My luv affairs with books

  Salaaam children of heaven ,

  Atuk's mater must be one great woman..at a time when most children did not go to school atuk and his elder brother did..atuk can read jawi and rumi..his brother later became a teacher..we call him pakulong and he has passed away a few years back..i cannot remember before opah or after opah..like i told you all before umi is getting old...warga emas...but i think i am warga diamond...more valuable than gold...hahahaha...

  When i was four years old atuk bought a book for umi and maklang..it was a book full of alphabets..and the alphabets were made up of animals , flowers and small girls..i was given an exercise book and a pencil..everyday i tried to copy some alphabets from the book into my book..but dear children..it was a tough job when i did not know how to write an a or a b ...i have no basic in writing ..no teacher to guide me how to write...but i think i must be the cleverest girl in class in standardone at polis depoh school....hahahaha...know why...everyday my english teacher asked umi to match the cards she already made with the animals she put at the back of the class..everyday was like going to the zooooo.....

  I was eight years old when i first read book meant for older person..what i mean are novels..thick books a few hundred pages... not ten or fifteen pages..have you come across books by the title 'di lembah penghidupan' or 'di bawah lindungan kaabah' or 'merantau ke deli' or 'tenggelamnya kapal van der wijk' ..i read the first book when i was in standard two and the rest before i went to secondary school...all by pak hamka..i really love his books you know...most of the stories have sad endings...

  In cbn i was introduced to books written in english....but mind you... my first book that i found in the school library was or were 'hikayat 1001 malam'..one whole rack was full of them...i read all of them from first night right up to 1001 night....i seldom went to the canteen or tuck shop during recess time...yes children..you guessed it right ..i went to the library...to read books and if could not finish reading it i would borrow it...thus continued my luv affairs with books..from four years old up till now..some fifty years old luv affairs...

  Enough of this children ..have to go now..i will continue tomorrow or the day after..as usual please read your quran , exam is just around the corner ..make it a habit to listen to what Allah has to say to you..solat as soon as the azan ends so you can solat on time and dress as a good muslimah does...bye..bye..adios...see you next year...insyaAllah...