Dear John by Nicholas Sparks [book review]

Assalamualaikum wbt to all my beloved readers...

How's life going on? haha..well I hope you guys are enjoying your life to the fullest!
Mine? Hmmm..I think mine is quite okay..thanks to all my listeners..my besties..mom, dad, nenek and cik dodi..thank you! [ecececeh...macam menang award pulak daahh] hahaha


thanks soo much for listening to my oh-so-sickening problemas..I love you guys sooo muchy much!


Well, on the last Sunday, I've just finished up reading one of my my favvy novels by Nicholas Sparks which entitled 'Dear John'. I like the way Sparks wrote his novel and the way he arranged them- they are just puurrrrrr-fect! haha..Not too romantic but totally full of sadnosities..the pages are quite soggy now-holy kitty I was crying like crazy when Savannah leaves John and get married with her own male BFF...poor John...




Oh how I wish I could write like him..


Huh-ummmmm...what I was saying?


Yeah! [actually I am a bit suffering from short-term memory this few days..duh! I don't know why. So please apologize Amalina Sulaiman for her silly forgetfulness...hehe]


About Dear John which is very deary to me.. haha! I figured out that the theme is more toward sacrification for love ..and also love for the country..poor John has to make his own decision whether to sacrifice his love towards Savannah Lynn Curtis- his GF or for the dignity of his own country- America. Things started to turn topsy-turvy when the big tragedy of September 11th happened and John was very upset [yeah~ great he's in the military] and he has made the decision to signed up to be one of the soldiers that will go and 'commit suicide' in Iraq and Afghanistan...hmmm ..I'm not very agree with this perang2 part..you know..I love ISLAM..and this is when Savannah and John started to exchange letters ...it's so romantic and redeeming. I can tell..^^


Eh? Why am I telling you guys these junks? You guys should go and start reading this fab novel by yourself, mmkay! hahaha...Actually this novel has already being adapted into a movie ..starring Channing Tatum as John and Amanda Seyfried (Needy Lesnicki remember? LMAO) as Savannah. You guys can watch the movie trailer in  YouTube...the soundtrack is by Snow Patrol-  Set Fire to the Third Bar. It's quite beautiful..I kinda luurrvvee that song now..haha...still lingering in my head.."I'm miles from where you are...I lay on the cold ground and I..".lalalalala...haha...i like it..

yep! This is the novel..exactly like the one I had read (thanks to Miminok for borrowing me this book ..lurve ya hon..xoxo)

The old cover...^^

Well...I think that's all for now..haha..happy reading!! wink3

A moment to ponder

I asked for Strength.........

And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for Wisdom.........

And God gave me Problems to solve.

I asked for Prosperity.........

And God gave me Brain and Brawn to work.

I asked for Courage.........

And God gave me Danger to overcome.

I asked for Love.........

And God gave me Troubled people to help.

I asked for Favours.........

And God gave me Opportunities.

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I received nothing I wanted

I received everything I needed

My Prayer has been answered...(^_^)

Thank you ALLAH..

Sports car VS Al-Quran

Assalamualaikum wbt to all my dearest readers!

I hope ALLAH subhanawata'ala will always protect you and watch over you!

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim...

While I was browsing the Net, I had came across this anecdote that had made me ponder..

We , the human always feel discontented with what ALLAH had bestowed upon us

We always forgot to learn to be more grateful for what we have

And we always blame ALLAH when we think that life is not fair..

We always see rainbows at the top of our Muslim friends' heads, but we don't realize that we have a better rainbow with brighter and flamboyant colours that ALLAH had give us..

We always be kufur nikmat...without realizing that every pleasures and all the goods that we have is FREE OF CHARGE..

Lets read this anecdote and ponder.

We as Muslims must be more grateful next time..and we must always have the believe that ALLAH will always be with the people who know the meaning of gratitude.

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   A young man was getting ready to graduate college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.
 
   As Graduation Day approached, the young man waited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box.
 
    Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Quran. Angrily, he raised his voice at his father and said "With all your money you give me a Quran?" and stormed out of the house, leaving the holy book.


   Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day.
 
   Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care things. When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search his father's important papers and saw the still new Quran, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Quran and began to turn the pages.


   As he read those words, a car key dropped from an envelope taped behind the Quran. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words...PAID IN FULL.




How many times do we miss ALLAH's blessings because they are not packaged as we expected?