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Assalamualaikum, greetings to everyone. Here we are, few hours away from the new year. First of all, thank Allah that I am still here, typing my heart away, granted a great health, surrounded me with people that bring the best out of me. 

Before the year of 2019 ended, I wanted to do a little bit of throw-back. I need all of the good and  the not-so-good memories to stay here in my personal space, aside from my journal so that I could looked back and reflect on how much I've grown and how far I've gotten. Also, some highlight of my moments in 2019. So, yeah, here we go !



I. LAST YEAR AS A DIPLOMA STUDENT

Honestly, my last year as a diploma student was hard. I am sure that I had mentioned this few times in many of my entries throughout the year. The last semester might not be the toughest one but it is still challenging. This one last semester held so much memories, so much drama and so much headache. Well, student-life wise, I had a very hard time on balancing everything on my plates.

I had struggled so much and often caught myself cried to sleep was not cool at all. But, we all had that time of our life, right. When I finally get out of the examination hall for the final paper of the final year, it was an instant relief. I am done for my diploma, I had done my best, and all I need was to keep praying for the result.

The good-byes was hard. Especially with my Kuntum. They're all great people and definitely a great friend. I couldn't spent much time with my classmates after that because I was rushing home to pack up and get home (my sister was half an hour away and I still got so much to pack up). The sweet Nazirah even had to come to my house to give her farewell's gift.

cute things; cute notebooks, cute paw pen, and very cute handwritten letter

I also remembered the good times of spending the night at the hotel after annual dinner. It was a very good day, and night. Right after we had our fun in the hall of the hotel, we went up to our room and had some-not-really-pajamas party and of course, mask ! We had so much fun gossiping and playing around. And not to mention the much escapade to the beach to clear up our messed up head. It was a good time, really.

II. GRADUATION

This is definitely a must mentioned. Before, I keep telling myself that it was hard and doubt myself a lot. But then, it was not that bad, at all. I guess, it was all in my head for I did it in the end. Although I am  a little bummed out for not having my mum (or any of my family members in this matter) at the ceremony, it was a great day after all ! Having Atina's parents was so so so great. Watching them as a family from the sideline were so cute that I kind of envy their relationship.

Oh, I received one of my picture during the ceremony yesterday's afternoon. Tsk, it was almost the end of the year and it took them, what, two months to post the picture. I couldn't understand that. Some of my friends didn't even received them yet.

More of my graduation story can be found on this entry !

III. NEW MEMBERS !

Finally, my big family are growing bigger ! The count of my nephews and nieces as of 31st December 2019 is twenty one. Right, you read it okay, twenty one, 21. Guess what, it is the same as my age as of 1st January 2020 ! Wow ! And, I am still counting for how many more of them to come. Hehe.

Having another baby in the family is great, especially I couldn't be home more often when the 20th was born. Being eight hours away from the family sucks. But then, the 21st came like a rocket ! Yehey ! She's such a bundle of joy. I felt like smiling whenever I get the glimpsed of her very  very very chubby cheeks. Oh my god ! I keep refraining myself from touching that fluffy cloud-like cheeks.  I'm looking forward to the day she is bigger for I could have another kid to annoy. Hehe.

IV. LICENCE ?

This is kind of hurt to write about. Hahaha. I had myself for failing the JPJ test twice ! Seriously, I don't even want to know how much money I had spent on a freaking card that would allow me drive (maybe someday I would  do calculation, please wait for it!). I am hoping 2020 would bring me joy in regards of this matter. Seriously.

So, pretty much, this is it for the highlight of my 2019. Generally speaking, I wanted to rant about my disappointment of  some things but I decided against it. I need the good vibes to take another step forward.

my new year resolution; sorry its ugly :(

Actually, this is my first time having a written new year resolution. Hahaha. By doing this way, I am hoping that I would be able to achieve every single one of them. So, without any particular order, I would explain a little bit of the ten resolutions that I had written on my journal (I have been using the same journal since 2016 and this is the first time I did this kind of thing ).

• JAGA WAKTU SOLAT

Tajuk : Bidadari Bermata Jeli

Penulis : Hana Ilhami

Muka surat : 676

Penerbit : Penulisan Enterprise

Genre : Malay fiction

ISBN : 978-967-2102-07-6

Sinopsis :

Di The Stanley's Suite Hotel, Tamara merupakan gadis kelahiran Bosnia yang dipelihara oleh orang Malaysia dan dijadikan anak angkat. Penampilannya ayu mengalahkan gadis Melayu, berbaju kurung, bertudung persis ustazah. Tapi pabila terlanggar eksekutif housekeeper yang garang dan cerewet itu, terkeluar habis loghat Negeri Sembilannya.

"Oh, mak kau kopalo jendol!"
"Hey, you! Stop right there!"

Pertemuan dengan Daniel Haidar berlaku pabila secara tak sengaja dia terlanggar jejaka itu. Kerana terlalu takut, Tamara terus melarikan diri tanpa menoleh pun. Punyalah selama ini dia berhati-hati dan mengelak daripada terserempak dengan salah seorang anak CEO The Stanley's Suite Hotel itu.

"Does dejavu really happen?"
"Well, according to research, about two third of us experience at least one dejavu in our lifetime."

Pertemuan dengan Tamara bagaikan dejavu bagi Daniel Haidar. Terasa Tamara begitu dekat di hati. Sudahlah langgar sampai bertabur fail, stafnya itu melarikan diri pula. Kanta lekap berwarna kelabu yang melekat pada fail, menjadi permulaan episod antara Daniel dan pemilik kanta lekap itu.

"Kalau you nak selamat, you ikut apa I cakap."

Penyelianya, Cik Eka Kamila memberi arahan agar Tamara tampil dalam rupa baru di hadapan Daniel. Dia perlu jadi seorang perempuan tembam, tapi hanya di depan Daniel. Apa motif Cik Eka?

