Photo taken from hereA bit surprised to see the faces of Huzaifah and I among the pictures posted on this blog this morning. (Please don't mind the shiny oily face - it had been one very long afternoon, taking Huzaifah for a mother-son 'date' at the KL International Book Fair 2010)
But then again, Huzaifah tore the plastic wrapping to two of his new wooden puzzles right there in Ameen Publishing stall while the writer was having his meet-the-readers/autograph session. The photographer even took a picture of Huzaifah playing with the puzzle right there on the floor of Ameen Publishing stall. If you think I am a terrible mother for not discplining him to play with stuff at home - well, I figured having a calm and quiet Huzaifah is a lot better than a shrieking Huzaifah rolling on the floor to protest against me not accomodating his wishes.
Anyway, it was nice finally meeting Faisal Tehrani in person. OK - I was happy to get his autograph, I even got the two newly-bought "Ingin Jadi Nasrallah" t-shirts autographed too. Yes, I am nerdy that way . But he is a favorite writer of mine after all. In fact, I even bought a copy of "Manikam Kalbu" and "Bedar Sukma Bisu" from Ujana Ilmu while I was still in Tokyo, and received them via my parents-in-law when they visited in spring of 2008. (And I can never thank Nisah enough for agreeing to let me postpone making the payment until I was back home months later.)
So yes, while I am way past the adolescent stage of feeling oh-so-excited to meet up with a celebrity writer - it was nice meeting the author whose words I have devoured and enjoyed. Mak observed that Faisal Tehrani blogs like an 'angry young man' - up to some extent his other writing could be interpreted as the voice of an 'angry young man' too. But reading them, one knows that the writer had gone into extensive research and I like that. I really appreciate how some writers put in a lot of homework so they end up writing fictions that are educating, and not merely entertaining.
Hopefully, panjang umur, murah rezeki, we''ll meet again insya Allah...
4 comments:
hmmm i tak pernah baca FT:) tapi nampak cam heavy- anything u would recommend as a starter ?
erma: apa kata cuba baca "Manikam Kalbu"? agak 'ringan' - fiksyen remaja dengan sudut penceritaan seekor kucing. banyak yang kita boleh belajar falsafah/seni di sebalik busana melayu muslim - makna di sebalik nama 'baju kurung', kenapa 'baju kurung' lelaki berbutang lima dan 'baju kurung' perempuan berbutang satu?
menarik tau...
hmm will try :) tq
erma: my all time favorite would be 1515 & 1511H Kombat, tapi i takut u rasa 'heavy' sebab tu i cadangkan 'manikam kalbu'. tak rugi u - kawan i kat ofis pun ada cuba dan dia kata "best! best!"
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