so as quickly as it came, the long weekend has ended. although yes i am rather proud of myself for having completed 2 books, met up with a no. of ppl, although i am red from the sentosa sun today. and no i wasnt awol or anything, it's just that they have been kind enough to encourage bonding within the platoon outside camp during trg hours. we should have more of this. haha.

skinwalkers however totally sucked. the plot sucked. the shooting sucks. even the violence which it got a rating for wasnt very impressive. and yes i fell asleep. basically it's about werewolves, which werent quite scary, just ugly haha. and it's all about the protection of this 13 year old guy who can remove the curse of the werewolves. cept some werewolves dont think being werewolves a curse. and so it's just a lot of chasing, catching up and one by one the good & bad guys die. boring.

i'm satisfied however with the 2 books i have completed this week - thousand splendid suns and haha ok a little late the deathly hallows. cos fine i am a cheapskate and i borrowed it so i had to wait. just a question. how does the book qualify as a kids' book if an average 10 year old kid doesnt understand many of the words that rowling uses. you cannot deny however that she writes rather descriptively, and i cant actually comment on any twists given the numerous spoilers i have been exposed to. but yes i thought that the book was satisfactory, though confusing at times which results in one having to re-read certain parts again. yet again, maybe it's cos i aint too smart and my memory is failing so i cant quite remember the intricate details of the previous books and thus do not quite appreciate rowling's ability to tie up the loose ends from previous books in this - something that many have lauded. the book picked up pace in the second half, which worked for me and given how this book is meant to tie up the loose ends, i would like to see how they are going to make it into a movie and what they are going to cut out.

thousand splendid suns is one of my all-time favourite. maybe it's cos i have been reading too many trashy books lately so i tend to get impressed easily. but it's truly a gripping story that tells the tales of 2 ladies suffering in silence in a country wrought with war, violence, discrimination. but above all it is a touching tale of love, and how love can triumph over all sufferings. haha i sound like dumbledore. and i dont think i am doing justice to the book and its author. so yea you should just read it.

on a random note, why is dumbledore named dumbledore. i mean did she like try to show some irony, how he is so wise and yet stuck with a dumb to his name?

ok whatever, another week of army. then army half marathon on sunday. roar.

junyi! posted at 6:01 pm.