Namun berjaya juga Daniel menemukan si pekerja misteri  itu. Tapi entah kenapa Daniel bagai tidak peduli dengan rupa Tamara. Siap pelawa makan malam bersama lagi. Sesuatu yang sangat mengejutkan bagi seorang Daniel Haidar yang menetapkan kualiti yang tinggi untuk pasangan hidupnya.

"Have dinner with me tonight..."
"Hah?"

Apakah Tamara pun sudah jatuh hati? Tapi hatinya sudah lama dihuni oleh Helmi. Helmi yang selalu ada tika dia larut dalam derita yang melemaskan.

Karl - Doktor pelatih yang berwajah Inggeris itu sebenarnya telah lama jatuh hati terhadap Tamara. Meskipun dia tahu rahsia dan aib yang disembunyikannya, tapi itu bukan penghalang baginya hendak memiliki si bidadari bermata jeli. Namun kehadiran Daniel menyukarkan lagi keadaan. Di antara Helmi denggan Daniel, abangnya itu lebih memberikan ancaman.

Beberapa siri kejadian aneh yang sering berlaku dalam hidupnya, membuatkan Daniel tertanya-tanya. Dejavu yang Daniel rasakan selama ini apakah benar-benar dejavu? Dan apakah realiti sebenar disebalik sis gelap hidup Tamara yang mampu mengubah ramah menjadi marah?

Yeay, second one berjaya di-post-kan dalam 2019 (this is a sort of big achievement ! ). Out of all four, aku tersangat excited untuk baca this one. Mungkin sebab aku dari Negeri Sembilan, so yeah hahaha. Lagi satu sebab sinopsis dia sangat menarik perhatian aku. So, yeah. This one is my favorite out of four. Hehe. Plus point, cover dia lawa en. Rasa aesthetic sangat tengok. 

Okay, pertama sekali.  YA ALLAH PLOT DIA LAWA GILA AKU SUKA BACAAAAA !!!  Hold on, kenapa aku excited sangat ? Sebab aku tak expect langsung yang Tamara's identity was not actually Tamara. Tak faham ? Kena baca. Aku takut ter-spoil banyak sangat. Aku suka mood penceritaan novel ni. Lagi-lagi scenes yang banyak buatkan aku tertanya-tanya siapa penari kelab malam dengan sepasang mata heterochromia, siapa lelaki berhud yang membunuh dan muncul di The Stanley's Suite Hotel dan siapa Tamara, pekerja housekeeping di hotel mewah itu.

Macam novel 'Di Atas Sayap-Sayap Malaikat' jugak, novel ni ada fokus selain kisah cinta Daniel, Tamara dan Karl. Fokus dalam novel ni tak macam 'DASSM' yang mana memang ilmiah and perlukan lots and lots of research to match up the events, tapi masih memainkan peranan penting. Tanpa fokus tu, novel ni akan jadi pointless and tak logik. Fokus dalam cerita ni tak di-mention masa bahagian awal tapi kalau kau seorang yang pandai baca in-between the lines, kau boleh agak apa sebenarnya.

Masa mula-mula aku baca sinopsis novel ni, aku tak expect pun penceritaan dia had such a long depth and back story. Yang aku tahu, aku cuma excited nak baca pasal minah Bosnia yang ber-loghat nogori and jatuh cinta dengan bos kaya. Yes, ini pandangan awal aku. Tapi rupanya, aku salah besar sebab this novel, this story is beyond that. Kisah silam, aib, dan rahsia si Tamara lagi menarik daripada cerita minah Bosnia. Serious. Lagi-lagi bila ada watak tambahan yang sangat misteri identitinya buatkan aku teruskan bacaan.

One more thing, sama macam DASSM, novel ni jugak ada time travel (sis still tak tahu nak guna term apa hm) untuk flashback kisah yang jadi 20 tahun lepas. Kisah siapa ? Well, ni part of sejarah Tamara tapi not fully hers sebab dia sendiri 20 or 21 dalam novel ni. Nak tahu ? Baca sendiri.

So, memandangkan aku excited nak baca novel ni sebab penggunaan loghat nogori, so aku rasa aku nak komen sikit kot. Hehe. Aku rasa macam tak berapa sedap bila HI guna certain perkataan je yang ditukar dalam satu ayat. So, ayat tu jadi mix, nogori and standard BM. So, pembacaan aku terganggu la sikit. Aku takdelah pandai sangat guna loghat nogori, so aku taktahulah orang lain macam mana. Mungkin aku je kot.

Aku suka ending novel ni. Lepas semua konflik dan rahsia dapat diselesaikan, Tamara dapat apa yang dia impikan. Sambung belajar. Daniel dengan Tamara ? Hm. Yang ni tak mahu jawab. Cumanya aku kesian dengan Karl. Serious kesian. Disebabkan bebanan yang dia tanggung masa kecil, dia terpaksa menderita.

Dan, buat pertama kalinya, aku perlukan sequel untuk novel melayu. Hahaha. Walaupun aku kata aku suka ending dia, tapi aku perlukan sequel. Tak kira, nak jugak ! HI, pleaseeeeeeeee, sambil pout and buat mata kucing dalam cerita Shrek. I need more of Tamara and Daniel. And Karl jugak. Haih. Geram nyaaaaaa.

Selalunya aku akan insert quote, tapi tak ingat dekat page mana so, hm, kalau aku baca balik and jumpa, kalau rajin aku update, kalau tak bye-bye my love. Oh, aku actually tak berapa sure kenapa novel ni punya nama macam ni, tapi ada one part dalam novel mention maksud ayat Quran (which I obviously tak ingat ) yang ada bidadari bermata jeli. Nantilah cari balik. Hehe.

