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Wednesday, 25 November 2020

LET'S WIN HP LAPTOPS !

thes November 25, 2020 11 Comments

Assalamualaikum, good day dearest ! It's been so long since my last entry. Anyway, I found this giveaway from Twitter and I decide to share it here ! Let's join this giveaway from #Jancocadropship with easy step !

To join, please click on the picture above, and fill in the necessary information! I need to get my entries more than 3 (currently I have two entries only) to be eligible for the random draw.

Please help me, I really need new laptop as my current one is in bad condition (battery has not working since so long, system are too old that I have to format every time I turn it on). To buy a new one would take me long time because of my financial situation and all, so this is one of the alternative that I should try. I really really hope to be chosen.

This giveaway ended on 30 Nov 2020

With love,

-thes

Saturday, 14 November 2020

Kerana Mahalnya Syurga by Imi Hafimi

thes November 14, 2020 10 Comments

Assalamualaikum, good day dearest ! Happy weekend semua nya... Sempat jugak la edit post ni dalam kesibukan. Rasanya ni novel review yang terakhir daripada penulis selain Sara Aisha. Sekarang memang novel SA je yang belum sempat nak habis edit so terkandas dekat draft lagi... Anyway, here it is!

Tajuk : Kerana Mahalnya Syurga

Penulis : Imi Hafimi

Mukasurat : 750 pages

Penerbit : Penulisan Enterprise

Terbitan : September 2013

ISBN : 9789670567143

Blurb :

"Sebagaimana kau hasut abang aku untuk tukar agamanya, kau seksa mak aku sampai mak aku gila dan mati dalam keadaan yang paling mengerikan, dan sebagaimana kau menjadi punca ayah aku sakit tenat sampai ayah aku mati, kau kena ingat semua tu, Umi Zafwa! Kau kena sedar betapa dalamnya dendam aku kepada kau dan apa sahaja yang berkaitan dengan kau!"

Dendam itu. Kerana dendamnya kepada Umi Zafwa, dia merancang untuk membiarkan Umi Zafwa turut terluka. Umi Zafwa perlu disakiti dan caranya, Umi Zafwa perlu menjadi miliknya dahulu!

Umi Zafwa. Tiada seorang wanita pun yang menginginkan perkahwinan sepertinya. Perkahwinan yang hanya membuka kepada jalan penderitaan. Namun, racun yang diberi Alex, madu yang dibalasnya. Benci yang diberi, kasih yang dibalasnya.

Bukan Alex tidak pilu, bukan Alex tidak terjentik lewat pengorbanan Umi Zafwa. bahkan bergenang air matanya melihat ketenangan Umi Zafwa yang sentiasa tabah meski dilukai.

Lantas, semakin Alex terasa mula sayang, semakin keras dia menyakiti Umi Zafwa. Kemesraan di hadapan Katherina, kekasihnya sentiasa ditunjuk-tunjuk. Umi Zafwa hanya mampu memendam rasa.

Hinggalah saat apabila Umi Zafwa tegar menggantikan tempat Alex di tali gantung... Di situlah dirasakan mahalnya syurga... Dapatkah kesucian pengorbanan itu meleraikan sebuah dendam? Kerana dendam mereka bertemu, adakah kerana dendam juga mereka mampu bersatu?

"Tak ada pemandangan yang paling cantik, yang paling indah buat seorang suami selain wajah isterinya..." - ALEX

"Boleh tak kalau saya nak pulangkan semula pemandangan paling indah itu sekarang juga?" - UMI ZAFWA

"Tak ada apa-apa pun yang awak perlu pulangkan kepada saya. Awak tak ada apa-apa hutang pun kepada saya..." - ALEX

Okay, novel ni published back in 2013... Satu tempoh yang sangat lama and tahun 2013 ni aku punya minat baca suam-suam kuku aje... Anyway, back to our topic, bagi aku konsep novel ni, hmm, klise sebab hero dia cuma kahwin dengan heroin sebab dendam. Something like, hate turned love. Tapi, plotting dia okay and quite menarik. Alex berdendam sebab dia hilang keluarga dia lepas abang dia, Raymond peluk Islam. So, dia marah dengan Umi Zafwa, perempuan yang berjaya mengubah hidup Raymond.

