy it from the Gramedia bookshelfs ...

 nice soft color bookcover and also elegant looking texture book cover

the below one is the old cover version, 

soo much different khan ..
yg lama berasa kayak gambar buku anak2,
not soo much attractive

Since maybe a year ago (?) since i read the glimpse from the back of the cover, wasn't too interested to buy, because i thought it sounded something like another cliche Cinderella drama story (Cinderella, Upik Abu, yahh, cerita2 spt itu deh yg terbayang di pikiran waktu baca sinopsis di belakang buku )  where the Prince (in this case, 2 Prince)  fall in love with a buttler's daughter-- ... but then once i started to read it, i can't put the book down ... 

very nice story, maybe one of a kind that has unpredictable story lines (not just unpredictable endings) ... reading it, chapter by chapter, i keep guessing how the story would go, but always turn out different ... how smart Orizuka is ...

it's about the Jang family (to be more specific both sons of the Jangs, a korean indo family) and their lifes after the rich and wealthy father Jang Dae Gwan died and leave a weird 'inheritance letter'.  In addition to these two brothers of Jang, there is also Adena, the daughter of the Head Buttler of the Jang family.

interesting story about how Orizuka used the FATE among these three people.  Like i said, it's not one of our everyday Fate between  the rich, the poor and the regular fate, but it's much more complicated especially toward the middle to the end, one by one history or 'secret' is being revealed.

What I love about this book :

• Romance ~ Chemistry and its surrounding is not the only main thing 
• Feel the Deep Focus on Family ~ Friendship ~ Commitment and the varieties of it
• the character of Jang Dae Gwan , which is portrayed such as very wise , nice gentleman, one of a kind obviously in this world, although his character is questionable at the beginning.

One comment about this novel :

Beware of too many Korean phrases being put in here. 

Reading this novel feels like learning Korean, which is for me with the insertion of  Korean full sentences in almost every page make somewhat a distraction , because i have to keep peeping at the footnotes, and distract the mood.  Although in a way, it's probably the best way to improve your Korean phrases.

this particular book adds to my favorite novel list ...  LOVE IT 

EATing Habit

i don't realize how hard it is to change the eating habit until lately ...

especially when it comes to lunch treat from clients or friends ... aissshhhh ...

somebody pay for my food and i don't eat well ... hiks hiks hiks ... cruel 

i am now thinking whether or not i am already going overboard with the health stuffs  ~ but Health is important ~ hhmmm  ~ let me put it this way ~ Our Health being is not just important but the main thing  ...

so there i go with the Food Diet and Exercise ...

Exercise at least 3 to 4 hours intensive swimming and 2 hours intensive fitness or 2 hours walking -- that's the average exercise i do in one week  ... which right now, i already get used to it and doesn't feel emotionally as it is a big hurdle anymore .

Basic rules that i try to follow :

White Flour is bad for you ~ instead pick WHEAT

White Rice is bad for you ~ instead eat Brown or Wild RICE (sorry, this one i particularly cannot change yet, although i already did decrease the consumption of white rice .. survival still!!)

Everything Grilled ~ Very Less Fried Food ..

Unsweetened Fruit Juice

Yes for Yoghurt , 

No for Ice Cream, Chocolate (ho ho ho, my heavenly food)

that's just short list , the list of course is getting longer if i want to do it very right, but i think doing the above is already quite enough to make me pusing of what to eat ..

so far, even though nobody is praising but i am quite proud of myself ,
because i can pretty much stick to the diet:

let's say if we go to a Coffee place (Starbucks or The Coffee Bean or JCo Coffee) :

usually i would order : ICE Blended Hazelnut or Cookies Cream or Iced Creamy Cappuccino but lately i choose ICed Coffee plain or Iced Coffee Latte unsweetened .

for the snack : Cakes esp Avocado Double Choc Cake or Quiche something used to be my favorite items for Coffee accompaniment  but lately Wheat Muffin would be my choice 

Ice Cream : well for now no for Haagen Daaz or Baskin Robins ,, and go to JCool or Heavenly Blush instead for the Frozen Yogurt with fresh fruit topping , no canned fruit topping .. 

I am very crazy for bread , any kind of bread ... even though i lived in America for some years, the country where 'wheat is major bread we can find' , but eating wheat bread can never be a habit for me ... but this time, i am strict to eat wheat bread for the replacement of the more flavorful white bread ... And this is Really Hard ... Hard because the problem isn't just the Replacement of White to Wheat but what to spread along the wheat bread is also homework to think about ..... 

Eat the right breakfast, 

Forget about my favourable Nasi Uduk , Nasi Kuning ...

Eat half portion of carb especially white rice with anything grilled or cah vegie ...

My favorite Tahu Goreng akhirnya sekarang harus berganti menu ke Tahu cah vegetable ...
Sea fish Grilled (ikan laut bakar) twice a week  ...

Vegetable Soup with chicken broth becomes another almost regular lunch menu ... 

So, Yes, a Whole Life Time Eating Habit (i say 40 years habit can be categorized as Lifetime habit, right) cannot be changed in just one or two months, and it does need Some Extra Commitment to Change them into a Better Healthy Eating Habit ... Survival ..  Penuh Perjuangan ... 

btw,,, why wheat never taste good for my tongue ...