Tajuk : Di Atas Sayap-Sayap Malaikat

Penulis : Hana Ilhami

Muka surat : 581

Penerbit : Karya Seni

Genre : Malay fiction 

ISBN : 9789674690236

Sinopsis :

So, aku mulakan review empat novel yang aku post dalam 'Thoughtless Thursday #025' with this novel. Novel ni actually is a spin-off daripada novel 'Ya Maulana'. Tapi jangan risau sebab dia boleh dibaca as stand alone sebab relation antara dua novel tak mendalam sangat. Watak-watak dalam novel 'Ya Maulana' pun hanya di-mention sekali dua, itupun more as a filler (tak dinafikan aku excited bila baca nama Sumayyah dengan Rafiqi). Sumayyah actually played an important role dalam novel ni, walaupun dia hanya muncul sekejap.

Okay, aku jadi an avid fan of HI since third novel dia, 'Membakar Syurga, Mengguyur Neraka'. Bagi aku, novel tu beza sangat dengan novel cinta lain. Novel MSMN (aku guna short form sebab panjang kot nak taip, sis malas, sorry ={ ) ni ada fokus lain which is LGBT and of course, Islam. Most novel cinta lain akan fokus kepada konflik of the relationship between main characters, perbezaan darjat (most novel lama memang suka main darjat, kan) and maybe some dark pasts or insecurity.

As for this novel, fokus utama adalah pada penyebaran Islam di Switzerland, and the struggle to spread words of Islam. Some people mungkin akan rasa tak seronok baca novel dengan konsep macam ni, tapi aku sangat intrigued dengan jalan cerita dia. Every time aku move from one chapter to another, aku tak boleh nak stop guessing who is actually the bad guy. Mastermind yang mengatur pelbagai helah untuk hancurkan Darul Uloom memang aku tak expect. Oh, selalu jugaklah aku tuduh mana-mana side characters yang nampak suspicious. Hehe.

Aku suka cara penceritaan dalam novel ni. Ditulis daripada pandangan orang ketiga so kita boleh faham every characters' actual intention and events yang terjadi. Lagi satu, aku seronok dengan penulisan yang 'time travel' (had no better words to explain, sorry). Apa yang jadi dekat Fallujah pada tahun 2004 and the back story of Miriam memang buat aku hooked.

Sepanjang aku baca novel ni, aku sedar bukan semua orang mampu hasilkan karya macam ni. Aku dapat bayangkan berapa banyak kajian yang HI kena buat sebelum start plotting novel ni. Info-info tentang islamophobe, issues yang terbangkit di Swiss pada masa tersebut, Fallujah bombing, illuminati, semuanya bukan boleh nak ditulis sesuka hati. Salute HI for bearing all the struggle to give birth to this masterpiece !

Bagi sesiapa yang harapkan sweet, heart-fluttering scenes, sorry to burst your bubble but, aku rasa takde sangat pun ke memang takde. Aku tak kisah sangat pun ada ke tak mood sweet tu. Tapi sebab novel ni heavy sikit so aku rasa better it stay the way it is. Lagi menarik nak teka siapa musuh dalam selimut, hehe.

Ending novel ni aku memang tak expect, langsung ! The biggest plot twist I've ever encountered while reading a malay novel. Serious. Masa baca part plot twist tu, aku rasa dengan otak sekali dengan tengkorak aku sekali ter-twist. Rasa nak jerit-jerit je eee geram itew. However, its only logical dengan plot twist tu kalau nak merealitikan novel ni.  Haa, nak tahu which of the two yang dapat pikat Ustaz Naim, bacalah novel ni ya ! Jamin tak menyesal !

Till the next three novel (if I'm not such a lazy person, I might be able to get it done before new year, maybe),

Doa tanpa usaha adalah bohong dan usaha tanpa doa adalah sombong. -Ustaz Naim

Heyya, I decided to join this giveaway ! Yeayyy ! Even though I am not much a fan of make up but I am still a girl whos up to trying new things and I definitely couldn't resist a free gift ;P

So, I'm tagging

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NiniHanini

Airah Syahirah

Assalamualaikum ! Okay, here is the last k-drama that was on the to-be-posted list *cheers. I am glad that I can started to watch another drama or movies again (but then I actually had to write the review of the novels that I had read, so hm, yea). This drama actually from 2016 and I had been procrastinate to watch because of the title but then I need more medical drama so begun to watch this.

not mine; credited to the rightful owner

Title : Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim / Doctor Romantic / Nangmandakteo Kimsaboo / 낭만닥터 님사부

Episodes : 20 + 1 epilogue

Genre : Medical, Romance

Writer : Kang Eun Kyung

Network : SBS

Cast : Han Seok Kyu, Yoo Yeon Seok, Seo Hyun Jin, 

Plot :

Kang Dong Joo lost his father when he was in a high school. Determined to change the system, he became a doctor. After forced to take blame on a failed surgery of a VIP, he was transferred to Doldam Hospital - a small hospital in the outskirt of Seoul. There, he met his first love and also his senior when he was an intern, Yoon Seo Jung. Both of them struggle to live as a rightful doctor with the guidance of Master Kim, a very skillful triple board doctor. 

First off, the plot. At first, I think this drama would have an intense and very nerve-wrecking scenes whereby the ER would always be full of patients because that was what the first episode implied. But then, I did not expect that the female lead would went missing. From that part onward, the plot slowed down a little. But then, when Dong Joo was assigned to Doldam Hospital, things started to get interesting.

From that point, the intensity, the humor, the romance and even the hatred started to play their part. The fact that the conflict of Master Km's life were big enough that it affects his junior was a very good reason to keep me watching. I keep on wondering on his past life as Dr. Boo Young Joo and all the reason he went on living in seclusion despite his extraordinary skills.

