out of the virtual

it's been about two weeks i'm home without any internet connection or a phoneline. of course it is more of a desire than necessity to have both of it. but considering my state of being alone at home, friends and girlfriend far from reach, without much of anything enjoyable to do and no money to go anywhere, of course i'm craving for at least a phone line or an internet connection. some pocket money so i could visit some friends near or far, would be more than desirable, but the probability is very low. and now, even my intention of changing my blog skins couldn't be done because my home lacks phoneline.

since i depend less on television to entertain me, i got myself reading a novel to kill the boredom. i'm currently reading a book i borrowed from zairi entitled, an invisible man. a story about a black man living in the 40's. i couldn't elaborate more since my progression of reading could be described as shameful for a person who declared himself a 'reader' (eventhough i don't remember i declared myself as such, but, whatever).

listening to music would be my all time favourite past time. since listening wouldn't require much attention, i often reads while listening to music. and have you heard that when you listen to a certain music while reading, you could recall what you've read later just by listening to the same music you're hearing while you're reading it. i don't know how true is it, but i've experienced the same thing some years ago. i was reading this book by ann rule while incubus was playing on my cassete player. and each time i was reading it, i played incubus on the player. it wasn't an experiment or so. maybe it was the only thing i like to hear at that time, i don't know. and till i've finished reading it, all i got were incubuse tunes playing. guess what, even i've finished reading that book, each time i listened to incubus, i got the chill feeling, like i had while reading the book (since the book is about murders, it's understandable that i got the chill effect. the effect varies with reading material). but believe me, if you ask me to study (that requires reading) while listening to songs, i would end up listening to those songs rather than studying, or, if i got the will, i would just stop playing those songs and concentrate on my studies. it's impossible for me to study (again, that requires reading) while listening to tunes of my favourites.

and yesterday, i've bought dvds as another effort of fighting the boredom. there are some dvds that i've brought back home that i haven't watch yet, but i've decided to widen my collection since the dvd price here has decrease to RM6 per dvd, rather than RM7 before this. and guess what, i've bought 3 dvd and i bargained it for RM15 rather than RM18 for 3 dvds. do the math and u know how much i've paid for one dvd. quite cheap eh? even fahmi said that the price of dvd in penang has increased from RM4 to RM5 or RM6. kira gua takyah gi jejauh dah boleh dapat dvd murah, hahaha...

ok, so i've bought V for Vendetta, The Constant Gardener and Thirteen. there're some more movies that caught my attention, but since i'm pokai, i end up buying only 3. tu pun lepas dapat diskaun. i wanted to buy Captoe, Walk the Line and Human Trafficking as well, but as i said, money was the factor. i hope zairi or akhdan had bought it so i could borrow it from them.

i've only watched V for Vandetta just now and i'll prepare the review later. in fact, since i've less things to do, i'm planning of writing reviews of other things that covers music, books and movies. i was thinking of creating a blog just for publishing reviews of anything, but i think i'll put that on hold since my internet connection itself is on hold.

ah, and then again, for those who don't know, i'm going to Umrah this 27 of May for 14 days. so, typically for those going to Umrah or Haji, i'm asking for apologies from all of you guys. kosong kosong la kiranya.

i don't know when i'm able to post this. i'm hoping that soon it will be.