yay!!!

i just added a side frame to the page.

you should notice there's a list of book on the side. it's actually powered by 'Shelfari', a book-sharing social portal for people who read. Eh there's only 4 books now on my list, but I read more than 4 ok! Anyway, those who like to read (books, not blogs), come join me! Invite me via my gmail.

greatly recommend the last book i read: 'extremely loud and incredibly close' by Jonathan Safran Foer. the main storyline is about a boy who lost his father in the 9/11 terrorist attack and his journey to find out more about his father. there are also other sub plots about the relationships between the different characters in the story. it's supposed to be 'contemporary' according to reviews. i think it's refering to the way the story is presented. first of all, i like that it's a kind of 'experience' books - at first you may not be able to catch the picture clearly, but the chapters keep revealing more and more answers as you read on, such that you go 'orhhh.... where have i read this before' and can't help but flip back to previous chapters to re-read the clues that were left hidden in one of the lines. secondly, there are not only text in the book. there are pictures relating to the story, quite cleverly arranged in the book. but i gotta warn first that the story is so endearing that my tear ducts were uncontrollably active when I was reading it. just drop me a line if you'll like to borrow the book from me :)