The scariest thing in this world is the seed of doubt. When you plant one it grows well by itself. - President Do

As for the trauma, diseases and surgical scenes, it was all equally intense. However, there was two scenes that I could remember vividly. The first one was the one whereby Dr. Woo Yeon Hwa, who at first was mistaken as a homeless person performed an intubation on a patient because the other doctors were equally all over the places. And the next one was the moment when they performed the surgery on Chairman Shin. I couldn't sat still while watching this scene because Dr. Do and Dr. Kang had an emergency patient  that need surgery as soon as possible. It was so nerve-wrecking because they need to be as quick so that they can return on time to switch place with Master Kim and Dr. Yoon.

Life is about turning into different roads. Whether you want it or not, you have to face the reality which is placed in front of you. - Kang Dong Joo

To comment about the actors, this actually is my first time watching a drama that involves Han Seok Kyu and Yoo Yeon Seok. I only knew Yoo Yeon Seok because of the Netflix reality show, BUSTED S1. Thus, I had never what kind of character that made them shine but I think they really did a very great job on playing their part. I love how Master Kim's knew when to get serious and the humor he hold even though he had a stone cold expression.

This drama had a twenty episodes overall and a special episode, an epilogue on Master Kim's love life. I still didn't watch the epilogue episode because the ending was a bit vague for me. I was wondering the status of Doldam Hospital and whether President Do step down from his position and what actually happen to Master Kim after that. Andddd, to end my very little misery, there will be a second season next January! For that season, it is confirmed that Han Suk Kyu, Lee Sung Kyung and Ahn Hyo Seop will be part of the cast ! So, till next season !

Do you know the easiest thing in this world ? It's breaking a relationship. It doesn't requires any money nor effort. You can do it with a word. - President Do

Genre : Mystery, Crime 

Writer : Jang Hong Cheol

Network : OCN

Cast : Yoon Gyun Sang, Geum Sae Rok, Jun, Choi Kyu Jin, Han So Eun, Kim Myung Ji, 

Plot :

Ki Moo Hyuk is a lawyer with a high winner rate. He only cares about money and fame. However, due to personal request of the CEO of the firm where he works, Ki Moo Hyuk was assigned with a murder case of  a high school student. With the case, he hit the rock bottom. To recover his fame, Moo Hyuk started working at the high school to uncover the truth of the case. He then came across Teacher Ha So Hyun, who loves her students. They both begun to work together to reveal the secret of their students.

This drama was so lit and infuriating and suspense all at the same time ! I still couldn't move on from the ending of this drama (lol I need to speak of this first bcs it's so ughhh) like how can they ended it that way ? Just WHY ?! Alright, I need to get a grip of myself, sorry. 

Anyway, the plot of the drama was really nice and very very great from my view. There was so much secrets hold behind the case. The four main students were also the main suspect of the murderer but their name were never mentioned on the court until the very end. Well, at least the real murderer was revealed on the court (NOPE, NOT GONNA MENTIONED THE RESULT OF THE COURT). However, their bad deeds were revealed one by one to the school. Score ! At least from that point onward, they would lives their life truthfully.

You only had one life and you can't die a victim - Ki Moo Hyuk

I loved how every character played their part and how infuriating and annoying they were. When I thought  that they finally came to their senses and helped Moo Hyuk to reveal the murderer, they turned their back on him. Sigh, it was a never ending game. But then I understand that they would trust their long-term friends rather than the lawyer-in-hide teacher. 

The most twisted character was definitely Yoo Beom Jin. At first, he appeared nice and angelic. The brainiac who would helped his friend but he actually is the mastermind of everything. That cold face of him and all the kindness that he offered was actually nothing but a part of his plan. I shudder at the thought of his emotionless face, especially when he had no hesitation of lying about the death of his girlfriend. He is sure one scary kid.

Overall, I enjoyed the drama well. Despite the tenses moment during the process of uncovering the truth, the elements of humor and romance was there from time to time to lighten the mood.

-thes

Assalamualaikum ! December is here and that's mean, holidays (as if I'm not in holiday for past few months) ! Besides that, it is a rainy season here in Malaysia and also the kenduri kahwin season. But, I'm not here to rant about those things. As per the title, this entry here today will be all about Melon Music Awards that were held yesterday, November 30th and I will be talking about BTS specifically.

To start off, yesterday I was quite restless because I am waiting for the main show to start and I'm afraid that the internet would be joking around and not allowed me to watch the whole show with no interruption. And yes, it did actually. But that's for later. So, as the clock hit 4 p.m, I begun tidying myself, getting ready for Asr'. After solat, I went to entertain my nieces until quarter before six. I would normally did not watch the red carpet so, yeah. 

I went to Twitter and looked up for links available and watch the show. As I already know that BTS would be the last performer, I looked for MAMAMOO, Heize and TXT time to perform. I was quite shocked when I found out that MAMAMOO would perform before ITZY. I mean, ITZY just debuted less than one year and then there's MAMAMOO with five years ? I was honestly baffled and a little bit disappointed.

As for their performance, they definitely killed it ! With Gogobebe and Hwasa's Twit, it was all great ! And the shading they did in the end. just wow ! The girls are great ! Only if they were given much longer performance time, maybe I would be ecstatic. As for TXT and Heize, the performance was the best ! I would definitely looked up for some fancams for reaction (Things I would do every time after an award shows). Hahaha.

Even thought I was feeling a bit bummed out because there's no other senior groups that I am expecting, like, Seventeen, EXO, and GOT7, I could still enjoy all the performances. Besides the artist that I mentioned, there this one rap performance after Heize's that capture my attention. It was very very lit !

