Chris Carter's "The Caller"

Chris Carter is one of the most underrated crime novel author in the world. Any one of his novels easily beats those by Patricia Cornwell and Jeffrey Deaver. I mean, seriously, check his books' review on the internet. They are all above 4.5/5. Once you begin reading his book, there is no way you could stop. His books are about an ultra-violent crime handling unit in LAPD and the two main characters - Robert Hunter and Garcia - handle only the sickest murder cases in LA. Hence, all the murderers in his books commit highly sinful, extremely sickening and violent crime to their victims. He employed the most torturous method on earth, designed specifically to inject the greatest pain to the sufferers. What makes his books so great ain't the sickening M.O., but rather the suspense Chris Carter uses in his book. Each chapter is short - between two and six pages long - and each ends with a suspense that will make you want to keep reading. Because Chris Carter is an actual criminal analyst, he knows what he is writing, and he knows how to deliver. His books are awesome. I say if you like crime novels, you must read his book! It's highly recommended! I'll give it a solid score!

KL

I am not in the mood to say much, so I'll summarise my point: I'm happier away from my family.

And that makes a decision for me: After I graduate, I'll move to KL for work.

Some people wonder why I hate mingling with people. Try living with my parents a while, and you'll understand why I enjoy solitude for possibly eternally.

Living with them is mentally exhausting. There is a limit to how much I can endure, and I'm reaching it.

With all due respect, I love my parents. They give me shelter, they provide me with my necessities, and I'm thankful for that. I love them, and I want to stay with them.

But sometimes, it is just too tiring. Too mentally tiring.

Erica Spindler's 'The First Wife'

This is a good book. I bought this book using BB1M last year but read it only recently. The opening is a bit cliche, but the story picks up pace as it goes along, and the suspense is indeed quite good. I haven't finished a book this fast for quite a long time. Only a few authors can make me this intrigued but this previously-unknown-to-me author made me totally piqued.

Basically, this book is about a lady who marries a man in haste. When she returns to his hometown, a shantytown, she realises there is a rumour that he is suspected to be involved in a number of disappearances and the murder of his first wife. Then things happen and the truth begins to unravel. And a knock to her head when she discovers something instrumental to the case actually allows the book to be longer than it naturally needs to.

The English used in the book is rather simple, so it's good for basic learners. I think I'll be looking for her other books to buy from now on.

Little Mix - Touch

I don't show particular fancy towards Little Mix's song, but I don't know why this song has me hooked and dazzled me since I actually pay attention to it a few days ago.

I've heard this song a number of times since it was released, but I never paid attention to it until one day I decided to relax and actually listen to the music in the radio. Just suddenly, this song managed to charm me.

Internship

I have just resumed my internship this month, so I'm going to be inactive for a while.

My current internship is quite tiring. Will be off a while. Will be back soon.

Tired. Just Plain Tired

You want to know why I sometimes avoid dealing with people?

I'll tell you why.

In my house, there is one parent who is extremely anti-social and ridiculously conservative. This person refuses to go out and be part of this evolving society, so this person enclosed himself within this house so tightly this person is literally ignorant of what is happening outside. This person is extremely cynical, and is always doubtful of everyone, including his own family. You approach this person with a product to sell, the first thing that goes into this person's mind is that you are trying to steal this person's money. Okay, we get that every businessmen want to rip someone off, but this person takes it in an extreme way, as if you are robbing everything this person has.

This person despises everyone and is extremely judgmental. This person has a propensity to judge everything even though to an ordinary's person mind, there is nothing to judge. This person has no friends, not even close to own family. This person has very little interests. No hobby whatsoever. Whenever this person dislikes or disagrees with something, this person has a compulsive urge to force you to agree with this person. If you do things that are not to this person's liking or if this person disapproves, this person will wear you down with all sorts of lectures, criticises everything you like simply because this person doesn't like it, and spoils every mood. This person literally criticises everything. This person can find faults in anything that is seemingly perfect. This sauce is too watery. The chicken is small. The bowl is too big. Why do they use such a big bowl to serve so little portion of mee bla bla bla.

