mrt companions

these 2 books were my mrt companions 2 weeks into uv. discovered there's a library near d station (yeyy!), and though the collection wasnt fantastic, it would suffice for the rides (and STRICTLY for the rides, i must add. which is actually not an easy thing to keep to cos i keep wanting to continue my reading at home but that just wont do cos there are a gazillion things one can do at home, chief of which is to watch tv, and feed the fish, and surf the net, all 3 a must for every weekday night but not necessarily in that order)

i must say i was impressed with the first, being leslie silbert's debut novel and all. it's part spy thriller, part historical novel, involving the last days of the real-life playwright/poet christopher marlowe (who some said was as brilliant, if not more, as shakespeare and would hv been insanely popular if not for his early demise). i'm looking forward to her second novel, which apparently is still in the making.

the second one's typical anita shreve. she has a way of writing that's somewhat lyrical and poignant. anyway, i realised that i hv many of her books (courtesy of the $5 mph warehouse sales over d years) which are as yet unread, and the only reason why i'm borrowing this is cos i've yet to unpack my books. procrastination is the mother of all diseases i tell you.

on moving and turning 32

so it's been a while. i moved house, turned 32 (yeyy!), and started re-acquainting myself with frens. is it possible for us to grow younger as the days go by? i feel young these days. must be the running, or the uv air, or both.

the one thing i dont particularly fancy abt the new place is waking up early to go to work. i HAVE to leave the house at ard 8 if i were to have any chance of coming to work on time. and the journey takes abt an hour in total, which is a bloody long time if you ask me.

what is good tho is that i've been saving on cab fare. it used to be that i'd be taking the cab to work nearly every day when i was in cg, since it's pretty near the office. but there's no way i'd be taking a cab to work from uv - it's just too far away! the further you are from the office the more likely it is that you'd come on time and save on cab fare. strange but true.

so i'm 32 and a month today (or yesterday to be precise), and i'm loving every minute of it. i'm more confident and sure of myself, compared to my 20s when i was still trying to figure out who i was and how i figured in the scheme of things. the 20s was all about pleasing others dont you think? we were young and clueless and so we do things that we 'think' could validate our existence in this world. now in our 30s, i'd like to think that we've gone past that. that we're mature and confident enough to look at the big picture, to grab the many opportunities life has to offer.

may my 32nd year be my best yet, InsyaAllah :)