Now, for our BTS. Sigh. There's no word to describe their performance. I was getting goosebumps throughout the performance. I was very close to crying when they perform Mikrokosmos. It felt so pure, so good and with all of the CGs effect make it more heart-wrenching ! However, the downside was, my Internet are seriously loves to see me suffering. Huwaaaaa. It would stop in the middle of the dance intro (?) whereby Jin was on the elephant, and skip to Jimin's wonderful dance performance. And once more, during the Dionysus's dance break ! And skip right until they ended the performance ! Can you believe that ?!! I was so fuming inside. Ughhhh 

I mean, I had been waiting for Dionysus ever since I watch the MCountdown performance and I happen to cannot watch it till the end ! Ugh. It's annoying !!!! Right then, I felt like going to sleep and woke up and looked up for the full performance on YouTube the next day. But then, I would be disappointed for not watching the moment they accept the Daesang so I kept watching. And, congratulations to them for winning all FOUR DAESANG ON ONE NIGHT ! Another history written on their books ! Anyways, this is the legendary performance of BTS, 

And here is the awards that this group had successfully swept,

-thes

Assalamualaikum, so here is another review of a movie. And it was quite old one but it had a good reviews so, I had to give it a shot and hopefully, you guys too!

not mine; credited to the rightful owner

Title : Confession of a Murder / I am the Murderer / I am a Killer / Naega Salinbeomida / 내가 사린범이다

Runtime : 119 minutes

Genre : Thriller, Action

Country : South Korea

Released year : 2012

Director : Jung Byung Gil

Distributor : Showbox

Cast : Park Shi Ho, Jung Jae Young

Plot :

After the statute of limitation expires on the murders he had committed, Lee Doo Suk published an autobiography book called 'I Am A Killer' describing all of his crime in great detail. The book immediately became a best seller and grab the attention of the detective in charge of the case, Lieutenant Choi. Lieutenant Choi then began to pursue the killer that he missed 15 years ago.

There was a Japanese version of this movie and some review said it was more interesting than this one. But, I am too lazy to check that out (I didn't intended to put more movie on my pending list, maybe some other year)

First off, the timeline of this movie got me confused a few times because the opening scene shown that it was the year of 2005 when Lt. Choi had an encounter with the murderer. Then, it came to the present year, 2007, if I am not mistaken. I got confused of the time because I initially thought that 2005 was the time when the serial murder took place. But I was wrong as it happen during the 1990s something.

When Lee Doo Suk came to the scene and confessing that he was the killer of the unsolved serial murder, I know for sure that he was not the one that killed those woman. Why ? Because the silhouette of the man that disappeared to the dark alley after scaring Lt. Choi and that Lee Doo Suk was definitely different. That man was a bit chubby and he had a slouched shoulder. While Lee Doo Suk had a tall and lean frame. And he definitely did not slouched.

To say that this is a thriller movie, I didn't exactly agree with that. Sure, there was some thrilling moment from time to time but it wasn't much. As for the action scene, there was only two scenes that stuck in my mind; the one whereby the victim families tried to kidnap Lee Doo Suk and the bodyguard team tried to save him (this scene was actually gave me more laughter than tension). And the one when Lt. Choi saved Lee Doo Suk from being held hostage.

The movie intrigued me because I am definitely sure that Lee Doo Suk was not the killer but then how did he knew every details of the murder cases that wasn't reveal to the public. And with that, I kept watching for the answer. And to tell you, it was mind-blowing ! I definitely did not see it coming !

From this movie, I realized one thing. The people can be extremely toxic and somewhat crazy. I mean, who would idolized a person who had killed women ? Those high school students were seriously need to get a grip of their life. I know that it was made up to make the movie more dramatic but it won't came up if it never happen, right ? Maybe not as extreme as murderer but this is the reality of today's. You got the approval of the public if you had the face. Sick.

As for the ending, I am totally satisfied ! No argument. Full stop.

Episodes : 32, 30 minutes per episode

Genre : Medical, Romance

Writer : Yo Kusakabe (novel), Kim Ji Woon

Network : SBS

Casts : Ji Sung, Lee Se Young, Lee Gyu Hyung

Plot : 

Cha Yo Han is a genius anesthesiologist who was imprisoned because he perform an euthanasia on a criminal. Kang Shi Young is a resident of anesthesiology who planned to flee after encountering an incident. She then works at the prison whereby Yo Han was at as a temporary medical officer. She then was provoked by Yo Han. After saving a prisoner, she made up her mind and came back to her post in the former hospital. She then was dispatched to the Pain Management Center and have Yo Han as her leader. They then begun to investigate the cause of their patients' pain.

Alright, I actually had no idea that this drama was based on a Japanese novel until I started writing this review. The sole reason I watched this drama was Ji Sung. His acting was too good for me to ignore.

First, the plot. I personally think the plot was simple and not too complicated. There was not too much of medical terms that I came across except from those that I had already heard of (maybe I should watch less meds drama). What intrigues me more were the reason why Shi Young was trying to flee from the country when she was the top from her class and a good doctor. And also, whether Yo Han actually perform euthanasia or not and if yes, why.  When both reason was answered, the real side of Yo Han made a huge plot twist. I was not expecting that, at all.

In terms of acting, I could see the chemistry between all actors. I personally love the relationship of Lee Yoo Joon and Kang Mi Rae more than Cha Yo Han and Kang Shi Young. The Lee-Kang relationship was not called official until the last episode. They just met by chance and their flirtatious act was kept the bare minimum. They were too cute to ignore ! Next, Kang Shi Young. I had never watch a drama nor a movie with this actress so I am not familiar with her. From my view, I think she did a fair good job on her part but I couldn't help but to feel awkward on some scenes.

There wasn't much heavy case in this drama but they definitely gave the depth of every cases. The case of CIPA and CPRS patient definitely had me.Especially the CIPA one. That boy was finally able to feel pain but then he had to gave it up because it might put him in a more dangerous situation. When he was discharged, he came back in worse state because of bullying and eventually died. Dang, I cried hard when Yo Han was forced to give up on him. The CPRS patient was able to recover when they found out the cause of his pain.