In essence, whenever I have to do something, it becomes a natural instinct for me to take this person's feeling into consideration because if this person disapproves it, I have a lecture to listen. Whenever I am happily doing something but that something isn't what this person likes, this person will start ruining everything and my mood is spoilt.

It is extremely exhausting to be subjected to repeated mood-spoiling and it is tiring to take this person's feeling into consideration whenever I have a decision to make. Even though some things is about me and has nothing to do with the said person, I have to take this person's consideration into account and it is exhausting because I feel like I have a burden and I cannot make an independent decision without fearing a backlash.

Then, this another person in my house who is extremely sentimental and extremely weak-hearted, that a criticism is always taken very badly. This person always wants to do something for other people, which I appreciate very much, but the problem is this person always oversteps the limits. I understand sometimes this person does something with great intent, but sometimes what this person does is what somebody else has clearly said they hated, but this person still does it. When that somebody else got angry, this person gets sad because this person thinks that somebody else cannot understand this person's feeling. There is a time you have to put yourself in somebody's shoes. I know you do it with good purposes, but if somebody else hates what you do and has respectfully told you so, stop doing it. Don't do it and ask why people cannot understand your feelings. Why can't you understand theirs instead? What must it always that people must understand you but you don't have for others?

Then this person is so sensitive that this person is so afraid of what people say about this person. This person is always worried about what people think of himself/herself, and this person always thinks too much to the point this person drives himself/herself to a sad mood for the rest of the day. You say good images and social pressure applies to only teenagers? No, it applies even to adults.

The consequence? Everything that I do, I must take this person's feeling into consideration as well. When this person does something wrong, I have to be very careful about how I tell it to this person. And because this person gets hurt very easily, often I have to be there to help this person go through some difficult problems. Taking care of someone who is very sensitive is extremely exhausting.

Let me say this straight: Those teenagers who are in puppy love, you make sure you straighten up your problems before you decide to get married and have children. Divorce exists because immature teenagers get married out of lust, and always "we'll deal with our difference when we get married". My parents' problems are a result of terrible marriage, which has recently shown marked improvements, but damages are already done. If you cannot get along, just break off so that nobody suffers. Most people quarrel because they have a lack of similar interests. In my family, my parents have opposing interests that conflict and are against each other. There is a presence of an opposing characters, like fire and water, instead of the common absence of overlapping interest, which makes my parents' marriage a textbook nightmare.

I am tired of always dealing with people who have to criticise everything, and I am tired of taking care of people who are easily hurt.

And that's why I avoid dealing with people. It's exhausting. I'm very, very tired now.

Despicable Me 3

Despicable Me 3 was released in Malaysia 15/6/2017, while in USA it would only be released 30/6/2017. I am a big fan of the cute yellow minions so I watched it the moment it was released. Overall, the movie is okay. It's quite entertaining. The only complaint I have is the there is too little minions. Minions don't play a major role in the movie, there are like side characters that are included in the movie simply because they were already part and parcel of the movie since the first film, and dropping them in the third movie seemed ludicrous so they introduced another storyline instead for them. 

In this movie, Gru found out he has a twin-brother, and so he travelled with Lucy to meet his twin-brother. Before that, he was fired from the FBI for failing to catch a master thief by a snappy new boss. Jobless, the minions prompted him to go back to stealing, to which he refused. And the minions ran away en masse, leaving only two loyal minions with Gru. Soon, minions and Gru will meet, but that's almost close to the end of the movie. Minions play a small role in the movie, and I hate that. 

But to be fair, the storyline on Gru and the main villain is itself quite awesome and entertaining. I personally prefer Despicable Me 2, which I think is the best, but Despicable Me 3 deserves an applause for showing that, without the minions, the animation could still charm.