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bit

MPH has an online store: http://www.mphonline.com.my

The books are send directly to your front step..

dexa

Originally posted by crewzmania at 15-12-2008 11:13 AM
dexa i am reading twilight right now. i will try to find the books that you have suggested to me.
i do read books about criminal and thriller. actually i really hope to go to bookxcess in amcor ...

ah... are ya? that's one awesome book -
i read it quite some time ago -
and right now in its 3rd book  -

did you happen to watch the movie?

glad to hear u like crime stories and thriller too -
i love true crimes stories - check out Ann Rule -
she is a great author -

crewzmania

thanx .u live in penang? if i go to queensbay, i will spent most of my day in borders. i like borders very much because i can sit and read all the books.
unfortunately there is no borders in perak

crewzmania

dexa i wanna try the classic one.but i dont really know a good author to start with.
right now i am looking for a book entitled unlundun. my ex roomate told me that the storyline is very interesting and awesome. everything is different form the real london. for an example, if we have los angeles in london, but in unlundun we have les angeles. i am craving for this book. hope to go back soon in penang.

bit

Yes, I am currently living in Penang. I love big bookstores too. Something about the about perfect in line books, the smell of coffee and the soothing music in the background. (The plus point for Borders in Queensbay is the fact you can sit and watch the sea) Although if you want cheap books, the place to go would be the secondhand bookstores at Chowrasta Market. (no coffee brewing smell in the air though...more like fishy odour from the market below)

There are new books too and you can haggle with the owner for a cheaper price.

crewzmania

hahaaa. i already went to chowrostar. correct me if im wrong with the spelling. i bought 5 sidney sheldon books. and i spent rm30 only. very cheap. i will go there again to get the sophi kinsella collection.
i do sit at the bookshelf in the borders becauce it is easy for me to change books. hehehe.what kind of books u prefer to read? and please suggest me some good books too

dexa

Originally posted by crewzmania at 16-12-2008 01:01 PM
hahaaa. i already went to chowrostar. correct me if im wrong with the spelling. i bought 5 sidney sheldon books. and i spent rm30 only. very cheap. i will go there again to get the sophi kinsella ...

if you buy those books to keep - that's good to buy 'em cheap -
but if you wanna read just once - my advise would be to rent it out -
cost to read probably around RM5 the most -

dexa

there's borders in Berjaya Times Square where i frequent -
not so bad.. although my favourite would be kinokuniya in KLCC -

however - i often rent the books out in ampang point
(closer to my house)

norzyy

Originally posted by crewzmania at 15-12-2008 11:13 AM
dexa i am reading twilight right now. i will try to find the books that you have suggested to me.
i do read books about criminal and thriller. actually i really hope to go to bookxcess in amcor ...

for those who wish to buy books online you may go to this site

http://www.amazon.com?%5Fencoding=UTF8&tag=malaysiaholid-20

A vast selection of books and other products as well.

crewzmania

yup. i already bought a shelf to put all my books there. actually it is a satisfaction to collect them and it become a habit.. recently i dont have enough money to buy a new book because new sem will begin. hopefully i can shop them next month. to buy books at borders is my dream but sometime the price can be too expensive.

crewzmania

oh thanx norzyy. this is my first try to shop online.

crewzmania

so quiet today. why? where is veryone?

dexa

Originally posted by crewzmania at 19-12-2008 12:44 AM
so quiet today. why? where is veryone?

ah... crewz -
a bit busy this week actually -
(well... not THAT busy...)

went to see movies.. (3 movies actually this week)
went out with friends
stopped by at work, cleaned up office -
bla bla bla ding dong ding dong -

how's your week ?

norzyy

Originally posted by crewzmania at 17-12-2008 06:06 PM
oh thanx norzyy. this is my first try to shop online.

You better go for it.  Shopping online is good for people like us who lives far far away from urban area.  So far Amazon have a good reputation.  Me.. myself also a crazy online shopper.

norzyy

Friday December 19, 2008Say our wayRAMBLINGS
By Dr LIM CHIN LAM
WE MALAYSIANS speak and/use English to varying degrees of competence. At one end of the spectrum is standard English. At the other end is a jumble of English, Malay, Chinese, and Indian words, expressions, syntax, etc. which, seemingly, is fed into a mangle to yield a heady rojak which is Manglish [mangled + English].

Somewhere between the two extremes is Malaysian English, which in the main is proper English but with an unmistakable Malaysian accent which we may refer to as AP (Accepted Pronunciation), not RP (Received Pronunciation).

Manglish is our much-beloved patois which we use among close friends and among acquaintances to show that we belong. Malaysian English we use for official, academic and commercial purposes.

However, we must be aware, where foreigners are concerned, that certain words may be puzzling, such as those which have assumed a new grammatical function, those which have a local slant, those which are back-formations, and those that are pure inventions.

Let us have a look at some such Malaysianisms.

Words with new grammatical function

Two motoring terms come to mind. One is gostan, derived from the phrase 揼o astern

sunshine66

waaah good article ..i like

kikikaisara

yeah, agree.good article

dexa

would be nice if you can comment more
or give a bit of your thought about it, eh..

not that i complaint though  don't get me wrong -

i appreciate all the post in here.. -

hyree_hybrid

Now that our mobile phones carry hundreds of ringtones and emit variety type of music when a call comes in, do we still say:

"Dude, your phone's RINGING!" ?

[ Last edited by  hyree_hybrid at 8-1-2009 09:56 AM ]

norzyy

Originally posted by hyree_hybrid at 8-1-2009 09:52 AM
Now that our mobile phones carry hundreds of ringtones and emit variety type of music when a call comes in, do we still say:

"Dude, your phone's RINGING!" ?

Maybe we can say.... dude, your phone's "SINGING"