The flow of plot was neither slow nor fast. It was just fine as when things were going too fast there always some elements to slow it back. And vice versa. I guess, the pace was good considering the field of medical. It would be an exaggeration if they put intense scenes on every case. I mean, the level of intensity was not always on the top. Some cases had a lower intensity and that make this drama interesting. 

-thes  

Holla peeps ! Alright, before I finished another drama, I should finished the long overdue entries review. This one is a movie from South Korea and it was very great for me ! 

not mine; credited to the rightful owner

Title : The Gifted Hands / Psychometry / Saikometeuri / 사이코메트리

Runtime : 107 minutes

Genre : Thriller, Supernatural

Country : South Korea

Distributor : CJ Entertainment

Released year : 2013

Writer : Lee Yong Jong, Han Jun Hee

Cast : Kim Bum, Kim Kang Woo

Plot : 

If you guys had ever watched a drama series called, 'He is Psychometric' then this movie might be familiar for you.

I freaking love the plot ! Like very very much ! Why ? Well first off, Yang Chun Dong's character. He is the living proof that not all detective were lucky and well-off. He even had a side job of being a water dispenser seller which then were caught for being fraud or something like that. His spotlight was often stolen by his colleague. At times, it get very frustrating.

When Chun Dong finally trust Kim Jun of not being the criminal, I was very glad. But then he broke his promise of not telling about him to others. Kim Jun was brought to the interrogation room for questioning about his graffiti. It was a sad scene for me because Kim Jun finally opened up to him but things turn the other way. He even went far to the point that he fainted to prove his innocence.

The killer identity was definitely a plot twist. I never thought that man would be the real killer because all of the image that Kim Jun saw, he couldn't just be a vet ! Anyway, he is a psychopath. Like, he killed the kids because apparently, they misbehave. He even went as far as comparing the kids to puppies. Crazy bastard.

The ending however, got me seriously frustrated. Yeah, the criminal was caught and the last kid was saved but Kim Jun left without a word. Both him and Chun Dong went their own ways. This is the only thing that I am frustrated of.

In term of emotions, this movie had me screaming of, 'come on', 'oh no', like so many times. There was also times where I would get sad because of the certain scenes. The suspense definitely were there. The most suspense and thrilling moment was when Kim Jun caught the hand of the killer right before he fall from his apartment (he was on the highest floor) and determined to save him even though he was having nose bleed due to continuous contact. Damn I was actually hoping that he will just let go.

The cinematography was great and definitely the best. The only thing was I was hoping that the lighting would be a little brighter. But then, considering the genre, that kind of lighting might be the best.

-thes

Assalamualaikum, it's been so long hasn't it ? I had actually quite a number of reviews to write and post but nah, not really feeling to type these days. :/  So, to lessen the number by one, here is a review of a 2017 drama that I had finished for about a month ago ? Please do pardon me for the bad review. :/

Title : Queen for Seven Days / 7Ilui Wangbi / 7일의 왕비

Episodes : 20

Genre : Historical, Romance, Political

Writer : Choi Jin Young

Network : KBS2

Cast : Park Min Young, Yeon Woo Jin, Lee Dong Gun

Plot :

I'm sooo sorry for the poor synopsis ! I seriously had no idea how to come with better summary without spoiling what I should spoil in my review.

First off, I really love the plot of this drama. It filled with twist and emotions. The prologue in the first episode definitely got me hooked. The scene showed that Queen Shin was on her way to be executed. And for that, I keep watching the drama, especially when the later scenes in the episode showed how much Shin Chae Kyung and the crown prince loves one another.

Just like several historical drama out there, this drama also portrayed the thirst of the power and the throne. However, this drama showed a bit different in this case when the crown prince had no intention to take  the throne in the beginning. Even when he had the chance to take back the crown, he gave it back to his half brother.

The chemistry between the three main actors was really good. Especially between the king and the crown prince. They both actually long for each other's company. But the king was furious when their father cursed him to be a bad king if he ever took the throne. Their relationship fall when their father started to take side on the crown prince.

This drama had gave me a big impression on forgiving. When the crown prince had finally got the throne from his half-brother, he finally had the stressed of what his brother had. He then pay a visit to his brother, they ended up forgive each other and his brother died on him. Damn, I cried hard on this scene.

The ending however got me a bit confused because Shin Chae Kyung refused to became the queen again and lives as a normal person but she still together with the crown prince and even had a son together. If she wasn't the queen, then it leaves the question of, did the king get married with another woman to make her as the queen or not. And he didn't, the next king was probably not from his family or what. The after-story got me thinking so much.

Anyway, this is a good drama to enjoy.

Assalamualaikum.. Dah selalu buat review movies and k-dramas kan.. So, this time aku nak buat review buku pulak. Actually aku banyak je baca buku tapi semuanya novel-novel lama. Sejak masuk asrama mana ada dah aku nak beli novel. Kalau baca novel pun mesti member tak pun family punya. Hahaha. This one pun bukan novel yang aku beli hahaha. Sekarang aku banyak baca online novels yang ada dekat Wattpad. 

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Tajuk : Lelaki Lingkungan Cinta 

Penulis : Lily Haslina Nasir

Mukasurat : 636

Penerbit : Penulisan Enterprise / Penulisan2u

Genre : Malay Fiction

ISBN : 978-967-2102-13-7

Sinopsis :

Nakal. Itu perkataan yang paling sinonim dengan Adib. Semenjak di kolej sehingga ke universiti, Adib sangat terkenal. Bukan terkenal kerana kecemerlangannya tapi terkenal kerana kenakalannya. Semua pernah Adib lakukan termasuklah membuat 'dajal' kepada Esya. Bagi Esya, Adib adalah musuh nombor satunya. Kerana Adib dia didenda. Kerana Adib habis pakaiannya rosak. Kerana Adib dia terkenal di kolej.

