Corat-coret Pesta Buku: Trivia KLIBF 2010

1. "Saya pun ada kawan nama Huzaifah. Panggil Ujai juga" - Faisal Tehrani

2. "Bila-bila nak beli buku PTS, cakap je. Boleh dapat 20% diskaun. Bila-bila pun." - Azzyzul, Senior Exec at PTS
We saw each other as I was done with shopping at PTS booth, both took a second look at each other and both wondered the same thing at the same time - "kita pernah jumpa, tapi kat mana ye?".
School? No...
University? No...
Work? No...
It finally hit us that we were in Sarawak together last December. He's part of Dr Jamal's team, of which, hubby was also a member. Duh - why did it take us so long to recall? must be the old age


3. "Ini dah kena banned ni, dah jadi bahan sejarah..." Zunar, as he promoted "Gedung Kartun".

4 "...saya syak, 1 sehingga 2% pembelian buku oleh masyarakat Malaysia adalah kerana faktor 'membeli kerana hendak memberi sokongan moral kepada kawan-kawan" - Sinaganaga
Hmm, I bought "Pulut Sakura Serunding Kasih" because it's written by Kak Lela, a long-distance friend in Japan.
I also bought "Life is an Open Secret - You, Me and We" in support of my senior in school.
And Ustaz Hasrizal Jamil used to be in my school too even if it was only for a week or two
And Zakaria Sungib is related to Mak.
And Shopuan Anuar Ahmad is my Pak Chik.
And Nisah Haron used to be in the same class with hubby in high school. but I've started reading her writing long before I married my husband, when I was still in high school
Hmm, Sinaganaga could be right, after all...

5. "Akak masih macam dulu. Tak banyak berubah!" is that because of 'awet muda' or because I looked older than my age when I was younger? - met up with many juniors - from school, UK, and even Nihon days... Sorry, I know I can be bad with recalling names, but thank you for "masih sudi menegur akak ni.."

6. I won both small gift (notebook and pen) and goodie bag at ITNM booth during their "Siapa Cepat Dia Dapat" quiz.
Was the first person to respond to the invitation to participate in the quiz. It took some times to get a group of people to join the quiz, so I managed to read through the ITNM catalogue and pamphlet before most other join in. Huzaifah even took the liberty of playing with his newly purchased wooden puzzles there, on the floor in front of the small platform in ITNM booth. Was the first to get the 'small gift', and the 7th to get the much more coveted goodie bag - consisting a translated book, a notebook & a pen. I was hoping to get a translated novel, but ended up with a book on managing professionals at school. Never mind, I still enjoy getting free gifts. Ha ha.

7. Turned out many of my favorite writers - including Prof. Mohd Kamil Ibrahim, Ustaz Hasrizal, Ustaz Pahrol Juoi, Abdul Latip Talib, Sinaganaga - were there on the last two days but I didn't get the chance to meet up with them, hmm alahai... But it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside to note that more people are paying attention to "book celebrity" as it could be an indicator that more people are reading worthy stuff rather than just entertainment magazines the likes of URTV...
That's progress.
Indeed.