2013 Books

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// last updated on: 16 June 2013
This has been a yearly routine. If u want to see what books I've read for previous years, click on the following links: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012. For the past 4 years (2009-2012), I have read a total of 15 books with a total of 4186 pages .

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I HAVE READ...

1. Veronica Roth : Divergent (E-book)

Start Date: 28 May 2013, 9.03 pm
End Date: 30 May 2013, 1.47 am
Number of Pages: 487 pages


2. Veronica Roth : Free Four - Tobias Tell The Divergent Story (E-book)

Start Date: 30 May 2013, 7.13 pm
End Date: 30 May 2013, 7.29 pm
Number of Pages: 15 pages


3. Veronica Roth : Insurgent (E-book)

Start Date: 30 May 2013, 4.36 pm
End Date: 31 May 2013, 4.05 pm
Number of Pages: 525 pages


4. Scott Westerfeld : Uglies (E-book)

Start Date: 9 June 2013, 10.33 pm
End Date: 10 June 2013, 7.22 pm
Number of Pages: 174 pages


5. Scott Westerfeld : Pretties (E-book)

Start Date: 10 June 2013, 8.41 pm
End Date: 11 June 2013, 4.01 pm
Number of Pages: 190 pages


6. Scott Westerfeld : Specials (E-book)

Start Date: 14 June 2013, 11.49 pm
End Date: 16 June 2013, 12.27 am
Number of Pages: 218 pages

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Goal to read at least 1 book - ACHIEVED!

Total of books read this year = 6
Total of pages read this year = 1609

I Look Nothing Like My MyKad Photo

note: The conversation was in 100% in English, because the Doctor doesn't know Malay, he's from Egypt. :P

I was at the clinic for my second injection for Hepatitis B immunisation. Below was my conversation between me and the doctor. :P

As I opened the door, and entered the room.

Me: Assalamualaikum.
Doc: Waalaikumsalam.

The doctor was looking at his computer screen, looking at my details which also displays my MyKad photo.

Doc: You are Madihah?
Me: Yes. I'm Madihah.

The doctor kept on looking at my face and then the computer screen to make sure.

Doc: Are you sure, you're Madihah?
Me: Err.. of coz I'm sure.
Doc: Is this really you? You look really different! *points towards my MyKad photo on the screen*
Me: Oh. That photo was taken ages ago. It's because I loss a lot of weight.
Doc: What was your weight in this photo, and how much do you weigh now?
Me: In the photo, I was more than 70 kilos, and now I'm 55 kg. 

The doctor looks so concern. I was confused by his reaction.

Doc: What year was this photo taken?
Me: Erm, I don't quite remember but it was before 2006.
Doc: Was it a sudden weight loss or you loss the weight gradually?
Me: I started to lose weight end of 2006. I wasn't sick or anything, I just change my eating habits, so because of that I loss weight. I loss all the weight within 10 months. 

I think the doctor thought I loss weight because I was sick or something. He probably think I had plastic survery done. No wonder so many questions. This is my first time meeting him. I normally deal with another 2 doctors at the same clinic.

Doc: You really do look different. You need to replace your Mykad, take a new photo.
Me: Haha. I was planning to do that this year. 

The doctor wasn't the first person to say I look nothing like my MyKad photo. Haha.

Unfortunately, the conversation didn't end there. The nurse failed to inform the doctor why I was there in the first place. So I had to explain myself on why I was there, and why I wanted to have it.

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Fuh. That was the longest conversation of my life. At this rate, I'll be speaking more than 100 words per day. I'm not sure whether I like it. :))

The first person who told me I looked different and ask me to change my Mykad photo is the guy working at Pos Laju. I was there to collect my parcel, and obviously I need to hand over my MyKad, and the same thing happen there. Well, at least the conversation wasn't as long, and didn't even say anything.

Pos Laju Guy: You look nothing like this photo. You need to upgrade your MyKad. You do know that there's a new upgraded version of MyKad already out, right?
Me: *smile awkwardly while nodding my head*

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A normal occurrence, is when people know my real age, they get all, "No way.. you're bluffing. I thought you were 18!". Sometimes, they seem angry at me for deceiving them with my looks. And I'm like, "What did I do wrong?" :-s

Thank God, I don't have to show my MyKad photo everywhere I go, if not, I have to deal with another problem everyday of my life.

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Anyway, that MyKad photo wasn't my best photo because I wasn't even ready when the photo was taken.

You know, when they call your name, and you have to sit on a chair right. Ok. It was my turn, I walked towards the chair, and sat down, and out of nowhere... *SNAP!* I think I was even trying to shift a bit to get comfortable on the chair. So my shoulders were slightly raised in the photo. The photo turned out horrible. I looked so pissed in that photo, and I had no neck. Huhuhuhu.

Can you imagine? The person handling the camera didn't even count 1-2-3. Dang it. And to make matters worst, only 1 photo per person. Really?

For many years, I had to live with an ugly ID photo, and now that photo doesn't even look like me anymore. Oh God...

I really hope, JPN would change the procedure. I don't want to snap a photo right in front of everybody else (that's just weird). I prefer if we could bring our own photo, you know the same procedure when applying and renewing passports.

I'm not the most photogenic person in the world. I really need to be ready and I need to feel comfortable inside to look good outside. At least give me a few extra snaps so that I get a better selection of photos, like maybe.. 10 to 20 snaps to get at least 1 good shot of myself? Hahah... :P

Seriously, I'm not joking. :|

What It's Like To Be Short

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I'm not short, but I'm what most people would consider as tall. I would like to add a little bit more about the pro and cons of being tall. :P

The 2nd last photo.. 'Taller people get to do more chores.'

I agree with that statement wholeheartedly.

At the supermarket, whenever I happen to be at the same aisle as someone who seems to be struggling to reach the top shelf, I had to be the one to help them out. It has happen to me more than once. It's either they're the one who ask for my help or I would the one asking them whether they need assistance. :P