Cumanya, ada few ~~(should I say all?)~~ minus point yang buat aku rasa malas nak baca novel ni. First, relationship Alex dengan Umi Zafwa ni toxic sangat. Second, watak Umi Zafwa ni terlalu naif sampaikan dia boleh terima Alex as her husband sedangkan dia tahu Alex berdendam dengan dia. Third, Alex's drastic change. Oh, yang ni aku confused sekejap. Lepas bertahun-tahun dia seksa jiwa raga Umi Zafwa, sekali dia tengok Umi berhujan tunggu dia buka pintu dia terus rasa bersalah and nak berubah? Okay, memang dia ada perasaan bersalah masa seksa Umi tapi turning point untuk dia berubah tu agak mengecewakan. And last, oh this is the most disappointing point. nilai Islamik yang diharapkan dalam novel ni tak ditonjolkan, jadi sekadar penyedap rasa.

Watak Umi Zafwa ni memang aku tak gemar. Tak salah nak jadi baik tapi jangan sampai orang gunakan kita. Tak salah nak husnudzon tapi jangan sampai mendera diri sendiri. Haih, berapa kali dia terima Alex sedangkan Alex yang cabul maruah dia, seksa dia macam binatang, gunakan dia untuk kepentingan sendiri. Allahu, sepanjang baca novel ni memang aku geram dengan Umi ni. Sampaikan dia sanggup masuk penjara, menggantikan Alex dan mengharapkan Alex jaga anak dia? Lagi buat aku geram. Dia takde assurance pun yang Alex akan jaga and tunaikan janji untuk rawat anak dia. Padahal waktu dia pregnant pun Alex sanggup halau dia keluar dari rumah and harap anak dia mati, apatah lagi bila dia takde. Aku takkan sanggup tinggalkan anak aku dengan orang yang macam tu. Maybe aku tak sebaik Umi. Watak Umi ni bagi aku adalah selemah-lemah perempuan. Sikit pun takde penulis ketengahkan Umi untuk melawan Alex demi diri sendiri.

Alex punya perubahan lepas Umi Zafwa keluar penjara pun disappointing. Aku ingatkan lepas Umi bebas (big question mark jugak macam mana dia boleh bebas) dia memang dah sedar salah dia but noooo he still abused her. Turning point Alex memang aku tak faham. Sesenang Umi berhujan dia berubah? Terus ubah panggilan, kelakuan semua ? I mean, kalau dah habit bertahun beraku-kau takkan semudah itu bertukar abang-Umi? Sepanjang hidup tak pernah terima Allah sebagai tuhan yang satu bahkan menghina agama Islam, tiba-tiba terus sebut nama-Nya? Bukan aku meragui orang yang nak berubah tapi bukan dengan cara yang drastik macam Alex ni. Adeh, kiciwa kita.

Nilai Islam yang ditunjukkan hanya pada permulaan novel dimana Raymond jumpa cahaya Islam masa dengar Umi mengaji. Ujian yang dia kena hadap lepas peluk Islam, but that's it. Yang aku geram, even after tahu ayah dia sakit, Raymond ni boleh hijrah ke Indonesia untuk belajar Islam. Bukankah berbakti kepada ibubapa itu lebih diterapkan dalam Islam? Memang tak salah dia nak mendalami Islam tapi hm di Malaysia pun banyak kelas-kelas agama. Oh, disappointing sungguh. Paling kecewa bila penulis tekankan ketaatan Umi kepada Alex. Taat Umi membinasakan diri. Aku sangat sangat tak setuju.

Belum cerita bab Umi masuk penjara ganti Alex. Macam manalah pihak polis boleh terima Umi punya pengakuan sahaja tanpa bukti, sedangkan Alex dibebaskan sebab CCTV (bukti) and Umi dipenjarakan semata-mata pengakuan? Aku tak rasa undang-undang Malaysia ni semudah itu. Lagi menjadi tanda tanya bila Umi dibebaskan. How? Okay, aku faham kalau nak kata Allah bantu orang yang teraniaya tapi dengan cara apa? Sedangkan pembunuh sebenar pun ditahan lepas setahun (ke dua) Umi dibebaskan. Nampak... Tak logik. Tambah pulak dengan watak on, off yang kejap ada pastu hilang. Contohnya, Jason (kawan baik Umi), Raymond (dah jadi punca masalah lepas tu what menghilang?), mak ayah Umi (entah hidup lagi ke tidak lepas Umi ajak pindah masuk rumah Alex).

And lastly (last la sebab banyak sangat dah aku taip ni), penulisan novel ni okay, cuma aku tak selesa sebab penulis punya pengolahan ayat a bit dramatic ? And dalam satu perenggan tu panjang sangat sampaikan aku malas nak baca semua. Kalau sekali selak novel ni memang dalam satu page tu ada around four to five perenggan aje. Sakit mata wehhh. Definitely not my cup of tea.

p/s: aku taklah Islamic mana, banyak juga dosa, kesalahan yang aku buat dan sebab itulah aku membaca, explore apa yang aku tak tahu. andai kata aku tersalah informasi/tanggapan/pemikiran dalam reviu ni, please do inform me so that i can improve myself.

