A rich childhood

This week topic for my journal entry has to be something that finally,I can write and write about.
As the eldest in the family,my parents exposed me to many reading materials at a young age.I had a rich childhood that involve a lot of great and imaginative reading materials.My early reading memory was when my late grandfather on my mom's side,gave me a newspaper to read to his friends who came for tea and I being the creative kid that I was,made up a totally new story altogether while pretending that I really was reading the news.My grandpa & his friends of course,laughed their ass off.

My early reading history however,started when I was in kindergarten and involved many Peter and Jane books,to which even until today,is still in the toybox that my brothers have.I love reading Jane & Peter's adventure and my mum will go over the book with me when she finish from work.I was able to read English books at a very early age.After Peter and Jane,I read a lot of Archie comics,which my mom collects from highschool until today.Everybody in our family read Archie comics & it's suffice to say that my mom has more than 1000 comics in our collection.My mum also bought me Barbie's comic books when I was a kid.I love reading them and the pretty illustrations definitely help and at that time,I was into Barbies so that helped fuel my reading habit too.And then I read Enid Bylton's books and I bought one every week.I loved the stories because the characters were very colourful and each story teach us a moral lesson.And I also read Nancy Drew books.I have to thank my mum who was the one responsible to fuel this reading passion inside of me even until today.

There are many books that were and are still important to me, but since that would be a very long list,I'll only blog about 4 books:

a)Marina Mahathir's in Liberal Doses-Marina Mahathir's is someone whom I have tremendous respect for ever since I was a teenager because she was fighting for a cause(HIV/AIDS) that a lot of people was skeptical about and although she was the daughter of a PM at that time,she wasn't afraid of being outspoken.Her book,which was bought by my mum,who coincidentally had the same name as her,inspired me a lot in my teenage angst days.I even quoted her articles during my public speaking competition in high school.

b)Words that shook the world:100 years of unforgettable speeches and events by Richard Greene and Florie Brizel
-this book was originally priced at rm210 but I manage to buy it for a mere rm20 at MPH warehouse sale a few years ago and it's a gem.It contain speeches but some of the most remarkable historical figure in the world like Theodore Roosevelt,Winston Churchill,Martin Luther King and John F.Kennedy.I was inspired when I read about Theodore Roosevelt and choose to speak about him for my informative speech last semester.

c)The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Reading both of these books made me more aware of the situation in Afghanistan.Both books taught me that friendship and love is a very powerful thing.The books move me in a way that I even think about joining Relief or Amnesty International when I have graduate.

If I were deprived of books,I'll probably be really bored with my life.And I would definitely not be as knowledgeable as I am today.All the books that I have read have taught me about so many things from travelling to life lessons to fashion to religion and many more.Books not only gives us knowledge but it also reaches out to others and connects people from different race or religion.I could not imagine what my life will be without books.It will definitely be a boring life for someone who loves to read like I do!