"Saya mungkin tak romantik, saya mungkin tak kacak, tak kaya... Tapi percayalah, hati saya melimpah kasih untuk Esya." - ADIB

Mahligai cinta yang terbina ketika masing-masing bergelar pelajar. Esya pada awalnya tidak begitu yakin dengan Adib yang sangat nakal itu. Sikap Adib yang berlainan ketika bersama dia akhirnya menambat hati Esya. Bahagia yang dibina menerbitkan hasad dalam diri Zamri. Zamri berusaha memisahkan pasangan muda itu. Alasannya ? Hanya dia yang tahu.

"Adib! Kau jangan jadi bodoh sangatlah. Si Esya tu memang terhegeh-hegeh ikut aku." - ZAMRI

"Orang tak datang beli kalau Esya tak menjual! Memang dasar keturunan menjalang memang macam ni agaknya!" - ADIB

"Sampai hati Adib tuduh Esya macam tu. Esya benci Adib!" - ESYA

Retak menanti belah. Rumah tangga Esya dan Adib bergolak kerana mulut Zamri sehingga Adib mengungkit asal usul isterinya. Itu yang Zamri mahukan! Galau hati Esya. Dia nekad dengan keputusan untuk menjauhi Adib. Kerana pulut santan binasa, kerana mulut badan binasa. Adib nanar sendirian tanpa Esya di sisi. Ujian datang bertimpa-timpa. Esya tetap dengan rajuknya. Akan tersingkapkah kebenaran yang mampu menyatukan mereka kembali? Atau hubungan Adib dan Esya berakhir hanya kerana status hidup seorang Esya?

Assalamualaikum and heyya. Its been long since the last k-drama review hasn't it ? So, here is a drama that I had finished for about a month ago (yeah I am this lazy) ? I pretty sure that everyone that enjoy K-Drama would know and maybe had watched this drama over and over again.

not mine; credited to the rightful owner

Title : Hotel Del Luna / 호텔 델루나

Episodes : 16

Genre : Romantic Comedy, Fantasy

Writer : Hong Jung Eun, Hong Mi Ran

Network : tvN

Cast : IU, Yoo Jin Goo, Shin Jung Keun, P.O, Bae Hae Sun

Plot :

Jang Man Weol is the owner of a hotel called 'Hotel Del Luna'. This hotel only served special guest, the dead. Jang Man Weol was a woman who had done evil things during her life and she was tied to the 'Moon Tree' for over 1,000 years to pay for her wrongdoings. She is beautiful but fickle and very greedy. Due to an unexpected event, Ku Chan Seong was promised to work as the assistant manager at Hotel Del Luna once he reached the age of 20. For that, Chan Seong had been living out of Korea until he reached 21 years old, thinking that the 'curse' would stop. With his soft heart, he then begun working at Hotel Del Luna.

First off, I didn't intent to watch this drama because the plot didn't intrigued me. But then the reviews that was written definitely got me hooked. And here I am. The first thing that I wanted to comment on was the really amazing CG. The first episode of the drama had my eyes widen because I was so not expecting the way the house(hotel) was build. The drama was filled with amazing CGs that I couldn't just simply ignored.

Honestly, I thought this drama would be a simple plot whereby a human had the ability to see the ghosts and make the hotel for them. But it wasn't the case. I was confused when it started with Jang Man Wool in the deserted place with the clothing from the older era. Then I realized that Jang Man Wool had lives long a very long life. The constant question on why and how she lived that long made me enjoying the plot even more. Especially when Go Chan Sung had dreamed of her past life.

I really enjoyed every character in this drama. Especially Jang Man Wool. Her rude attitude, sarcastic remarks and her loves for money. It was like watching another version of IU that I had never knew exist. She definitely killed that role. Yeo Jin Goo was as good as actor he is. I couldn't say much on him because this is the first time I watched his acting. 

Usually I didn't enjoyed an open ending dramas or movies but this drama may became an exception. When Jang Man Wool didn't took the drink that Yuna stole from Mago for the second time, to be with Chan Sung, I kind of glad. If she did, she would only be tied to the tree of moon for centuries again and Chan Sung would only became a tiny part of that centuries she lived in. 

I could say that I enjoyed this drama very much. Even though some episodes may went over one hour mark, I still enjoyed every part of this drama. It was very enjoyable because of its comedy, romantic and sadness elements in the plot. Even though this is a drama with the majority of the supporting roles were ghosts, I think the only time that I actually got scared was when the guest in Room 13 was let loose. Other than that, it was all bearable.

-thes

Assalamualaikum semua. Haa tengok tajuk pun tahu dah aku nak bebel apa. Kan ? Aku pun dah banyak kali hinted yang aku akan buat entry on this topic. So, here we goes.

Aku rasa, aku tak pernah mention dekat mana aku belajar (dulu aku ada buat entry pasal Taekwon-Do tournament yang mana aku as one of the exco and the journey of throughout that event yang aku dah pun delete, so some of you mungkin tahu) and I actually didn't want to tapi bila fikir balik, kenapa tidak ? Kan. Aku actually one of the university yang sering disebut these past months. UniSZA. 

Memandangkan UniSZA ni duduknya di Terengganu, so aku pun memang selalu la jugak travel 5 hours plus plus atas bas. Selalunya aku naik bas dekat Seremban or Pilah sebab hari cuti en, boleh la nak mintak akak or abang aku hantar ke station bas. Tapi this time, hari kerja so aku pun malas la nak menyusahkan orang yang jauh. Aku naik jelah bas dekat Gemas, aku mintak akak ipar aku hantarkan.