-thes

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Friday, 6 November 2020

365 : Repeat The Year

thes November 06, 2020 22 Comments

Assalamualaikum, good day dearest! It's been a hectic week for me. I was able to squeeze in to edit and schedule this review and I think my weekly k-drama review will be hold off for now. I need to do a lot catching up for studies so yeah.

Title : 365 : Repeat The Year / 365 : One Year Against Destiny

Episodes : 24 episodes (35 minutes per episode)

Genre : Fantasy, Crime, Mystery

Director : Kim Kyung Hee

Writer : Kurumi Inui,Lee Seo Yoon, Lee Soo Kyung

Network : MBC

Cast : Lee Joon Hyuk, Nam Ji Hyun, Kim Ji Soo

Plot :

Ji Hyung Joo is a detective. One day, he lost his senior partner when one of the ex-convict killed him. After that day, he spent his day in sorrow and regret. One day, he receives a called from a stranger saying that there will be a train accident the next day. The next day, after confirming that the news was true, she called him back and invite him to Zian Clinic on the next weekend to answer his question. When the day came, ten other people was gathered in a room. They then learnt from Lee Shin, the woman who called them, that they could repeat the year and enjoy their lives again. After the process called reset, Ji Hyung Joo found out that one by one people from the reset died. He then works together with Shin Ga Hyun, a webtoon artist that he admired to uncover the mystery.

This drama is an adaptation to a 2004 Japanese novel by Kurumi Inui entitled 'Repeat'. There was also a Japanese drama based on the same novel released in 2018. The title was 'Wheel Of Fortune'.

SPOILER ALERT

First off, this drama had a crazy plot twist and I freaking love it! As per synopsis, Ji Hyun Joo lost his partner, Park Sun Ho and became lifeless ever since. He then discovered that he could go back a year and decided to save him. After that, he became acquaintance with Shin Ga Hyun, a webtoon artist. They became close after Hyung Joo told her that he is his fan, they became close. After the death of Seo Yoon Soo, one of the people who went through reset, Ga Hyun became the prime suspect because of the CCTV recording of them arguing. Hyun Joo was the detective in charge. When her charges was cleared, they begun to investigate the mystery behind the death of the resetters (people who repeat their year).

There was so much mystery to this drama and it honestly frustrated me so much. I enjoy the mystery behind the death of the resetters because they all died differently and there was no sign of killing. After watching so much crime dramas I think this is the first time I watched clueless of the death. It really had no sign of serial killer, at all. I only realized that it was serial killing when one important item of the victim was missing and there was one scene where one mysterious man went out of a room filled with display case and few of them contain the missing item. I'm blown.

Another thing is, Lee Shin. She was so mysterious and everything that she said to the resetters after the reset wasn't the whole truth. There will always be part of it were lies. And that honestly, messed up my mind to the point that I refused to guess her deal. The farther the story goes, the more mysterious it became. And then she keep talking on the phone to some professor, which was only revealed at the end of the drama.

Even tho it was filled with mysteries, there were also some humorous scene that keep me entertained. It was good to have a laugh once in awhile. Another thing that I love was the romance between Hyung Joo and Ga Hyun. Their chemistry was so boom! Even though they never confess or act on their feelings but it was evident that they were into one another. Oh, young loveeee.

The actors was so great especially both main actors, Nam Ji Hyun and Ji Hyung Joo. Their chemistry, as I was was really great and I really hope to see them together in another work. Kim Ji Soo (who portray Lee Shin) was also a great actor! She really seems like a crazy woman who enjoy people's suffering. I love her expression, she really did study her character well. Especially when she faked surprise or concern, I could tell that she was faking it and she did them to piss the person she spoke to.

The ending, despite it was a happy ending, I kind of feel bitter of it. The reason simply because Hyung Joo had to go through reset again and this time to save Ga Hyun. Aghhhh, why can't she saty alive on the last reset. Somehow, it kills my mood. But then, it was for the best because Hyung Joo was able to apprehended the killer before he begun his killing. He also able to apprehend 'the professor' behind Lee Shin. The minus point was when Ga Hyun doesn't remember the time they spent together and they had to go back to the beginning despite him remember her. Ahhhh, my heart really!

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-thes

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