The things is, bas aku pagi 15 October. Aku memang dah bagitahu dia yang aku gerak pagi tapi dia ingat malam. Lol. Dah la pagi tu gelabah semacam. Bas aku pukul 11 pagi, aku ingat nak gerak dalam pukul 10 so sampai station sempatlah aku nak beli makanan sikit. Tapi sebab dia dah salah time, bas sampai stesen dulu daripada aku. Nasib baiklah orang dekat kaunter tu call aku, bagitahu bas dah sampai and nasib baik jugak la aku dah nak sampai. Kalau tak, memang burn la tiket dan duit gue.

Sampai ganu dalam pukul enam, tunggu Naz dengan Atina datang jemput. Malam tu makan-makan lepastu membuta. Oh, aku supposed to tumpang bilik Naz sebab I'm alone tapi tak jadi sebab Atina pergi bagitahu parents dia yang aku sorang so dorang pun book another room for us. So, sepanjang aku dekat Ganu, aku duduk dengan Atina la. Massive thanks to Atina's parents !

16 October. 

Plan asal, nak pergi makan, Zohor lepas tu pre-convo dekat pantai takpun drawbridge. Tapi sebab kawan Naz mintak tolong ambil kan jubah semua, and several other reason, tak jadilah nak pre-convo. So, lepas makan, lepak bilik Naz jelah sambil tunggu sidang petang habis, sebab aku nak jumpa kawan. But then, Miza pulak ajak pre-convo dekat padang new zealand, nak taknak kitorang pun pergi jelah.

Habis segala pre-convo, naik balik bilik Naz, lepak tunggu Asar. Ingatkan dapatlah pergi dewan tapi tak sampai 10 minit duduk, kawan Naz pulak mintak tolong ambil dia dekat Mydin sebab Grab takde. Kesian gila tengok Naz ulang-alik. Aku dengan Atina serba salah nak keluar gi dewan. Kitorang pun stay jelah bilik Naz sampai pukul 5 macam tu Naz hantar kitorang gi cafe, beli makanan malam. Lepastu, kitorang dua balik hotel dengan Maxim. Terkilan jugaklah sebab aku tak turun dewan petang tu. I mean, it was one last chance,  for now untuk jumpa Janah and Najah. Haih. Takpelah, ada rezeki, lain kali jumpa lagi.

17 October.

Aku punya sidang is the last one. Pagi tu relax lagi pergi sarap semua. Bila dah siap pakai tudung and everything, terus datang rasa cuak. Serious cuak gila walaupun tahu yang naik pentas tu tak sampai berapa second.

One thing yang selalu jadi dekat aku dalam masa-masa penting ni, kasut. Okey, aku bawak heels yang memang berkurun aku tak pakai. So, aku assume it is in a good conditioned sebab aku jarang pakai. Malangnya, tapak kasut sebelah kanan tu dah loose and by the time aku sedar, it was too late. Heh. Hadap. Dahlah aku tinggalkan kasut yang satu tu dekat hotel *facepalm.  Nasib baiklah kasut tu ada layer lain yang hold kaki aku. So, kira selamatlah.

Masa tengah beratur nak masuk dewan, exco yang jaga barisan tu pun bagitahulah, "Last five nanti orang akan tepuk tangan untuk awak". And guess what, aku tergolong dalam last five tu. Haha. Bangga pun bangga tapi cuak tu lagilah. Memang masa aku atas pentas, lepas je ambil file daripada VC, cepat cepat aku turun. Haha. Segan la wehh.

After everything, aku rushing sebab nak bergambar dengan kawan lagi, pergi bayar gambar, pergi pulang jubah, ambil transcript lagi. Haih. Asalnya depa ajak bergambar satu course, tapi untuk kumpul 42 orang dengan keadaan yang ramai gila orang dengan semua entah kemana memang tak dapatlah kan.

Even nak kumpul geng aku je pun tak dapat. Bila sorang ada, sorang takde haih. Redo jelah. Last last memang kitorang tak dapat pun nak bergambar berlima (except for that one selfie before beratur). Lepas puas bergambar (tak, aku tak puas pun) aku dengan Alip (kebetulan dia pun nak pulang jubah) rushing nak pergi pulang jubah. Masa kitorang sampai je tempat nak pulang jubah tu, orang tu dah nak tutup pintu, kata dah tutup pastu suruh aku datang pagi esok. The problem is, aku nak transcript before gerak balik tapi bas aku pagi esok.

So, dengan muka cuak aku terus kata yang aku kena balik awal pagi esok. Terus brother tu bagi masuk. Lol. Thanks a lot bro. Kalau tak terpaksa gue susahkan Naz once again. Settle segala hal, aku dengan Atina gerak balik. Before that, kitorang singgah pantai dulu untuk post-convo photo session. Bila sampai Terengganu, pantai is a must visit (for me, at least) ! Then barulah isi perut yang lapar gila.


18 October.

One last day in Terengganu. Lepas aku bangun and solat, terus mandi and siap-siap. Walaupun bas pukul 9, aku still siap awal untuk tidur balik. Heh, pelik but this is the way I am. Lepas sarap, around 8.30 macam tu, barulah keluar hotel and parents Atina hantar ke station bas. After a bit of struggling and nervous, we exchange goodbyes and we part ways.

Honestly, sedih gak la nak tinggal kan Ganu and every memories. Lagi-lagi bila tak dapat jumpa orang-orang yang aku nak jumpa. Hm, mungkin bukan rezeki kali ni. Insya-Allah untuk lain kali. Even so, we need to keep going and move on. Once bas gerak daripada station, I felt somewhat proud of myself. Aku tak pernah sangka yang aku akan berjaya tamatkan diploma in business. Lagi-lagi bila jauh daripada family and aku rasa bangga sebab mampu bawak diri ke tempat orang. Alhamdulillah for everything.

Now, one thing down, I have to worry for my JPJ test this Thursday. Huwaaa. Cuaknya wehhh. Doakan yang terbaik untuk aku eh !